<VV> no oil to cam gear

[Roger Gault]

Remember, unlike most cars, the Corvair distributor/oil pump is not driven
through the cam gear - it's driven off the crank.

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kenpepke at juno.com>
To: <kjohnson2082 at yahoo.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:39 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> no oil to cam gear


> 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
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
> ---------------------------------------------
> 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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