David Brodbeck wrote:
GM cars of that era are kind of weird. They either fly apart before
100,000 miles, or keep running long after you wish they would fly apart
so you could feel justified in getting something else. ;)
I just got the Day One report. This particular heap has a functioning
John Berryman wrote:
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 05:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Replaced the fan clutch and belt tensioner on my SDL today.
No but yesterday I switched the 190D over to Amsoil sytnthetic tranny
fluid and changed the filter. Swapped the PS fluid to Amsoil tranny
Cleaning, paints, and mounting 117.985 parts -- slowly but surely --
How did tightening the belt tensioner bolt into the timing case go?
Did you try to torque it?
Mine (2x) have felt like they were going to strip before I got up to
the torque spec.
On 1/29/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 06:15 PM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
By the wayare you all settled and back to the daily grind Johnny B?
Bob Rentfro
For the time being yes. I'm Taking a break for a good long time but I
am designing a house and garage that I will commence building in the
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 07:02 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
I agree that changing the PS or transmission fluid (even to NORMAL
stuff) usually makes things feel better. Mobil 1 made them feel even
better!
Mercedes transmissions need to have the filter AND fluid changed every
30 kmi or a
mine torqued down nice and snug, no problems there.
OK Don wrote:
Cleaning, paints, and mounting 117.985 parts -- slowly but surely --
How did tightening the belt tensioner bolt into the timing case go?
Did you try to torque it?
Mine (2x) have felt like they were going to strip before I got
I spent 1 1/2 days this weekend trying to help my nephew-in-law
get his Blazer running well enough to drive to work tomorrow.
About noon Sunday, I threw in the towel and bought him a 1988
Cutlass Ciera. Then we got to spend an afternoon cobbling together
the exhaust, catching up on PM, etc. I
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
when I first read this just now I though marshall was switching to
amsoil
Amsoil sells real good oil. Mobil supplies them with the raw oil and
they concoct the additive package. The tribologists at Mobil say the
additive package is really great for some special
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
When you can
get Amsoil for the same price as Mobil 1, I see NO problem using it,
but
if it costs more, go with Mobil!
Marshall
To go and buy Mobil 1 products is at least a 50 mile round trip and
then half of the time I
Mitch Haley wrote:
I was even more amazed to find out the 2.5L 4 Tech engine did not
take the PF47 spin-on filter. There was a 3 diameter oil drain
plug, with a paper cartridge filter above it.
Ah, yes. A friend of mine who used to own one of those cars had some
choice words about that
Replaced the fan clutch and belt tensioner on my SDL today.
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89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250
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On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 05:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Replaced the fan clutch and belt tensioner on my SDL today.
No but yesterday I switched the 190D over to Amsoil sytnthetic tranny
fluid and changed the filter. Swapped the PS fluid to Amsoil tranny
fluid using the
: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I guess everyone else is as busy as I was
On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 05:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Replaced the fan clutch and belt tensioner on my SDL today.
No but yesterday I switched the 190D over to Amsoil sytnthetic tranny
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