So months and months ago I had extra money so I bought a Timing kit and gasket kit From Ted at www.engnbldr.com. I didn't use it for a few months and then came the chain rattle, and as luck would have it my head gasket was leaking coolant behind the exhaust manifold. After some research I dug in and replaced the timing chain and head gasket and everything was fine... for a while. After what I think was a month or so I could hear a rattle noise at idle, I thought it was the valves so I went and re-adjusted them, I just so happened to glance down and noticed that the two bolts that hold the drivers side chain guide were nearly eaten in half! I determined that I had over torqued the timing tensioner and after the vehicle warmed up the tensioners oil ports were becoming restricted. I counldn't find anywhere that just sold a tensioner so I emailed Ted and told him what I had done and asked If I could purchase the tensioner from him. I recieved an email the next day stating that his stuff had a three year guarante and he would be sending me one free of charge, this is after I had admitted that it was an installation error on my part that caused the problem. He also sent me a gasket kit for free. I tore it down again and installed the tensioer to the proper 12 ft/lbs and everything is great now. So any new comers check this guy out, he is a great businessman and a great guy. Thanks Ted for your great service.


1986 xtra-cab 22re
stock everything
1991 bed