Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) kdp on 24v?

[SFlowers]

hello, maybe someone can help me, i have a 12 valve and know about the kdp pin... i have a couple of friends that have 24v's and recently heard they had problems with the kdp also... does anyone know what year models have the kdp, or is there a way to check your timing cover to see if it is a modified timing cover case... any info would be appreciated... thanks alot

 

[Jefff929]

Even if the KDP is not an issue. Some have had the cover loose bolts with similar results.

 

[ANicklas]

The magazine Diesel Power recently (May or June issue, the one where they explain how lots of stuff works - trying to remember what was on the cover) ran an article on the KDP; I don't have the magazine in front of me, but it had a walk-through of how to remove everything on the front of the engine, remove the gear cover, tab the pin, etc... .

The mag is like 5 bucks; might have the info you need.

 

[DCreed]

june 2007 ,volume3, no. 6 of DIESEL POWER starts on page 160-164, though it states that the pin is only a problem on 89-98. 5 trucks. says PDR and REDLINE were their sources.

 

[Missouri Mule]

96's to early 99's is what I've read in TDR mag and site. I don't think I've read/heard about 89's to 95's having the kdp come out. 97's and 98's are prone to the problem.

 

[ANicklas]

I have an '01 and am still trying to figure out if I need to kill the kdp on it... according to info I've found with the search, people have had problems as late as '02 but then others have the new gear cover that won't let the pin fall out... . I donno... . maybe I'll just take it apart on a Saturday or something and see. Might have a cheap parts set for sale if it's a non-factor.

 

[CumminsPower98]

From what I have read it is hit and miss on the 24 valves and there is no way to know what you have until you pull the cover, which I would surely do if I had one. I too read about an 02 that had the problem as well as years below that. In the 12 valves it's for sure '89-'98. I just did a '96 not long ago and it had moved about 1/8". I have tabbed one '95, two '96's, two '97's and my '98 12v. If I remember right all but one of the '97's had moved but none more than an 1/8". My uncles '98 12v, which someone else worked on, was just about to fall out!

 

[ANicklas]

I just ordered my KDP kit from PDR yesterday (donno if I can say that - someone please correct me if I'm on the wrong side of the endorsement rules), should be here in about a week. Now I'll be holding my breath because Murphy's Law states that my KDP will do its thing and fall out the morning I'm planning on checking/tabbing it.

 

[Mhannink]

96's to early 99's is what I've read in TDR mag and site. I don't think I've read/heard about 89's to 95's having the kdp come out. 97's and 98's are prone to the problem.

tabed moms 94 before it happened fell out on my 95 its an 89-98 12v problem though and correct my if im wrong not as bad on the 89-93 as on the 94-98 trucks