A couple weeks back I back the 80 240D out of the garage and noticed a drop of engine oil on the floor.
This car just about never leaks oil, but ever so often will see a drop.
So grab a Flash Light and get own on my knees and shine the light around, and notice the inside of the
L/F tire is all wet with oil.

I had just been under the car the day before dealing with the Alternator issue of not charging and swapping in another VR etc...
So this problem just happened that day. Noticed it was Brake Fluid and that the reservoir wasn`t low.

Take her over to the shop and pull the tire. the out side seal on the Caliper blew, and only the out side pad was soaked along with the inside of the wheel and tire.
Get that cleaned up first, then go in the house and price calipers. See what they are here on pelican, and the Core charge is $35.
Really don`t want to deal with mailing back the calipers and probably cost as much to mail them as I get back.

So I run down to O`Rilly`s and see what they have, I have ATE calipers on the car, and this is what I want.
The guy looks them up and we order them. I gave him the MB part# for right and left along with a set of pads.
This way he could cross ref them with their part#`s.
The kid has a Smart Phone and had him go into Peachparts catalog to see the correct parts etc...

Next day they come in, the pads were the wrong one`s. some long narrow one`s, but with the correct store part #. (Different kid) so we go back into PP and I show him the correct pads. finally get them.

The Calipers that came in do not have ATE on them just a # cast in the metal 19-339 for the right side and 19-338 for the left.
They look like something cast at a factory in a 3rd world factory.
I give them the old Calipers for the core and off I go.

I bolt the L/F on and the Rotor will not turn, like it is in a bind. First it looked like the edge of the Rotor was hitting the caliper where it turns inside.
It was really close to the body.
Then bolt on the other side and the same thing. Loosen the bolts a little and the Rotor will turn but scrapes.
Then see a scratch in the rust of the hat part of the Rotor. The Caliper body right next to the Piston is bigger
and sits tight against the Rotor.

I go back in the evening and talk to this 18 - 20 yr old kid with an attitude.
He really didn`t want to be there, but here we are explaining to him the problem.
Tells me I probably have the wrong Rotors, and then ya know after 20 yrs the do change the calipers. WTF
I mention Iam on a MB Forum and never heard of this problem, well Iam on a Subaru Forum, and there are a
lot of idiots giving wrong info etc....

Actually Iam the idiot for going in the store in the first place.

I finally take one off my parts car and bolt it on. Fits perfectly with no binding.
Take picture of it along with theirs to show the difference.

This morning I go back and talk to an older guy and we look through the list of calipers etc...
IMC is one of their vendors, but would take a week to get one caliper in from Baltimore, MD and one was some where else.
He was getting frustrated also.
Looking at their prices and what Pelican shows, pelican probably cost more, but far less frustration and problems.

Pelican has a new ATE for $285 and O`Reilly shows one for $400 plus.

Tonight I looked up on their site to see what I can find. It shows a picture of a ATE caliper.
But the part # is BHH 19-339, same as what I picked up from them.
The pic and what ya get are not the same.

BrakeBest Brakes 19-339 - Brake Caliper | O'Reilly Auto Parts

I probably should have used the one`s off the parts car and been fine. I just might
do it just to get the car up and running.
Then order the replacements. Not that hard to swap them over.

The old rubber brake hoses have a date stamped on them of 11/79. so these are original to when it was built.
Some cracks in the rubber but not as bad as you would think.

Wonder if the Calipers are 35 yrs old also. .

I picked up a set of new hoses.....made in China.


Buy from the Forum and get it right the first time.


Charlie


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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

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