1) alternator brushes - already swaped that for a new KAE unit (preventative) - the old one didn't look that worn (had been changed fairly recently)

2) regarding the stretch, I haven't pulled the valve cover off, but I just got my valve adjustment wrenches in from performance products, so I'm wanting to tackle that job at the same time

I know the history of the vehicle (it was my mom's until this year) and I know id had regular oil changes

so is the prudent thing to do, if the stretch doesn't look severe, is just do the valve adjustment and forget about the timing chain for 15K until the next valve adjustment is needed?

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As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
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