Ok, grabbed teenager, dropped by dealer and picked up 5 liters of
hydraulic fluid, copper washers, misc other things I needed like
power steering filter etc. Parts guy said it's like christmas? Since
this was on top of my earlier order two weeks back to get all the
other parts I needed. Kinda I said, but my son thinks it's lumps of
coal in his socking tho. Also picked up new hose from local
hydraulic shop, where they removed the old fittings, silver soldered
them onto standard fittings and fitted hose. $50 for that, bargain,
well as compared to the vet bill for the male cat who lost some cat
fight over the weekend. He's on the sofa, pissed because he's not
allowed out for a few days because the stitches need to heal a bit.
So attached new feed hose, hollow bolt, new washers, and new high
pressure hose. Last night we drained the muck out of the reservoir,
gray and somewhat like motor oil in viscosity, where as the hydraulic
fluid is more like water. So pour 2 liters into tank, started up
motor, let pump prime and flush new hoses, good, connect to hard line
and then flush system for a bit, spare kids standing about bounce on
rear bumper, once tank return line flowed clean we were done. So not
only did I replace the filter, which was dirty but no surprises, I
also dropped a hard disk magnet into the filter assembly to snatch up
any metal, much like what I found in the w140.
So since the weekend, we managed to flush all three hydraulic
systems, deal with the surprise in the w140 hydraulic filter, flush
and replace the power steering filter in the w124, and replace the
hydraulic soft hoses in the w123, plus my son pulled the w123
passenger door panel and replaced the faulty vacuum pod and replaced
with a used one from the local junkyard. Lastly he noted the door
lock assembly seemed busted, a plastic part on the lock normally
engages the rod end to open the door by pushing the rod which has a
spring assembly in it to allow it to move. However in the past the
spring broke, a common issue, and someone bolted the assembly
together making it ridged, then some mmm teenager likely tried to
open the passenger door with the key and busted the plastic part in
the lock.
Later this week, we'll run some diesel purge in the w124 again, and
do the w123, plus change the main fuel filter on that, it's due for
it's major service now and we'll do a few things to reduce the shop
costs a bit. Someday I might graduate to doing the valve adjustments,
but not this time, oh and visit the junk yard for a door lock assembly.
On 9-Aug-06, at 10:22 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Alas it will take a few days to a week to procure any sort of
replacement high pressure hose hose.
Take the hose to your local hydraulic hose shop, they should be
able to put on new rubber while you wait.
-- Jim
John
1983 300TDt 368k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990's 300TDt 172k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 180k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
