tvguit
New Member
I bought a running '74 CL 360 about a month ago (hoping to eventually do a cafe build) and I have run into some issues. I am not a mechanic but I have done some tinkering on different toys (MGB, jet ski, typical car maintenance). The issue that has baffled me is the recent failure of the came chain slipper.
I was riding down the road at around 4k rpms when all the sudden my valves? or something in the head started screaming. I pulled in the clutch and it sputtered and died. I loaded it into my dad's truck and we took it home. I pulled of the head today and noticed that the cam tensioner guide snapped at the curl at the top. After some research I have found that is a common problem and they are expensive/impossible to find. I kept seeing on the parts sites that there is supposed to be another guide/tensioner on the other side of the cam but there was none on mine. I looked down where the chain comes up through the head and it looked like the chain had been hitting/rubbing the back wall, probably from the lack of a tensioner.
It was obvious from the lack of head gasket that my motor (or at least the head) had been taken off before. Did the PO leave out the other tensioner for a reason or just because he couldn't find one? Is that a common set up? Will I need to remove the head to properly replace both tensioners? I have a clymer manual in the mail from ebay but I was hoping to be able to get out to Barber's on Sunday to look for the parts at the swap meet. Any insight into this situation would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks very much for your help,
TV
I was riding down the road at around 4k rpms when all the sudden my valves? or something in the head started screaming. I pulled in the clutch and it sputtered and died. I loaded it into my dad's truck and we took it home. I pulled of the head today and noticed that the cam tensioner guide snapped at the curl at the top. After some research I have found that is a common problem and they are expensive/impossible to find. I kept seeing on the parts sites that there is supposed to be another guide/tensioner on the other side of the cam but there was none on mine. I looked down where the chain comes up through the head and it looked like the chain had been hitting/rubbing the back wall, probably from the lack of a tensioner.
It was obvious from the lack of head gasket that my motor (or at least the head) had been taken off before. Did the PO leave out the other tensioner for a reason or just because he couldn't find one? Is that a common set up? Will I need to remove the head to properly replace both tensioners? I have a clymer manual in the mail from ebay but I was hoping to be able to get out to Barber's on Sunday to look for the parts at the swap meet. Any insight into this situation would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks very much for your help,
TV