As my father always said, "If you want something done right, do it yourself."
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:49 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
