(rubber roofing material) that is nearly indestructible in the weather, I'm
wondering if I should make one out of that?
Why not. It sounds like fun to me, and you'll have great satisfaction if it
works.
Kevin in Portland, OR
1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
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Been having dreams about car care and
wrenching on Gump recently. Always turn into nightmares with her
Well...? She's still a LOT better than the '72 220D I looked at yesterday!
It did, however, have the shifter hooked up and ready to go although it's
pretty safe to say that the only road
So the vac pump diaphragm on Brunnhilde is going bad yet again. This
will be the third one in about 3 years. I think I replaced this one
about a year ago. I can probably change it now in about 3 minutes. Is
there some kind of superduper polymeric material that might be better
than whatever
We have gone through a couple too -- I suspect that the metal disks are
getting a sharp edge and causing premature failure (you are putting the
convex sides to the diaphragm, right, not the flat sides?).
Blow out the screw hole with carb cleaner, too, and make sure it is oil
and moisture free
Not to malign your wrenching, but I was led to believe that the
diagram is delicate and if not installed just right has a tendancy to
fail quickly. I do not recall what the underlying cause was, but ...
maybe I just dreamed that. Been having dreams about car care and
wrenching on Gump
So the vac pump diaphragm on Brunnhilde is going bad yet again. This
will be the third one in about 3 years.
Sounds to me like something's wrong, either the pump is worn
inside such that it's damaging it, or you're installing it wrong.
They should last many years, each.
-- Jim
Yeah, I maligned my wrenching when I had to redo it, and tried this time
to get it right (although I think it was OK before). The first one I
replaced failed sorta halfway between the edge and the center, so don't
think it was the washer thingie that cut it. I don't drive the car that
much,
diagram is delicate and if not installed just right has a tendancy to
fail quickly.
I recall that you have to put a 1 preload on the bearing
before tightening down the diaphragm mounting screws. I put
a 1 piece of wood on the ground and crouched on the body
while I did mine. I promptly sold
Yeah, I made a little tool like that (twice) with some plywood bits,
have thrown both away. If I save the one for this job, the repair will
last forever.
--R
Jim Cathey wrote:
diagram is delicate and if not installed just right has a tendancy to
fail quickly.
I recall that you have
