That was a GREAT bunch of advice that you all gave to me! Thanks!
I'll try the JB Weld route. "Cheap and Easy" is my motto.
Tom Zuchowski
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Cracked Timing Cover
>Tom,
>been there...twice.
>The problem is caused by a bad design. The breather can vibrates and
>eventually breaks the cover. Later covers had a little bracket at the top
>end of the breather can (where the hose connects) to keep it from
>vibrating.
>You can fix this with JB Weld, but you have to make a bracket too.
>Here is what I did on my old engine.
>Clean the area really well down to the metal with a wire brush and
>acetone. You may have to remove some parts to really get to it, maybe the
>radiator.
>Assemble a stack of washers that fits between the breather and the cover
>at its upper end. Superglue the washers together. JB Weld the crack and
>the washer stack in place.
>
>This will do it. It lasted for years for me.
>
>I recommend to everyone whose cover is not cracked and who doesn't have th
>ebracket, to add the "stack of washers" before it cracks.
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Tom Zuchowski wrote:
>
>> Again I turn to the accumulated wisdom of the List. . .
>>
>> Yesterday I pulled my radiator to have it rebuilt, and I made an unhappy
>> discovery.
>>
>> The front timing cover on the 1275 engine is cracked where the breather
can
>> attaches to it. I can wiggle the breather and watch the crack open and
>> close. (This might explain why my oil leaking has gotten so bad lately.)
>>
>> How much trouble an I in? It looks like a LOT of work to get that timing
>> cover off. Do I have to pull the engine? Can something like this be
welded
>> closed, or do I have to find a replacement? I am tempted to try cleaning
it
>> up and applying a generous fillet of JB Weld around the breather. This is
a
>> driver, not a show car.
>>
>> Any and all opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks in advance. You have always come through for me!
>>
>> Tom Zuchowski
>> '61 Bugeye
>> Clemmons, NC
>>
>>
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