Timing chain tensioner would be about that size, don't recall the inner
workings well enough to know if it could migrate to the pan from the timing
cover, it should be rubber, but could have hardened over 60 years. Mine was
gone when I took my motor apart, unless the DPO just hadn't fit one.
Greg Lemon
---- ATIGHTPROD@aol.com wrote:
> I've got an early BN1 and from everything I know, the oil pan has never
> been off the car. I find that hard to believe, but I have no record of it
> ever
> happening and I have receipts going back to it's first oil change. Anyway,
> I just took the pan off and found something very interesting, in the
> bottom of the pan and it was in pieces. I took it out, cleaned it off and
> took
> some photos of it to see if anyone knows what this is. Neither my mechanic
> or I could find anywhere it was "supposed" to go. I do know I've run more
> than tens years with it sitting in the bottom of the pan and never a problem.
> It's about 5" in diameter and in-between 1/8" and 1/4"in thickness.
> (Piston is from a BN1) So what's the wisdom of the court? What the hell is
> this? Oh and it's made out of either a very hard plastic or a bakelight like
> material. Anybody have a guess? I'd love to hear.
> I'm putting everything back together and going to drive the car, don't
> see any reason not to, but wanted to let you take a look and give me some
> thoughts. Thanks in advance.
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
>
>
>
>
> Upper left, chewed up edge, got caught in something. Maybe that's what
> broke it. The remainder of it was chewed up bits in the bottom of the pan.
>
> Pretty thick and very hard. Gear teeth marks, from? Stumper.
>
>
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