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Do you have the repair operations manual?

Doesn't look right to me.

Report back please. Remember the cam rotates at half the speed of the crank, so piston 1 is at top dead centre twice for each rotation of the cam and skew gear.

Rotate by hand the engine one full revolution only and check again.

For any photos of the pulley? Didn't realise they were the same pulley.

Wasn't quite happy with putting it back together knowing the cam was stiffer than it should be. Took a razor blade to the shiney spots on the cam bearing and gently reamed it down, took a few attempts but now turns freely with only a small...

Yes, they can.

Convert the "pull to stop" to a series 3 choke cable, use that to activate the glow plug relay.

Valves or rings? Pour oil down the bores and re do the compression test

Most recent discussion on that forum. Good afternoon folks Towards the end of last year a club member tried to change the engine details on their S2, They got a letter saying that "To update our record with the change of vehicle details, you...

Engine swaps are common, the engine blocks are physically compatible, so it's possible that it has a new engine somewhere along the way. Or the factory got it wrong..... So long as the log book and the vehicle match, all is good.

It's so marginal. What's your usage? Local or long distance?

Yep, you can get an MOT on an unregistered vehicle. I've two to do so got the guy to double check.