Service time after running in newly rebuilt engine

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froggy

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After nearly 500 miles (give or take a little) on the rebuilt engine, its time for a service and reset.
What i'm thinking is:-
Change oil
Clean plugs (might change these depends on condition)
Adjust valves
re-torque heads???
fit new dizzy (with new petronix electrnics ,new rotor arm and new cap, new leads)
check belt tension
tyre pressures
check and adjust rear brakes as required (just a precautionary thing i do every service)
re-time / tune engine

Anything i've missed out before i go on a small shopping spree?
 
Well even though i cant feel my fingers or toes the van is now (nearly) serviced and ready for action.
Fitted and timed the petronixs, struggled to start initially so i sort of guessed were the timing should be, then turned it the other way when it still didn't start. Got it started (sounding rough) let the engine warm up and re-timed it, set it to 7.5BTDC with the vac dis-connected and blocked. Stoped the engine and re-started it, fired first time. Drove it up and down the road just to check the engine and it feels like it did before i had the rebuild, very responsive, not sure if it was the service or the electronics but definately an improvement.
Just need to check the tyre pressures and check the rear brake adjustments and it all done
 

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