Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Excellent! -D > On Jul 13, 2023, at 7:10 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes > wrote: > > False alarm! Turns out both of these o-rings are available once again from > MB: > > Seal Ring, VLRUB - Mercedes-Benz (000-835-58-98) > Replaces 000-835-12-98 > MSRP: $7.00 > Discount: $1.81 (25.9% off) >

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:09:27 -0700 David Bruckmann via Mercedes wrote: > False alarm! Turns out both of these o-rings are available once again > from MB: Congratulations on being able to fix your W108! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-13 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
False alarm! Turns out both of these o-rings are available once again from MB: Seal Ring, VLRUB - Mercedes-Benz (000-835-58-98) Replaces 000-835-12-98 MSRP: $7.00 Discount: $1.81 (25.9% off) Sale Price: $5.19 Seal - Mercedes-Benz (000-835-48-98) MSRP: $3.40 Discount: $0.88 (25.9% off) Sale

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
That complicates things. I seem to remember needing some of those for a waste oil furnace a friend was struggling with a few years ago, they are hard to find. Measure them and check with waste oil furnace manufacturers, you might get lucky — they are used to separate the oil and compressed air

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
t;. You'll get hits pretty much anywhere, including eBay. -D From: Mercedes on behalf of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 2:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel ; David Bruckmann Subject: Re: [MBZ] W108 heat

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Classic Center will provide parts numbers, which I then use on ebay to find NLA stuff. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 10:58 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I agree. No fluff, good search and filtering to find what you need. > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, at 09:48, Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I agree. No fluff, good search and filtering to find what you need. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, at 09:48, Curt Raymond wrote: > McMaster has the best website... > > -Curt > > > > > On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:36:05 AM EDT, Allan Streib via > Mercedes wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
McMaster has the best website... -Curt On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:36:05 AM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/o-rings/cross-section-shape~x/ On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, at 09:31, David Bruckmann via Mercedes wrote: > The trouble is that the NLA

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
Thank you Allan, will check that out. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 07:35 Allan Streib wrote: > https://www.mcmaster.com/products/o-rings/cross-section-shape~x/ > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, at 09:31, David Bruckmann via Mercedes wrote: > > The trouble is that the NLA rings are not o-rings, they are an x

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/o-rings/cross-section-shape~x/ On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, at 09:31, David Bruckmann via Mercedes wrote: > The trouble is that the NLA rings are not o-rings, they are an x profile. > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 Dan Penoff wrote: > >> >> Of course they're metric, but you

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-12 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
The trouble is that the NLA rings are not o-rings, they are an x profile. On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 Dan Penoff wrote: > > Of course they're metric, but you should be able to find something in the > "majik boxes" at your local hardware store. Not sure where I got my last > set, but it wasn't from

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-11 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
sday, July 11, 2023 6:41 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Allan Streib ; David Bruckmann Subject: Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings I’ve been fortunate whenever I’ve needed an O-ring to always get “close enough” with my harbor freight O-ring set. But don’t know about these and I’d find it hard

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-11 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Take the o-rings you remove to the local bearing supply store, or a local auto parts store and match them up. Viton will work just fine. Peter > On Jul 11, 2023, at 3:51 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Good day, > > I'm in the middle of the nightmare of removing the heater

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-11 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I’ve been fortunate whenever I’ve needed an O-ring to always get “close enough” with my harbor freight O-ring set. But don’t know about these and I’d find it hard to believe that set had something that was hard to find elsewhere. On Tue, Jul 11, 2023, at 16:51, David Bruckmann via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-11 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Use the threaded end of a spark plug (the end with the terminal for the spark plug wire) to thread into the valve cores to pull them out. -D > On Jul 11, 2023, at 4:52 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Good day, > > I'm in the middle of the nightmare of removing the heater core

[MBZ] W108 heater o-rings

2023-07-11 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
Good day, I'm in the middle of the nightmare of removing the heater core from my W108.068. This was prompted by the death of the fan motor. Since I'm in there and they're leaking a tad, I will be replacing the o-rings at the two valves. I gather it's 000-835-12-98 and 000-835-13-98 and that one