Please understand that I am not pointing fingers or placing blame. Considering that this is a used car and had multiple owners there is no way to know the details of its history.
I suspect that the original bolt got damaged and someone used a non-standard replacement, which is what most likely caused it to get boogered up. Not a big deal, just a little frustrating when you roll under the car expecting to take 30 minutes and ending up taking longer. What's important is that I was able to sort it out with minimal effort. Considering the amount of work I have done on the car since I got it this is the first and only time I have found something goobered up. Dan On Mar 21, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Mitch Haley <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan Penoff wrote: > >> I had to remove the bracket with the mount, then use a socket, brass drift >> and BFH to drive the bolt out. > > I guess every used car has its share of surprises, but I assumed your 140 > wouldn't have surprises of the 'buggered by last fool who worked on it' > nature. > > Reminds me of my first Saab, a 99EMS that I bought from the original owner. > 20,000 miles after I bought it, I checked the air filter (which had been > replaced by an import specialist indy just before I bought the car) and found > the bottom of the filter was seated off center and the car had been sucking > about 1/3 to 1/2 unfiltered air for as long as that filter had been in the > car. > I took the filter in to the indy and showed them the mark from the part of > the filter housing that was supposed to go INSIDE the filter, and the guy > basically said "so, what?". That should have been my first indication that I > should never let anybody else touch one of my cars. > > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
