And yes , I am still whining =8-) .
It's 10:46 PM and just now cooling off enough to where I can bathe & not sweat up the bed .
So , to-day we had to run errands all over L.A. as well as the SG Valley , I decided to take SWMBO's '82 240D as she never drives it on the freeway , 330,000 + miles and it still runs like a champ plus has ice cold AC .
I took a snooze in it idling underneath a shady tree in Compton as they went in to work out school transcripts for one of our boys .
He was very worried and kept asking them " shouldn't we go out and save Nate before he ruins the car ? " Shirley said ' relax ~ it's an old Mercedes , they're different and Nate would never hurt it " .
I did have to add 1/2 pint of coolant , it never leaks a drop so I wonder where it goes ? . the whole time we've had this car , I need to add a pint or quart of coolant occasionally . as the temp. gauge reached 90* C ,I figured it prudent to check before it overheated or worse .
The dang secondary fuel filter bolt is weeping again , ever since I changed out the fungus clogged one recemtly , it begins to weep fuel after a few weeks , I tighten the bolt again and it stops , only to begin again later on .
Today in the sun I decided to remove the filter and bolt and hand scrub everything Hospital clean , everything looked O.K. so I flipped the aluminum crush washer over and re assembled , it still weeps so I ordered up two new washers and if I can make it to P-A-P to-morrow or Sat. morning , I'll grab another bolt too just to make sure as I've gorrilla tightened this one so many times , I worry about the threads
-Nate
Trish wrote:
>
> HAHAHA
>
> Today it was 108 here, we broke last years record! On top of the 2 crazy
> rain storms we had yesterday it just turned steamy. Not sure where the
> weather guy was when they said it wasn't humid! Certainly NOT here. I
> think I lost 3lbs of sweat while talking to someone outside around 2pm. It
> was worth the $100 I got for selling a washing machine.
>
> My Mercedes Diesel 300D turbo has been broken down for so long I thought of
> sitting in it just to see what it felt like. I decided to come into the
> house with cold a/c air instead.
>
> The dogs thought or hoped I was going to let them loose to run...not. Too
> hot to walk them. They have fresh water and shade. I'll get them out
> first thing in the morning, just after sunrise, before it heats up.
>
> Supposed to be cool tomorrow, not even breaking 100.
>
> Trish
>
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