Since I live on a gravel road I gave up on washing cars. They look like hell
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 5, 2017, at 12:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I’l check on both and let you know, Manfred. > > Today was a minimalist day. I’m tired of messing with cars, I need a brake. > > Got the repaired air cleaner housing back on and got the car running. > Sounded awful and ran like poop. Realized that there was a tube I removed > between the intake and valve cover that had turned to stone and was > fracturing into many piece that was allowing a massive intake leak. Piece of > tape placed strategically eliminated that issue, but it still idles poorly. > Get it above 1200 RPM and it runs great, so I suspect that my temporary > distributor cap repair is causing the problem. New cap and rotor on the way, > will be here Tuesday. > > Went ahead and had at the AC system. Got it sealed back up, pulled a vacuum > which it held for over an hour. Pulled vacuum for another hour after > installing a new receiver/dryer and charged the system. Makes ice cubes now. > Nice. Found the high side fitting hasn’t been converted to an R134a > fitting, so I had to use a service valve adapter to get my high side > readings. Probably lost a few ounces of refrigerant getting the darned thing > off after I was done. > > Took some dental floss and adhesive remover and took the little add-on mirror > that had been glued on the driver’s outside mirror off. Cleaned the mirror. > > Buttoned everything up and got the car parked in the driveway where I can > work around it with the other cars, as it’s sitting there until Tuesday when > the cap and rotor show up. > > I’ll wash the 350SDL after I cut the grass so I can cover it and keep it > clean the rest of the week. Darned oak trees are sploodging on everything > right now. Ugh. > > -D > > > >> On Mar 5, 2017, at 10:29 AM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Dan do you know what the distance is between the arms of the sway bar? Also >> what is the name of the stripper and where did you get it? >> >> Manfred >> >> >> Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>> Oy. What a day…. >>> I spent an hour putting the new 10mm rear sway bar on the 350SDL. Hit it >>> with some aircraft stripper I had >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
