Timing Gear Replacement?
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Timing Gear Replacement?
my timing gear craped out at 212,000 miles, before it did the engine still ran great, and it still turns over. i would like to fix it, but would like to know if there are any special tools i will need? if there are a bunch of tools i need i will probibly just scrap it, but im hoping i can get it going again.
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if you don't have a puller I have removed them by heating just the aluminum part of the old gear. buy the steel gears and warm them in the oven a bit before you install them will help to get them on easier, but you need to take it right from the oven to the motor, put it on then put a block of wood over end and tap (TAP) it as far as it will go before it cools then finish pressing it on like a power steering pulley.
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I'm sorry to jump in on a thread, but you guys just sent alarm bells ringing when you mentioned
"that plastic crap that Ford put on in the 80's."
I have a 1980 inline 6.
Does that mean i'm heading for an impending engine failure?
Should I get the plastic timing gear out of there soon?
"that plastic crap that Ford put on in the 80's."
I have a 1980 inline 6.
Does that mean i'm heading for an impending engine failure?
Should I get the plastic timing gear out of there soon?
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datchew, probably not. The plastic gears just aren't as durable as the steel. They have been known to break, but this isn't an everyday occurance (just watch, yours & mine will both break tomorrow). If you are really pulling loads or hot-rodding your truck on a regular basis then it couldn't hurt. However, if you're ever doing work on the block anyway it couldn't hurt to replace them with a steel set. Supposedly the plastic gears run much smoother & quieter & don't bother the knock sensor on the EFI engines. Guys have run steel gears on EFI engines with no apparent problems though. Still prefer timing gears over a chain.
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