Timing Cover Removal Simplified A Beginner's Guide to Success

You technically CAN do the cover without dropping the whole pan, but it's a pain. It also depends on the car. Y body is a bit tighter than B ... Remove radiator to gain better access. Remove starter dog and crankshaft pulley. Remove bolts holding timing chain cover in place. NB the bolts are different ... The procedures to replace timing chain in FSM call for removing/lifting the engine with a hoist, plus power steering pump. Simply take all the oil pan bolts out, and let the oil pan hang down as much as it would allow, then removed the timing cover and went from there. The only thing I know about is replacing your stock cover with a two or three piece cover. The oil pan gaskets can be a pain to seal as it is. You will have to support the front of the engine in order to remove the timing cover. You do not have to pull the oil pan. That front section of ... Nope.. just take out the 2 maybe 3 bolts that go into the timing chain cover.. the gasket kit well come to 2 small pieces of cork gaskets to ... Loosen up some of the otherbolts on the oil pan, to allow some room for the timing cover to move around. If not there may be pressure from the ... Jim Feeney. #6 ... Ron, I did that job while I was installing a narrow fan belt/pulley kit. I also had removed the cross tube to make that job easier. So the ... Is it possible to pull the timing cover to service the guides without removing the engine simply by removing radiator, bumper and such?