What are some considerations during timing chain replacement?
While the Manual is usually good in describing how to do things in this case it is poor and not even accurate ,as it says you have to remove the oil pan and you don’t have to, in fact you can’t remove the pan! Every thing can be done from the front-at least in my case as I have already removed the large round metal and rubber spacer between the radiator and the fan (not the fiberglass part attached to the rad.) This gave enough room to work and get your head up in there to be sure that you get the timing marks in the right place. It is a bit tricky as the new chain goes in with absolutely no slack. I learned from the experience of pressing the chain on and found that I was one cog off, so had to pull it off again.Take your time and eye ball it to be sure you get the marks lined up correctly. When draining antifreeze have back end of coach high and after draining by lowering back end you might save some of the antifreeze from draining foreword from the block. The engine will have to be
