Rich - you appear to be a very lucky man - my wife never would have hesitated to point out that this type of thing seems to happen frequently, and you can buy two Kias for the price of one Mercedes transmission.
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > I was just sitting out on the porch with my evening beverage, and told my > wife exactly that. She said, "You never do that kind of thing, why did you > do it this time?" Uh, cause I was stupid..... > > --R > > > Tom Hargrave wrote: > >> You do know what the acronym ASSUME stands for, don't you? >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> 256-656-1924 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com >> ] >> On Behalf Of Rich Thomas >> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 5:39 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: [MBZ] I am stupid >> >> So about a year ago I put a ("new") used brake booster on the 300TD after >> spending a lot of time chasing a no-brake-boost problem, and finally decided >> it was the brake booster after huge amounts of effort on that. Put on a new >> one and it was fine. So a few weeks ago same problem, and no shutoff, I >> figured the used booster I put on had crapped out too. Ordered one from the >> list mom, put it on last weekend, still no brake boost. sh*t. So today I >> put the previous one back on and started chasing vac problems again with the >> vac meter, and by isolating things it seems to be related to the lock system >> (they have never really worked) or something else not very critical, maybe >> in the HVAC system (which is not working either for some time. I plugged >> off one tee going to the locks, have a bit better vac now but still not what >> it should be, and the car will shut off when I rev it a bit. Brakes seem to >> be OK, but I gotta bleed them now, again. >> >> So Occam's razor proves correct once again, I should have taken a look at >> that first. But I am really good now at changing brake boosters and master >> cylinders, in particular that last nut way up under the pedal bracket that >> you have to contort to get at. >> >> --R >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1988 - Release >> Date: 3/6/2009 >> 7:17 PM >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1988 - Release >> Date: 3/6/2009 >> 7:17 PM >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090307/bfd6fa26/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
