Another data point: My 1979 300TD (non-turbo) motor mounts had collapsed to the point a small metal coolant line was hitting the shock tower; the car constantly leaked a small amount of coolant when hot (pressurized cooling system). Motor mounts are important and not that hard to replace. Not a hard job but you'll need some good allen-type sockets (male type, don't recall sizes) and a good assortment of ratchet extensions. For me. The hard part was aligning the holes to reinstall the screws but one helper would have made that easy. The other "trick" is to insure the allen hex is FULLY inserted into the screw head, and that may involve cleaning out some crud. Use patience and a penetrating oil (like PB Blaster or kroil) if anything seems stuck. You don't want to strip those heads or cross-thread on reassembly; these mistakes are all fixable but they increases the work exponentially. Finally, get your parts from Rusty; some of the cheap stuff on ebay is old rubber that's gotten too hard or too soft (no point doing the job twice).
-----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:08 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 Motor Mounts The PO of my 1983 300TD lost the oil in just this manner while crising on the freeway in Missouri. The engine collapsed directly onto and broke an oil cooler line, with disastrous results - even though he stopped the car as soon as the engine light came on. On 1/16/12, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>Russ wrote: >> >> Rick, >> If the motor mount on the driver's side is collapsed check to see if the >> oil >> cooler line has clearance where it runs past the spring upper mount. If >> there's >> no clearance change the mount ASAP. Eng vibration WILL rub a hole in the >> line >> and make the BP oil spill look like a minor leak. DAMHIK. > > That is the side the noise is coming from. Will check in the AM and order > mounts. The last thing I need is SWMBO telling me the car won't crankand > there is black stuff under it. > Thanks,Rick > _______________________________________ > 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
