URGENT help please

[Jimm218]

Hi all,

I am a bit stuck and need some help.

I am supposed to be doing some charity dream rides with the sporting bears on Sunday. I have discover that my passenger cam cover has a large crack in it and is bathing the engine bay in oil. Can anyone help me out? I'm in Didcot in Oxfordshire. I really wanted to do my charity bit

Any suggestions of alternative keep it going solutions would be appreciated.

[Cerberaherts]

Take it off then ring around a few local engineering shops, you may well be able to get it welded up...

[Luckyone]

Failing that some chemical metal would probably be ok for a short term fix. Something like JB weld or similar should work, they say it can fix engine blocks, not sure I'd trust it for that but its holding the handle on our metal door fridge fine, & the kids swing off that. You just need to remove all traces of oil first.

Proper welding would be better as at least you could forget about then, but depending on where the crack is it could need machining after welding too.

The breakers would likely have one or APM Andy, he maybe driveable for you on Sat if he's there?

[waveydavey1000]

Clean it up and get some Belzona plastered on the crack. Short term fix but should hold ok

[Gazzab]

Duck tape

[ukkid35]

I'd try JB Weld as well, I used it as a temporary fix for a hole in one of the coolant pipes four years ago. Looking at it recently it's probably going to last longer than the rest of the pipe.

[plasticman]

If it`s not too late I have one you can borrow . MK44 3QP

[Jimm218]

Thanks guys and thanks for the offer Plasticman. I have chemical metalled it for now so I'll see how it goes tomorrow.

If anyone has one for sale I would be interested.

[JMC1]

Talk to Steve Howard at Wantage hes been a TVR specialist for ever used to prep race cars for the Tuscan challenge can do just about anything TVR and he is on your doorstep.

Steve Howard Tel: [phone]