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Old 10-11-2017, 08:04 PM   #6
glenn in camino
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Default Re: Stripped timing gear

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Back in the early 70s when I bought my 28 station wagon, I was driving it around my neighborhood when it just quit. I opened the distributor and turned the engine with my hand crank. I noticed that the rotor wasn't turning. I removed the timing cover side plate and saw that several teeth on the timing gear were missing. I towed it home, removed the bad gear, and replaced it
with an aluminum one. It was noisy but it worked until I had the engine rebuilt
I now always use an aluminum or bronze timing gear.
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