It is an om617.951 born in 02/84 Where does that leave me? FYI 300SD W126.120 Thanks Chris
Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: > Marshall, thanks for your answer. > > The idiot at the indy parts desk said that these bolts are NOT torque to > yield, so we are using the same bolts. You seem to be saying that they ARE > torque to yield...so we need new bolts...and that also means that since we > got half way throught the torquing, we wasted the head gasket too, no? > > Thanks a million. Later engines have torque to yield bolts, earlier engines don't. Check the workshop manual for when they changed over. I have NO idea what you have. Using the incorrect bolts will not give satisfactory results. Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2006 GSD, "Anke" -1985 300SD, 217K, "Wulf" -1982 300Dt, 117K, "little blue klatter box" -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 23 03:59:48 2006 Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net ([216.148.227.153]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gn5ka-0005Vi-Sq for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:59:48 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.6] (c-24-3-195-27.hsd1.pa.comcast.net[24.3.195.27]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20061123035728m13004qcdse>; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:57:28 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:23 -0500 From: Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] om617 head bolt torque specs X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:59:49 -0000 Christopher McCann wrote: > It is an om617.951 born in 02/84 Where does that leave me? > > FYI 300SD W126.120 > > Thanks > Chris > > Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher McCann wrote: >> Marshall, thanks for your answer. >> >> The idiot at the indy parts desk said that these bolts are NOT torque to >> yield, so we are using the same bolts. You seem to be saying that they ARE >> torque to yield...so we need new bolts...and that also means that since we >> got half way throught the torquing, we wasted the head gasket too, no? >> >> Thanks a million. > > > Later engines have torque to yield bolts, earlier engines don't. Check > the workshop manual for when they changed over. I have NO idea what you > have. Using the incorrect bolts will not give satisfactory results. > > Marshall Depends on what bolts came on YOUR engine. Covered in section 01-405 of the engine manual. Hex head screws seem to be for the older heads/gaskets/engines and double hex bolts are stretch bolts for the later engines. What's on your engine? Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
