And that could be, however, they weren’t on the ground here reading the SDS and checking the various components.
The key word here is “probably”. I went in assuming everything was good and used the process of elimination to narrow it down to the ETA. There could certainly be other issues, but the confidence level that the ETA was affected was much higher once I had gone through everything. I wasn’t about to start swagging it and just replacing or repairing $300 parts. In cases like this you just have to go in assuming that everything you’ve been told is bogus and start from scratch. -D > On Mar 10, 2018, at 5:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > And several people told you the eta was probably bad regardless of what the > PO said. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 10, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Did you read what I wrote? >> >> The PO told me his indie sent the ETA out to be tested and it tested OK. >> Apparently it wasn’t. So I was going on the understanding that the ETA was >> good, but my testing showed that it had problems, which is why I sent it out >> for rebuilding. >> >> <?> >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Mar 10, 2018, at 4:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> So basically what you were told at the get go. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 10, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just heard from the ETA rebuilder. The ETA (throttle body) had a bad >>>> clutch coil in it, meaning that it was more or less in permanent limp home >>>> mode as the electronic throttle would never have engaged. >>>> >>>> This is great news as it confirms my diagnosis and means that the car >>>> should be functional once everything is put back together. The ETA’s ETA >>>> (sorry!) is Monday, so if time and conditions permit I’ll have it back >>>> together Monday night. >>>> >>>> Huzzah! >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
