Re: [diesel_mercedes] Rear Main Oil Seal leak

 

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:

This shouldn't be a deal breaker , any competent German Car mechanic should be able to pop out the tranny and flex plate then replace the $25.00 seal , button it all back up again .

I have no idea on the labor but I'd think no more than $250.00 labor .

Huh really?  I'll check around.  I imagined it to cost in the thousands.  I can always trade food for labor...I know a very trusted mechanic that is willing to barter, or he used (no not Kevin). 

I thought of asking the muffler guy if the kids that work there are competent enough to do the job and ambitious enough to want the extra $ and if he'd be nice enough to allow them to use his lift.

All I know is Kevin is chomping at the bit to go down to the beach this weekend before the ten weeks of hell start with summer camp.  IF the guys get the building done they are working on now, then they get Friday off...they traded Memorial Day, even though Kevin is a Veteran, he had no problem with giving up that day.  IF he gets Friday off we're headed out before the rooster crows to get through Houston before traffic. Should put us on the beach before noon!  Be back home the next night before most people show up for the weekend.  I plan to have 4 full 5 qt jugs of oil with us.  WM is down there so it's not like we'll be stranded.  If he doesn't get this Friday off we'll wait till he gets a full week off when summer camp ends.  Maybe by then I can have it fixed. 
 



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