'Glad the dead 350 is giving some life somewhere. So I was driving a car
with 2 cracked injectors?
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] White Whale update
Injectors: This head has pre-chambers which require the later style
"inclined" injectors (NA35X). I exchanged a set of used NA36X injectors,
which I no longer need as they fit the original head, with Tim Crone. Tim
took them from Wilton's dead 126 engine. I sent the "new" injectors to a
gentlemen in Columbia SC, Mark Blevins, who advertises injector
rebuild/balance service on Peach Parts. He found that 2 of the six have
cracked bodies, and cannot be re-used, so now I'm looking for a few more
used injectors, if anyone has some they are willing to part with.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've begun installing a #17 head on my '87 wagon. Attached the exhaust
manifold (new copper nuts), placed the head onto the block (new MB head
gasket, made by Elring) and bolted it down.
I did re-use the head bolts, after measuring each one to make sure they
were within the FSM specified tolerance.
The head bolt tightening sequence calls for bolts to be tightened in
specified pattern in four steps: 25 Nm, 40 Nm, [ten minute rest], 90
degree
turn, 90 degree turn.
I attached a pointer to the special tool bit for the head bolts, and used
any of the numerous straight lines on the top of the head to measure 90
degree turns. The pointer was simply a short piece of stiff small gauge
wire, about two inches long, held to the tool shaft with a small hose
clamp. When I inserted the tool into each bolt, I would bend the pointer
slightly to calibrate it to whichever reference line was handy. This
worked really well for me.
The last thing I've accomplished is bleeding all the hydraulic lifters to
make sure none are too thick and will hold valves open. I wonder how
much
noise all these flat lifters will make during the initial engine start.
I'll bet that all the engine cranking required to get the fuel system
bled
will also pump up the lifters, at least partially, so maybe it won't be
too
noticeable.
-Max
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