On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 13:54:51 -0400 Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The deviation from circular can not be more than 0.05 mm - that's
0.0002 (unless I lost a decimal point somewhere). For a new or rebored
block the limit is between none to 0.014mm.
Sorry, Marshall, you did lose a
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Sorry, Marshall, you did lose a decimal point.
0.05 mm ~= 0.002
0.014 mm ~= 0.00055
Nevertheless, the point about being well beyond spec is well taken.
I was ALMOST sure I missed a decimal point, but even with that - what
was measured was 3X worse than
Any pointers on how to procure a rebuilt engine would be appreciated. My
local mercedes dealer is useless - on a good day.
It is curious that the cylinder wall rim above the area of travel of the top
piston ring is roughly as out of round as the area where the piston travels.
It is possible
dave walton wrote:
Any pointers on how to procure a rebuilt engine would be appreciated. My
local mercedes dealer is useless - on a good day.
It is curious that the cylinder wall rim above the area of travel of the
top piston ring is roughly as out of round as the area where the piston
.
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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:23:10 -0400
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightening Connecting Rod bolts.
dave walton wrote:
Any pointers on how to procure a rebuilt engine would be appreciated. My
local mercedes dealer is useless - on a good day
dave walton wrote:
I'm in the process of reassembling the engine of my S350 after replacing
the #1 connecting rod. The manual states a torque of 90Nm for the
connecting rod bolts. I am finding that they peak at about 70-73Nm for a
full turn. It just does not feel right that I should take them
Yes, it's apart. I love the car, but hate the engine.
I originally removed the head because of wicked oil burning that turned out
to be caused by a blown head gasket. The #1 cylinder was not coming up as
much as the others, so I pulled the engine. The #1 connecting rod is bent,
but the
Oops, my bad.
Even if the bolts are in spec, I'm tossing them. I suppose I could use the 2
that were originally on the #1 rod, but that's probably bad karma or
something.
Thanks much for the correction Marshall.
-Dave Walton
On 9/4/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dave walton
does.
Just my 02¢
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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From: dave walton
To: Mercedes mailing list
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightening Connecting Rod bolts.
Yes, it's apart. I love the car, but hate the engine.
I originally removed
¢
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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*From:* dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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*Sent:* Monday, September 05, 2005 5:34 AM
*Subject:* Re: [MBZ] Tightening Connecting Rod bolts.
Yes, it's apart. I love the car, but hate the engine
At that price, I'd be looking at prices for a factory replacement engine. I
have been an avid reader/seldom poster on these lists for some time and the
general consensus on the W140 chassis diesels is that they are wonderful cars,
but you have to factor in the cost of a replacement engine into
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Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightening Connecting Rod bolts.
Yes, it's apart. I love the car, but hate the engine.
I originally removed the head because of wicked
oil burning that turned out to be caused by a
blown head gasket. The #1
dave walton wrote:
Yes, it's apart. I love the car, but hate the engine.
I originally removed the head because of wicked oil burning that turned
out to be caused by a blown head gasket. The #1 cylinder was not coming
up as much as the others, so I pulled the engine. The #1 connecting rod
is
I'm in the process of reassembling the engine of my S350 after replacing the
#1 connecting rod. The manual states a torque of 90Nm for the connecting rod
bolts. I am finding that they peak at about 70-73Nm for a full turn. It just
does not feel right that I should take them all the way to 90Nm.
You took your 3.5 apart? Did you get any ovaling of the cylinders? Was
the rod bent before or did you do it as a precaution?
dave walton wrote:
I'm in the process of reassembling the engine of my S350 after replacing
the #1 connecting rod. The manual states a torque of 90Nm for the
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