Keep tension on and remove the tensioner. The chain should give enough so
you can connect the ends.
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Timing chain troubles on 300d
well damb!
So what would be your advice if this was tried with
the tensioner in.
I suspect I've done a doosy on this!!!!! lord....
Trial by fire, will make me a desiel mechanic yet!
zoiks!
--- Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hue wong wrote:
> So we just pulled the new timing chian from rusty
> through following the procedure outlined in the
> book(s) and darned it, it seems one link short.
>
> Now I'm all freaked out. Did I somehow miss a
> sprocket in there? could it be the chain
tensioner
> pushing to hard? I'm completly at loss as to what
to
> do next or how to correct this problem.
>
> It sure looked like we had super tension on the
chain
> the entire time, but I'm at a loss as to what to
do
> next.. not sure how to "correct this problme (but
> suspect I will not like the anwser)
The tensioner MUST be removed while pulling the
chain. The tensioner
goes in AFTER the chain is pulled, attached and
peened over.
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned
questions)
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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