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Thank you, much appreciated. I did find the spec for the valve dimensions, 1.9 inches unloaded, and they are all at that length so that is excellent. Good recommendation on the camshaft, I will take a look. I did buy valve stem oil seals, only...

Thanks for your advice, measuring the springs makes sense – I will find the specification

Th Thanks for the advice!

I would appreciate your thoughts – I am rebuilding the cylinder heads on a 3.5 v8, carb version, from a Discovery 1 which has 75,000 miles on the clock which I believe to be genuine. I am going to re-grind the valves which all look good and no...

I posted previously about my Discovery 1V8, carb model, losing coolant and the difficulty of finding the problem. In a previous post I mentioned noticing that one of the cylinders had exceptionally clean spark plug compared to the others which...

Thanks for getting back to me. No, I just checked and ran a razor blade scraper around the head and the block there is nothing evident. There are marks indicating there was a head gasket in there at some point but definitely not now. I also...

I posted earlier about the suspected head gasket leak with coolant getting into two of the cylinders as the spark plugs in those two were washed clean as opposed to the other cylinders which are sooty. So I have gone through the process today...

I have a D1 on carbs which has been losing coolant water and I can’t work it out! There are no obvious leaks anywhere and as it is not a regular use vehicle it’s hard to determine how much coolant is going though I am guessing around quarter to...

I have a D1 on carbs which has been losing coolant water and I can’t work it out! There are no obvious leaks anywhere and as it is not a regular use vehicle it’s hard to determine how much coolant is going, though I am guessing around quarter to...