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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Chris, I thought the distributor and oil pump were linked and driven off the same gear.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mirek<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> December 30, 2020 5:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca<br><b>Cc:</b> Healey List <Healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] camshaft identification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Mirek,<span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>One gear drive is for the distributor. The other gear drive is for the oil pump. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If the distributor gear drive and the oil pump gear drive are the same dia and number of teeth, then it’s an early cam. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If the oil pump gear has an additional tooth, then it’s a later one. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn’t run the earlier one in any car that regularly went past 5,000 rpm. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 30 Dec 2020, at 3:40 pm, <a href="mailto:m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca">m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi all, I attached a photo of two camshafts I have been lugging around for some 40+ years. They came with a batch of early 3000 engine parts, however, there was a Wolseley bell housing in the mix too. Some of the cams are toast but they may be good as cores for someone. I would like to know what they are from. The second gear drive has me flummoxed.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cheers, Mirek</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><camshafts.JPG><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>