My son assisted me today in removing the upper timing cover from my 96' E320 but got frustrated when I decided to wait until I heard from the experts about the necessity of pulling the chain tensioner pin to remove the cover. So, I posted this question in this forum and told him I'd wait before proceeding.

'Unbeknownst' to me, he registered on the forum, took a pic, and posted the same question, (CTJohnny) A pic. must be worth a thousand words because he got immediate response and we removed the cover after a little more effort on pin side to free it.


Thanks to all that replied with this info.