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WeldonS · 07-10-2021, 07:32 PM

Hello all. I'm new to posting on the forum. Bought a '29 CCPU several months ago and the forum has been a big help in "fixing" the "little" things that had to be done to be able to drive it around town. It was getting close until one day this week when it died on the way home from the grocery store. My son towed it home and I started looking for the problem. First thing I found was the distributor was not turning. Removed the distributor and found there was no drive. Thought it may be the oil pump or cam, but discovered the valves were not operating. Removed the timing gear side cover and found the timing gear chewed up. Looks like the gears were not properly meshing. Is there something besides an oversized timing gear that could cause that? Haven't removed the front timing cover yet to check crankshaft gear. Should I assume a complete engine tear-down will be required to remove the metal shavings? i appreciate all the expertise that is available on this forum..

07-10-2021, 07:32 PM	#1
WeldonS Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Seagoville, TX Posts: 16	Steel timing gear destroyed Hello all. I'm new to posting on the forum. Bought a '29 CCPU several months ago and the forum has been a big help in "fixing" the "little" things that had to be done to be able to drive it around town. It was getting close until one day this week when it died on the way home from the grocery store. My son towed it home and I started looking for the problem. First thing I found was the distributor was not turning. Removed the distributor and found there was no drive. Thought it may be the oil pump or cam, but discovered the valves were not operating. Removed the timing gear side cover and found the timing gear chewed up. Looks like the gears were not properly meshing. Is there something besides an oversized timing gear that could cause that? Haven't removed the front timing cover yet to check crankshaft gear. Should I assume a complete engine tear-down will be required to remove the metal shavings? i appreciate all the expertise that is available on this forum..