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Adrian, again, forgive me if I'm teaching you to suck eggs but if your engine is modified in any way, the valve clearances may need to be different from standard. See this comment in another post about aluminium or chromoly pushrods - stock has 0.006" gap (due to the ally expanding more with heat) whilst the chromoly pushrod has a 'loose zero' gap. From your comment that it is a weekend cruiser it sounds like it's a standard 1600?

If you're checking the whole car is mechanically sound, then it may be worth reading my story of making my Speedster reliable and safe to drive over the last six months, and you'll see many points where I messed up or learnt something new - it was written as a newbie and hopefully it will have useful pointers that can help you. Mine is not the only story here - there is a huge wealth of knowledge and info that can be found via the search box.

These cars are remarkably easy to work on, and mercifully simple in engineering terms, and there's nothing like having the peace of mind that knowing your car inside out brings when you drive it - you can enjoy the drive rather than having a niggling worry that something will go wrong.  And you'll have made the car far more reliable from the get go.

Keep posting pics and updates and let us know how you're getting on!

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