water pump/timing cover

closer

It's been years since I built my 2v, and I haven't taken the 4v apart yet, but just going from memory, that looks pretty normal to me.

Mike, you'll find the fit of the cover plate holes to the block's ports is equally bad. Port-matching seems like a reasonable thing to do, so thats what I did. There are two different front covers and both are badly matched.
Also, on two front plates (early & late) I found mis-centered front main seals: the recess was significantly off to one side and below the c/l of the crank. That has to influence seal life. Hard to believe the things are dowelled for precise platement- and its wrong!

Is there a vendor for these plates? Or is it a salvage yard trek? Mine is showing some of the pitting as above but not near as bad. Think it would be a good idea to replace while the engine is out if available.

Probably no better fit, but it is new:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SES-5-65-04-201/

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Originally posted by ANGELO B:
Is there a vendor for these plates? Or is it a salvage yard trek?

Used ones commonly appear on ePay for $25+ shipping. Make sure you are seeing pictures of the actual part. Corrossion is also commonon.

K

Thanks guys,

$129.00 for a repop ? And it probably has questionable fit. I will "port match"
the parts I have, and take a look at
the seal location.

Mike