Back together at last

One of these

caused one of those

which via some of this

became one of these on Saturday - some 9 months after the original opportunity

Learnt a lot about XK engines and cylinder heads. Remembered how much I dislike fitting the bottom hose on the radiator. And did some research into engine bay colours too.

Hopefully just a bit of tinkering left before weather warms up and I can add a few more miles.

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Nice one, well done, what pistons are they?

Fantastic! was that a dropped Valve?

Phil looks like it you can just see the remains of the stem at about 2 o’clock

Yes - looked as if it failed at the point of the weld. Then even managed to punch a little hole in the top of the piston. How I laughed…

Ill check the specs when I get home and look at the invoices - was a few weeks ago I got them now

Looks like std 9:1 pistons before they had the domes.

That is correct right - replaced with what has in when took it apart