Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-23 Thread Loren Faeth
Jeff, The pump is rebuildable. If you need a rebuild, call Rusty with you VIN, and the manufacturer from the plate on the side of the pump, and Rusty will get a kit to you. Both of mine are Vickers, but 2 different kind of pumps. I would guess you could crack the high pressure line at the

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-23 Thread Jeff
The only pump I see a rebuild kit for is the PS pump WITHOUT self levelling rear... Am I missing something?? Jeff Zedic Toronto

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-23 Thread Loren Faeth
Call Rusty! Yes, you are missing something! At 10:43 PM 2/22/2006, you wrote: The only pump I see a rebuild kit for is the PS pump WITHOUT self levelling rear... Am I missing something?? Jeff Zedic Toronto ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick
You will need to load it up pretty good for bleed it without opening the lines -- two husky guys on the tailgate with the engine running should cause it to pump back up. However, if you are low on fluid, it will get full of air and bounce -- check the fluid level and fill if necessary. You

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Actually the system is pretty much self bleeding. It will have air in it at first but will bleed out rather quickly on its own. Peter Frederick wrote: You will need to load it up pretty good for bleed it without opening the lines -- two husky guys on the tailgate with the engine running

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread John Berryman
On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 07:19 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: Don't get squashed -- put it up on jack stands to work on it. Peter I like ramps if a drive on lift is not an option. The weight is on the wheels where you need it. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Jeff Zedic
I have it up on ramps for safety! Theree is plenty of oil and the system has had its new accumlators for over a week now and now self-bleeding has taken place. When I took it apart there was plenty of pressure and I got a nice hydraulic oil bath for my efforts! I'm wondering if what another

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Mitch Haley
Jeff Zedic wrote: I'm wondering if what another lister has said has happened to me. He said that after replcing his cells the valve had been hammered to death by the dead old cells.ideas?? I say that about the 16v because the pump sends oil to the valve, which comes back up the return

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Marshall Booth
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Actually the system is pretty much self bleeding. It will have air in it at first but will bleed out rather quickly on its own. Unless the arm to the valve is loose (or something else is broken), usually the system will bleed out after 25-50 miles of driving even if

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-22 Thread Jeff
Plenty of oil in the reservoir Also Jeff Zedic Toronto

[MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-21 Thread Jeff Zedic
OK, I'm beginning to get a little pissed here.. I replaced the spheres on my car. At the tim e the rear didn't level with the added load, but it didn't bottom out with my added weight. When I replaced the spheres there was plenty of pressure in the lines leading me to believe that my

Re: [MBZ] W124 TD rear leveling AGAIN!

2006-02-21 Thread John Berryman
On Monday, February 20, 2006, at 10:53 PM, Jeff Zedic wrote: Underneath the car tonight, I loosened the control rod nut and was hoping to fill the system this way. There was NO resistance from the valve at all..I could spin it round and round with no tension! Is my valve bad.my