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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 03 August 2015, 17:51:49
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So, I left the garage at around 4.30 last Thursday. One of the other guys stays 'til 6.30 as he starts later.
This car came in for a timing chain just as I was leaving.....a nice Merc A Class.
Was very impressed when I walked in the next morning and in that 2 hours he'd dropped the engine with the subframe on to the stabds ready for the timing chain replacement. (the odd shape of thisengine means it cant be done in situ)...it took us an hour to getthe crank bolt out and 3 of us!
apologies for the quality of the images but the engine is on its side almost. when he'd got the chain cover off it was clear the chain had been rubbing as there were gauges on the chains cover :o and there was loooads of back and forth play in the chan and guides. that coulda been disaster!
(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/MERCA1_zpsfdlirenn.jpg) (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/webbybear1/media/MERCA1_zpsfdlirenn.jpg.html)
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Jeez what's the bill for that Webby? :o :-\
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Jeez what's the bill for that Webby? :o :-\
An absolute sh*t load tig ;D
I wanted to do it as I've never done a chain and I wanted to get my teeth in to summat this challenging. but i'm away when the kit's going to turn up. :'(
I think we quoted £900 and the dealer wanted over a grand
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..... when he'd got the chain cover off it was clear the chain had been rubbing as there were gauges on the chains cover :o and .....
Like this ..... :( And yes .... that is a hole ???
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/IMG_0270.jpg)
This was my Smart's timing chain cover. Can't remember the mileage at the time, but it wasn't loads.
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yeah pretty much exactly like that. there wasn't a hole :o but there were biiig gouges. was apparently making a heck of a racket!
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What age was the A Class Webby?
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What age was the A Class Webby?
They don't seem to get good press. I've never had the pleasure of driving an A Class, but the B Class MB once lent me was dire
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not sure on the exact age but it was only a pup!
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Oh dear. MrsT likes Mercs. A & B are well priced. Perhaps a classic 90's C Class would be better ;D
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That's ok Tunnie... just keep an extra thousand pound on the side for when it starts rattling! ;D
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something of interest also..... can anyone guess the book time for getting the crank pulley bolt out? lol
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something of interest also..... can anyone guess the book time for getting the crank pulley bolt out? lol
3 minutes? ??? :D
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Oh dear. MrsT likes Mercs. A & B are well priced. Perhaps a classic 90's C Class would be better ;D
Go for a R500 ::) ::)
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lol...... add another 5 hours 57 minutes to that tig ::)
presumably that's wthout the engine out though...
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lol...... add another 5 hours 57 minutes to that tig ::)
presumably that's wthout the engine out though...
unbelievable ....... obviously sticking an engine underneath a car doesn't aid access ???
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Old skool Mercs are the best! :y
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Old skool Mercs are the best! :y
the rusty old skool or the even older skool Mercs? ;D
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Old skool Mercs are the best! :y
the rusty old skool or the even older skool Mercs? ;D
Old, big and thirsty. :y Stick to something they can do a competent job of building. ::)
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lol...... add another 5 hours 57 minutes to that tig ::)
presumably that's wthout the engine out though...
unbelievable ....... obviously sticking an engine underneath a car doesn't aid access ???
A starter motor is an engine out job on an A-class.
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lol...... add another 5 hours 57 minutes to that tig ::)
presumably that's wthout the engine out though...
unbelievable ....... obviously sticking an engine underneath a car doesn't aid access ???
A starter motor is an engine out job on an A-class.
Same for the alternator I think ::)
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Most non-service engine jobs are engine out on A class. It is well known that MB simply do not know how to design a car.
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..... when he'd got the chain cover off it was clear the chain had been rubbing as there were gauges on the chains cover :o and .....
Like this ..... :( And yes .... that is a hole ???
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/IMG_0270.jpg)
This was my Smart's timing chain cover. Can't remember the mileage at the time, but it wasn't loads.
Smarts are particularly poorly constructed, with several construction problems, all that end up with causing the owners a lot of grief (and lighter wallets).
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Smarts are particularly poorly constructed, with several construction problems, all that end up with causing the owners a lot of grief (and lighter wallets).
I know
Brilliant to drive though