There speaks the words of wisdom Arthur, Are you a metallurgist by any chance? I thought this when I first heard about hammering/peening the ends over!, but I was too lazy to mention it and cause an argument!. Mark, When I first disconnected chain, it fell into the motor too! God Im clumsy!, fished it out with one of those spokes from an old umbrella!, Just re-checked injection timing, was 2 degrees out, but it was dark when I first set it! Its amazing how much a couple of degrees seem to make to the MB Diesel, my old chain had about 5 degrees "free play" ie. the cam was about 5 degrees retarded cause of wear/stretch in old chain, Glad Ive changed it, It couldnt have lasted much longer before catastrophic tooth jumping or worse! Well, Its Spring here, been some nice weather over the last couple of days, just right for all those nasty little jobs I have put off over the last months.

Better go, She who Must Be Obayed wants to go for a day out, ( Probably Shopping--How Boring!)

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....