Hey guys. Not sure if im in the right place to ask this question but I recently put a new head gasket in my 83 22r motor. I have the head back on and torqued down. However I cant get the timing chain gear on. Is there a way that I can get it on without taking my water pump, pulleys and all that off?

 

get a long skinny pry bar long enough to reach the chain tensioner and push in the chain tensioner. I have done this it works! Good luck

 

and make sure you do not let go and drop the bar lol

 

yeah had some trouble. I have a duel timing chain so the bar was real hard to get in there. Then a friend told me to move the crank back and fourth. It went right on. Duh me

 

Well then we both learned something from this situation lol awesome you were able to get the gear on buddy!

 

Thanks man. unfortunately i put a new head gasket on. put every thing back together and found out i have a bad head. My oil is chocolate colored. Dang it

 

That sucks! It's a early 22R head?

 

That exact thing just happened to me. I had my cylinder head surfaced by a shady machinist. He used a belt sander and the result was unusable. I took it to a better machine shop and the result is perfect. I got to do the head gasket job 2x but I have a solved problem now! It only cost me a new head gasket / head bolts and the cost of quality machining. Oh yea, and a weekend to disassemble / reassemble.

 

yeah. Howeverrrr I purchased a 22r head about 2 months ago. I got it shipped here opened it up, and put it on. I then realized that my pistons were hitting my head. Looked it up on this amazing website. And BAM! i figured out i have an older 22r motor in it, and the new head had pear shaped ports. The truck is an 87, so somewhere along the lines it was swapped. So now i think ill just find a 85 or newer block and put it in.