Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Don't Be Afraid To Try

Hey Nate I'm still reading and looking for a good MB. I might have a buyer for my pos car. He was supposed to be here at 10am, but given he had to drive 1 1/2 hrs I understand him not being here on time.

Sadly as I made Kevin drive past a really nice MB at camp yesterday, he exclaimed "you just need to get off of this MB thing, as far as I'm concerned their a poc" :( Sadly I did buy the wrong car and it went downhill from there. Really for what he put into this stupid Nissan he insisted we buy a few weeks ago, I could have my MB up and running. We paid $1200 then he spent 12 hrs and another $200 replacing tie rods, et al then another $70 on used tires just so I could get it aligned for another $25, which wasn't done right so he's got to take it back, an hour drive. On top of all of that crap, the stupid fuel return line leaks so we lost 1/4 tank of gas 2x! Then the gauge said 1/4 tank, but noooo I ran out in my damn driveway, he had to drive all the way home 100 miles round trip to put 5 gallons in my tank in the pouring rain. So I can't fill it up to be safe, I can't let it get down to 1/4 tank to be safe. Arrrrgh. But I've kept my marriage intact which to me is pretty important. Yeah, I chew my lip, but in the end it's just a stupid car or cars and eventually I WILL have a nice car that is dependable that he nor I will have to work on other than the usual fluid check ups, etc.

Hope everyone is having a good Labor Day weekend. I'm starting a new job today, oh boy, night (2pm to 9pm) shift mgr at a local bbq joint. A place I don't even eat because the last 2x I ate there I had a horrid stomach ache, and there is nothing there that I eat, bleh. But it's only 7 miles from home, and since I don't have to be there till 2pm and weekends are mandatory, which means I'll have 2 days off during the week, I have plenty of time to job hunt/interview during the day for a "real" job, which will come.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:

NOTE : topic drift , don't whine , use your Delete key .

As some here know , I'm always trying new things and dipping into complicated repairs as I like to learn and feel like I maybe know something (so far , no luck on that last bit) .

I live in a decrepit 1923 Bungalow for the last 30 years or so , since I bought the place the bathroom's sub floor underneath the toilet has been bad so the toilet wobbles when you sit on it and every 10 years , I have to replace the beeswax seal .

The American Standard cheapo toilet sucked out loud , it was an early low volume flush thing that often required three or even four flushes before it was done .

To - Day I picked up my son and his LARGE collection of Household Power Tools and we learned how to replace a rotted out subfloor , &
I showed him how to set a toilet .

I've been dragging my feet on this job for years now , expecting to get the demolition done then get stuck as I don't know anything about Carpentry nor Plumbing but it turned out to be not so bad after all and I'm extremely pleased with the $250.00 Kholer MEGA-FLUSH 90000 as it does it's thing near *instantly* and for only 1.6 gallons.....

The lesson here is : go ahead and try a new thing , the worse you can do is screw it up beyond all reason and have to call in the Carpenters
and plumbers......

I fear we've lost Trish too , more's the pity but her wretched 300D kinda broke her bank as well as unsettled her nice household .

-Nate