Zac, Nissan count a link by the side plates - i.e. the oval shaped thing on the sides of the chain with the joining pin in each end of it. A Nissan chain will have two shiny ones which are for the initial timing setup.
regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2003 3:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: timing chain lengths Terry I must be measuring it wrong? I thought a link would include one big and one small section of the chain as you couldn't have one without the other!! Can you tell me how I should measure it and i will measure again.. I can measure them both because they are both off the car. cheers, zac > Nissan must count the small links as they quote in their manuals 42 links > between the timing marks on L16/L18 and 44 on the L20B and that's at most > 2/3's of the total chain length. It could be of some interest to the list - > Z24 has 4 more links than L20B, but I haven't got a clue on any of the other > engines. > > TR > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zac Campbell > Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2003 10:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: timing chain lengths > > > I didnt measure it, but I could. I only counted the number of big links! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Rudd > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:58 PM > Subject: RE: timing chain lengths > > > I thought that a L16/L18 had something like 68 and a L20B has 72 (I > could be wrong on this one though) > > regards > Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zac Campbell > Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2003 3:36 PM > To: Ozdat > Subject: timing chain lengths > > > Hi guys, does anybody know off hand the length in links of standard > L-series timing chains? > I can start with: > > L20b - 57 links > Z20s - 51 links > > Anybody? > > Cheers! > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------ - > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
