Well, it looks good, Eric. If I may ask, what was the nature of the problems? Was it the spacing between the valve train and the cylinders, one cylinder to the next?
Thanks. I made some mistakes attaching the parts thinking I should drill holes where the springs go, after clipping off the kit bits, into which the little nub at the base of the resin spring should go. This led to inconsistencies in angles and spacing between the springs and the valve train. Compounding that was the realization that the resin valve train piece is a little too long, a problem I later learned that others have encountered as well. That was easily fixed by cutting the shaft, the material removed shortening the section enough to align properly with the cylinders. I then struggled with getting the valve lifters (not sure if that's the correct term) in place due to some springs being too close.
At that point I thought there was no saving it so set it aside for the night with plans on ordering a new engine from WNW and skipping the resin. The next day I thought to search here for others who had used the Taurus sets and after reading a couple, it dawned on me that I should have removed the springs' lower nub and glued them right onto the cylinder heads without drilling holes while at the same time fitting the valve lifters. So I carefully cut off the springs with spacing problems and also shortened the top pins which fit under the lifters. One at a time, each lifter was glued in place with Gator Grip Glue which held it in place yet allowed plenty of work time, then the spring put in position using thin CA applied to the base and upper pin to secure it only after it was in place.
Please excuse the lengthy explanation but I figured the details may help others on their first attempt using one of the Taurus sets. They really do look great once installed and I will use them again now that I know what I'm doing.
Cheers,
Eric
