[Tigers] Tigers Part Advice Engine Parts - Read This!

[Mark Rense]

Bill, do not risk your engine with an old harmonic balancer. I had a
customer insist he use the original one, a year later the rubber bond
failed, the outer ring spun off and took out the timing cover, fan and
Griffin radiator. He was lucky in that the ring did not wipe out his hood as
well. This was a $2000 mistake, see attached.

 

Here is a link to a quality OEM style HB, a Powerbond PB1008N, that will not
break your wallet.

http://amzn.com/B001QL2ASW

 

A timing set is also a good idea since you are already there. Have fun.

 

Bugz

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill
Lawrence via Tigers
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 5:06 PM
To: sunbeam tiger
Subject: [Tigers] Tigers Part Advice Engine Parts

 

Greetings Tigers,

 

Finally dug in on changing a slowly leaking water pump on my 65 Sunbeam
Tiger.  The plan was to retire the original radiator at the same time.  The
original radiator seems to be in remarkably good shape after 50 years thanks
in part to an inline gano filter. I decided to invest in the direct
replacement Griffin aluminum from Summit and shrink wrap the original rad,
saving it for another day.  The Aluminum water pump from Sunbeam
Specialities and all new hoses plus a new belt are ready to go.

 

I ended up successfully removing the fan, shroud, radiator, all water pump
bolts except for one that secures through timing cover.  Naturally it
snapped in half. Trying to ease it out put up a fight so off comes the
pulley and then the harmonic balancer and eventually with a little
persussion the timing cover.  The remaining bolt section was removed by hand
- ugh. Unfortunately, there were a few casualties along the way.  

 

The dip stick probably had a split tube and it broke where it enters the
timing cover.  As far as I can tell Ford PN   C2OZ 6754 A*  62-65  DIP STICK
TUBE W/GENERATOR V8  or from the Rootes supplemental PN C20Z-67s4-A would be
a Ford original part number. 

 

The harmonic balancer (once again from the rootes supplemental pn
C40Z-6316-A) has that Knackered look with a lot of cracks in the rubber
(this was replaced last century around 1992).

 

For what it's worth, I ordered a timing cover gasket kit (Felpro) from Rock
Auto. It includes a pan front seal and little corner gaskets so I hopefully
won't have to drop the pan to seal her up.

 

So, I am looking for some quality replacements for the dipstick tube and a
harmonic balancer.

 

Would anyone have information on suitable stock type replacements, part
numbers, cross reference parts from other models such as the Ford Fairlane
or any other advice (such as timing cover/h2o pump bolt torque numbers)
putting the front end of my engine and the cooling system back together?

 

Once again, thanks for all the great Tiger list info.

 

Sincerely,

 

Bill Lawrence

B9473246LRX

Ft. Lauderdale FLA USA 

 

 

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