Is their a recconended replacement interval for a 1995 E320 On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:32 PM, John Freer <mbfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> See the last 2 pics....chain was in excellent shape and luckily, when > the valve cover was removed to replace a leaking gasket, this is what > we found. Appears that when the chain was replaced, the idiot mechanic > did not replace the guides. This was at 144K miles. > > And I am one lucky MB owner! > > http://picasaweb.google.com/mbforme/560sl02?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbHo7TZv4q0ag > > John > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > wrote: > > Chain, tensioner, guides, etc., were replaced when chain broke 101 kmi > ago; > > yesterday, chain and only the upper guide on driver side were replaced. > > When I picked up the car, I was curious to see what damage there was on > the > > removed guide; he said it was at "bottom of nearly full trash can, and > > damage was nearly nil, but went ahead and replaced it 'cause it was easy > and > > I had the guide there" for 'im. > > > > Wilton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Freer" <mbfo...@gmail.com> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL Timing chain, etc. > > > > > > Wilton, > > did he change out the plastic rail guides as well? My 86 560SL had a > > good chain but found the guides were broken when we lifted the valve > > covers. Oh wait, maybe the diesel engines don't have these? Dunno. > > John > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > wrote: > >> BTW, just to give you chain replacers an idea of the value of your work > in > >> addition to the good feeling from doing it yourself, labor for my chain > >> replacement yesterday was $280 plus $5 "shop fee." Yeah, I'd feel better > >> now if I'd done it myself, but I sure feel better now that it's done > than > > I > >> did before, and I enjoyed driving it home more than I did going - not as > >> nervous about the rattling chain. > >> > >> Wilton > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090305/21db833e/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
