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Found out the valve was stuck in the guide! Cut the valve spring to release the retainer. Luckily, a new guide was a suitable interference fit in the head, so valve and guide are being replaced. Don't know what caused it? all was running fine apart from the occasional ticking noise and a bit of smok...

Well, i have finally looked into this issue further, and yes, i did find some exhaust manifold gaskets not sealing correctly, but more disturbing is i seem to have an exhaust valve guide moving. Maybe this is the tapping sound. You can see through the spring that the valve guide is virtually touchin...

Hello all, My name is Lloyd and i currently own a 1958 Ford anglia 100E with 3.5 Rover V8 lump shoehorned in! It a street legal machine, but do give it some down the drag strip ( well, it would be rude not to eh?) Currently transplanting a TH350 auto box into the car and i trashed the BW65 that was ...