Heat shield OM617 engine mount

[whunter]

Heat shield OM617 engine mount.
Anyone have a picture of the engine mount shield.

[t walgamuth]

i dont have a pic but its just a flattish piece of sheet metal a little bigger than the rubber that fits between the mount ant the engine strut. dont know if that helps or not.. if not well...

[Johnhef]

just happened to take a picture last weekend.

[whunter]

Originally Posted by Johnhef

just happened to take a picture last weekend.

Very much.

[stayalert]

Cool Thanks for sharing. I have some heavy-ish galvi sheet metal that I will try to use to make some of these. For what its worth it looks more like a gumpa (grease luge oil fuel and etc.) shield for the fasteners than a heat shield 'fer the rubbah......

Rob M
Concord, MA

[Pete Burton]

sorry I don't have time to post a picture but those shields are smaller than mine. I'll try to put a tape on them. Rob, if you go to the trouble to make some, I would make them big. You shield them well from heat and fuel spills and you'll "never" need to replace them.

[stayalert]

Originally Posted by Pete Burton

sorry I don't have time to post a picture but those shields are smaller than mine. I'll try to put a tape on them. Rob, if you go to the trouble to make some, I would make them big. You shield them well from heat and fuel spills and you'll "never" need to replace them.

LOL.....You Mean....They might go a million miles?????

Measurements would be nice...the ones oin the phot appear worn (1 hole larger) also if theres a profile (other than the recess for the engine hanger arm to sit on it might be nice to see that in a photo or described....

[boneheaddoctor]

Originally Posted by Pete Burton

sorry I don't have time to post a picture but those shields are smaller than mine. I'll try to put a tape on them. Rob, if you go to the trouble to make some, I would make them big. You shield them well from heat and fuel spills and you'll "never" need to replace them.

I agree I am making a set from alluminum sheet when I do my motor mounts for the second time in 2 years on my W116..........I am convinced its fuel that kills these things as my drivers mount is collapsing and thats the side that had the fuel dripping on it...........and the fact there was no heat shields on them when I got the car.

[Pete Burton]

OK, I measured the driver's side one and it's about 4 inches left to right and 5 inches front to back. IMHO, the shield should be more like 6 x 6. Shortly after I replaced the mounts, I spilled fuel all over the left mount hooking up the prefilter. The fuel easily splashed over the shield and flowed all over the mount. I quickly washed it off, but realized that shield is almost useless for deflecting a fuel spill.

I went to measure the right side shield and there wasn't one! Then I remembered how I left it off when I put the engine in because I wanted to straighten and paint it. I forgot to go back and put it in. Now, I'm tempted to just make up a pair out of copper (because it's so easy to form) that do a really good job.

Rob, I suspect you'll need to form that same type of recess in the top of the shield before you make the bolt hole. It's about 10-12mm deep, the small ID just clears the OD of the aluminum engine mount and the OD of the recess is about 35mm. Looks like you could make that by squuezing your shield between 2 different size sockets.

[stayalert]

I currently have a hanger off the engine So I may try to get my friends in the machine shop to ponder the mount, the hanger, and fasteners....see what they think is easy/functional/cheap....Thnaks for the addtional info/thoughts!

Rob M

[boneheaddoctor]

Originally Posted by stayalert

I currently have a hanger off the engine So I may try to get my friends in the machine shop to ponder the mount, the hanger, and fasteners....see what they think is easy/functional/cheap....Thnaks for the addtional info/thoughts!

Rob M

Thats why I like the sheet aluminum route...its easy to hammer into a shape that fits.

[whunter]

Just sent Phil a message requesting a FastLane link to the engine mount heat shield.
I have looked several times without finding it.

[Hit Man X]

Excellent, I need one more too.

[whunter]

Originally Posted by whunter

Just sent Phil a message requesting a FastLane link to the engine mount heat shield.
I have looked several times without finding it.

We swapped e-mail, after a phone discussion and another e-mail, here are the part numbers we came up with.


Item Number: 1232410234
Main Category: Mercedes Benz
Sub Category: Engine Mechanical
Description: Engine mount heat shield LEFT...Chassis: W126.025, 032, 033, 034, 035, 036, 037, 039, 043, 044, 045, 046, 120 W123.000, 003, 007, 020, 023, 025, 026, 028, 030, 033, 043, 050, 053, 083, 086, 093, 105, 120, 123, 125, 126, 130, 132, 133, 150, 153, 183, 190, 193 W116.020, 024, 025, 028, 029, 032, 033, 036, 120
Weight: 1.000





Item Number: 1262410234
Main Category: Mercedes Benz
Sub Category: Engine Mechanical
Description: Engine mount heat shield LEFT...Chassis: W126.120...OM617 Turbo
Weight: 1.000

Item Number: 1262410434
Main Category: Mercedes Benz
Sub Category: Engine Mechanical
Description: Engine mount heat shield RIGHT...Chassis application: W126.020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 025, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 120, 125, 134, 135
Weight: 1.000

[stayalert]

I ended up sourcing some stock ones from a parts car. No custom heat shields will be cobbled togehtter in my garage at this time...carrry on.....