Re: Timing Chain wear allowance

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2020/7/1 21:28:11

Hi No1Packardman,

I have been following this thread, post-by-post and have been waiting for your eureka moment, and confirmation that the engine does indeed run. Sorry it is being such a stubborn issue. The gentlemen giving you advice are superior mechanics and diagnostic specialists, so I wouldn't even purport to be able to have their expertise, but one thing I did want to ask, is are you using the same head gasket throughout? You mention the bad head and water ingress into the engine, etc., and I wonder if a cylinder trying to compress water could have damaged the gasket? I only ask this because I spent years on a stalling problem, that eventually turned out to be, among some other issues, a bad head gasket. You have spark and if your timing is even close, you should at least get a sputter or some sign of a fire if you are adding a bit of gas to the carb when you are turning it over. Sounds like quite the mystery; good luck with finding the cure. Chris.