Started out the labor day holiday by finishing up the tranny install on the 190D. Got it buttoned up, dropped the pan, no crap in the pan, it looked great. New filter, filled it up with fluid, engine running, lots of leakage from the front area. CRAP front seal. On a fluke though I would rotate around to make sure plug is tight in converter. It was loose. Tightened it up, no more leak. WHEW, dodged a bullet. Fluid at correct level, tranny pulls into drive and reverse instantly. Take it out for a drive, wont shift past 2nd. If you get on the pedal, will drop to first, and wont upshift, but if you put it in neutral then back in drive, will go to 2nd but no further. Crap. More on this issue at a later date.
Was in the middle of messing with that when Regina (who has been having contractions all afternoon) calls dr office (obgyn). Our dr who is in the military was called to service overseas, get this, he is with Dick Chaney right now. For what I dont know. Dr on call says come to hospital to be checked out. I come in get cleaned up, we hop in the 140 and head over to Owasso to the hosipital. We get there about 5:30 they check her out. She is still 3.5 weeks early so they give her whatever to try and stop it. Not working. Later we move down to a delivery room. At this point, I decide to go get something to eat real quick. I run down in the 140 to get a burger. Afterward, getting on the highway in the 140, all the sudden something lets go, I have non-turbo like performance, and the most MASSIVE smoke screen you have ever seen in your life. Its so bad both sides of the expressway have no visibility. It was BAD!!. Get up to the next exit and get off. Limping it back to hospital. Pretty soon oil light comes on, its loosing oil quick. Get it in the parking lot, it runs fine, sounds fine, just smokes like nothing you have ever seen. Im thinking the turbo seal let go. Time for a new turbo I guess. Crap. Its still at the hospital, Im back home, getting ready to head back over there with the trailer. So I get back to hospital. Things progress. At 9:53 my first son Spencer is born, 5lb 14 oz. Labor went fine (on labor day), no problems there. Everything was fine with the baby, then he starts getting to where he stops breathing. Crap. To make a long story short, he had to be taken via chopper to a much larger hosipital in Tulsa. There he was put on a resirator because he quit breathing completely on his own. He has been there all night while we remained at first hospital. Anyway, I got around over there to seem him a little while ago in ICU. While there, they had adjusted it down so far next step was to take him off it. So they took it out. So far he is breathing on his own, but still takes spells of it going up, then down etc. So he may have to go back on it. Anyway, thats how my day went yesterday and today. More updates later. If I am working on a car deal with you, I will be continuing discussions soon. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 86 300E, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250, 66 220SEb http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
