This forum cracks me up!! It's just like our local hardware and farm supplies shop.. You ask for something completely random and they will give you a nod and disappear off round the back, but ALWAYS return with what you wanted, no matter how obscure the item you want
So are we Jonny! Clean the pots at home using the Potassium Permanganate, rinse well and make sure you tip out the Potassium Permanganate somewhere it cannot enter a marine enviroment You can buy it from the chemist by the way.
Hats off to the team at Richardson's! They have made a lovely job of that boat. I love seeing an old boat transformed like that Good for another 30 years now.
I set 1 at TDC both valves closed timing mark lined up. Then simply follow the firing order of the engine, in my case 1-3-4-2.
The harder question hasn't been asked yet! "Which valve is an inlet and which an exhaust"