Maybe $900. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:39 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. Not sure. > > > _______________________________________ > 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
