So, during the spring I had decided that I was going to sell my SHO and look for a newer one or a different vehicle all together. However, after dealing with far too many idiots that didn’t realize what they were getting or that wanted to lowball me constantly, in the end I decided I would keep it. In doing so, I need to do some remaining maintenance to make it dependable.
After driving it for the past month, I am starting to get a pretty loud timing chain rattle upon cold start up. To me, it has gotten bad enough that I’m going to park the car until I have all the supplies on hand to tackle the job.
That brings us to this post. I’ve tried to do some quick research on what was needed to complete this job. In one post I ran across, a gentleman that had done a conversion on his 2010 SHO to the newer 2012+ roller style timing chain. He provided a list of all of the parts needed from the 2012 model, this included all of the items that would need to be replaced to make the modification successful. Part of this list also contained all of the factory Ford numbers to make it even easier to get the parts needed. I feel like this is the way to go, but wanted to ask you guys to see if this was the right move.
Additionally, since I’ve decided that I’m going to be keeping this car for quite a while, I wanted to see if there was anything else that I should be upgrading or replacing while I do the timing chain? I do know the water pump should be changed out this time, but I’m looking for any advice on other items that can and will be going bad. This particular car has 144,000 miles on the engine and transmission, and my goal is to have it be a dependable fun summer car. Also, has anyone done a write up on the best way to do the timing chain replacement? Either a photo or video type guide would be helpful. I have found one such write up on another site, but I do you like to have multiple sources available in case I run into a problem. Lastly, when doing the timing chain swap is it recommended to leave the motor attached to the cradle and drop the entire motor and transmission out to do this, or is it easy enough to do by just dropping the sub frame and raising and lowering the motor as needed?
Thank you in advance for the help!
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After driving it for the past month, I am starting to get a pretty loud timing chain rattle upon cold start up. To me, it has gotten bad enough that I’m going to park the car until I have all the supplies on hand to tackle the job.
That brings us to this post. I’ve tried to do some quick research on what was needed to complete this job. In one post I ran across, a gentleman that had done a conversion on his 2010 SHO to the newer 2012+ roller style timing chain. He provided a list of all of the parts needed from the 2012 model, this included all of the items that would need to be replaced to make the modification successful. Part of this list also contained all of the factory Ford numbers to make it even easier to get the parts needed. I feel like this is the way to go, but wanted to ask you guys to see if this was the right move.
Additionally, since I’ve decided that I’m going to be keeping this car for quite a while, I wanted to see if there was anything else that I should be upgrading or replacing while I do the timing chain? I do know the water pump should be changed out this time, but I’m looking for any advice on other items that can and will be going bad. This particular car has 144,000 miles on the engine and transmission, and my goal is to have it be a dependable fun summer car. Also, has anyone done a write up on the best way to do the timing chain replacement? Either a photo or video type guide would be helpful. I have found one such write up on another site, but I do you like to have multiple sources available in case I run into a problem. Lastly, when doing the timing chain swap is it recommended to leave the motor attached to the cradle and drop the entire motor and transmission out to do this, or is it easy enough to do by just dropping the sub frame and raising and lowering the motor as needed?
Thank you in advance for the help!
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