Great that you got it fixed, the gasket was what I was betting on.
As far as the "L",
1. You could gently bend it back, but if there is any chance of metal
fatigue or cracking, I would cut it off
2. If you cut it, I would pack the immediate area with oily rags to catch
the chips, a cut off wheel may make less chips than a saw.
3. If it really looks OK where it is, leave it
BTW, do you have the oil tube in the oil filter? If not, go to the local
Nissan, order part # 15214-W1100, less than $5.oo. It's going to be time
for an oil change soon.
Everyone,
Thanks for helping me trouble shoot my U20 death-rattle. Someone, I'm not
naming names, put in the tensioner gasket upside down, completely blocking
the oil hole.
Fortunately I caught the problem before the rattling chain tore off the
evil-l. But not before it took some chunks of metal out of it and bent it
about 30-degrees from 12 o'clock. Now the question, what to do?
Do I:
1) Bend old evil back into place.
2) Saw it off.
3) Buy a new one.
4) Assume that now that I've fixed my chain tension problem that the bracket
will stay where it is.
Nathaniel Leeds
U20 - '69
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