[diesel_mercedes] Of Druggies and AC / Radiator Repairs [2 Attachments]

 
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O.K. a while back the druggies across the street from my GF's house decided that side swiping my beloved old Mercedes Diesel Sports Coupe , breaking the mirrors off my two trucks , driving 10' across the sidewalk and into the driveway to bash my '59 Metropolitan Coupe wasn't bad enough ~ they decided to back a truck into my Mercedes Coupe's front end , the pickup of course was raised up so it cleared the bumper and bashed in the grille and shoved the electric AC fan into the AC condenser , bending it severely and shattering the electric AC fan beyond repair , before once again driving off with nary an " hey F you White Boy " . interestingly , none of the Black Folks who live there and park in the exact same places , _ever_ gets any damage to their vehicles .

Anyways , the plastic fan shroud was also broken and unknown to me was rubbing against the upper tubes of the $500 custom made all metal radiator I have in the car , causing three tubes to rupture and leak coolant out .

I took it all apart and you can see the bent evaporator and the ring smashed into it from the AC fan .

Fun eh ? .

I was able to find an N.O.S. OEM BEHR condenser , after some looking I found a real Radiator Shop a few towns over ~ as brass radiators are no longer being used in modern cars , few of the shops are left .

The Radiator guy looked at my radiator and commented " this is beautiful " ~ then he set about repairing the three tubes and charged me only $40 .

I hope to get it back in the car along with the new AC Condenser and SANDEN AC compressor and a new expansion valve plus new radiator hoses , this weekend or maybe early next week .

-Nate

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