Yes-a great video. I thought that's what you paid-good buy. . But your story was every bit as good-I love verbal pictures. Reminded me of some of the exploits of my youth.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D 4 speed. 215K miles. 1979 240D- auto -250K + miles (FOR SALE) 1990 300D 2.5t 150K miles Wickford, RI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:23 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Projekt-Wagen #1 - getting it to KC a tongue-in-cheek documentary of this adventure would have been really funny. We paid $510.01 (ebay). I can hear "Me and my Benz sittin on 20" rims" playing in the background as the old W115 cruises down the KS turnpike. HA! :-) http://youtube.com/watch?v=rwAKfRPAwh0 Chris "Dwight E. Giles, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great Story Chris-how much did you pay for this projekt? Would be a great video. Dwight Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Wickford RI 02852 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:19 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; Paul Karl; Christine Karl; Mom Subject: [MBZ] Projekt-Wagen #1 - getting it to KC We arrived in Manhattan (124 mile drive) at 11:00 yesterday. Checked all the fluids, added some coolant and break fluid. Checked oil bath air filter. Checked fuel pre-filter. Suspected that emergency brake was seized and took a look. It wasn't. The rotors were just rusty from sitting for a good spell. Loose belt: crank, water pump, alternator. Got it a little tighter than it was, but the teeth are stripped out on the tightening mechanism. Replaced the mini battery with a real one (proper size), hooked up jumpers from my car too, just in case there was going to be a lot of cranking. Started right up. :-) Drove to nearest fuel station, tanked up, aired up the tires (in great condition) and tried to figure out why so many lights didn't work...rat had chewed through a nice section of the wiring harness. Replaced some bulbs and figured we'd be home by dark so we could worry about the wiring later. We had rear blinkers, anyway...at least on one side. Got about 5 miles out on 177 and as I followed Charlie he started losing speed: 65, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40...Uh-oh...probably the rust we say in the fuel tank neck. Indeed. Replaced the pre-filter and went to prime. Primer pump was TOTALLY broken. Charlie, "let me try to start it." Chris, "You can try, but it is NOT going to start." Cranks for about 5 seconds and it starts. I'm floored and we're on our way. Get to Topeka and decide to take a look at things. Car running, open hood and fuel is squirting in two streams from the primer pump and the pre-filter is clogged (putting pressure on the primer most likely) AND the pre-filter is letting little rust particles through. OK. We unscrew the primer and wrap coolant hose tape around it and screw it down tight. That solved the fuel leak. Spent an hour looking for both filters and settled on getting 2 (one spare) wix inline filters that we expected to clog very quickly - they are not mesh, but look like mini main filters. Then we tank up. We figure at 30 mpg, we should only need 2 gallons, the rest squirted out. It took 3 gallons. :-) Now it was dark...we needed lights. Pulled the harness together, re-connected the wires, taped them up, fiddled with bulbs and everything worked, except one headlight only worked on hi beams...hi beams it was. Got home before 7:00 and now she's ready for some of the new parts we got at the U-PICK-IT on Saturday. Very peppy, went about 80 on the KS turnpike, smoke abated, italian tune up in the flint hills region (needs a diesel purge badly, I suspect). Was a Euro delivery car. Fun! Chris Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1985 300SD, 368K km, "Wulf" -1992 350 Ram Wagon, 58K miles, "The Behemoth" -1975 240D manual, 123K, "Projekt-Wagen 1" --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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