<VV> no oil to cam gear

[kenpepke at juno.com]

When you said the 'block looks good' was that just a visual inspection or was it measured
for alignment?  Did you turn the cam in the block to check for resistance?  Was the car in
service when the first gear failed?  Was it making any sort of unusual noise?
Did it run at all with the new gear?  If so, how long?  If the 'by-pass' piston in the oil
pump is stuck closed it could exert quite a resistance to the engine turning.  This usually shows up as a distributor gear failure.  Perhaps the aluminum gear is the weak link.
Ken Pepke
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Same bolts. No parts left over!
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-----Original Message-----
From: "kenpepke at juno.com" <kenpepke at juno.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:57:26 
To:kjohnson2082 at yahoo.com
Cc:virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> no oil to cam gear


Are you sure you are using the correct length bell housing bolts?
Ken Pepke
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Kirk Johnson wrote:
>I stripped a cam gear. I bought a rebuild kit from a well known vendor, ressembled 
>and stripped the cam gear again.  What would cause the cam gear to NOT get oil.  The 
>heads were machine block looks good. help!

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