I bought guides and gaskets from Robsport and I was pleased enough with the quality to use the new guides. I will save the used guides and tensioner - you never know. Plus I don’t throw anything away that I remove from my old cars these days. Made that mistake in the past. All sprockets are in great condition, and there’s no undue play in the jackshaft etc.
Anyway, it all went back together easily enough. The biggest issue i have working on the front end of this engine is the %@£&=+@ fan unit. Unfortuanetly don’t have the hands of a 6 year old child to be able to get in the gap between mount and fan, so those bolts make me curse a little!
It’s a simple enough job though. I saw on a forum post that it’s a four hour job, that’s good going! Took me more like eight. But I was plodding and enjoying the tinkering!
I’m content with the valve clearances for now. Coolant in and start up today so fingers crossed for a quieter engine. Even if it’s still a bit noisy, at least I have the piece of mind of a new chain and tensioner. Thanks to all for the advice.
Well done, let us know how you get on with start up ( and hopefully reduced noise )