JAVYPRO
Observer
Hey guys,
I wanted to share will y'all what I am about to jump into.
First some details of what might be the cause, simple a dirt bag mechanic, there are plenty of stories that has this sort of beginning. This is my wife GEN III that we bought brand spanking new, 0 miles back in 2001. It has been extremely and meticulously well taken care since day one, to the point that I had the dealership check the alignment and even they were surprised on how well maintained it is.
Well, at 115K miles it was time came to replace the timing belt, water pump and the related parts associated with it. I had met this guy with a nice shop, very knowledgeable and with good referrals. I only had to get the balancer pulley bolt, new from the dealership, and he took care of the rest of the parts and $750 the truck was like new again. About 30k miles later one day my wife, who was about a mile from home, called me to tell me that she was feeling a strange vibration coming from the engine. As soon as I made it home I opened the hood, cranked the engine and sure enough the crankshaft pulley was wobbling loose, to my surprise I removed the bolt with my fingers and even more surprising it was the factory bolt!!! How can I tell? the old and the new are visibly and indistinctly different meaning that the SOB used the same bolt.:ar15:
Now to the present day with 205k miles in the odometer, there was a winning noise that will come and go coming from the engine, sort of like the sound of a supercharger. It sounded to me like one of the belt tensioners. My wife then started to notice the smell of antifreeze, I checked and sure enough it was leaking. I thought it could be a hose or the antifreeze pipe in the back of the engine or an O ring but after closing inspection they were fine. At this point and to get to the bottom of it, I removed the intake plenum and noticed that the engine valley had a pool of antifreeze towards the front where the water pump is. This makes me realize that the winning noise was the water pump and the leaking is the aftermath. It also makes me think that the SOB mechanic did not replace the water pump either.
Now to fix it, I have done the timing belt on my 1990 LWB 3.0 but never on the 3.5 so I called another mechanic that I have used but he wants $1,004.87 to do it.:Wow1: Ok I understand that it it time consuming and all that but I do not feel like paying that much. SO, I am going to tackle it myself using the factory manual.
Wish me luck,
Javy
I wanted to share will y'all what I am about to jump into.
First some details of what might be the cause, simple a dirt bag mechanic, there are plenty of stories that has this sort of beginning. This is my wife GEN III that we bought brand spanking new, 0 miles back in 2001. It has been extremely and meticulously well taken care since day one, to the point that I had the dealership check the alignment and even they were surprised on how well maintained it is.
Well, at 115K miles it was time came to replace the timing belt, water pump and the related parts associated with it. I had met this guy with a nice shop, very knowledgeable and with good referrals. I only had to get the balancer pulley bolt, new from the dealership, and he took care of the rest of the parts and $750 the truck was like new again. About 30k miles later one day my wife, who was about a mile from home, called me to tell me that she was feeling a strange vibration coming from the engine. As soon as I made it home I opened the hood, cranked the engine and sure enough the crankshaft pulley was wobbling loose, to my surprise I removed the bolt with my fingers and even more surprising it was the factory bolt!!! How can I tell? the old and the new are visibly and indistinctly different meaning that the SOB used the same bolt.:ar15:
Now to the present day with 205k miles in the odometer, there was a winning noise that will come and go coming from the engine, sort of like the sound of a supercharger. It sounded to me like one of the belt tensioners. My wife then started to notice the smell of antifreeze, I checked and sure enough it was leaking. I thought it could be a hose or the antifreeze pipe in the back of the engine or an O ring but after closing inspection they were fine. At this point and to get to the bottom of it, I removed the intake plenum and noticed that the engine valley had a pool of antifreeze towards the front where the water pump is. This makes me realize that the winning noise was the water pump and the leaking is the aftermath. It also makes me think that the SOB mechanic did not replace the water pump either.
Now to fix it, I have done the timing belt on my 1990 LWB 3.0 but never on the 3.5 so I called another mechanic that I have used but he wants $1,004.87 to do it.:Wow1: Ok I understand that it it time consuming and all that but I do not feel like paying that much. SO, I am going to tackle it myself using the factory manual.
Wish me luck,
Javy