I actually ordered that pin wrench. After a false start when I found
that the rebuild kit I ordered was missing a seal, and that there was in
fact a separate kit for the diaphagms, and that the gasket for the pump
itself was also a separate item, today I did the vacuum pump rebuild. I
found that
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
I don't think I ever got mine over 110. Yeah, it was a metallic paint.
Very pretty. Unfortunately we lived near the beach, and it was impossible
to keep up against the salt air.
Thanks for the reminder. I think the right shock tower went in mine, right
before the
] rebuilding OM617 vacuum pump
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
Mine was also a '77... a red one. It almost got me a few speeding
tickets.
In one instance the cop was really PO'd, it took him a while to catch me
(I
didn't realize he was there)! My wife really enjoyed watching me get the
treatment
diaphragm with the spring compressed about an inch -- I put two little
pieces of 1/2 plywood on a piece of plywood, put the pump over the 1
shim, then screwed the housing down on the plywood base to compress
the spring,
I stood on mine! Some little scrap wood as a spacer, plywood
'floor',
On Friday, September 16, 2011 6:25 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
You could drill holes in the jaws of a pair of small Channellocks
and put pins in them, but it hardly seems worth the effort.
Or in a stick.
I once did almost that to make a tool to tighten the timing belt
The right size socket is what I used for a spacer.
Greg
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out.
Greg
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] rebuilding OM617 vacuum pump
On Friday, September 16, 2011 6:25 AM
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
I made a tool like that to retract caliper pistons on a (IIRC) Saab 99 EMS.
I drilled properly spaced holes in a length of 1/8 X 1 steel bar stock.
You had an EMS too? Mine is a 1977.
Another coincidence: The original owner's husband made such a tool and gave it
to me
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] rebuilding OM617 vacuum pump
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
I made a tool like that to retract caliper pistons on a (IIRC) Saab 99
EMS.
I
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
Mine was also a '77... a red one. It almost got me a few speeding tickets.
In one instance the cop was really PO'd, it took him a while to catch me (I
didn't realize he was there)! My wife really enjoyed watching me get the
treatment!
Cardinalrod metallic? That was the
I got the vacuum pump kit today, for the double-diaphragm style vacuum
pump on my 300SD.
Chassis job 43-625 calls for a hinged pin spanner which is used to
counterhold the diaphragm disc while tightening the center bolt.
Anyone know if this is strictly necessary? I could probably improvise
You could drill holes in the jaws of a pair of small Channellocks and put pins
in them, but it hardly seems worth the effort.
http://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-pin-wrench-36554.html
Allan Streib wrote:
I got the vacuum pump kit today, for the double-diaphragm style vacuum
pump on my
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] rebuilding OM617 vacuum pump
I got the vacuum pump kit today, for the double-diaphragm style vacuum
pump on my 300SD.
Chassis job 43-625 calls for a hinged pin spanner which is used to
counterhold the diaphragm disc
Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net writes:
I have done a couple of these, one on a 617 ('79 300TD) and another on a 616
('80 240D). Both of those called for a shop-made fixture to clamp the
diaphragm spring while assembling the pump. I made one from a sheet of
plywood for the first one.
Subject: [MBZ] rebuilding OM617 vacuum pump
I got the vacuum pump kit today, for the double-diaphragm style vacuum
pump on my 300SD.
Chassis job 43-625 calls for a hinged pin spanner which is used to
counterhold the diaphragm disc while tightening the center bolt.
Anyone know if this is strictly
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