tony barnhill
Great Pumpkin - R.I.P
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17 degrees y'day...Jerri & I took the 380SL out for a day of sightseeing & shopping....she ran great (the car) all day long just like she always does....came back to the hotel to get ready to visit a friend for dinner....went out to crank the car an hour or so later......CLACK-CLACK-CLACK....die.......CLACK-CLACK-CLACK......die....oil pressure came up but she wouldn't run enough to get herself out of the parking place......sounded like one or more lifters had given up the ghost
....this morning I checked the oil - right where its supposed to be....she'll turn over but not crank......I can turn her over enough to get oil pressure but she won't start & run
.....1,000 miles from home - here until mid-Feb - & car's dead! What a way to go!! Gotta find some way to get it somewhere to be diagnosed just for my ppeace of mind - could never pay somebody to open that engine - not way out here where I don't know any mechanics (except Tim McCracken, a Volvo/BMW guy)....then, gotta figure out how to get it home so I can repair it.....whew!
& its colder than you-know-what!
...anybody know of a Mercedes garage in KC area they trust? We're in hotel out by airport
....this morning I checked the oil - right where its supposed to be....she'll turn over but not crank......I can turn her over enough to get oil pressure but she won't start & run
.....1,000 miles from home - here until mid-Feb - & car's dead! What a way to go!! Gotta find some way to get it somewhere to be diagnosed just for my ppeace of mind - could never pay somebody to open that engine - not way out here where I don't know any mechanics (except Tim McCracken, a Volvo/BMW guy)....then, gotta figure out how to get it home so I can repair it.....whew!
& its colder than you-know-what!
...anybody know of a Mercedes garage in KC area they trust? We're in hotel out by airport