I hadn't heard of nylons before... The bacon thing I think is from the days of
babbit bearings. You could pull the rod caps off and squash a piece of bacon in
to make an engine sound good long enough to sell...
Fred I'm surely hoping that my experience mirrors yours. We took the 190D this
morning to get breakfast and my wife commented on how much quieter it is.
Perhaps, perhaps....
-Curt
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:57:15 -0400
From: Frederick W Moir <fred.s...@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] If it's not one thing it's another...
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Curt, Dwight, et al.
In Olde Yingland, we used cut up nylon stockings to "thicken up the
diff. oil" and quieten down the howling.
Also provided some lubrication.
On the 87 190DT I changed the diff oil to 85W90 M1 and it has slowly
gone quiet. About 5k miles, so far so good. Had a slight whine at
35-40 steady throttle, now gone.
Squirrelly Olde English Nut.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
At 09:51 PM 7/9/2009, you wrote:
>I don't know. Regular dino gear oil used to come in 90 and 120. WE used 120
>to quiet a noisy dif with 90.
>Don't know about bacon-some old timers used a bit of sawdust.
>
>Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co
>Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
>Wickford RI 02852
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