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Sorry to hear that - no mine is not smoking - it was before I did the head (Steaming) - since the valves and head are nw (les than 200 km ) I think it must be the rings.
Best of luck with yuor job....

Thanks - new valves in the new head should all be OK , so look at bottom of engine now.
Cheers:
j.

Thanks Pete - I agree , I look at jobs now as if I am an ant: moving one grain of sand at the time and still create a castle ;-)

Hi Folks after a multitude of small and big jobs on the most beautiful GQ Safari 'The Yellow Submarine' - I am now considering to 'do' the piston rings.

WHY?
The compression is not as good...

Certainly important - I used an old head bolt , grinded flat a bit on one side.
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Patrol a Part provided stellar service:
"Return at our expenses and a full refund incl. all shipping."
Even though they could not supply a replacement : 'out of stock'.

The rebuild was not as hard as I had imagined. It is just a steady as you go check and recheck every step - don't hurry and be meticulous with keeping the work area around the head clean. ...

No have not had it professionally tested, this was quite conclusive after all.

I've been struggling with my TB42 S engine way to long now. But in the process learned a few things I shared and here is an other experience:

I had rebuilt the head meticulously, but realised I...

Had the same thought - so tested with the old gasket - no indents at all. Just go slow and soft when 'landing' the head on the dowels.

In my search for the correct Torque and fastening Sequence of the head bolts I ended up in a 'jungle' of snippets of info all over the web.
So I created this all-in-one cheat sheet.
The data...

If your not the youngest anymore (like me) , live very remote with neighbours and friends far far away and have to lift the cylinder head back on the engine on your own ... you're in for trouble.......

A while ago I posted a question about replacing a head gasket. many thanks to all who helped with advice.
The head is off , and the valves looked they could do with a clean , one was not even...

Hi all !

I had to replace a front brake disc - so just as well do at least some seals and gaskets I thought. I bought the main oil seal (biggest one in the hub) and the axle seal (the one deepest...