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    All the timing sets i buy are too lose

    I just replaced my original timing set (222k miles) because I thought the chain had excess play. The new one had the same amount of slack.
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    What if your front diff fell off the tranny jack?

    Errr....yeah, of course
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    Help me identify this hose

    That's what I thought at first, but I traced that all the way from the diff to the vent cap at the radiator and that's all there.
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    Help me identify this hose

    Sorry, 1998 K1500 5.7 I had that in my profile but I just added to my signature. I replaced the lower intake manifold gasket, water pump, timing set, oil pump, front diff, and all steering linkages. Maybe I'm losing my mind and this is just some random hose, but it was laying on my upper fan...
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    Help me identify this hose

    (1998 K1500 5.7) I just got done with some major repairs and the truck is running great now. Even the check engine light is off. I had no leftover hardware or parts when I was done except for this one hose. Looks like some sort of vent hose. Smells like oil/fuel/exhaust. I can't find where...
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    What if your front diff fell off the tranny jack?

    Thanks so much for that car-part.com recommendation! Picked up a used GU6 from a 99 Tahoe at a local yard today for $100.
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    What if your front diff fell off the tranny jack?

    Does anyone sell just the half of the housing that's broken, or are the housing halves matched?
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    What if your front diff fell off the tranny jack?

    1998 K1500 front differential. Where would you recommend going for a replacement? Asking for a friend.....
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    Still not really sure where these dowel pins are but I guess I'll figure it out..... Maybe the fact that it's a 1998 Vortec 350 with a plastic timing cover makes a difference??
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    Thank you. I appreciate the insight. I know the timing cover has the land for the oil pan gasket. What I didn't realize was the importance the timing cover played in locating the oil pan gasket. Frank's reply was more descriptive to me.
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    Only SBF. I've had the 302 in my 88 Mustang on the stand stripped almost down to the bare block. Kind of a smartass comment really. The reason I asked is I can replace the timing cover without replacing the oil pan gasket, right? And I can replace the oil pan gasket without replacing the...
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    Is top dead center both timing dots facing eachother or both dots at 12 o clock?

    If you were 180 out you wouldn't be driving it at all.
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    Thanks. Given the choice, would you install the oil pan first, then the timing cover? Or timing cover then oil pan?
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    This wasn't the review I had read, but another one saying the same thing. After 5 minutes running, puddle of oil.
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    OS34500R pan gasket - Is this going to be a problem?

    I think I remember seeing a review on one of the parts sites where someone saw a similar issue and had nothing but leaks afterwards. I don't want leaks after all this work. Has anyone else noticed this at the front of the pan with the Felpro OS34500R gasket? It fits fine at the rear, and I...
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    I saw a trick where someone taped a 3/8" drill bit to the pickup, put a little grease on it as a tell-tale, and put the pan in place (with gasket of course). That set the depth. Then they marked it, removed it from the block, and drove the pickup the rest of the way in. Yep, I'll put a tack...
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    Sledge hammer maybe
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    On the same note, if anyone reading this doesn't know how to read the vernier scale on calipers and micrometers, I recommend you learn how. It's ingenious! I learned back in 1998 and still prefer it over digital but my eyesight limits me now.
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    Thanks. No burrs. I actually still use my old vernier calipers for measuring, although I have to use reading glasses to read them now. I do cross-check them with my other digital calipers from time to time though and they're spot-on. This has to be a machining error on the pump. Just wanted...
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    To anyone who has ever installed a new pickup tube into a pump, shouldn't it just slip in halfway and then be pressed in the rest of the way?
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    Installing pickup tube in oil pump

    So I got a new oil pump and pickup tube (screen) and went to assemble today and ran into an issue. Both parts from Sealed Engine, 224-43469 and 224-14258. I know the pickup tube is supposed to be an interference fit into the pump (0.006" interference I think?) but not until halfway down the...
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    Oil filter adapter O-ring

    The guys at NAPA say it probably started it's life out as a round o-ring. Maybe that's it.
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    Repair cost

    Thanks for the feedback. This is how my project has snowballed. Upper and lower intake manifold gaskets Water pump (because it was right there staring me in the face) Timing set (same as above once I got the water pump off) New harmonic balancer (had to pull it anyway for the above and rubber...
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    Oil filter adapter O-ring

    I saw someone mention this in another thread but they never got any feedback. I bought the Felpro OS34500R oil pan gasket and it came with a new o-ring for the oil filter adapter. Same diameter but almost 3x as thick. It also came with a round o-ring that's the same diameter and similar in...
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    Repair cost

    Is there a chart available somewhere that tells the hours it takes to complete certain repairs (like at a dealer shop)? I'm trying to justify what I am doing now and would like to think i would have to pay a dealer, or even a local mechanic, at least 3x what I have in it with parts and tools...

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