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Greetings, everyone! I hope I'm in the correct spot. I just bought a little one with a 1.6 prince engine, and I blew the head gasket when I bought it. I've taken the head off and it's now being skimmed and pressure tested at the shop. What worries me is reassembling it, because I had trouble removing the four springs and the tool because the eccentric shaft was on the wrong side of the stop when I was stripping the head. I also don't see an Allen key hole on the rear of the motor to wind in the shaft, so I'll have to insert it before reassembling the shaft. My sincere wish is that someone here has dealt with this before and can provide some insight.

You can't fit any steppa motor without the allen key that's attached to the back of them.

When I reinstall it, I will take a second look. What are your thoughts on the eccentric shaft?

On the first ignition turn, it will retrain itself to stop.

I have rebuilt numerous engines before, but this is my first Prince engine, so I won't stress over where to put anything.

should use the dianostocs tool to reset adaptations for vanos and main fuelling.