T'was the timing chain cover. Fred provided a replacement after one I bought had a stripped hole for the tensioner. I think a bad tensioner bearing killed the old cover.
Of course it also needed a rear wheel bearing, front wheel bearings, drag link, idler arm, rear shocks, rear links, rear subframe mounts, motor mounts, a radiator, shifter bushings, the parking brake handle cover (its nice to have a parts car), the central locking vac pump connected correctly, the fuel tank lock connected correctly, proper coolant, proper oil, tires, a wee little bit of rust repair and it needs a good polish which I'll probably have done in the spring. I figure I'm into it about $4000 right now which really isn't bad for a 190D 2.2l with less than 200,000 miles. I wish it had a 5spd but its not a bad car to drive and only about 1mpg worse than my last one which did have a 5spd. -Curt Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:55:21 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] CL dreamer - $2k for dead 190D Message-ID: <sig.73627b3519.4f14b8e9.6030...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hey Curt, what was the deal with yours, I remember that story but cant remember what it ended up being instead of a broken chain. On 1/16/2012 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > I paid $250 for mine and the timing chain turned out to not be broken... > > -Curt > _______________________________________ 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
