I meant don't stop when you're winding the new one in. Ask the
Ah, I get it. I plan (whenever I actually do one) to use copper 12ga wire to tie the chains to the sprocket in a rather tedious but presumably fail-safe baby steps method.
person you bought it from if someone tried to fix it?
I don't think he knew that much, the poor car spent at least ten years with three owners in the Columbia Gorge, which isn't exactly full of MB's. I have receipts for three batteries, for example. And the disabled vacuum and AC systems speak to a certain level of... inexperience I guess we'll say. The last owner had vague plans of powering a Lincoln welder with the motor, as he was sure the tranny was bad.
If the backwards test doesn't reveal anything obvious.
OK. -- Jim
