Although I have today been out and bought a long, flexible magnet thingy and waved it thoroughly under and around the flywheels with no result at all... Good news is that Brian Parsons says that the piston, rings and bore are OK.
Continuing what would in today's terms would doubtless be called 'my journey' only I ain't goin' no journey on the Comet............. I have now not only turned the top link the right way up (not too hard) but also turned the bottom link up the right way and THAT meant inventing a whole new raft of bad words. Incidentally, as I make furniture as a hobby I have sash cramps knocking about and they were great for compressing the springs for refitting to the girdraulics.
The valve timing is still driving me nuts! I've just bent a pushrod so that's it until Russ sends a new one..... Can't get the timing anywhere near - if I get the inlet valve opening at approx 41 degrees before TDC it doesn't close anywhere near the right time. Exhaust is all over the place. How can that be????
I've ordered a new pushrod from Russ in Wales and it should come tomorrow or Friday.
The only problem I have with that is that I don't know where the breather pinion 'B' should be because there is nothing for it to line up with - does it matter? - although, thinking whilst writing, I could then rotate the engine and match it in with the book setting B tooth leaving to B tooth leaving the alloy large idler. Is there a particular time at which the engine should breathe? Anybody got a view on that, please?
Is there a particular time at which the engine should breathe? Anybody got a view on that, please?