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Re: Timing Chain has slipped (one complete link ) on my 1977 TR7

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Timing Chain has slipped (one complete link ) on my 1977 TR7
From: George Richardson <gprtech@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:17:48 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Merlin Group Inc.
References: <01BCBDEB.442B8BC0@EIRWS1> <3416E7DE.50BE1EDC@brit.ca>
Trevor Boicey wrote:
> 
> Deborah Medley wrote:
> >
> > Is this car just trash now ?
> 
>   Are you *SURE* this is what happened?
> 
>   Skipping timing chains is a very very rare phenomena,
> but something that I think gets accused of happening
> a fair bit.
> 
>   I'm not sure I disprove it so vehemently, but I remember
> somebody (list or real life) saying "It just doesn't
> happen, period".
> 
>   I'd be inclined to beleive that it's a lot more
> likely fall off than to half-fall off and magically
> be caught on the next hole.
> 
> --
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

I don't know about a TR7, but on American cars (Chrysler, Chevy) I have
had personal experience with it happening.
-- 
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm

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