It was a more cosmetic than actual needed repair. The manual shift was sloppy, the bushings at the trans were dead, so I put new ones in. Screwed up the engagement of gears and seem to have locked it.
To prevent repeats, I will now take car and idiot self to BiL who earns a living mechanically, and we will have oversight as I screw things up. He will then step forward to apply corrective whacks with snap on tools upside my head so that I cease further work. Then we will figure out how to unfornicate the mess I made so as not to require expensive visits to AAA shop On 22 Aug 2007, at 10:41, R A Bennell wrote: > Well, if I recall, your car did need work and you tried to fix it > but ran into a problem. Don't feel bad - most of > us have been there and done that. Just figure out what is was that > went wrong so that you don't repeat the scenario > next time. Put the cost down as "educational expense". > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Redghost > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:30 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage > > > Now quit that! Gump will be coming out of the shop this week. I > swear I thought I could do the fix, though it was not a real "needed" > repair. How was I to know I would booger it all up? > > clay > > On 21 Aug 2007, at 14:06, R A Bennell wrote: > >> Ah So! Remember first rule of car repair! Do not fix things that >> are not broken! >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks >> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:53 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage >> >> >> Very good insight. Of course maybe I just like your input because it >> makes me feel happier than the news that I might need valve seals or >> worse in an engine that supposedly ony has about 115k mi. on it. :) >> >> Brian >> >> On 8/21/07, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I admit that I have not read all of the posts on this thread, so >>> bear with me if someone else has already >> suggested >>> this. >>> Since you talk about backing out of the garage and up the hill, is >>> it not possible that it is just because you >> are >>> putting the vehicle under load when it is not yet warmed up? More >>> smoke and a bit of oil might just be an issue >>> while it is cold. >>> >>> I had a situation with my old 68 Chevy pickup a few years back. I >>> was trying to back a travel trailer up an >> incline >>> in a spot with little room to manouver and as such could get no >>> run at it at all. By the time I got the trailer >> up >>> the hill the truck was blowing blue smoke real bad. I assumed that >>> I had damaged the motor by forcing it to move >>> the trailer up the hill at low speed. However, that was in 1991. I >>> still have the truck and it is not using oil. >> It >>> did not seem to suffer any long term issue. It just did it the one >>> time when I put a real load on it. >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:46 PM >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage >>> >>> >>> It's not using much oil at all. I have a leak at the oil filter >>> lines >>> that attach to the block. And with this, the level goes down maybe a >>> pint every, well, so often. I don't put many miles on the thing - I >>> try not to drive very much. Am fortunate enough to be able to >>> bicycle >>> much more than I drive. >>> >>> Another note: I recently added oil. The level was just above the add >>> mark, and this with the engine completely cold and not run for a day >>> or so. So I assumed that if it were to be run and cooled and the >>> level >>> checked, the level would be a bit lower. So I intended to add a >>> pint, >>> which I thought would bring the level up to half way between the add >>> and full marks - where it should be, right? But I accidentally added >>> 2/3 of a quart. So perhaps its being a bit fuller than it likes >>> contributes to the described smoking condition? >>> >>> Brian >>> 83 240D >>> >>> On 8/21/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The joker in me says "your car is always burning oil" thats what >>>> OM616 means. >>>> >>>> Is the car actually burning oil, like is the oil level going >>>> down? I for one wouldn't worry about it until >> you're >>> going through oil like the Exxon Valdez... >>>> >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:39 -0700 >>>> From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage >>>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>>> Message-ID: >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>>> >>>> Had a thought this evening as I backed out my driveway in the 240D. >>>> It's a fairly steep but short driveway. >>>> >>>> I notice that there is an unpleasant amount of smoke when I do >>>> this. I >>>> thought maybe it's just that I notice it since I'm backing into the >>>> exhaust. But tonight I smelled burning oil. >>>> >>>> Was wondering if somehow the angle of the car coupled with the >>>> inertia >>>> of moving backward could cause the engine to burn some oil? >>>> >>>> I don't know how this would specifically work, it's just a bit of >>>> general detective work. >>>> >>>> Brian 83 240D -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
