Diesel RVs: 04/19/15

South Central includes Watts, right? Hell of a neighborhood. Your are pretty brave to even be there. I remember seeing the fires from the riots back in the 60's coming back from a Dodger game. Max

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:01 PM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

South Central Los Angeles but I've had similar issues almost every where I have ever lived .

-Nate
Henry wrote :

WTF Nate!!!
I'm guessing they take no responsibility for this? No insurance? No cops?

maybe a security cam, so you can catch them and prove it, in the future?

Jeebus!!

On 4/17/2015 7:56 AM, Nate vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
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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 .
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> I took it all apart and you can see the bent evaporator and the ring
> smashed into it from the AC fan .
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> Fun eh ? .
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> 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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I always use a piece of 2x4 on the jack and sometimes on the jack stands. I'll go stick some under there. I have to get help. I got the car up, un hooked everything except the 2 allen bolts, but laying under a car trying to loosen those big bolts, not happening for me anymore. I have a neighbor who helps me. Today I go to town will get the replacement starter, he will come over and in less than a hour we will be done. I noticed my manual trans is leaking from the drain plug, I will change that while I'm under there. Max

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 8:58 PM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes ~ right there and BE SURE to place a block of wood on the jack's pad so you don't bend the metal cross member .

Use wood between the frame rails where you'll place the jack stands too else you'll _BEND_ this most important chassis member .

Work safely Max ! .

-Nate
Alan wrote :

I jack on the crossmember between the engine and the transmission.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Max temple jasperezra@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Is it OK to jack the whole front end with a floorjack> There is a cross-member under there right? Getting ready to do my starter. Max

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Max temple <jasperezra@...> wrote:
Just started driving my 240 4-spd.(my main 240) and the starter is kicking out again. Does anyone live in cold climate with this symptom? While cranking when cold(defined mid 30's and down), starter gear kicks out and then sounds like its eating a ring gear. Its a Shucks lifetime, re-built Bosch and I think they must not replace the big spring. When the car is warm it starts on the first pop. Yea, should of would of could of bought a Mercedes, but I had enough of Mercedes dealers with my 190D. Max P.S. starters are a whole lot easier on non turbos to replace.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:10 AM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Sooner than later you're going to be forced to replace the broken 'Y' bracket , might as well take the time now to do the job right , $ave your self Some $ and frustration too......

I use a wobble extension on that hard to reach 13 MM bolt .

Expect to drop it , no worries just go buy another one if you can't find it easily .

BE SURE to use spring typ wave washers under neath every 13 MM ATF bolt ! .

-Nate
mj0a0a wrote :

Had ordered the new air filter housing rubber mounts and put 2 in yesterday. The old ones had broken at the rubber, and the bottom of the mounts took a vice-grip to unscrew out. After that saw that the Y-bracket had broken at the front right side. I do have an old salvage one. And then I saw the bolt which holds the Y-bracket,way inside the bottom Y-part (the part which has always bothered me about this setup). Could not get it out with a straight extension- I think I need an appropriate flex-extension.
So just replaced 2 mounts ( this time with heat shields). and tied the third side ( the front right) down to the EGR valve with steel wire. Looks very firm, and shakes very little. I know this will put more pressure on the unbroken ones.
I think I may be able to just put a washer on the broken side of the Y and just screw the mount on top, to hold the mount to the Y. That way won't have to replace the Y, and mess with the bolt holding it way down there.

1984 300sd,

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