Good question, John. Final death certificate signed (over the phone) my the
indie I'm using in Tucson (comes recommended, at least second hand, by a
couple of sources). In addition, my brother (a diesel mechanic with too
little time to do the work for me) believes the engine is siezed, although
he did not get into what he thought it might cost to rebuild - or if it
could just be repaired.
We did try to bar the engine over - no budge. I asked the list just how much
muscle power it should take to turn it over, and the answers were that an
average guy should just struggle a bit?
So I'm just going on the word of the mechanic. The fact that he only charged
1/2 hour labor to diagnose is a good sign to me - if he was desperately
crooked, he might have come back with like three hours labor to tell me it's
shot - I was preparing for this. Sense the distrust in my tone?
Brian
83 240D
From: John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacement Engine Compression
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:16:33 -0500
On Monday, Jan 16, 2006, at 13:21 US/Eastern, Brian Chase wrote:
> The starter turned the engine real slowly, then not at all. That's the
> nutshell of my saga.
>
So who signed the death certificate on your original engine?
Johnny B
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