Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: erickmarciano on June 14, 2005, 12:49:52

Title: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: erickmarciano on June 14, 2005, 12:49:52

I need to make a tool to compress the valve springs on my 280sl and I need a mesurment. can you please mesure the distance from the ball stud to the midle of the valve guide on the head ?
thnaks Erick


1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: Cees Klumper on June 14, 2005, 13:07:18

This would be a bit over an inch and a half. See photo.

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Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: erickmarciano on June 14, 2005, 13:16:52

this is the mesurment i need them the top of the of the ball to the top of guide
thanks

1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

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Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: Cees Klumper on June 14, 2005, 13:18:15

And here it is:

2 3/4 "

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Wait a minute - that's not your cylinder head then in the photo?

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: erickmarciano on June 14, 2005, 13:29:11

no I got the pic from ebay
one last thing what is the diameter of the ball?
thnaks so much

1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: knirk on June 14, 2005, 13:40:16

Eric, what's up with "thnaks"? :D

Per G. Birkeland
69 280 sl aut 834
Norway

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: erickmarciano on June 14, 2005, 13:50:23

fast typer
ah ah ah sorry Ha ha ha

1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa

Title: Re: anyone got a cylinder head need a mesurment
Post by: cth350 on June 14, 2005, 20:44:30

Building your own valve compressor?

The haynes manual has a great suggestion for a valve spring compressor, namely to get 1 inch box section steel and cut-off the top and bottom of the box, leaving just the sides for about 2 inches.  

As described, the tool is only usefull with the head off the engine.  However, if you notch the metal a few inches back to form a Vee and then weld it together, the result is a tool that will work on the car.

Be sure to relieve all the rough edges on the metal.  I got the metal stock from a tube supplier down the road an used a hacksaw to form it and a file to smooth the edges out.  I paid a guy at the local muffler shop to do the weld.

Another alternative is to spend 50$ on the KD-3087 spring compressor.  Been using it for the past 15 years.  I hate the adjustable foot on the thing, but it works like a charm.

-CTH