We'll find out if it works or not, I plan to remove all that. I suspect it will need a little assistance for the first open....
Anyone need sunroof stuff? Not a single part request from the list yet. Instrument cluster? Curly - don't you need a working speedometer / odometer / trip meter? ------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:56 AM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > BTW, the sunroof system should also be in excellent condition - I never > opened it, not even once. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "Meade Dillon" <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] NC mini Q > > > At night with a flashlight, didn't look too bad at all under the hood, but >> I didn't really look that closely. The cross-over pipe and intake >> manifold >> looked spotless, side of the injection pump was very clean as well. Front >> of the engine is a mess, but I don't think there was motor oil sprayed >> there. As Rich said, the power steering pump took a hit and broke off the >> reservoir, so power steering fluid was dumped all over. >> >> The right side windshield molding is knocked off, like maybe the rear >> corner of the hood hit it. Windshield is not scratched, and I may try to >> remove that and have it installed on my '95 sedan, which has a cracked >> windshield. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:47 AM, WILTON via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com >> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> Did the black oil spray onto everything under the hood? Recently, there >>> had been a slight PS leak which I thought for a while was from the PS >>> pump, but when I was getting serious about replacing it about 3 weeks ago >>> with a "nearly-new" (used 2 or 3 months) one that I had kept from the >>> 350SDL, I realized that the leak was not at the pump; it was at a joint >>> between the metal pipe/tube and the rubber hose about 4 inches from the >>> pump. 'Replaced the hose (about 14 inches long), and I think the leak >>> had >>> stopped. I had thought since the accident that the pump probably took a >>> significant blow. I had also tried to take a look under the hood before I >>> let USAA haul it away, but, again, I was unable to open the hood. >>> >>> Appraiser evidently lifted the hood at rear some; I noticed yesterday >>> that >>> it was "up" some at rear much more than when I saw it last here in >>> Goldsboro. >>> >>> Ironic that the engine compartment was absolutely spotless and >>> new-looking >>> when I got the car 12 years ago, and I had tried to keep it reasonably >>> clean (much more so than what we often/usually see), the appraiser gave >>> me >>> no + for it - 'said it is "dirty and greasy." The only leaks I ever had >>> were the occasional minor ones from injector return lines, a small amount >>> at top of injector pump years ago and the PS hose recently. >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> - >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://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 > > 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 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
