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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EF5.0" data-source="post: 1083165" data-attributes="member: 13818">Semi-finished my timing cover gasket job today....   Put on a new timing chain/gears. New timing cover gasket w/ rtv to be safe. New water pump. And new Harmonic Balancer. Got everything offwith only one small hitch, previous owner stripped the bolts on the hamonic balancer pulley. So we had to drill them out. After that everything went fairly well. Got everything put back in. Finished getting everything hooked back up, changed the oil to be safe (didn't want to risk having any coolant or anything in it). Then I went to fill up the radiator with new coolant, and the lower radiator hose started leaking. So Going to go get a new one tomorrow and hopefully be done with everything. Fingers crossed.The good thing about this is it gives the RTV more time to completely cure. Bad thing is just I'm impatient lol.Pics of the result (before replacing hose):<img src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/opelfrost/IMG_20130106_194431_256.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The OLD Harmonic Balancer: <img src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/opelfrost/IMG_20130106_194518_831.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The old Timing Set:<img src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/opelfrost/IMG_20130106_194542_761.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />One of the cracked hoses that had been "fixed" with electrical tape:<img src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/opelfrost/IMG_20130106_194613_591.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />One of the bolts we had to drill out (using an Easy-out):<img src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/opelfrost/IMG_20130106_194740_536.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Good news! My replacement short throw shifter from AM should be in tomorrow. The first one had some holes that wouldn't thread the bolts in correctly. Hoping to get it put in tomorrow evening.</blockquote>