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KDP failure
Alright guys, I know this has been beat to death on here, but I was taking my "new to me" truck apart last night to tab the pin and found it already missing! Upon further inspection, I found that the pin had broken off a piece of the timing case. Now, alot of the other threads I've read have shown a chunk taken out of the top of the case, but my situation is a little different. The pin seems to have taken out the threaded boss for the upper bolt on the crank position sensor, but no other damage that I can see. The cover had a good dent in it, and you could see where the gasket was torn in that spot. The truck still runs great and has/had an oil leak, but other than that, I can't seem to find anything else wrong.
My question is, where else should I look for the case to be cracked? I found the rest of the threaded boss, but I didn't see the pin so I'm assuming it made its way into the oil pan. I'm going to do a little fishing, but if I can't find it, is there any harm in leaving it there? I've read you just abandon it since its impossible for the oil pickup to pull the pin through.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
MIke
My question is, where else should I look for the case to be cracked? I found the rest of the threaded boss, but I didn't see the pin so I'm assuming it made its way into the oil pan. I'm going to do a little fishing, but if I can't find it, is there any harm in leaving it there? I've read you just abandon it since its impossible for the oil pickup to pull the pin through.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
MIke
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From what I have read it would be a good idea to get a new pin, install it and tab it. The pin is needed to keep the gear housing precisely in place. Check the gear teeth for damage while you are in there. You can leave the old pin in the pan I'm sure, but out of curiosity I would try to fish it out with a flex magnet if I could get one in there. But that is me.
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From what I have read it would be a good idea to get a new pin, install it and tab it. The pin is needed to keep the gear housing precisely in place. Check the gear teeth for damage while you are in there. You can leave the old pin in the pan I'm sure, but out of curiosity I would try to fish it out with a flex magnet if I could get one in there. But that is me.
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