Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

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Lionel, i'll check the valve installing video when I can spare the data download, in a few days.
The valve grinding one won't be any help. I'm just lapping in the new valves. Grinding is a job I would leave to professionals anyway. Great potential for me to bollocks that job up, if I had a go at it.

Went to supacheap this afternoon, to buy an engine stand. Have now made the decision to do as much work as I can, with hopefully a very small component (if any) farmed out to a machine shop. Naturally, now that I am commited to doing the work, the engine stand I wanted was sold out. Figures! Got back home as quick as I could, and bought one on the supacheap ebay store. Doing so costs only another $7.00 for delivery to home. I can easily justify that amount by avoiding back strain loading into/out of car.

Now looking for best deal I can find for a fine cylinder hone. I like the Flex Hone brand. Theirs are the ones with a large number of individual spherical (ish) stones. See this website: http://www.crosstools.com.au/flex-ho...nder-hone.html I'm interested to hear which type others have used. Guess i'll need honing oil too. Bet it's just a light oil with inflated price. I'll try to find out the viscosity. Maybe able to use a substitute, like perhaps air-tool oil, which is dirt cheap.