on Saturday I replaced the mono valve in my 300SD per the usual symptoms, and it looked to be the culprit, as the rubber had a typical tear in it. it required a fair bit more force to get out than I expected, but I thought I put it all back together the right way but I could be wrong. I even tried unplugging it with no success. very timely to have no heat...

no fuses blown. any ideas where to start?

thanks.

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1981 300SD - 283,000 KM's at purchase, 360k+ now. Engine replaced at 311k. 16" CLK wheels, w126 gen II cosmetic upgrades, late w126 leather interior. RIP. Parted and gone due to fire

1987 300SDL - 243K miles and counting. In winter hibernation!

2001 Ford F250 Super Duty "Platinum Edition" Lariat 4x4 7.3L turbo diesel, 295k+ miles, various mods for reliability and performance.

Take it back apart and see what it looks like? Do you still have the old torn one to replace it with? Maybe your new monovalve is a dud.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Are you certain you reassembled it with all the pieces in the same order?

http://mbdieseldiy.tripod.com/images/11a.jpg

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

...........and, therein lies the secret to your problem. The insert should fall right out of the housing without any force. If it's binding in the housing, it cannot cycle and operate the diaphragm to open and close the flow.

Mine was a bit tight in the housing when I did it last month, though not so much as the OP describes here.

Is there a fix to the tightness issue, or does it mean buying a complete new assembly?

Mine seemed to work a bit inconsistently the first week but now is working great.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

I would presume that there is a bit of corrosion on the inside of the aluminum housing that can be cleaned up with some fine emery cloth. The valve must shuttle inside the housing...........if there is any binding, it cannot do that.

Pic did not load.



BTW, I heard Bosch has stopped making their repair kit for the monovalve.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

it's NLA on fastlane too...

what are we going to do now?

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1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
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1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

There is another supplier.

The Bosch is still available in Canada, or was about a month ago. However, it was somewhere around $100 and the other kit was about $45 I think.

I can go out and find the box if anyone wants the supplier name. I just don't recall (it wasn't a common name, no NOT URO I do remember that much).

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Try again now. Tripod, the host, seems to be having issues.

http://mbdieseldiy.tripod.com/images/11a.jpg

The direct link just started working again for me.

But for some reason, when the direct link didn't work, if you went into Google and type in "monovalve repair procedure" the page would load from the resulting link and the pic is there.

Possibly Google was loading a cached page. I don't know....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

The other supplier, MTC, is crap too. I chose another four letter word but it is blocked.

I had their shifter bushings fall apart in about eight months on my 735i...

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Ah. Well. That fills me with warm n'fuzzies.

I think that was the supplier for the one I used. The parts supplier I got it from actively tracks feedback on what they supply, so if it's keerap I will let them know.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

If the buy button is active = there is stock available in the warehouse, in spite of the text saying NLA...

000 835 06 44
Copy and paste this part number into "Find Your Parts
Enter Part Number"
000 835 06 44
000 835 06 44
000 835 06 44
000 835 06 44
000 835 06 44
PeachParts FastLane Mercedes Parts Store


Call Phil he has many other suppliers with the BOSCH in stock..



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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

https://www.boldegoist.com/

All I got was a blank page with the Tripod logo in the upper left.

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84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

Try going to The Unofficial MB Diesel DIY Pages

And go to the bottom of the page. Click on the photo.

For some reason Tripod doesn't like the link to the pic being used directly. The rest of the page works fine for me right now....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22