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• Cam seal=groves worn into my cam=?? by 53 willys on 15 Aug, 2008 16:33
• yeah I am taking my head apart today and I see that the cam seal has worn two diffreant groves into the cam...is this ok? normal? if not whats the best way to fix it??
  can a machine shop fix the issue?? or would I need to buy a new cam or???
  
  thanks
• #1 by jimfoo on 15 Aug, 2008 16:39
• Depends on if it's leaking or not. If not, I'd just fit a new seal. If it is, a machine shop can pot a speedy sleeve on.
• #2 by 53 willys on 15 Aug, 2008 18:00
• yeah I dont really know if it was leaking???
  when I got this engine it looked like everything had been leaking on it!! lol
  ...I guess I will just ask the machine shop what they think...
• #3 by zukgod1 on 16 Aug, 2008 20:15
• Worst case I probably have another cam for ya.
• #4 by 53 willys on 17 Aug, 2008 06:40
• Quote from: "zukgod1"

  Worst case I probably have another cam for ya.

  
  
  thanks Dan I will just put it together for now and see if it does leak...
  thanks to you and this forum for all the help and advice you give.
   
• #5 by Smokey Eddy on 17 Aug, 2008 11:42
• If you got it and it's filthy as hell it probably does leak from the cam because its the highest and most likely point to leak copious amounts of oil. I tried to reuse a broken cork gasket once with heaps of RTV it sorta worked but it still made a huge mess. Get a rubber gasket if you can, i recomend it!