Nice! I was shocked how much quieter my '78 240D was after I finally did the valves myself. I think my Indy was leaving them a little loose or he was starting the car to take it in the shop before he did them. He certainly didn't take the time on them that I did...
-Curt ________________________________ From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Testing Prius Yes, finally did re-adjust the valves. I think it starts faster. Someone suggested I should drive it some and then re-set again. Will likely wait until spring but will do that too. Not really a hard thing to do. Would like to find a ratcheting box end that fits the power steering pulley nut and add a bit on it so I could crank it over without sticking my arm down in by the rad as that was a bit of a pain. Apart from that, just need to remember which wrenches I used to do the one valve where the "special" wrenches did not fit well. Will see how it starts when it gets a bit colder. That was the starting issue as it got unhappy when the temperatures dropped off. RB On 05/09/2014 1:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > You did finally set the valves on the 300D didn't you? Hows that working out? > I seem to remember the car was getting a little harder to start. > > Anybody interested in a Prius should watch this: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DFzl6ZU5k > > Actually anybody interested in old cars should be watching the Roadkill > series period... > > -Curt > > > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
