Bravo! Next time, super glue the nuts in place? Probably won't be a next time... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On November 4, 2018 6:51:44 PM EST, Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >So I finally replaced the leaking radiator on my 240D today. I bought a >new Behr- Hella from FCP-Euro which cost $195 including shipping. >The job would have been really quick but re-attaching the engine oil >cooler to the radiator proved to be a real nightmare. The problem stems >from the fact that there is no way to secure the nuts on the inside of >the channel where the cooler gets bolted. The original Mercedes >radiator had the nuts pressed into the holes in the channel. The >replacement doesn’t have these captive nuts so it is virtually >impossible to keep them from falling away while installing the bolts >since there basically is no access to the tight space in the channel. >The lower one was the biggest problem which I eventually solved by >wedging a thin piece of wood in the channel to keep the nut in place >while installing the bolt. The wooden wedge had to be split and mangled >into oblivion in order to extract it from this tight space with the oil >cooler partially installed. I couldn’t just leave it there since it >would interfere with the proper installation of the cooler. Luckily, I >managed to get my finger in the channel to hold the upper nut in place >while installing the upper mounting bolt. There was a lot of cursing >and talking to myself while doing this job. The neighbors probably >think that I’m insane! > >Sent from my iPhone > >_______________________________________ >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
