<VV> Oil Slinger

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/19/2006 8:34:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
vairologist at verizon.net writes:

When the  slinger is placed onto the crank it slides back far enough to get 
behind the  keyway on the crank and is free to rotate around. Is this normal? 
Thanks for  your input.

Ralph  Gubser
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Smitty says:  Oil slinger ??  Timing cover ??  60s had a  slinger at the 
timing gear end of the crank.  None others that I know  of.



Smitty - You Dog! Ralph is talking about the other end of the engine, of  
course. On V8's that is normally the Timing Gear cover. Not on the Vair,  where 
the timing gears live behind the flywheel. Ralph, - The slinger will be  
clamped in place (along with the distributor drive gear) when you install  the 
balancer - or pulley if that is what you are using - and tighten it up.  That 
balancer pulley bolt can loosen up, by the way. If you suddenly have a  timing 
stability problem, (wandering a bit at idle) pull off the  distributor cap and 
check to see if the rotor can be moved back and forth  (independent of the 
mechanical advance) and if it tends to stay in another  position and not return to 
the same location. If it seems to move a bit, put the  car in gear and see if 
the balancer bolt is tight. Crank it down to whatever the  torque value is in 
the manual. - Seth Emerson