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Originally Posted by charmalu
Valve adjustment, $100. you can buy the valve adjustment wrenches for that price, and one adjustment they are paid for. or you can bend your own.
What ever the hourly shop rate is per hr, is about what it will cost you.
Here is a link to Diesel Giant`s valva adj procedure.
Mercedes Diesel Valve Adjustment Procedure
He has others,, but I was reading the one for draining the Transmission and he didn`t drain the Torque Converter, and recommended a trans flush. for get about doing that. |
So I talked with Roy (whunter) about the valve adjustment a while back, and he said that he disagrees with Dieselgiant on where to turn the camshaft. Mercedes-Benz says to turn the lobe above the valve being adjusted so that the long end is facing (the tip of the "egg", as it were) is pointing to the oil tube, where Dieselgiant has you point the "tip" straight up. Roy says that you can tell the difference during northern cold starts, so I would do it the factory way.
Always turn at the crank bolt (easy for me to say, my radiator is out...).
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