RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MORE Thursday Fuel Funnies

 

RUG = Regular Unleaded Gas.  Bill in Oregon

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Nate, My diesel. When I first saw the fuel here I thought it was RUG, but
no it's diesel.
dno

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Nate, My diesel. When I first saw the fuel here I thought it was RUG, but
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[diesel_mercedes] needle tip precision lubricant / oil

 

May be called needle tip precision lubricant / oil now.

Radio shack appears to not have it any more.

Amazone.com does: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Lube-51010-Oil/dp/B015ZKT0X2

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4gDQ4dX_hc  Bill in Oregon

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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] HVAC Blower Motor Service / Repair

 

 . . . .

I had some trouble adding one or two drops of lubricant to the moto's shaft , you don't want much in there , Bill hipped me to a Radio Shack needle oiler , they were out of stock and rude , I never did get one and lost the part number (hint) .

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-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] HVAC Blower Motor Service / Repair

 



Yes and no Max ;

It's designed to be very easily removed but not to be serviced / repaired .

I bought the bush kit from Mercedessource , the instructions were missing a page but it's a fairly easy job , having the correct tools for the crimped motor housing is very important .

I took it apart and cleaned a large amount of leaves , dust bunnies and misc. debris out of both the plastic fan wheel (Squirrel Cage) and the heater plentums , then I washed the fan wheel because if you can see the dirt on it , it's unbalanced .

I had some trouble adding one or two drops of lubricant to the moto's shaft , you don't want much in there , Bill hipped me to a Radio Shack needle oiler , they were out of stock and rude , I never did get one and lost the part number (hint) .

In my case the old commutator was worn out so I popped for a new Uro when they dropped the price to $100 even .

It shakes and is noisy on high speed so I don't recommend the Uro brand , not even for FREE if you find one in a junker .

Take the old one out and give it a spin by hand ~ if little or zero turning resistance , take _one_ brush out and try to match them up , if you find them please post the part number , my local NAPA doesn't stock much of anything .

Start to finish it's a two hour job including cleaning the old fan .

$10 is reasonable for the brushes and instructions from Kent I think .

-Nate
         Max   wrote :

Anyone else have this problem with the blower? Rebuilding one is out of the question right? as I'm guessing they are probably usually very shot? Max

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THANX Rob ~

How much was it ? .

I'm thinking of this solution too  as driving in So. Cal. in Summer sans vent wings or a ventilation blower , is pretty rough although I could use to sweat off 40 pounds....... .

For some stupid assed reason I used hex headed screws to install the Uro brand blower I discovered this as I was doing some curbside service whilst waiting on my Son Thursday evening.....

I really want to get a good blower in there ASAP and ave to dig out a nut driver as the factory tool kit's open ended 8MM wrench is too wide to fit in the recess where the screws are .

Of course , I left the perfect , corret original screws in the foot well of the smashed '84 in the Junk Yard.... .

Pleas advise how $pendy that new blower motor was .

-Nate
         Rob   wrote :

"This one yielded a nice driver's side door card in Palomino , a good working HVAC fan (the $100 URO brand one quit working after only a few months "

Nate, I bought a new MB blower, as I didn't think the URO one's were going to last, and/or would fry the electronics.

Rob
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[diesel_mercedes] Saturday Morning Fun (?)

 


So ;

I'm sitting here writing about a tiny fraction of yesterdays fun with old Mercedes' (most of the day was spent on the wagon) when SWMBO says ' coffee ? ' and I jump at the chance to see if my injector pipes are still weeping , etc. etc .

I get One mile away and am waiting for a traffic light when the engine begins to shudder and stall.........

I shut it off , turned on the hazard lights and waited for the green light , re started it and wheezed and gasped across the intersection to the Winchells , managed to get it into an uphill parking space , got her coffee and do-nut holes , came back out and added my two gallons of fresh (CLEAR/BLUE YAY !) Mobil branded Diesel , looked at the clear plastic intake screen , it was clear and no debris so I pumped the (new style) primer until I felt resistance and saw the air bubbles bleeding out of the dark clear hose leading from the secondary filter to the IP , got in , cycled the glow plugs 25 seconds , held the throttle pinned and began cranking ~ it took longer than I'd hoped but in time it began run run if slowly , I held onto the starter until the tach showed 1,000 RPM's then let it off and the engine gained RPM's and smoothness until it belched out a cloud of grey Diesel fuel smoke and ran easily on all five cylinders .

I reset the odometer and will re fill the tank to - morrow with Mobil Diesel to see if it remains clear/blue .

Maye , just maybe it'll be better now .

If so I still have to see if it smokes , if so it's time to scrap the injection pump .

Whew .

Interestingly , although it was garage parked there was slight water condensate on the inside of the filler cap .

Time for coffee and get ready for my Grand Daughter's third birthday party , we'll take the 240D so SWMBO won't get nervous about running out of fuel plus I want to check it's fluid levels , tire pressures and so on .

-Nate


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Re: [diesel_mercedes] HVAC Blower Motor

 

Anyone else have this problem with the blower? Rebuilding one is out of the question right? as I'm guessing they are probably usually very shot? Max

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THANX Rob ~

How much was it ? .

I'm thinking of this solution too  as driving in So. Cal. in Summer sans vent wings or a ventilation blower , is pretty rough although I could use to sweat off 40 pounds....... .

For some stupid assed reason I used hex headed screws to install the Uro brand blower I discovered this as I was doing some curbside service whilst waiting on my Son Thursday evening.....

I really want to get a good blower in there ASAP and ave to dig out a nut driver as the factory tool kit's open ended 8MM wrench is too wide to fit in the recess where the screws are .

Of course , I left the perfect , corret original screws in the foot well of the smashed '84 in the Junk Yard.... .

Pleas advise how $pendy that new blower motor was .

-Nate
         Rob   wrote :

"This one yielded a nice driver's side door card in Palomino , a good working HVAC fan (the $100 URO brand one quit working after only a few months "

Nate, I bought a new MB blower, as I didn't think the URO one's were going to last, and/or would fry the electronics.

Rob
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[diesel_mercedes] HVAC Blower Motor

 



THANX Rob ~

How much was it ? .

I'm thinking of this solution too  as driving in So. Cal. in Summer sans vent wings or a ventilation blower , is pretty rough although I could use to sweat off 40 pounds....... .

For some stupid assed reason I used hex headed screws to install the Uro brand blower I discovered this as I was doing some curbside service whilst waiting on my Son Thursday evening.....

I really want to get a good blower in there ASAP and ave to dig out a nut driver as the factory tool kit's open ended 8MM wrench is too wide to fit in the recess where the screws are .

Of course , I left the perfect , corret original screws in the foot well of the smashed '84 in the Junk Yard.... .

Pleas advise how $pendy that new blower motor was .

-Nate
         Rob   wrote :

"This one yielded a nice driver's side door card in Palomino , a good working HVAC fan (the $100 URO brand one quit working after only a few months "

Nate, I bought a new MB blower, as I didn't think the URO one's were going to last, and/or would fry the electronics.

Rob
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: MORE Thursday Fuel Funnies [2 Attachments]

 
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THANK YOU for the yellow fuel comment ! .

I was really bothering me , maybe not so much now . (pic.)

Please let me know if the clear yellow fuel I now have , matches what you've got in Ohio .
 
As far as the weepy hard lines , yesterday late afternoon I removed the #'s 3 & 5 and discovered two things :

The rounded ball end of both lines where they seal , had a discoloration I was unable to clean off by vigorous wire brushing so I looked into the bed of my Shop truck where I've been keeping the various boxes and bags of hardware spare parts , door checks, spare door , spare W123 set and so on as I knew I had a full set of extra steel pipes ~ the long $ 5 one was seriously bent from the seat falling on it so I hand bent it until both ball ends dropped right into their locations with out pulling , then I cleaned them up (I tend to store used parts oily so they don't corrode) , wire brushed both sealing balls until they were nice and even colored , blew them out with aerosol brake cleaner , a good thing as I got some soft muddy crud out , set them aside and looked in to open tops of the two fuel injectors , it looked dirty to me so I swabbed them with Q-Tips (Pic.) , a goodly bit of sift mushy black stuff came out , I was trying to sace them for more photos but my Bitch dog ate them as soon as I turned my back , both ends of the Q-Tips turned dead black , only one pic , I swabbed until I got a clean tip then blew the open injector clean with aerosol Ether (starting fluid) , buttoned it all back up , de greased the engine yet again then decided to wash both the wheels and the rest of the car as the long streaks of dirty Diesel fuel flowing up the trunk lid to - wards the backlight really bothered me . by then it was dark and an 18 hour day had gone by so I drove it to SWMBO's place , we'll see soon if they still weep or not , i was too dang tired my 11:00 PM to even look .

I try to write so it's easy to understand what's going on and what I'm doing and why ~ I've been a mechanic my entire life , started when in short pants and i still really enjoy italthough the pain is getting to be a bit much these days .

YOU , the owner  will  usually do a better job than any Shop because YOU CARE and most ' mechanics ' these days are simply parts changers with no real idea what's going on nor a care if they do good works out not .

FWIW , I don't take injetors apart because I don't have a pop tester and each time you take one apart it's critical to test for proper pop pressure as well as lack of ' drooling ' and a good spray pattern / mist cone .

I don't replace the heat shields , I know i prolly should but if they never leak , why $pend the $  .

-Nate
         Dno  wrote :

Good stuff. I was dealing with weeping injectors after my previous tip cleaning and thought I my not have cleaned or torqued the body correctly.
On my most recent cleaning I didn't pull the body apart, just checked the torque. Then made sure the heat shield seat was clean and put in new shields. That did it. FWIW. (I think I reused old ones just to try)
re, fuel color, here in Ohio all the diesel I,ve seen since it went ultra low sulfer, looks yellow-green, similar to anti-freeze but more yellow.
In any case you do know how to make progress interesting.
dno

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