Bent rods show up in about a minute of run time, they NEVER bend straight over. The piston cocks in the bore and the rings eat the bore out almost instantly.
You’d know if they were bent. Peter > On May 13, 2023, at 3:27 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I had to come to KC to pickup a hard top I found for the SL so went ahead and > looked at it. Kid was asking $2800 for it. I paid him $1200 for it. Main > reason I was interested was due to it being the super rare Bornite color. > Anyway, according to the BW and PP posts this car has had a crap ton of work > done to it by a PO in Houston. Car has be beat on a little bit, or maybe > quite a bit but I think it’s got potential. It will need a dented in RF > fender replaced. The hood needs to be repainted. It also has some small rust > bubbles around the rear window seal on the passenger side. We know there > could be a lot more hiding under the seal. Also, in the corner on the drivers > side in the trunk drain channel, it’s got a bunch of silicone gooped in > there. I would suspect a rust hole maybe? Per carfax it was in WI when new > for a few years. Aside from the spots mentioned above it’s rust free. > Interior is actually in pretty good shape. Odo does not work. It starts and > runs great. Not much blowby, transmission shifts good, suspension feels good. > In the BW post it that guy was messing the piston protrusion properly it > would indicate it has bent rods. Just from casual observing it running it > does not show any signs of that at all so maybe he was not measuring > correctly. > > <image0.jpeg><image1.jpeg><image2.jpeg><image3.jpeg><image4.jpeg><image5.jpeg><image6.jpeg><image7.jpeg> > > Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________ > http://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 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
