Lee Ayrton did pass the time by typing:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:
>
>> If the pump went you wouldn't have any oil pressure at all and
>> would hear a not so nice grinding noise as the gears self
>> destructed. Providing they just didn't seize up and twist
>> the end off your distributor shaft.
>
> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
> distributor shaft broke?

That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
used a steel gear drive.

--
DougW

 

Lee Ayrton did pass the time by typing:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:
>
>> If the pump went you wouldn't have any oil pressure at all and
>> would hear a not so nice grinding noise as the gears self
>> destructed. Providing they just didn't seize up and twist
>> the end off your distributor shaft.
>
> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
> distributor shaft broke?

That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
used a steel gear drive.

--
DougW

 

Lee Ayrton did pass the time by typing:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:
>
>> If the pump went you wouldn't have any oil pressure at all and
>> would hear a not so nice grinding noise as the gears self
>> destructed. Providing they just didn't seize up and twist
>> the end off your distributor shaft.
>
> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
> distributor shaft broke?

That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
used a steel gear drive.

--
DougW

 

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:

>> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
>> distributor shaft broke?
>
> That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
> and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
> I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
> used a steel gear drive.

That reminds me: The venerable Slant 6 in the late 1960s had a nylon drive
gear on the distributor -- as I found out one fine frigid day when I'd
dropped one of the points hold-down screws down inside the distributor.
Oops. Hey, I was a kid and still thought a hammer was a tool for fine
work. I lost _that_ notion after breaking the replacement gear by trying
to push a roll pin that was too long through it.


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.

 

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:

>> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
>> distributor shaft broke?
>
> That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
> and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
> I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
> used a steel gear drive.

That reminds me: The venerable Slant 6 in the late 1960s had a nylon drive
gear on the distributor -- as I found out one fine frigid day when I'd
dropped one of the points hold-down screws down inside the distributor.
Oops. Hey, I was a kid and still thought a hammer was a tool for fine
work. I lost _that_ notion after breaking the replacement gear by trying
to push a roll pin that was too long through it.


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.

 

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, DougW wrote:

>> Wouldn't the plastic drive gear on the timing chain give up before the
>> distributor shaft broke?
>
> That's possible. The weak points are the tang that drives the oil pump
> and the pin that holds the gear to the distributor shaft.
> I keep forgetting the I6 uses nylon teeth in the gear. My old chevy
> used a steel gear drive.

That reminds me: The venerable Slant 6 in the late 1960s had a nylon drive
gear on the distributor -- as I found out one fine frigid day when I'd
dropped one of the points hold-down screws down inside the distributor.
Oops. Hey, I was a kid and still thought a hammer was a tool for fine
work. I lost _that_ notion after breaking the replacement gear by trying
to push a roll pin that was too long through it.


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.