Yeah he has responded to my emails before. Usually telling me to contact someone here in CA that I or my mechanic have already talked to. But it is nice to triangulate.
On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 2:30 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Contact Pierre Hedary and ask him. > > Randy > > On 07/06/2023 1:46 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > > Has anyone else run into a serial differential swapping issue? I have > been > > through about four differentials in the past year on the 300td and the > > 560sel. Originals started whining so I thought I was doing a good thing > by > > swapping, but then the replacement on the wagon seems to have blown a > seal > > and is trying to seize up while the 560 locked up tight on the 405 > > yesterday leaving the car in the slow lane and me running upstream on the > > other side of the jersey wall frantically waving off traffic like that > guy > > in Team America, just waiting for someone to plow into it until the chp > > arrived to shut the whole freeway down. Total drag. > > > > I would happily put a new or factory rebuild in, but since they are nla > and > > no one can figure out the rebuild, I guess its back to boneyard roulette! > > > > I thought these things never went out, but as serious transportation > > solution this is making my cars sort of a joke. Time for a Bolt or a > second > > Lexus or something I guess. My Dad has a pickup he has been trying to get > > me to drive, so maybe that is the answer. I have never experienced this > > problem before, but there doesnt seem to be a reliable solution. I can > > recall taking the diff out of our 55 convertible in the 1990s and taking > it > > to the diff shop to get it rebuilt. Doesnt seem that hard. For some > reason > > a mercedes diff is just a paperweight when it is worn out. Unbelievably > > stupid engineering. > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
