1991 front hydraulic Distributor leak

[RedLiner]

Originally Posted by Gwillie

Redliner,

Are you suggesting that Mercedes is overstating the pressure in the system or are you beginning to share with us your appreciation of the genius of the Swiss company who designed ( and perhaps patented) this method of retention? Feel free to share if I missed another possibility.

George my observation was in fact rhetorical, I've not seen this system apart from the photos provided and it was more in amazement that it could hold a 200 Bar pressure with just those clips hence the 'eek' smiley, so yes, I was appreciating the engineering.

Again looking at the photograph, the unit looks to be quite small and guessing I would think about 4 x 6 cms. so not much room for threaded retainers.

[aam]

I can not see how the tube will expend to seal the connector.
My final vote is with George.
There must be O rings in the unit.
Al tho I respect Konstantin's opinion.
Regards.
aam.

[karas]

ISSUE RESOLVED!
I replaced the distributor with a used one from a 96 SL (thanks roncallo) and used the existing lines and clips. No leaks.

Jim

[RKH]

Now may be you can take the old one apart to see if it had a damaged or missing o-ring at the port that was leaking.

[lynns]

Originally Posted by karas

ISSUE RESOLVED!
I replaced the distributor with a used one from a 96 SL (thanks roncallo) and used the existing lines and clips. No leaks.

Jim

Jim, am I to understand that your RST is able to go up and down 3 times or more with no problems? Great to here. We now know who the next R129 RST guru is to go to on the R129 Forum. Especially when it comes to replacing ALL of the hydraulic cylinders and a new soft top too. Note: Dennis Ficken did his HC seals.

Everbody meet and congratulate Doctor Jim. He just saved himself a whole lot of money (my guess is $9K-$10K) when it comes to his roadster soft top-RST. And he's got new plastic windows too.