John Peterson wrote:
And I was all worried because the car wasn't tracking straight- and the
paranoid me was thinking alignment or other front end work and I
discovered something funny yesterday. I was looking at the tires and
they are all the same size, a matching set. But in looking at one of
the rims, I noticed that it stuck out from the rotor a greater distance
than the others. I took off the rim and compared it to the others and
although it looks identical, the spacing for the lug nuts is different-
the depth of the distance from wheel to rotor. This one was out by more
than 1 inch. Must be a DIFFERENT wheel!!
I pulled it off and put on the spare and voila! Perfect tracking.
The "odd" wheel you have is from a 107/126 model car with ~25 mm offset.
The part number PROBABLY starts with a 126 400 xx xx. The correct wheel
for your car will have an offset of 48-49 mm (almost an inch MORE than
the 125 wheel) will be 124 400 xx xx. Wheels with a 201 400 xx xx part
number might fit, but are NOT rated for the weight of your car.
For the missing power issue, the Lubro Moly is doing magic- and it is
gaining power DAILY. Car was sitting for some time.
What Lubro Moly product are you using? Most are NOT desirable except for
a short period of time.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0
159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi
Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection
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