[mlkyway_galxie]

I pulled the oil pan off of my 64 Galaxie 500 XL. It's a 352FE 4V, mostly stock. In the bottom of the oil pan I found a hand full of what looks like little plastic gear teeth(see picture). Anybody have any idea what the heck these are from or what they might be doing in the oil pan of my car?

 

[Ggrahn]

It WAS your cam gear. Replaced it yet?

 

[mlkyway_galxie]

It's plastic, I thought it would be steel. I'll check it out.

 

[DanH]

It's plastic, I thought it would be steel. I'll check it out.

engine run ? if it does , it has been replaced , broken part ,just the cam gear like said . . pan was never cleaned after repair .

 

[mlkyway_galxie]

My dad had replaced the timing chain recently, could be he replaced the sprocket as well. He's out on a date with my mother so I'll give them a call and make sure he didn't sneak a plastic gear in there on me. (There are 36 teeth, so that fits with being a timing sprocket)

 

[gbic1]

Original cam gear has a nylon tooth on it. crank gear is steel. Most replacement gears are steel but nylon teeth are still available.

 

[mlkyway_galxie]

Spoke with the previous owner(my dad), he confirmed that the previous gear had the fiber teeth. He replaced it with alloy steel sprocket. Funny thing though, the one he took off was only missing two teeth, so I believe the timing sprocket had been replaced before, as I found 35 teeth in the oil pan. Thanks for the help identifying the pieces.

 

[FEandGoingBroke]

you'll find that in about 97% of all FE's that you remove the oil pan from