But now you can return the dead one right?
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] When It Rains, It Pours...
As I said in a previous reply, I took a chance and lost. It happens.
If there was a bright side, it's that the alternator on these cars is pretty
easy to replace. First one took maybe 90 minutes, the second under an hour.
Not something I want to be good at, however.
Dan
> On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Some will remember when I went through this with my '83 240D and put many
> alternators in before getting one that lasted. I don't remember the exact
> number, it was at least 3. My Indy was getting plenty tired of seeing me show
> up...
> -Curt
>
> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> To: Okie Benz <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 8:26 AM
> Subject: [MBZ] When It Rains, It Pours...
>
> Holy mother of pearl, I swear this stuff goes in waves....
>
> Oldest boy comes in last night about 7:30:
>
> "The battery light on my car (1998 S420) came on. Should I get the battery
> checked?"
>
> I go out and go over the car. All seems well except for the voltage at the
> battery while the car is running: about 12.25 VDC. Hmm.
>
> I tell him to go get it checked at Advance Auto and report back.
>
> 20 minutes later he returns. "They checked my battery and said it's good," as
> he hands me the little thermal paper printout from their diagnostic machine.
>
> I then realize I wasn't specific enough in telling him to have them do a full
> charging system check, so I climb in the car with him and we go to another
> Advance Auto nearby (we have two within four miles of the house.)
>
> We get there, they test the system, flat line for alternator output. Bingo!
> So much for the reman I bought from them and installed on the car back in
> November of last year, with lifetime warranty, I might add.
>
> So we return to the house and jump in my car, as it's now dark and I don't
> want to risk it in his car with the headlights on. We then go to the other
> Advance Auto to get an alternator, which the other store didn't have in stock.
>
> Interestingly, this part number was not the one for the car in their
> application list, however, it was in November. Not only that, but in November
> the core was $105! It's now $50. Strange.
>
> We get the alternator, head back to the house, and spend an hour swapping it
> out. New one works just fine, makes plenty of electricity.
>
> Today the parts for the S500 come in. I only hope I am as lucky with it as we
> were with the S420. And I hope this is the end of car issues for a while. I'm
> beginning to feel like a full time mechanic.
>
> Oy.
>
> Dan
>
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