Michael:

I finally got down to the shop (and ordered more parts....): there is no part like the screw you found in the oil pan in the 190 engine. Hans thinks (like I do) that it is a temporary link to draw the chain through that is supposed to be replaced with a crimp link. Probably why the chain broke.

Yeah, one guy can move that 617 block, but what a pain! Weighs a ton (we figure the 617 is about the same weight, all decked out and ready to go in, as a Chrylser Hemi). All that cast iron....!

My dad was an electical engineer, did automated control systems for assembly machines -- alternator winders for Chyrlser, oil cooler machines for Chrylser, horn testers for Ford (that one was in the basement, spent days punching holes in electical panel boxes), etc. Pretty spiff stuff for the late 60's. I heard a rumor he worked on the control system for the Patriot missle, too, which would explain why he took FORTRAN classes about 1972. Cool stuff.

I can't do math worth crap, so I'm a plant physiologist working as a chemist.....

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!