Starter has been replaced. Huzzah! I took my time and spent some time fiddling with moving harnesses around to gain (better) access to mounting bolts while doing this in the middle of my driveway. I would say it’s an hour’s work on a lift. On my back in the driveway added maybe 30 minutes, as well as having to walk over to the garage every time I needed something.
No need to drop/move exhaust. I didn’t mess with the engine mount, either. With the starter mounting bolts out, you can move the starter around to the point where it is pointing straight down and out the opening. I brought it out terminals first so I could remove the wires, then put it back up and flipped it over. I would liken it to removing or replacing an ETA (throttle body) on an M119 engine. There seems to be a lot of room, but there’s only one way you can turn the ETA for it to clear everything. Not original - a Bosch remanufactured starter. Hmm. I haven’t looked it over to see if there’s a date code or something to try and figure out how old it is. Attempts to turn it by hand were not successful. It’s definitely borked internally. Orienting the lead to the solenoid is not fun - it sits precariously close to the engine mount heat shield. Lots of cables and stuff in the area aft of the starter which can prove challenging for getting at the star head starter bolts, but like doing a starter in a W123 as I recall, a bunch of extensions and swivel joints are helpful. Getting the bolts started back up wasn’t difficult, although the bottom bolt seemed sort of tight. I took it out and looked at the threads, which were OK, and just figured the tolerances must have been off the day they cut those threads. It cranked down just fine all the way. Car started right up and was able to drive it into the garage. Time to cool off then have a shower. -D _______________________________________ 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
