Did the pan come out forward or backward? Did the radiator and condenser have to come out? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On September 12, 2016 8:55:59 PM EDT, 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
