We lucked out on my brother's SDL (yes, those bend rods too, usually
#1) because he broke an exhaust stud off and we had to remove the
head to fix it. Actually, the MB dealer's monkeys broke it by
grossly overtightening the manifold nuts when they did his trap
replacement, but that's not t
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From: Jim Cathey
Sent: Dec 2, 2009 1:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] DIY not
Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can slap a
good used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go. Somebody
on this list replace
Yes. The new gasket is reinforced in that area.
-Dave Walton
On 12/2/09, John Robbins wrote:
> Peter Frederick wrote:
>
> > I personally think the rod bending problem is only partially the
> > rods. I've had the head off three of these things recently, and in
> > every case there is some eviden
Peter Frederick wrote:
I personally think the rod bending problem is only partially the
rods. I've had the head off three of these things recently, and in
every case there is some evidence of excessive oil in #1. There is a
known failure mode of the head gasket at the oil passage across the
fro
ve to be
restored to factory specs, which are tighter than most automotive repair shops
are used to. A diesel shop will do it right every time, all diesels are like
that.
Peter
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>From: Jim Cathey
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last any longer. Same reasons, for that matter.
Peter
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>From: Mitch Haley
>Sent: Dec 2, 2009 8:59 AM
>To: Mercedes Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [MBZ] DIY not
>
>What I fear is that if he does the sleeve and piston,
What I fear is that if he does the sleeve and piston, he'll end up with an
expensive repair that fails in 20-50k like most all of the non factory rebuilt
350s have.
Mitch.
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Kaleb wrote: "Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can
slap a
good used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go. Somebody on
this list replace their bent #1 rod only and have not had a bit of trouble."
I agree with that. He did seem to have some data to back up h
Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can slap a
good used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go. Somebody
on this list replace their bent #1 rod only and have not had a bit of
trouble.
You are probably right, especially if you're not planning
to get another 2
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can slap a
good used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go.
New rings no matter what else you do, OK?
Mitch.
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BLASPHEMER!!!
Bob R
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
> Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can slap a good
> used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go. Somebody on this
> list replace their bent #1 rod only and have not had a bit o
Not everything booth said was always 100% correct. I bet I can slap a
good used piston in, replace the one rod and be good to go. Somebody on
this list replace their bent #1 rod only and have not had a bit of trouble.
Donald Snook wrote:
RLE wrote:
"Ya know, even before I was kicked off the
RLE wrote:
"Ya know, even before I was kicked off the Ritter list which was a few years
back, it was well known and discussed widely that these engines were
designed on the verge of failure and that the only acceptable repair was a
factory
reman."
That's exactly what Dr. Booth used to say.
Don
i daresay that roger is correct here. it's over for that motor. you aren't
going to get this done with some quick and dirty fix.
not that i agree with roger, but rather i agree with whoever he stole that
idea from.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:18 AM, wrote:
> > ..Kaleb, et al. The piston is no l
> ..Kaleb, et al. The piston is no longer "round". A lot of pistons are
> "Cam ground", sort of oval to accommodate wear perpendicular to the pin. Do
> not know if MBZ does this in diesel engines.
> Also, the piston is no longer the same weight as the others. Balance you
> know. This will make m
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