Just keep doing what your doing with the back and forth Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Kaleb, > > That's what I'm doing, slowly back and forth, trying to get more out than > in. Three of them started moving and then tightened up! > > Letting the remaining four soak while I eat lunch now. > > The Beru literature says for a stuck plug, apply 12v for 3 minutes to heat > it up. I tried that on one plug, but that didn't seem to help. > > Any other tricks? > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> You are wasting your time with the oil in the >> Injector holes. On the stuck one try tightening it a bit then loose, work >> it back and forth. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bad report! Bad report! >>> >>> #1 plug appears to be intact. I decided to measure the ohms and see if >> the >>> filament was broken, it measured good. I decided to try twisting it a >>> little to see how badly it was broken, and now it refuses to move again. >>> Apparently it broke free a bit, and the big movement was misinterpreted >> by >>> me as a break. >>> >>> I've got all the remaining plugs soaking in penetrating oil from both >>> side. Injectors for #1, #3, #4 and #6 are out and I've filled the >>> pre-chambers several times each with penetrating oil. Changing the >> engine >>> oil will sure be cheaper than paying someone to fix a broken plug, and it >>> was just about due anyway. >>> >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Status report. >>>> >>>> #1 has broken. >>>> >>>> #2 loose, threads out, carbon holding it but should come out. >>>> >>>> #3, #4 moving a little bit. >>>> >>>> #5 out and replaced. Old plug star-marked Beru. >>>> >>>> #6 not attempted yet. >>>> >>>> #1 was moving, torque wrench set at 30 Nm. I was moving it slowly back >> and >>>> forth, getting just a little movement when it let go. Liberal use of >>>> penetrating oil, hot engine. >>>> >>>> Monday I will call around to see if any local shop has the special tool >>>> set for drilling out the broken plug. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Max Dillon >>>> Charleston SC >>>> '87 300TD >>>> '95 E300 >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
