Wouldn't sand paper risk embedding garnet particles in the metal, which would prevent a good seal? I've got some really fine wet/dry paper, I think in grades from 800 up to 5000, that I use for sharpening wood chisels. I can easily get a mirror shine on those.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Other than tongue, the alternate and far more effective means of lapping > injector halves is with a glass plate and emery cloth or very fine > sandpaper. > > -D > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Mar 22, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I didn't lap them at all neither by tongue nor by some other abrasive, > just > > cleaned and put them back together. What would be the proper method for > > lapping, some abrasive like valve grinding compound on a plate of glass? > > > > I used diesel purge to try to clean them at first, and then as the > assembly > > lube. Diesel purge didn't really cut the carbon like I had hoped, but > > brake cleaner did a pretty good job of loosening it up. > > > > Car ran very nicely this a.m. except for the uneven idle, but then that > is > > how it would perform before after a diesel purge treatment. > > > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Yeah, the one time I tried the DIY injector rebuild didn't go so well. > >> Lapping the injector halves was the worst. It was probably a week > before I > >> could get the taste of diesel out of my mouth. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > 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
