Glad it's working out! And now on to the bodywork!! Sent from my iPhone
On May 31, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I got lucky... The timing chain tensioner was leaking oil because we'd tried > unscrewing it and had forgotten to tighten it back up. > > Unfortunately its an absolute bear to get to. Its behind the bracket for the > York AC compressor but one of the bolts for the AC compressor is behind the > water pump pulley which is itself behind the fan which, as I didn't want to > remove the radiator is behind the shroud. The job wouldn't be so bad if I had > another elbow. > > Last night after the sun went down (I waited for it to cool off some) I got > it all apart, tightened the tensioner and got most everything back together. > This is where my luck departed, I'd managed to snag the belt behind the water > pump pulley and didn't realize it until I'd tightened the fan down. Theres a > little crevice where theres just enough space to trap the belt but not damage > it. I could barely bend over that that point so I quit for the night. Even > though I'd waited for it to cool off I was a sweaty dirty mess... > > This morning before it got too hot (supposed to get to the mid '90s today) I > got out there, managed to shift the belt by just loosening the bolts on the > fan which is great, that first one is a BEAR to get in when you can't see the > 3 holes it has to go through. > > Took the car for a 20+ mile ride, there was a little stink of burning oil for > a couple minutes at first as the residual burned off but then no problems. > The car runs good, feels like it has slightly more power too. I stopped at > CarQuest and picked up 40# of speedy dry which my driveway badly needs from > all the leaking oil. I also grabbed some wire and heat shrink tubing so I can > fix the wiring to the AC compressor. Some previous owner had put a butt > connector on and the wire broke again just before the connector... > > -Curt > > _______________________________________ > 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
