[ROVERNET - UK] 2000TC rebuild disaster averted

[Paul Smith]

Never even heard of it.
Dad did make the point that the guides need to be set close to the chain a
la the manual, so if they were some way off could chain slap do that?

PVS

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Robertson [mailto:rover2000nut at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 8:15 am
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] 2000TC rebuild disaster averted


I decided to do a quick rebuild in the car.............was going to hone 
block and put in new rings , freshen head etc but when i pulled of the valve

cover to my surprise and horror found the top chain guide had snapped off at

the top bolt and was flopping around plus there was metal shavings from the 
guide where it had shifted and was rubbing on the bolt housing 
.............of course the bottom was also broken ................i can't 
believe i was driving at the end of last year and didn't hear or notice 
anything and i drive it hard...............luckily i had decided to rebuild 
it while doing a 2200 rebuild for my other car............or else it would 
have really been a disaster............i pulled the whole motor and gearbox 
today to find the starter ring spacer had broken along with the gearbox to 
exhaust rubber mount.............Guess i got lucky to get it all at once    
LOL.................Has anyone else heard of this happening to their timing 
chain guides..................all the Rovers i've had and never seen that 
one

Bill Robertson



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