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Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft

To: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:58:18 +0000
It's for sound deadening!

Joe

Terry Thompson wrote:
> 
> Spit listers,
>   Every timing chain cover I've seen has this
> plaster-like (more like concrete) substance caked onto
> the surface of it. Either within the recesses of the
> quartered sections or globbed on like a large pancake.
>   What is this stuff? I can't believe that much dirt
> just accumulates right on that spot. Can I just remove
> it, or does it serve some purpose as an insulator?
> 
> -Terry
> '76 spit 1500 wishing spring would hurry up and get
> here already.
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