What is this tool???

[jay3253]

Ok, so I got the 0012m kit from Ford and it included the plastic pencil thingy what is it? The instructions I have read on here just say it lays loose in the hole but don't tell what it is for. I don't understand why I would pull out the tensioner put the new one in then the plug put in the pencil pull the pencil out put a new plug in. What is the point? I haven't started yet just wanted to get an idea as to what I am doing before I do it.

 

[Electrohacker]

it's either for alignment or to keep something in place

but since you didnt give ANY detail as to what this is even about or any real detail of what the kit is... I have no real idea only guesses

 

[2000StreetRod]

Oil restricter

You remove the galley plug, insert the "pencil", and install the new galley plug. The "pencil" is a restricter that reduces the rate that oil drains from the galley. The tensioner is a spring loaded hydraulic piston. The spring is much weaker than the tension provided by oil pressure. Keeping oil in the galley that feeds the tensioner allows the piston to pressurize sooner. See My Helpful Threads for a link on installing the 00M12 kit.

 

[jay3253]

You remove the galley plug, insert the "pencil", and install the new galley plug. The "pencil" is a restricter that reduces the rate that oil drains from the galley. The tensioner is a spring loaded hydraulic piston. The spring is much weaker than the tension provided by oil pressure. Keeping oil in the galley that feeds the tensioner allows the piston to pressurize sooner. See My Helpful Threads for a link on installing the 00M12 kit.

Thank you that explains exactly and now makes sense.

 

[gijoecam]

It's called an 'Oil Gallery Volume Reduction Plug.' Actually, I think it does the opposite in that it helps the gallery fill faster, thereby getting the oil to the critical parts faster on start-up because it doesn't take as much oil volume to fill the gallery when it's empty initially.