| A Thank You to Jim Hupy about timing chain wear [message #330157] |
Mon, 19 March 2018 10:59  |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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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 - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] A Thank You to Jim Hupy about timing chain wear [message #330159 is a reply to message #330157] |
Mon, 19 March 2018 11:16  |
James Hupy
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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
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 9:00 AM Matt Colie wrote:
> 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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