I had one of those little chrome timing covers on my small block, and it was leaking, therefore I bought Summit's Aluminum Timing Cover, which stated that it fit over gear drives- hmmm.... it doesn't fit over mine. We put it on and had a real hard time getting it lined up with the oil pan. And then when we bolted it in...it cracked over my pass. side idler gear. Yet, the chrome one fit on fine... ?? I called Summit and they acted like it was all our fault and that they weren't going to do anything about it... he said that we have to grind my gears down to have enough clearance, but they didn't include any paperwork with the cover with that information included on it. I thought that was really crappy, and got mad...because now I am out of a timing cover and I am working on a deadline here... they eventually said that they would send a replacement, but that we should have known better than to just assume that the cover would bolt on without modifications... If the $10 chrome cover worked, wouldn't it be normal to assume that a $50 Aluminum one would work as well?
Has anyone had any problems like this, or I am the only one? I wasn't very happy with Summit's service or their technician there who implied that we were the ones at fault. If the timing cover or gear drives were going to require any modifications, don't ya'll think that they should have made note of that?
Just curious if anyone has had this problem before....
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Julie
'71 Chevelle
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Boulevard/7827/
[This message has been edited by Raven (edited 06-15-99).]
Has anyone had any problems like this, or I am the only one? I wasn't very happy with Summit's service or their technician there who implied that we were the ones at fault. If the timing cover or gear drives were going to require any modifications, don't ya'll think that they should have made note of that?
Just curious if anyone has had this problem before....
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Julie
'71 Chevelle
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Boulevard/7827/
[This message has been edited by Raven (edited 06-15-99).]