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Is it very difficult to remove the timing cover
piece? Mine is very groddy with rust and crud and
it needs to be powder coated badly.

Is is possible to screw up anything removing this
timing cover? Like, will springs shoot across the garage?

thanks,

d
 
If it ain't broke ...

Don't you have to take off the pulley wheel, fan, etc to do this?

Personally I would leave well alone unless you have to take it off during a repair.
 
not difficult but for some reason Triumph at least on TR6 used screw, bolts and studs with nuts all on the same piece, why didnt they pick a fastner and use the same one all the way around, make a diagram so you get the proper fastner back in the correct location, and you have to pull the fan and I think the cross bar and when you have it off replace the seal
 
If the timing chain cover is "original", then what you assume is crud and stuff on the front, was there when the TR left the factory on the day it was "born". It is a rough black tar-like goop, much like the spray-on rock guard you might use or see before repainting the rockers (lower door sills) of a 10 or 20 year old car.

It is (or at least it was) intended to reduce the noise of the chain.

Everyone, including myself, who does a restoration, removes this crud before getting the cover re-painted. I have not noticed any increase in the chain noise. But the chain clattered so much for years in its first life and then it sat 17 years until I was did the restoration.
 
According to Bentley it is quite a complicate affair
to remove the timing cover.

I think I'll settle for a good teel wool cleaning and
coating with grease.

d
 
You have to pull the radiator to take off the "big nut" on the crank, and the harmonic balancer to get the timing chain cover off. Not that hard, but messy and the harmonic balancer may put up a fight. Thing is, with the timing chain cover off, you may well be then tempted to replace the other gaskets, the sealing block at the bottom of the front plate, etc., etc. so as to finally fix the oil leaks.

Then it becomes a big project.

Rob.
 
Thanks, but I think I'll pass on this project-
More productive to attempt to experience what it
feels like to drive my car past the "ten hours total
driven in two years without break down " barrier.

d
 
<span style='font-size: 17pt'>D.D.I.D.</span>

Don't Do It Dale!
 
Dale,

Shipwrights is starting to creep in again.

Leave it alone. You worked all summer to get it running, so now just enjoy it.
 
When I first discovered that so-called "goop" I thought it was an attempt by a PO to fix a hole. Glad I looked into it further before I got into the above mentioned project.
 
Curious. I have the radiator, fan, alt, and pretty much everything off the front. Since I have all of this stuff off, I as well would like to powder coat the timing cover. I would also like to see what condition the timing chain is in.

Any recommendations on the procedure to get to it? I had a TR guy over the other day and he said you don't have to take the crossmember out to get to it. Just remove the crank bolts and go from there.
 
Removing the crossmember is no big deal. Just unbolt the 6 bolts and it slides right out. Putting the car up on jack stands might make it easier because the towers will want to spread a bit with the suspension weight. We are talking microns here so don't fret. Doing it on the ground might require a little pop with a hammer. Sure makes access to the cover easier. Oh, and you will want to have a new gasket and oil seal on hand for the re-install. If your chain looks ok, leave it alone. And if you have an original chain tensioner and it too looks good, leave it alone as well. The replacements are nearly as good.

Some, but not all, TR6s had gunk applied to the cover to quiet the chain noise. If you are going to pretty-up your cover, consider leaving this stuff off.
 
TR6BILL said:
...Some, but not all, TR6s had gunk applied to the cover...
Click to expand...

I believe the 'some, but not all' also applies to the TR3s & 4s.

This is the stuff a former Standard employee described as looking like 'the last of a batch of body filler, applied with a wooden spoon by a man wearing a blindfold'.
 
Phew! that was close.... DDID! hehehehehe.
Clean it up in place. It'll be fine.
JUST DRIVE FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! I know you're not used to it, but that's what the rest of us do with a running LBC.
hehehehe
 
Am I the only one wondering what color Dale had in mind, not that it matters now, but I bet it gets to him in the end.


Wayne
 
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