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Has anyone ever made a good DIY tool to lock an OM617 flywheel?
G'day Folks,
For once no long convoluted story. Like the title says:- Has anyone ever made a good DIY tool to lock an OM617 flywheel?
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Big ffn screwdriver in the starter hole!
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I did.
Took a small plate of aluminum about the thickness of the ring gear and laid the ring gear on it. Traced out the teeth with a sharpie and then used a band-saw to cut away the metal. I made the plate somewhat Y shaped so that the pointy end would slip into the starter hole. Was a few hours of work to carve out those teeth, but it has done me well for over 20 years. -CTH |
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socket extension through said starter hole
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Nice tips thanks!
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Just so you know!
I've been meaning to post this for some time.
If the engine is out you can easily clamp the flywheel with a G-clamp and some blocks of wood I've found that this is strong enough to stop the crank from spinning when doing up the crankshaft pulley nut.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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Wow, I wonder if that will work on my 601 when I put the crank pully nut in ?
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Let us know if it does! (You need to make sure you've got the clamp on the flywheel only - I didn't want to bend the flywheel out of shape - I know that isn't very likely but I'm a bit paranoid about things like this)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I've forgotten to update this thread with the official tool available from MB!
amb The part number is 110 589 00 40 00
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I forgot to update this thread with this information
Inexpensive Fly Wheel Lock For OM60X.XXX engines I'm not sure if it will work for the OM617 but I'm probably going to try it when I get round to it. (If anyone beats me to it please let us know if it works!)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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Apologies for resurrecting this ancient thread; however, has anyone figured this out?
In searching, I've found the factory tool from Mercedes (110-589-00-40-00) for as "low" as $750, while the Baum Tools equivalent is even more ($1,189). Neither of these options are really viable. If at all possible, I would like to avoid removing the starter to use an aftermarket flywheel lock that engages there. Any other options? Any good sources for used tools or renting it (tried eBay but found nothing). |
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See #6
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