I get it, I hate being stranded on the side of the road. Hopefully you're just having some bad luck. Of all the cars I see broken down on the shoulder, they are rarely Mercedes.
On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, at 21:48, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > Yeah I should think any competent shop could give it a go. But Herbert says > the rebuilt ones tend to fail about as often as the junkyard ones do. > Nobody seems to have the jig they used to determine the pinion position > with the least whine, or maybe it was the shim thickness for the axle stub > bearings that they would swap until it sounded good. Whereas Ford and GM > and toyota diffs can be set up with some baby butt cream by just about > anyone. > > If you hear anything promising I would definitely be interested in a > reliable solution. Last night I thought maybe I should just work up a > swappable toyota setup. Heresy I know. At least this junkyard has a > warranty on diffs, so I can cycle through a few as long as they fail > promptly. > > But really it is a reliability and utility thing. If I cant put my wife and > kids in the car and tell them to head for Phoenix, a car isnt really worth > the driveway space. This whole "nearly die getting rear ended by a semi > because you are too stupid to drive a modern car" idea left a bad taste in > my mouth. Wasted my whole day to boot and an expensive tow. > > New junkyard diff is in but abs light came on so I think it needs a sensor. > > On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 1:55 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> You need to find a differential shop and send them over. >> >> Other than a major component, like a ring or pinion, I can’t imagine they >> couldn’t rebuild them back to new. >> >> Let me ask around… >> >> -D >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On Jun 7, 2023, at 3:51 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > My 1987 300TD had a whine somewhere aft. So being a genius I replaced >> the >> > diff assembly, and it still whined. >> > Center bearing, only six months old, was talking to me. Replaced it and >> > viola quiet as can be. >> > YMMV. >> > Fred >> > >> >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 3:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I had similar trouble with my '85 190D. It got very loud before I >> replaced >> >> it and the replacement was just as loud as that which I removed. >> >> >> >> The problem here would be, apparently, the fact that they're so good in >> >> the first place. Remember we're talking about nearly 40 year old cars >> here. >> >> It's pretty unlikely a diff from an American or Japanese car of the same >> >> vintage won't have had work done to it already. Nobody makes a rebuild >> kit >> >> because we've never needed a rebuild kit since they didn't fail in the >> >> first 30 years. >> >> >> >> Seems like a business opportunity for somebody entrepreneurial which I'm >> >> not... >> >> >> >> -Curt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 02:47:24 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via >> Mercedes >> >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Has anyone else run into a serial differential swapping issue? I have >> been >> >> through about four differentials in the past year on the 300td and the >> >> 560sel. Originals started whining so I thought I was doing a good thing >> by >> >> swapping, but then the replacement on the wagon seems to have blown a >> seal >> >> and is trying to seize up while the 560 locked up tight on the 405 >> >> yesterday leaving the car in the slow lane and me running upstream on >> the >> >> other side of the jersey wall frantically waving off traffic like that >> guy >> >> in Team America, just waiting for someone to plow into it until the chp >> >> arrived to shut the whole freeway down. Total drag. >> >> >> >> I would happily put a new or factory rebuild in, but since they are nla >> and >> >> no one can figure out the rebuild, I guess its back to boneyard >> roulette! >> >> >> >> I thought these things never went out, but as serious transportation >> >> solution this is making my cars sort of a joke. Time for a Bolt or a >> second >> >> Lexus or something I guess. My Dad has a pickup he has been trying to >> get >> >> me to drive, so maybe that is the answer. I have never experienced this >> >> problem before, but there doesnt seem to be a reliable solution. I can >> >> recall taking the diff out of our 55 convertible in the 1990s and >> taking it >> >> to the diff shop to get it rebuilt. Doesnt seem that hard. For some >> reason >> >> a mercedes diff is just a paperweight when it is worn out. Unbelievably >> >> stupid engineering. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 9:15 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/907861446943871/v >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> AZBob >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >> >>> Windows >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________ >> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Fred Moir >> > Lynn MA >> > Diesel preferred >> > _______________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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
