Due to the price of dropping diesel prices, finally, and my slowness on the crewcab conversion I've decided to fix up the club cab slightly and start using it as a daily driver til my conversion is ready for a motor. I need to put a new fender and core support on so I figured while I had them off it would be an easy time to fix the KDP. Where can I get a kit to fix the KDP?

 

TST has them. You don't really need a kit, though. Just get the CPL and ESN off the engine and call your local Cummins distributor. You will need a new front crank seal, and you might need a timing cover gasket. When you get the cover off, just use a punch or a chisel to mash some metal down over the KDP. Then pull all the timing case bolts one at a time, clean, loctite, and retorque. If the old gasket stays stuck to the timing cover and does not tear, it is best to clean it well, run a thin bead of RTV around it and put it back together. It works well and saves a lot of scraping. I think they put those timing covers on while the paint was still tacky, those gaskets are awful to get off the timing cover.

 

It is ok if you ditch the gasket and just use RTV right, I sure hope so, cause that is what I did!!

 

No leaks = OK.

 

Well, i still haven't started in od drove it, so not sure if it leaks

My build progress is at a hault!!

 

I did mine on my 93 this weekend as I also have the front end ( and the backend and everything in between ) off. I was able to use a punch to bur the inside where the pin could come out. By the way it was in no danger of coming out. I reused my old gasket with fresh rtv sealer. If rtv is done correctly you can use it. I can remember when I was working in a parts store I ordered a gasket for a customers car ( can't remember what it was ) and when It came in it was a small tube of rtv in a box with felpro part number on it. That was the gasket. I think it was a gear cover on a diff. for a mopar.

 

Thanks, that was just what I was looking for.