I am in Hawaii on the Big Island Kona side.
I recently bought a 1999 Ranger 3.0L. At what milage should a Timing Chain be changed, what dammage can it do, if it breaks? Must it be done by the dealer? What difficulties are there in a do it yourself replacement of a Timing Chain
Some local mechanic was saying that at 50,000 miles Forf Trucks had Timing Chain breakdowns and urged me to ask the ford dealers about it.
I did but a secretary answered and promissed 2 weeks ago someone would get back to me and no one has. last week I called back, I was told it will be done as part of a package service at 60,000 miles, I asked if the Timing Chain alone can be replaced instead of a package, how much did the chain cost, was it plastic or metal, if I myself wanted to do the work, and again no one called me back as promissed. Can anyone help me with this?
Dick