What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 80,051]

24 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Yesterday I started into replacing the valve cover gaskets, plugs/wires, and thermostat on the Explorer. When I got the passenger side cover off I found the rear timing guide was broken (A known issue with this engine).

 

Today I started removing the engine to replace the timing cassettes. The front one isn't bad. The rear one requires removal of a bolt, that is behind an oil plug, that sits inside the footprint of the transmission bell.

 

 

 

 

Yeeeeesh.  

[adsm08 4,884]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Yeeeeesh.  

 

Well, this is what happens when you take a reasonable, reliable, pushrod engine and give it to the Germans and ask them to make it OHC.

[cleat 9,092]

58 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Yesterday I started into replacing the valve cover gaskets, plugs/wires, and thermostat on the Explorer. When I got the passenger side cover off I found the rear timing guide was broken (A known issue with this engine).

 

Today I started removing the engine to replace the timing cassettes. The front one isn't bad. The rear one requires removal of a bolt, that is behind an oil plug, that sits inside the footprint of the transmission bell.

 

 

What year and engine is your explorer.

[cleat 9,092]

58 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Yesterday I started into replacing the valve cover gaskets, plugs/wires, and thermostat on the Explorer. When I got the passenger side cover off I found the rear timing guide was broken (A known issue with this engine).

 

Today I started removing the engine to replace the timing cassettes. The front one isn't bad. The rear one requires removal of a bolt, that is behind an oil plug, that sits inside the footprint of the transmission bell.

 

 

What year and engine is your explorer.

[ineedanother 2,749]

3 hours ago, adsm08 said:

The rear one requires removal of a bolt, that is behind an oil plug, that sits inside the footprint of the transmission bell.

That sounds like a chapter in a day of my life