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S13Grl
02-12-2002, 06:28 PM
Has any one of you done this and how easy/hard was it? How long did it take? I'm just wondering whether I should spend the money and pay one of the techs to do it or should I just do it myself... so... help. Thanks.
9591
02-13-2002, 01:46 AM
It's pretty easy. Remove valve cover, remove guide (2 bolts), replace valve cover gaskets, install valve cover. Shouldn't take more than a half hour.
jay
02-13-2002, 11:52 AM
If it's an S14 it is rated at 12.5 hours for both chains. I was going to mine a month or so ago but my mechanic said it would last long enough for me to get my new engine so I didn't. But the job wass quoted between 5 and 8 hundred.
9591
02-13-2002, 12:35 PM
She was asking about the guide, not the chains.
burgy240
02-13-2002, 03:50 PM
Is the guide not needed, or are you going to replace it with a new one?  I'm clueless about this topic and would like to know.  My s14 has that plastic tick sound and I was told it could be the guide!
DuffMan
02-13-2002, 05:15 PM
<a href="http://forums.freshalloy.com/forum/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=009721

has" target="_blank">http://forums.freshalloy.com/forum....1

has</a> some good info, but you have to sift through all the confusion to find what you need.
sykikchimp
02-13-2002, 11:16 PM
Are you talking about the DOHC or SOHC?
9591
02-13-2002, 11:32 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from sykikchimp on 11:16 pm on Feb. 13, 2002
Are you talking about the DOHC or SOHC?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Well, *I* was talking about a DOHC, since I believe S13Grl has a '91.

Edit: Also, I was only talking about the upper guide. The lower is more complicated.

(Edited by 9591 at 11:34 pm on Feb. 13, 2002)
burgy240
02-14-2002, 01:19 PM
9591, you just removed the guide and that was it? &nbsp;You didn't re4place it? &nbsp;I'm just trying to find out what I can do myself? &nbsp;I would replace it if it is better or safer. &nbsp;If the replacemaent part isn't any better though then it would probably have the same prob. huh? &nbsp;Oh well let me klnow please. &nbsp;Oh yeah, DOHC!!