KDP killed

[kwedberg]

Just wanted to let everyone know I killed the KDP this past weekend with the tab method. Thanks to Bruce Adams and Richard Ebel for supplying me with the info and tab. It was a great help and could not of done this without!



The KDP was out about 1/8" and the bolt next to it was loose. Veh is a 96 with 114k miles.



I do have one question. I did not have a brass gap gauge for the harmonic balance gap so we used a regular steel gap guage. We measured it before removal for a base, and used that same measurement for after. If this gap is off, what does it effect as everything on the motor is mechanical? Please advise as it looks like a brass guage is in my future.

 

[illflem]

On a 12 valve your tach may read wrong if the sensor isn't right. The signal also goes to the PCM to tell it that the engine is running.

 

[Joe G.]

I found a piece of aluminum to use for a feeler gage that was close. As long as the tach works it will be ok. It just counts pulses so it's hard to get it really wrong. I know you know this, but just in case, make sure you adjust it between the notches otherwise the first time the crank turns over it's by by sensor.

 

[kwedberg]

Thanks guys for the responses. Now I need to work on my mpg as I have been getting 16/19, would like to see 18/21 if possible.

thanks for your help

 

[RHARVEY]

When I did mine I also used a steel feelers guage before I removed it. And then when it went back on, the feelers guage went on the balancer and the sensor went down against the guage... tach work just like it should. .

Also the dowel pin on mine was out about 1/16" at 177,000 miles



Rick