So today I went to the neighbors' again and we had another surgery session on the former blackberry patch also known as the $100 220D. (Some kid had taken off the head, and even removed the gallery plugs.) We've been slowly reassembling the thing to see if it's any good, spending as little as humanly possible until we can determine this crucial detail. This is to be the kid's car, and Fall is coming fast.
Anyway, today the chain got hooked back up. It'd been loose in the vault, tie-wrapped together but not very well. We got it together and the engine turning again, but the engine will only turn about 180 degrees back and forth before it seems to hit something _very_ solid. When 'clunked' clockwise it wedges, and has to be BFH'd back loose with a piece of pipe on one of the balancer's notches, since otherwise it'll just unscrew the big bolt due to the strength of the wedging. We can't see anything wrong, and have the vacuum pump and the lower oil pan off for visibility. The cam followers are not yet in, so all the valves are fully retracted. All four holes suck and blow when you rock the engine back and forth. No thrown rods that we can see. Is this likely to be a chain kink? Or something much worse? Anybody BTDT? Suggestions? -- Jim _______________________________________ 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
