I'm just a braver amateur than you are is all ~ .
If I screw it up or break it , I'll fix it , either way I'll learn something .
I neglected to mention that the idle speed adjuster lock nut is 14MM , I have a very old 9/16" Box End distributor wrench and 9/16" fits 14MM fasteners -but- the offset on this long 'C' shaped tool is , I believe , too large to fit between the IP and the block .
Maybe I'll use a deep socket to loosen it , adjust the idle speed up a couple hundred RPM's then try to re tighten it and not move the adjuster screw much ? .
We shall see . it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt .
-Nate
Chip wrote:
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> Argh! Gasp, wheeze, the sounds of us amateurs when we realize that if Nate does not know what tool to use, what chance in HE-- do we have?
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> Thanks for the grins.
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> Chuck
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@> wrote:
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> >
> > So ;
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> > There I was , purring along in my Turbo Diesel Sports Coupe , ripping up the Pasadena Freeway and back down through Central L.A. again , passing every one , nothing but corn , BIG smile on my face .
> >
> > Then I stopped in front of SWMBO's house and the shaking idle began.....
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> > Phooey ~ I popped the hood to see # 3 fuel pipe is squirting Diesel Fuel in little spurts , I decided it was prolly not tight enough so I schelpped on down to SEARS & bought a nifty set of crowfoot flare nut wrenches (didja know Craftsman tools are now made in China ?) and tried to tighten it , no dice , so I removed it and the rounded sealing end looked a bit cruddy , broke out my wire bristle toothbrush and cleaned both ends hospital clean then blew the pipe out as any tiny bit of crud would have ruined my new Monark fuel injector , screwed it back on carefully starting each 17MM flarenut then finger tightening them before touching with the wrench , lit that sweetie off and as soon as I revved it once to bleed out the # 3 fuel pipe , she settled back into a silky smooth idle again .
> >
> > It still idles a little bit too slowly so I tried to loosen the idle speed adjuster locknut with my new 14MM crow's foot only to discover it's too dang fat and won't clear the IP ! .
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> > DAMMIT . what do others use to loosen this nut ? I don't want to round off the corners using a regular open end wrench .
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> > Grr......
> >
> > -Nate
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