He seemed quite curt and nearly rude, esp to two guys (with Jasons son) who had driven four hours to look at a car. He has some nice cars - Porsche, bugs, Benz and some old, but interesting junkers - a Thing, old volvo wagon, etc. Car had some obvious problems that he didn't volunteer info about. Not saying he doesn't have some nice ones and maybe he doesn't like people from KC, who knows, but our impression was two thumbs down. Chris
tom savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: > NOT worth $1000 Oh yeah. I might offer fifty bucks a cylinder, possibly going up to a hundred a liter for the mighty 616 if he was playing hardball. I suspect it is going to sit on the lot for a while longer. Chris, what was your impression of the place and the cars? Guy seemed pretty nice on the phone, but that's all I know of it. Tom _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 12 21:16:47 2006 Received: from newmx3.fast.net ([209.92.1.33]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ex9oN-00043Z-IZ for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:16:47 +0000 Received: (qmail 11932 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2006 21:16:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.60.102.136?) ([209.60.102.136]) (envelope-sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) by newmx3.fast.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 12 Jan 2006 21:16:41 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:16:41 -0500 From: "Constantine N. Polites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] Power Steering pump failure. X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:16:47 -0000 I just finished rebuilding my tandem pump. I sent part of the work out because I didn't have the right puller. The Vickers pumps made for MB require a special hydraulic oil. If you use ATF fluid, eventually there will be a failure both internally and externally. Internally, the "O" rings will swell and restrict flow. Externally, the main seal will deteriorate and you will have a leak. That leak will also keep the main bearing from being properly lubricated and again you will have a mechanical failure. I'd look first of all at the tiny "O" rings. If they are swollen replace them. Even though I did use the proper hydraulic oil, apparently the PO didn't. So I experienced the above conditions. This may have nothing to do with your conditions but it may help. Regards, Constantine
