Took the MBZ to the mechanic today - needs a new A/C compressor, new tie rods, and a few other misc. items. Parts on order, appt. late next week.
How many miles on the Benz ?
Took the MBZ to the mechanic today - needs a new A/C compressor, new tie rods, and a few other misc. items. Parts on order, appt. late next week.
How many miles on the Benz ?
Did a little service work on the Ural over the weekend. Replaced the sidecar distance spacer, drive hub, and rusted out fender. What should have been a two hour job took almost two days. The drive hub was a pecker to change. On the plus side, I did get a new bearing separator kit.
I think I waited a bit too long to do the $3 spacer.
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Old fender off and the new drive hub in place. That worn tire is now on the spare tire rack.
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New fender. I undercoated this one.
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After letting the undercoat set up, I promptly went out and found some mud puddles to run through. If the weather is less shitty tomorrow, I'll dig through my brown and green airbrush colors and do some camo work on that new fender. No masking and neatness doesn't count.
How old is your Ural?
My 84 year old neighbor brought his '08 Rubicon up to the shop and we replaced rear wheel bearings, seals, parking brake shoes, and diff lube. It's getting harder and harder for him to do things himself, and he has no family to help. I learned that the JK Dana 44 uses the same SET 10 bearing/retainer, but the seal is different. Weird...
331K. Has never had any front end work done before, so its obviously time. This will be the 3rd A/C compressor.
The A/C compressor is actually a GM. But 3rd one on a 38 year old car ain't bad. But I have not had good luck with VWs. My dad had a green '77 Rabbit, which had all sorts of electrical gremlins. I bought a '96 Passat TDI - also green. Had all sorts of electrical gremlins and undersized belt tensioner bearings. Engine was fantastic, the rest of the car not so much - never again. Miss it though - it was a crotch rocket and got 52 MPG. I still laugh at the stupid gasoline-eletric hybrids...Drove a 1987 300D for 21 years (bought it used when it was 10 years old). Still running when I sold it but needed paint and AC compressor. Good car overall except for the AC compressors failing often. Replaced it with a 2015 VW Golf Sportwagen TDI which runs on chump change.
The A/C compressor is actually a GM. But 3rd one on a 38 year old car ain't bad. But I have not had good luck with VWs. My dad had a green '77 Rabbit, which had all sorts of electrical gremlins. I bought a '96 Passat TDI - also green. Had all sorts of electrical gremlins and undersized belt tensioner bearings. Engine was fantastic, the rest of the car not so much - never again. Miss it though - it was a crotch rocket and got 52 MPG. I still laugh at the stupid gasoline-eletric hybrids...
So far my TDI has been 100% trouble free. Bought it after the scandal with 26,000 miles on it and now at 53,000. love everything about it but long trips can be a bit uncomfortable compared to my Superduty but it gets triple the mileage and can park on a postage stamp, plus I don't ever worry about leaving it in a parking lot overnight or at a shopping center, nobody cares about a little station wagon. Superduty or Jeep is another matter.