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Found this in the timing chain part numbers thread and figured it might be worth its own thread title ...
I searched the forum, and a few others, for comments about quality and reliability of Sealed Power and other brands of timing chain and tensioner kits. Partly because I'm having a serious headache trying to figure out the parts list I need from Ford.
I see Cloyes, EngineTech, Sealed Power kits available on RockAuto for about $300-$400. I saw a cheaper kit on Amazon ($100 or $200 with water pump) from Evergreen.
A TL;DR of my search so far ...
Don't buy aftermarket kits for the timing components, get genuine Ford.
If that advice is ignored, Cloyes seems to be a popular choice, but see this thread for comments from 2000StreetRod (short version, Cloyes sounded ok but then looked not so good compared to Ford) ...
SOHC V6 Timing Chain Parts Sources
I found a few other threads from owners with Cloyes kits that failed sooner than expected. I also found a number of comments and threads rating Cloyes quite high. I wonder how their failure rate stacks up compared to using Ford parts. I expect Ford parts fail sometimes also.
Internet comments about Sealed Power seem to be positive in general ... I didn't find much about their timing chain kits for the SOHC 4L motor. They are a bit more expensive than Cloyes.
Does anyone have first hand knowledge of Sealed Power kits compared to Cloyes or Ford parts?
Or EngineTech or Evergreen, also companies I didn't find much about.
There are other kits available on Ebay and Amazon for $cheap, but from everything I read, they sound not much better than using a bicycle chain to fix the timing.
I'm interested in this too.Has anyone used Sealed Power Timing Chain kits for the front and rear 4.0L SOHC?
They look like they are built tough but also expensive.
I searched the forum, and a few others, for comments about quality and reliability of Sealed Power and other brands of timing chain and tensioner kits. Partly because I'm having a serious headache trying to figure out the parts list I need from Ford.
I see Cloyes, EngineTech, Sealed Power kits available on RockAuto for about $300-$400. I saw a cheaper kit on Amazon ($100 or $200 with water pump) from Evergreen.
A TL;DR of my search so far ...
Don't buy aftermarket kits for the timing components, get genuine Ford.
If that advice is ignored, Cloyes seems to be a popular choice, but see this thread for comments from 2000StreetRod (short version, Cloyes sounded ok but then looked not so good compared to Ford) ...
SOHC V6 Timing Chain Parts Sources
I found a few other threads from owners with Cloyes kits that failed sooner than expected. I also found a number of comments and threads rating Cloyes quite high. I wonder how their failure rate stacks up compared to using Ford parts. I expect Ford parts fail sometimes also.
Internet comments about Sealed Power seem to be positive in general ... I didn't find much about their timing chain kits for the SOHC 4L motor. They are a bit more expensive than Cloyes.
Does anyone have first hand knowledge of Sealed Power kits compared to Cloyes or Ford parts?
Or EngineTech or Evergreen, also companies I didn't find much about.
There are other kits available on Ebay and Amazon for $cheap, but from everything I read, they sound not much better than using a bicycle chain to fix the timing.