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I have the timing chain exposed on my 302. this piece was on the front where the eccentric would mount. what is this for? it doesn't seem to have a function. Reminds me of an oil slinger
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Well they didn't include very many 'spare parts' from the factory. Give the make, model, year and I bet you can find a diagram.
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1965 Mustang with 1987 302 HO
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It looks like a fishing line sinker. Seriously, some kind of retainer washer. Maybe it had a secondary design to absorb some camshaft harmonics? Doesnt matter. You no longer need it. I suspect you might have to change out your timing set. You may have some clearance problems with the fuel eccentric on the cam gear to the timing cover.
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t,
FWIW and, for grins a giggles, i did some research and this is what I found.
There's a company called, Enginequest which sells various engine rebuild parts.
According to their catalog, they are calling that a fuel pump eccentric for '85 and up SBF....part #CE121N
You can check out their website at engine quest.com
Not sure if this helps answer your question but either way, I hope you have a "sense of adventure" today.....!!!!
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i think they used that in place of the actual eccentric in later cars that had electric fuel pumps. it provides balance weight for the timing chain.
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Comp cams sells a part like that in their “camshaft finishing kit” and calls it a camshaft eccentric. It mounts to the end of the camshaft just like the Ford eccentric does. Is it their version of a fuel pump eccentric? Beats me.
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Hornman wrote:
Comp cams sells a part like that in their “camshaft finishing kit” and calls it a camshaft eccentric. It mounts to the end of the camshaft just like the Ford eccentric does. Is it their version of a fuel pump eccentric? Beats me.
I ordered a comp cam finishing kit, it will be here later today. I didn't see a part like that listed.
I kind of thought it looked like it could be used to drive the fuel pump but it is pretty light weight!
Josh thanks for your research efforts!!
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It IS an oil slinger to lube the timing chain.
BTW, your timing sprocket looks like a two piece eccentric would work fine on it.
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Can anyone explain the reason for 2 pieces to this eccentric it has an inner and an outer ring why???
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MS posted an explanation in a separate post.....
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If the pin that goes on the front of the camshaft is too short(like mine was)......I cut the head off a grade 8 bolt to "engineer" one long enough to go thru the cam gear AND eccentric. I've had NO problems.
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josh-kebob wrote:
MS posted an explanation in a separate post.....
Thanks J! I saw the other post title but had not read it when I asked this!
Thanks to MS for the answer to this!
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