Maintenance repair on survivor

[60sStuff]

Originally Posted by ALLZS

57000 miles the intake was leaking in the corners when I had the intake off I could see the upper timing gear and the plastic looked very brittle and lots of cracking and missing pieces also would like to pull the oil pan as all that nylon gets pulled into the oil pump screen

What automobile are you working on and what year? It matters.

If it is a Pontiac, the Cam Sprocket was aluminum with nylon teeth from about 1965/66 through around 1972.

I know too well. I once owned a 67 GTO, HO 4 spd. with 70,000 miles when it shut down. Many nylon teeth had been worn down and a few broken off.
I had other reasons to pull the engine, so now it was a must.
I already knew that a Pontiac Dealer service said if the nylon gear needs replaced you are advised to drop the oil pan to clean the nylon debris.

When I pulled off the pan there was plenty of small nylon chips that had gotten into the oil pump pick up screen.

These factory sprockets were a poor design.

Good luck on whatever you do.

Just remember, on a Survivor car don’t strip, paint, change anything except that timing set and factory style gaskets to preserve what’s left.

Chris