Yea, those tillotson lower nuts are tough, I have a 1/4" drive 7/16 Snap-On universal socket I bought just for those.....
oops, Wrong Merc content. Dave Liddell '77 240D (Complete front suspension rebuild in process) '84 Ovlov Turbo Wagon > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:08:00 -0500 > From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 560SEL water pump suggestion > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > <mailman.590.1240931297.11481.mercedes_okiebenz....@okiebenz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > > > >That occurred to me last night, I will try that next. I should have > >thought of it earlier, the only way I was able to remove the carbs > >from my Merc 850 last fall was via a 1/4" socket set. I'll have to > >see if I have a 13mm in that size, though. (The stuff I assembled > >for the Merc's toolkit is all SAE.) > > > >If the bolt indeed will not come out the slot in the dampener then > >that won't ultimately help much, though. > > > >Looks to me like the engine was originally intended for a smaller > >dampener, then they had to grow it somewhere along the line which > >hosed the water pump arrangements but good. > > > >-- Jim > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Loren Faeth > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com