Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Ha now I just put it back on as it was after a bit of cleaning --R Sent from iPhone > On Mar 7, 2018, at 9:37 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Didja burn out the manifold carbon with torch and compressed air? > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:20

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Didja burn out the manifold carbon with torch and compressed air? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I just put the manifold back on this E300 dizzel and took it out for a > spin. Wouldn’t get out of fi

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I've got the ammeter with heavy wires to check the plugs, and the nice Hazet socket with built-in swivel for removing and installing. I do not have the reaming tool for removing carbon from the glow plug hole / pre-chamber, borrowed that from a guy in NC, his name escapes me at the moment. I've r

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Sounds like s good plan. --R Sent from iPhone > On Mar 7, 2018, at 7:11 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just pull the plug for the wires to the GPs from the relay (Bigger plug) > Test resistance to ground from each socket in the plug. Should be 0.7 ohms, > but many multimeter

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Just pull the plug for the wires to the GPs from the relay (Bigger plug) Test resistance to ground from each socket in the plug. Should be 0.7 ohms, but many multimeters will show around 1.2 to 1.4. Look for anomalies amongst the 6 readings. Infinity = bad. Under 0.4 (if you have a really

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This post from one of the forums is exactly what is going on now that I cleaned up the EGR valve and got that sorted.  Looks like a GPectomy is in order, or at least test them and the relay before I tear into them all.  Max you said you had the stuff to deal with it? First time starting after

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Way to go. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Mar 7, 2018 6:20 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I just put the manifold back on this E300 dizzel and took it out for a > spin. Wouldn’t get out of first gear no matter what speed/revs. Engine Ran > great though.

Re: [MBZ] It lives!

2018-03-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Hehe! Congrats. It probly needs a few mora dem eye tal een tuneups, and maybe new nozzles and GPs. After a few drag races on the road dere wit da rich wite folks, you mebbe can tell ifn it needs new schnozzles or not. "I love it when a plan works out" George Peppard, the A team. Buggered

Re: [MBZ] IT LIVES!!!

2008-11-09 Thread harry watkins
Congratulations Curt, enjoy. Harry Well I guess you knew it was alive but tonight I got all the brakes setup to my satisfaction, bled them and got new fluid through all the lines, got the parking brake set so it seems pretty good (the foot pedal still needs work) so I took him for a ride and