Ah Nate you saved me!!!
Put on the vac pump from PaP which was just aglowing when I bought it, 'twas about the only shiny bit under the hood. And this really sucks but the vac pump doesn't. So put the old one back on it sucks, and disconnected all the air lines except brown, Lo we got engine shut down. Then connected the green hose lo we still got engine shut down,
Those turkey door locks and now manually operated only. Will live with that till we get home in the spring. May try to get some hew PaP actuators on our way home. "Twas an old post of Nates that got me thinking about the locks. & I knew the old pump was sucking, but I kinda liked the shiny one which I will sell very cheap to any takers.
Tony.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> Speaking of torque (wrenches) - Harbor Freight is having their 3 day yard sale through Sunday. I saw a torque wrench for $9.99, don't need it, but bought it anyway. Lots of good stuff for cheap prices including 11 drawer tool chests for $149. Great place to spend your $$ and help the Chinese out.
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> brian from la verne, ca
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> From: Nate <vwnate1@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:23 AM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The joys of vacuum.
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> Good morning Tony ;
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> There is no joy in vacuum pumps , they plain suck .
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> FWIW ,the correct torque of any screw on any German Vehicle , will render if vibration proof and when you loosen it for the fist time since initial assembly or after repairs including the correct , ' Just So ' torque , you'll both feel & hear a "click " sound as it begins to turn .
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> This means you must always use correctly fitting tools and clean the screw slots before applying turning force , often it's just a matter of applying the correct amount of force for a moment then it'll go "cick " and back out easily after that .
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> Germans , weird & wonderful Engineers , I wish they'd share these trade secrets more often .
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> I see the later model OM617 engines come with allen headed socket screws from the factory *but* if you fail to clean out the accumulated crud , they'll strip easily , just like the slotted Cheese headed screws on the older ones .
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> Nate
> Tony wrote:
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> > Spent the morning wrestling with taking off the vac pump, I get my hands on the twerp who torqued those bolts on i'll have his guts for garters. To get the bottom one, I took out all the other bolts & had swmbo rock the pump housing, while I used a pry bar to hold the allen key in and turn the wrench at the same time. UGH. Think I might go to town and buy cap screws to replace the screw, if I have any money after I leave the bar.
> > Oh well, have to put it down until tomorrow when I put the new (pap) one on.
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