[DeTomaso] Distrubutor Gear Chewed Up

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Doc,
  I think we both know the answer to your question!   
   
  MD, who pulls the motor when it stops running ;-]

Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
  Dear Forum,

So the good news is that the soft brass distributor gear went away and
there is no profound problem there.
Bad news? Do the myriad of brass fragments throughout the engine
oil, bearings, etc. require disassembly of the engine for proper cleaning?
Is it prudent to assume that the oil filter captured all of the shards?
The easy answer is to simply replace the distributor gear with the
proper durable gear. The hard answer is......to pull or not to pull the
engine?
This happened to me once. My engine builder swears I told him to
use a brass gear. We simply replaced the gear, but I have wondered what
the truly correct course of action should be. That episode is one of many
reasons that I build my own engines now........

Curious, Chuck Engles


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