I’m told that the only trusted people to do differentials is Stu Ritter’s former shop in Denver and Blue Ridge in Atlanta.
-D > On Jun 7, 2023, at 10:34 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yeah he has responded to my emails before. Usually telling me to contact > someone here in CA that I or my mechanic have already talked to. But it is > nice to triangulate. > >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 2:30 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Contact Pierre Hedary and ask him. >> >> Randy >> >>> On 07/06/2023 1:46 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes 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. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
