Engine - Adding Aluminum Sleeves to Alloy Block Revised

TO: ALL MERCEDES-BENZ PASSENGER CAR DEALERS

DATE: February 1997 (supersedes S.I. MBNA 01/9a, July 1993)

REF. NO.: MBNA 01/9B

Revision: Updated with revised engine applications and parts information.

SUBJECT:
ENGINES 116, 117, 119
REBUILDING LIGHT-ALLOY ENGINE BLOCKS
WITH ALUMINUM PISTON BORE SLEEVES

In order to reduce repair costs when rebuilding 116/117/119 light-alloy engine blocks, aluminum sleeves are now available for these engines through the PDC.

These sleeves should only be installed and machined/honed by a machine shop that is capable of carrying out this kind of work to Mercedes-Benz specifications.

The quantity of sleeves needed to repair an engine block should be ordered by your dealership and then shipped together with the block to the nearest suitable machine shop for installation and machining/honing.

At the end of this bulletin, there is a listing of machine shops which have been contacted by MBNA technical personnel and are suitable and willing to perform these engine block repairs to our specifications

Parts Information:

Parts Information

Machining Dimensions in Crankcase:

Machining dimensions in crankcase

Motor Works, Inc.
1460 Island Ave.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
(619) 233-8875

Universal Air Motive
3700 Deerfield Rd.
RIVERWOODS, IL 60015
(708) 537-4464

Weston Machine Co.
161 11th Street
PISCATAWAY, NJ. 08854
(908) 752-2711

Arthur Garage Inc.
2536 Dickinson Pkwy
CAROLLTON, TX. 75006
(214) 245-7701

German Engine Rebuilding
2707 N. Orange Blossom Trail
ORLANDO, FL. 32804
(407) 423-2977

Mr. Myron Cottrell
4255 Co. Rd. 10 East
CHASKA, MN. 53318
(602) 448-5330

Bearing Service
1040 North-West Everett St
PORTLAND, OR. 97209
(503) 222-1366

Heads of America
2233 North 23rd Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85009
(602) 256-0211