If no acc action at all the pump under the seat is not working, or the main line under the carpet to the acc might be leaking
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2017, at 2:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > Went to look at this car today for grins: > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/6175895598.html > > Understand that this car is in one of the “Old money trendiest” neighborhoods > int eh area, South Tampa. The house was easily a $1,000,000 house. > > OMG. It had been parked for nine months. Trunk needed a repaint, as it had > been repainted previously. OK, I could easily deal with that. Interior was > scruffy. > > I had been texting back and forth with the owner, as they said they had just > put a new battery in the car and it wouldn’t start. Knowing what I do about > the “smart keys” of that vintage I was undeterred. > > So I start looking around and see that the back seat is out of the car and > the battery is there, disconnected. I open the door and take a closer look. > It’s in backwards. > > <head slap> > > Owner’s kids had been trying to connect it backwards…. > > I turn it around and hook it up, tighten the terminals with the tools they > had lying there. Sit in the driver’s seat, cranks right up. > > Engine sounds like a sewing machine. No doubt some sticky lifters after > sitting for almost a year. No AC. Vents blow out of the defrost, nothing > moves or changes in different ACC modes. > > What a POS. But hey! We’ve got full service records! > > I told him to describe it accurately and list it for $2000 and he might get > lucky. He thanked me and apologized for wasting my time. > > -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
