Allen:
Oops! The bondo was put there by the factory. The TR6 and
Spit/Mid engines had the gunk smeared on the timing cover to damp chain
noise. One big dollop in the middle changed the resonance of the tin
cover and quieted down the front end noise.
Don't worry, it does not affect performance and I don't think
that concours judges will be looking for it.
Kelvin.
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From: Ajhsys@aol.com [mailto:Ajhsys@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 7:30 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net; howersl@apci.com;
NAMGBRED@aol.com; phax@eng.kns.com
Subject: More on my '77 Midget
As I was poking around under the bonnet, I saw another example of the
DPO.
First, let me say once again that the DPO is not the person I bought the
car
from. My literal PO owns a beautiful RB MGB. He bought the car from
the DPO
who is responsible for all the fun I'm having. (Thanks, Scott!)
I was looking down the front of the engine and I noticed a large amount
of GOO
on the timing chain cover. It looked oily and dirty, so I picked a bit
off to
see how hard it was. As I did this, almost the whole chuck came off in
one
piece, leaving the relatively clean (slight surface rust) cover exposed.
Inspection showed that it was actually Bondo that was smeared on the
cover and
left there to dry! About 1/2" thick. Does anyone want to speculate on
why
anyone would do this? Was the cover rattling and the Bondo used as a
damper?
I saw no oil leaks from the cover, but I can't imagine anyone would use
Bondo
to plug a leak.
That's my fun discovery for today.
Allen Hefner
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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