I’ll send you a pic when I collect the car. It might be the pulley remnants, it looked aluminumish.
--R Sent from iPhone > On Nov 6, 2018, at 7:13 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Hmm, that alternator has the clutched pulley (I recently installed one on > the alternator on The White Whale). I'll bet it was the clutched pulley > that crapped the bed, not the alternator. New pulley is about 30 bucks, > then you need a special tool (I have it) to install. Are the alternator > shaft threads really gone, or are you looking at the remains of the > clutched pulley? > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:09 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Last night I was driving home about 10:30 and heard a thunk up front of >> the $500E300, then a message comes up “ Battery Charge” and steering was >> hard so I knew either the serpentine belt had broken (new) or alternator >> had munched. >> >> Pulled over to a lot in a little shop as the temp was rising and parked. >> Popped the hood and saw the alternator pulley was gone and the shaft was >> ground down so I figure the alternator had seized and the pulley was spun >> off the shaft. That was quick. >> >> Luckily I was close to my friend’s where Max and I have our Benz bits >> stored in her barn so I rang her and she came and collected me and gave me >> a ride home. Soon to hook up the trailer and go drag the thing home. Bah. >> >> Coupon for a new alternator discount? >> >> --FT >> Sent from 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
