I do believe (could be wrong though) that the venerable Dr. Booth stated that Metric motors were good for 617 engine rebuilds, but that even their rebuilds of the 603.971 (rod bender) engines didn't last. Only a factory rebuild was acceptable.
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Smith, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember plenty of list dicussions concerning rodbenders and how only > factory rebuilt engines were free from the problem. I recently stumbled > across this vendor, Metric Motors and wondered if they were close enough to > factory or if their engines would rodbend as well. > > http://www.mercedesengines.net/ > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
