chestnut

Having thought i had this thing wrapped up - i'm asking for ideas before i remove my cylinder head to take a look. It was time to adjust the valves as i noticed the noise and the fact that the auto-decomp was struggling to work and therefore allow the engine to turn. Having done my valves, the...

I see from browsing this site no ones ever asked this question before...(not) but anyway, I've just bought an 02 501FE - takes an hour to start from cold on the kick (single kick when hot). I've seen various posts and comments on starting problems / de-compressors / TDC / valves etc. My...