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OK, brief history before questions: '74 914 2.0 in a truck salvage yard had to have it! Engine HAD dual carbs suffered a fire (prior to my ownership). With help of Jake's video and Tom's book, tore down engine. Piston One was seized in rust and needed to be hammered out.

What cleaner do any of you recomend for the engine case (inside and out)? Inside there is quite a bit of sludge, outside not that bad but would like to get it as clean as possible.

The cam gear had a little over an inch of its teeth tore off, any ideas why this may have occurred or if this is common?

Head work, is this something an amatuer can handle and what I am looking at is: There doesn't seem to be any cracks but the valve area for the cylinder one area (as mentinoned above) suffers from a lot of rust. It needs to be cleaned/polished with the others (pretty black). Have any of you done this work and if so any tips? Same with valve replacements?

Please, any and all comments welcomed and will have plenty more questions in the future,

Steven

'74 914 2.0