No rebuilding of calipers. It's not cost effective, nor is it safe to do. Buy a pair of remains from Rusty and be done with it.
Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 29, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > So...opened the trunk for the first time this morning (now that I got the > correct key from Rusty) and there was a car cover, a Honda jack, the > correct jack on lug wrench...anyone have one?) , a spare holding air, a > large chain guide (new) and a stack of owners/maintenance manuals. Looks > like this car started its life in Santa Cruz, CA (first owners Joshua and > Eliza Baer). Pretty impeccable service records kept until 79K miles > (5/1983) all performed at a place called Bergstorm Motor Co in Santa Cruz. > Then there is a big gap until 8/31/87 when "an original MERCEDES BENZ > exchange engine" was installed. It has the mileage listed at 149,028. The > odometer shows 375K right now (but it is no working, of course). > Interesting. > So today I changed the oil and did the front brakes. When I was retracting > the inside piston on the drivers side, I got a few drips of brake fluid > out. So, can these calipers be rebuilt? > > Next day off will be rebuilding calipers (if possible), renew brake fluid, > flush/fill coolant, exhaust donuts, manual transmission fluid renew (if I > can get the fill plug out), and the rear diff (ditto fill plug). > > What else should be done to establish a baseline for this car? Also, is it > creepy to try to contact the former owners of this car? > > Bob R > 1980 240D 4 SPD 375K ? > 2005 320E 123K > 2006 Jetta TDI 145K > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
