here is a valve in the process of being cut, paste applied to the back of the valve



after you have cut 24 valves the seals are next on the list, if you dont have a press to fit these you can do it with a socket, extention and a small hammer, not a job for the ham fisted!

oil seal then place seal onto "stem" and tap in, i removed all of the seal springs first to avoid damage and refitted them after



oil the valve and push it gently through the new seal into its home then install the washer/spring/cap and compress with the valve tool

getting the collets back on is a hell of a lot easier with some grease applied to them first


one they are home just release the tool and everything should fit snug, it takes some time to do them all


well the block is already prepped we just gave it a turn or two so the pistons were on average half way down their bores (to avoid any piston/valve contact when the cams are fitted later on), and fitted the gaskett


a bit of oil over the tops of the new pistons before we lock them away



thanks must be given to "JohnB" for the practical and theory input on this thread and on this engine, a pleasure to work with
also thanks to "JohnA" for putting up with persistant questions lol



the shims and buckets are yet to be measured and fitted before the cams go on to have the tolorances on them checked but i will come back to this...for now i am more interested in fitting the engine