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Cheaping out on the Upper Timing Chain

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Subject: Cheaping out on the Upper Timing Chain
From: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:39:05 -0800
Now,
        smack me if this is way off base, but
isn't the upper chain usually the culprit?  The lower chain in 1600 form
is a durable little beast, good for 100k+ miles, and not too prone to
jumping out of the engine.
        So if one was feeling cheap, wanting to get more ventilated-hood-free
miles out of a rattly-but-usable U20, wouldn't an upper-chain-ectomy be
a reasonably intelligent compromise?
Toby
Several U20's, but I actually DRIVE a 1600!

Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> 
> If you've got everything off, do both chains and both tensioners.

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