[MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-19 Thread Curt Raymond
Last fall when I put the motorcycles away my wife's bike wouldn't start at all, in fact nothing would happen, no headlights, nothing. Today I finally got around to really working on it. Put the battery back in and it was where I'd left it. I poked around, replaced a fuse holder I didn't like the

[MBZ] OT: Aww man!

2023-03-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
My 2015 VW Jetta TDI needs a rear wheel bearing. It's a unit bearing, seems to be easy to replace. I got the part a couple weeks ago but didn't look at it until today. The parts supplier didn't have the cheaper bearing I'd selected in the first place, the more expensive version comes with the c

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-19 Thread Jim Cathey
Put the charger on but it didn't seem like it was taking any charge. ...I think the deal is that the battery is too small for my charger to put much power in quickly. That's what batteries do when they're toast. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-19 Thread Wonko the Sane
I am about to put a 1 amp trickle charger up for auction on eBay. Interested? Will send specs if you are. On 5/19/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last fall when I put the motorcycles away my wife's bike wouldn't start at all, in fact nothing would happen, no headlights, nothing. Tod

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-19 Thread Wonko the Sane
Guess I should include the fact that it is what I used on my motorcycle battery. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Make a small loan, Make a big difference - Kiva.org

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-20 Thread Chris Kueny
ko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man... I am about to put a 1 amp trickle charger up for auction on eBay. Interested? Will send specs if you are. On 5/19/07, Curt Raymond <

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-20 Thread Chris Kueny
" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man... Guess I should include the fact that it is what I used on my motorcycle battery. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Make

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2007-05-20 Thread Wonko the Sane
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Wonko the Sane wrote: Guess I should include the fact that it is what I used on my motorcycle battery. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2, 81 240D, 81 380SLC

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man...

2007-05-21 Thread Curt Raymond
ame age and is just fine. -Curt Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 15:33:19 -0700 From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man... To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > Put the charger on b

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man!

2023-03-11 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Don't beat yourself up over something like this. It is an oddball tool and even the mechanics who do this stuff every day don't have all of the tools possible. Randy On 11/03/2023 2:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: My 2015 VW Jetta TDI needs a rear wheel bearing. It's a unit bearing,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man!

2023-03-11 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:13:31 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Amazon says they can get me a Capri tools triple square kit by > tomorrow. We'll see how that works out... If that doesn't work out, try https://www.jbtools.com/lisle-60880-triple-square-bit-18mm-12-point-1-2-hex-shank/

Re: [MBZ] OT: Aww man!

2023-03-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Thanks, their prices are nice! Interestingly Amazon wanted 2x the price of everybody else for 1 socket but they were in line with everybody else for the kit I bought. I'm hoping that with the kit I'm covered, at least for a while. -Curt On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 03:30:06 PM EST, Craig vi