[W126 Coupe] New to the list ...

[DERRICK SCHMIDT]

Thanks.

I think I'll do the valve before the timing chain ;-)

I have done the timeing belt on a Taurus SHO - that was a whole weekedn.

DGS
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From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Date:  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:00:03 -0400


>The heat issue I'm guessing is the monovalve. That's like a 5 minute

>fix. I have circled it in this photo

>http://Davidson.smugmug.com/photos/142891997-L.jpg Buy a repair kit,

>open it, replace the internals, close it (do this on level ground or

>you'll lose like 6 cups of coolant).

>

>On the miss, with 183k miles it could also be timing chain stretch (I

>know on my 380 when the timing chain stretched it started to run like

>the distributor was shot)

>Richard 

>

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>> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of DERRICK SCHMIDT

>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:18 AM

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>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] New to the list ...

>> 

>> ... but know how they work.  Have had a Sunbeam Tiger for some time.

>> 

>> Just inherited my parents' '83 500 SEC.  White with Navy blue 

>> leather interior.  

>> Beautiful car.  They grey marketed it from Germany in '84.  

>> Drove it myself @ 150 mph in Germany.  Dad has taken great 

>> care of the car over all.  Looks absolutely perfect from 

>> about 10 feet, but now has 183 k miles and a few issues.

>> 

>> Two at the top of the list:

>> 

>> Have not chekced the obvious (distributor, etc) yet, but it 

>> has a very noticeable miss at idle.  Just drove it from L.A. 

>> to Sacramento and still pulled from 85 to 110 pretty well.  

>> Any thing else to check?  Plug wires look pretty new.  Will 

>> check the plugs themselves as well.

>> 

>> Also, it seems the heater core is open to hot water.  Can 

>> minimize the heat into the cabin by running fresh air through 

>> the dash vents but temperatures spend a significant amount of 

>> time in the triple digits here so I need to get the heat to stop.

>> 

>> Any starting points would be appreciated.

>> 

>> Thanks.

>> 

>> Derrick 

>> 

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