It's not much more to take the cover off - remove balancer and then cover.
256K miles (while it lasted that long)...it very risky with the factory
chain (even 150K at that).
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
david.clement@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:33 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: bad water pump
I always subscribe to the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" philosophy. There
is still a significant amount of work yet to go to get the timing cover off
to do the chain/gears. So unless you have 150,000+ miles or the chain is
making noise or you beat on your truck I wouldn't bother. FWIW, my 89 3.9
had 256,000 miles on it when I sold it and I had never been inside the
engine.
My guess it would start to leak past the seal next and it would get real
noisey before it would get to the point of grenading or freezing up.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <20050503230519.6638cdac@cuda.ehuffy.com>, mopar@ehuffy.com (Eric
Huff) writes:
>
>
> My water pump's growling and giggling (but amazingly not leaking).
>
> Is there any reason to have the timing chain replaced "while it's
> open" ?
>
> Any guesses on what happens next if it takes me a few days to get to
> it? Will it grenade, leak, freeze up, etc?
>
> Blech. Not sure if i'll take it in or try to swing it this weekend.
>
> Thanks,
> eric
>
> --
> 1974 Valiant 4-door, 318
> 1999 Dakota Ext Cab, 2WD
>
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