California EV 2005 reg 11000 miles the right hand cylinder base gasket has decided to give out slight leak spraying back. Question is there a locking tool available after putting the crank marks alignment TDC to stop any movement while dismantling and assembly. Hydraulic valves is there any specfic procedure to do when dismantling the head and barrel.
Cheers Richard
Hi Richard
Just rebuilt my Cali EV, new cam , hydraulic tappets and buckets etc.
Nothing fancy when stripping down, just get tdc on the cylinder you are removing, before removing rocker arms. Once you have slid the pins out and set the shims aside, remove the hydraulic tappets using a suitable sized piece of rubber fuel line over the top of them and they just lift out. You can now treat the rest of the strip down as a dry engine.
Before refitting the tappets, you can use a pin to let some of the load off them, which makes fitting the rocker pins a piece of cake
Hope this helps
Ed
Hi Ed sorry just got back to you thank you for your input it is very helpful and great advice all sorted now.
Cheers Richard