[michel richard]

Allright,

I have rebuilt the engine although I don't think I managed to put more than 5 miles on it before I had to put tha car away for the winter. (We get a lot of the white stuff around here).

I did use euro piston & cylinders but I may have been trying to go a little fast when I got around to the heads.

The machinist told me the springs were OK but htey may have been a little tired. His basis was simply that the spring were all still close to each other. Also, I did not bother replacing the adjusters.

Guess I might pull the heads and redo these. They were ported a little although the machinist told me they were pretty nice to start with. The exhaust valves were replaced and ground, the intake were just reground.

When putting things back together, at the very end, I broke a couple of the exhaust studs. Down came the engine, off came the heads, back to the trusty machinist who fixed my beginner's mistakes.

So I now have a little more experience at removing heads. By the way, how often can those sealing rings be reused.

I might actually get the courage to go back down to the camshaft to replace it at it was slightly worn.

Wayne, can you tell me about D-jetronic compatible cams; and gasket sets.

Cheers !