Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world!

2007-02-06 Thread Mitch Haley
David Brodbeck wrote: > True for Mercedes cars, but keep in mind there are many cars out there > that lack torque converter drain plugs. There is no way to completely > change the fluid in those cars except by flushing it. > According to the Ford FSM, I'm supposed to do my '95 Taurus by draini

Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world!

2007-02-05 Thread David Brodbeck
Werner Fehlauer wrote: > Sounds like another good reason NOT to give extra $$ to a shop to "flush" a > transmission. Other than a good "profit maker" for the shop, a flushing > process can do more harm than good, since it can bypasses the built-in > filter system, and puts a fluid of unknown qu

Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world!

2007-02-05 Thread Curt Raymond
. Maybe it needed the cleanout... -Curt Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:18:18 -0500 From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world! To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world!

2007-02-04 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: > > Luckier actually, one of the hoses to the cooler was DISCONNECTED. Could this have been a hose that was unplugged so they flushed the tranny, and then not clamped down properly?

[MBZ] Luckiest man in the world!

2007-02-03 Thread Curt Raymond
Truck just arrived. The tow truck driver noticed it was leaking mostly from the front. Hmm, would I be so lucky as to just have a leaking hose or cooler? Luckier actually, on of the hoses to the cooler was DISCONNECTED... I expect that happened during the tow, it was probably loose and while sit