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Shims; shims i need to get
Topic Started: Fri Jul 3, 2009 9:59 pm (976 Views)
oliew
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This might be more appropriate in the want to buy section but thought i would stick it here for now :) mods move if you want:
ive just measured shims and here is the list of shims i need to get if anyone has any spare that match let me know and ill buy them off you :) else ill just see if my kawasaki friend has any

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Edited by oliew, Fri Jul 3, 2009 9:59 pm.
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Is this the set for a 2.6?
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The 2.6 doesn't use shims does it?! I'm confused. As usual :lol:
Edited by stwat, Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:25 pm.
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Shims; as in the things that are on the rocker assemblies - tiny metal bits that rest on them, right?
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Indeed.

The 2.6 has hydraulic self adjusting lifters that require no shims to take up slack from any wear.

I have the copy of autocar in which they interview Mike Hall about his 16 valve head. He says. "Mercedes shied away from using hydraulic tappets at the time, so my head retains simple mechanical bucket tappets with shim adjustment. it all works very well, though"

In other words. It's only the 16v heads that require shims to take up any slack/wear. All other engines have hydraulic tappets/lifters that require no shims at all.


Edited by stwat, Sat Jul 4, 2009 12:18 am.
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That's interesting as I have a set of what I thought were shims from a 2.6, strange.
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hey :) yeh i only need that number because the rest i can use are swapping around, so only 9 i need.
goin phone pugeout today see what they can do :)
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pugeout were not helpful, they wanted a chassis number and couldnt tell me anything about em, except they were bosch or lucas made. £5 each tho.
so bit stumped how im going to order some?? Rupert are the shims you have 13mm diameter?
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Oli,
I'll have a look at them when I get back, 13mm sounds about the size they are but I haven't looked at them for a year!
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They are 13mm diameter. The parts gnomes (Pug or Kawasaki) are usually more helpful if you bring in a sample.

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thanks for that :) well..update - i phoned mercedes in stoke today just to get prices from the part numbers and terry the guy was really helpful, he rang round milton keynes and sourced me all my shims £3.70 each, 8 days to delivery 5 from germany and 3 waiting there now.
fantastic service :) and quite cheap really i think?!the only one i cant get is a 2.4mm shim, so im looking to getting a 2.5 one shaved off.
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Took some pics of the shims+buckets for people who may like to see it if they are venturing into the shimming route as i couldnt find any decent pics to show me.

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ok shims have arrived! i just have to make a 2.57 shim to 2.4 :) then i can put them back in the engine.
the guys at merc know a bit about the valver and said to me that if its tapping - the tight clearences maybe not the problem it could be the timing chain, i did think maybe but 40k .... it cant stretch that much to make a noise can it!
they then said what about worn cam lobes?? so im going to measure each lobe on its peak to see if there is any variation on the cams.
ill post back with pics + findings :)
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ok here is pics of the cams straight out the engine no cleaning up.. they look really shiny and not worn at all.... lobes look great
what do you think? can i rule worn cams out.

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Not a lot wrong with those. Nice pictures, by the way...
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thankyou! :) glad they look ok to you
going to rebuild now, should take some more once cams back in...
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Here are the shims as they come:

and measuring with a micrometer just to make sure its what it says :)

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Shims fitted,
started her up...
sounds better!!! my camera picks up more noise than real life i feel, its a really good mic :)
very happy! not driven her yet to see if its made an improvement on power as my gearselector is off but ill find out soon!

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Well done you! Sounds fine!
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thankyou Robert! :) cant wait to drive it see the difference!
cant do that until gear selector bushings next...
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Sounds like a job well done!

That's a hell of a clear video, can I ask you what camera you used?
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oliew
Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:55 pm
cant wait to drive it see the difference!
cant do that until gear selector bushings next...
Ol
How bad are they, dear boy? I think Dave (Irl) has some.
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hey Neil :)
its a sony FX1 on of my hd cameras i use for my filming company, thought i should only use the best on the valver!!! haha

Robert thanks for that, they were completly gone.. only the outside left + inner bit, they are a pain to get out in situ im going to have to drop the whole selector out - i bought some rubber replacement ones from mercedes parts.
theres no way i can do it without taking the black bit off the pivot
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gear selector bushes in! wow feels brand new now :)

before i take it for a test fun, my feed sls pipe is knakered under the car so there is no fluid in it - i want to keep the sls as i replaced donughts and shocks 2 years ago 200odd quid so be nice keep it - will i knaker the pump if i run it without fluid in?

now to source brake pads + discs..... or bigger brakes!!! ;)

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Edited by oliew, Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:44 am.
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