Thread: timing chain replacement
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Old 07-20-2003, 10:17 PM
Kestas Kestas is offline
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For the old American muscle car V8s, the method of checking the timing chain was to rotate the crankshaft back and forth while watching the distributor rotor. If there was more than 10° slop, time for a new chain. I'm not sure how or if this method can be applied to MB engines.
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