SoK66

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bahamasjk

Appreciate the reply - 99% sure this is my issue. Not looking forward to the task ahead!!!

I can't find any reference to the paper spacer on the CPS online - and looking for that part number online comes up blank for a 3.8L. (I also can't find the tools online either :( ) Any pointers? I live on a rock with no auto shops carrying anything useful, so gotta order everything online from the US and ship it in.

Sucks I can't go to a part store for any of this - sily country

SoK66

Ok, I put the wrong part number in for the spacer, it is Mopar 5252229AB. It is the same for both the cam sensor and the crank sensor. The spacer measures .030" with the adhesive protective backing peeled back. So, if you can't get the spacer any paper item measuring same will do the job. Someone wrote in another forum that you could cut one to size from a business card. The way it works, you clean the end of the cam position sensor thouroughly to remove any oil residue, then stick the spacer on the end of the sensor. You carefully press the cam position sensor into place until it just touches the cam drive sprocket. When you start the engine it will remove the paper from the sensor and the gap will be perfect. The spacer either gets chewed up or winds up in the oil pickup tube screen. This is a common way to set the gap on many different manufacturer brand engines. FWIW, I found the one I used on Amazon, but all the online Mopar parts vendors should have it.

Look on the USA Ebay site for the tools used. OR, you can source them new at Mopar Essential Tools

ttps://www.moparessentialtools.com

I plan on keeping the ones I bought as they were so useful. FWIW, I rented a harmonic balancer puller from a local parts store. To remove the timing gear from the crank I used my own 3-jaw puller. The jaws on the puller were too thick, so I had to grind a bit off the ends to get them to fit between the gear teeth and the face of the crankshaft journal. I used the 8450 thrust button tool as a seat for the puller, worked great. I was able to counter-hold the puller and turn the spindle bolt on the puller without much effort and the gear slowly came off. The 8452 tool set pressed the new gear on very easily and was later useful for seating the forward crank seal and reinstalling the harmonic balancer. Of course you can do all this without the tools, but they made the job go very smoothly without risk of damage to the crankshaft, gear seal or balancer.

ronjenx

Zero results in Google for that number.

SoK66

CORRECT!! It's early, I put the wrong number in AGAIN!!! So sorry, geez.

The number is 5252229AB

LVJimmy

I had the dealer check my chain during a timing chain cover replacement. at 100K miles they said it was fine.

SoK66

Frankly, the hard work is getting to the chain & gears. A lot of R&R involved. Surprised they didn't just change it all out, as the timing set is very inexpensive.