I meant the owner's booklet that goes in the glove box .
This one too , is a must have for me .
ALL Factory Shop Manuals are important as even if you're not a Mechanic , the pictures are often life savers .
@ $20 for the whole engine manual , it's a bargain as you can print out as many or as few of the pages you want / need , scribble them up with On Hand Service notes as you go along and save or discard at will .
-Nate
Bill wrote :
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> http://tinyurl.com/bref9xf
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> Bill in Oregon
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> From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bmwsid
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 3:28 PM
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Glow Plug Replacement
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> It is not my daily driver. There is still salt on the roads here, and this
> car has no rust. A real rarity in Western NY, for an '85 vehicle. I bought
> it in N. Carolina. It has 267K on the clock, and it was stopped there when I
> got it. The speedo still works, so what the heck.
> I have tried to find some sort of manual for the car, but haven't had any
> luck. I kinda gave up on the idea, but would still like to get one.
> I guess I will order the Monarchs, I had a bad feeling abut the Autolites. I
> just have never been a Ford guy.
> I know it will be a thrill, getting the new plugs in, but I used to work on
> Phantom F4s once upon a time. I will just look upon it as a challenge. I was
> thinking of how it was worse than getting a root canal just getting them
> out!
> I am going to ream the ports out with a .30 cal wire brush , but I am unsure
> on just how I am going to spin it on #5. Maybe I can do something like a
> starter-rope and spin it that way.
> I am not pressed for time, so if I get mad, I will go have a coffee or
> whatever, give it a rest. It must have taken me almost 3 hours to get them
> out, but much of that was walking back and forth for different tools,
> chopping off a deep-well socket, things like that.
> If anyone can tell me where to pick up a manual, I would appreciate it.
> So, those Monarchs, on E-bay. $2.50 shipping, I think it was. $12.99 each?
> Maybe it was 11.99..... better than paying $10.00 each for autolites.
> Thanks for the help.
> Sid, near Niagara Falls
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>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> , "Nate" wrote:
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> >
> > 2/16/201
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply Sid ;
> >
> > I'm out of town to see my ailing Mother . Internet access troubles too .
> >
> > Anyway , this is where you need to stop and go buy an Owner's Booklet for
> any OM617 equipped Mercedes as it contains _vital_ information on how to
> prime the fuel sysem in case you either run out of fuel , or open the system
> for repairs , or if one of those pesky tiny injector return hoses dries out
> and begins leaking or falls off as you're happily motoring along far from
> home....
> >
> > The NAPA guy is dead wrong , he can order in one or a thousand glow plugs
> , try a different salesperson .
> >
> > I'm to far from my catalogs to be of help here but *you* can go to NAPA's
> pretty good OnLine Catalogs and see what they offer ....
> >
> > Peach Parts , MBPartsdot somethingoranother all will have the correct glow
> plugs too .
> >
> > I hope this isn't your daily driver as it might be down a while whilst you
> get these replaced , not a chance you'll ever get it re started until you
> learn the wheres and hows of the hand primer pump as changing the glowplugs
> without removing the injector pipes requires pixie sized hands...
> >
> > When we get back to L.A. I have to replace the injectors in Tom's SD ,
> maybe he'll take pix as I do it and we can make up a tutorial .
> >
> > The hand primer pump is on the left lower front of the injector pump ,
> look for the two fuel lines coming from the back of the car , one leads to a
> plastic intake screen and thence to the primer pump ~ it may have a white
> (prolly grimy) plastic wheel on the top with a knurled edge so it's easy to
> unscrew or it may have a round shouldered black push thing on it's upper end
> , both work similar but differently...
> >
> > More in a bit if you wish .
> >
> > -Nate
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