Gazbo
Well-Known Member
@dag019 if you remove the rocker gear from the head then turn the engine with the starter motor and you find the engine turns hard and evenly, (even compression with no "chuffing" from exhaust or inlet manifolds) then that would indicate the valve timing was out due to the "shock shearing" of the camshaft sprocket key.
If "chuffing" persists with rockers removed you will have a bent valve or more to deal with.
Turning the engine over with no rocker gear means you will have two cylinders compressing every half a revolution of the crank so don't work the starter like this for too long, just long enough to detect if a valve or two is leaking past. After seeing you photo of 8 bent pushrods I imagine that the cam key had a bit of stress applied.
Good luck.
If "chuffing" persists with rockers removed you will have a bent valve or more to deal with.
Turning the engine over with no rocker gear means you will have two cylinders compressing every half a revolution of the crank so don't work the starter like this for too long, just long enough to detect if a valve or two is leaking past. After seeing you photo of 8 bent pushrods I imagine that the cam key had a bit of stress applied.
Good luck.