Wait, dude, back up. What is this "clean it" stuff to which you refer? .. I even pondered today whether or not the diaphragm could be replaced with something, say a piece of inter tube clippings.
To be honest, after all of the "engine runaway" and "need to buy a new long block" posts I am somewhat concerned about replacing this part without having the fire department standing by 10 feet away. On 8/6/05, John Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don wrote: > > > Question -- could it be [and please no, sweet Jesus, no] that the > > vacuum pump is intermittent of failing? > > Yes. Our 240D, amongst the other plague of problems it's having right now, is > doing this. If I remove the vacuum shutoff valve and clean it, the next few > times, the engine shuts off just fine. After that, it's hit or miss - mayhaps > it will, mayhaps it won't. > > Fortunately, I have a spare vacuum shutoff valve handy, and will probably have > Donna take the wagon tomorrow so I can replace it. > > -- > John L. Ervine > 1981 240D 4-spd 267+kmi > 1980 300TD 167+kmi > 1980 300SD 277+kmi > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane. ------------- LT Don 1977 Mercedes 240D (Slug) 1972 Honda CB-500K
