Yea maybe. Well if and when I have bent rods, I am either going to see if the rodbender military version engine I have in my garage is good, if not, Im going to go the 606 route.
--- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] rodbender question > > > "Kaleb C. Striplin, work" wrote: >> >> So you have to pull the head to find out, wont show up in a test? > > If you have uneven leakdown, you know SOMETHING is wrong. > Never seen a rodbender. How much shorter do the rods get when they bend? > Can you take off the valve springs with a cylinder at TDC and measure > the length of the protruding valve stem? > Maybe pull the prechambers and look at the cylinder walls with a > borescope? > If you've got crosshatching all the way around, you know you haven't egged > the cylinder walls yet, but I guess you still wouldn't know if the rods > were OK. > > Maybe stick the borescope through the drain plug and do a visual on the > rods? > Does a scope focus far enough away to look at the WHOLE rod and not just a > close-up of the surface? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
