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Originally Posted by learnix  I have had the car since new in 83 and a few years later the engine seized in Torontop and MB said the timing chain had gone. The service advisor recommended that I replace it with a 500/560 timing chain rather than a 380 |
I'm going to guess - and I know that's dangerous, but I'll do it anyway - that what actually happened was the chain got converted to a "560 style" double-row chain. Not that an actual 560SL timing chain got installed.
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