No photo, but they are basically a near right angle bracket with a dished hole in, of sufficient diameter to accommodate the circular spigot which is on the rear of the spat . You will be able to fabricate one in a few minutes, but it will be best to make a template in very thin metal first , e.g. a...

The first thing to do is to check whether the marks on the pulley show TDC when the engine is in fact at TDC . The most accurate way to do this is with a dial gauge stuck in the front plug hole, but you can get a good idea whether there is some gross discrepancy in the markings by using a metal bar,...

Any mechanical pressure gauge will do as a cross check. I use a 1940s one which has a 1/8 bsp thread, which screws into the adaptors which Jaguar used for the oil pressure warning light ( which was described as the alternator light ) on 4.2 E types , and which plugs into one of the blanked off holes...

Certainly I would have thought that the top end including carbs was worth saving . It is amazing what a good soaking in paraffin or diesel will do to seized components, and in fact 2.4 engines are becoming somewhat rare so that the whole engine is probably worth having