Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Rusty Cullens
Only the 300SE & SEL have left and right. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marshall Booth Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal? Bob DuPuy w

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Rusty Cullens
They are all the same, always have been. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob DuPuy Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:48 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal? Is the or is there not a

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Marshall Booth
Hans Neureiter wrote: The only difference I can see on my 126/617.95 is that the right side hase a tapped hole (6mm ?) on top with nothing in it. The other side doesn't. One side is stiffer than the other when the sides are NOT identical. It's NOT something you can easily see (that's why they

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread John Berryman
On Monday, January 30, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Hans Neureiter wrote: The only difference I can see on my 126/617.95 is that the right side hase a tapped hole (6mm ?) on top with nothing in it. The other side doesn't. Could it be for the engine shock absorber? Or a missing bolt? the mounting

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Hans Neureiter
The only difference I can see on my 126/617.95 is that the right side hase a tapped hole (6mm ?) on top with nothing in it. The other side doesn't. -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Mitch Haley
Chuck Landenberger wrote: > > Bob, > > When I first got my '80 300SD (W116) in '89, there were different > motor mounts for each side. IIRC, the right side was a little > "stiffer" to offset the torque. Don't remember when it changed in > 90's, but they are now the same. And they are a 123 par

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-30 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Bob, When I first got my '80 300SD (W116) in '89, there were different motor mounts for each side. IIRC, the right side was a little "stiffer" to offset the torque. Don't remember when it changed in 90's, but they are now the same. And they are a 123 part number. Take care, Chuck 1980

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread Bob DuPuy
Well Our Man Rusted Root can still get a reasonable facsimile of the superseded right mount. Of course it costs double, but if it is important to you, or your just gullable Tom can hook you up. Bob DuPuy On 1/29/06, John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 0

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread John Berryman
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 05:23 PM, Bob DuPuy wrote: Thats what I thought too. For a a 617.95 engine in the 116 chasis it still calls for two different numbers, that look the same when you open the box. In a 126 chasis they are the same number. Maybe one is a higher durometer rubber B

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread Bob DuPuy
Thats what I thought too. For a a 617.95 engine in the 116 chasis it still calls for two different numbers, that look the same when you open the box. In a 126 chasis they are the same number. Maybe one is a higher durometer rubber Bob DuPuy On 1/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
they are the same. Bob DuPuy wrote: Is the or is there not a difference between the port side and starboard side motor mounts. I've been told there used to be but now they are supperseded to the same number, and now that there is a difference. what is the real truth? Bob DuPuy Parrish, Fl

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread Marshall Booth
Bob DuPuy wrote: Is the or is there not a difference between the port side and starboard side motor mounts. I've been told there used to be but now they are supperseded to the same number, and now that there is a difference. what is the real truth? Depends. Some engines/cars have different left

[MBZ] motor mounts 116/123/126 whats the deal?

2006-01-29 Thread Bob DuPuy
Is the or is there not a difference between the port side and starboard side motor mounts. I've been told there used to be but now they are supperseded to the same number, and now that there is a difference. what is the real truth? Bob DuPuy Parrish, Fl