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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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I also replaced my cat with a magnaflow diesel cat. However, I used OEM muffler and pre-muffler. Custom hotrod shop welded it up. Note there is a MB specific muffler gasket between the exhaust manifold and the magnaflow diesel cat.
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btw did you also Ypipe the headers first then joined the cat or did you find yourself a twin inlet diesel cat? I have the same car with the same magnaflow cat and original exhaust mufflers but have got a noise issue - more of header tick issue.
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There are only two rods in this engine accelerator linkage and they are not adjustable. The only adjustable bit of the linkage is the bellcrank type thing that translates sideways movement to downward movement of the fuelling lever.
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No change in sound. No change in mileage - power is better over 65mph. I'll post pics of the custom welding later today.
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Mine was ok in the summer months but as soon as winter approached it would begin to stick. It wasn't a huge issue when it stuck, but would hold the revs up around 1200 and occasionally give me a scare when at the lights as the car wanted to drive forward. And a bit of extra stress on the torque converter.
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Too many springs!
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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So what's the length of yours?
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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In the weeks since I removed the "extra" spring I have noticed just a tiny tendency for the accelerator to not return all the way to "zero." Not enough to be a problem and usually only when the engine is still cold. I still wanted to do something about it.
Today I finally got the plastic-ended rods replaced with all-metal ones. First I scavenged a handful of metal rods from OM603 and OM617 engines in the local auto cemetery. After cleaning them up and removing the heads and lock nuts from the rods, I removed the accelerator and cruise control links from my engine (both of them filthy, of course). The short one (cruise) was easy to duplicate with metal parts but none of the rods in my collection were long enough to replace the link from the top of the manifold down to the IP. I ended up re-tapping an SAE-threaded spacer to 5x0.8 mm metric and used it to join two short rods to make a structure long enough to replace the factory link. The use of ATF and various oils and greases to lubricate the ball ends has provoked almost as much discussion as the various "oil threads" that litter this forum. As an experiment, I used sunroof grease. It's supposed to be resistant to water and to not attract dirt. Worth a try. Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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I don't know if it is just the angle of your first photograph but I noticed that your main wiring harness is awfully close to the rear of your motor. Just be careful of all the vibration and that it doesn't begin to sever it.
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I learned the hard way that the two link rods in the OM606NA engine do not come apart -- the plastic ends, unlike earlier versions, do not unscrew from the metal rods. The subcontractor seems to have somehow softened the plastic, inserted the rods, and pressed the plastic back in place around the rod, which has notches so that it sticks firmly in place. This means that you cannot simply unscrew the plastic ends and screw on metal ends; you must find a replacement rod with metal ends that is the same length as the original. The plastic-headed rod is half the weight of the all metal one but IMHO this is another example of cheaping out on the part of Mercedes. Benedict, I am confused by your wiring harness comment. I checked under the hood (bonnet) this morning and there are no wiring cables near the rear of the motor. Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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Jeremy,
It might just be the angle of the picture..but thought better to mention it just in case. The harness I'm referring to is the main black cable located just to the left of your oil filter housing - So, if your standing at the front of the car looking into the engine bay, that black cable at the back of the valve cover: it runs into the foam covered firewall.
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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Six weeks ago I removed the "extra" throttle spring and the link rod to the pressure control flap and replaced both plastic-ended accelerator link rods with all-metal rods. Since then, the accelerator response is much lighter on the foot and the linkage returns the engine to idle with no hint of sticking. Therefore, this would seem to be a real improvement.
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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