Lots of luck. I have done that drive enough to know just how big of a bullet you dodged
Clay > On Dec 20, 2021, at 1:27 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Saturday I went to pick up my son from college in Missoula, and > halfway back home the car threw the belt. No alternator, water pump, > or power steering---awkward! There is almost no reserve capacity in > this car, the dash lights started dimming after only a few minutes. Temp > gauge never got very high. Lots of warning lights started coming on as > the voltage dropped. The car started misfiring, and puking along barely > above idle, but it was still pushing. Blizzard conditions, very hazardous > driving. No hazard lights, they didn't work on low voltage. We were able > to limp to the next exit and get off. Even parked safely under its own power. > > We were at the last services exit before the mountain pass. We ended up > staying the night at the motel, until friends could come get us the next day. > The car's still there. > > The tensioner idler pulley had seized, and burned up the belt. Today I robbed > that pulley off of Barney, another E320, and we're planning to go back > tomorrow > to put it (and a new belt) on the car and ferry it home. Bringing jumper > cables along. > Wish me luck! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > 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
