The dowel pin is uneeded unless yours fell out. yes you should have received a dust sheild it is just a small black ring. Place the alingnment tool on the end of the crank and slide the seal on then you will need to slide the tool out. I couldn't get the seal to go on straight and ripped it i had to go buy another one which was designed much better than the BD one and went on with ease.

 

Just did mine last week and I couldn't figure out the installer tool. I installed the cover without it carefully and so far it hasn't leaked a drop.

 

The installer sleeve should be in the seal when the cover is installed. The dealer said the the dust seal is only needed in dusty or off road use.

 

The installation tool is easiest if set into the seal first, with the wider part towards the engine. then the wider part fits into the end of the crank, as your sliding the cover/seal on the lip of the seal will stretch over the wider part, once the cover is on you can remove the installation sleeve.


INSTALL THE SEAL DRY!!!

 

Timing cover installed!

Yeah that seal alignment tool worked great.

Now onto 4K GSK, Pyro gage, AFC springs, and valve springs!

 

I did forget to mention one problem I had.

The timing cover gasket provided in the kit was the wrong part number, 3914385.

The correct cover gasket is 3918673.

So make sure you have the right parts before you start applying loctite and silicone!

 

Finished my KDP today. I got a kit from Napa for $45 that has the crank seal, dust cover, gear case-to-cover gasket, gear case-to-block gasket and crank seal install cone...... Made my own tab for the KDP and used some loctite and RTV silicone to put it all back together........ Fun leisurely fix....

 

Do you have a napa part number for that or did you just get a selection of different parts for that price?

 

I'll look on my receipt...... It's one kit.......

 

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Finally did my KDP on my 94 this weekend too. Happy to say that at 440,000 miles, the KDP was tight, and had not moved at all. Pretty straight forward, the BD instructions are kind of basic. Especially on the seal. I took the cover to the guy up the road, and had him press in the new seal, much easier than trying to hammer it in on the bench. He didn't even charge me. :thumbsup:

 

When I did mine, the pin was protruding .103" @ 180k miles. I tapped it back in and put the plate over it. Good thing I caught it. I would have given it another 10k miles before falling out!

 

just finished mine as well. Fairly straight forward. Just made my own plate and bought a little longer bolt ... added some loctite and should be good to go now .. thanks to this forum for bringing to light the issue to an otherwise "not in the know" 12v owner:thumbsup:

 

I took the cover to the guy up the road, and had him press in the new seal, much easier than trying to hammer it in on the bench.

Even though I have a press I've found it easier to use a drill press (not running) to push in the seal.
Good trick for a person who has a drill press but not a hydraulic press.

 

I used the drill press method too. Make sure you put a piece of wood under it for support and after it is flush the installer tool works much better.

 

OK, the Napa Part # is TCS46001 on my receipt. Description is "Timing Cover Set"

This was found by doing a vehicle part search for 95 Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel.....

Hope this helps somebody save some $$.

 

Oh, so that metal ring is an installer tool? Ooops..... I thought it was a seal protector! :O Guess I'll have to pull my harmonic balancer back of and get it out of there! I feel kinda dumb now!

 

i was about to do the same thing...but i thought it was a dust shield or something..

so just to confirm... i got 3 parts for the seal in my kit...

one is the seal....other is a clear plastic sleeve circle thing for aligment right?

and the last peice is a black metal thing ring...

no sure how or were to put the black metal ring thing... can anyone explain that part please... i tried to do a search and the shop wanted to charge me $180 to just press the seal on...:S::S::S:

 

the metal ring sets the depth on the seal. i drove mine in a little further but not much just to get past the groove on the crank .