Re: [MBZ] Crazy Day with the Finnie - Success!!!

2019-03-17 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Congrats!    Glad it worked out. A running car is better than a garage queen! Good work! Be aware!  When judging concours, I found that the underside reveals much.  Like the gullwing with a really cruddy underside, wrong exhaust clamps, overspray, etc.  I deducted all the points I could,

Re: [MBZ] Crazy Day with the Finnie - Success!!!

2019-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I guess. I didn’t bother trying to verify the specs. The guy Jaime knew that has done this is a well known and trusted vintage Mercedes guy, so that was good enough for me. -D > On Mar 17, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Dimitri wrote: > > Wow that’s excellent! So this pump happens to have the similar

Re: [MBZ] Crazy Day with the Finnie - Success!!!

2019-03-17 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Well done. That little fuel pump job- up would have completely discourage 67% of all Mercedes owners. Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2019, at 8:48 AM, Dimitri via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wow that’s excellent! So this pump happens to have the similar output volume > and pressure as

Re: [MBZ] Crazy Day with the Finnie - Success!!!

2019-03-17 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Wow that’s excellent! So this pump happens to have the similar output volume and pressure as original? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just finished up my fuel pump replacement. Here’s the deal: > > Jaime was kind enough to refer me

Re: [MBZ] Crazy Day with the Finnie - Success!!!

2019-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just finished up my fuel pump replacement. Here’s the deal: Jaime was kind enough to refer me to a text he had seen from Pieter Van Rossum, a W113 guy, where he had replaced the stock “tall” fuel pump with a generic Carter pump. I got a Carter pump the same day from the Island of Large Wimmen