[vanwiekt]

As the title say's I need the belt size for the M104 (1994) with the air pump removed.

It picked the best time to die as I'm supposed to be leaving for Chattanooga Tomorrow to buy it a sibling (500SEL) so I really need a temp fix as I wait for the new pump to come in. Does anyone have the correct info? I've been looking for hours and can not find I sold answer. The poor thing sounds like it's going to rip my drive belt to hell any minute, lucky there are three part stores with in three miles. I hope I make it.

Thanks so much

 

[Jayare]

Van,

I lifted this tip from the search function hits. Might work for you. Good luck,

Jayare

I agree with first unplugging the pump to see if that takes care of it. The car won't pass emissions without it but if you want to delete it take a piece of string and wrap it around the pullies in the proper configuration and measure it. Give that measurement to the auto part store and they should be able to track down the right size belt.

As long as the pump hasn't seized, then unplugging it would be much easier.

 

[latief]

Autozone 93 size belt...I answered you on the other forum with more detail ...

 

[vanwiekt]

To close out this thread and help others in the future here's what I did.

Bought multiple belts with the intention to take back the ones I didn't use. Well, they were all extremely to short.

Faced with the possibility that I was going to have to put that damn pump back on so that I could drive to the parts store was not a very appealing option to me. So I reinstalled the original belt, minus the air pump and was surprised to see what a close fit it was. After a adjustment of the belt tensioner the original belt was nice and tight.

So there you have it guys, on a M104 you can remove the pump and use your stock belt.

 

[vanwiekt]

PS- It was not the pump itself but the bearing in the pulley.

 

[b-gees]

I have a 1993 190E 2.6 and the air pump was making a loud screeching noise for sometime now. 2 days ago when I started the car to go for an errand, it was smoking at the air pump as the bearing in it was bad . After removing the whole air pump, I ran a string around the alternator, A/C compressor etc and it measured 92.5 inches. Went to the local auto shop and fitted a 6 rib, 20 mm wide and 2340 mm long belt and Walla! It fitted like a glove. Drove the car for about 3 miles and had absolutely no problems. Hope this helps

 

[LeftCoastGeek]

I have a 1993 190E 2.6 and the air pump was making a loud screeching noise for sometime now. 2 days ago when I started the car to go for an errand, it was smoking at the air pump as the bearing in it was bad . After removing the whole air pump, I ran a string around the alternator, A/C compressor etc and it measured 92.5 inches. Went to the local auto shop and fitted a 6 rib, 20 mm wide and 2340 mm long belt and Walla! It fitted like a glove. Drove the car for about 3 miles and had absolutely no problems. Hope this helps

10 year old thread.

that said, the FSM gives the belt sizes and routing for every combination of stuff on the M103 engine...

http://freescruz.com/.priv/W124/w124CD1/Program/Engine/103/13-3440.pdf

and for the M104...

http://freescruz.com/.priv/W124/w124CD1/Program/Engine/104/13-1240.pdf