Lucky, lucky, lucky. IF I WERE to play the lottery, I'd want YOU to pick my
numbers.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
If I related this following story before I apologize in advance.
On the other end of the "SWMBO" spectrum, I was once trying to pry
back the rear view mirror in the old 280SE 3.5 coupe. The mirror
features a safety device consisting of a 1.25" X .5" heavy duty spring
(approx.) in a bracket that allows the mirror to eject when struck
with a hard blow (such as when your forehead hits it as you are being
launched through the front windshield due to a collision). Presumably,
this minimizes the chances of a more serious injury. Anyway, I needed
to reinstall this mirror, which had been removed while the two
bow-shaped wood pieces were being refinished. I parked the car in the
driveway so I had enough light, and after reinstalling the wood I used
a heavy duty slotted screwdriver to CAREFULLY leverage the mirror base
into the bracket + retaining spring. Naturally, the worst case
scenario ensued and I managed to SPROING the spring from the bracket,
launching it about 30' through the open window of the coupe into the
grass.
Now here is the amazing part. I was tremendously motivated to find
that spring (which as a practical matter could not easily be
replaced). So I focused my gaze on the exact spot where I thought it
had landed, walked the 12 paces or so over to that spot, bent down,
and retrieved the spring from the grass on my first attempt. This is
the exception that proves the rule, I guess.
ALS
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:43 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
If you drop a screw or nut in the grass, consider it gone.
For several years, I've been trying to put "catcher" paper towels,etc.,
under a screw/nut/bolt location to try to "save" 'em if dropped; even
then,
I try to every careful not to drop 'em - not as much of a problem now that
my tremor is fairly well gone. Lightly secured to a wrench or socket with
masking or painter's tape helps nicely, too.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas"
<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
It is a Law of the Universe, the Random Perversity of Nature. It also
applies to the jelly-side down syndrome, and if you drop something it
will
always bounce or roll to the most inconvenient location.
---R
On 12/9/2010 1:06 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Max' travails illustrate some irrefutable laws of nature:
1. Perfectly functioning cars only become un-roadworthy when driven by
SWMBOs.
2. Two perfectly good cars can fail simultaneously when a SWMBO is
involved with at lesat one of them.
3. A perfectly functional car without a problem in the previous 12
months will stall out on a major artery on a Friday afternoon rush
hour on the hottest day of the year only when - you guessed it -
driven by a SWMBO.
I think this is all quite unfair.
Andrew
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Max Dillon<meadedil...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
If the wagon was fully ready for daily service (need all those
suspension parts
you just sent me plus four new tires) I would have had the car towed to
our
house so I could fix at leisure... Next time I certainly hope that will
be the
case!
-Max
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From: Rusty Cullens<buymbpa...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:39:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
yeah, I have the caliper for $85.00 but it would have been a day away.
Too bad.
maybe next time.
Rusty Cullens
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Max
Dillon"<meadedil...@bellsouth.net>
To:<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:29 AM
Subject: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
Yesterday our household suffered two vehicle casualties. First SWMBO's
car, a
'96 Infiniti with about 200k miles, had the left rear caliper lock up
while
out
and about in town. She recognized that something was wrong and handled
it
pretty well, but the tow company took about 2 hours to get her car
towed to
the
tire& brake place (Gerald's in Mount Pleasant) that was about 1 block
away -
rather frustrating. I had to leave work and assist to get her home so
she
could
use the '87 300TD which has a child seat mounted (she needed to pick
up
our
daughter from day care). I dropped her at the house and departed
quickly to
get
back to work, but she called a few minutes later to report that the
wagon
wouldn't start - dead battery. I had to divert to the Infiniti
location,
retrieve that child car seat, pick the daughter and return to house,
where I
put
the wagon's battery on the charger. Haven't had time to figure out the
wagon
yet - I suspect the trickle charger which I'd used on it for several
weeks ago
has failed. Infiniti needed a rebuilt rear caliper, which was done by
5 p.m.
for $163. I'm sure I could have done that myself for less, but not by
5 p.m.
-Max
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