In 1987, my 1973 Plymouth Fury quit running. My wife, Janell, and I scraped up the few dollars we had, plus some borrowed money and had the car towed to a shop. The shop called us back and told us the timing chain had broken. They convinced us it would run if they replaced it. The money to fix it was about 1/2 of what we had.
They called us back to tell us that the timing chain did not fix it, but that the valves were bent and it needed the engine heads repaired. The money to fix it was more than we had. We told them to charge us for what they did and tow the car back. I learned later that if the timing chain was broken, they should have checked cylinder leakage before they repaired the timing chain.
They called us back to tell us that the timing chain did not fix it, but that the valves were bent and it needed the engine heads repaired. The money to fix it was more than we had. We told them to charge us for what they did and tow the car back. I learned later that if the timing chain was broken, they should have checked cylinder leakage before they repaired the timing chain.
