> Curley wrote: > Well, it may be the end of the road for the rusty SDL. > Yesterday there was a puddle in front of it. I saw a wet stream > down the RF of the block from the head gasket. Sad. Should > I try buffing it and JBWeld?
:( Are you thinking "pull the head, grind out the leak, fill with JBWeld" or "clean up the outside and pile on the JBWeld and hope for the best" If it truly is just a coolant leak at the head gasket I would expect JBWeld to do fine. It doesn't do so well above 500F - but the water jacket will never get that hot. Pile up the JBWeld on the outside seems to me to have a slim chance - but it's also not much work. Pulling the head is a lot more effort, provide a better chance of success - but if it fails you have a lot more invested... > I have perused CL and not much interesting. Dan and Floyd seem > to have the $500 to $1500 Diesel market cornered, except for the > one Craig snagged. Nothing in the plain jane E320 lines either. How 'bout a '77 6.9 for $500? I'm a couple hours away. https://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/dittmer-1977-mercedes-450sel-69/6788258292.html Or a $1100 '88 300se? About 3 hours away. https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/d/shell-knob-project-mercedes-benz-300-se/6783731249.html _______________________________________ 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
