https://www.dieselbombers.com/24-val...-question.html

a link with info about an 02 in which the kdp came out and caused damage.

i've seen 98.5s with old style case and revised. and i've also seen 99s both ways. being they didnt put the old style in the scrap pile as they should've i can see where occasionally the old style may have been slipped in on newer, thru 02 engines.

of course nt a posibilty on 03s as that is whole new design with the cp3.

so if you have a 99 or earlier check that pin. living on borrowed time if ya dont. if you are wise and have an 02 or earlier you will do the same.

may not need it on the 00 thru 02 but why take a chance.

I had to fix the KDP on my 2001.









probably because it has a '95 gear case on it though!

I didn't know about that pin. Is that why some folks refer to them as Cumaparts? LOL

even the best can have a flaw.

and in the 1st gen years they didnt even locktite the case bolts. what were they thinkin????

the kdp was the first thing i took care of in the 95 when i replased the case seal now i dont have to worie about it what is that pin for eney ways or did dodge just put it there so that soner or later the truck was gona come back to get repared and make them more money

Will there be the ability to get it retained at the bomb party?

The pin serves to hold the gear case in just the right spot, especially in the 12V's where the fuel pump pulls on it all the time. If you pull the pin there are still some bolts in place but they have a tendency to shear off and the pin won't.

kdp retention is a plan at the BOMB party. a good time to change the crankshaft seal so whoever is gonna do a kdp dont forget a seal.

wich that i culd make it to the partey but we inded up moving back to grangevill idaho because we are exspeckting another baby and the wife wants to be near her mom for help with our little boy while im looken for work

cumminsman24, congrats on your baby. I've driven through Grangeville many times going up to CdA and back down to Boise. Isn't that the town that has that gas station-burger/hotdog joint and an Indian (non-Native American) runs it? I thought that was so random. HAHAHA.