2013 March 19: Install the timing sprockets, chain, and tensioner

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Back to the front of the engine, I installed the timing sprockets and chain.
Back to the front of the engine, I installed the timing sprockets and chain.

Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.

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I fit the rest of the bow-type timing chain tensioner.
I fit the rest of the bow-type timing chain tensioner.

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Marks on the sprockets are clearly aligned.
Marks on the sprockets are clearly aligned.

Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.

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All the nuts are secured in placed on their respective sprockets.
All the nuts are secured in placed on their respective sprockets.

Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.

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The locking tang on the crankshaft sprocket is bent into place.
The locking tang on the crankshaft sprocket is bent into place.

Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.

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