No worries, seems like a dorky design if there's no adjustment. Even my wife's '96 Infiniti I30 has a pedal height adjustment, made a huge difference in feel when I finally got around to doing it. -Max
________________________________ From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com on behalf of Rolf Sent: Thu 11/11/2010 7:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Swapping a 5spd into my 87 300D If I sounded rude, I am sorry. I very much appreciate your input. I am just frustrated with the lack of any adjustment! -Rolf On 11/11/2010 7:31 PM, Rolf wrote: > Without even looking I can answer it, no! There is no eccentric bolt > like the W123. It makes no sense, I am seriously considering adapting > one. Even if I can change the sweet spot by spacing the slave out I > still have a silly high pedal.... > -Rolf > > On 11/11/2010 9:36 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, > 53310 wrote: >> Should be an adjustment at the master cylinder side, but I don't know >> if it will make much difference in pedal height. Attached are the >> instructions for a 123, I have no idea if they apply to a 124 but >> perhaps they'll point you in the right direction. >> >> -Max >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com on behalf of Rolf >> Sent: Wed 11/10/2010 11:56 AM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Swapping a 5spd into my 87 300D >> >> >> >> Honestly, it was a bit disappointing. I am used to my gwagen clutch on >> the 123 now, big heavy lots of torque. I was also dickering around with >> the clutch pedal (sits really high seems that there is no adjustment, >> also engages really high, think I am going to shim out the slave >> cylinder to compensate) and the shifter REALLY takes some getting used >> to. Because the sweet spot was so high I was paying more attention to >> clutch slippage than anything else... >> >> To be fair my exhaust manifold has a leak the size of the grand canyon >> in it and I was driving in 25mph zones. Also the ALDA has not been >> touched yet and it def needs a smidgen of a turn. It was also 2am and >> the third day in a row I worked on the car. I was very tired. The car >> needs lots of other work as well. The rear end is all over the place. >> >> The good news is that when it was spooled and tached up it seemed that I >> had A LOT more power/torque than before. This weekend I am hoping to >> spend more time on it and get a better reading overall. >> >> -Rolf >> >> On 11/10/2010 10:47 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Rolf<r...@winmutt.com> wrote: >>>> As >>>> of now I have only driven it around the block a few times. >>>> Charleston is a >>>> hoof but might make for a nice spring break... >>>> >>> Yeah, what I want to know is how it drives! Do the gear ratios seem >>> appropriate to the power band? How's the turbo lag without the torque >>> converter to allow the engine to rev up a bit "ahead of the wheels"? >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> <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 >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> <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 >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: Clutch-MC-1.pdf >> Type: application/pdf >> Size: 143170 bytes >> Desc: Clutch-MC-1.pdf >> URL:<http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20101111/12c5b9b7/attachment.pdf> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: Clutch-MC-2.pdf >> Type: application/pdf >> Size: 79322 bytes >> Desc: Clutch-MC-2.pdf >> URL:<http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20101111/12c5b9b7/attachment-0001.pdf> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com <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 > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <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 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com <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 _______________________________________ 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
