63 Motorsports M156 Camshaft adjuster plate repair kit

[Spider10]

Someone was telling me about it so i thew it on here for open discussion, wow negative comments is putting it mildly

 

[Duff3103]

Someone was telling me about it so i thew it on here for open discussion, wow negative comments is putting it mildly

So many experts on forums from my experience only the minority have a clue the rest just follow what they have heard

 

[Athey]

Congrats on a job well done! Take my hat off to you. I’ll take a look at the cams on mine later this year and will replace them, lifters and adjusters if necessary. First I’ve the rest of the chassis to do.

 

[Duff3103]

Congrats on a job well done! Take my hat off to you. I’ll take a look at the cams on mine later this year and will replace them, lifters and adjusters if necessary. First I’ve the rest of the chassis to do.

I hope you have plenty spare cash, I’m sure the cams are around £600 each, adjusters around the same plus the price for the lifters although INA have apparently got better lifters unless Mercedes have a superceeded part no, I have heard of people fitting the lifters from an sls black series but I’d imagine the cost will outweigh the benefits wasn’t a hard job tbh just a bit time consuming. But with the right tools it’s a doddle

 

[Athey]

Oh they aren’t cheap. Just spent nearly 2k on discs pads and brake servo. Rear springs just done and now all control arms, shocks and rear anti roll bar to get. This car is a resto project and a keeper.
Every car I’ve owned has left my possession in better shape than when I bought them,

 

[Duff3103]

Oh they aren’t cheap. Just spent nearly 2k on discs pads and brake servo. Rear springs just done and now all control arms, shocks and rear anti roll bar to get. This car is a resto project and a keeper.
Every car I’ve owned has left my possession in better shape than when I bought them,

Be interested to see some pics and progress on this

 

[Athey]

A couple pics

 

[Duff3103]

A couple pics

Looks clean engine bay looks immaculate aswell. I’m toying with getting my cam covers done due to some oxidisation. Can’t see why it’s a resto project unless you bought it in bad shape?

 

[Athey]

It’s in good shape, but I bought the car for 3 reasons;
1 it’s a summer car
2 I take it to shows, and following the death of my parents last year, I’m showing it in their memory
3 unless I win the lottery, this will be my last performance car.
It has 89036 on the clock and 13 services, 11 of which are main dealer, 1 by dronsfields of Oldham and 1 by mb Liverpool.

 

[Duff3103]

It’s in good shape, but I bought the car for 3 reasons;
1 it’s a summer car
2 I take it to shows, and following the death of my parents last year, I’m showing it in their memory
3 unless I win the lottery, this will be my last performance car.
It has 89036 on the clock and 13 services, 11 of which are main dealer, 1 by dronsfields of Oldham and 1 by mb Liverpool.

Mine has been Mercedes Maintained until 2017, I don’t have the receipts but I contacted Mercedes who sent me a list of what the car was booked in for, 2 and a half pages full of work, it was then owned by a German car specialist and then onto myself. I’m hoping to restore it a bit and it’s also more a summer car so plan to use the winter to do bigger jobs if needed

 

[Athey]

How did you contact them? Like you I have very little paperwork, but have copies of the dsb stamped my main dealer

 

[Duff3103]

How did you contact them? Like you I have very little paperwork, but have copies of the dsb stamped my main dealer

I have the service book indicating the services but I called the service department of the last dealer to maintain it and due to data protection couldnt disclose the invoices plus they aren’t available due to a system change but they have I’m sure it’s called a damage list which gives the dates and what work was carried out

 

[Athey]

Thanks. I know the parts manager so will ask him to pull a couple of strings for me

 

[Duff3103]

Thanks. I know the parts manager so will ask him to pull a couple of strings for me

If I could get a hold of the receipts for mine I’d have been over the moon but they were telling me they can’t or won’t I’m not sure which applies

 

[AndyG500]

Just used the same repair kit on my C63, only done 36K with full dealer service history, as seems the case inlet side was the main culprit. Much better now completed, import TAX was a bit of a shock but still worked out cheaper than on new cam adjuster.
Thanks for the info on C63Motorsport saved me a fortune!

 

[badgx]

Looks like there are a few of us going down the route of replacing the plates, which is a permanent fix. I have my stage1 plates purchased from 63motorsport, will be doing the SLS bs buckets and whilst there will check on the headbolts and see if it needs upgrading to the newer design. Will be doing myself, so in the long run will save on labour. I'll make a part number list in my other thread for anyone wanting to DIY.

Got my camshaft adjuster plates 😀 from 63motorsport | AMG Lounge

Just received my camshaft adjuster plates from 63motorsport. They even supplied a fresh set of pins. Looking forward to strip down and rebuild🙂 Will be doing the head bolts too if it hasn't been changed to the new ones. Will soon see when I open the cover.

forums.mbclub.co.uk

 

[Duff3103]

Nice one lads glad to see people getting the benefit out the plates, so far so good mine are ok.

im currently collecting parts to do the headbolts as they are a problem from 06-10 or 11 so mine defo falls into that category

so far I have all genuine cam cover gaskets, oil filter and housing gasket, cam adjuster gaskets, exhaust and inlet manifold gaskets, bosch air filters, idler pulleys and tensioner unit, along with a full set of bushes and balljoints for the front end (lemforder)

just need head gaskets, headbolts, lifters, revised timing chain tensioner, 5w40 oil, valve stem seals (no point going this far and not doing them) probably change all the vac lines asp I’ll clean and relap the valves along with checking for wear in the guides

probably going to coat the cam covers as they are all chipped so a refresh would do some good

Got my winter all planned out by the look of it lol

 

[kepler452b]

This is great info.
Is there a definitive how to guide on replacing the plates including the tools needed, torque settings etc…?

 

[badgx]

Nice one lads glad to see people getting the benefit out the plates, so far so good mine are ok.

im currently collecting parts to do the headbolts as they are a problem from 06-10 or 11 so mine defo falls into that category

so far I have all genuine cam cover gaskets, oil filter and housing gasket, cam adjuster gaskets, exhaust and inlet manifold gaskets, bosch air filters, idler pulleys and tensioner unit, along with a full set of bushes and balljoints for the front end (lemforder)

just need head gaskets, headbolts, lifters, revised timing chain tensioner, 5w40 oil, valve stem seals (no point going this far and not doing them) probably change all the vac lines asp I’ll clean and relap the valves along with checking for wear in the guides

probably going to coat the cam covers as they are all chipped so a refresh would do some good

Got my winter all planned out by the look of it lol

06 -08 (ish) have the T55 female bolts, they have slightly more meat at the top than the T60 female bolts, so a little stronger.

Both T55 and T60 female head bolts have been replaced with the male version but i wonder why MB switched in the first place from T55 to T60, makes no sense??

 

[badgx]

This is great info.
Is there a definitive how to guide on replacing the plates including the tools needed, torque settings etc…?

Yeah there are a few videos floating about on YouTube, I particularly like Tasos, his videos are pretty good. The torque setting for the adjuster is 25nm but not more than that and a little locktight wouldn't go miss.

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