Diesel RVs: 11/09/18

[diesel_mercedes] A The Calm Place - The New York Times

Welcome Joe ;

I'm just trying to pay back the amazing amounts of help and advice I get here.....

-Nate

Joe wrote :

Nate, that is what I needed! Stress and anxiety combined with autism
doesn't do me any favours!

Joe

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[diesel_mercedes] Winter Preperations

For all those in salt / cold country :

Take your car to an automatic car wash that has the chassis spray, do it NOW before you decide to park it for the winter and get the accumulated road muncge and corrosive crap washed off as RUST NEVER SLEEPS .

Change the coolant too, this is very important for your wallet's health even if you used "lifetime coolant" as coolant has a limited lifespan and becomes CORROSIVE after four + years

Do a HOT oil & filter change too, now before it gets too cold, don't forget to lubricate the various throttle rod linkages .

-Nate

Mark wrote :

Good going Nate. Weather has turned, so our garage times will be brief if at all. My car will not have to endure another winter. It should be stored before the weekend is up.

--   Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.  Technology...responsibly, thoughtfully

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[diesel_mercedes] OM616/617 Oil Filter To Block Gasket Service Notes [1 Attachment]

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Yes, they tell me you should drop the steering box to make this a far easier job, it's big and heavy so I declined .

The oil pressure gauge's feed pipe is black plastic and the hollow nut that holds it in place was stuck fast on mine so I left it, doesn't seem to leak .

There are _TWO_ gaskets, I wasn't planning to touch the second one but it was *so* krispy I'm glad I ordered it in as I wound up using it, better to have a $4 part and not need it than halt for a few days whilst a lousy gasket comes in .

Get some Gaskacinch and coat both sides of the gaskets, let them tack up well before installing .

You'll need to use lots of elbow grease and wire brushes to carefully clean the machined sealing surface of the alloy canister housing, one nick with a metal scraper and it'll leak forever more .

I used a _new_ single edge razor blade to get almost the entire canister to block gasket off in one piece, I'll post pix soon . lots of wire brushing and some scraping to get the cast iron surface *perfect* ~ I use Ether (starting fluid) to dissolve the old sealant so it wire brushes off fairly easily of both metal surfaces .

I disconnected the turbo's oil feed pipe at the turbo and the bracket on the air cleaner's 'T' support so I could move it to help line it up, there's another loop typ bracket on the back of the engine I knew I'd never get the bolt back in once removed so I left that alone .

One of the 8MM Allen head canister to block bolts *must* be in place when you offer up the cleaned canister as it won't clear the steering box .

I do not recommend using any sort of anaerobic sealant on this job, God help you if you do .

You'll need two open end wrenches, one 27MM and one 24MM for the oil lines, I mostly used my old VW Beetle front wheel bearing wrenches but also bought a box kit of super thin stubby metric wrenches from Harbor Freight, they're very helpful in snugging up the various oil hose connections, & maybe use for the final tightening, maybe not ~ I'm still fairly strong in my decrepitude so I used them to tighten the hoses, needed the longer ones to get them loose .

Jack up and block the car well and spend some time cleaning the entire left side of the engine before you take it apart, you'll avoid getting oil and dirty bits into the internals of the engine, the open passages lead directly to the crankshaft bearings and I've seen way too many scored and damaged by dirt bearings over the decades to ever not clean first .

You'll of course need to clean it again after the job as oil will dribble out as parts come off .

I'm currently using the Sam's Club degreaser I've mentioned here before, I dilute it 50/50 with tap water into a generic spray bottle and use a long, soft bristled brush .

I took the oil filter element and cover off the car before beginning to reduce weight of parts I had to handle at a distance with my broken arms/hands/wrists fully extended .

Plan to spend two days ~ one to take it apart and clean things and another to re assemble it all .

There will be several points where you're disgusted and thinking "this is impossible" but it's not, just take your time and don't forget to utilize all your various tools ~ for the 6MM Allen canister bolts I used a wild variety of tools, short and shorter yet (.99 cents store) Allen wrenches, 3/8" drive Allen socket and various short extensions ~ the standard short extensions are 3" but I have several from various brands so I can pick and choose to get *just* the right length........

A stubby 3/8" drive ratchet, I'm still using a $5 one I bought thirty years ago, it's Chinese crap but has out lasted all the nicer looking ones I've bought to replace it ~ it has a folding handle and is 3" in length .

A 3/8" Flex Handle (misnomer 'Breaker Bar') helps to crack the Allen bolts loose, of course you know to clean the heads 1,000 % so you don't strip one out and really spoil your day .

Probably a flex head 3/8 drive ratchet would be wise, for some reason I've never had one of these but used them in various shops I worked at ~ very handy to brake loose or finally tighten things you can't easily reach that are between two other things....

Those 8MM Allen bolts go to 18 # torque or, use your calibrated Mechanic's Arm, I know you have this, not everyone does .

Proper Supervision is a must !

I hope I'm not forgetting anything here.....

Keep ahold of that alternator pulley for me please .....

-Nate
Rob wrote :

Nate,

That's a bunch of work.

Any tips on replacing the oil filter canister to block gasket?

I need to do that sometime.

Thanks

Rob

-Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] The Calm Place - The New York Times

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Nate, that is what I needed! Stress and anxiety combined with autism
doesn't do me any favours!

Joe

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