13mm ratchet spanner makes it a load easier

Best off removing cams before removing anyway, as it will stop any risk of bending more valves when you lift it off.

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ok cool, can i do all the work from above or is it totally necessary to jack the car up and go from below?

This is the procedure i got so far in my head

1. lock the bottom pulley and cams in place
2. remove cambelt
3. remove cam carriers
4. take out the camshafts
4. inlet and exhaust mani off etc
5. head off doing bolts in sequence

thing im most unsure about is removing the cams is there anything i need to watch out for on this?

I always leave the cams in when removing the head.....

Just take your time, and don't rush it and I am sure you will be fine.

Stan.

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aghh right wasnt sure if it was possible or not. that makes it alot easier then

That's a recipie for disaster, if John takes his time he will get bored of it or the car will get bored & make a run for the bush on the other side of the road



Edit, John it won't be just one valve that's bent, it will be at least two

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not sure about that really, bit of a freak problem that the more i think about it was probably due to oil starvation or something like that or a bent valve that was missed.

Got a new head off dan which means i can take my time building one up and get it all ready to do the job in one day.

Only problem is now i got this head it came already dis assembled

not too bad as the valves had been stored all in order except the method of storage meant that 4 of the exhaust valves and all the exhaust lifters got mixed up

Dan swares its all sound and i believe him and the head itself looks tiptop and all the valves look straight.

But this still presents me a problem i need to make decisions about, i didnt want to buy new valves but as some have got mixed up this maybe a good idea.

But does this mean having the seats recut?

i could go full force and get all new valves and have 3 angle valve seats cut but this will cost a few quid no doubt.

can i not just get the valves checked and re-lapped

cheers for the help

John, it will be at least two bent as Wayne says....

The reason for this is that all the valves run in pairs, so if one of them has been bent then the other will be too.

Stan.

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