I did exactly that Brian. The head going back on it is off the '80 SD,
been at the shop for a couple weeks now and getting all done up pretty.
Prechambers too! Hopefully have it back this week.
I was more curious on the group's take on the evidence on the '79 after
I pulled the head. The frontmost cylinder (#1?) was totally carbon
covered. The others, not too bad. Still can see the writing on top of
the pistons which surprised me. That and the block was uberclean which
made me thing this was a fairly fresh motor. The headgasket blew and
I'm guessing it was on this #1 cyl. The rust on the cam and on the oil
rail was surprising though.
Just wondering what everyone thought of the pics and should I be doing
anything whilst I have the head off?
TIA
Ben near Detroit.
On 2/7/2011 12:16 AM, BStromsoe wrote:
> Well, we used to take them apart and put the block in a hot tank
> overnight, then get the block magnafluxed to check for cracks beforfe
> we rebuilt them.
>
> Today, I would just send the core away and get a rebuilt from some
> reputable outfit because I am too old to want to play with rebuilding.
> But, you are young and have time and energy to rebuild if you want to
> (+ a warm garage).
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* bgiovan <bgiovan@cavtel.net>
> *To:* diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Sun, February 6, 2011 6:29:07 PM
> *Subject:* [diesel_mercedes] How I spent my Super Bowl Sunday
>
> Weak, I know. Bringing everyone back up to speed, found a sweet 1979
> 300SD down in Florida for cheap that was truly rust free and in
> imacculate shape but the DPO overheated it and they didn't want to
> spend the money to see what happened. Here's what happened:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/116318077355015592300/HowISpentMySuperBowlSunday2011#
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Ben near Detroit.
>
>
>
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