RE: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question

["Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah. I wasn't afraid of it being in the oil pan. I should be so lucky. 

I let it eat at me and eat at me all day long so I took the cover off.
After
a few minutes of searching I gave up and was about to put the cover back
on
when I found it, wedged between the two of the chains and the drive shaft.
I
had to turn the engine a little and was able to free it. It's now in its
rightful place.

Needless to say, now I'm running over in my head all the details. Now I'm
wondering if I reset timing chain piston screw. I'm 90% sure I did but
this
whole washer incident has got me all flustered.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hervey [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:56 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question
> 
> Travis, I have had worse fall into the oil pan. The oil pump won't pick
it
> up. It will just lye around and bug the hell out of you till you take it
> out. If it was smaller than the pan drain, then next time you change the
> oil, put a magnetic extender into it and try to fish it out.
> John Hervey
> www.specialTauto.com
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Travis Goodwin [mailto:tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>   Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:33 AM
>   To: 'DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>   Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question
> 
> 
>   If it fell into the oil pan it would spend its life lounging there. I
> never
>   saw it in or around the chains. I even turned the engine over a bunch
of
>   times to verify there was nothing in there.
> 
>   > -----Original Message-----
>   > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>   > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:40 AM
>   > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question
>   >
>   > It may not be critical to operation but you'll experience what we in
>   > the Navy call FOD. Foreign Object Damage.
>   >
>   > Having a stray piece of metal drifting around in your timing chain
>   > cover riding the oil currents is probably not a good idea.
>   >
>   > Ask the others though. I may be overstating the situation.
>   >
>   > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx>
wrote:
>   > > Okay, bare with me as I attempt to explain my situation.
>   > >
>   > > During my procedure of replacing the RS cam sprocket, I had to get
>   > into the
>   > > timing cover and push the piston back in to slacken the chain.
That
>   > didn't
>   > > give me quite enough room so I removed the tensioning arm just
>   > below it.
>   > > This gave me the room I needed to slip the sprocket back on.
>   > >
>   > > However, when I took the tensioning arm off, I thought I heard the
>   > distinct
>   > > jingle of metal falling and hitting metal. I never saw anything
and
>   > could
>   > > never figure out what fell. Apparently a washer that rests against
>   > the
>   > > engine block fell when I removed the tensioner.
>   > >
>   > > If you look at items 12, 13, and 14 you'll see my concern.
>   > >
>   > > http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9
<http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9&PageCat=1%>
&PageCat=1%
>   > 2DEngine
>   > >
>   > > My question is, how crucial is this little washer? Should I take
>   > the cover
>   > > off (oh jeez, not again) and reinstall it?
>   >
>   >
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