Ooh, that brings to mind an embarassing incident when a pre-driving-age
self was allowed to move the family Fury wagon... redlined it in Neutral
and slipped the timing chain so bad it wouldn't start again. My
introduction to auto mechanics was when my dad made me fix it... (and it
had metal sprockets). Anyway, Eric's post made me ask the same question
as Matt.
Kulka, Matt had this to say:
>Eric,
>
>Reminds me of a time many years ago when a buddy of mine had a '68 Mustang
>with a manual three speed. He had to stomp hard on the brake one day, and
>he missed the clutch before doing so. The crankshaft slowed down real fast,
>but the camshaft wanted to keep going. Since his (fiber toothed) timing
>gear was worn, the timing chain jumped a tooth.
>
>Your distributor is run off the camshaft. Is your timing chain tensioner in
>good shape? I wonder if you did the same thing in a "hairy full-lockup"?
>Maybe someone else on the list can tell you how to check your cam timing
>without pulling the front cover.
>
>Matt Kulka
>Huntersville, NC
>'74 B
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Erickson [mailto:eric@erickson.on.net]
>
>Is it 'normal' (!?) to seriously throw the timing out by just giving the
>poor old 'B a damn good thrashing. Not lots of redline stuff, just some
>flat out laps 'round a racetrack (I liked playing boy-racer) and some
>hairy full-lockup braking...
>
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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