The car was going about 75 mph when the chain broke. When I heard the chain break, I could swear I thought that there was a momentary slight acceleration. Maybe this was because the crank no longer had to pull the cam. After the slight hickup, the engine lost power and I coasted a long ways.

Right now I'm going to put the front end up on stands so I can get at and jam the flywheel so I can get the balancer off.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)