Survey: Who wants injectors? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Shortsguy1 · #1 12-14-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TomJ

If you provide all parts? You can probably find someone local to you to do that. Or do it yourself and just pay someone to pop-test/balance them. Save shipping and all that (but most will only balance to factory spec)

I'd probably do them for $20/each to +/-2.5bar. If you have ALL parts (including whatever shims they have)

But..., looking like it's going to be soon that I ship out again. Early or mid Jan and you know how the post office is this time of year...

For what its worth, there is only one place within 30 miles of me that balances injectors and they want $50 each. That is one of the downsides to not being near a large metropolitan area.

Smoker · #2 12-14-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Shortsguy1

For what its worth, there is only one place within 30 miles of me that balances injectors and they want $50 each. That is one of the downsides to not being near a large metropolitan area.

You can buy or build a rig and do it yourself. That's what I did. I clean, rebuild, nozzle and pop/balance my own and it's a heck of a savings.

mach4 · #3 12-14-2013, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoker

You can buy or build a rig and do it yourself. That's what I did. I clean, rebuild, nozzle and pop/balance my own and it's a heck of a savings.

That's exactly what I did as well. A pop tester from a 2ton bottle jack is easy to make. The tricky part is getting the right shims. I've taken to grabbing injectors at the junk yard just for the shims.