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So is this resolved? What was the cause?

The rocker shaft has oil holes in it that need to be correctly positioned. I'd orientate it by that rather than looking for a mark. Make sure it's assembled correctly. Ah, no , there are notches on the ends of the rocker shafts that indicate correct alignment ,both heads are assembled the same as t...

Knocked all the rust flakes off of my D2 chassis with one. I have 100ltr compressor but it was sufficient to get the job done. Bl**dy noisy mind you, ear defenders needed. Wire brush too on angle grinder where needed but avoided polishing too much, then rust converted with Jenolite phosphoric based ...

The rocker shaft has oil holes in it that need to be correctly positioned. I'd orientate it by that rather than looking for a mark. Make sure it's assembled correctly.

I think the Freelander stat is 82° just to add confusion

They're long gone. I'm planning on fitting an Edelbrock 500 and a cam upgrade, just trying to work out which cam for my heads, they're standard and un-ported. I assume the pistons are originals which in 11D prefix engine should be 9.35:1 compression ratio.

Hello everybody, Just found out about this forum so signed up straight away. I'm in the process of restoring a Land Rover Series 3 109 V8, 'Stage 1'. Right now, I'm working on the V8. It's a 1981 3.5 (11D suffix A) Range Rover engine that was rebuilt in 1996 by RPi Engineering. Before I removed it f...