Engine

[gezparton]

Well back from Goodwood in Josie whose engine was a bit rumbly so take the spare engine out of Poppy, put Poppys original engine back in and then take Josies engine out and replace with the spare. Get to a local meet in Poppy and broke down and recovered to home.
Damn I found I hadn’t repaired Poppys engine from when I put the spare in.
( last year Poppy and I started a JOG and broke down south of Coventry with a loose fly wheel)
So remove engine and gearbox (again) fit new tab washer, lap flywheel, fit loctite and tighten nut.
Re-install engine and gearbox including radiator all ancillaries and floor panels, engine running fine with a bit of fine tuning to be done after a road run.
Can’t disengage the clutch!
So take out the engine and gearbox and found the tab washer needs to be trimmed to enable the clutch to disengage! I knew this so why didn’t I do it?
Anyway re fitted engine into Poppy and all working. Hurrah.
So started the strip down of Josies engine and I think I have found the source of the smoke or steam as seen on the Goodwood video I posted last week ( also the several head gaskets I have fitted).
This engine has driven Josie and I to JOG/ LE ,the Scottish A7 rally, MIM, Prescott hill, Beaulie and Goodwood.
How will I repair this?
What are everyone’s thoughts?