Re: IML: timing gear on 63?
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Re: IML: timing gear on 63?



Or remove the distributor cap and then turn the crank back and forth and see how much slack there is before the distributor rotor starts turning which is geared directly to the cam..
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:23 PM
Subject: RE: IML: timing gear on 63?

Tom:

An easy way to check for the gear being worn out is to rotate the crankshaft back and forth until you feel the resistance of the cam and lifters, (they require a lot of force to turn compared to just sliding the pistons up and down). If you can turn it more than about 10 degrees, it will be more like 25, chances are that the chain has slipped.

 

Ernie and The Black Bitc_!!

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tom higgins
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:30 AM
To: imperial club
Subject: IML: timing gear on 63?

 

Thank you to all who have posted ideas on my comatose Custom 4dr.  Consensus does not seem universal though on whether original timing gear on 63 had plastic teeth or not.  If you have seen either or both types with your own eyes on an original car, please let me know so I can decide whether to pursue that as possible cause of my immediate problem or look elsewhere.  It is a lot of work to expose that gear and I would hate it to be for naught.  My FSM is snail-crawling from pennsylvania to arizona; I would rather not wait for it to confirm what many of you might know already.  --Tom

 


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