I ran my intermittent, invisible, hard to locate, loudest noise I ever heard for 1000 or 2000 miles trying to figure out what was going on. Scared me all the time, but those axle joints are big and tough even when dry. Seems that mine were "in balance" around 60mph, or when around town. I might be tempted to go from AZ to Mexico, but I would not go from CA to PA without a fix.
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 4:54 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: clatter noise. need a hand here.
Thanks Brian, sounds like it is the problem.
Course we just pulled in to a hotel in Tucson, and the blooming battery is low, waiting for a tow truck to give us a boost, then hopefully we go & buy a new batt, if it is the alternator, you will hear the swearing all the way to LA.
PS your opinion, can we trust it to hold together for another 2,000 miles, given that it is intermittent, and is silent for 20 to 50 miles, then we stop and it is quiet again.
Tony.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> Search my past posts for "whang, bang, clang" noise. Turned out to be a rear axle as I recall. Grease went bye bye and axle bearings were scored. New axle fixed it.
>
>
> Â
> brian from laverne, ca
> Mary (195K)Â Martha (280K)
> 1983 w123 300d's
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 7:14 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] clatter noise. need a hand here.
>
>
> Â
> This is weird, we left Tacoma (nr Seattle) and the following has happened.
> Driving along I5 after about 50 miles we hear a clattering sound. Stop look, can find nothing, start driving again & after about 30 miles clatter again. Stop look can find no problems, go again and this repeats over and over. Put the car up on a hoist cannot find any prob. Pull into Los Banos California, pull the passenger side rear wheel, the caliper is sticking, so we replace caliper, do about 50 miles clatter again. Boots on the Passenger side 1/2 shaft are not great, exhaust system donuts are not great, car is overloaded in rear, has all our stuff for Mexico on board. The noise sounds rotational, sounds like it is near rear wheel passenger side, rotor is running cool, drive shaft and rear 1/2 shafts seem ok, no slop or end movement, hub seems ok and is not running hot.
> We and four decent mechanics are stumped. We adjusted the valves and put in new glow plugs, and new injector return lines on tuesday. Car drives normally. In my life have never seen an intermittent like this, and we are afraid to cross into Mexico with a car that might shut down on the highway. We in Beaumont Ca., a little east of LA and are dazed and confused please if you have any ideas we could really use a clue.
>
> Signed clueless in California.
> TIA Tony.
>
Course we just pulled in to a hotel in Tucson, and the blooming battery is low, waiting for a tow truck to give us a boost, then hopefully we go & buy a new batt, if it is the alternator, you will hear the swearing all the way to LA.
PS your opinion, can we trust it to hold together for another 2,000 miles, given that it is intermittent, and is silent for 20 to 50 miles, then we stop and it is quiet again.
Tony.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
>
> Search my past posts for "whang, bang, clang" noise. Turned out to be a rear axle as I recall. Grease went bye bye and axle bearings were scored. New axle fixed it.
>
>
> Â
> brian from laverne, ca
> Mary (195K)Â Martha (280K)
> 1983 w123 300d's
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 7:14 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] clatter noise. need a hand here.
>
>
> Â
> This is weird, we left Tacoma (nr Seattle) and the following has happened.
> Driving along I5 after about 50 miles we hear a clattering sound. Stop look, can find nothing, start driving again & after about 30 miles clatter again. Stop look can find no problems, go again and this repeats over and over. Put the car up on a hoist cannot find any prob. Pull into Los Banos California, pull the passenger side rear wheel, the caliper is sticking, so we replace caliper, do about 50 miles clatter again. Boots on the Passenger side 1/2 shaft are not great, exhaust system donuts are not great, car is overloaded in rear, has all our stuff for Mexico on board. The noise sounds rotational, sounds like it is near rear wheel passenger side, rotor is running cool, drive shaft and rear 1/2 shafts seem ok, no slop or end movement, hub seems ok and is not running hot.
> We and four decent mechanics are stumped. We adjusted the valves and put in new glow plugs, and new injector return lines on tuesday. Car drives normally. In my life have never seen an intermittent like this, and we are afraid to cross into Mexico with a car that might shut down on the highway. We in Beaumont Ca., a little east of LA and are dazed and confused please if you have any ideas we could really use a clue.
>
> Signed clueless in California.
> TIA Tony.
>
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