Hi all! Just had a chance to chek the reading and it looks like it's exactly 5 degrees off.
(if the mesurement is: the mark on the cam guide collar and top notch on the bearing tower at 3' oclock are aligned and are supposed to match/lineup with the top post/nub/zero degrees on the bottom timing gauge on teh crankcase housing?) And if this is bad, then How hard and what exactly is the procedure to swap out the timing chain? Is is a timing chain swap, or do sprockets and tensioners and railguides, ect need to be swapped out as well! (oh how I hate these simple projects that get big! zoiks!) Thanks is advance for any info... --- Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone point me in the right direction of the > > procedure to check the timing chain "stretch"? > > Line up the marks that are on the collar of the > cam gear and the back of the front cam bearing tower > at the 3 o'clock position when you're standing in > front. > Read the degrees of stretch off of the timing scale > on > the damper. Rotate the engine only in the correct > direction, > either with the crank nut or the power steering nut. > The > latter, if it works for you, is usually considerably > easier > to access. Anything above 5 degrees means it's > probably time > to change it out. Double that and it's time to not > start > the engine again before you fix it! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
