Dester,
Depending upon how familiar you are in doing this, if you are just looking
at the time involved to drop in a cam and not do any additional work, you
will probably take another day, maybe two at the most. You don't need to
pull the heads to put in the cam, just the intake.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
P.S. Yes, the '96 gear set and chain will fit the '97.
> ----------
> From: Dester223@aol.com[SMTP:Dester223@aol.com]
> Reply To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:52 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Timing Chain Suprise
>
> Were you losing power or something? Why do you think it was bad? My 97
> dakota is running messed up timinig right now. I have all the parts, if
> my
> damn boss didn't call a mandatory meeting today, then I would have done it
>
> tonite.
>
> couple questions for you guys out there. Napa was out of the 97 dakota
> timing chain gasket sets, so they gave me a set for 96. will that work?
>
> also. How much more time do you think it'd take if I were to take the
> manifold and heads off and do a cam while I was at it?
>
> -Dester
>
>
> << Rich,
> How hard was it to replace them chain/sprockets/gaskets/seals on the
> entire
> job? I know all the parts are around $120, fairly cheap. Paying a garage
> to
> do the job, and adjsut the timing, is the expensive part, this is why I
> am
> contemplating doing it myself and also learning alot doing so. My Dak has
> 116,000 miles on it and I want to do it soon, just not sure if I should
> try
> to do it yet.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
> >>
>
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