thanks for that Brian
I messaged them to see if they would take the head off to check the piston/valves
as listing says the timing has jumped and wont start,
and they eventually said that they would not do that and I would have to take the chance
but as the listing says it wont start I think it probably has got some damage
though compared to what some people want its a bargain
however, I have now managed to get a replacement head and piston for £120
so I have started to fit that.
I was a bit worried after reading the PDF's of the engine on the forum as it says some engines
have a balance shaft unit, luckily mine has not got this, as the damaged piston is at the gearbox
end I just swivelled the oil pump out of the way, If it was at the timing end I think I would have been
stuck as would have had to remove the pump, which looks like all the gears would have to come off
def an engine out job.
anyway back to the job in hand
Is there a way to tell when setting the TDC that it is actually the proper TDC rather than 360 out ?
I know some people have rebuilt these and it would not start unless they swopped the connectors round
on the injectors as the crank was 360 out , and so the signal from the sensor was at the wrong point
Is there anyway to get a reading from the TDC sensor on the flywheel
or are there any other markings to show proper TDC
I hope that makes sense, or am I missing some thing glaringly obvious
One bargain I picked up was a full gates timing belt kit with the pulleys for £19.01 !