Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-30 Thread OK Don
Tell her you were defending her honor -- On 12/29/05, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keep your hands in your pockets and tell her "you should see the other guy". -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venga

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-30 Thread Hans Neureiter
Keep your hands in your pockets and tell her "you should see the other guy". But don't it feel so good when it finally *THUNKS*. On 12/29/05, tom savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I did it. Further pushing and pulling on the pumpkin yielded no > new results. Tried to undo the big nut o

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-30 Thread John Ervine
tom savage wrote: Put everything back together and I'm good to go. Go where? I've got a date in an hour and a black eye and "not with those hands" hands. But at least my car works :) Chicks dig scars. Not sure about black eyes, though. -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 268+kmi 1980 300TD

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-30 Thread tom savage
Well I did it. Further pushing and pulling on the pumpkin yielded no new results. Tried to undo the big nut on the driveshaft, but it wouldn't budge. Had no trouble getting it off a few years ago; must have done a good job reinstalling it. So I unhooked the driveshaft at the differential to

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-29 Thread tom savage
Russ Williams wrote: It's one Big PITA to get them all stabbed into the subframe again. I just went thru this with my wife's 123 240D. Thanks for the tips, guys; I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one to find this frustratingly difficult. I should note that with none of the studs tighte

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-29 Thread Russ Williams
Tom, Just loosen the rear stud nuts until they are almost off. Then if you have a floor jack use it to jack up the diff. to the subframe. Don't take off the nuts for the front studs while doing this. It's one Big PITA to get them all stabbed into the subframe again. I just went thru this with my

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-28 Thread OK Don
Just a WAG - but if that doesn't do it, perhaps loosening the nut at the driveshaft spline will help? On 12/28/05, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loosen the two rear studs and see of this gives you enough movement to push > the front into place. > > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > 256-656-19

Re: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-28 Thread Tom Hargrave
: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe Hello all, I just finished replacing a rear trailing arm on my '82 300D, which was quite an adventure. Along the way I (unnecessarily, it turned out) separated the differential from the subframe. Now everything is

[MBZ] 123 - mating differential to subframe

2005-12-28 Thread tom savage
Hello all, I just finished replacing a rear trailing arm on my '82 300D, which was quite an adventure. Along the way I (unnecessarily, it turned out) separated the differential from the subframe. Now everything is back together, but the diff refuses to fully rejoin the subframe. The two rea