I turned the engine over just to see if the thing would come loose or get stuck somewhere in the chains. The engine is dry at the moment. Every time I make a little progress, I have to stop and retrace my steps. Now I'm gonna hafta take the timing cover off again and replace this damn washer. This weekend I got the exhaust system (minus the cat and muffler) reassembled. I got all confused on the manifolds and ended up taking them off to make sure I had the correct placement. Them I had some trouble with the crossover pipe flanges. I thought they went flush to the manifold, but in reality, they don't. I fished my old photos out to verify that fact this morning. So, that's good news on that front. > -----Original Message----- > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:00 AM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question > > If you turned the engine over by hand that's not going to generate > enough oil flow to float it around. > > You could always pull the oil pan and check in there. That's not > nearly as ugly as pulling the timing chain cover. > > Have you started it up yet? What's the status? > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote: > > If it fell into the oil pan it would spend its life lounging there. > I never > > saw it in or around the chains. I even turned the engine over a > bunch of > > times to verify there was nothing in there. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] > > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:40 AM > > > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question > > > > > > It may not be critical to operation but you'll experience what we > in > > > the Navy call FOD. Foreign Object Damage. > > > > > > Having a stray piece of metal drifting around in your timing chain > > > cover riding the oil currents is probably not a good idea. > > > > > > Ask the others though. I may be overstating the situation. > > > > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> > wrote: > > > > Okay, bare with me as I attempt to explain my situation. > > > > > > > > During my procedure of replacing the RS cam sprocket, I had to > get > > > into the > > > > timing cover and push the piston back in to slacken the chain. > That > > > didn't > > > > give me quite enough room so I removed the tensioning arm just > > > below it. > > > > This gave me the room I needed to slip the sprocket back on. > > > > > > > > However, when I took the tensioning arm off, I thought I heard > the > > > distinct > > > > jingle of metal falling and hitting metal. I never saw anything > and > > > could > > > > never figure out what fell. Apparently a washer that rests > against > > > the > > > > engine block fell when I removed the tensioner. > > > > > > > > If you look at items 12, 13, and 14 you'll see my concern. > > > > > > > > http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9 <http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9&PageCat=1%> &PageCat=1% > > > 2DEngine > > > > > > > > My question is, how crucial is this little washer? Should I take > > > the cover > > > > off (oh jeez, not again) and reinstall it? > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=143306624> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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