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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1979 240D Starter Replacement
Tom,
Yes, Haynes says to remove the steering track bolt and the fill tube bolt
and have an assistant push the tube rearward to allow
It seems than at Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:09:11 -0700 (PDT), LWB250 wrote:
Never having worked on a 240D, I'm not sure if the
exhaust routing would make it different...
I think on my W123 240 I was able to reach in from the top and
lift it out.
But that was a while ago, so my memory could be
I could only drop mine out the bottom.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:46 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1979 240D Starter
Tom,
Yes, Haynes says to remove the steering track bolt and the fill tube bolt
and have an assistant push the tube rearward to allow clearance for starter
to be pulled out. Not much clearance. . I watched my indie do mine and he
did a lot of the bolt work from the top, but got under it and dropped
I'm afraid I don't know about the auto tranny dipstick issue. But I do
know that the starter gets dropped out the bottom after you access the
bolts any way you prefer.
You turn your wheels all the way one direction or the other, and you
rotate the starter like 90 degrees or something like that.
I don't know about a 240D, but on a 300D and 300TD,
it's just a matter of pulling the bolts and cables,
then twisting it around like a puzzle piece until it
slides out between the exhaust and suspension/frame.
It takes a little doig until you get it oriented
correctly, if I recall.
Never having
