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[devon john]

well all was going fine , just run in and starting to use the little power that there !!
well theres a metalic taping that sounds abit like a very loose tappet .
tonight i striped the top end removed the valves (hitchcock ,s larger valves ,springs and caps)
and alloy barrel and can't see anything wrong!
i am now thinking that it could be a cam problem, i am running Henry Price R cams which were new on this build .
i will investigate in the timing case tomorrow
thought anyone??
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[another Allan]

I assume that the cams you fitted are higher lift than standard. Did you check the valve springs when you re-assembled the engine? High-lift cams are likely to make standard valve springs coil-bound, and that can lead to all kinds of interesting problems and noises. DAMHIK!

[southernsofty]

Does this rattle go away when the engine is just off tick over as this could be the automatic de compressor as mine does this, I see you have made some mods to your engine so I can't comment about that!

[simon]

Does it have the original rockers?

[devon john]

it has samarat rockers, but i have now removed the timing chest the only thing i can find is theres play on the distributor shaft for and back about a 16/1+ so was wondering is this right or should it be solid??