A Thank You to Jim Hupy about timing chain wear

[Matt Colie]

Jim,

When I mentioned how loose the timing chain of my engine was, you suggested that I look at the plug in the block face that is suppose to oil that.

Well, I unscrewed it and could not see though it. One little chip of carbon came out.

During my search for replacement valves, I am also going to work up a plan to put a crud catcher in that squirter. I don't currently have any idea
what it is going to be, but I have lots of strange stuff to choose from. Very fine steel screen might be good. Like the stainer for a paint spray
gun. I really don't know, but I can afford to do a lot of thinking.

Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[Jim Hupy]

I think that hole is around .023". Does not take much of a particle to plug
it. All the more reason for frequent oil and filter changes, and very
thorough warm ups and frequent use. Never thought about a screen or filter
there, but might be a good thing. Oil furnaces used to have a sintered
bronze filter on the injector nozzles that had threads and were just about
the right size for that plug with a bit of fiddling. Might look at that.
Sundstrand is a name that comes to mind.
Jim Hupy

> Jim,
>
> When I mentioned how loose the timing chain of my engine was, you
> suggested that I look at the plug in the block face that is suppose to oil
> that.
>
> Well, I unscrewed it and could not see though it. One little chip of
> carbon came out.
>
> During my search for replacement valves, I am also going to work up a plan
> to put a crud catcher in that squirter. I don't currently have any idea
> what it is going to be, but I have lots of strange stuff to choose from.
> Very fine steel screen might be good. Like the stainer for a paint spray
> gun. I really don't know, but I can afford to do a lot of thinking.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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