how much is this steel skidplate, and is it worth having? Does any lister have one?
Also, were they ever a factory option/standard feature? On 1/18/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the tranny was still going strong at about 180 K Kil if memory > serves > to be correct. The motor gave up a head gasket (again in the winter) and > it > was too expensive to have a shop fix it so we bought another car and let > it > sit until spring and then I fixed it. The motor was clean and showed > little > or no wear inside (I'm pretty anal about oil changes). It had 2 broken > head > bolts and that is why it blew the headgasket. It had always been somewhat > suspect as it constantly lost coolant but I just watched it and waited for > it to show me where. It finally did at Xmas time. The car was a year old > and > had about 40 K kil when I got it and I drove it fairly hard and then > dumped > it on my wife. The body was losing paint pretty bad by the time we sold it > but it really wasn't too bad. Struts were the worst expense except for the > head gasket. It had a water pump, brakes and a battery over about 10 years > but then it really did not get a lot of miles. 180 K Kil is only about 112 > K > miles. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tom savage > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:37 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Early engine replacement - was Columbus CL 240D > > > R A Bennell wrote: > > > My wife ripped a bit of a hole into the bottom of the tranny oilpan on > an > 86 > > Taurus that we had a while back. She ran over a curb that was hidden in > some > > snow and snagged the oil drain plug that I had thoughtfully installed > myself > > to make changing the tranny oil cleaner and easier. Unfortunately, that > > little bung was about the lowest thing on the car. She didn't realize it > and > > drove it home. Next morning we had this pool of red on the garage floor. > > Didn't hurt the tranny - just cost a used tranny oilpan and some new > oil. > I > > was even able to drive it to a local tranny shop as it was winter and > cold > > out. > > That is impressive. I don't think I've ever heard of a Taurus > transmission that didn't destruct. ;) > > Tom > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474
