I bought my 96 12 v in February with 96000 miles . How can i tell if the kdp was fixed or not?

 

Take the front cover off and look.

 

Front cover of what?

 

the front cover of the engine!

 

You have to look at the front cover were the timing gears are to if it has been tabbed.

 

Yep, no other way to know for sure unless it was pinned. That you can see from the outside. The timing gear cover has to come off. Do a search on KDP, Dowel Pin, etc. You will find tons of info. Search on google also. I ran accross a website with some pics once.

Not that big of a deal to do. Just takes time and about $50.00 worth of parts. The tab can be home made. You will find specs when you do a search. The crank seal is the hardest part. If you put it in backwards while the cover is off, it seems easier.

One thing for sure is to get it fixed. Also re-tourque any of the bolts behind the cover while you have it off. I have heard of one guy having a bolt come out into the gears after he had the pin tabbed. Bummer! It is such a cheap and fairly easy thing to do and the damage is expensive!!!! Good Luck, Kevin

 

Here you go, FanZ
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...p;highlight=kdp

 

thanks for your time guys . so in other words i have to remove the radiater in order to see the case?

 

No need to remove the radiator Follow the instructions like you were going to do the tab fix. It's the only way to tell if it's been done unless you wait for the pin to come out and cream your engine. Have a tab on hand in case you need it.
If you can find the previous owner of the truck they might know if it's been done. You can pretty much assume it hasn't been done unless the pin has come out previously and gear case was replaced by one that won't let the pin escape.


Tab instructions here- http://dodgeram.org/tech/dsl/Dowel_Pin/tab.htm

 

thankyou for the information.

 

I see you are in NJ, I'm in the Philly suburbs. PM me if you'd like me to deal with Mr. KDP.

 

wannadiesel has a hair trigger when it comes to those pesky kdp problems. trust me i know. hey dave shouldnt it be gottadiesel now ?? :-) scott

 

I only pestered you a little to get you over here, Scott.

Yeah, should be but it's too late now. I knew I should've tried harder to come up with a cool handle when I registered...

 

dave, didnt mean to imply that you pestered me. i should have thought my wording out a little more. i meant it in the way that you like to kill that nasty little devil and pretty darn quickly to considering it is one of the coldest days of the year when you did mine. thanks again buddy

 

Gotta work faster when you're freezing to death. I was never happier to work on a warm engine than that day. Hey, yours isn't leaking any oil around the setscrew is it?