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336 miles , no AC use (damned neighbors) , 3 Oz. Startron used .
24.0 MPG .
Tom says the exhaust is smoking blue so I guess I need to get off my duff and rebuilt the turbocharger .
-Nate
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To - day I decided to replace my shattered AC condenser fan , the new one looks very nice indeed and has all the same holes *but* said holes are not threaded like the original fan's frame was so I looked around in my piles O' junk as I'm always grabbing what I call " Problem Solvers ": various useful hardwares like over size washers , nuts screws and bolts with attached washers or casted in flared heads , all these are *very* handy when faced with a cracked bit of sheet metal or an egged out hole , things like that .
To - day's life saver were three 5MM self tapping screws with 8MM ATF heads and flared washers casted as part of the screw ~ these are found on W-123 & W-126 chassis cars , holding the remote coolant tanks to the body .
The new fan is supposed to use the old screen guard so you don't loose any fingers but I decided to leave it off to reduce fan noise and increase efficiency , remind me of this when I come crying in mid Summer missing a few fingers .
The new fan is German made and even has balancing clips on the blades ~ pretty spiffy .
The condenser is still badly bent but I don't see any leaks so I buttoned it up to see if I still have AC , it's been 85 + ° F here in the last week .
Sadly I was still damp from my shower after installing the new fan, I'll check it soon .
The fan comes with a super long (2' +) pigtail and two pin connector so I cut the one off the old junk fan and will make some sort of electrical testing harness out of it soon .
The plastic female plug (car side) was broken and gone so I carefully removed the plastic part off an old auxiliary water pump I'd saved some years ago , mounted it to the loose female connectors making sure the color codes matched side to side and now no worries about shorting out when the fan comes on .
I did take a couple pictures and will post them up ere long .
Maybe I can begin rebuilding the grille to - morrow afternoon ~ I bought a new URO grille just to get the plastic and aluminum strips , the last one I bought had terrible quality chrome surround so I just cleaned up a cheap , *perfect* original one from the junkyard and loaded it with the new plastic & aluminum , using the original hardware and clips etc. , etc. so it actually _works_ not like if you try to use the whole new grille .
It looked like my two vintage Grille Badges will be saveable , bent but still O.K. .
-Nate
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Tony ;
I'd not heard a word about this new highway , is there any links to photos perhaps ? .
-Nate
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Hi Steve ;
Yes it has been climbing even though gasoline is dropping .
The oil companies all say " we're _NOT_ colluding ! " so you now know it's prolly YOUR fault .
-Nate
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Some of you may know about the new highway from Mazatlan to Durango, with an incredible new record setting bridge, and many tunnels, The old road used to take 8 or 9 hours, the new toll road took us about 3 with a stop off highway for fuel. We toured up the highway just fine and are now ensconsed in a hotel in Durango. The Mercedes did just fine, drove the last hour without using the AC,& that is a first since we got the AC fixed last month. Just changed into warmer clothes and looking forward to no Mozzies for a day or two.
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Have not checked the board lately, whats going on here, it looks extremely unfriendly when viewing on line.I can tell what the sort order is or reduce the view to see just the topics.Any way, whats up with the cost of diesel ? It is now, or again, 70-80 cents more than gas and it looks like it is not done climbing. Is it here in the North east only or are you seeing it everywhere ?
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We are at $4.10 +/- at the moment. I went by the Ontario Truck Stop40 miles east of Los Angeles and saw them at $4.17 yesterday, but most of the trucking lines get rebates which offsets their costs.
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Have not checked the board lately, whats going on here, it looks extremely unfriendly when viewing on line.
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