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Old 06-11-2019, 06:29 PM
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Also sent my injectors off to Greazzer in SC to have the 4 rebuilt units I bought for my OM616 reshimmed and new springs installed to pop at the 135 bar required for the turbo OM617. Also sent a injector I pulled from a 240D in LKQ and a new Bosch nozzle.

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Old 06-11-2019, 10:44 PM
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Those bundt wheels can be cleaned up and re painted to look very nice .

As I rode my Moto past the bank yesterday it was 105* F .
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Old 06-12-2019, 06:51 AM
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Hey Nate,

The wheels on my car have been painted! I opted for a graphite gray color instead of the standard silver. I may have them blasted and powder coated at some point, the VHT wheel paint I used is a joke.
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Old 06-12-2019, 10:16 AM
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Max - my painter in Montebello, Montebello Auto Center, repainted my Bundt wheels in the stock color for $65 each. They look beautiful. He included the lug bolts, but I decided to use chrome lug bolts instead. Saved the aggravation of chipping the paint on painted lug bolts. I should also mention that painting wheels that have been chromed is a challenge as the paint does to stick well to chrome.
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Old 06-12-2019, 11:30 AM
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Hey Bill,

I originally had peeling chrome bundts on this car when I bought it. I went out to LKQ and bought 4 painted bundts from a 1978 300SD, painted them in a nice dark graphite grey, and put my old tires on.

My friend just gave me his peeling chrome bundts with 4 decent matching tires, so I just swapped them on to my painted wheels. Painting the chrome wheels just isn't financially smart, they have to be chemically stripped, then likely sandblasted, filled, sanded, primed, then painted. The chrome wheels experience more corrosion than painted wheels, since the chrome peels off and leaves bare aluminum underneath, which gets eaten away over time. If I painted a set of chrome wheels, it would cost my nearly as much as my 240D cost to buy!

I will likely just have these sandblasted and powder coated - the VHT wheel paint (in spray cans) simply cannot hold up to the "abuse" of having a tire mounted.

I work part time at a wheel repair shop, so I can get decent rates on powdercoating. I am a big fan of the graphite grey color. It deviates from stock while not being too gaudy.
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Max - while in high school I worked in a polishing & plating shop (a tough job). I remember that removing chrome is more labor intensive than the original plating.
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Old 06-12-2019, 10:24 PM
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I had some Bundts powder coated, the shop did an O.K., not great job , I used a light grey color I like better than the Mercedes silver plus it stains less and looks better after a decade of hard service .

A proper tire machine doesn't touch the wheel so those frustrating edge scrapes are a long past thing even in the Ghetto tire shop I use .
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Old 06-12-2019, 10:39 PM
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Oh yes, trust me when I say that this paint is a joke. I mounted these tires myself at the wheel repair shop I moonlight at. The paint chipping is from the "pry bar" esque tool that's used for pulling the bead up over the edge, as well as the tire itself just slipping over the edge.

Powdercoating holds up better than wet painting, that's for sure.

And yes, chrome removal is a pain. Aluminum wheels don't like chrome plating.
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Old 06-12-2019, 11:32 PM
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Trust me when I said NO TOOL SHOULD TOUCH THE RIM ! .

I used to have a 1940's tire machine in my VW shop that was like that, all it did was hold the rim and break the beads from the rim then I had to use a 5' long bar and walk 'round the machine as it levered the tire over the edge of the wheel, not fun, hard work in Summer when it was over 100* F inside the shop all day, every day .

Tire machines mde after 1995 or so don't ever touch the rim's edge .

In the early 1970's I worked for a Motocycle shop and they let me set up an empty 35 gallon grease drum with some old carpet on the open edge so as to not scratch the spokes , then I used two 12" flat bars to leaver the tires on and off, I don't quite hate busting tires but I don't like it much either, why I hunted down a guy who's been doing _all_ my tires for twenty years now and never scratched a rim yet .
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In a previous job as a young man working in a gas station occasionally (thankfully) I would be required to mount a tire on a truck with a split rim. Fortunately one of my co-workers knew a few tricks for this job and warned me about the inherent dangers with split rims. I think most big trucks how have regular rims.
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Old 06-13-2019, 10:52 PM
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Thumbs down "Widow Maker" Wheels

Back in the 1960's I'd never seen a "tire cage", I'd be told to hold the very end of the air hose and hope the rim didn't blow apart .

Then a kindly Man told and showed me how to use chains as rudimentary safety devices .

I won't run split rims on any of my vehicles, period .
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Old 06-16-2019, 04:11 PM
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I have split rims on my 1967 Oasis travel trailer. 2 have been replace with normal rims, other 2 are still original (trailer hasn't moved in years, don't worry. I need to finish it and sell it already.

Did my first aluminum weld - made a custom EGR blockoff plate that also is a support for my oil catch can.









Had to make some mods to the alternator bracket as well, will post pics as soon as its done and all together.
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Very nice. Looks like some sound engineering.
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Old 06-17-2019, 10:48 AM
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Thanks Bill. The 1" thick aluminum is bit of extreme overkill for a catch can that weighs a few grams, but it's what I had on hand.

Progress is continuing. I hope to have my air cleaner housing modified to work with the turbo engine soon.

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Old 06-19-2019, 01:06 PM
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Injectors have been shipped back, should be arriving tomorrow, along with a overflow valve spring. Both from Greazzer, very excited!

Also got some more engine assembled.



I am lucky to work half a mile from a McFaddendale store, so I will be picking up some nice new fasteners to replace these old crusty boys. This thing is going to nickle and dime me to an early grave!

Also have plans this weekend to stop by a local radiator shop and have my oil cooler flushed out. Don't want to risk having some pieces of old melted piston make an appearance in my fresh rebuild.

If anyone has a air cleaner housing for an OM617, I would be interested. I wanted to modify my original OM616 housing, but I'm not 100% sure if it's with the time and effort.

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