I had to fix the M117 in tghe '78 450SLC when it refused to start. I found so many hard, cracked, loose rubber parts in the intake/fuel system that I was surprised it ran as long as it did. Replacing ALL the rubber in the fuel/intake system was not a trivial job, and one peice of three ended molded rubber was well over $100 from the stealer.I'd assume that all the rubber bits need to be replaced for the engine to run properly, and that you will cause leaks if not destroy parts on disassembly.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Marshall had lots of cars and I don't think he did his own work, or if he > did he must have had a nice warm garage. > > The one time I failed to replace all 4 I ended up doing it at 0F, outside, > at night, with my wife holding a flashlight. NOT a mistake I'll want to do > again. > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:02:31 -0600 > From: Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 190E 2.3 question > Message-ID: <20120221140231.e436bc95.fmi...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > Curt Raymond wrote: > > > Which is why when one glowplug fails I replace them all... > > > > Marshall hated that. > > About 2 weeks ago I had one glowplug fail. So I pulled a used > spare I had and installed it. A week later, 120 miles from > home on a cold evening, the other 4 plugs failed. Yup - I'm > with Curt on this one. I have new plugs on the list to order > from Q, but hadn't placed the order yet 'cause I wanted to > figure out where the coolant is leaking to determine if I need a > new water pump, so replacing one plug was to be a temporary > situation. > > -- 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 > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ 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
