That is very strange. Were you able to remove all the tappets?
What about the distributor and oil pump drive gear?
The cam turns at half the engine speed and does not have anywhere near
the load of the crank, so think that only a total blockage
of one of the oil passages to the cam bearings could have caused that.
Unless you have determined otherwise, I think that a jammed oil
pump or distributor would most likely be the cause.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 02:28 PM 3/30/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>What's the phrase ? "We got good news and bad news" The good news is the
>lower half of the motor, crank, pistons, connecting rods, etc, is ok, the
>cylinder head and valve train are ok. The bad news .... the cam has become a
>permanent part of the block, it is locked up solid ! It froze so quickly the
>cam gear sheared off the cam mounting bolts and the 'nose' of the camshaft.
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