Yes.....and your dial indicator is ' in line' with the valve... etc...? What length extension did you need for your dial indicator ?
You did a great job with pics of the end of the cam... why don't you post pics of your measurement set up for all to follow ?

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=156207&highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

It's not perfect. My dial indictor as "as-vertical-as-I-can-manage-to-get-it". Which is to say, it's not pefectly vertical. My dial indicator has 1" travel, just like the one in the peachparts wiki article:
PeachPartsWiki: Measuring Timing Chain Stretch

But, I removed it completely from the engine and set it up again from scratch for the second test. I still got an identical reading the second time around, so I'm pretty confident in the reading.

The ONLY difference between my setup and that of the wiki article is that I used a longer coupling nut to attach the dial indicator holder to the valve cover stud.

Well, my setup is pretty much identical to the one in the wiki article above. I don't see how I could really improve on it.

I am going to go over it briefly via my Youtube channel. I'm doing regular video updates on the project. I can post a link here when the video is live. Once again, it won't be a full DIY - just an overview as part of this week's update.

Good... the more places references to the proper method are located the better....

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=156207&highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

Epilogue - it looks like I misread this.

I was looking at the specs for a 617 engine when I made my determination. I checked again, and I'm pretty sure I'm around 13 degrees. But, I have a 616.912 with the 19 camshaft, which we've determined matches up to the specs for the 10 camshaft. So, the spec for a worn-in chain on that is 11º.

So, I'm a little beyond that, but not to the point where I'm going to worry about it yet. As of now, the plan is to leave this chain in place and check/monitor this at every valve adjustment.

I can only assume that they re-released what they had and didn't bother to update the contents!

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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!

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