Just finished installing the special tabbed washer from TST. Those guys are great, and the instructions are superb. It took about six hours start to finish, I spent about an hour of that time cleaning the parts that I took off, and other would be hard to reach places on the engine. I highly reccomend TST's product!

 

I second ur motion!

u will sleep better at night now knowing u slain that sucker! congratulations! its nice to see others take on the task, and now u know the front of ur engine better as well... win win situation if u ask me...

Tx

 

Thanks, and if there is anybody in the Denver area that would like some help with this just let me know.

 

The hardest part of my Kill was getting the washer fluid bottle off.

 

Good job, well done.

Have you seen the thread of the damage that .03 cent pin can cause?

 

Yes I Have And That's What Drove Me To Do This. I Only Thank This Forum For Foresight To Get This Done.

 

So now the question I have to all of you that have done this, What is the build date of your trucks and did you check the cover to see if you already had the updated one? With this info maybe we can start to pinpoint when the updated covers were put into use.

 

97 2500, not updated, pin pushed out about 1/8". Hammered back in with a vengance...........................

 

Damage has been reported on engines from '94-'99. The new cover was introduced in '98 but stockpiles of old covers were in the mix until '99.
The only way to know for sure is to remove the cover.

 

Glad to see I wasn't the only one!

 

No I haven't.

 

http://www.flex.net/%7Etriplem/new/dowelpin.htm

Here ya go. It's pretty devistating.

 

Was this a problem with the '01 HO's ???? I sure hope not! But would like to know in case I need to do this.

 

Nobodies mentioned any 01's so we know your safe. It's only in question in the 99's