1972 360 Cam Gear

[1970FuryConv]

You should not have to pull the pan on a big block. Just get the fel-pro timing set gasket kit has a section of oil pan gasket for the front. Small block is a crap shoot but you should still be able to get the timing cover off and on without disturbing the pan.

Thanks, Just to clarify: I pulled the pan to remove all the pieces of nylon plastic teeth, so they wouldn't clog the oil pan pickup. I don't understand how, but all the teeth came off at once. I was going up a hill at highway speed. At the bottom of the hill, the engine started acting strange, running poorly, then half way up the hill, it completely shut down. I had it towed home. When I pulled the cam gear, it had no teeth, completely rounded.

 

[1970FuryConv]

And then they quit making the damn things all together 5 years later.

Were Chrysler nylon-teeth cam gears gone after 1976 too? Have 1990 W150 360 that I was starting to worry about.

 

[PontiacJim]

Were Chrysler nylon-teeth cam gears gone after 1976 too? Have 1990 W150 360 that I was starting to worry about.

On the first page of this post, it was stated that they were used up to 1992. I know my '73 Fury still is equipped with one. A call to your local dealership might answer your question.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Thanks, Just to clarify: I pulled the pan to remove all the pieces of nylon plastic teeth, so they wouldn't clog the oil pan pickup. I don't understand how, but all the teeth came off at once. I was going up a hill at highway speed. At the bottom of the hill, the engine started acting strange, running poorly, then half way up the hill, it completely shut down. I had it towed home. When I pulled the cam gear, it had no teeth, completely rounded.

I thought of that after I wrote that.

Were Chrysler nylon-teeth cam gears gone after 1976 too? Have 1990 W150 360 that I was starting to worry about.

Not sure about a 1990 but still going in 76