ONt hat particular motor I donot believe that you have to pull the timing
chain cover.. and someone may correct me if im wrong, but the older 318/360
in the ram chargers/power wagons of yore, really didnt have much of a
problem with timing chains You could change it just to be safe but that
would definitely be more work then what you are intending on. With over
250k on my dads ram charger we only did a half rebuild once. Dropped
pistons and crank out bottom new rings and then pulled the valve train and
intake and had the carbon cleaned from it.. To my knowledge the timing
chain has never failed on it.. and it was well abused between 4 kids(me
first! a sister and 2 more rothers) over their driving years....
Bill Day
billday@consolidated.net
http://users.consolidated.net/billday/
A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he wants and can
give..
AIM - BadManD73 (Catch me if you can!)
'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red 3.55 LSD turning 30x9.50x15's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: intermittent coolant leak?
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2004, at 18:23, Bill Day wrote:
>
> > Most waterpumps on v6/v8s have a tiny hole on the back/bottom near the
> > pumps
> > bearing/seal setup once the bearing/seal setup begins to wear moisture
> > willd
> > rip from this tiny hole(about 1/8 to 3/16" dia. suaully). That is
> > the
> > first sign of the pump failing, next sound you would probably hear is
> > a belt
> > squaling like s stuck pig... no coolant flow, siezed pump.
>
> sounds like I've got a waterpump job in my very near future, then.
> hopefully it doesn't seize on me before I get the front shocks back in
> the Dak.... (I picked up just a bit of squeal again today, even after
> dealing with belt presence and tensions the other day) it's been a
> nice daily driver for a couple three days now though -- and my friends
> not only love the old-schoolness, but also the far larger back seat =)
>
> sigh.....
>
> it would be pretty stupid to go in after the water pump and not do the
> timing chain while I'm at it, wouldn't it? or am I misremembering how
> the front of the engine is assembled?
>
> and if I pull the timing chain cover, since I think I've got a leaking
> oil pan gasket, if I'm remembering right it would make sense to do that
> at the same time, too, I'd think. tell me I'm remembering wrong =)
>
> <whine> oh, how I *hate* not having a garage. this would be such
> simple work if I could just take a week to do it! </whine>
> --
> Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/>
> mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129 fax.360.364.3930
>
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