Re: 356 timing sprocket damage

Posted by Scienceaddict On 2022/8/20 10:57:20

I did take the side covers off to see if there was anything obvious, and the mechanical bits looked good, even seemed to have a bit of fresh oil on them that surprised me. There was a fair amount of baked in sludge though, all around. The front tappets were all free and rotated very smoothly, the rear ones seemed like they were on lobes so without being able to rotate the cam anymore, I wasn't able to properly check them.

I don't have my flathead spring compressor here to check the valve operation either, if there's a trick to do it without, let me know. I wonder if I can fit my c clamp style around it... 🤔

What would ruin the lifter if that is what bound it up, just it and the cam digging into each other, or something internal?