Preparation

Look, after some catch up posts, we've reached the present tense. Well, kind of.

The car was moved off the drive and into the car port last week and all accessable fastners doused in WD40. Tomorrow sees the start of the stripdown. Bonnet, grille, belts, hoses, wiring, ancillaries and head should all be dealt with. That's the theory at least.

By the way - the rocker cover was off when the carr arrived and there's no sign of a dropped valve so, unless something very odd has happened, it's a bottom end problem. Getting the head off and turning the engine to and fro' may give me some idea but whatever it is, the engine has to come out.