Whatta laugh ! my fat arse on a bicycle......
To - Day Tom came over and we attacked my recalcitrant Diesel Sports Coupe , it turns out I'd waited too long to do a routine valve adjustment , two were tight , I adjusted them to spec. and , as long as we had the rocker box off and apart , took the big linkage plate apart and re swadjed the central pin as it was wobbling about .005" back and forth since I bought the car , this made for sloppy throttle operation , I had to push further down than I liked before the engine revved up .
The pin proper was also grimy and had crud on it as did the middle of the black plastic pivot thing so I wire brushed the pin and scrubbed the hole in the plastic , lubed both with silicone and Lo ! it now pivoted freely instead of sluggishly so I took the other pivot apart , cleaned and lubricated it and now the entire throttle assembly is easier to push and the engine responds faster .
I took it for a hard drive after and it still accelerates too slowly for my taste but it doesn't miss , it does run out of power a bir at 4,000 RPM's where I suppose most folks don't run their engines anyway .
Once on the open highway it fairly easily accelerated to 85 MPH , there were other cars so I didn't push it harder than that .
I guess either the turbo is getting really bad or the injectors need service or both most likely as it still smokes too much all the time .
I asked my Son to loan me the boost gauge he previously insisted I install , I just want to use it to see what the boost is, how it comes in etc. as I'm betting it comes in late to to turbo bearing drag .
He lost the darn thing .
To-morrow I drive SWMBO's 300TD to work then to the alignment shop to have the front end aligned .
It doesn't feel loose but if they find anything amiss , I'll buy new parts & let them sweat the no fun of front end service .
We also tinkered with Tom's S-Klasse a bit .
-Nate
I kinda liked the pic of Nate on the mountain bike.
T
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