Incredible! Your videos are so much better than service information! Or any manuals. You definitely get all the shots in your video to make your video make sense and easy to follow and give someone who has a bit of mechanical skills the confidence to properly do this very important job.

Seems very complicated. You make it look and sound simple. 😸 Helps Mechanic noobs like me. 😅 Always love the content.

Nice to see someone addressing that the factory master links on chains sometimes cannot be identified and that as long as you place the chains down and stretch them out you can make your own master links by coloring 2 links directly opposed. (this also helps if you soak original chains (low mileage) in purple power and the coating on masterlinks is dissolved) your replacement timing chain guide is also a pos plastic guide you should have purchased a kit with metal guides supports because the plastic breaking off is a common failure point. pulled timing chains and guides off thunderbird with 175k miles and they were tight when removed no slack very minimal wear on the plastic wear on guides and steel tensioners. going to reuse both chain and guide and tensioners because the guides had steel backing as well. good design no need to replace with cheap inferior kit like you did. I will modify the ratcheting arms on the iron tensioners prior to assembly.

@mathewhoffer4541

Жыл бұрын

For someone planning on doing this and do not have the cam holding tools ? you can get away without having them by setting up the timing marks so cams are in correct place and then removing all the rockers. this will take tension off the cams so they will stay in place exactly were you put them.. once rockers are removed verify cam marks are correct then replace the chains and guides and then reinstall the rockers.

Vice grips work just as good on any trident engine.

I have a 99 f150 supercab with the 4.6 with 500k on the clock never had a VC lifted on it I'm about to do the timing chain job thanks for the advice I've only dealt with Hondas for a while now 😅

That’s funny I was going to make a detailed video on this good thing you did!

@luisuribe5432

2 жыл бұрын

You mind looking at my latest short. I did all the timing but still have my ticking I think its rod bearings and will be doing a crown vic swap this summer with the help of your videos !

Very nice 👍!

I couldn’t use that left side guide. It was touching the chain for some reason so I used a brown skinnier one from my last npi engine.

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

2 ай бұрын

What year was the car? My 2001 was early enough to be the Windsor engine, but the engine was replaced to the 2003 Romeo engine you see in this video. I wonder if yours has a NPI engine replaced in at some point

@OTWKilo

2 ай бұрын

@@dannyjohnsonsgarage I put an 03 crown Vic engine in it. Just changed timing and still getting a tick from left side valve cover. Probably lifter or follower?

Btw my driver side guide broke in the same exact place weird. And the piece was found in the oil pickup tube

i think that's the same motor in my 08 E250 4.6 2valve motor ,i had a broken intake spring on number one cylinder and i did not secure the cam .i replace the valve spring and reinstalled the cam sprocket in the keyway and now the engine is locked up from turning. now all though the cam moved only maybe an inch i was able to reinstall the sprocket back on by removing all the roller rockers then back on .now I'm lost what to do

I hate the fact that you have to break the seal on your valve covers which adds to the cost of the work. Most don't know the valve cover bolts are a one-time use item and they will snap if you attempt to retighten them to spec. I opted for the Trick Flow valve cover kit, dollar for dollar it was worth it as Ford wanted almost $13 per valve cover bolt multiplied by however many you need and that's a lot of money for hardware. I'm not saying everyone will get this result, but one of mine broke and I opted for what was mentioned above. Great video for the overall task, you make it look easy.

@CREATINELUSTER

Жыл бұрын

What? I've done valve covers 10s of times on 2v engines.. always reused the bolts and no leaks or bolt breakage at all?

@christopherware4883

Жыл бұрын

@@CREATINELUSTER consider yourself lucky? I don't know what to say. :D I did say not everyone will have this result.

@joshdaniel7894

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherware4883definitely not 1 time use

@slippery_gecko9274

7 ай бұрын

​@@christopherware4883Ive done the same motor 3 times without problem.

@christopherware4883

7 ай бұрын

@@slippery_gecko9274 well, aren't you just lucky?

I enjoyed the video. Very informative I have a 97 Thunderbird that a tensioner that’s weak and mine is making a ticking noise so I stopped driving it before it got worse. It has 143,xxx miles I switched to 10w30 Castrol synthetic blend high mileage oil and wondering if the oil is too heavy for it.

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

30 weight should be fine. I run it in all my mustangs. 10W might be a little “thick” in the beginning as it warms up if you are in colder weather, but I don’t think it should hurt

@crownvictorialifestyle4421

9 ай бұрын

​@@dannyjohnsonsgarageyou probably also have oil contaminants from those guides and plunger grinding against each other that metal flakes have to go somewhere

Hi. Great video. Explained in detail. I have one question. Regarding the bolt. Is it only 1 bolt to buy?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Just the one bolt (assuming it’s the same kit).

Danny, thanks for doing the video, I have an 02 engine that was in the same shape after you replaced yours was the engine OK? I'm worried about bearings etc

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

Mine has been good since

@lharding2

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyjohnsonsgarage Thanks again, your videos are really good and easy to follow.

What happens if the tensioners are reversed, ie right on left side, left on right? I waist they had a “drivers” and “a passenger” side designation, as right and left depends on how you’re viewing. Form the drivers saet, or from the front of the engine. If one did have them reversed, would they not work properly? Thanks.

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

7 ай бұрын

They do have L (left) and R (right) stamped on them. Left is the driver side as if sitting in the car. I don’t know that they would fit if reversed. They must have them that way for a reason if they went to the trouble to mark them that way.

Was wondering do the timing tensioner have a gasket behind them putting one together right now and was not wanting to put it all together with our one and it needing it

@briananoriega29

Жыл бұрын

Did you end up using a gasket?

@mmiller1188

9 ай бұрын

@@briananoriega29 It's a year later so probably aren't looking for that info, but the metal body tensioners do not need a gasket.

@tylerspellman9571

3 ай бұрын

​@@mmiller1188, thanks for the info, exactly what I'm in this comment section for, doing the steel tensioner upgrade and wasn't sure. 🍻

Is there a deflection spec these chains are ranged in? Ie: don't replace unless out of spec?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

Typically, 1/2” is the max. If you are removing the timing cover it’s just a good idea to replace

If you’re just replacing guides and tensioners, do you still need to hold the cams in place?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

Yes. As soon as you remove the tensioner the cam will rotate from the spring pressure on the cams.

What was the Ford part number for the longer bolt!??? Thanks

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

Ford longer bolt W709818-S437

Just Curious how many miles did you have on the car before you changed them ? I’m Currently at 137,000 miles and mine have never been change .

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

2 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to say because owned the car at 95k miles, sold it, and it got a replacement engine sometime before I got it again. It now shows 200k so it probably put 50k-100k on a used engine with who knows how many miles

Hi danny ,Im in the process of putting a oil pump in my 2004 gt mustang 4.6 and i notice that my timing chains weren't alonda

@SammyBurns-mp9vx

Жыл бұрын

Sorry aligned with the dark link on the chain with the mark on the cams

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Жыл бұрын

The dark marks only line up on a certain rotation. You can make new marks like I did, or once the chain is off find the dark links and make sure you use those to be dot to dot on the crank and cam gear marks

@SammyBurns-mp9vx

Жыл бұрын

Hi Danny ,I'm not quite sure what you mean that they only line up on certain rotation.. I turned the crank over and over and the marks keep coming back the same..the dark links are always one tooth past the dot on the cam .so I confused where to put the chain back at at the dot or one tooth past the dot

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE FORD V6 4.0 SINGLE OVERHEAD CAM IS A DOWNSIZED VERSION OF THE 4.6 FORD MODULAR ENGINE. LIKE THE CHEVY V6 WAS TO THE OLD SMALL BLOCK V8. THE QUESTION HERE IS IF THE CHAINS, GUIDES AND TENSIONERS FOR THE FORD V6 THE SAME AS THE FORD V8 MODULAR ENGINE?.

@mmiller1188

9 ай бұрын

That engine is not related to a modular. It's the old Cologne V6 with overhead cams haphazardly added. But it's a European Ford v6 engine dating back to the 60s.

@Frank289100

9 ай бұрын

@@mmiller1188I DID THE RESEARCH ON IT AND IT'S NOT A CUT-DOWN VERSION OF THE 4.6 MODULAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESPONDING.

Oh.. so i wasn't suppose to just tighten it down with a breaker bar.