

| Subject: | RE: 1962 timing help + Dormobile (was R |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:26:44 -0500 |
Sarah: If I recall the details of your posting, you said that you had broken a piece out of the side of your crank pulley. A word of warning. If the piece you chipped out of you pulley includes surface area that is swept by the belt, it may lead to premature belt failure. I suggest that if you still have the piece, examine its inside surface to see if it is shinny. If you don't have the piece, you should remove the belt and examine the inside surface of the pulley to see if the shinny surface area extends into the boundary of the chip. If so, the side and perhaps edge of the belt is sweeping across the broken edge on each revolution of the crank. If it looks bad enough you might care to replace the pulley. If not, I suggest you file the broken edge smooth, and carry a spare belt and tools to change it. Also, a much better tool to refurb the surface of points is a small flat file, or point file. Emery paper tends to make the surfaces convex when they should be straight and parallel, and, worse yet, it sheds debris into the distributor. Hope this helps. Good luck! John S. ----------
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