Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread John Robbins
Christopher McCann wrote: unfortunately they are in the KC dump by now...I did NOT check to see if they were smooshable or pulverizeable... :-( Well, if they weren't pulverizeable the damage would have looked like this. http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=170615

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread OK Don
Buckey balls On 11/29/06, Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Balls of carbon? -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
They are supposed to be there. They help swirl the fuel. Christopher McCann wrote: When I helped my friend do the head gasket on his mother in laws 84 300SD, in each cylinder were a few little metal-looking balls. Not perfectly round, much smaller than a BB and each one had a single

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Hall
You got a part number for those? I think my car needs them replaced. Mike On 11/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are supposed to be there. They help swirl the fuel. Christopher McCann wrote: When I helped my friend do the head gasket on his mother in laws 84 300SD,

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Zeitgeist
Magic motor pellets...see JC Whitney On 11/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are supposed to be there. They help swirl the fuel. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state '87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k) '84 300D

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Mike Canfield
] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder You got a part number for those? I think my car needs them replaced. Mike On 11/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are supposed to be there. They help swirl the fuel. Christopher McCann wrote: When I helped my friend do the head

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Hall
. Mike - Original Message - From: Michael Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder You got a part number for those? I think my car needs them replaced. Mike

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Fmiser
rumor has it that Michael wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on headlight fluid? I buy my headlight fluid at NAPA - supposed to be the same as the MB spec. stuff, but a lot cheaper. However, I use only original,

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Mike Canfield
, November 29, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on headlight fluid? Mike On 11/29/06, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are covered

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Mike Canfield
Subject: Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder rumor has it that Michael wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on headlight fluid? I buy my headlight fluid at NAPA - supposed to be the same as the MB spec

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Its part of the prechamber. Michael Hall wrote: You got a part number for those? I think my car needs them replaced. Mike On 11/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are supposed to be there. They help swirl the fuel. Christopher McCann wrote: When I helped my friend

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread David Brodbeck
Fmiser wrote: rumor has it that Michael wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on headlight fluid? I buy my headlight fluid at NAPA - supposed to be the same as the MB spec. stuff, but a lot cheaper. However, I

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread LarryT
: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder When I helped my friend do the head gasket on his mother in laws 84 300SD, in each cylinder were a few little metal-looking balls

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread degcoast
Good one , Larry. Dwight -- Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co. Wickford, RI LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher asked:in each cylinder were a few little metal-looking balls. Not perfectly round, much smaller than a BB and each one had a single dimple.

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Mike Canfield
] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder Good one , Larry. Dwight -- Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co. Wickford, RI LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher asked:in each cylinder were a few little metal-looking balls. Not perfectly round, much smaller than

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Rusty Cullens
Damn. Sorry to see that. - Original Message - From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder Christopher McCann wrote: unfortunately

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Hans Neureiter
Torque specs are: maximal acheivable pull with a metric Crescent wrech. On11/29/06, Michael Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on headlight fluid? -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD,

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Darrell W. Sigmon
What color fluid do you want?? DWS Hans Neureiter wrote: Torque specs are: maximal acheivable pull with a metric Crescent wrech. On11/29/06, Michael Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where to get a deal on

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread OK Don
I'm still waiting for Fina's pink air !!! On 11/30/06, Darrell W. Sigmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What color fluid do you want?? DWS -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread Christopher McCann
://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Christopher McCann To: Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder When I helped my friend do the head gasket on his mother in laws 84 300SD, in each cylinder were a few little metal

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-30 Thread LarryT
, November 30, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder Torque specs are: maximal acheivable pull with a metric Crescent wrech. On11/29/06, Michael Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I STILL need the part number and torque specifications for the swirl balls. Anyone know where

[MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Christopher McCann
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Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Darrell W. Sigmon
Sounds like part of the prechamber. DWS Christopher McCann wrote: When I helped my friend do the head gasket on his mother in laws 84 300SD, in each cylinder were a few little metal-looking balls. Not perfectly round, much smaller than a BB and each one had a single dimple. What on

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Rusty Cullens
Bearing gone bad, piston or ring meltdown, vacuum pump coming apart, the list goes onand on - Original Message - From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread David Brodbeck
Rusty Cullens wrote: Bearing gone bad, piston or ring meltdown, vacuum pump coming apart, the list goes onand on Seems like those would have ended up in the sump, not the combustion chamber. Maybe pieces of disintegrated glow plugs? Sometimes if the injector spray pattern

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Zeitgeist
Balls of carbon? On 11/29/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like those would have ended up in the sump, not the combustion chamber. Maybe pieces of disintegrated glow plugs? Sometimes if the injector spray pattern is bad the ends melt right off them. Casey Olympia, WA

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Bob DuPuy
I'm with you, sounds like carbon. Hit one with a hammer and see if you can pulverize it. Bob On 11/29/06, Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Balls of carbon?

Re: [MBZ] little metal (?) balls in the cylinder

2006-11-29 Thread Christopher McCann
unfortunately they are in the KC dump by now...I did NOT check to see if they were smooshable or pulverizeable... :-( CM Bob DuPuy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm with you, sounds like carbon. Hit one with a hammer and see if you can pulverize it. Bob On 11/29/06, Zeitgeist wrote: