| If it were me, I would have Enrique at MR MB swap it over to the double row chain. And who knows, there might still be a chance that it got the double row chain in it.
The single row chain was Mercedes big mistake here, and unfortunately, ONLY on the US spec W126 380 engines that were made from 1981-1984.
It sounds like you need the new timing chain, tensioner, and guide rails RIGHT NOW!!
Don't delay. Have Enrique clear his calendar for the job and ask him to get the parts ordered for you. Start it up one last time and take it to him, when he can start on it. I would trust him on a job like this, he really knows these W126ers inside and out, and his reputation is absolutely tops, that is why people like me came from hundreds of miles away for him to work on the cars we had.
Once the job is done, it will be a major job out of the way and the big worry gone, and whether the car had a single or double row chain, it will now have a double row one.
Your car with its age and mileage needed the job awhile back anyhow, so now it is really time.
It sounds like it is time, though, right now, to get on it. From what you heard, it sounds to me like there is no room for any more delay.
Your car is worth it, it is really a beauty, with an interesting life history.
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