Update. We successfully changed the timing chain. We left the banana rail alone, we changed the upper left slide rail and the tensioner. We didn't prime the tensioner. Drove the car and all is well. Fred's tool for removing the guide pin worked like a charm. I also ended up borrowing a service link and chain crimping tool from my friend's friend. Only snag was that I broke off one of the plastic vacuum line attachments on what I think is a thermo switch mounted on top of the thermostat housing. What is this for anyway?
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 18, 2013, at 7:26 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Correct - I never had to remove the crank pulley to replace the banana rail. > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> Procedure 05-330 covers, looks like you can rotate crank so that a recess >> in the pulley/balancer assembly allows access to extract the pin which >> anchors the bottom of the rail. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 >> >> dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >>> Ok, I borrowed one with a link from a friend. Now, I'm trying to get >>> the large banana guide rail out by I'm not sure if the crank pulley has >>> to come off for access. Does anyone know? It has grooves around 0.5-1 >>> mm deep. Is it worth changing? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 12:22 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: >>> >>>> dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: >>>>> So you don't use either one of the two plates? >>>> >>>> If I had a master link with a clip on it, I'd use that to link the >>> two chains together. Does the original have a master? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 2012 Passat TDI DSG > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > 1957 C182A > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
