So after picking up, having cleaned up and re installing (with new gaskets & bolts), a new (used) head, I pulled off the cover this evening to adjust the valve clearance as it was super noisy
In the process of doing this I found all the valve clamps (the small black brackets over the valves) on the intake side had all come off (explains the noise!) - In trying to reinstall them, I have found the rocker arm shaft (where the slits they lock in to) is 180 degrees the wrong way... :(
Is there a way to twist the shaft without removing the head (and having to replace the HG and bolts & timing belt again)?
I doubt the shop that sold me the head or the engine workshop will take any responsibility either, and I should have checked - but they were all in place when I put it back in (most likely just sitting there but not locked in)
In the process of doing this I found all the valve clamps (the small black brackets over the valves) on the intake side had all come off (explains the noise!) - In trying to reinstall them, I have found the rocker arm shaft (where the slits they lock in to) is 180 degrees the wrong way... :(
Is there a way to twist the shaft without removing the head (and having to replace the HG and bolts & timing belt again)?
I doubt the shop that sold me the head or the engine workshop will take any responsibility either, and I should have checked - but they were all in place when I put it back in (most likely just sitting there but not locked in)
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