If anyone has one, knows where to get one, or even knows a part number, please PM me.

Thanks.

1983 Mercedes-Benz 300TD Base Wagon - Camshafts & Timing Chains - Page 1

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I saw those when I ordered the chain, but they aren't the kind with a little C-clip, they're for crimping on permanently. Plus the chain already came with one.

Might have to go with the duct tape....

Ah ha - duct tape - the saviour of modern society!

I have only ever seen those temporary links in a picture in the FSM - sorry I couldn't help.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

The clip type you're talking about is for gassers, I've used them on like M130s, M121, and other vintage stuff but never seen one for a diesel.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Hmm, I thought that was standard practice...

How to Replace Your Timing Chain

Are the links basically the same between gas and diesel? I do find the gas ones, so I can get one of those easily.

-Rog

I've always used the cut link to link the new chain into the old chain, crank it through, then clip or crimp in the new master link. It won't fall out turning it over by hand.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

For posterity: I found a clip-type master link for a gasoline Mercedes for around $5 shipped so I took a chance and it is the same. I'll be using that to do it once I figure out a crimper...

-Rog

Roller chain is built to a standard so search Mcmaster Carr or another industrial supply house.

Looks like the only riveting tool they have is like the Motion Pro "Jumbo" type, which only does hollow motorcycle rivets. In other words, the pressing die is a ball that's designed to flare out a tube, rather than flatten two edges of a solid pin. I already bought one of the tools listed in this thread (Motion Pro) and looked up some of the others, but none of them crimp the solid style pins on these timing chains.

I'm hoping to find the correct crimping die that I can use with the tool I already have.

-Rog