Author Topic: Can you top this???  (Read 3173 times)

glennard

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Can you top this???
« on: July 12, 2008, 19:27:45 »
Can you top this???   You can't make this up.   A little background- Have 230SL with a bad engine, bought a '68 250SE donor sedan w/frozen engine, towed home 70 miles, pulled engine/tranny as unit, pan off, oil pump frozen in, got bevel gear off idle shaft(oil pump, etc) with a little help.  Then, the sprocket came off-fell off the idle shaft.  No key resistance.  Looked at the key.  It was a 'offset key'!!.  One of the kind for the cam shaft sprocket to offset chain stretch.  

   This has got to be in Shade Tree Hall of Fame! :)

paulr

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Re: Can you top this???
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2008, 00:16:49 »
sounds like ppp to me. Pump & Pan Pulled off.!!

waqas

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Re: Can you top this???
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2008, 09:20:33 »
To me it sounds more like LACK of PPP by the previous owner-- Practiced Pagoda Proficiency!
Waqas (Wa-kaas) in Austin, Texas