in europe they started in 76
TE wrote:
W123 body style ran from 1977 to 1985. It was preceded by the W114/W115 and
was replaced by the W124 in 1986.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] project 240D
Larry,
I have one too, but Nitske says they started in 77.
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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They did. I had a 1977 240D W123.
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Larry,
I ha
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w123s started in 78 - got one.
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don't see often: ambulances, special
purpose bodies, long wheelbase, etc.
Tom Schuch
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1975 W115 300D
and a bunch of BMWs
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:31:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Curt Raymond
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1976. Both available until the end of the year, I think. A few left
over, likely, sold in 77, but would still be 1976 model year cars.
Peter
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115: 1968 to1976. 123: 1977 to 1985 (US imports, actual build date might be
before aor after).
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:31:29 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
> wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't a '77 be a 123? Thats not a 123 dash... Or taillights...
>
> It's
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:31:29 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> Wouldn't a '77 be a 123? Thats not a 123 dash... Or taillights...
It's a 115. I don't recall when the transition from 115 to 123 occurred.
Craig
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:21:07 -0500
From: Allan Streib
Subject: [MBZ] project 240D
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http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/ctd/15174
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/ctd/1517475138.html
What's odd about this one is that he says it has been sitting for 10
years but it has a current plate on it. Hmm.
Allan
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:05:14 -0700 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The car's still for sale! http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html,
> as is the 450 SL: http://cathey.dogear.com/JSLsale.html
You know, you really ought to change the title of your thread. You are
near Spokane, aren't y
I decided to try lubricating the speedometer cable to see if the
continued small surginess of the cruise control is due to that. The
needle _is_ still a bit jumpy, especially at low speeds.
I used M1 5W-20, since my tube of speedometer cable lube was empty.
As a light-weight synthetic, it should
Oh, Kevin Smith is also interested in one of my rental units. He wants
to send me a cashiers cheque and to take my fees from it and turn over
the rest to his interior designer.
and I have a bridge to sell him as well
On Friday, April 7, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
First bite on the
Another beautiful morning. I was told here yesterday that the glow
plug holes can be brushed out using a .22 rifle cleaning brush for a
noticeable effect on cold starting, there _was_ a considerable
amount of soot in them when I had the plugs out before. May try this
today, it's pretty easy to g
I had to laugh when I saw the Racor separator. It's installed wrong.
Was.
I just pulled it out to photograph it. It sits in its place vertically.
You can see it in one of the engine photographs.
RLE/Seattle/woulda bought that 240 had I known it was available
Still not too late! :-)
Page comes back to me as mime type text/plain. Not sure if it's on my end
(proxy) or on yours. I assume most of folks on this list use IE to view
your pages. I'm using Firefox 1.5 FWIW..
...Kevin
Jim Cathey said:
> Drum roll please.
>
> For sale, 1979 240D. 302kmi, auxiliary fuel tank. Perf
That car is just about a duplicate of one that was owned by an Uncle of mine
in San Mateo from '79 to about '92 when they bought a new Camry for my Aunt.
Mileage was about 125K and it sold for $3500. Never been hit and almost
always out of the California sunlight. That's 14 years ago.
I had to
Jim,
just tell him the car is in Nigeria and a money wire transfer to you
is required.
Free shipping to wherever he wants the car.
On 4/7/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First bite on the car, and it's a scam. I look forward to the
> coming days!
>
> I'm glad that this bozo is intere
First bite on the car, and it's a scam. I look forward to the
coming days!
I'm glad that this bozo is interested in my "Goods for sale", and
can't read. (Or write!)
Let's see. "Dear BLANK, go BLANK yourself." ... and get better
mail-merge, spelling, and grammar programs!
-- Jim
"I am Kelvi
OK, I fixed the links in the thing (a bit of case sensitivity
that I messed up). I've also rearranged things per my wife's
suggestions. (She was a computer layout person, so her input
is usually good.)
http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html
-- Jim
You better recheck the engine pics...I'm getting a 404.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
After I got done with the computer junk I left the dungeon,
only to find it had clouded over already. So I went back
outside and took some replacement pictures. They're on
there now, along with a few I'd missed (like the engine!)
http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html
Please comment!
Drum roll please.
For sale, 1979 240D. 302kmi, auxiliary fuel tank. Perfect
for biodiesel operation, has 1000 mile range.
Not perfect, but looks pretty good. Rust-free. Reluctant
cold-starter, but has started every time for me so far.
Very clean inside, you can date with this car and not
Where do you plan to market it?
Thought I'd start with the Spokane, Seattle, and Portland Craig's lists.
-- Jim
Where do you plan to market it?
Harry
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> Pulled the hood ornament. Looking at the manual, the old epoxied POS,
> and the (partial) new star I now see what the huge spring to the
> bottom of the grille is about: the locking col
Pulled the hood ornament. Looking at the manual, the old epoxied POS,
and the (partial) new star I now see what the huge spring to the
bottom of the grille is about: the locking collar is missing (on both
ornament assemblies!) and the heavy spring is what's holding the whole
mess in. The old ass
Dropped by the U-Pull yesterday, and found three better door checks (the
one on the car I already replaced is great, the other three are only
so-so), an intact piece of wind lace for the driver's door, and a
passenger-side under-dash panel that has the firewall-side black part.
(This is a later ad
Neat Jim, I'm glad its working out so well
Harry
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Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project 240D in Oregon
>
Drove it to band tonight. Raining, car full of the family. It just
purred down the road, smoothly on cruise control with the wipers doing
their job, and I was feeling rather smug. With the underdash panels
on it's nice and quiet. It shaped up rather nicely, I think. Will
miss it, a bit. (Nee
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Done. (Except for the hood ornament.) I even waxed it.
Need to do a photo shoot now, then I can list it.
-- Jim
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Done. (Except for the hood ornament.) I even waxed it.
Need to do a photo shoot now, then I can list it.
-- Jim
Jim Cathey wrote:
>
> > Remind me - what year is this car?
>
> 1979. Manual HVAC & windows. Anybody got a good
> price on a used hood star for it? Will probably have
> to buy new, otherwise.
I don't believe you CAN buy new. IIRC, it was superceeded
by a 201 part. (or was the 116 superceeded
Remind me - what year is this car?
1979. Manual HVAC & windows. Anybody got a good
price on a used hood star for it? Will probably have
to buy new, otherwise. We're ready to put it on, as
the last 'pre-detailing' step. The only other _new_
part we've put on the car is fuel line. Everything
Jim, please advise if there are any homes for sale in your
neighborhoodI desperately need you for a neighbor!
Your patience and perseverance are commendable.
On 3/28/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Remind me - what year is this car?
>
>
> Randy B
>
> -Original Message-
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Remind me - what year is this car?
Randy B
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cleared off
More progress.
-- Jim
March 27, 2006
Finally, moving on. I glued the loose passenger map pocket to the
door skin. Inelegant, but should work. I was careful so that it can
be removed fairly cleanly if the pocket should ever get replaced.
...On a freeway test drive today the cruise worked eve
I admire your persistence and patience. I have projects laying around
from
*gasp* twenty plus years that need attention. Where do you find the
time and
motivation for such things? Gotta admit I like your writing style too.
Been out of work since last May!
-- Jim
Congratulations Jim.
Harry
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> (The cruise is fixed. What a
(The cruise is fixed. What a nightmare!)
-- Jim
I admire your persistence and patience. I have projects laying around from
*gasp* twenty plus years that need attention. Where do you find the time and
motivation for such things? Gotta admit I like your writing style too.
Rick Knoble
'85 300
(The cruise is fixed. What a nightmare!)
-- Jim
March 25, 2006
Removed the test contacts in the amplifier and put it back in its
case. Put together the bench vacuum pump again now that its glue has
had a chance to dry. When stuffed inside its foam 'football' it's
really quite quiet. It ough
So I looked up the spec, and when I disconnected all the auxiliary
stuff and measured the vacuum rise at the tap when the engine was
started after exhausting the brake booster it took about 12 seconds at
idle to bring it back to 15" Hg, about 1/2 Bar. (This appears to be a
10" brake booster, so I
Status from the last couple of days:
March 23, 2006
Resurrected the cruise control bench test setup. Started fiddling
with the amplifier. Acts right, near as I can tell. I did resolder
some parts around the relay, it seemed to be a bit sensitive to
tapping in that area. The waveform to the a
had a really pleasant chat with Jim when he came by to get the hubcaps.
Nice family and that 240D is a SUPERB car for what it is. I must bow
down to Jim's ability to take dead iron and make it come back to life.
The car got all the way to Seattle from Spokane and most likely will
get even bette
had a really pleasant chat with Jim when he came by to get the hubcaps.
Nice family and that 240D is a SUPERB car for what it is. I must bow
down to Jim's ability to take dead iron and make it come back to life.
The car got all the way to Seattle from Spokane and most likely will
get even be
A'yup! I still occasionally get folks stopping by out 'o' the blue to
ask if my cars are for sale, or if I know where to find others.
Craig's List apparently has turned into a gold mine for some
high-power diesel sellers. I'd certainly sell yer rig over on this
side of the divide, if'n you want
Craig McCluskey wrote:
> I use a piece of piano wire with a hook bent at the end.
Coincidentally, I have one of those too. It's a "special tool" I made
for removing Honda window cranks.
David Brodbeck
'83 300D Turbo
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We're planning to fill up both tanks in Idaho tomorrow and
drive to Seattle and back in the car. The shakedown cruise.
Fuel is a lot cheaper in Idaho,
17, 2006 5:32 PM
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> We're planning to fill up both tanks in Idaho tomorrow and
> drive to Seattle and back in the car. The shakedown cruise.
Fuel is a lot cheaper in Idaho, in case you're curious. Effectively
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The 'new' differential is in, and the whine is gone.
Whew. I clock it as a seven hour job, not counting putting
a differential back in Smelly. On the plus side now I've
taken a rear subframe off of a car, so it'
We're planning to fill up both tanks in Idaho tomorrow and
drive to Seattle and back in the car. The shakedown cruise.
Fuel is a lot cheaper in Idaho, in case you're curious. Effectively
the car is 'done', though there are a few small things left to do.
I'm into it a conservative 80 hours of l
The 'new' differential is in, and the whine is gone.
Whew. I clock it as a seven hour job, not counting putting
a differential back in Smelly. On the plus side now I've
taken a rear subframe off of a car, so it's no longer a
scary thing.
We're planning to fill up both tanks in Idaho tomorrow a
Both differentials are now sitting on my tailgate. The 'bad'
one has a lot looser pinion than the one that's going in now.
Gears look good though. Maybe I could have tightened the pinion
nut and fixed it, it certainly would have been a lot easier than
dropping the entire rear subframe and I even
Raining, great. I got the parts car (Smelly) jacked up and put some
little jack stands and big firewood pieces underneath it for safety.
The differential came down and out a lot easier than I remember it
going in. It only took an hour to get it into the bed of the truck.
Breakfast time!
-- Jim
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... The shop manual makes it look like a pretty major undertaking. Just
getting the driveshaft out and back in is eight pages and involves
jacking up
On Mar 16, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
I've done many half-shafts, and used no
special tools. Oh, a small pair of vise-grips for pulling and
reinstalling the little retaining clips. Is that special?
-- Jim
Yes, very special.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:56 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
Thanks, that sounds do-able. Is it me, or does the manual make a
lot of
these jobs more complicated than they need to be?
I read manuals, always have but I often find legitimate short-cuts
or different procedures than are published. O
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:47:51 -0800 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My most special tool is a small sledgehammer. Good for anything
> from a gentle tap to NOW! I've done many half-shafts, and used no
> special tools. Oh, a small pair of vise-grips for pulling and
> reinstalling the littl
Hmm. Okay, I guess that cuts down the number of special tools
required,
although it still looks like I'd need a two-arm puller. I'm really not
Puller's easier, but a hammer and a drift will probably do the trick.
Tap, tap, tap...
too sure if this is something I can do in my apartment parkin
Did smelly have a diff with it?
Not when I got it, that's why it was so #$%&$ hard to move!
I bought one at the U-Pull and installed it some time ago, just
so I could move the car around. It irked me at the time that I
had to put a good differential in since it only needed a bad one
to hold th
Thanks, that sounds do-able. Is it me, or does the manual make a lot
of
these jobs more complicated than they need to be? They also claim you
Often.
need a special tool to remove and install the half shafts from the
hubs,
but I've heard several people here say they just slide in and out by
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:56:11 -0800 David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They also claim you need a special tool to remove and install the half
> shafts from the hubs, but I've heard several people here say they just
> slide in and out by hand.
They do.
Craig
John Berryman wrote:
> Another simple job. all you need to do is unbolt both ends and
> center support, possibly loosen the nut on the drive shaft pry the
> shaft out of flex discs. Try not to mangle the bearing shield when
> removing the bearing and don't forget to match mark the two h
Jim,
Did smelly have a diff with it?
Dennis T
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On Mar 16, 2006, at 8:31 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
Hmm. Okay, I guess that cuts down the number of special tools
required,
although it still looks like I'd need a two-arm puller. I'm really
not
too sure if this is something I can do in my apartment parking lot.
The
shop manual makes it l
I just changed the center bearing on the '78 450SLC this afternoon.
Note - MARK the alignment of the front/rear sections BEFORE you pull
them apart!!!
I keep reading about loosening the clamping nut to be able to slide
the shafts apart, but I've never needed to (four cars now) - they
just slide
On Mar 16, 2006, at 2:06 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
This is the one that you need a press to change, right?
David Brodbeck
Not necessarily. Use your imagination if you don't have access to a
press.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
Jim Cathey wrote:
Heh...yeah, I have the little gnomes with hammers, all right.
This is the one that you need a press to change, right?
I've never used one. Careful use of an oven and freezer,
and some soapy water and a hammer have worked for me.
(Freeze bearing, heat support to 200 degr
I drained the black glop (literally!) out of the differential.
I've never seen such goopy stuff. The first mound of it that fell out
into the drain pan, before I got the ooze going through the hole to
the inside, stayed there during the entire operation. It was like
black runny peanut butter. I
Heh...yeah, I have the little gnomes with hammers, all right.
This is the one that you need a press to change, right?
I've never used one. Careful use of an oven and freezer,
and some soapy water and a hammer have worked for me.
(Freeze bearing, heat support to 200 degrees, slick 'em up
and ta
Jim Cathey wrote:
More likely is the center driveline bearing support. Especially if it
sounds like the gnomes are underneath your seat whacking on the floor
with mallets under hard acceleration. The center of the driveline is
not held in place and it gets an angle in it and starts being thrown
Aha! I've had a weird shudder and knocking sound when accelerating
hard, especially uphill. Sounds like this could be the culprit. Do I
More likely is the center driveline bearing support. Especially if it
sounds like the gnomes are underneath your seat whacking on the floor
with mallets und
michael smith wrote:
Sounds like you need to change the flexi disc in the driveshaft...I changed
mine and it made the car so much smoother...she had an unusual shudder when
accelerating uphill...
Aha! I've had a weird shudder and knocking sound when accelerating
hard, especially uphill. So
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Driveshaft center bearing? May be the tranny mount, I had one that
sounded like something bad in the driveline. The noise changed a
little at varying loads and went completely away on hard
acceleration. Does yours sound like a pinion bearing going South? The
whine should sound noticeably d
On Mar 15, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Any thoughts out there?
-- Jim
Driveshaft center bearing? May be the tranny mount, I had one that
sounded like something bad in the driveline. The noise changed a
little at varying loads and went completely away on hard
acceleration. Do
I jacked up the rear of the car again and checked the lube level in
the (noisy) differential. It was full, but of a nasty black sludge.
I poured in some leftover gear oil I had, I suppose I'm going to have
to flush it out and replace the lube altogether. However, I don't
know that I trust the di
From earlier enquiries it looks like I'm missing a piece of
the throttle linkage, a weirdly-bent strap of metal into
which the idle knob link attaches. It's a strap of metal
with one end as if it were bent around a stick and a long
tail left on one side, and it's carefully shaped to fit
within th
I washed the seat tracks out in the solvent tank, they (all four of
them)
were filthy. I then spray-lubed the tracks with lithium grease and
reassembled the seat. No real problem (though time-consuming) except
that while reinstalling the seat I snapped off the front handle!
Aargh! _This_ time,
I pulled the passenger seat so that I could clean the tracks and put a
new side (height) adjustment handle on. Unfortunately the U-Pull seat
I bought didn't have a height adjuster for the passenger, and I find
when I look closely that the fore/aft adjuster handle that I had
planned to graft in it
Replaced the horns. For whatever reason, both old ones were dead.
Seems to be pretty common in salt country. I think the rust gets them.
This, of course, is a rust-free car. I think there was a high curb
incident at one point, though.
pair of high-tone air horns instead, because they were
Jim Cathey wrote:
> Replaced the horns. For whatever reason, both old ones were dead.
Seems to be pretty common in salt country. I think the rust gets them.
When I got my Mercedes, one horn was dead from being rammed into the
bottom of a ditch, and the other died a few months later. I put in a
Jim,
I am so glad that you are having such a fun time with this car.
Lynn in WA
Today's progress. Speaking of glow plugs, it is possible to work
on and modify the old series-plug relay.
Replaced the horns. For whatever reason, both old ones were dead.
The vacuum tank had leaked down by morning, I don't suppose that is a
surprise.
I next tackled the glow plug relay, which
Now come on over and swap some parts over for me when you get some time!
Actually, I'm looking forward to getting this 240D and having some fun with
it. I'm glad that you're having some fun with yours!
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
1973 220D
I had a busy day! From the log:
B. Arctic weather again! Had to use the heat gun to thaw the
door enough to open. Before I got too cold I managed to fabricate the
missing link for the throttle junk, so now the cruise can be hooked up
again. (I'm sure the amplifier is broken, but it'll ge
+ miles
1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles
Wickford, RI
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Out shopping I picked up some light
Out shopping I picked up some light bulbs to finish today's job, and
while
I was at it I did a gross test of the 0-60 time. (One-one thousand,
two-one thousand...) Roughly 25 seconds, which is in the ballpark for
these. Having putted around on errands in this thing I must say that
except for t
The Bondo job on the headlight surround seems to have
been successful. Looks a lot better now, though it is
a solid painted item. Am doing the other one now.
I thought about having my wife paint a 'bloodshot eye'
effect, but I don't know if that's a great idea or not.
Anything has got to be bett
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On 3/6/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> own which doesn't help matters any. (And rarely [if ever] starts out
>
On 3/6/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> own which doesn't help matters any. (And rarely [if ever] starts
> out in 1 unless the lever is in L.) But the linkage is already
> pulling as hard on the tranny's lever as will let the throttle go
> to full stop.
Jim,
Don't know from practical
PS. What's your resale price gonna be for that 240D once its ready to
go
with the bugs all cleaned off the rear window?
Unsure. I'm trying to make money off of this one though, as
an experiment. $2k? With much "Bio blah blah" trumpeting?
-- Jim
How's the kickdown switch? Does the kickdown solinoid click when
depressed?
If not, that would be quite depressing!
Switch clicks, but I've not checked into the electrical part of it
yet. Never even had the fuse box cover off yet! But the lights work,
looks like I might drive it to band toni
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Car drove
just fine, and due to the rain no bugs were endangered by
the back window.
Oh man! What am I in for with this old slushy 240D? If I
Maybe it needs more Drive It Like You Stole It to get the cobwebs out.
Fresh fuel and a few hundred highway miles. Maybe you should round
trip to Moses Lake
On Sunday, March 5, 2006, at 09:46 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
The brakes and wheel bearing seem to be sorted out, the car drives
fairly nor
(And rarely [if ever] starts
out in 1 unless the lever is in L.)
How's the kickdown switch? Does the kickdown solinoid click when depressed?
If not, that would be quite depressing!
Good luck with that thing!
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
1973 220D
PS. What's your resale price gonna be for that 2
Oh man! What am I in for with this old slushy 240D?
An exercise in patience, I'd say.
Can anybody tell me what the normal driving/shifting characteristics
of this 79 240D would be? It seems reluctant to downshift on its
own which doesn't help matters any. (And rarely [if ever] starts
out in
Dog needed to go to the vet, so I popped out the back seat
and put in the dog bed instead and we went to town. Car drove
just fine, and due to the rain no bugs were endangered by
the back window.
-- Jim
Pierced IP diaphragm?
On Friday, March 3, 2006, at 07:11 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
If it's off one tooth (cam gear), you won't be able to turn the engine
by hand - a piston will hit a valve. I had a one tooth jump the first
time I changed a timing chain - there was no doubt. Backed it up one
tooth,
redghost wrote:
A new chain will be peened, and the old chain would have the clip link.
At least that is how the chain from Rusty came to me, and IIRC, the
list has mentioned the need to peen or use the special chain tool.
also not to reuse the clip link
An original chain or one that's bee
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