Hitchcocks Forum

Hello to All. I am in the process of rebuilding a 1960 Fury. I got most if the stuff painted and polished. When the timing cover got polished hundreds of little pinholes showed up and it looks pretty ugly. I was wondering if any one out there have a spare out there. I have checked our hosts but they do not seem to have any in there used parts section. Are there any way to fix those pin holes ( too many to weld). Also back few months ago a gentleman on this form sent me some pictures, my computer had a fever and lost all data including his e mail. I would like to get in touch with him please. Ny email is chahal1@rogers. Com. Thank you all.

Hi Jassie, That was me, I think I remember sending you some pictures of a restored Fury which is still here, as it happens. Regards, Paul. [email protected]

There is a tequnique of using aluminium powder and epoxy. Don't know what sort of finish you'd get though.

I found that superglue and fine aluminium filings did the job very well. If you put the superglue in the holes then pack in the dust it goes off and you can polish it up with only a slightly duller finish than the solid. Strange to have all those pinholes though.

Simon, I have an outer primary case off a Super Meteor that is like that, the polishers gave up because the more they polished the more holes appeared

Jassie, if you timing cover is an original one with a rev counter tack off it is because these we made using a sand casting process. Because so few of this type of timing covers were made the simpler sand cast process used to save costs but it does give the surface finish you describe. Personally I think it is best to keep the original finish on such a rare bike. Richard

whoope .... rev counter tack off ??? should be rev counter take off. A fixture on the outer cover for a rev counter gearbox. Richard

As some one has pointed out the Fury timing covers are sandcast as they were only made in small quantities also fitted to 57 onwards woods man and 350 works reps the pin holes are caused by the alloy being poured too fast or them not using airing tablets in the mix this causes air bubbles which are the pinholes,the more you polish the case the more tend to appear. the one on my Fury is very good but some of them are really bad.the first batch of 1953 500 bullet crancases were also sandcast but don t seam to suffer the same problem

Thanks to all for good suggestions but if I can not track one down I am either thinking of body filler and paint or get a bullet cover and if all the holes line up, modify it to look like the one on the fury. Any thoughts?. Jessie.

Use JB Weld not bodyfiller at least it is a similar colour to the alloy and is oil resistant