Thanks man I'm helping a buddy with this and had a few questions. I think I've got it all from here. Only issue might be the crank bolt while the engine is still in the truck
You might be able to leave a socket and breaker bar on the crank bolt, set the end of the breaker bar against something that will stop it from spinning with the crank and then hop in the car and crank the engine over.
@@RiceTruck that's the plan! Advanced gave us a timing set with no rubber on the loose side guide... gotta go drag the parts guy who told my guy yesterday to "reuse the old rubber on the new part"
Honestly that helped, thanks man and hope all goes well with the KA! You're videos are always hella dope man keep it up. And bro while it's out you should put a mild or big cam in it, maybe turbo after in the car again?
So far I'm just getting the truck running right before I go crazy with power, I recently ended up having to deal with another project at the same time out of nowhere so I'll figure out what I'll do.
@@RiceTruck 11 months later and now i'm here doing the work myself haha...Mine blew but I have the head off and completly disassembled, I ended up porting it and getting ready to put in springs, valves, and retanors and before i removed the chain I marked it from the timing gear sprocket as well as the chain the I removed the head so does this mean I lost my timing since I need to do the guides? Or should i put back on the head and chain in those spots then re-mark it?
@@sebastianb5997 if youve taken the head off and lost your timing, as long as the crank pulley/harmonic balancer timing marks line up or piston 1 is TDC or at its highest point you can put the head on fine but make sure the camshaft are set to top dead center when reinstalling the cam the best you can or else your valve will smash a piston during install. I do this on racecars for a living so im used to this type of work
ive been told the timing tensioner has a fatal flaw in it.... till oil pressure comes up chain will rattle, causing guides to break over time. there is a guy, mr jim, he has a fix for that on you tube. for ka24e engine nissan hard body 89 to 97 pick up. was your kit stock? or aftermarket? my truck is a 97, its going in the shop on the 25th for a timing chain and gears, only 120,000 miles on truck, but has start up rattle... im worried the new parts wont elliminate the rattle, some people said they changed timing chain and gears, only to have it start rattling after a couple of weeks... if you have better info than me, please let me know... ps look up mr jim, nissan ka24e start up rattle... thanks for the video, and any info you have, mike
The timing kit (stock) I bought came with metal guides instead of 100% plastic guides so it should stop it from breaking again, the chain tensioner runs on oil pressure, with enough mileage, the plastic chain guides would be expected to break. I'll look at Mr jims video on it, maybe one day if the thing manages to break again i can use him as a reference
@James Dean i checked his videos and stuff on his website and its really good to see theres a solution for it. since ive already assembled the engine ill come back to this if i ever need to
do you know how to set the timing on an engine that the chain broke on? like where does the head, and where does the engine need to be set, before placing the new chain?
the bottom of the crank by the oil pan picks up oil from the oil pan and get its lubrication, also the timing chain tensioner is run by hydraulic oil pressure so it can get oil lubrication from there as well. They make chain guides with metal parts with a plastic guise to prevent breaking but the ka24e is know to have chain slack and can cause it to rattle on start up, here is a video explaining it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J-MW2cHfDLI.html&ab_channel=Mr1jim
Happen to know how many links are in between the colored links? My new chain didn't come with colored links, Once you put the 1st color link on the camshaft sprocket dot (3 o'clock) and the 2nd color link on the crankshaft sprocket (4 or 5 o'clock not sure which one) how many links are in between?
sorry for the late reply, in a situation like that i would put marks on the chain and sprocket with white out and mark it the same way on the new timing chain, its what I usually do when it comes to doing a timing belt, hope that helps
Your crankshaft pulley?? Its supposed to be a really tight fit, some people use wd40 and a mallet, others heat the pulley up with a torch and quickly toss it on and when it touches the cold metal it contracts into place. Could end up messing up your seal that way though
@@dominicestes4560 I found out why it did not work it was because of the timing kit that I received the chain was too small so when I used the original chain everything worked fine
Thats what I always say to my friend about his garage, every time we clean it, I come back and he hoards more parts for his s13 and civic, sadly I dont have a garage so I just put up with it.
