I would get the Bushing pliers for sure Sent from my iPhone
> On May 13, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Did the final round for the day. > > Cleaned front carpets and mats. They cleaned up quite well. > > Got the windshield washer reservoir installed with a new grommet on the pump. > Sadly, they dumped the washer fluid heater and redirected the coolant flow, > but at least someone had the foresight to get a new cap for the reservoir > rather than keep the original which would have had the holes for the heater > pipes in it. > > Had to aim a couple of the windshield washer jets. Dental picks are nice for > this, as I didn’t have one of those “T” pins that also work well for the job. > > Replaced all of the fuses with copper fuses. Popped the relays in the back > of the fuse box and cleaned pins with some DeOxIt. Replaced the 30 amp fuse > on what I suspect is the auxiliary fan fuse (square, green, with a blade fuse > as part of the relay?) > > Still shifts hard, but not as bad as when the vacuum line was disconnected. > I’ll need to get back under the car and check the modulator, as it is > probably leaking. It’s the original with the rubber cap, so I suspect it > probably is. Also noticed the shift linkage bushings are gone. I mean GONE. > I wonder if I should bite the bullet and buy one of the special pliers? Not > looking forward to that job, as the tunnel is really, really tight on this > car. > > All in all a pretty good day, despite the auxiliary fan debacle. I’m bummed > that i couldn’t resurrect them, but they were pretty much toast long before I > got to them from the looks of things. Not a lot to do tomorrow as I’m at the > point of needing parts. I’ll test the vacuum modulator on the transmission > an that will probably be the extent of the work I do. Gotta start getting > the 300D prepared for delivery, as the buyer comes a week from Monday to > drive it back to Grand Rapids…. > > -D > > >> On May 13, 2017, at 4:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Got under the car. >> >> Looks pretty good, no surprises. There are two pieces of flex used to >> “delete” the catalyst and one of them is leaking. I’m thinking I’ll take >> the car to my local custom exhaust guy and just ask him if he can fix the >> leak and hope he doesn’t want to get all official on me and insist that he >> has to install a new catalyst. If he does I’ll just have to dig into it a >> little more to get the leak sealed up. >> >> Rubber and joints are all fairly new and in good shape. Definitely needs >> new brake hoses, but that’s no surprise. Other than the missing sound >> deadening panel underneath (anyone got one they want to part with?) below >> decks actually looks pretty good. >> >> Transmission vacuum box was disconnected, as in the line looks like it just >> came loose. Reconnected it and will test drive in a bit. >> >> Was hoping to bleed brakes while I had the car in the air but I’m running >> out of steam. I’m going to clean up, maybe hit the mats with some carpet >> cleaner, and call it a day. >> >> -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 > _______________________________________ 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
