Thanks, Tony. I am going to leave well enough alone for now and just keep an eye on things.
For some reason I had it in my head that doing the belt on that engine was pretty straightforward and didn't involve any major undertakings. I am familiar with the shroud arrangement, so that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just get a belt from the Q and have it ready in the event this one decides to fail or approach failure.... Thanks, Dan On May 7, 2012, at 7:32 AM, tony.wir...@gmail.com wrote: > Dan, the belt is probably about a year old or less. Whenever i replaced them > on that car all I had to do was remove the two shrouds in the back of the > radiator. The shroud assembly is too wide in its entirety to come out with > the space given but they made it two part so that it can be removed without > removing the radiator or fan. It's a clever design but some care has to be > taken to ensure that tangs go where they're supposed to under the radiator as > well as for the rotating tabs of the shroud. This will make sense when you > see it. You start by pulling the overflow hose retainer out of the one > shroud which will unlocks and allows it to rotate. You can then remove the > forward part of the shroud after the clips are removed. This leaves enough > space for the back part of the shroud to then be removed. > > With the right combination of sockets the tensioner can be manipulated > without removing anything else. However if you've not worked in that space > it's hard to imagine the location you need to get to. A small mirror is your > friend here. > > Hope this makes sense. I'm trying to force myself to use my iPad more but > frankly think my android phone or laptop are still better choices for the way > I use these things. > > Tony Wirtel > Former '92 300e/2.6 > > Sent from my iPad > >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 21:21:47 -0400 >> From: Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> >> To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: [MBZ] Poly-V / Serpentine Belt R&R >> Message-ID: <4e4fff17-aa58-42b5-bdc5-d7126fe8a...@yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> I thought this was supposed to be easy... >> >> Just looked at the procedure for replacement of the poly-v belt on the 300E >> 2.6, as the one on the car has some little "threads" showing on the edges, >> so I'll probably be proactive on this. >> >> The C&B manual shows the job being done with the fan and fan clutch removed. >> Is this really necessary? >> >> Dan >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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
