| Also known as | E6159 |
| Diagram | Fig. 1 — CRANKSHAFT AND CONNECTING RODS · ref 28 |
| Subsystem | engine bottom |
| Listed in parts books | 1967–1968, 1970–1971, 1974, 1976–1980, 1983, 1985 |
INTERMEDIATE TIMING WHEEL
An intermediate timing wheel gear from the timing chest, carrying drive between the crankshaft and camshaft gears.
The 70-6159 is an intermediate timing wheel, a gear that sits in the timing chest and takes drive from the crankshaft pinion, passing motion along to the camshaft gears and points cam. It's part of the gear train that keeps valve timing and ignition timing working off the crank in step with each other.
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This one shows up in the catalog under the CRANKSHAFT AND CONNECTING RODS and CRANKSHAFT, CAMSHAFTS AND CONNECTING RODS figures, and also carries the older E6159 number for anyone working from an earlier parts book. It's logged across catalog entries spanning 1967 to 1985, so it's a part that stuck around through a long production run.
If you're pulling the timing chest apart for inspection, this is one of the gears worth checking for wear on the teeth and play on its shaft or bush before you button things back up. Confirm fitment against your own timing chest layout before ordering, since we don't have finer detail on which specific variants it covers.
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