Re: [MBZ] NOW TURBOCHARGER --*** WAS Transmission W124 91 300D (now back to AT?) ; -)

2013-07-07 Thread Larry T
Thanks Peter -- I still have a number of replies to read but I need to pull the lower covers so I can start looking over the AT to see if somethingis broken..If there are plastic parts in the kick-down linkcage that's a possibility of beingbroken it's certainly something I need to check

Re: [MBZ] NOW TURBOCHARGER --*** WAS Transmission W124 91 300D (now back to AT?) ; -)

2013-07-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The flapper above the turbo has nothing to do with the turbo. You need to hook it up to the waste gate on the turbo if you are trying to manually operate it to see if you get boost. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Larry T wrote: > Hi Gang - >Didn't start early doing my tro

Re: [MBZ] NOW TURBOCHARGER --*** WAS Transmission W124 91 300D (now back to AT?) ; -)

2013-07-06 Thread Peter Frederick
If you can hear the turbo, it's shot, they are very quiet. Just because the flap moves doesn't mean you have boost, but you do have one working switchover valve anyway. Check the kickdown cable for proper operation. I don't know if it works like the one on the 87, but if it does it is all

Re: [MBZ] NOW TURBOCHARGER --*** WAS Transmission W124 91 300D (now back to AT?) ; -)

2013-07-06 Thread Craig
On Sat, 06 Jul 2013 21:36:57 -0400 Larry T wrote: > Hi Gang - > Didn't start early doing my trouble shooting - wife worked > o'time. But what I did - hooked a vacuum gauge to the vac hose going to > the the flapper valve above the Turbo - pulled approx 6" at idle and > then went to 10 or mor

Re: [MBZ] NOW TURBOCHARGER --*** WAS Transmission W124 91 300D (now back to AT?) ; -)

2013-07-06 Thread Larry T
Hi Gang - Didn't start early doing my trouble shooting - wife worked o'time. But what I did - hooked a vacuum gauge to the vac hose going to the the flapper valve above the Turbo - pulled approx 6" at idle and then went to 10 or more when I revved it up. Then I re-attached the hose to th