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> On Feb 15, 2020, at 8:54 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Wife listed it on fakebook and within an hour it was sold for $1200 cash. > Unbelievable. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 15, 2020, at 7:39 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It sounds like they paid about $800 too much! >> Kevin in Hillsboro, OR >> 2019 Sprinter 336 miles, Low Mileage Lutgard AKA Der DoodleWagen >> 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard waiting for her new power plant >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Feb 15, 2020, at 4:06 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> So the 24 year old kid that lives at home finally got a job at a fast food >>> place and his grandmothers boyfriend gave him a 87 Buick Century that his >>> 80 year mother drove. It only had 80k miles but is ugly because it has >>> rust. It had a few issues such as the turn signals quit working and the >>> ignition switch got stuck in the on position. I fixed ignition and pulled >>> the fuse for the blinkers and put it back in and they started working. >>> They evidentially quit working so I was at a loss as to what the issue was. >>> I do not work on these sort of cars so I had no interest in it. Told him >>> to take it somewhere. He also just had the brakes done. New muffler was >>> installed also. >>> >>> I guess somehow the idea came about while I was gone for my father to buy >>> him another car. Somebody on Fakebook my wife knew was selling this 02 >>> Mercury Cougar for $1200 so they went to look at it Monday. The car has >>> 209k miles. So as I am out of town she is texting me and come to find out >>> the battery is completely dead. My father went down and bought a battery >>> for it to see if it would start. I let her know it sounded like a $400 car >>> if that. She then messages me saying it cranks and wont start and wants to >>> know what the cause could be. Could be many things. So they got it >>> started finally and next thing I know they paid $800 for it. They never >>> even drove the car. >>> >>> Wife later tells me it shakes real bad on the highway and wants me to look >>> at it when I get home. I told her the tires probably need to be balanced. >>> So the kid goes out and starts it up as I am heading out the door. I hear a >>> loud rattle as it starts like lifters, timing chain, something. Not really >>> sure because I was not there when he started it. I drove the car down the >>> road and holy hell I don't think I have ever been in a car that shook so >>> bad. It was all over the road and felt like the front end was about the >>> fall out from under it. Backing up a bit in the story, Right after the kid >>> first started it to back it into the driveway I checked the oil, coolant >>> etc. Only had run for 30 seconds so cold engine. When I pulled the coolant >>> cap it had some pressure in the system after sitting for however long it >>> was before I got back home. >>> >>> Anyway, got it back home, all 4 tires are bald and dry rotted, I can smell >>> oil burning, has some sort of consistent knock from the engine, sort of a >>> dull knock that changes with RPM. I listened with a long screwdriver >>> thinking it might be top end but I could never really find it, so I suspect >>> its coming from the bottom end. It is PRETTY obvious and I would think >>> anyone with half a brain would have noticed. I looked under the car and >>> there was a pretty good oil leak going on from the front seal it appeared. >>> Had a spot of oil on the driveway about the side of 2-3 silver dollars >>> after it sat there running about 5 minutes. Lots of grease around the ball >>> joints and CV shafts. I could not really tell for sure if the boots were >>> split or what but I suspect they could be. Has some sort of weird vacuum >>> sounding noise coming from the brake booster I believe. Pulled the coolant >>> cap and it looked good but did have a little steam coming out. Not really >>> sure if it is normal or not. Had some movement in the overflow tank when >>> revved, I do not think it was bubbling but could be a leaking headgasket >>> with the pressure in the system. 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