Went to the PO this morning to pick up a set of cast aluminum oil tubes for one of my M119 engines. These were typically made of plastic and have a nasty habit of the end caps popping off, causing oil pressure to drop on one or more lifters. MB made cast aluminum ones for a couple of years, but they're scarce as hen's teeth. Buddied up with a guy over in Cocoa Beach that trolls the local P&Ps for them, puts them in the ultrasonic cleaner and puts new O rings on them. Been waiting for a set for months and just got the call from him last week. Score!
Went under the S500 to try and identify the slow leak, more like seepage, of PS fluid. Figured one of the hoses had gotten porous from age and temps, but no such thing - thank goodness, as the PS lines on the W140 are near impossible to replace in frame. The WIS says to drop the steering gear to get them out. Anyway, it turns out my seepage is coming from a stubby little low pressure line that runs between the bottom of the PS reservoir and the top of the pump. It's all of maybe 2" in length, but it's buried underneath the reservoir. Close inspection shows that the pump has to come out to replace it, unless the top tube can be pressed out of the casting it's in according to the diagrams in the EPC. The bottom clamp on it was loose, and I was able to get a 1/4 drive with a universal on the clamp and tighten it. I'm hoping that's the end of that. Cleaned the interior out and gave the car a good washing. I'll be handing the keys over to the youngest tonight or tomorrow, in order to keep the love flowing for MB products in the family. I hope he treats it well. If not, I'll know it.... Dan On Jan 25, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > I had a busy day, got out the Polaris that I put new crank seals in and made > a video of how easy it starts. It started first pull from cold in the garage, > then it got camera shy and I had to do a retake... > > Finally got the skis aligned correctly (or so I hope) on the big Ski-Doo, > they have to toe out slightly, of course first I had to find straight, then > get them set correctly. Vacuumed some crud out from under the carbs, fixed > the battery hold down which had broken and finally replaced the port side > steering carbide which required re-welding one of the hold down studs on > which I'd previously done a poor weld which broke. That took me 3 tries, for > some reason I just couldn't get it on straight. > > Got everything picked up and put away just as it started snowing. We're only > supposed to get an inch. Its a tragedy. > > -Curt > > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:58:58 -0500 > From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > To: "mercedes list" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: [MBZ] OT - Alone again > Message-ID: <A249600E7D974887B957373BC2F003B6@wiltonPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 30?F at 1030 AM on a January Saturday and all alone. Woe is me - woe am I, > too. > > Wilton > _______________________________________ > 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
