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Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: Finally put some work into my '87 "white whale", which is in the middle of a head replacement, going on six months.... To recap a little, pulled old cracked head, found some issues with the timing chain rails and tensioner, decided to pull timing case and replace all the rails. Locked the crank, put 27mm socket on the beaker bar, expected a big fight but the bolt came out very easily.... Pulled the crank damper assembly, found a lot of RTV on the 3 stacked washers and the big bolt, hmmmm. Front of the engine is absolutely coated with oil and accumulated dirt, and my independent mechanic told me years ago the front crank seal needed to be replaced. Cleaned a lot of the mess off the timing cover area, removed the generator and its mount, removed vacuum pump, loosened the power steering pump, and then finally could pull the case. Once the case was off, I pulled the old crank seal and cleaned up the case, and found damage to the inner surface where the seal is supposed to seal against the case (picture to follow). The are two deep gouges, looks like some knuckle head really mucked it up. Gouges have raised edge and holes. I need to take down the high parts and fill in the low parts, probably use JB Weld. Good news is the engine should use a lot less oil once it is back on the road. Max -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _____________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMAG0146.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 62102 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20110915/5e050384/attachment.jpg> _______________________________________ 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
