Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

Well after all the years in a multi-state relationship just as I am leaving VT. Miss E stalls and refuses to start well pushed her in her home[a heated garage] and she refused to start? All seemed ok, popped the distributer cap and turned over the engine -----no rotation of the distributer!!!!! How clever am I , figured it has to be the dist. gear or the timing gear.....boy that college really paid off [that is the school of hard knocks].. took out the little timing gear pin thingofamagee and felt for the dimple [ well actually a deeper hole as I drilled it a bit deeper so I could feel it] low and behold I can't find the hole!!! Well now I feel that perhaps I Drilleth to deepeth and hastened its demise!! My humble question to all barners is aluminin or a fiber gear, any pro's and con's and any tricks as MissE and I haven,t been this intimate in a long time! thanks bobbycoke

Re: Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

I had an aluminum gear on a 28 pickup once made a loud knocking noise .I thought it was a bearing going !!! put a fiber one on and quiet as anything!!

thats my 2cents worth
John

Re: Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

I don't use anything but the aluminum gear BUT, I always put a new crank gear on at the same time. I didn't once and had a tapping noise that may have come from that area.

Re: Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

Next time, get a spare timing pin and grind a sharper point on it and it will make it easier to find the dimple in the gear. My 2¢

Re: Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

AL will keep you on the road longer than fiber in mho

Re: Miss Elizabeth finally strips for me!
 

The last time I changed the timing gear in my tudor I used a bronze one. It will probably outlast me, but it does make a little knocking noise until it warms up. I think I'll stick with fiber on my next engine. They're fine as long as your crank gear is smooth