Re: [MBZ] ATTN Dave Walton
Pics don't look too bad to me. I replaced the rod at 180k. That car is now at 225k. I needed to get the car back in service and was tired of screwing around with it so I put the heavier rod back in without matching it's weight to the others. There is no way to reduce it's weight without taking off good metal. I only replaced the rod and a couple head bolts that were out of spec. I recall that one or two of the valve lifters looked worn on one side and replaced those too. Probably did not have to do that. I know everyone has their list of what should be replaced when doing a job like this (which I ignored) and I probably pissed off the engine-gods for not balancing the rods, but the truth is this engine is flawed from the start and no one but Mercedes knows how to rebuild them right. You could spend 5K replacing all the wear parts and you would still have a defective engine. My advice is to cut your losses, replace the bent rod, get the car back together and enjoy driving it. And no, it is not yet burning oil or making funky noises or blowby. When it dies for real I'll be replacing it with a 606.962 from a W210 E300. This is the car that I run on 100% WVO during the summer. I thin it with diesel or kerosene in the winter. They can take a lot of abuse :-) -Dave Walton On 12/1/09, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Hey dave, Did you check out those pics I posted after I pulled my #1 rod/piston? Did your look similar when you did it. So you just replaced the 1 rod, how many miles have you put on it since? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ATTN Dave Walton
Do you remember if your piston had wear to the front side like mine did? Did your cylinder have the hone marks worn off the front side, or do you remember? Im probably just going to replace the rod, piston, put it back together and see what happens. My other plan is to replace all 6 rods, and if something happens down the road, I will at least have 6 rods I can put in another engine if I need to. 3rd option is to see if that spare motor I have is any good. dave walton wrote: Pics don't look too bad to me. I replaced the rod at 180k. That car is now at 225k. I needed to get the car back in service and was tired of screwing around with it so I put the heavier rod back in without matching it's weight to the others. There is no way to reduce it's weight without taking off good metal. I only replaced the rod and a couple head bolts that were out of spec. I recall that one or two of the valve lifters looked worn on one side and replaced those too. Probably did not have to do that. I know everyone has their list of what should be replaced when doing a job like this (which I ignored) and I probably pissed off the engine-gods for not balancing the rods, but the truth is this engine is flawed from the start and no one but Mercedes knows how to rebuild them right. You could spend 5K replacing all the wear parts and you would still have a defective engine. My advice is to cut your losses, replace the bent rod, get the car back together and enjoy driving it. And no, it is not yet burning oil or making funky noises or blowby. When it dies for real I'll be replacing it with a 606.962 from a W210 E300. This is the car that I run on 100% WVO during the summer. I thin it with diesel or kerosene in the winter. They can take a lot of abuse :-) -Dave Walton On 12/1/09, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Hey dave, Did you check out those pics I posted after I pulled my #1 rod/piston? Did your look similar when you did it. So you just replaced the 1 rod, how many miles have you put on it since? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ATTN Dave Walton
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: 3rd option is to see if that spare motor I have is any good. Or see if the spare motor has a matched set of beefier rods. I believe there were more than two different rods, so even if the GSA engine has better rods than the one you took apart, new rods would likely be even better/heavier. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ATTN Dave Walton
All I know about that spare engine is that it has that crate motor tag on it, and I have always wanted to see what rods it has in it. I guess I could pull the pan and see if I can see any numbers on the rods. Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: 3rd option is to see if that spare motor I have is any good. Or see if the spare motor has a matched set of beefier rods. I believe there were more than two different rods, so even if the GSA engine has better rods than the one you took apart, new rods would likely be even better/heavier. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
