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Originally Posted by JimSmith
What do you mean by safe? Eventually the chain will fail. I believe that amount of stretch is beyond the range of the available offsets for Woodruff keys from MB, therefore I would assume it is beyond the allowable stretch. I have no idea if that means it is unsafe. Jim
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I just mean, can I start the engine after I get it back together, drive it around the block to check out transmission, brakes, etc. - not extended highway use. If everything works, I'll keep on repairing.
I suppose I had better play it safe, when I was trying to set TDC (with the injectors removed), there was a lot more resistance at certain points than I thought proper for an engine with no compression (and assuming there is no bore damage from overheating). However I'll finish getting the head off today and see what the damage is. I expect to find the head is cracked anyway (there were some other signs of chronic overheating: no thermostat installed, cooling system full of crud, water bottles in trunk).