Salt. Definitely. Snapped a bolt just taking off those battery hold down clamps.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Having just done this I think the ease of removal on a 123 involves 2 factors: > 1. Tensioning device > 2. Presence of salt on the roads (and driving the car in said salt) > > My '78 240D has the older gear type tensioning device and it was an absolute > bugger to get the bolt out, I think the presence of salt made that worse. > > OTOH my '84 190D was super duper easy. Remove the belt and wiring (pull the > negative battery cable first!) pull 2, drop out alternator, put in new > alternator and assuming they're exactly the same (mine was NOT) its two bolts > back in, belt back on, wiring, ground cable and you're done. The lack of > pivoting on the 190D alternator makes the bolts easier... > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:50:52 -0500 > From: Tim C <bb...@crone.us> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Should have known better- alternator woes. > Message-ID: > <CAEfEgZMY8h2XzNAPr7GDrFn5O-ymyGbiZ=nyxy6a27zehpb...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:42 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Does the alternator have to come out for this repair? > > I believe the answer is strictly, "no", but personally I think it is > easier. Replacing the alternator on a 123 is pretty quick if all the bolts > and nuts are good, and you wind up with less time on your back. > > Best, > Tim > > _______________________________________ > 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
