Thanks. That I know, but for doing the mount I don't have to loosen the lock nut on the drive shaft.
What should have been a 30 minute job turned into a good hour. On the 140, the mount is an arrangement where a long bolt goes through the mount and a bracket that is bolted to the back of the transmission case. The nut on the through bolt had its corners stripped off and the bolt itself was not the proper size and had been driven with force into the aluminum bore in the mount, effectively seizing it. I had to remove the bracket with the mount, then use a socket, brass drift and BFH to drive the bolt out. Fortunately I have a wonderful Ace Hardware close by, so I was able to find the properly sized metric bolt and nut to replace what had been in the old mount. Once everything was in place I tightened it up and called it a night. Certainly not the same as a 123 or 126 transmission mount, but under normal circumstances should be a fairly simple job. Dan On Mar 21, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Rolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure about that but make sure you dont tighten up the lock nut on the DS > with the car in the air. Put it down, roll it back and forth a bit to let it > settle and then tighten it. > > On 3/20/2013 3:38 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: >> Getting ready to do this on the 140 since I had to make a work trip over by >> the dealer today. I was planning on Friday but since I was driving right by >> I went ahead and got it... >> >> I was reading last night over at Benzworld and someone mentioned a STAR >> article about doing the transmission mount and how important it was to >> "destress" the mount when installing it. >> >> Anyone know what they are talking about? >> >> I presume they are referring to installing the mount and tightening things >> up while they are in the proper position, as opposed to say bolting the >> mount to the crossmember, then raising it up and bolting it to the tranny? >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________ 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
