Stoddard Solvent is dry cleaning fluid. Works wonders at cleaning virtually
everything. I remember procuring a gallon of it when I was going through AOCS
in Pensacola for the class. We kept it in the mop closet (away from prying
eyes). At the dreaded rifle inspection the DI could not find
According to OSHA Stoddard solvent is a mineral spirits type solvent,
obtainable in many paint stores.
As a child during the 1930s I remember being sent to the filling station
(service station) on the corner with an empty gallon jug for naptha.
Further checking found that the term naphtha
Hah, that reminds me of comment from new SECDEF to a staff sergeant yesterday.
Mr Hagel served as an Army grunt in Vietnam, and told the sergeant there was a
time in his life when he was terrified of staff sergeants. Sergeant replied
You should be sir.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300,
'Nother ATTABOY! for the sergeant.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Power Steering/Steering Gearbox Question
Hah, that reminds me
Looking for a possible drain on the steering gear on my W140, I noticed there
was a large bolt head about halfway up the front (bottom) side.
Anyone know if this is a drain?
I don't want to be removing bolts from the steering gear box without knowing
what they are for
Dan
Come on, live life on the edge!
--R
On 3/13/13 4:39 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Looking for a possible drain on the steering gear on my W140, I noticed there
was a large bolt head about halfway up the front (bottom) side.
Anyone know if this is a drain?
I don't want to be removing bolts from the
There is no drain bolt, but...
The hole for the locking bolt (locks the steering gear in center position) is
what I use. FSM should describe that job and show the bolt. It is either 13
or 14mm. Once you get it out, if the steering is pointed straight ahead, you
will see a detent in the hole
I opened the return line and slipped some rubber hose over it with a clamp,
hooked up a harbor freight 12 volt pump and sucked it dry... then plumbed
in a 2 liter bottle of stoddard solvent and did a power flush of the
whole PS system while turning the wheel from lock to lock [car up on
stands]
The return line on the W140 is pretty tough to get to, nothing like earlier
models where it's right out there with a hose clamp on it. I don't have any
Stoddard solvent, but I do have two liters of MB PS fluid, so I have plenty to
flush.
I'm not keen about the turkey baster/suck the reservoir
Where do you find stoddard solvent these days? I haven't seen it years -
but haven't really tried. I used many gallons of it washing the oil off the
belly of Dad's C195, back in the day!
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
I opened the return line and slipped some
The turkey baster does work over time. Without solvent or flush I'd expect
any new fluid to turn dark pretty quick. Once you do it a few times you'd
be able to see the filter at the bottom of the reservoir for quite a while.
The new fluid will end up cleaning stuff up or mixing with fluid you
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