all back together and running now..

chemsealed the head and it doesn’t seem to leak anymore ! even the fuel pump doesn’t appear to be leaking and the breather hoses aren’t spewing oil everywhere !

had a wierd one with the rocker gear. after worrying that i’d bent a valve
and having no compression on the side i’d lifted the head I discovered
that the pushrods don’t seat properly on their own.
they are happy to locate on (what i assume) is the lip of the hydraulic lifter but if you give them a wiggle and a push they drop in 3-5mm further. if you let go of them before you bolt up the rockers they drop back and it all goes a bit pete…

and it took about an hour and a half to discover that…

I also attached a 1m hose to the end of the dump valve and poked it up into the airway down the c pillar, removed the outside grille and secured a shiny new swannee whistle (courtesy of jimby and nicole) into the end.

the noise when you change gear can be heard from nearly half mile and can reduce grown men to fits of giggle and tears in seconds!