330CL Starting issue ???

[Joe Mahh]

No key, no nut, otherwise I could just change the gear

 

[funwithfuel]

That gear is pressed onto shaft, you will be hard pressed to get the gear off your old cam and swap the new one on without causing more damage and then to top it off, getting it timed dead nuts with no key.
Have you checked the cam gear as Nige had suggested.

 

[Joe Mahh]

Unfortunately all the three gears r fucked up

 

[funwithfuel]

Are we talking chipped/marred or broken and missing?

 

[Nige]

If the gear from the HEUI pump is any indication I would expect the rest of the gears in the train would be in a similar condition right down to the crankshaft gear. That being the case it sounds like “engine out” time, especially when you consider that it has 15,400 hours on it.

 

[Joe Mahh]

All the gears r chipped

 

[funwithfuel]

The hillbilly part of me says polish the sharp edges, slap her together and ride it till she's dead. In the meantime budget and plan for engine swap. That way you're back in production and won't be blindsided. Plus service every 150-200 hours till the samples come back clean.

 

[Nige]

The hillbilly part of me says polish the sharp edges, slap her together and ride it till she's dead. In the meantime budget and plan for engine swap. That way you're back in production and won't be blindsided. Plus service every 150-200 hours till the samples come back clean.

To the OP. You certainly aren't going to lose anything if you do. The gears are fcuked already .....

 

[Joe Mahh]

Gentlemen, is there anybody has a good condition engine for sale? Pls quote me, and shipped to Ghana here

 

[kshansen]

To the OP. You certainly aren't going to lose anything if you do. The gears are fcuked already .....

I know I have smoothed out some rough looking gears and managed to get something usable again. Guess it all depends on how willing you are to take on the risk of a failure.

Even if they do start flaking off more at some point what is the worst that can happen? I mean the chips from the current damage has already gone through the oil system and left damage along the way, scored cam and crank and so on.

 

[Joe Mahh]

I have attached the broken thrust plate and a home used one, can we just change this part and cam shaft with gear to make the engine run again. I have washed the engine completely, and drained all the engine oil

 

[Joe Mahh]

Long time, my friends, after I change the cam shaft and the locker, now everything is fine now, Like a new engine

 

[Joe Mahh]

The thrust plate is the cause for everything