<VV> Timing Gear ?

[Harry Yarnell]

My money's on a slipped harmonic balancer.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Davis" <jld at wk.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Timing Gear ?


> First realize the Corvair distributor is driven off the CRANKSHAFT.  Even 
> if you leave the camshaft gear off of the camshaft the distributor will 
> turn fine and stay in time (although the engine won run too well ;-)). 
> The pressure on the distributor shaft is up so if the thrust washer is 
> really worn it is possible to have a problem.  I would suspect the 
> distributor got moved some how.
> Jim Davis
>
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>  At 11:15 AM 4/19/2006, Rodney Sampson wrote:
>>Is it possible for the timing gear to chip a tooth while the engine is 
>>being shut down ?
>>This morning, started up like it was missing 2 cylinders, took the kids to 
>>school,
>>  steadily going down hill ,performance wise, started getting hard to 
>> start, got home
>>  replaced ignition system have a Pertronix but did not replace it 
>> (plugs,cap,rotor coil)
>>   Timing mark was about 30 degrees, way off from where it normaly.
>>   Did I miss anything ?
>>  Are there any other indicators that the cam may have skipped a tooth 
>> without taking ti apart ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Rodney Sampson
>>65 Corsa 140x4
>>
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