aaronmorris
Head's a shed
Erm, Nope, I've already got half of td5 engine in the shed when I don't own a td5
Seats cleaned, there don't appear to be any problems with them...
Valves cleaned, stuck them in a hand drill and got scotchbrited them (padded the collet ends so the jaws wouldn't mark them):
Think if I knew somewhere that could cut them back in well I'd do that rather than lap them, but I don't so they'll just get a very light lapping to avoid turning them concave.
Nearest is probably these in Cas Vegas -> Vintage Engines In Elstow Bedfordshire - T & L Engineering
rub valve in clean and dry and if good youll have a thin unbroken shiney line on seat and valve ,valves and seats are usually cut a degree different ie 44 and 45 , modern seat cutters like a serdi need no lapping, depends how yours were done
10 is easy, last rebuild i did was 24
ok,to test each valve.put a TINY drop of clean oil on each valve seat,place it in the head and turn it on revolution backwards then forwards,you should get a complete black line on the valve,if yes then the seat is good,if not re lap it.each to their own though.way i was taught in college.
Umm what's clean and dry fella? Google turns up some womens face wash lol - I read about different angle cuts, apparently they do this to hammer the faces to the same on first run!!!
Ta will try...
But...
Why a black line?
seats wiped with solvent ie petrol on a rag
Ta will try...
But...
Why a black line?