The only time I had an MB dealer rebuild an engine [dealer in Jacksonville FL, on my 1962 220Sb, in about 1966] the rebuild lasted all of 30 minutes before the oil pressure dropped to 1. I took it back and could hear the mechanics cussing about the guy who had rebuilt it and the poor job he always did, and how they were tired of cleaning up his messes. That pretty much shot any feeling I had of how great dealer work might be. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:40 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Timing chain replacement I did something similar - I had the engine completely disassembled at the time for a rebuild & put the new chain in the vise where I use hammer & punch to peen it over. he I snaked the circular chain into position and continued with the assembly. This was after I had my wife stop by a MB dealer and ask a technician to use the special tool to peen it. He said, no your husband needs to put the connecting link on while it's on the engine and then peen the connector. Moron. My wife conveyed my message precisely - if I'd wanted to do it like that I would have. It's irritating when something so simple gets twisted because he didn't think I knew what I was talking about. I've probably rebuild a *lot* more MB engines than he has!. Sheesh - sorry - What should have been sooooo simple. ;-\ Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Timing chain replacement >I did hand peen two chains. A good-n-heavy backing piece of steel/iron > helps a LOT. I used the clip on the last chain I did, and it held for > over 100k miles before the car was totaled. > I used a short piece of railroad track to back the link during the > hand peening. I would not hesitate to use the clip - if you follow > directions. > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Don't think I want to hand peen something that critical, >> >> I always figured I'd hand-peen it when it came my >> turn to do one. (Haven't, yet.) But then I really >> like using hammers for some reason... >> >> -- Jim > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." > -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain > '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply > Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
