I purchased the kit a little over a year ago, the kit is excellent and the instructions were clearly presented. The impeller was German made and balanced. I have a few thousand miles on it and no complaints. I did "tweak" the gasket on installation and received a replacement quickly at no cost.

I bought his diesel fuel return line pliers. Also handy for vacuum hoses. I can't tell you how many times I've had to fight to get hard crusty old return lines off that end up breaking into pieces leaving a difficult little stump left on the injector nipple. Kent's pliers are truly outstanding and make quick easy work of a once frustrating task. Highly recommended.

mE rcedessource.com/store/diesel-fuel-injector-return-fuel-hose-remove-and-install-tool

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1998 E300 turbodiesel

America's Rights and Freedoms Are Not The Enemy!

Thank you, good to know.

Only other kits I've found have been on eBay. Unknown mfg, unknown supplier, unknown warranty policy, no reputation, etc etc etc. Kent's kit is parts from a well known mfg, from a well known vendor with a reputation for good service and a good incentive to uphold that reputation. Also the eBay kit only included the turbo parts itself, Kent's kit includes turbo drain O rings and gaskets, oil feed gasket, intake O rings, etc. Totally complete kit, for only a little more $$. After sourcing all those other parts separately, cost is a wash.

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I think I'll be able to tell you soon. I'm getting my friend Wally who owns a machine shop to start making some. If there's interest, I'll make 50 sets and stop.


I've made lots of Citroën parts and special tools.


I make enough to finance my projects, not to get rich off car hobbyists.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

as log as you source decent 14mm wrenches, its fairly easy to make the sets...

no machine shop is needed. just a grinder, and a welder... and a torch to heat them for bending...

I made several sets myself. still have lots of wrenches to make more.

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

That's what I did.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

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a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

You don't have a business, you have a hobby. ( and that isn't a bad thing. )

Take into account every expense related to making these to get a real sense of what profit you are making. Every expense includes, a work shop, fire / theft / liability insurance, wear and tear on equipment, electricity, fuel, heat, time it takes to order materials , time it takes to take orders , time it takes to ship.

Making these at home then saying you are paying for most of that stuff anyway isn't how a business is run and why many ventures fail to produce a break even profit or a meaningful one.

Also include the cost of the occasional defective product and customers that damage the product then return it.

Sound like you still have air in the cooling system if you are able to break the system and not get any water out.

I know of no automotive cooling system where air is acceptable. ( Other than a small air space at top of rad in a non recovery system or a pressurized coolant bottle expansion tank that does not have a overflow bottle. Air would only be present at these two points. )

IMO all Kent's stuff is quality but over priced. But I'm sure he has helped a crap ton of avg Joe's.

I just hate how he makes his living like drug dealer almost he will get u right to the solution and they say but I can't tell you unless you pay $40. But then u don't realize you have to watch 2 to 3 $40 videos after that to get the complete answer...

I'm also really surprised know one has ever figured out how to download all his videos and share them on a torrent site. I thought there would be at least one proper hacker who likes mercs... Haha

Its cheaper than $90 an hr mechanic who doubles the parts cost to cover if the shop has to re pull it due to a lemon part.Thats the weight of his experience ,you want to do it yourself ,he will make sure you can ,wait for it,at a cost.He s a business man not your buddy down the street who you borrow his wheel barrel and bring it back in a couple of weeks.Thats real life ,he might sell 1000 videos a yr.if that ,he has to account for overhead ,production cost ,staff and his time to come to that number ,if $40 is what he deems the number he needs to cover those costs its his reality .

I don't understand all the whiners in here. You have a choice. Nobody's forcing you you do anything. If he's selling something at a price higher than you're willing to pay, the solution is simple - don't buy it.

He sells a high quality product and obviously sells enough to stay in business, so good on him for producing something of value to the DIY Mercedes community.

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America's Rights and Freedoms Are Not The Enemy!

It's not whining - it's discussing a very popular person online, who sells products that we buy. It's important to discuss it. I like his videos honestly and from the sounds of it, he is a very nice individual.

I'll be honest though, the lower oil cooler line post on his site REALLY upset me. He's basically telling his buyers that a Chinese part is made in Germany. See below - and google m ercede$source oil cooler line to see it. He's selling a part we can buy on pelican for $39 for $97 and claiming it's German made. That to me is pretty dirty. To clarify, yes it's the same hose as the trucktek one on pelician, don't fool yourself and think that Kent there is getting it shipped to Germany from trucktek and back to USA. The shipping alone to do that would make the hose $400+ per item.

SEE BELOW FROM HIS SITE:

116 123 617 Turbo Diesel Lower Oil Cooler Hose with Instructions
Store > Engine Products

This high quality hose is being provided to us thru Monark in Germany with cooperation from Trucktec. OM 617 oil cooler hoses are going out of production and are getting more difficult to obtain. We were not happy with the quality of some of the aftermarket hoses we were getting so we approached Monark to help us come up with a solution. This newly manufactured hose is as good as or better than O.E. We believe the quality of the hose material itself and the crimping method is superior and will lead to longer life.

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1985 Mercedes 300D Turbo Diesel: 500,000KM
1986 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
1988 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
2002 Mercedes C240 (Sold)
2008 Mercedes C350 4matic

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Well said. This reality is what makes the economy move and the world go round.

The very basics of a free market are that both sides gain by the transaction. One side gets a product they needed or wanted, the other side makes a profit. You are welcome to not buy it, or to design, build, and market a competing product.

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He sells the harbor freight vacuum tester guage pump for $75 that cost $20 at harbor freight.

Some how pelican parts makes equal in quality diy repair tutorials for free tho

Nice guy though - sounds like some of our forum members have met him in person etc.

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1976 Mercedes 240D (Sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D Turbo Diesel: 500,000KM
1986 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
1988 Mercedes 300E (Sold)
2002 Mercedes C240 (Sold)
2008 Mercedes C350 4matic

A great site for purchasing industrial rubber products!

Industrial Rubber