Recent content by kursed30

Hallelujah! Now I need to learn about dropping the oil pan to clean out all the stuff from the old gear.

So how did the last picture I posted look? I moved it one tooth over from where it was.

how does this look now?

Thanks for all the help. It took me forever just to get it that close. Guess Ill try again lol

I put the plate back on and and when I turned the engine over until the pin hit the dot. I took out the spark plug and it was TDC.???

another pic

So what does being off one tooth do exactly?

Here is a picture I took. I didn't see any markings on the crankshaft gear but a few places I read mentioned the key slot works also.

So the other day I finally got the large timing gear off. Got the new aluminum one on yesterday and managed to get the two lines matched up after some cuss words. Before I close it up is there anything I should check first? Do I need to add any grease to the gears? I have new cork gaskets for...

I bought a new gear, new gasket for that inspection window and a new oil pan gasket. Was really hoping to not have to do the whole radiator thing. Will be tearing into it tonight

Well after digging inti the car I finally found the reason it slowly lost power and died last week. After tearing things apart I found that the large timing gear was missing half of its teeth. Now my next question. Do I need to remove the radiator to change out that gear? How big of a task is it...

Just tried to start again. The fan does move when when starting so that should be a good sign the motor did not sieze

Was driving the other day and all off a sudden the car starts making a strang ticking type sound. About 10 seconds later the car slows down on its on the then eventually dies in the middle of a bust road. Go to start it at it feels like the starter is just spinning. Got it towed home and find...

So I threw some pepper in there and it seemed like it stopped. I also noticed that the outside of the radiator (the chrome shroud) gets REALLY hot after only 10 min of running. Any ideas?

Yes i have a leak. Poured some water in it the other day and a stream was trickling out from the top right section. I have a video but cant post it