Shim the tensioner.
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Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces+gsglasgow=comcast.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces+gsglasgow=comcast.net@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of mtbdavid2@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Roadsters] Timing chain rattle at start up (death rattle)
>
>
> Hi,
> ? I had another non-rebuilt?2liter motor dropped into my '68
> 2000.? I ended up using my original head which has been rebuilt
> (shaved and cam towers shimmed with B cam).? I went to pick up
> the car today?from the shop which installed the motor and noticed
> when I started the car the dreaded death rattle.? I had the shop
> pull?the valve cover and sure enough the timing chaining is
> eating into the timing chain hanger when I start the car.? After
> startup the rattle goes away, I suppose it gets enough oil
> pressure after starting to keep the chain off the hanger.?
>
> Is there any quick fixes to keep more tension on the chain when
> the motor is not running?? I may have been hallucinating but I
> thought I had seen a tie wrap on the tensioner to keep the
> tensioner out when the motor is not running.? This was on my
> rebuilt head with the original motor.? There isn't a tie wrap on
> there now.? I am looking for the easiest, cheapest fix to get by
> for a year or so.? I already spent too much money buying the used
> motor and having the motor installed.
>
> Thanks,
> David
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