[Mgs] B timing chain cover on A

[Mike Duvall]

Thanks for the suggestions but I didn’t go that far.  

On Jun 27, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Eric J Russell <ejrussell at mebtel.net> wrote:

>> I put an early B timing chain cover on my A with new thrower .
>> 
>> Oil now gushes in three streams out of the front of the engine.
>> 
>> Suggestions?   Am I missing anything,  better ways to line up the cover?? Thanks,  Mike
> 
> There isn't really oil under pressure in the timing chain area. The tensioner gets oil under pressure which is then directed onto the chain. Oil gets thrown around by the moving chain.
> 
> Did you do anything else in addition to the replacing the timing chain cover? There is an oil galley plug partially hidden behind the engine front plate. Did you remove that galley plug and forget to replace it?
> 
> See plug #9: http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/engine/of101a.htm
> 
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
>