Oops - Michigan. Never mind. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:21 AM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> You need to have it towed back to front, i.e., with the FRONT wheels > rolling along and the rear wheels sitting on the dolly. I can't say if you > ruined the transmission, but there is a chance that you did. But don't > despair: there are plenty of wagons out there with good drive trains, if you > can do your own transplants. Are you near NJ? > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Michael Esh <michael...@me.com> wrote: > >> The 85 300TD Wagon is home and we are ready to begin the transfer of >> engine and such from the the 82. Is there a site that has information on >> the rear suspension of the wagons that would help us trouble shoot? >> >> Had trouble with front wheels wobbling and throwing the pickup around at >> about 45 MPH so we took it off the dolly and tried to drive it for a ways. >> The seller had told us the engine was in bad shape but what the heck. We >> drove it off the dolly and within minutes there was loud bang and the engine >> died. We ended up towing in on the dolly with rear wheels on the ground for >> about 150 miles. Did we ruin transmission as well? >> >> Thanks to Rick Noble for the words of encouragement on the way back to >> Michigan as well as the palomino seats he donated. All parts will be put to >> use. >> >> Thanks, >> Mike >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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/20090721/8b4360e7/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
