Timing Cover - HELP!!!

[The Dan]

My mechanic just called to tell me that I need a new timing cover as he has found a crack in mine. It is a 65 FB w/ 289 and aluminum water pump. Anyone know wher I can get one quick??? I called John's and Mustang Depot and a local Mustang salvage yard, no luck.

 

[blascrw]

Ouch....

Mustangs Unlimited lists one on page 58 of their catalog...

65-67 260 & 289 C4AZ6019B $129.95

Give them a try

 

[The Dan]

Mustangs Unlimited said a later model aluminum fox body timing cover would work? Sound right to anyone? I figure they would know.

 

[96 DOHC Cobra]

Mustangs Unlimited said a later model aluminum fox body timing cover would work? Sound right to anyone? I figure they would know.

It'll work just fine if you have an EFI 5.0 and a rear sump oil pan in your car. The Fox timing cover has no provision for your dipstick or fuel pump.

 

[D.Hearne]

The fox body timing cover is als a reverse rotaion one, ain't gonna work with your water pump. You can't even bolt the pump on it anyway. You need the correct one for that application. Yours is also a passenger side inlet too, you need the timing cover tha also has the timing pointer cast into the cover on the drivers side.

 

[one2gamble]

call around to the local parts stores. I just picked one up from a place not to far from me.

 

[The Dan]

I didn't think it sounded right. Thanks for the confirmation. I think I have located a repro.

 

[Max Power]

They are pretty easy to find, and I wouldn't recomend a used one. The aluminum tend to pit around the water pump passages over time, and the seal is usually less than perfect.

 

[Ronstang]

The one he is talking about it NOT easy to find from my experiences. It is the early cover that has a bigger recess because the early aluminum water pump was totally different from the later cast iron one...it has no back plate because the timing cover makes up the back of the housing. A later model timing cover will work as long as you are willing to go with the later model cast iron pump but make sure it has a mechanical fuel pump boss and the correct timing pointerl. I have an early 65 timing cover somewhere and I will look for it if you want me too. I can't remember what condition it is in but I will find out if you really want the correct unit for originality.

 

[The Dan]

Ronstang,

Correct you are. This has been a pain in the A$$ to find. The place I oredered from swears the repro they have is for the early style w/ alum. water pump. We'll see.

The covers that are used with the cast iron pumps are a dime a dozen. The aluminum one's are like trying to find Jimmy Hoffa!

 

[Ronstang]

If the repro doesn't pan out let me know and I will dig out the one I have and check it for condition.

 

[Max Power]

So the Mustangs Unlimited one listed above won't work?

Dayum, learn something new every day.

CJ Pony Parts lists them used for $129.95. Part number TCC1.

 

[The Dan]

It will work...if you have a cast iron water pump.

 

[one2gamble]

can someone post a pic back to back so I can see the difference in timing chain covers. Im curious now as I had no idea they were different. Not the late model one but the two earlier ones

 

[The Dan]

Go to E bay, probably the easiest way if you want pics. Just type in each year.

 

[dolfan87]

Summit Racing sells a timing cover...don't know if it is what you need or not.

87

 

[Ronstang]

Summit Racing sells a timing cover...don't know if it is what you need or not.

87

Not...hahahha, the one he needs is fairly uncommon these days. I am surprised he found a vendor with a repro.

 

[Max Power]

The one at CJ Pony parts says specifically that it is the early style for aluminum pumps, but it is used. I didn't realize that they list used parts in their catalog, and until today, I didn't realize there were two different covers.

 

[347Fastback]

I have one I can email pis and I am in cally... I bought it for my 65 fastback but my crate engine has one... Give me your email address...

 

[allcarfan]

how bad is the crack? so bad that it cant be drilled and welded?