Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal

2011-03-17 Thread Max Dillon
miles '95 E300 280k miles '73 Balboa 20 Charleston SC From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 2:05:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal Max Dillon wrote: I don't have a nice

[MBZ] '87 300TD head removal

2011-03-16 Thread Max Dillon
Dieselvolk, Can anyone provide the specifications for the shop-made slide rail pin pulling tool? I think it is supposed to be a bolt 6mm in diameter with a nut and stack of washer, but how long, how deep a washer stack, and are the threads 6mm x1.0 or some other dimension? Very

Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal

2011-03-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Max Dillon wrote: Dieselvolk, Can anyone provide the specifications for the shop-made slide rail pin pulling tool? I think it is supposed to be a bolt 6mm in diameter with a nut and stack of washer, but how long, how deep a washer stack, and are the threads 6mm x1.0 or some other dimension?

Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal

2011-03-16 Thread Max Dillon
...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 10:52:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal Max Dillon wrote: Dieselvolk, Can anyone provide the specifications for the shop-made slide rail pin pulling tool? I think it is supposed to be a bolt 6mm

Re: [MBZ] '87 300TD head removal

2011-03-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Max Dillon wrote: I don't have a nice assortment to select from, so I'll need to go buy something. You think it could be between 4, 5 and 6mm? Oops, it looks like I guessed small. I thought the threaded hole was in the pin, but it's only in the head of the pin, and is pretty large. Somebody