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> On Jan 21, 2023, at 6:14 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I took off the intake manifold today and cleaned everything well. It was > actually not to hard to get it out, had to snake it under the wiring > harnesses for the injectors and some other sensors. > > There was a considerable amount of oil in one side of the manifold. I guess > that was from the PCV? Got all that drained out and cleaned up with brake > cleaner. The manifold looks pretty nice. I didn’t take out the injectors and > fuel rail so I didn’t want to hit it with the steamer or other cleaner to get > it totally clean but it looks pretty good. The engine was actually pretty > clean although there were acorns and shite in there from mice or rats so I > cleaned all that out. The wiring all looked ok. > > The oil cooler, which is beneath the intake manifold and heads and is a known > leak problem, looked pretty good. I’m hoping it has not or does not kakk. The > guy I bought it from thought this was the issue but now I’m thinking it was > the cam position sensor (which to replace requires the removal of the intake > manifold, ugh). So that’s a positive, for now. > > Had new gaskets so put those in. There is only one locator pin which is weird > so I had to use a bit of adhesive to hold them in place then still had to > work them around a bit through a bolt hole. But I got everything in properly. > > Went to get the small torque wrench I got at HF a coupla weeks ago and could > not find the damn thing. I thought sure I had put it in my tool bag so it > would be available when I was ready to do this job. Nope. I have no idea now > where I put the thing, I looked everywhere. Bah. > > I broke an elbow on the brake booster vac line and then another one today on > the PCV hose as I was moving it out of the way. I guess I’ll have to order > new ones, sigh. The plastic ells were totally brittle after 22yr so > understandable. I don’t think they are individually available so a whole > assembly it is. I might see if I could bodge up some copper ells in the > meantime. > > I need to get another torque wrench since I can’t find the one I got (I blame > covids brain fog). I guess I’ll do that tomorrow, thus insuring I immediately > find the other one. > > > > > > > > So anyway, getting this Beeste sorted , can’t wait to fire that sucker up and > take it for a run! > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > _______________________________________ > 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
