Could be caliper seals, you won't really notice the fluid since it gets flung off while driving.
My 2 cents, Walt On May 4, 2012 8:27 PM, "Kevin Kraly" <kr...@comcast.net> wrote: > Yes, the same, slightly flexible plastic strips to which I was referring. > My car is "right on the line" too, perfect way to describe it! There are > just a few more good things going for it than bad, pretty neglected through > the years but has a nice interior and pretty straight body despite the > slight rocker/floor rust and some rust behind the rear wheels. Right now, > I'm trying to chase down a slight brake fluid leak. I'm suspecting that > it's leaking into the booster, no way to know for sure other than that > there's no evidence of fluid leaking onto the ground when pumping the > pedal. Now that I have another pressure bleeder nearly set up, I'm going to > blead and pressurize the system and see if we can figure out where it's > leaking. To give you an idea of the size of the leak, the reservoir was > enpty after a few times out with the car. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon > 1977 240D 316Kmi, Liesel > > -----Original Message----- From: Curt Raymond > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 6:14 AM > To: Diesel List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Funny shipping > > To be clear these are the black plastic strips on top of the aluminium > strips. > > The price would be gag inducing on a jalopy but as my car is right on the > line I figured to go for it. > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 15:08:15 -0700 > From: "Kevin Kraly" <kr...@comcast.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Funny shipping > Message-ID: <**9701EA9A1E2A4695844D6F6E2E405A**A0@chellePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > My trim strips for the top of the rain gutters on my 240D arrived today. > > Glad to hear that those strips are still available! The ones on my 240D > are > bent, and one of them is even broken in one spot. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon > 1977 240D 316Kmi, Liesel the wet Diesel > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
