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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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Factory timing chain or not?
Hello,
I just pulled my valve cover gasket of my newly purchased 88 300ce and was checking out the chain. Does the factory chain have JWIS on each link or should I be lead to believe that this is a replacement chain? Anyone change out their factory chain and know what was imprinted on it? The upper guide looks too nice to be 22 years old but who knows!
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It changes all the time
JWIS sounds right, and I don't know anyone who has ever replaced or broken a chain on an M103.
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