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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