didn't see any reply's though I think you have some very good questions..
douglas..
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From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:24 PM
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Me too - I did two - a 615 and a 616, in the car. Used an aircraft
bucking bar, a small ball peen hammer, and my father's helping hands
(one of the cars was his). They both went over another 100K miles
without anytiming chain problems. My kids are now driving the 616.
On 4/5/06, Kaleb C. Striplin
No, I just happen to have a chain crimper for this chain.
Richard
--- archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you rent any other tools, Richard? Front spring compressors, for
> example?
> GerryA
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> From: "Richard Hattaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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More good news. Thanks.
GerryA
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From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have always just used a ball peen hammer.
archer wrote:
It looks like Loren has convinced me I can do it with a ball peen hammer.
Thanks for the reference to Mercedesshop. It's good t
I have always just used a ball peen hammer.
archer wrote:
It looks like Loren has convinced me I can do it with a ball peen hammer.
Thanks for the reference to Mercedesshop. It's good to know tools can be
rented someplace besides Performance Products.
GerryA
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Fr
What was the difference between your black 200D and the Hawaiian 200D?
GerryA
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From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My 200D is black My wife would never drive it. She drove the Hawaiian
200D. She did like the 240D, and liked her 230TE better and now likes he
Found a 3/16" punch in with the leather tools. Don't believe I've ever had
a 1/8" though. Will have to order one.
GerryA
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From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
one made for a 1/8 inch rivet would do. The one I have used is for 3/16
rivets, but it is too big
r trading for one of those 40 mpg 190Ds.
GerryA
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From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
> the fl
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lists the tools sale price at $195.00 but
> I
> couldn't find their rental price. Does Rusty rent the tool?
> GerryA
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(showroom condition) which I am thinking of
selling or trading for one of those 40 mpg 190Ds.
GerryA
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Do you rent any other tools, Richard? Front spring compressors, for
example?
GerryA
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From: "Richard Hattaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I will rent the tool for $30. You pay shipping both ways, and pay a
deposit of $ 160. Total payment up front from you $ 200, money
It looks like Loren has convinced me I can do it with a ball peen hammer.
Thanks for the reference to Mercedesshop. It's good to know tools can be
rented someplace besides Performance Products.
GerryA
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Hi Gerry,
I agree - it would *defina
the flat end
It is there to absorb the energy of the taps that is not translated into
moving the steel in the rivet (link pin) so that energy does not distort
the sprocket or cam assembly.
110s were/are great cars. Between the noise, the fins and the big ol
grille, they were always head-tur
hue wong wrote:
So, Look slike I would do this if I had access to the
tool The tool is like 189.00 and the timiming
chain is only 63.00 so geee. can't justify buying
the tool..
You can rent the tool from many suppliers that sell the chain. You can
also peen the chain link with a hamme
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
> Thanks Larry,
> It might be risky trying to brad the stud with the chain in the car and
> someone holding a bu
I got my '67 200D about 1972 and sold it about 1987. The speedo was broken
when I got it, but it probably had over 400,000 miles on it when it was
sold. I still miss the 33 mpg it got driving around town.
Do you use the flat or the round end of the BIG hammer as a buck bar? The
round end of
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:31 PM
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Thanks for t
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From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
Thanks Larry,
It might be risky trying to brad the stud with the chain in the car and
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:51 PM
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I will rent the tool for $30. You pay shipping both ways, and pay a
deposit of $ 160. Total payment up front from you $ 200, money order.
I return a money order for $ 160 when you return the tool in good
shape.
Richard
--- hue wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, Look slike I would do this i
Aluminum trays of various forms.
I forgot to mention the BIG (16-24 oz) hammer behind the link as an anvil,
as Jim mentioned. Use a 6-8 oz ball peen.
Yeah, if you know the principle of cold riveting is lots of blows with a
fairly light hammer, then you can do it with no problem. I have no
Thanks for the encouragement. I've done quit a bit of riveting/peening too.
Maybe I will try it when the chains get up to 5 degrees. I'll bet you were
making a bowl out of a flat sheet of aluminum in Jr. High shop, weren't you?
(grin)
GerryA
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From: "Loren Faeth"
t the tool?
GerryA
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
It forces the stud material over in a brad-like manner. I managed to
So, Look slike I would do this if I had access to the
tool The tool is like 189.00 and the timiming
chain is only 63.00 so geee. can't justify buying
the tool..
Rent or borrow the tool, or peen it over with a hammer.
(With another hammer behind it as an anvil.) I also have
riveted sickl
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> >> The pr
It rivets the head. Having grown up riveting knives on sickle bars and
riveting other things, I rivet the new style with a small ball peen
hammer. I am old enough that i spent Jr. High shop peening aluminum,
thereby having a first hand knowledge of how the hammer gets its name. I
guess there
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The procedures you;ve read are probably pretty descriptive. Basically,
you
attach the new chain to the old one, turn the engine slowly and feed the
new
one in as the old one comes out. When the old one is completely out,
attach
the end
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I belive it is the 61X.xx engine It's a 300t '82 the
Odo reads 129k (but I suspect it might have been
turned at the shady car lot I bought it from...)
I decided to set the vavles
I belive it is the 61X.xx engine It's a 300t '82 the
Odo reads 129k (but I suspect it might have been
turned at the shady car lot I bought it from...)
I decided to set the vavles and button her up and do
the work after another few thousand miles or so (the
end of summer.) Teh sprocket looks go
hue wong wrote:
Hi all!
Just had a chance to chek the reading and it looks
like it's exactly 5 degrees off.
(if the mesurement is: the mark on the cam guide
collar and top notch on the bearing tower at 3' oclock
are aligned and are supposed to match/lineup with the
top post/nub/zero degrees
Hi all!
Just had a chance to chek the reading and it looks
like it's exactly 5 degrees off.
(if the mesurement is: the mark on the cam guide
collar and top notch on the bearing tower at 3' oclock
are aligned and are supposed to match/lineup with the
top post/nub/zero degrees on the bottom timi
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> From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:14 PM
> Subject: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
>
> Where are you located Hue? Perhaps one of the more
> mechanicaly inclined
>
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From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: [MBZ] 300td timing chain issues
Where are you located Hue? Perhaps one of the more mechanicaly inclined
listers is close by and can
The chain tensioner is oil pressure driven. With the engine off,
tension will only be supplied by the fairly weak spring inside the
tensioner and residual, non pressurized oil.
Not exactly. The chain tensioner is oil-filled, and has a one-way
check valve. The spring provides the take-up press
The chain tensioner is oil pressure driven. With the engine off,
tension will only be supplied by the fairly weak spring inside the
tensioner and residual, non pressurized oil.
If you can push the long, curved rail on the passenger side back
easily, the tensioner is worn and needs to be repla
So I am into my engine with the spring overhaul and am
suspicious now of my timing chain. Seems to have
about 1/4'-ish inch of travel when I push my thumb
against it in the middle of the two timing gears (it
does srping back nicely)
Anyhow, none of the three mcparts manuals I have, go
into the
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