There was a club tech session yesterday. Pretty good shop, they let us put cars on the lifts and got lots of great feedback. Lots of leaks pointed out on Polei. Lots of stuff I was not aware of.
The kick off was a really pretty 380SEL, burgundy with an ok interior. Some young fellow got it for $500 and drove it in to the shop with a complaint of a loud ticking in the engine. The valve covers were off and the cams and rockers were on a table, with the replacement cams and rockers. The ticking was caused by the lobes no longer being oval, but nubs, and the rocker faces were worn down at least 6mm. The hex bolts took an hour of cleaning to remove the crud in the holes so that a hex tool could be inserted. No mention of any of the other fluids. Based on what the brake fluid looked like (black as diesel oil), there was no maintenance done in at least five or six years. Pretty sure the car had at least 25k miles since fluids were serviced. The car only had 135k on the clock. At least it a double row chain. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers _______________________________________ 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
