Hi Folks, My Marelli magneto (MCR4) yield a very weak spark when kicking over the engine so I’ve decided to bite the bullet and have it “rebuilt” and re-magnetized, new condenser, etc. Now I only have to remove it and so have a few questions on that topic. I did note that Patrick Hughes has done just that so perhaps he can give me some helpful hints.
I’ve detached all of the oil lines and the cable for the decompressor. So question (1) is, do I remove the oil pump before trying to remove the timing cover.? (2) do I also remove the decompressor “lever” that the cable attaches to before the timing cover? I did remove the nuts/washers which hold on the oil pump but the pimp wouldn’t budge. Maybe it’s just the gasket compound that was used but I don’t want to break anything.
With all of the screws removed, the timing cover wouldn’t budge either. It could be just “glued on” very tight or I have to get the oil pump off first?
Patrick mentioned that the gears all came out when he took the cover off. Why was that? Is there away to keep them in place when taking the cover off?
All help is appreciated.
Bob A
I’ve detached all of the oil lines and the cable for the decompressor. So question (1) is, do I remove the oil pump before trying to remove the timing cover.? (2) do I also remove the decompressor “lever” that the cable attaches to before the timing cover? I did remove the nuts/washers which hold on the oil pump but the pimp wouldn’t budge. Maybe it’s just the gasket compound that was used but I don’t want to break anything.
With all of the screws removed, the timing cover wouldn’t budge either. It could be just “glued on” very tight or I have to get the oil pump off first?
Patrick mentioned that the gears all came out when he took the cover off. Why was that? Is there away to keep them in place when taking the cover off?
All help is appreciated.
Bob A