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One of the reasons I purchased the car was because the engine appeared to be in good condition.Unfortunately, a month after I purchased the car for £3000, the left hand timing chain snapped. Upon stripping the engine, I discovered several faults:

Below is a picture of the damaged Left Hand Head. It's a shame the head was ruined, as the waterways have absolutely zero corrosion!


Below shows the snapped LH camshaft! Snapped clean behind the front bearing! Who says stag timing chains are weak? My Renold chain didn't let go until it had taken the camshaft and head with it!!!



And the damaged head. The front bearing is wrecked. One of the inlet valves has been battered by the piston.
The head is dead flat, and has perfect waterways. Maybe it's repairable?



All back together now. It took a while. That air cleaner and rocker covers let the side down though! A lick of paint required, but where do I get the greeny grey for the air cleaner? And no, absolutely I refuse to paint it silver!


I have pushed the camera to it's limits of zoom and focus here. The car hung onto it's gears to about 4000 rpm even under very light throttle. A temporary fix is to disconnect the kickdown linkage. It means that the car wants to change up early, but I find that far less irritating than late.


The waterpump gear, although blurred in this photo, was badly chewed, with blueing on the gears. The jackshaft was similar.