Wighty
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- Joined
- Aug 4, 2016
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- Your Mercedes
- W211/E320cdi/2009 and CLK200k 2009
Proper man cave with some serious mechanicking work going on buddy !today a long day ,just getting to the point whre i can get the valve cover off ! to get at the cam chain i am looking to change the amount of stuff to remove is,frankly,astounding, (i miss my ford escort at times like this ) 2 hrs just to get turbo off , but so far nothing broken , tomorrow injectors out. cant get cover of without removing them. made up slide hammer attch just in case , they came out easy on my "spare" engine ,which i used to practice my procedure on. hope to get to the point chain fitted tomorrow then , mon or tues to put everything back , eng was ok but at 150k miles i wanted it done. the one i took out of spare eng had more curve in than william tells bow ! cant see how cover comes off with turbo there,cant see how to get slide hammer in line with injectors with slam panel there ,cant get that off with bumper there ! bit of a bitch really.wot t do ? some pic may be same ,but you get the idea , would HATE to be paying benz for this, and in my view, other than service filters the maker seems to have had not the slightest concern over what a ball ache everything else is to do . that said i have had good use from it.