In addition to the standard tool kit, the following should be at hand
before starting operations
:-
Spare cylinder head gasket.
Valve grinding paste-this can be purchased ready mixed, and
it
is
best to have two grades-medium and fine.
Castille soap, or some good proprietary jointing compound.
A shallow basin (such as a baking tin) to form a paraflin bath for
the
"
hits."
VALVE
TIMING
CHART.
INLET
CLOSES
Dismantling.
Open
draining off, proceed to
:-
the radiator drain tap, and while the water is
Remov'e bonnet altogether.
Detach sparking plug cahles-these are all of different lengths so that
there is no fear of confusion when re-assembling.
Remove
vahe gsear cover
:
and do not mistake the
"
M.G."
breathers
at either end for nuts
!
They cannot he unscrewed, and need not
be touched.
Attention may now he turned to the exhaust and inl'et manifolds, which
must be removed, after uncoupling the petrol pipe, throttle and mixture
controls from the cnrhuretter, and the exhaust pipe from its manifold. The
carburetter need not he detached from the induction manifold-the two
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