I was refering to getting the balencer off when I said a significant amount of
work. Sounds like Eric is planning to do it himself and if he doesn't have a
puller and an impact gun to loosen the balancer bolt it's going to be a long
day.
Since they stopped using plastic coated cam gears I have not HAD to replace a
timing chain in any vehicle I have owned or the immediate family whom I do
repairs for. It's considered a life of the engine part just like a piston or
cam or any other internal part. I just don't see the fact that you spent a 1/2
hour stripping accessories off the front of the engine so you can replace a
water pump as adequate justification to go into the engine to swap a timing set
that hasn't been acting up, especially when it's so easy to actual determine if
it's worn/streached.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <BAY101-DAV159212CF7E9DEF850803ECD2190@phx.gbl>,
fasstdak@hotmail.com ("Bernd D. Ratsch") writes:
>
>
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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