My M42 Carnage...
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No idea if they were ever changed honestly. It just happened out of nowhere. Im just assumimg the tensioner went and it took the idler out from the slapping of the chain but who knows for sure the series of events? I have read about this happening and it sounds like its from lack of tensioner replacement.
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Hate surprises especially ugly ones.
Reason I asked is my 1991is has been quiet and running fine but I also have no sense of when things were changed last. 235k on the odometer when I bought it last fall and I've tracked down four prior owners going back 8 years to 160k none of which had touched the tensioner, chain, etc. Lower oil pan was clean with no metal or other bits when I replaced it.
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Boris...DO it! Tensioner takes five minutes and its like $30.
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That's a real bummer, sorry to see that happened. Glad you at least made it home, seems kind of miraculous!
This is exactly the sort of thing that comes to mind when I hear people say that they got rid of an M20 because they dont want to deal with timing belts.
timing belts sounds like my best friend right now haha
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I bought an m42 off craigslist....I need to drive my car since I have been bumming rides off everyone I know haha lets just hope it runs huh? Ill let you all know this weekend I hope
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M44 tensioner it is. Thanks.
New m44 tensioner installed. Should have done a comparison picture. Decompressed it was about 1/4" longer than the old one. Model differences aside it makes me wonder how old the one I took out was.
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