Tech tip to keep the neighbors from thinking you are crazy. Next time it's necessary to curse or vent.. whip out the cell phone and talk into it... they will think you are chewing someone a new orifice and laying down the law. Suddenly, you are no longer crazy...
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 6:38 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Attaboy Dimitri. No substitute for frigonometry on old MB tinkering. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Nov 4, 2018 6:52 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > So I finally replaced the leaking radiator on my 240D today. I bought a > > new Behr- Hella from FCP-Euro which cost $195 including shipping. > > The job would have been really quick but re-attaching the engine oil > > cooler to the radiator proved to be a real nightmare. The problem stems > > from the fact that there is no way to secure the nuts on the inside of > the > > channel where the cooler gets bolted. The original Mercedes radiator had > > the nuts pressed into the holes in the channel. The replacement doesn’t > > have these captive nuts so it is virtually impossible to keep them from > > falling away while installing the bolts since there basically is no > access > > to the tight space in the channel. The lower one was the biggest problem > > which I eventually solved by wedging a thin piece of wood in the channel > to > > keep the nut in place while installing the bolt. The wooden wedge had to > be > > split and mangled into oblivion in order to extract it from this tight > > space with the oil cooler partially installed. I couldn’t just leave it > > there since it would interfere with the proper installation of the > cooler. > > Luckily, I managed to get my finger in the channel to hold the upper nut > in > > place while installing the upper mounting bolt. There was a lot of > cursing > > and talking to myself while doing this job. The neighbors probably think > > that I’m insane! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
