I wonder if HF has them? They’re abut 5 minutes from my house. I’m going to look….
-D > On May 13, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
