What's the opposite of Attaboy? On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:56 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The adventure continues > > I got the guts out of the car. Removed the w126 seating and drove it > around the block sitting on the spare tire. Engine runs, transmission > still stalls out the car in anything but L. Parking brake was non op, so > I used the set from Q for Gump, but could not get the dang lower springs to > hook together. Disks look ok. Found a set of Ronal 16" rims with michelin > MXV tires for $40 off a 220 wagon (no idea of W designation). > > This morning I was trying to drive the car to the shop so they could do > the springs and deal with the out of whack transmission/stall issue. I got > half way there and the car stalled and then would not start. Lucky for me, > I was going downhill and able to pull into a parking lot at a corner mart. > Called for a tow, but that was going to take over an hour, so had #1 boy > pick me up. Had breakfast and drove back to the car, when a paving crew > pulls onto the lot. The car is in the middle of the lot and they are > trying to set up for work. More luck, the tow showed up before they got > too deep into work. > > We will see what all repairs the car needs to hit the road. > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
