Its true that dealer parts fail. I once had a rebuilt power steering pump leak more as soon as I put it on than the old one, but overall I've liked dealer parts better, especially rubber. More likely to get a newer revision part that's 100% what Mercedes wanted it to be.
Brian On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Greg Fiorentino <gf...@dslnorthwest.net>wrote: > The tranny mount was my guess as well. That drove me nuts on my 79 300TD > after the engine mounts were done. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:51 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] New motor mounts bad? > > They are the same or very similar to the mounts on your 124. I am > going to have to crawl up under there and look at them I suppose. > I did discover I did not replace the tranny mount when I replaced > the motor mounts so maybe that is it. > > On 7/17/2011 8:14 AM, LarryT wrote: > > Many have talked about the effects on Rubber and Age - but if > > your MMs are the same as on my 91 300D they are not the typical > > rubber mount but more of a hydraulic damper with a fluid > > container inside the metal shell that the engine rides on. > > > > Any signs of leakage? > > > > LarryT > > 91 300D > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Kaleb C. Striplin > > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:47 PM > > To: mercedes Mailing List > > Subject: [MBZ] New motor mounts bad? > > > > When I did all the engine work to my 92 300SD I replaced the motor > > mounts. They never did seem exactly smooth but every time I drive > > the thing its worse and worse. Today I drove it after finding > > both sets of keys that have been lost for a couple of months (one > > was in the drawer where they were supposed to be, the other was > > actually laying in the back seat of the car) and the thing just > > vibrates like crazy at idle like the mounts are completely > > colapsed. WTF? I have about 350 miles on these mounts, anybody > > ever seen bad mounts straight out of the box? Should I make Rusty > > send me new ones? > > > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 99 E430, 99 E320. 97 E300, 95 E300, 93 300D, 92 500SEL, > 92 300SD, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 90 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, > 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
