Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft

["d t gebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>]

I cleaned all that junk off of mine. Is there
something else that will do the same job?
            Dave Gebhard
            1977 Spitfire(with noisy time cover...)
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft



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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