You probably need to blame the bean counters rather than the engineers. They saved a penny or two and it lasted beyond the warranty. Besides, you are supposed to have their service dept work on your van regularly so they can point out things like this and persuade you to trade it in for the latest model. What kind of American are you, driving a 10 year old van? How are they going to keep the economy going if you don't participate?
Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A -------- Original message --------From: Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: 2017-01-03 7:01 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] stupid new cars mostly OT This stupid crumbly prastic was split longitudinally along the mold mark. What really irritates me is how crappy brittle the POS is. It literally crumbled in my hand. > Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > January 3, 2017 at 6:47 PM > I had one of those let go in the Suburban on the way home from the > airport after a trip, had to call AAA to flatbed us home which was a > covered "tow" so that was OK other than the PITA. Then replacing the > POS fitting was a complete PITA too, there were 2 or 3 of them I > renewed as well. I'm thinking a roll of duct tape and epoxy and > whatever that stuff you had is a needed addition to the tool kit. > > --R > > > > > Curley McLain <mailto:126die...@gmail.com> > January 3, 2017 at 6:33 PM > Driving back form a short vacation Sunday, we pull up to a stop sign > in the van, and steam is coming form the hood. Not good. So we turn > right and right again into a baptist church lot. They were still in > service. So I pop the hood, and look around. no blown hoses, no > signs of radiator busted, but antifreeze is running out of the hood > insulation. No signs of the source of water. So i got a ride back to > a dollar general, buy some water. Meantime, the church lets out, and > some guys come over to try to he'p. one has a jug of water. so in > goes the water and start the engine. no leak. He tells 'em to rev > the engine... antifreeze spraying out of a prastic Y for the heater > hoses. another guy has a roll of duct tape. > > There is a oreally open on New year's day, about 5-6 miles away. > meanwhile I get a call at the DG, explaining where the leak was. > Well, I was right that with more water we could find the leak. So i > got a roll of duct tape, some super seal glue, and the water. When I > got back the guy had taped up the Y and everyone had left. I smeared > the superseal glue all over the tape and hoses. We drove on > cautiously into town. Made it. added some water. that oreally > didn't have the Y but wanted to sell me a $90 Y with 2 1' long hoses > and a 4" long hose, and 3 clamps. a "better" sale for the store than > a $1 Y for $11. Another one down the road did have the Y so we drove > on there. by then the water level in the overflow/supply bottle had > stabilized. I bought the Y, and decided to head "home" about 60-70 > miles away. made it. I am convinced the "superseal" made the > difference. > > Once home, in between torrential rains, i sliced the old clamps with > the dremel, pulled off the hoses. The prastic Y crumbled. 40-50 > years ago we had nylon Ys that were durable. this thing was somekind > of styrene filled with ground fiberglass or crud, with walls only 1 to > 1.5 mm thick. it crumbled in my hand. > > I installed the new prastic Y and decided not to waste antifreeze > yet. Put in water. I found a brass Y from china on freebay for > $5.80, so I will order that. When it gets here on the boat, I will > put that in and only then put in the new G-05. the G-05 lost was only > 21 months old. Now the van is on the downside of being a decade old, > and out of warranty, but being stranded due to a cheep chinee prastic > part is un-excusable! > > <rant> WHY CAN"T THESE CLOWNS USE A TOUGH NYLON Y IN PLCE OF THIS > BRITTLE CHEAP CHINEE PRASTIC CRAP? </rant> > > Anyone know a lawyer who wants to start a class action against the > auto makers for cheaping out on cheap parts? People in this country > die because a car or pickup breaks down. all the airbags do know good > if your car or you is F.O.R.D. !!! _______________________________________ 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
