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Originally Posted by rocky raccoon
for my old Norton motorcycle suggesting stuffing a length of rope into the cylinder to hold the valves up. Typical effective but simple British solution for the backyard mechanic.
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Yep. Sometimes the old tricks are the best. However, the problem comes if you raise the piston so much you cannot remove the cord, because turning the engine backward to drop the piston a bit is a BIG NO NO on some engines, including the 2.3 IIRC.