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I have no less than a dozen timing chain tensioners that show where the top oil pump bolt jammed the tensioner pad, or the poor thing was smashed. (After all, no one wants it to fall off, right?) I have dug enough silicone out of engines to seal up a bulldozer, and had people look at me blank when I asked what the timing setting was or for a torque or clearence spec.


I have to confess, you have me so paranoid about over-tightening those bolts, that I sort of cheated when I put the new head on last summer. I just pulled the old, semi-worn pad and arm out of the old tensioner body without unbolting it, and slid the new pad and arm in the old body (along with the factory spring, since it looked a little more robust). About 7000 trouble-free miles so far, so I guess I couldn't have screwed up too badly <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />


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My Truck: 1987 XtraCab DLX 22R 4WD 5 Speed Manual
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"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." -Jeremy Clarkson