Think how much use might be made of an emoji for a Freudian slip! Probably showing my ignorance, and there is one. No promble, Andy.

Allen, in case you are in doubt, Andy's photo above labelled 'correct' is the one you need.

I suspect you know about orientating the distributor and setting up the leads , or you would have no firing.

Clockwise for a Mk11 surely??

Drags show 400052 as you say .

I can't see that anybody else has suggested the location of the open end of the breather in the timing case as a possible cause of this. There can be a build-up of oil in the chest which then gets thrown up to the dynamo sprocket area and can then head for the breather. If the pump has a relief valv...

Looks very good, Paul.

Can't wait to see you back, David!

You might need to do some careful measuring, Fletch. The thick base gasket probably means somebody has skimmed block and/or head a bit too much. This is usually because of the use of levers to get the head off without having first undone the four downward-pointing studs.

I don't believe that any of the designs is supposed to allow the cams to ride over each-other.

My experience is very limited - to Mk11 square, but I would tighten the first nut to the stop.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, somebody.

I've always done the sreadeagle act with right foot preventing the flip-up, but it is awkward.

Is the spring strong enough?

Is it one of the female delivery riders?