They probably fixed something simple that was either free or very cheap, needed to make money somehow so they installed a new battery, which it might have needed. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On July 13, 2017 5:15:17 PM EDT, Donald Snook via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >The shop called my brother and said it was the battery. I agree with >others that said that doesn't make sense because when it died it would >crank. He would have to wait a while and then it would start. My >brother asked them to close the hood and start it and let it idle. >When he did that before, it would stall and not restart until it cooled >off. They tried that and it never stalled. It kept idling without >any problem. I know low voltage can do weird things, but I don't >understand how the battery can be good enough later to start after >cooling down. He is going to pick it up and drive it around his >neighborhood. Earlier in the week he couldn't make it all the way >around his neighborhood without it stalling. So, I guess we will see. > >Don Snook > >-----Original Message----- >From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca] >Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:08 PM >To: Donald Snook via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Land Yacht problem > >Tell your brother to find a shop that works on hotrods. Most of them >are still carburated. >My son worked in a place like that for the past 6 years. The big thing >would be to not let them talk him into swapping it for a Holley carb. >He would need to insist it had to be kept original. > >On 13/07/2017 1:19 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: >> HA! I think you might be right. How many current mechanics have >worked on a car with a carb? I worked at an Oldsmobile and Honda >dealership in the 90's. We had two mechanics who were proficient in >working on carbs. One of the older guys (who was by far the best >mechanic) was a wizard with carburetors. I'm sure he made a ton of >money working on them in the 70's and 80's. I hope the shop my >brother uses has somebody who knows enough to work on the car. He >took his 71 Grand Prix, 77 Thunderbird, and 83 Cadillac to them and he >was pleased. I think he is just dealing with an old car that sat for a >long time and needs some minor issues sorted out. >> >> Don Snook >> > > > >_______________________________________ >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
