[DML] Re: Timing chain cover removal

["Matt Spittle" <matthew.spittle@xxxxxxxxx>]

To answer your question, yes you can remove the timing cover without
interfering with the timing chains.  

Matt
#1604


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@...> wrote:
>
> As far as I can tell, there is no way you'd be able to remove the
Timing Chain Cover AND 
> the Cylinder Heads, and NOT have to reset the timing chains. There
isn't any large 
> sprocket support or dummy bearing that I've ever heard of in
DeLorean, Volvo, or Eagle 
> workshop manuals that indicate such a tool would exist.
> 
> Why not just do the timing chain cover after you replace the heads,
but before you 
> complete the final torquing sequence on the bolts?
> 
> -Robert
> vin 6585 "X"
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, deloreanernst@ wrote:
> >
> > I've been putting off doing my leaky head gasket (or gaskets?)
Since I own  a 
> > pair of sprocket supports, I don't need to remove the timing
cover, but I'd  
> > like to with the idea of getting it powdercoated while I'm ripping
things 
> > apart.  Is there any way to get it off and back on without having
to reset the 
> > timing  chains?  
> > 
> > Wayne A.  Ernst
> > vin 11174
> > Bridgeton,  NJ
>




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