Why bother?!?
2. Could be. As I wrote it up, it took out the oil filter and the coolant hose underneath it. I believe those two things, more-so the hose, saved the timing gear cover from getting smashed by the alternator. It was so long ago (1999 most likely) that I didn't inspect the connection of the old bracket to the top of the engine/gear cover. There was no damage there, perhaps because of the fact that it cracked as Maine Sail noted. It is NOT the adjusting bracket, it IS anything made out of a casting. And my NEW adjusting arm that came with the kit broke last year: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,7398.0.html
The picture shows the new bracket. The old one seemed to be attached to the manifold. This is an M25 engine.
3. Yes, yes, yes. In one of my links, I told the story of a friend of mine who had this issue and he couldn't find a new timing gear cover for months! Spent $700 for one. Only other solution? A new freakin' engine!!!
Geez, what it takes to get some people to get off their keesters.
I guess the ONLY other alternative is to ignore the "Should I really do this?" questions, but we feel we'd be irresponsible if we did.
Your boat, your choice.
1. Yes. We had about 1,000 to 1,200 hours on our engine when it broke, OEM 55A Motorola alternator with an AutoMac. The boat was 13 years old. Just coincidence, really. 13 is actually a lucky # in our family, my daughter was born on Friday the 13th! :dance::dance::dance:1. I have seen these engines run 25+ years with no issue, then out of the blue it fails.....
2. FWIW I have adjustment arms with similar dimensions driving 180 amp alternators. I believe the failure of the arm in Stu's photo was secondary to the aluminum bracket failing...
3. The big problem now is these timing gear cases are getting very, very, very scarce, the M-25's are non-existent, so any failure could mean an entire new engine or buying a used engine to salvage parts...
2. Could be. As I wrote it up, it took out the oil filter and the coolant hose underneath it. I believe those two things, more-so the hose, saved the timing gear cover from getting smashed by the alternator. It was so long ago (1999 most likely) that I didn't inspect the connection of the old bracket to the top of the engine/gear cover. There was no damage there, perhaps because of the fact that it cracked as Maine Sail noted. It is NOT the adjusting bracket, it IS anything made out of a casting. And my NEW adjusting arm that came with the kit broke last year: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,7398.0.html
The picture shows the new bracket. The old one seemed to be attached to the manifold. This is an M25 engine.
3. Yes, yes, yes. In one of my links, I told the story of a friend of mine who had this issue and he couldn't find a new timing gear cover for months! Spent $700 for one. Only other solution? A new freakin' engine!!!
Geez, what it takes to get some people to get off their keesters.
I guess the ONLY other alternative is to ignore the "Should I really do this?" questions, but we feel we'd be irresponsible if we did.
Your boat, your choice.
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