Last week, Sylvia went in to the shop for new glow plugs, to diagnose front end wobble on decel from 65-40 and the ongoing exorcism of
the electrical demons.
See my new Yahoo diesel_mercedes photo album for Sylvia here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diesel_mercedes/photos/album/614318898/pic/2128952407/view
Final repair and parts list includes:
Remove/replace new (rebuilt) steering box (did not go seal kit route)
2x tie rods
2x ball joints
2x control arms
Idler arm rebuild kit
2x fuel filters
5x new glow plugs
1x power steering reservoir seal
1x bosch voltage regulator - inspect wire harness, clean as needed
oil change + filter
high speed balance 4x new Michelins on 16" rims
alignment
MA State inspection
Due to (ahem) budgetary constraints, had to stop here:
still to be done:
turbo is (still) venting oil into the air cleaner implying
bad/warn turbo? anyone want to guesstimate parts/labor for
this task?
Car now drives like it's on rails (again). Still
accelerates like a 250,000 year old dog but started
like a brand new car @ 23F (not sure how "warm" it
was when I picked it up at the shop, engine temp was below 40C).
Headlights still fluctuate (as they always did) at
reduced/increased revs, but all systems (interior, radio,
climate control, turn signals, etc) stayed on and acted
normal (so far) on 10 mi ride home.
Car passed inspection (again) on first attempt.
Hopefully all you'll hear from me soon enough will
be silence (on these topics....)
As to my request for locks/keys - the reason
I'm looking for replacements is that I don't have
the VIN # for the car they came from, (they are not
original - I don't know why) so there's no new keys to make.
Will be dragging a magnet in the gear selector
black hole for sure tomorrow...who knows, maybe
the key gremlins will yield the Ring that binds
them all... :^)
-Barton
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