Or in this case , junkyard apes .
Tom and I took an early morning Pick-A-Part run before the het set in , looking for a secondary fuel filter bolt & crush washer ~ we walked in as they were opening up and in the very first row were a nice W-126 gasser that had only barely been rummaged through , behind the up tilted spare tire I spotted the tell tale red cloth of a Mercedes Factory Tool Kit , as I wrestled the HUGE & heavy tire out of my way I realized the string was still tied around it's bulging contents......
_SWEET_ ~ it doesn't have the 22MM filter wrench I need but it had everything else including the hard to find screw in wheel alignment tool , so nice to have if ever you have a flat tire .
The clean W-116 300SD next to it had the bolt and crush washer but the O-Ring was rotted and fell apart and into a dirt as I was wiping the accumulated fungus off it , Top reminded me to not loose it so I could match it up @ FLAPS but I'd already stupidly lost it in the clutter , in spite of looking I never found it , I know where to get a brandy new Dealer one Monday so no worries .
Returning home I cleaned up and loaded up the trusty '82 240D with SWMBO & boys for our jount to wonderful Fontucky Ca. where we had a going to Colleg party for the Grndaughter , it was 103° F & beginning to drizzle as we pulled up there , ugh . well over 100 % humidity .
The car had run hotter & hotter as we left L.A. & drove South East so before leaving I checked the coolant and noticed some fuzzy buildup around the tops of the radiator tubes , I'm sure I Citrus Flushed the cooling system in January , maybe this pink coolant they sold me , is the bunk .
Yellow ZEREX next time , not long from now I'll citiric Acid flush it again .
As we had five people in the car , I'd run the AC full tilt boogie the whole way and noticed the temperature gauge slowly creeping up to the middle mark (90° ?) as we zipped up the I-605 Freeway on a light grade , slowing back down to 60 after we hit the I-210 West kept the needle right below that line so I guess all is O.K. , I just don't like seeing any fuzz inside any radiator .
-Nate
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