Ive now torqued up the head bolts and the cam carrier bolts. Ive put all the gubbins back on and filled up the coolant system with just water at the moment. This will be changed for the correct coolant/water mix when I'm sure there are no leaks and its run for a few minutes.

I set the timing by aligning the notches on the cam and crank pulleys with those on the block and head then tensioned the timing belt.

Before firing it up for the first time, i took the HT leads off and turned it over on the starter a few times. This builds up the oil pressure before the first start. With the HT leads back on i hesitantly turned the key. To my relief it started right up.

Its hard to tell if the timing is perfect, but its running smoothly at present. Its a little hesitant on over run. There's a knocking from the exhaust as the Catalytic converter has deteriorated, but that's next on the list. The proof of timing will be on a test drive.