Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-08 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Are the pencil plugs the same size as the old style? IE - are the threads the > same? Do they just screw in or is some form of adapter required? No. There are special pencil-style plugs that fit in the old loop-style holes. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-08 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Are the pencil plugs the same size as the old style? IE - are the threads the same? Do they just screw in or is some form of adapter required? Randy On 08/02/2024 12:02 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 20:26:13 + (UTC) Curt Raymond wrote: Did you need a different

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 20:26:13 + (UTC) Curt Raymond wrote: > Did you need a different controller for pencil plugs or could you just > rewire them? I used a new, different controller. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
that was a southern Car. Georgia & NC On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 3:27 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Did you need a different controller for pencil plugs or could you just > rewire them? > > When I bought Dwight's '78 240D it had been cleverly converted to pencil >

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Did you need a different controller for pencil plugs or could you just rewire them? When I bought Dwight's '78 240D it had been cleverly converted to pencil plugs by installing pencil plugs and adding a button on the dash that triggered a Ford starter solenoid. Unfortunately whoever had wired

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 22:57:42 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > I guess I never mailed that…. Perhaps I will remember when I get back > home. Should I remind you? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I guess I never mailed that…. Perhaps I will remember when I get back home. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 6, 2024, at 10:41 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 21:10:03 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Do you recall what the HP increase was? > > I think it

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 21:10:03 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Do you recall what the HP increase was? I think it was about 6 HP, but I'm not sure. The manuals I gave you with the 240D/3.0 have the information _somewhere_ ... Craig > > On Feb 6, 2024, at 9:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Do you recall what the HP increase was? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 6, 2024, at 9:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 19:47:28 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Someone refresh my memory. Difference between a 1980 and a 1982 240D >> engine. I know the HP

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 19:47:28 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Someone refresh my memory. Difference between a 1980 and a 1982 240D > engine. I know the HP increased a little after certain years. When did > the switch to pencil glow plugs happen? IIRC, the middle of 1982. You can

[MBZ] 240D engines

2024-02-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Someone refresh my memory. Difference between a 1980 and a 1982 240D engine. I know the HP increased a little after certain years. When did the switch to pencil glow plugs happen? Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives