Tom,
I had a timing cover crack on my Spitfi#e a few years
back, and with a similar situation, I used JB Weld
successfully. It held for the 2 years I had the car.
Good luck,
Ron
--- Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net> wrote:
> Again I turn to the accumulated wisdom of the List.
> . .
>
> Yesterday I pulled my radiator to have it rebuilt,
> and I made an unhappy
> discovery.
>
> The front timing cover on the 1275 engine is cracked
> where the breather can
> attaches to it. I can wiggle the breather and watch
> the crack open and
> close. (This might explain why my oil leaking has
> gotten so bad lately.)
>
> How much trouble an I in? It looks like a LOT of
> work to get that timing
> cover off. Do I have to pull the engine? Can
> something like this be welded
> closed, or do I have to find a replacement? I am
> tempted to try cleaning it
> up and applying a generous fillet of JB Weld around
> the breather. This is a
> driver, not a show car.
>
> Any and all opinions and suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance. You have always come through for
> me!
>
> Tom Zuchowski
> '61 Bugeye
> Clemmons, NC
>
>
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