Oh, that old age thang happens to the best of us.yodawill2000 wrote:Now that I see the picture I do recall that plate.
It has the notch in it for the woodruff key.
My apology's.
Old age Thang'
The pulley wouldn't seat if it was backwards.
We still own and drive a V6 '97 Ford PU that blew a lower manifold gasket at about 70K miles, moving a bunch of the coolant into the oil pan and out the exhaust. Shop repairs ran about $700. My son and I successfully replaced a BHG on a '86 Toyota MR2 with a bad water pump and clogged heater core, that he picked up for $500 a few years ago.Thrundar wrote:I'll be taking some of the engine apart this weekend and see what's going on there. I'll photo journal it. Sadly we got this car in hopes it would be cheap basic transportation since our 97 Ford Ranger blew a head gasket.
Well God willing, it is not rigged up too bad. The engine itself sounds great. The body is in good shape, the transmission makes it go forward, but sadly, still no replies on my thread about the Reverse not working. These vehicles sure keep life interesting. (Now where did I put that 200 mpg intake manifold?)GerryO wrote:We still own and drive a V6 '97 Ford PU that blew a lower manifold gasket at about 70K miles, moving a bunch of the coolant into the oil pan and out the exhaust. Shop repairs ran about $700. My son and I successfully replaced a BHG on a '86 Toyota MR2 with a bad water pump and clogged heater core, that he picked up for $500 a few years ago.Thrundar wrote:I'll be taking some of the engine apart this weekend and see what's going on there. I'll photo journal it. Sadly we got this car in hopes it would be cheap basic transportation since our 97 Ford Ranger blew a head gasket.
Taking the J30 engine apart should reveal the source of the problem and hopefully nothing has been permanently altered to make things "work". Best of luck.
The issue with the pulleys is the Harmonic balancer separated. Got a used one being shipped from Alabama.swimshark wrote:there are only 2 thin guide washers behind the crank pulley than keep the timing belt from possibly going off the crank sprocket. is the crank bolt loose? it takes a 27mm socket and a 1/2" drive ratchet, then try spinning it clockwise. if it isnt loose get a 2-jaw pulley puller, loosen the crank bolt and pull the crank pulley off and make sure they didnt put the thick washer behind the pulley itself.