[T3] Invasion prep woes....

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Thu Jun 14 20:44:52 PDT 2012


Put the brand and MSDS in a google search and you will probably find out.

On 6/14/12, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> A couple months ago, a friend bought this old Mercedes, thinking it
> was a really cool car. Well, it WAS cool, but for years it's just
> been neglected. For the last 3 months I've been working with him to
> fix one problem after another, working up a bill that exceeds what
> I've paid for most of my Type 3s. It's taken up almost all of my
> spare time.
>
> The end result is that I only managed to get my '71 out of the garage
> TODAY. That's about a week later than I had hoped. Okay, it's out,
> but barely.
>
> First I thought I'd drive it out, but when I went to prime the fuel
> system, it all sounded fine for the first few seconds, then I heard
> spraying and the sound of gas rapidly dripping on the garage floor.
> Shut down and saw a puddle under the front end. Decided to PUSH the
> car out of the garage, since there's no room to work on it in there.
> That was actually last night. I figured one of the hoses has split
> and just needed to be renewed.
>
> This morning, I got it up in the air and found that the hoses were
> fine, but where the pressure hose slips onto the hard line leading
> back to the engine, there was NO hose clamp. NONE, NADA. That was my
> hose, the hose I sell, the hose I installed and then drove to the
> last 3 invasions. It hadn't blown itself off the tube, it had just
> sprayed up against the body and the underside of the gas tank.
>
> That's a hard place to reach, so I must have run out of time the day
> I did that, and forgot to finish when I came back. Can't believe it
> lasted that well, and that long. It's better now, and I'm feeling
> more than a little bit ashamed.
>
> After that, I ran the engine, let it cool while I did other things,
> checked the valves (all E valves EXCEPT #3 were tight.) Dwell and
> timing were still spot on. It's been for a short test drive and I'll
> run some errands with it tomorrow morning. Good power, AT shifts
> fine, brakes work, fluids are all fine. Tires need a bit of air.
>
> I put a used muffler on it after I bought it, about 10 years ago.
> That one is on it's last legs; sounds like a tractor.... Anyone know
> if that muffler putty actually works? It's just a couple small holes.
>
> The #3 injector is leaking. In the past that seals up once the
> internal O-ring gets soaked a bit. I'll watch that, and maybe change
> it on monday, if necessary. Hope it's not necessary.
>
> Finally, I looked at the 2 gallon jug of diesel motor oil that I
> bought for the Mercedes. (You won't believe how much oil a Mercedes
> takes!) In addition, to all the Diesel ratings it meets (C, for
> Compression) it also meets regular gas engine spec SL (for Spark, L
> revision.) All my regular gas engine oil is marked SM, and has the
> API seal that I know Ford insisted on by 1996. The diesel oil does
> NOT have the API seal. This makes me wonder if the ZDDP disappeared
> with the SM revision.
>
> If this is right, this oil would be a very good choice for our cars.
> I don't know if there's any way I can find the specs on this oil, but
> next time I'm there, I'll try. The 2 gallon jug of 15W-40 was under
> $30, house brand at Farm & Fleet. That's a good deal and sounds like
> it might be a good choice for our cars.
>
> I think S rated motor oils started in the late 60s. Before that,
> there was HD, but by the time I owned my first cars, I think they
> were all S rated. I THINK I remember SA-SB oils, but they were soon
> replaced by SC-SD, which lasted a long time. I could never understand
> why they always seemed to use up ratings 2 letters at a time.
>
> It's likely that one's age can be told by the earliest oil you
> remember.
>
> See you all in Co. Springs!
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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