Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
des-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:18 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Fred, never let a good crisis go to waste! Obvious to me that you need

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
That's ONE! No text, no attachment... -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:01 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber On 6/21/2010 8:

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Mitch Haley
pm7...@comcast.net wrote: Reply; Honey, I have 42 pairs of shoes in the closet, can I store my new lavender pumps on your side? Now, but you can store them at Jane's house. Her husband has my parts car in the back yard. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Frederick W Moir
Clowns, et al. The pre-chamber is $244 new from Rusty. Or $204 per his generous offer. I have managed to clean up the threads on the original, install injector and torque to spec. I cannot, however, find an '87 190DT for $200 within a reasonable radius of Boston, or anywhere else for that matter

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread pm7088
Reply; Honey, I have 42 pairs of shoes in the closet, can I store my new lavender pumps on your side? Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber > "Honey, I can buy a new prechamber for $300, or get an entire used car > for $200. Is it OK if I store the used donor car over at [fill in

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Jim Cathey
"Honey, I can buy a new prechamber for $300, or get an entire used car for $200. Is it OK if I store the used donor car over at [fill in name of friends]?" New: $300. Good used: $200, and comes in recyclable packaging. Sounds like a no-brainer to me! -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Rich Thomas
On 6/21/2010 8:45 AM, Frederick W Moir wrote: Max. My wife's wise to that one! Penalty of marrying an intelligent woman. A friend did offer a parking space, and boy was I tempted! Did get the pre-chamber threads cleaned up, the injector fits smoothly and torques down to spec. We'll see, Hm

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
..@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 8:45 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Max. My wife's wise to that one! Penalty of marrying an intelligent woman. A friend did offer a parking space, a

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Frederick W Moir
Max. My wife's wise to that one! Penalty of marrying an intelligent woman. A friend did offer a parking space, and boy was I tempted! Did get the pre-chamber threads cleaned up, the injector fits smoothly and torques down to spec. We'll see, Hmmm? Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/21/2010 7:17 AM, Dil

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-21 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:59 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Mitch. True. may be hard to start. The pre-chamber in the head and secure, then using the pl

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Frederick
Replace the pre-chamber. They are not mild steel, and "repairs" will result in an injector blowing out of the hold. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Curt, Mitch. The head numbers are different between 961 and 962, as are the pre-chambers, sorta, kinda. Geez, I miss Marshall. He would know. Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/2010 9:38 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Curt Raymond wrote: Is that engine appreciably different from the 602 in a 300D? I think w

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Curt, et al. AFAIK the 602.961 inclined pre-chambers are inclined in a different way in a 601.962. Early 961 and 962's Up to engine #3837 are the same, different after. Don't quote me, I so confuzzed. TTFN Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/2010 9:07 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Is that engine appreciably

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
OK Don. Right first time! Hip hip hooray! Someone reads Sanskrit a la Fred. Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/2010 8:54 PM, OK Don wrote: FYI - this isn't thte hole in the head - the pre-chamber is inserted into the head, a locking ring holds in the head, and the injector screws into the pre-chamber. I

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Rick. All would agree that an "at leisure" welder in the neighborhood would be a very good thing. I don't, however, need a hole filled. These are the (boogered) threads that hold in the injector. Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/2010 8:20 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: I doubt that you can helicoil so

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Mitch. True. may be hard to start. The pre-chamber in the head and secure, then using the plastic crap excluder to get the right angle and the wery wery carefully turn the handle. After that I'll probably call Rusty! Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/2010 7:23 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Frederick W Moir w

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: Is that engine appreciably different from the 602 in a 300D? I think with a 87 and a 90-93 OM602 one would have vertical injection and the other inclined, which would mean different heads and prechambers at least. Mitch. ___ http://www

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Peter T. Arnold
A well stocked machine shop would have the tap & h-coil. $50 would be a high price to do the work. -Pete- On 6/18/2010 5:37 PM, Frederick W Moir wrote: Rick, et al. That would be my next guess, although an M22x1.5 helicoil kit may cost as much as a new pre-chamber. Onward and upward. Fred

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Curt Raymond
Is that engine appreciably different from the 602 in a 300D? -Curt Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:59:15 -0400 From: Frederick W Moir To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Message-ID: <4c1bde23.6040...@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread OK Don
FYI - this isn't thte hole in the head - the pre-chamber is inserted into the head, a locking ring holds in the head, and the injector screws into the pre-chamber. I read the problem as being the injector holding htreads inside the pre-chamber. I could have mis-read however. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 a

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Walt Zarnoch
I'd think that a new one is worth the expense, but that's just my 2 cents. Walt On Jun 18, 2010 8:20 PM, "Rick Knoble" wrote: > I doubt that you can helicoil something as thin as the pre-chamber, but then > again, I've neve... Another thought would be to have the old hole welded up and then d

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Rick Knoble
> I doubt that you can helicoil something as thin as the pre-chamber, but then > again, I've never asked about it. Another thought would be to have the old hole welded up and then drill a new hole and tap it. My local weld shop guy can weld cast iron, aluminum, steel, stainless. He can't weld

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Frederick W Moir wrote: I'm going to try a M22x1.5 bottom tap on it, when the head comes back Can you set it up in a drill press to hold alignment, and turn the chuck by hand, maybe using a chuck key for a handle? It can be fun to get a bottoming tap started straight by hand,, especially if

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread OK Don
I doubt that you can helicoil something as thin as the pre-chamber, but then again, I've never asked about it. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Frederick W Moir wrote: > Rick, et al. > That would be my next guess, although an M22x1.5 helicoil kit may cost as > much as a new pre-chamber. > Onward

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Rick, et al. That would be my next guess, although an M22x1.5 helicoil kit may cost as much as a new pre-chamber. Onward and upward. Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel headache #5 On 6/18/2010 5:04 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: I've never had a head for these apart yet, but can you have the machine shop helico

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Rick Knoble
> No, no cracks, just some ham-fisted as...le cross-threaded the injector > and damaged the threads in the pre-chamber. (How do you do that?!!). > I'm going to try a M22x1.5 bottom tap on it, when the head comes back > from the machine shop. Clean and skim. I've never had a head for these apar

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
Rolf, et al. No, no cracks, just some ham-fisted as...le cross-threaded the injector and damaged the threads in the pre-chamber. (How do you do that?!!). I'm going to try a M22x1.5 bottom tap on it, when the head comes back from the machine shop. Clean and skim. TTFN Fred Moir Lynn MA On 6/18/

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Rolf
, Rusty Cullens wrote: I can do it for $204.00 Rusty Cullens BuyMBparts, Inc. www.buyMBparts.biz - Original Message - From: "Frederick W Moir" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Hi, all. Does a

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick W Moir
.buyMBparts.biz - Original Message - From: "Frederick W Moir" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Hi, all. Does anyone have a pre-chamber for an '87 190DT, 602.961? P/N 6010101552. I'd like to buy a

Re: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-17 Thread Rusty Cullens
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: [MBZ] 190DT Prechamber Hi, all. Does anyone have a pre-chamber for an '87 190DT, 602.961? P/N 6010101552. I'd like to buy a good used one, as MB's $244+ is almost what I paid for the car. TIA F

[MBZ] 190DT Prechamber

2010-06-17 Thread Frederick W Moir
Hi, all. Does anyone have a pre-chamber for an '87 190DT, 602.961? P/N 6010101552. I'd like to buy a good used one, as MB's $244+ is almost what I paid for the car. TIA Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel headache #5 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go