You CAN get the chain it with the rail in place, but it's a real PITA.
I dropped both ends while doing so, so I can't recommend it.
Peter
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> Chilton!!! I curse you!!! ( just looked and both
> my manuals are chiltons)
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Chilton!!! I curse you!!! ( just looked and both
my manuals are chiltons)
Rat bastards That st
hue wong wrote:
> I guess I didn't even know chiltons were that bad of
> manuals!!! the things I don't know
They're pretty sketchy, often leaving steps out. (I think they must
have a trademark on the phrase "Installation is the reverse of
removal.") They also contain a lot of generic stuff t
> Remember when you were pricing timing chains and
> somebody told you not to cheap out and the get the
> cheapest you could find? The same is true with
> manuals...
>
> -Curt
>
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:18:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: hue wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Chilton!!! I curse you!!! ( just looked and both
my manuals are chiltons)
Rat bas
Chilton!!! I curse you!!! ( just looked and both
my manuals are chiltons)
Rat bastards That step is missing in both
books!!
--- Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What? None of these cheap damb manuals mentioned
> this
> > in the procedures [EMAIL PROTECTED] i
What? None of these cheap damb manuals mentioned this
in the procedures [EMAIL PROTECTED] it!
Step 3 in the '79 300D engine manual: "Remove tensioner"
Step 1 in the 201 602 engine manual: "Remove tensioner"
-- Jim
In a message dated 4/12/2006 4:26:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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
spro
Hue,
Mathieu has the right approach to determining your present situation
and effecting whatever cure you need.
However, I have routinely changed several chains w/o removing the
tensioner, found it simply not necessary. Unlike tensioners in other
engines, mine were not ratcheted, but only spring
Hue,
First off, pull the tensioner and see if you have enough slack to line
up the chain. Next, I would install a temporary master link, the one
with the circlips (make sure one of the clips doesn't fall into the
motor), next reinstall the tensioner (you will likely have to reset the
pin in t
On Apr 12, 2006, at 7:26 PM, 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
push
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From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Timin
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
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
What? None of these cheap damb manuals mentioned this
in the procedures [EMAIL PROTECTED] it!
So if I take the tensioner out and re-thread the
chain, all will be well? how do I make sure everthing
ins lined up? and not fear that I have one link of on
a sprocket somewhere?
--- Jim C
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.
The chain tensioner is supposed to be removed during the procedure.
Take it out!
-- Jim
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
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