That is my take- with new mounts there is no shutdown "shake" -- mine, with
77k, has shake. Dwights, with new mounts, no shake at all- idle or
shutdown. Amazing mounts, like shocks, really.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sunil Hari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Motor Mounts
I had the motor mounts changed just before i bought it. I test drove it
before the change, and (of course) after the change - makes a big
difference
in shutdown and idle. Car now shuts down like a gasser.
On 2/25/06, John Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Larry, the easiest way to tell on a 2.5 is to check if there is any
vibration at idle in the wheel - along with a shake a shutdown. Dwight
Giles, a fellow lister and neighbor has a 1990 with 130k miles and I have
a
1991 with 77k. His had vibration at idle and a harsh shutdown. Changing
the mounts out made a HUGE difference- to the point that there is no
shutoff
vibration at all, and it would be nearly impossible to tell you're in a
diesel at idle.
My experience and in talking with others is that the mounts tend to last
about 80-100k miles. Unless they actually separate, however, you won't
notice striking symptoms, just a degradation. The 2.5 with working
mounts
should feel, in terms of vibration, very much like a 4cyl gasser. At
least
Dwight's does!
Hope this helps something.
PS, changing them is a breeze. I have the procedure in pdf if you need
it.
John Peterson
Kingston RI
300D 2.5 77k
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Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:37 AM
Subject: [MBZ] W124 Motor Mounts
> Was looking at the motor mounts - what little I could see of them at
> least -
> and was wondering how to tell if they're going/gone bad?
>
> TIA -
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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