On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:47:32AM -0400, Steve MacSween wrote:
I was offered it for parts. Pity, the car's body was apparently near mint
before the flood. I want it for the 4spd transmission, but my wrench advised
you have to drain the gearbox and if any water comes out, run away.
Why? As
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If I told you the number of times the 74 cherokee had water flushed from the
diff from going through water, you'd be surprised. You'd be even more
surprised that the axle lasted only 340k miles before being rebuilt.
Diffs don't have synchros to get stuck and
On this auction is the wood look like that because of sun or water?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCEDES-W-124-300E-BURL-WOOD-CONSOLE-
TRIM-COVER-NICE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33705QQitemZ8006448525QQrdZ1
If you look at his other auctions you see one that looks normal
I think if it had been under water the wood would appear delaminated. The
photo of the underside seems normal, so I would guess the fading and
cracking in the finish is due solely to solar UV.
On 10/13/05, John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On this auction is the wood look like that
By purest coincidence, I can answer that, having just seen a 240d flood car
in person (total flood, up to top of dash for about three days), two years
after it was flooded.
The wood appeared perfectly normal, actually better than my two 240Ds.
(Albeit this was fresh water.)
I was offered it for
is it?
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] wood: sun or water exposure.
By purest coincidence, I can answer that, having just seen a 240d flood
car
in person
Canfield
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:56 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] wood: sun or water exposure.
A manual tranny may be OK..As long as it wasn't run since the
flooding
if the price is right i wouldn't worry too much. Is the engine still
there?
I need a decent running
AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] wood: sun or water exposure.
By purest coincidence, I can answer that, having just seen a 240d flood
car
in person (total flood, up to top of dash for about three days), two years
after it was flooded.
The wood appeared perfectly normal, actually better than my two
