It's more the principle of the matter - that the enginelooks complete now, after being apart all summer. If you're referring to the lower manifold to head bolts, I solved that one years ago on the SDL - use a 1/4" socket set, cut a 6mm Allen wrench to get a piece to make a bit that fits in the 6mm socket for the 1/4" drive set. Use an extension - and some blue locktite to hold the bit in the socket. Fits like a charm.
Post your tool pics - we'd all like to see. On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:15 AM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK Don wrote: >> (We JUST got the intake manifold back on - it almost hurts my son to >> think about taking it off again.) > > If you make the right tool it is a walk in the park. On my 2.5T I > couldn't remove the manifold at all without it. When I replaced the > delivery valves a month or so ago, I took the manifold off, replaced the > delivery valve seals (no more leaks!!) and put the manifold back on in > ~5 hours. Took me three days to get the manifold off of the '87 300TD > without the tool. Haven't had the chance to work on that car lately though. > > If you want pics of the tool I made let me know, and I'll post them to > the list. > > John -- 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
