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Originally posted by hands_aus
congratulations, what dexterity!!!!
Are you a dentist/surgeon/electrician in your normal job?
Bob (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto
On this job, I was All of the Above...
Probably more like a Dentist, seeing that you have to work through that 3" round inspection hole..
You need three hands .. one for the hook, one for pliers , and one for the light
so, the light trick was to use one of those funny head stap lamps that someone gave you on your Birthday and you thought you would never need ... nice little tool for this stuff..
It was EASY after it was done .. but very difficult when doing, if you know what I mean
hahahaha
A PS to this repair , if any are interested..
What I did find on the removed part is they have a tendency to round out the square on the shaft that holds the operating lever.. The same goes for those of you that have had the screw break off..
Well, while mine was out , I did a little surgery ..
As Dan C said , these are hard to find and different than the other sedan models, but I had one from a 108 [ I believe] and , though the barrel set-up is different, the screw/lever shaft part of it is the same .
So, I cut the stem off the 108 one,[ which is longer than the 113] drilled out the 113 hex/shaft and wound up with the 113 barrel with a 5/16 [ actual 8mm, but 5/16 works] drilled hole in the top, recessed about 1/8".
I then inserted the 8mm screw shaft from the 108 into the hole I made on the top of the 113 barrel and soldered them together... perfect, like new part..
One could also just solder the shaft on top of the barrel. but the recess hole trick adds strength and allows for perfect alignment/centering of the shaft.
I use 95/5 solder to be on the safe side....
Worked as new. Lots of tinkering for a job that was supposed to take 1/2 hr, at the most [ O ring change]
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