PART THREE
Last time I had taken the cylinder head off and seen the pistons, so now it was time to delve into the front of the engine and see the timing gears. Firstly the front crank pulley needed to be removed, a couple of sharp hits with a socket on a big ratchet soon undid the 42mm centre bolt.
Then, a few gentle taps all around the circumference allowed the pulley to slide off the front section of the crank. If it had been stuck on harder a puller would have done the job quicker, I always replace these pulleys anyway to get a better seal at the front of the engine.
The timing cover could now be removed which involved quite a collection of bolts all around the edge to be undone; there
