There ya go SteveThat car would be perfect with a turbo 5 cyl.
Mike
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From: "John Berryman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hello a
On May 15, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
Got any engines, JB, preferably still in a towable carrying case ;-)?
Mac
Good to see you're still alive.
2 5 cyls, one turbo one NA.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
I'll drink to that. - Brian - 83 240D dark blue (which also had an ailing
engine that, it sounds like you could've revived) (we opted for a used
replacement engine and are blissfully tooling around these days) (with
steering and axle problems) I've wondered: were there other dark blue color
variat
Me: Been up and down, frankly, I'm self-employed and for the last few months
there has been a drought on my trade around here
Car: I do have a potential donor engine but it's tied to a stick driveline.
Not a huge problem, but just more complicated (I guess that the stick would
be the obvious c
On May 15, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
Someone by all means persuade me to the other side. It's just that
I've BTDT
in similar circumstances on other cars and I'm very, very loathe to
pull the
head for anything but a head gasket job.
Cheers
Mac
There are tons of par
There is no magic repair for a worn out cylinder -- if a ring is broken
(or badly stuck, etc), the liner will by now be worn to the point the
rings cannot reliably seal, resulting in no compression cold. No
amount of jacking around on it will do anything but increase the wear,
your only real o
on 5/15/06 6:24 PM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On May 15, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
>
>> I am a stubborn bastid. I saw that car run ok and drove it. I don't
>> want to
>> give up.
>
> So don't give up. How far are you willing to go? Piston/liner?
> Rings? You m
t like the lighter
colors.
Mike
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From: "Steve MacSween" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hello again, and back to my 240d battle
LoL, well
On May 15, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
I am a stubborn bastid. I saw that car run ok and drove it. I don't
want to
give up.
So don't give up. How far are you willing to go? Piston/liner?
Rings? You may have already spent a good portion of the parts money
on snake oil.
Jo
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> Subject: [MBZ] Hello again, and back to my 240d battle
>
>
>> Hey, everyone, I sort of dropped off the face of the earth but now I'm
>> back Nice to 'see' you all again (
Yeah, well you are dealing with Mr. Obstinate here... Mike sold me the car
as a parts car, but I was so impressed with the shape it was in, I went
ahead and put money into it to get it inspected and onto the road, and I
drove it for a few months.
Pigheaded or not, however, I learned what little I
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Subject: [MBZ] Hello again, and back to my 240d battle
Hey, everyone, I sort of dropped off the face of the earth but now I'm
back Nice to 'see' you
What a battle you've been having with that car! It sounds like I may be
dealing with a cylinder on my 1981 300CD that has low compression. I want
the opposite thing to happen, higher compression, better idle, easier
starting, etc. The temp is WY up in the 90's here, so she should fire
up
LoL, yes, duuude, that was my point (guess you didn't read my entire reply).
Mac
on 5/15/06 2:13 PM, andrew strasfogel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Why not simply replace the engine with a good used one? Wouldn't that be
> the cheaper option?
>
>
> On 5/15/06, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTE
Why not simply replace the engine with a good used one? Wouldn't that be
the cheaper option?
On 5/15/06, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good advice, but in my experience over the years the problems is, that
once
you get the head off things start to multiply like wabbits. The car ha
Good advice, but in my experience over the years the problems is, that once
you get the head off things start to multiply like wabbits. The car has 300k
miles, so there's really no point in not having the head re-conditioned once
it's out... then while we're at it, what about the leaking seals... a
Steve,
You can pull the head, pull the lower pan, ream #1 cyl ridge ring, pop
out #1 and repair the ring/replace the piston/whatever, and put it back
in w/o taking the engine out of the car.
More than likely the sleeve is within spec, and you can fix the car for
very few bux. Rings are cheap.
Hey, everyone, I sort of dropped off the face of the earth but now I'm
back Nice to 'see' you all again (huh?).
Okay, way back months ago I was talking about the 240d I picked up from
Mike, and the fact that I sorta lost one cylinder without warning, one
morning (excuse the rhyme). Number 1 cy
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