Rob,
Exactly the answers I was looking for. Thanks for the detailed response.
Regards - Bryan
BTW - how well does the chain tensioner assembly work?? is it worthwhile?
>To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, "John J. Black"
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>Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: New Timing covers
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>> John
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Vandiver [mailto:Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:46 AM
>> To: Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com; transmancat@bbnow.net
>> Subject: RE: New Timing covers
>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>>
>> The orginal is a symmetrical 'egg' shape, but the one in your picture has
>a
>> squared off area, which is even in the gasket. I'm not trying to be picky,
>i
>> just want to know how this is going to fit, on an older 1275 font plate,
>and
>> what modifications have to be made. Have you directly swapped this onto an
>> older
>> 1275 without having to make any modifications??
>>
>> Regards - Bryan
>> >
>> >
>> >John,
>> >
>> >Does it bolt up differently from the older style, or require a different
>> >engine
>> >front plate?? It is definitely a different shape than my current one.
>Also,
>> >I
>> >would expect that 0 degrees TDC timing mark would need to be re-marked on
>> >the
>> >front pully, do you happen to carry new/used properly marked front
>pully?
>> >
>> >Regards - Bryan
>
>
>
>
>Having made sets of these for my own cars over the years, I may be able to
>help with these questions.....
>
>
>It bolts straight onto a standard 803cc-1275cc front plate unless your has
>one of the oddball front plates with a stiffener spotwelded onto it around
>the point where the alternator mounts to the plate. If you have one of
>these, just drill through the spotweld or grind off the bit you dont need.
>These stiffeners come in different lenghts. If you have no stiffener, then
>you can bolt the cover straight on although there is one hole on the dizzy
>side that may foul a nut due to inaccuracies in the casting between years.
>No problem as you can miss this one out. The 'squared off bit' goes in the
>area between the old style cover and the right-hand engine mount rubber.
>The timing marks are 180 degrees out so can be used on the next cylinder
>(your car wont run with the timing 180 degrees out so you will soon know)
>The marks are at 4 degree intervals, are accurately placed and are unlikely
>to have ever been disturbed when pulling the engine out. Being at the top
>they get less oily and of course.....YOU CAN SEE THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO
>CLIMB UNDER THE CAR!!!!!!!
>I have run these cover totally unmodified on my own 1275s,1275A+s and 1098s
>since I first found out about them years ago. the tensioner is a hard
>plasticy material that replaces the metal strip or rubber ring systems from
>the 1960s. Basically, it simply manages to keep the chain taut and quiet
>for about 100,00+ miles without the need for replacement. You can get them
>with or without breathers to match the style of the original car. the
>gaskets are amazing compared to the old style of paper-ish gasket. Again,
>it is an example of Rover deciding to improve the A-series engine following
>the 1982 launch of the Mini replacement. I have some photos (GIF /JPEG?) of
>the covers in action on my 1098 Sprite2 engine if anybody wants one.
>
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