Last I checked the Chicken wagon was also down with transmission issues. Is one of them priority over the other? Can he heap be put into summer service or would you switch to the Dodge?
-Curt Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:11:06 -0700 From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Opine away Message-ID: <416871e2-d4fc-11e2-a381-000502d9a...@windwireless.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > BTW, Jim what's latest on the phantom 126 - the one that SWMBO thought > was #1 but was really #2 while #1 lurked in garage a few feet away? It's my daily driver, and what we resorted to when we had a flat (X5) we discovered on our way to dinner Saturday. It's driving OK, but reverse is nearly gone. The tranny has been restored to usability by a bottle of snake oil, but it's been telling me in no uncertain terms that it wants a replacement. If you floor it too hard it won't shift out of 1, but if you back off it'll go to 3 and thereafter it's fine. 2 is basically not there, though you can make it get into it using the shifter and no throttle (going up), or punching the throttle (going down). Weird. I'm sure a valve body rebuild would fix it right up, except for the reverse problem, which requires new clutches. The secret sauce AC was working fine the other day when it was pretty warm out. Last recharged nearly a year ago. -- Jim _______________________________________ 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
