New 1990 VDP Owner

[Bryan_N]

Sean,
Don’t worry too much about the chain - providing you stop it falling down inside the timing cover

Just follow the instructions for valve timing with the #1 piston at TDC

A read of this thread may reassure you -

[xj40] Very stiff inlet camshaft

In reply to a message from Alan4d sent Fri 18 Mar 2011: Alan, I can assure you that with the head on the bench, a) you have to raise the head on blocks so that the fully open valves do not hit the bench and b) you need to turn the camshafts in unison a few degrees at a time, always in a clockwise direction, from the TDC #1 cylinder timing position to avoid the valves on one side clashing with the valves on the other. It takes very little effort to bend a valve stem if the valves clash. …