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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
If the 'cold start pin' is jammed because it ate the filter, the inlet cam will jump forward just before TDC and the chain becomes slack, then as you continue to turn the engine the chain tightens up again and the inlet cam moves again.
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You've just answered something I've wondered about for a while. I have the 'death rattle' on mine, but not all the time, and could never figure out why.
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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
There's a chap in Lithuania who rebuilds them for £70 each but I haven't had a chance to try him yet.
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If this is the same person we discussed some time back, I never got anywhere with them either. The initial problem was the person advertising the service wasn't the person doing it, there was an issue about how to pay for them, and when I got into discussing the logistics of shipping, it all went quiet.
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