Big vee

Active Member

• Jan 14, 2018

• #1

found out way I lost oil pressure

 

brianp38dse

Well-Known Member

• Jan 14, 2018

• #2

Opps something must of got in there a jammed or pump rotor bugged up

 

Mark Piercy

Well fumbled member....

Full Member

• Jan 14, 2018

• #3

Lost a tooth and spat it out?

 

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myfirstl322

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• Jan 14, 2018

• #4

 

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Mark Piercy

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• Jan 14, 2018

• #5

myfirstl322 said:

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Brilliant song myfirst'

 

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johnnyb70

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• Jan 15, 2018

• #6

Blimey that's a bugger! Buy the whole thing. And hope there's no damage. Prime prime and prime again.

 

Big vee

Active Member

• Jan 15, 2018

• #7

doe any one know if you van buy the cover that is broken in my pic or complete new timing cover

 

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johnnyb70

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• Jan 15, 2018

• #8

I've got an old front cover with that plate on it but I wouldn't risk it. But your welcome to have the cover ( or the whole thing) for postage. Wait mine is gems but I don't think it matters TBH.
Jb

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

Full Member

• Jan 16, 2018

• #9

I'd get new and replace the timing chain at the same time.

 

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johnnyb70

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• Jan 16, 2018

• #10

I'm with grrrrrr. They should be silly money. But there actually reasonable. Hobourn the original maker went bust. But the new ones are identical and must be made at the same place.( Boxed sh#_&part)

 

listerdiesel

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• Jan 16, 2018

• #11

Hobourn Eaton made the pump internals, don't know about the main casing.
We had a 'spare' front cover but I'd not risk a secondhand piece unless it was surface ground flat first.
New cover assembly was £200+ last time I looked. (£193 plus carriage and VAT)
They are listed as part of the Dana Corporation.
Peter

 

Big vee

Active Member

• Jan 16, 2018

• #12

So a new one I think , how hard to replace timing chain

 

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johnnyb70

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• Jan 16, 2018

• #13

Very easy just line up the square dots and push on to the crank woodruff. The cam is just held with a notch on cam and gear. And secured with a bolt( on the gems anyway)
Different styles of timing gear is available. Floppy or stiff matron? Not sure what's best TBH.or where from. But the cam sensor is triggered from the cutout in the top gear meaning it's Thor or gems specific.
Jb

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

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• Jan 18, 2018

• #14

Big vee said:

So a new one I think , how hard to replace timing chain

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Dead easy if you follow RAVE and afterwards you'll wish you did it ages ago.

 

listerdiesel

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• Jan 18, 2018

• #15

As Johnnyb70 alluded to above, the timing gears are identical in number of teeth between Thor and Gems engines, but the gears are easy to identify, GEMS has equal cutouts in the gear face, Thor has unequal shaped cutouts.

Strangely enough, a Thor engine will run with a GEMS timing gear, but it is better with the correct one!

Peter