Thanks Peter, I am making note of all this.
Ed
300E
On 22/01/2008, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You will need to have the valves ground if you put in new guides --
> if the guides are loose, the seating surfaces will be worn round and
> the valves won't seal well.
>
> Easy enoug
You will need to have the valves ground if you put in new guides --
if the guides are loose, the seating surfaces will be worn round and
the valves won't seal well.
Easy enough to check -- if you can feel the valve moving in the guide
with the head off the seat a bit, time for new guides. O
Hi Peter,
You addresses several of the questions I had in my head. In other engines
I've changed timing (belts) on, the cam gear was marked. If the 103 isn't,
my though was to do as you said, or to be sure not to rub the paint off,
scribe the cam gear, and chain. Good advise to get the head tes
Ed:
You cannot use the easy way on a 103, as there are no holes in the
cam sprocket through which you can wire tie the sprocket to the
chain. You must get some paint markers and mark the chain and
sprocket well enough that the paint won't wipe off (remove all the
oil with carb cleaner spr
Peter,
I think early this spring, I'm going to tackle the head gasket in my W124
300E. Seeing a little oil in the coolant. I also want to change the little
seals on the valves, and was thinking all along, that it might be easier to
just pull the whole head and do it on a bench, rather then mess
It never rains but it pours, as the saying goes!
My brother has been having an excessive vibration problem with his
SDL for some time. We've fixed everything we could think of (new
belt, new PS pump, new tensioner pivot, etc) but never did get is to
stop shaking at idle. I finally told hi
