Removing Timing Cover

[01greycobra]

holy cow it still won't come off?? are you using any extension bar for leverage? dang...

Yea we did, and with two of us pulling on it! I called my friend at the local dealer and he said the impact gun would be best bet.

 

[birdman941]

You must be talking about putting a breaker bar on the nut and leaning it against the floor then starting the starter without starting the car? If not, PM me what it is

Yep, that is what I was thinking.
I had a V6 Explorer in the shop once that the damper bolt would not loosen .
Last resort, it worked, but I did not want to do it that way.

 

[D's01Snake]

Tread around this carefully, its easy to develop leak and its a really a pain in the ass to fix

 

[01greycobra]

A leak from where?

 

[D's01Snake]

the big ass hole your leaving in your motor when you take the cover off. The corners by the valve covers mainly.

 

[01greycobra]

O i thought you were talking about when i took the pulley off.....which i finally did!! impact gun ftw!

 

[99riocobra]

good deal! it's all down hill from there.

 

[01greycobra]

i got the power steering pump off (what a bitch) so now im just waiting on the new gaskets for the '03 timing cover to arrive then swapping the timing cover. after that, hopefully things will be a little less complicated lol

 

[Mandoh91]

I sent him a PM with some directions,
but I did forget about unbolting the PS pump from the block.
I thought about it but forgt to write it.

text:

Disconnect the battery before you do anything, then:

1: Remove coil covers and coils (Might want to remove plugs, not if you are careful)

2: Unbolt cam covers and support somewhere in the center to raise it off the head.

3:unbolt PS reservoir bracket from head and set aside
3a: remove PS pump from the engine block (3 or 4 bolts)
May not need to drain fluid

4:Unplug cam sensor

5: Loosen water pump pulley bolts
(belt still on, makes it easier)

6: Remove serpentine belt

7: remove WP pulley

8: Loosen AC compressor bolts, slide compressor away from block, unplug crank sensor

9: Remove two nuts holding harness to starter motor solenoid

10: Remove bolt holding starter harness to block (for slack)

11: Remove 4 front oil pan bolts

12: remove 2 nuts holding starter harness to front timing cover studs

13: Remove center crankshaft bolt (18mm?)

14: remove crankshaft damper w/puller

15: Make a cardboard template to place removed timing cover studs.
Put holes in it to put the studs and nuts, bolts. It is easy to mix them up.

16: Remove timing cover bolts, nuts studs, placing them into your cardboard "roadmap"

17: Remove timing cover

I don’t need to drain Freon with this step, another question if I do wanna repair my valve cover gaskets I need to remove everything that’s on the way??

 

[Mandoh91]

I sent him a PM with some directions,
but I did forget about unbolting the PS pump from the block.
I thought about it but forgt to write it.

text:

Disconnect the battery before you do anything, then:

1: Remove coil covers and coils (Might want to remove plugs, not if you are careful)

2: Unbolt cam covers and support somewhere in the center to raise it off the head.

3:unbolt PS reservoir bracket from head and set aside
3a: remove PS pump from the engine block (3 or 4 bolts)
May not need to drain fluid

4:Unplug cam sensor

5: Loosen water pump pulley bolts
(belt still on, makes it easier)

6: Remove serpentine belt

7: remove WP pulley

8: Loosen AC compressor bolts, slide compressor away from block, unplug crank sensor

9: Remove two nuts holding harness to starter motor solenoid

10: Remove bolt holding starter harness to block (for slack)

11: Remove 4 front oil pan bolts

12: remove 2 nuts holding starter harness to front timing cover studs

13: Remove center crankshaft bolt (18mm?)

14: remove crankshaft damper w/puller

15: Make a cardboard template to place removed timing cover studs.
Put holes in it to put the studs and nuts, bolts. It is easy to mix them up.

16: Remove timing cover bolts, nuts studs, placing them into your cardboard "roadmap"

17: Remove timing cover

I got two questions, do I need to remove Freon for this step?
To replace valve cover gasket I would have to remove everything in top that’s on the way?

 

[01yellercobra]

Holy necro thread. No reason to drain freon to pull the valve covers. I had to move the master cylinder and drop the k member a bit to get the driver side valve cover off.