i have 208000 miles on my 96.the motor is all stock,i have no oil leaks or any problems with the motor.i dont know the history of the truck .is there anyway i can tell if the kdp has already been taken care of? with this many miles if it hadnt been done am i lucky so far or is does it normally happen sooner? thanks

 

Mileage makes absolutely no difference, you should take care of it.
I saw one that came out and cracked the gear case at 345k miles.
The only way to know for sure if the pin has been taken care of is to remove the front cover.
If the paint on the cover bolts looks undisturbed you can assume it hasn't been taken care of.
If the paint looks disturbed it doesn't mean anything, the cover could have been removed to fix a leak.

 

thanks,i will be taking care of it as soon as possible.

 

jus had a 98 12v tonight that popped a hole through the timing cover and chipped the cam gear and it only has 137k on it

 

this just happened to me 234,XXX on mine and im not to happy lol