Chris,
if you want to talk about this job at any point; including when you're in
the middle of it up to your neck, I'll be happy to chat with you. (Either
online or via the phone.) Just drop me a line and I'll send you my home
phone. I did this job myself last year. (And it turned out to be a crac
Won't bet either way, we'll have to see. I still don't think it is, esp since
the gaskets tend to fail behind cylinder # 6 in the exact spot mine has
failed. THe failed gasket is new (the failure is new, not the gasket) and it
did not overheat since. BUT, I would not be shocked if it were. P
I can almost guarantee your head is cracked, 90% chance it is.
Christopher McCann wrote:
IF the head is cracked, which I doubt, but realize it is VERY POSSIBLE, I will get a new
one and we'll get the valve job done, etc. Charlie has done all this several times
before. The TD will be "beache
Yep, Charlie has told me all about the slant 6. I even read an article in a
MOPAR mag about it a while ago!
CM
Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/29/06, Christopher McCann
wrote:
>
> My Indy offered Charlie a job, he knows what he is doing (and he's
> psyched about the Oki
Alex wrote:
Not such a stretch (even without considering the corporate connection). The
old 225 slant six had (deservedly) the same kind of rep as an OM617---slow,
overbuilt, torquey, and very long-lived.
Ahhh, but the difference being that MB didn't stop production of them
when they realized
On 3/29/06, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My Indy offered Charlie a job, he knows what he is doing (and he's
> psyched about the OkieQ this year - a MOPAR convert to diesel Benzes).
Not such a stretch (even without considering the corporate connection). The
old 225 slant s
IF the head is cracked, which I doubt, but realize it is VERY POSSIBLE, I will
get a new one and we'll get the valve job done, etc. Charlie has done all this
several times before. The TD will be "beached" in the driveway for a while
till I get a good head, but that's OK. I can ride my bike t
In a message dated 3/28/2006 9:30:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my mechanic
friend Charlie (240D (2)) decided we're gonna do it ourselves. I'm hoping
braingears or steaky has the job. Will keep y'
you are going to need more than a head gasket dude. What are you going
to do when you open her up and discover the head is cracked?
Christopher McCann wrote:
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my mechanic friend
Charlie (240D (2)) decided we're gonna do it ourselves
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- Original Message -
From: "Christopher McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:29 AM
Subject: [MBZ] taking the bull by the horns - 87 300TD head gasket
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replace
Good for you! good luck. just don't drop anything down the chain box,
although that is not as critical on a 60x as in the older 61X and earlier
engines
At 10:29 AM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my
mechanic friend Charlie (240D (2)) decided
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my mechanic friend
Charlie (240D (2)) decided we're gonna do it ourselves. I'm hoping braingears
or steaky has the job. Will keep y'all posted on our progress. REALLY looking
forward to the head test to see if it's cracked. Will pos
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