Hi,

Can someone please help me with a part number?

I do not have access to the EPC and my local dealer isn't able to find it!

Whilst investigating whether I have a vacuum pump with a caged bearing, (I don't and will order that today) I noticed some concerning wear on the rails of the timing cam behind the vacuum pump. It almost looks as if it has been starved of oil at some point.

If anyone gets a free five minutes in their day, could they please look up what the part number is for this cam and also the bolt which attaches this cam to the back side of the injection pump as a previous country mechanic has touched this at some stage with what looks like a pair of multi grips

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1995 E300 Diesel

Timer: 605 070 06 45

Bolt: 601 990 04 01

EPC: Mercedes-Benz Teilekatalog (Ersatzteile online)

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Respectfully,
/s/
M. Dillon
'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
'73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification"
Charleston SC

Hi Maxbumpo, thank you for that!

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1995 E300 Diesel

Benedict,

The number for the timing device is 6050700645 see my PM. If you find anything more about the bearing let me know. Seems that no one else knows either since I have got no replies

So the '95 still has the little "roller coaster" type assembly where the wheel rides up and down on the face of the gear?

The timing device is probably horrendously expensive from the dealer. If I had the chance, I would swap out the gear and vacuum pump from a later model with the vane type pump.

Maybe a wrecking yard?

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Will do and thanks for PM. Yes, not much info with regards to the timing device for these models. I guess like all moving contact parts though, they will have to fail at some point. Mine seems a bit premature at 166k miles.

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1995 E300 Diesel

Hi KarTek, yeah roller coaster is the best way to describe it. The part is almost the same price as the vacuum pump itself. The OM606‘s are extremely rare here in Australia especially W124 but there are a few more (now high mile) W210‘s floating around that could be due for wrecking.

I have to weigh up the risk though, because these pumps are a ticking time bomb.

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1995 E300 Diesel

Possibly swap in the vane type pump from a '96 and up OM606? You would need the timing device and vacuum pump among other small bits.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Im pretty sure the timing cover is different too for the vane type pump.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)