If you mean taking it Michael E. Esh 231-286-2344
On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:26 AM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Mike: Delighted with the final result. Two bad used IPs most unusual by > all accounts. Question: was there ever a real injection timing check on > either of the "bad" used replacement IPs? > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mike Esh > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 8:54 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Amy Renouf; brandonren...@mac.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] On the road again! 1984 300D - Was Black smoke and loping > at idle. > > Time to celebrate! My 84 300D is back on the road. For those who did not > follow the story, I had hard starting issues for the last 3 summers, yes, > only in the summers. Help from this list determined that my injection pump > was wearing out. The pump finally gave up completely and I picked up a used > pump from Mitch and had a local mechanic install it. He could not get the > car to run properly with that pump or another used pump I picked up locally. > I spent over a month becoming very frustrated, angry and doubting the > abilities of of my mechanic while working with him to try and get the the > car running correctly. There were many helpful messages and suggestions > from the "list". However, the car would start and idle correctly but It > would belch black smoke and had no power when going down the road. > After much deliberation the mechanic and I decided to purchase a > new/rebuilt pump. The claim was that all internals were new, only the case > was used. Basically a new pump. The surprise was the cost to me would be > only $425.00. At that price(seems extremely cheap) I was very nervous and > worried about whether or not to continue down an already risky and getting > to be expensive path. I had already paid him the $600.00 he quoted me for > removing and installing the used pumps. At any rate we order it, install > it, and wonder of wonders, the pump worked perfectly and now the car starts > and runs better than ever. Cost to install new pump was $895.00 which > included the new pump, labor and miscellaneous gaskets and such. So the > total cost of the project was $1595.00 which includes the cost of the used > pumps. > All in all, I am happy to be able to continue driving my Mercedes for many > more miles using diesel fuel and waste vegetable oil. If I can get another > 100,000 miles from it before it rusts away I will be extremely happy. > Original cost of the car was $600.00. And other than paint, tires, shocks, > rubber bits, front suspension, motor mounts, transmission mounts, rear end > mount, drive shaft center support bearing, climate control unit, a/c > compressor times 2, radiator, wvo system, drive shaft flex joints, rebuilt > injectors, subframe bushings, one rear axle and boots, and a cruise control > amplifier this is my first major expense. Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahha (me > laughing crazily). > > Good thing I love my Mercedes diesel. > > Mike > Michael E. Esh > me...@horizonenv.com > michael...@mac.com > http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 > (C) 231.286.2344 > > On Jul 30, 2013, at 04:06 PM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > I know Mike said new OEM. But $600 sounds awful cheap for a new Bosch IP. A > new Doowan (Zexel clone) IP for my 4-cylinder Korean tractor is $1200-1500 > and that pump is just the top end of the Mercedes pump (the IP cam is > integral to the block). > > So I'd be inclined to ask a few more questions before going for a "new" IP. > But I'd only consider the new IP after first verifying that the installed IP > is in time (not likely) and verifying that the two other IPs on hand are > bad. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch > Haley > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:16 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Black smoke and loping at idle. > > Mitch Haley wrote: > rickknoble wrote: > New to you? Or OEM NOS? > I wonder if it's Bosch or the Indian company that made those turbo OM616 > clones? > $600 is probably half the cost of having a pump rebuilt. > > Oops, disregard. > Mike said New OEM. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 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
