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Are there any symptoms to suggest work is needed?
It is noisy (tappety)
It seems to be running on three and a half cylinders.
There is a rattling sound when the car is going over 50 mph and I put my foot down or take it off. This can also happen when the box changes from 2nd to 3rd and I have my foot down.
I thought that the noise was down to excessive cam gaps but I have checked them and they are within spec.
I have spent a lot of time setting up the timing and the carbs. I have the basic kit for it and have done it many times before (admittedly not on an OHC.) The timing is rock solid the plugs are brown and the carbs are in balance. It is firing on all cylinders. Given that it has a very chuggy diesel type of feel. The compression on two of the cylinders is a bit down and I can't get my tester into 4. I have also changed just about all the ignition electrics.
Yorkshire triumphs do a lot of work on Stags, Pete Johnson owns one. I reasoned that if he can handle Stag engines he should be able to sort mine. He certainly seemed to know what he was doing.
I have asked elsewhere for quotes but, as yet have not heard back.
I realise that to a lot of people here using dealers for what is fairly basic work is a bit foreign. I had the head off my 1300 and ported it but it took me all winter and I don't want to get into engine out stuff, I don't have the facilities.
I will wait and see what they come back with when they have had a look at it.