Hoser... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Had an interesting morning on tuesday.
Tuesday is take-my-granddaughter-to-breakfast day and we were in traffic, going by the rehab hospital when the traffic stopped for a red light. Why are we not slowing down, SH*T no brakes! Managed to avoid the car in front by swerving into the gutter and stomping on the (Bloody Awkward) emergency brake and stopped. Whew. With almost no brake fluid and only minimal rear braking, crept to NAPA for juice and slowly down the street to breakfast. Crept home again. The people that I normally use to do the repairs that I don't want to do recently replaced the passenger caliper, both disks and pads in the front. It appears that the mechanic (moron) who replaced the caliper, unscrewed the unit from the hose and re-threaded the new caliper onto the old hose. Then twisted the caliper to fit against the mounting lugs. This left a curl in the hose that rubbed against the tyre, and, e viola, no F******G brakes! They will get a present of the hose from me as a learning aid. New hoses installed by Fred. I got hosed, even though it was suggested that a new pair of hoses would be a good idea. I'm getting too old for this sh*t. Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred. _______________________________________ 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