So what I'm hearing is my offer of $500 has been rejected. It's fine man, I can take it. I'm only a man! Flesh and blood! It'll be alright.
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Took some time to look closely at the front suspension at lunch today. > Good news! > > The lower ball joints are intact and tight. There was all sorts of cruft > covering them, giving them the appearance of leaking grease. I cleaned > them off and checked them closely and they’re intact with no cracks or > damage. Good and tight, too. > > The upper control arm joints are the culprit for the occasional noise I’m > hearing when turning. They’re shot, at least the boots are. The right > side is almost completely torn off, the left side just cracked with some > small tears, but it’s definitely open to the elements. I used my grease > injector to push as much grease as I could into both as a stop gap measure, > but I’ll be ordering the control arms today. > > This is great news, as it means I’ll probably keep the car and pass it > along to the eldest boy. I’ll do the upper control arms and fix the left > rear window and gas door lock and the car will be pretty much complete. > I’ve read up on the CIS duty cycle adjustment some more and I’m planning on > checking that out tonight to see how close it is to spec. > > Cool. > > -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 > > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* _______________________________________ 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
