In a message dated 3/19/2006 10:57:57 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just a point of curiousity --
While cruising through the PDFs in the 124 Shop Manual on CD,
I came across a procedure for Knocking out and reinstalling steel ball of
main oil gallery
What does
Ned -
I don't have a 124 manual to check out, but generally the steel ball is used
to plug an oil passage after it is drilled. You can't always machine a dead
end hole, so they drill all the way through and then plug the openings that
should end up closed. When you are trying to clean out any
Good explaination, Jim.
Now I understand.
Thanks,
Ned
Just a point of curiousity --
While cruising through the PDFs in the 124 Shop Manual on CD,
I came across a procedure for Knocking out and reinstalling steel ball of
main oil gallery
What does the steel ball do in the main oil gallery?
Why would you want to knock it out?
I don't expect to deal
I believe it provides a means to rod out and clean oil passages. I don't
think its done unless the block is out of the car.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
- Original Message -
From: ned kleinhenz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just a point of
ned kleinhenz wrote:
Just a point of curiousity --
While cruising through the PDFs in the 124 Shop Manual on CD,
I came across a procedure for Knocking out and reinstalling steel ball of
main oil gallery
What does the steel ball do in the main oil gallery?
Why would you want to knock it out?
I
