Extra part from after engine assembly. I new this would happen!

[AmadeusCharger500]

I had a box of parts from the machine shop, somehow overlooked this one.
Can anyone tell me what it is, or where it goes?

[supserdave]

Is it the timing tab that bolts to the front cover?

[dukeboy_318]

Is it the timing tab that bolts to the front cover?

I agree,  thats what that is.

[firefighter3931]

That makes 3 of us ! 


Ron

[Steve P.]

Are you sure that isn't a Tennessee Toothpick??   

[Rolling_Thunder]

Are you sure that isn't a Tennessee Toothpick??   

people have teeth in Tennessee ?   

[gtx6970]

since when is a timing tab bolted on , on a mopar.
it's welded on the cover on a big block and cast into the cover on a small block

looks more like the timming chain oiler

[Plumcrazy]

It's the timing chain oiler for a small block.  It bolts to the camshaft thrust plate.

[myk]

Yikes.  Guess that motor's gonna' have to come apart...

[AmadeusCharger500]

There was also no hole in one bolt on the thrust plate, as I read in the rebuild book, to allow oil in to the timing chain area. So I drilled a 1/8 inch hole and the top left bolt.
However the part I am asking about is not mentioned or pictured anywhere in the book.

Also the oil slinger was not in the parts I got back from the machine shop. I installed one anyway.

[John_Kunkel]

I believe the drilled bolt and the chain oiler were eliminated in the late sixties.

[AmadeusCharger500]

Do I really need to unseal the timing cover and install this part?