Hello all,
please excuse this if you have seen on another board. I am in need of some timing chain wisdom.
I have a 1985 Euro 380 SL. After 107,000 miles one of the timing guides broke and the chain developed some slack. Thankfully i discovered this before anything serious happened.
Cut to the wonderful adventure of trying to get at the timing chain which requires too many things to be taken off!
I am now ready reinstall the new chain. I have all new guides, both upper and lower, and a new chain tensioner.
The Number One cylinder is @ TDC and the timing marks on both cam shafts are aligned.
Question: Every time i thread the new chain through and make a complete circut I always seem to have too much slack. I do not have the tensioner installed to make things easier but i even tried installing it once, and rotating the engine, which was a complete disaster because the crank pully skipped a tooth and the drivers side camshaft was so far off that i had to remove it to align the timing marks again.
What am i missing? I am never off any teeth, it just seems like there is to much free play in the chain.
I consulted the MB Service Manual CD (which is worthless BTW) and it provided no insight.
I know i must be doing something wrong but what?
Please, its my only car and i neeed to get back on the road. ANy and all info would be appreciated!
thank you!
please excuse this if you have seen on another board. I am in need of some timing chain wisdom.
I have a 1985 Euro 380 SL. After 107,000 miles one of the timing guides broke and the chain developed some slack. Thankfully i discovered this before anything serious happened.
Cut to the wonderful adventure of trying to get at the timing chain which requires too many things to be taken off!
I am now ready reinstall the new chain. I have all new guides, both upper and lower, and a new chain tensioner.
The Number One cylinder is @ TDC and the timing marks on both cam shafts are aligned.
Question: Every time i thread the new chain through and make a complete circut I always seem to have too much slack. I do not have the tensioner installed to make things easier but i even tried installing it once, and rotating the engine, which was a complete disaster because the crank pully skipped a tooth and the drivers side camshaft was so far off that i had to remove it to align the timing marks again.
What am i missing? I am never off any teeth, it just seems like there is to much free play in the chain.
I consulted the MB Service Manual CD (which is worthless BTW) and it provided no insight.
I know i must be doing something wrong but what?
Please, its my only car and i neeed to get back on the road. ANy and all info would be appreciated!
thank you!