84 SD
 

I was just looking through my records and discovered I have had this 300SD for seven years. Over those years I have turned any bolt or nut that needed twisting.

About a month ago I poured urethane 30 in a set of engine mounts and decided this was after I put pulled the engine and stuck it in the gas body. Yesterday I lifted the engine to change the engine mounts which were on the gas body and discovered a stuck bolt on the inner side of the LS of the engine.

The oil cooler lines run just above that area and I needed them out of the way to get at the stuck bolt. After loosening both brackets on the oil cooler lines it occurred to me that all left to do to remove the oil lines were detach them from the oil filter housing.

I took them off this morning after grinding a 26mm wrench to 27mm and gave them a once over. I looked over my records and it appears the oil lines were the first thing I ever bought online and the first thing I ever bought for this engine.

I thought about you guys and how I would hold my head up before you if I didn't replace those lines. I also remembered a couple of members recommending reusing the pipes and replacing the rubber parts with new materials, some even talked of SS braided sections with twist fittings to make it easy to change.

I pulled the trigger on the Stainless Steel flex today at Cline Hydraulics here in Greenville. They estimated welding ends on the pipe and building the SS braided flex sections for 60-65 bucks each. It turns out I paid $130 for those hoses seven years ago.

All this knowledge came from the members on this site. I want to say something profound but all I can think of is, thank you, gentlemen. Thank you all so much for nursing me along so far in such a kind and gentle manner.

You're welcome!

The shopforum is like having fifteen or twenty thousand older neighbors, uncles, friends and cousins to help out. Back in the sixties when I started fooling around with cars there was just my dad and the retired neighbor guy to help out, and the process if a book was not on hand to reference was to just tear it apart and see what was broken.

Now I seldom take anything apart without having a pretty good idea what is broken and what will be needed to fix it.

Being a part of the forum is just a wonderful luxury. It gives a little extra boost of confidence to take on projects.;)

I think it's true that I was the one that pioneered the use of AN hose fittings and stainless braided hose for oil lines. Glad to hear you were able to use that knowledge with your car.

When I started my 617->107 swap I had never even driven a Mercedes much less worked on one. This forum was indeed instrumental and critical to the success of that project. More than once, an obscure piece of data prevented a huge engineering and fabrication project, allowing a simple bolt in alternative instead.

It's the give and take, collaboration, information sharing and genuine interest that make this forum so valuable and the on-line friends that it provides.

Yep, you da man with that SS section. I picked my hoses up this morning. They cost me 122 bucks and those short sections are beautiful. I spent an hour cleaning the rest of the lines. I think I'll prime the metal and paint them with POR 15 semi gloss black. I'm leaving the nuts natural.

I order a gasket for the oil filter housing. After calling several MB dealers I gave up on the brand and ended up ordering a victor reinz gasket. Am I going to be OK using that or is there another brand which is better?

Congratulaations
 

The V.R. gasket will probably be fine. (AND may be the O.E. Supplier)

Oil Housing Gaskets ARE Not on everyone's "A" parts list.

Agreed, I use V.R. all the time

Helping Hands
 

I too have been the recipient of much help and advice here ever since buying my first Diesel 'Benz, a 1982 240D I still own and cherish .

Parts too, are abundant and often very affordable bo9th new and used here .

THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN ! .