Wow, Badge Rocks! That is a great friend to have. He saved your bacon and lots of grief.

Badge is quite a guy. Knowledgeable and definitely an honest soul. Looks like a great guy to call a friend.

Badge is the man, again. I did the killer dowel pin and water pump on my 1993 Dodge Cummins truck and I got it done in a day also. The internet is your friend here if you haven't done it before.

Alberta boys don't mess around! Glad you have Bage on the project Seven

AWESOME... Honest people are getting farther and fewer ..... thankyou so much for this video. I just called my chum, who has this 5,9 in his 1988 and has NEVER heard of this problem.

Badge is THE MAN. If his name was in the title of this video, I'd have watched it yesterday...along with a few thousand extra views...

Badge is the best. I watch all his episodes and his humor is terrific and knowledge unmatched.

Uncle Badge saves another nomad. Youre really getting things done. I was beginning to think that your temporary was becoming permanent.

Hello Seven,your a lucky man to have Mr Badge fix your rig,very very kool thank you for sharing ,be safe my friends,peace

You are one of the most blessed men on YT. Every time you have a problem you run upon someone that will do it for you! There are so many good men (talented) out there in RV land willing to help one another!!!! So happy for you. Who would ever think that an engine maker such as Cummins would make such a major flaw in their engine & not make it a well known fact? Lol Judie

Thanks sure like seeing Badge at working. The Canadian RV guru is the best I have ever watched or heard.

getting hard to find guys like Badge. thanks Badge for being you!

I'm glad to see that you got things taken care of proactively. Badge is to be commended for his integrity, proficiency, and professionalism showing his character and reflecting his years of experience!

Seven won the lottery!! That Badge guy is awesome he really knows what’s what.. Thanks for sharing!

I LOVE men like Badge who KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS!!!!! This man is awesome!!

Very BEST video i have seen,,and i wached em all,,he is a "Black Belt Mechanic"😁

Bage needs a cape, super hero

Badge... what a hero.. Seven, you are the real hero for making yourself a knowledgeable, aware and proactive vehicle owner. Keep up the awesome vids.

Hey Good morning from frozen CT! Got 7 deg F this morning. Not much getting done on my projects, but that is great Badge was able to hook you up! God bless'm! I learned a lot! I don't have that version, I have a 2002 on the bus, so have to check more on that! Thank you for sharing on that! You enjoy the climate there! This is great you addressed this when you did, that is great you are "pro-active" to take care of that! God bless! Enjoy the coffee! I subscribed to Badge's new channel! Looks like he is having fun! Keep savoring the moments!

Badge is awesome. Everyone needs a Badge. “I’m not asking ya I’m telling ya”

Old school mechanic- nice to see you do it the right way. Thank you.

Please give your friend the badge of honor for his help and showing these steps to all.

Thank you for giving Badge a well deserved channel referral. He is super entertaining and a wealth of knowledge. Gotta feel good getting that job under your belt. Thanks for sharing a great video!

Great save 7. Your friend definately earned his beer on this one. Take care...

Badge, Jack of all Trades, Master of All...!

There will be mechanics all over USA pulling their hair out knowing their goose is cooked regarding pricing out a job. Good on you Badge for exposing them. Hey bro you hit the jackpot finding Badge let alone the pin being half out. Made for an excellent video too. All the best

What a great guy and has great sayings - “Bobs your Uncle or Done like Supper”. Thanks for sharing

This old timer gave the best video on this subject I think I've ever seen.

God Bless Badge, it sounds like he saved your engine and possibly your life!!!

Badge is great. love his little sayings..."And Bob's your uncle" what????😁😁😁

Thank you!!! Finally! Somone who explains why and what!! This was my 6th video just to get the info needed!!

Amazing to watch a pro do the job. Glad it got done before your engine was killed!

Badge is awesome! He is a straight shooter who knows what he is talking about and is genuinely a nice person. Glad you were able to get his help. I am enjoying your videos a lot, every video reminds me of something I need or want when I am finally able to get my Skoolie! Thanks for sharing!

Nothing I could say here about Badge would reflect how awesome he is.

Wow he REALLY knows his stuff. Mad respect!

Great advice about writing "KDP done on [date]" on the timing cover. Sure wish more people would do that.

Badge is a good man as well as a former paratrooper like myself, hard to beat that combo, lol

Seven this guy is great. Your a lucky man to have him as a friend. Way to go.

Right on! Glad you got some great help on that. Badge seems like an awesome person to help. I got a 94 Dodge Ram with a Cummins today -- going through the 25 years of paperwork to see if the KDP was ever done, but probably will have to do it soon. This video was definitely a great help!

Badge is ffffing unbelievable

VERY NICE, it shows when someone knows that product they are working on.

Done like supper, I just subscribed to Badges channel. I could watch him all day. Thank you for the video!!

Amen Seven, that was close mate, you certainly dodged a bullet there. Thanks heaps Badge, that's been concerning me ever since Seven found out about the KDP !! Seeya Rob......you may even sleep a little better now !!

Excellent. You heard about a possible issue, then did preventative maintenance at your convenience rather than have a catastrophic failure. The water pump was a "while you are in there anyway" situation. The water pump probably would make its issue known this summer. Probably near the top of Bad Ash Pass. Or somewhere in a remote mountain range in August. Glad that you found someone knowledgeable and honest.

Badge you rock!

Good to see luck swing your way for a change!

Great work Badge and Seven. Love the channel and the tweak to the channel name Badge!

Getting ready to start my 5.9 dowel pin. Awesome info!

Ol' Badge is a diamond!

Wow good that you got that sorted out before It chewed up all those cogs - A stitch In time saves 9 ...or rather 7 In this case!

Very lucky with both finding someone that could do it and that it was half way out when you opened it. A good breaker bar is a good tool to pickup yourself Harbor Freight has one $20 Item #62729 for a 25 inch 1/2 drive bar with a handle or $14 for the same without the handle so good to put a pipe on if you need extra leverage. Good for changing the belts as he showed and also good when you need to change a wheel. Some extensions and socket sets with larger size sockets for working on diesels and you are in a better place on tools you need. Now remember to feed and water the mechanic as good mechanics are always ones you want to keep happy.

Badge is the man!

Great to have friends like him!

Seven you are a lucky man!!

I like the way this mechanic thinks.

Thank you so much! Also 14:00 . So far my experience is everyone in the diesel world is crooked so I really appreciate these videos so I can jsut handle it myself.

I thought I would share I discarded one of my scobbies. I have 2 and a small one growing so I am still in the Kumbutcha fermentation process. Whew I was worried. This process has shown me how I can grow a new scobby. 🙂

Yo - 7 . glad you WON this one .

Glad you got that fixed!

I'm already subscribed to Badge's channel.

Thank you for this video! You're friend is very knowledgeable and I learned a lot, thanks again!

Good thing you looked into that! Would of really sucked if it would of failed.

Glad you got that fixed. Those pins have ruined many many engines. I remember back when Chrysler was replacing engines like crazy because of them falling out and killing engines. The county college used to get their pullout engines and had rows and rows from dealers.

yo - 7. VERY interesting video. now i know what to look for and how to do it thanks to you n badge.

Great job thank you for this video

Great video

9:22 Congratulations on your win!

love guys who work like me...... lol, that guy knows his stuff.

Love you guys.... Thanks

Badge is what i would call a mechanic... Not many blokes like him left that know what they are doing.. Now you get "fitters" or "technicians" theres no way one of them would do that job in the field,

Fantastic.

Looks like you’re a full time rv’er in the desert for the winter…me too and I did my kdp fix last winter on my’97 12 valve…out in the desert.

You guys are great

Bob's yer uncle, " i see my light come shining from the west unto the east, anyday now, anyway now, i shall be released" bob is your uncle,and it's DONE LIKE SUPPER!

As for shop fees, most repair centers follow a factory "bible" that lists the time and money a shop should charge this way there is some standardization between dealer shops. Non dealer service centers also tend to follow this bible to a degree as well. Within the prices stated for various jobs they have figured in cost of goods needed for the repair, the mechanics pay for this job, shop overhead ( lighting, heating, cleaning equipment, environmental charges levied by governments ect.) but they also can cut their prices a bit to be more competitive against dealers. I have seen shops charge for basically double since they replaced the water pump as well since it was based on the removal of some equipment and the inconvenience of working around other obstacles. A proper shop would only charge for the water pump and a few bucks more for a bit of the labor since the engine front was already dismanted. Keep up the good work! Blessings, peace and happiness to all!

Seven: KDP 12 hours Badge: well, ok, but I don't know what I'm going to do for the other 9 hours. Hahhahaha

That dowel was BARELY sticking out although saying it was “halfway” out is more dramatic but yeah it would have maybe eventually fallen out. Mine was the same. I made my own dowel tab out of a large washer. Good insurance for the future. Pain in the ass and 30 cent part. Cummins is PROUD of their gaskets though aren’t they?? Also your mechanic didn’t mention it but I cleaned out the thread hole and cleaned up the dowel tab bolt and Loctited the shit out of it with red Loctite just to make sure. I also took out every other bolt inside the case and Loctited them all. Those are notoriously loose when you check the torque while doing the dowel pin fix. I like your machanic. I’d like to have a beer with that guy and talk diesels.

Badge don’t take no shit from expensive repair shops! 😆

Didn’t get to see him put it back together!

I guess you took out the emotional part of the first one, Good call Seven.

Wow half way out!! You are blessed 🙏 thank you Badge 🛠🛠🛠🛠❤️ How did you find out about the pin, Seven?

I've watched Badge on other KZfaq's channels help several people with repairs to all sorts of mechanical/electrical and plumbing repairs. He is amazing, and thank you for helping so many Nomads. He also takes time to explain and educate folks. One huge project to check off your list, and great filming Seven!

No captions??

Did you park facing North to avoid shadows in the engine area? It didn't look like you needed a new gasket on the front timing plate?

Nice..

I'm about to open up our bus 5.9 to check I got a clip only and a whole engine gasket kit doing the main seal and exhaust /:turbo gaskets also.

Are you supposed to use a any rtv on either side of the cover gasket?

Where in Arizona was this video shot? Scenery is amazing.. would love to check it out. Thanks

I saw a guy put self taping screw and has done it a bunch of time and no pins fell out but when it gets time to fix a front seal then they go a head and fix the pin the right way and he just cuts a piece of metal and cuts it like a tear drop and drills a hole in the big end and big enough the bolt will slide threw it and tap pin and metal tab in and put the bolt back in and you done.

$$$ What a saving!! $$$

Loctite on the bolt holding the little plate holding the dowel pin? Or loctite on the dowel pin itself?

Badge I wondered were my pry bar and breaker bar went yet you have never been near my tool box how did you do that Seven you and badge have a good day THE GRUMPY BUS

Bob's your uncle!!! :)

What is that dowl pin for,does it do anything,?

It doesn't usually destroy the engine. It normally just explodes the timing case.

So how long can one expect to spend doing this on a 1995 Dodge 2500 4x4 PU---with having to do it outside--no rack--with basic hand tools and with air tools that can be used where there's room? Truck currently has a really bad crankseal leak right now, --approximately 240K on it and runs good. One can see the slight tear in the seal. I am assuming that the KDP hasn't moved to the point where it's ready to come out---and honestly don't know if it's already been done at some point, but assuming it hasn't. We've had the truck since 2007. I have worked on quite an assortment of vehicles in my life, ranging from Packard straight Eights to Volkswagens, along with 25 years of circle track cars and engines (largely American Motors stuff) thrown in. But I have little diesel experience--having only owned a 7.3 Ford IDI and this Dodge. I have been quoted around a grand to have this done. Can a person make the retainer tab himself from maybe a piece of 16 guage and get a replacement bolt that might be a little longer and engage a little more thread? Also, am I safe to assume that the radiator will have to be removed in order to make room to get at the front of the engine? And what of the intercooler and anything else I haven't thought of? I am a little bit like a fish outta water on this project----don't really want to do it, but also can't afford that kind of price tag to pay someone else. Your video did tell me alot, though, and I appreciate it--any tips would be welcome.

You own Badge a steak.

I noticed you haven't crossed off "rear pinion seal" yet, if you're patient with me, i might be able to get that video put together in the next couple weeks. I'm sure i have one in my fleet that needs doing.

I know you talked about this for a long time

U forgot to give us badges utb handle