Hi All:

Anyone know anyone that does heads here in Hawaii. I have a 2.6 head (seals) that needs work done. The other option is to purchase reman head.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Aloha,
Eric

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if your on Ohau..there is a shop called bodo he know all about mercedes benz and how to fix them. sorry I dont have the number but I use to live there took my benz to him before we moved it off island..

send some Hawaiian sun this way..

benzat
1982 380 SEC

go to german car service for work in oahu.
1 808 841 3019
i worked there for 12 years.

george

Yup, give Rick at GCS a call.

I bet the OP has either fixed or moved on, 5 years later. LOL.

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84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

And since this thread is not island specific, unless the OP was on the big Island, any other Benz owners here?

Any on the Big Island?

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Checking in from Oahu. Honolulu...

Willing to meet up with 123/124 & older (sorry new MB owners, I don't get the newer ones)

PM me if you want.

Aloha,

Pat

Aloha, regarding service for a Benz here in Honolulu, I may also suggest a nice & clean shop, MB Euromotors at 1141 Kona Street in Kakaako near Ala Moana Center. Owner's name is Won. Call 808.597.1171. They are good people.
Good luck!
Jon vK

Nice to see updates to this thread. I am on the Big Island, Kona side. I know there are classic benz here, none on this forum that I know of.
If I get far enough into our OM617 to need any machine services, it will be helpful to have an idea where to take the parts. I may have to ship to mainland?

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

most decent machine shop should do. I can't imagine the big island not having at least one. not a lot of machining to do. you can't do the crank and the cyl sleeves would need to be replaced if the walls are worn. when I worked at german car service on Oahu long ago we were lucky in having a great place just down the road from us.

george

Thanks George.
What is up with the crank that it would not be machined? I have not rebuilt an om617 to know what is common.

Thanks.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Checking in from Maui.

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the 617 is 5 cyl eng. so working on the crank takes special machinery. if you really need a crank then I would contact metric engines in los angeles.

I may in the near future have my OM617 turbo available if I decide to put my M110 in my Jeep Wrangler instead. It has a little over 130,000 miles, runs cherry (still in rotted W123) and can ship it Young Brothers. Going by its dimensions it will be around $50-60 to ship it.

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I don't need a crank, just curious why it was suggested nothing else could be machined earlier had not considered the odd cyl count.

Wave. I think we can see you from Hawi.

where are you located?

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.