You for sure can't remove a 693 oil pan in a 140. Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 7:55 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I beg to differ, having done just that when the SDL slipped off the jack > and put a hole in the pan. Also, yes, it can be welded. The trick is to > keep the top surface flat during the process - not that easy. An > experienced welder did mine, and it held until Kleb got the car - don't > know the current status. > > You have to remove a bunch of stuff and loosen an engine mount or two and > lift the engine a bit, but you don't have to pull the engine to R&R the pan. > > The saga of my pan is in the archives somewhere . . . > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Removing the oil pan without pulling the engine is not possible. >> >> There is a side-mounted "tank" (I can't think of the word right now) bolted >> to the passenger side of the oil pan, which serves to increase the volume >> of oil in the pan. If you remove that "tank", there will be a very small >> opening that would give you limited access to the inside of the pan. I >> think the opening would be about an inch high and a few inches long? Might >> allow you to clean the inside of the pan (flush out the drain hole) if you >> do any drilling and tapping. >> >> In your situation, it's probably best to leave the patch alone, but make >> sure the low oil warning circuit is operating. >> >> If you could fabricate a metal plate to screw / bolt over the wound, and >> strengthen it up so that catastrophic failure is less likely, that might be >> helpful and not too expensive. I'll bet that a previous driver / owner ran >> into some object, damaging the leading edge of the bottom of the pan. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > 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
