I was thinking the 85 gears would get me better fuel economy at highway speeds. Maybe at the cost of worse mileage overall if the turbo isn't spooled up enough at average travel speeds.
Hmmmm. I will have to experiment. I see my rear control arm is getting rusted through on the bottom so I will be dropping the whole rear suspension assembly to replace that. Guess that would be a good time to swap over some parts from the wagons. Mike On Jul 28, 2011 5:39 PM, "Fmiser" <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Michael Canfield wrote: > >> I am assuming that I killed the shaft and >> bearings because the car was riding so low and grossly >> overloaded on my 900 mile trip to Detroit and back. > > I doubt that had any effect on the axle shaft. It carries no > load. And if "overloading" the car caused shaft failure, I > would have chronic shaft failure problems and I don't. > >> I think I am going to consider swapping out a sls rear from a TD so it >> hauls better. I have all of the parts, I wonder if they are >> any good. > > It should be possible, with a bit of work. Cylinder head with > pump, tank, pipes, suspension valve, accumulators (spheres), > shocks. Some fabrication will be needed, but nothing major. > >> I might even swap the rear to 85 gears while I >> am at it and see if it runs out better on the highway. > > I don't like the long-legged gearing on my 85. The engine is > running too slow at low highway speeds. (Best I can remember. > The tach is still dead....) The turbo isn't really working much > at 55-60 mph. > > -- Philip > > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
