Congratulations on your success... It would be interesting to do a teardown on the kinked starter and see what failed to have it lock up..
On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 12:54 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The 642 is shorter so less room I would assume requiring the mount to come > out. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 15, 2023, at 12:59 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
