[diesel_mercedes] Re : Motor Mount Service

 


If a hex head , it'll either be a 17 0r 13 MM . if an allen head , it'll be a 6MM IIRC .

Loking at the size of the threaded hole in the motor mount picture , should tip you to what to expect ~ 10MM theeads , 17 MM head bolt .

8MM threads , 13MM ATF or 5/6 MM allen headed bolt .

In either case ,_NOW_ , before you begin to work on them , is the time to get some coveralls or old clothes and at least four cans of de greaser and some brushes , a couple paint brushes and one long stiff bristle solvent brush and go to town cleaning the engine and the uniboby as believe me , there's going to be oil soaked road grime you cannot imagine , in every nook and cranny way up underneath .

DO THIS NOW so it'll be dry in a week or so when you attack it .

Expect to get beyond filthy your own self , don't dispair , just keep swirling the munge around with the various brushes , spraying ever more cleaner as you go , work the driveway stains with the brushes too and when you wash it all down with the garden hose (use a nozzle , dig) , it'll come splashing back into your face and hair , don't stop , quit or give up , keep flushing it until the water runs off clean no mtter how obscure the corner or crevice you point the nozzle into , then flush the pavement clean , _all_ that mess will dissolve & rinse away leaving you with a clean engine & under carriage plus a sparkling clean and fun to work on , driveway .

Guess how I know this ? .

Nate
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> I’m almost ready to do the motor mounts and tranny mount on my ‘77 240D. Still waiting for the center mount to come in. I can feel that it’s just behind the oil pan, but I can’t see what type of bolt it is to determine what tool are neded to remove it. I’ve done the side mounts on the first 300D I had, but this third mount behind the oil pan is new to me.
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> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
> 1977 240D 315Kmi, Liesel the Diesel
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[diesel_mercedes] Re : top of air cleaner with oil on it

 


I had terrible oil leaks oaking the whole engine from th rockerbox oil mist tube on the '82 240D until I bought the rubber 90 degree boots , then it stopped spweing oil everywhere .

Apparently there's a fair bit of oil going into the separator , once you get everything sealed up , it just works like it's designed to and the excess oil runs down the tube from the separator back into the crankcase .

Most Merceds Partshaus' have them cheaply , as does The Classic Center then your local dealer .

-Nate
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> I hope that I have luck like that with our 240D. It doesn’t blow lots of oil under the car, but there’s some dribbling around the breather hose at the rockerbox (sounds better than valve cover). It seems to run better every time we take it out, probably only about 50 miles total since purchase.
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> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
> 1977 240D 315Kmi, Liesel the Diesel
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