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Neil
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2002
04:06:45
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What kind of difference will a new set of timing gears and chain do? Any difference in perfomance?How much does it cost? and what kind should i get?
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Jon
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2002
07:08:38
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No performance gain at all, you just have the confidence that your timing chain won't snap causing your engine to turn into a giant hand grenade.
-Jon
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Todd W
GenIII
8/23/2002
11:29:50
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"Each hand grenade may only be used once"
Yeah, the stock chains are known for prematurely stretching. You can usually tell when they are going bad by listening to the front of the engine, a stetched chain makes a -lot- of noise coming from the cover directly behind the water pump. You also may see a slight degrade in performance and gas milage as the chain stretchs too, which will throw the timing off a bit.
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2002
15:21:56
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umg....my truck makes a noise in the front.....my gas mileage has gotten alot worst....and performance off the line ...well a 3 banger geo could beat me through 1st gear......how much would a new chain cost?
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Todd W
GenIII
8/23/2002
17:34:45
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The chain and gears should be something like $50-70 for a nice double-roller. Installation? Couldn't tell you, never had it done. If you want to do it yourself though, you'll need to pull the harmonic balance as well as the water pump and front cover. I'm not sure if Dodge Harmonic Blanance's require a special puller or not, but I'm going to assume they do since every other vehicle I've worked on does. I think you can rent them at Autozone. :0)
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Jon
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2002
19:02:14
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Yeah you would need a balancer puller or any 3 jaw puller would work, no big deal. The hard part is getting the timing cover off with out destroying the oil pan gasket. If your good you can get a putty knife in there to separate it and save the gasket, otherwise you have to drop the oil pan as well. The entire job would probably take about 3 hours using hand tools laying on your back.
-Jon
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Pistolero
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2002
20:46:04
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I haven't looked yet...do you have to remove any crossmembers or suspension linkage to get to the oilpan?
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Todd W
GenIII
8/24/2002
03:22:59
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Typically, no... but there are going to be a few bolts that'll be hard to get at maybe. The oilpan should drop down a few inches then be able to be shifted back and dropped on an angle.
Make sure to drain the oil first! I probally don't have to tell you this... but I've seen people drop the oil pan before draining it... got a faceful they deserved!
"I think I hit my excitement threshold about ten minutes ago..."
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