Re: Re: intermittent coolant leak?

From: Michael Maskalans (dml@tepidcola.com)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 03:29:37 EDT


On Jun 20, 2004, at 10:28, Bill Day wrote:

> On that 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

well that's good news. naturally I have yet to look for myself, but
just pulling a cover and dealing with coolant is something I'm
comfortable with in my driveway =)

> 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.

well hell, that's great news! =)

Thanks for your tips, Bill

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84 RamCharger 4x4 360                   98 Dakota CC 4x4 318
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