Crank, No start
Cargo Master
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No, not as late as 1990. That's a $5 part that the beancounters would have had kittens over, if they'd just left it in there. If we were talking about 1988, where they'd been carbureted the previous year, I could see it, but not on a '90. 1987 was the last model year in the US that you had a 351W with a Mechanical Fuel pump, and in 1988 the timing cover lost the hole for mounting the pump.
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Tuned
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New set is in, put a dab of blue loctite on the cam sprocket bolt. Couldn’t really find any torque values on alldata.com for the timing cover or any bolts for the water pump and crank/cam sprocket. Any of you have a list of the torque specs?
Also the gasket kit I bought for the engine to put it all back together, should have everything I need, including some extra parts it seems for the old timing cover with the on engine fuel pumps (parts I don’t need). So I won’t be using those parts obviously.. not sure if I should use those little triangular cork gaskets for the oil pan bolts to timing cover, as well as the oil pan gasket ring (the black semi-circle) also the blue water pump gasket in the top left is not being used
because it’s not a part of this 1990 351W
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I always used the gaskets, even the little corner pieces, with some black RTV where they connect to the old oil pan gasket, and at the junction between the black rubber and the cork.
As far as the torque specs? I know they exist, I just always did them gudntite
As far as the torque specs? I know they exist, I just always did them gudntite
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Tomorrow I’m going to cut the front portion of the old oil pan gasket and throw in all the new gaskets, coated with rtv… I’m pretty sure that’s what needs to be done but would like some affirmation before I do
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I couldnt bring myself, to cut the pan gasket, after I seen it was the metal impregnated, so I loosened 2 more bolts, on each side of oil pan, and RTV top and bottom, of the gasket, smeared around so it wouldnt , oooz a lot, when I went back together with it, hasnt dripped/oozed in 18 months.
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I couldnt bring myself, to cut the pan gasket, after I seen it was the metal impregnated, so I loosened 2 more bolts, on each side of oil pan, and RTV top and bottom, of the gasket, smeared around so it wouldnt , oooz a lot, when I went back together with it, hasnt dripped/oozed in 18 months.
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Tuned
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New problem?
Hey everyone. I got the timing cover and water pump on, I was on vacation for a few days and got back to finally finish this project. Well everything went smoothly but I’m still trying to put the distributor in. Well when I went to install the distributor I remembered I needed to turn the oil pump shaft in order to put the distributor back in. Well I got a 1/4 drive with a 5/16in socket, and I can’t turn the oil pump drive… it’s like it’s locked in place. Can’t turn it either direction. Got a lot of ideas running through my head at this point, maybe this is what created my no spark condition in the first place. What do you guys think? Any suggestions? Really Wish I noticed this before
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Tuned
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Im using a long T-handle, I’ll try using a ratchet with more leverage. No teeth are sheered, but if u remember the old distributor had a sheared rolling pin that holds the gear in place. I guess I was thinking the oil pump drive froze and the pin for the dizzy sheared. I doubt it but that’s what I thought it could be. Again I’ll get back to you in 15min or so
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Used this 1/4 ratchet. About 7inches long. Thought I was gonna bust my knuckles. Oil pump drive will not turn either direction.