Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Sounds like my experience... Its quite snowy here today, enough that snowmobiling too precedence over cars ;) I'll work from home Monday and do the deed... -Curt Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:58:05 -0600 From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed Message-ID: 3485b4231001011458pf074230ucb4eb82c36414...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Curt wrote: Anyway its not a terrible job and the little hose was just about to really blow so I'm glad I got in there. Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The Beck-Arnley parts place said there were 2 belts - when I purchased a belt last year. The longer one was the one that fit - I think the difference was an inch. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Up here NAPA is the most expensive FLAPS around... Plus the belt on the car is missing a couple chunks which means I need a belt SOON. My 190D has to get out of service so it can donate its engine to the new 190D so the 240D has to get back into service. Plus the belt I have came from Rusty... Nothing against him, I've had it for probably 8 or 9 months and should have tried to put it on before now. -Curt Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:22:36 -0700 From: Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed Message-ID: 20100101162236.0cb1add5.diese...@pisquared.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:14:33 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The old one is pretty poor but I got the Car Quest (our FLAPS) number off it so I'll buy a replacement. That belt is probably 6 years old which is pretty good service I think. When I was in Texas, I found that buying belts from Rusty, including the shipping, was cheaper than buying belts at NAPA. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes: Up here NAPA is the most expensive FLAPS around... NAPA and CarQuest are more costly than the McParts stores (Advance, AutoZone, PepBoys, O'Reilly, etc.) but they still stock mostly decent quality stuff. The McParts stores parts, in my experience, are bottom of the line. If you're buying brand-name oil or coolant or something like that it really doesn't matter, but for things like belts, alternators, water pumps, brake parts, etc. you are going to get absolute minimum barely meets the specs quality. You'll notice they tend to be located in the same areas as Wal Mart, Big Lots, Dollar General, etc. and there's a reason for that. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
I really like our local Car Quest, the guys know their stuff, the prices are reasonably competitive too. I bought G05 there last week for $12/gal which considering Prestone 50/50 premix is $6.50 at McParts I figured was a good deal. The best part about our Car Quest is that I can walk there and they'll let me bring my dog inside... -Curt Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:52:15 -0500 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed Message-ID: m1k4w0cgz4@cs.indiana.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes: Up here NAPA is the most expensive FLAPS around... NAPA and CarQuest are more costly than the McParts stores (Advance, AutoZone, PepBoys, O'Reilly, etc.) but they still stock mostly decent quality stuff. The McParts stores parts, in my experience, are bottom of the line. If you're buying brand-name oil or coolant or something like that it really doesn't matter, but for things like belts, alternators, water pumps, brake parts, etc. you are going to get absolute minimum barely meets the specs quality. You'll notice they tend to be located in the same areas as Wal Mart, Big Lots, Dollar General, etc. and there's a reason for that. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Christmas morning we piled into the 240D to go to the in-laws, got a couple miles away and realized we'd forgotten some things so turned around and came home. In the driveway I noticed the grill steaming. The little hose just below the thermostat housing was leaking... Today I finally got a chance to get in there, I'd bought a waterpump too just in case. Whoever said this is a 20 minute job must have thinner arms than mine or knows how to get the blasted fan shroud out of there. I've got big scrapes and bruises on my forearms... Anyway its not a terrible job and the little hose was just about to really blow so I'm glad I got in there. Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The old one is pretty poor but I got the Car Quest (our FLAPS) number off it so I'll buy a replacement. That belt is probably 6 years old which is pretty good service I think. Only lost about 3/4 a gallon of coolant which I was surprised at... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Curt wrote: Anyway its not a terrible job and the little hose was just about to really blow so I'm glad I got in there. Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The Beck-Arnley parts place said there were 2 belts - when I purchased a belt last year. The longer one was the one that fit - I think the difference was an inch. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:14:33 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The old one is pretty poor but I got the Car Quest (our FLAPS) number off it so I'll buy a replacement. That belt is probably 6 years old which is pretty good service I think. When I was in Texas, I found that buying belts from Rusty, including the shipping, was cheaper than buying belts at NAPA. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coolant leak fixed
Iirc, one of them is 1000mm long and the other is 1037mm long. If yo dig in the EPC, there's a footnote about which one is earlier, which one is later, and what VIN or engine S/N is the breakpoint. -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Jan 1, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Curt wrote: Anyway its not a terrible job and the little hose was just about to really blow so I'm glad I got in there. Worst news of the day was that the replacement belt I'd bought (forever ago) for the alternator was too small, a good inch under the old one, so I couldn't possibly get it into place. The Beck-Arnley parts place said there were 2 belts - when I purchased a belt last year. The longer one was the one that fit - I think the difference was an inch. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
