What is KDP?
08-12-2009, 11:16 PM
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killer dowel pin and its really only a problem on 89-99 dodges
it is a dowel pin that is used to line the timing case cover up. It can work lose and cause major problems within a engine
http://www.hotroddiesel.ca/killer_dowel_pin.htm
it is a dowel pin that is used to line the timing case cover up. It can work lose and cause major problems within a engine
http://www.hotroddiesel.ca/killer_dowel_pin.htm
08-13-2009, 02:19 AM
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Actually, it is a problem all the way through '02!
The revised cases were slow to hit in every market and I have fixed more than one KDP in every year model through late '02.
Dave
The revised cases were slow to hit in every market and I have fixed more than one KDP in every year model through late '02.
Dave
08-13-2009, 02:47 AM
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i have heard about it being up till 02 but i wasnt sure if that was correct or not. Now that you say that dave should i be worried about my 00 and get one of the kits to fix it?
08-13-2009, 02:58 AM
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Check it. It's cheap insurance. A $1 tab, a little locktite, a new seal and some UltraGrey RTV. If you have the newer case, you get a new front seal out of the deal, no harm done and total peace of mind.
Or you might be like the last one that I did and the pin literally fell out in my hand when I pointed to it to show the customer. He had 189K on the clock. It was an '01. You just do not know until you do it!
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08-13-2009, 06:00 PM
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You won't know until you check it unfortunately. I know guys that said they had 300K on it and if it was gonna fail it would have blah, blah, blah. Then I read about how they lost a case due to it.
Check it. It's cheap insurance. A $1 tab, a little locktite, a new seal and some UltraGrey RTV. If you have the newer case, you get a new front seal out of the deal, no harm done and total peace of mind.
Or you might be like the last one that I did and the pin literally fell out in my hand when I pointed to it to show the customer. He had 189K on the clock. It was an '01. You just do not know until you do it!
Dave
Check it. It's cheap insurance. A $1 tab, a little locktite, a new seal and some UltraGrey RTV. If you have the newer case, you get a new front seal out of the deal, no harm done and total peace of mind.
Or you might be like the last one that I did and the pin literally fell out in my hand when I pointed to it to show the customer. He had 189K on the clock. It was an '01. You just do not know until you do it!
Dave
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It happened to my 97. I kept putting it off since I thought the KDP only happened to high mileage trucks. Mine had less than 90,000 miles. I was wrong and there went my turbo fund. It's better to spend a little money now than it is to spend a lot of money later on.
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