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Title: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Gus on 06/06/16 at 08:01:14 I've still got one pup here @ home. He'll be 17 in July. Transmission went out of his car about 5 mo. ago. It's an old Mercedes diesel 1976. I drove it for years; when I bought a newer one I shedded it. So Eli gets his permit and keeps bugging me to drive the old girl. I told him if he bought tires and what not I'd let him drive it. So he saves up money and we did some fixing on it and he drove it about 1.5 years. Five months ago the trans. Starts to slip. He wanted to fix it. I told him wed have to find another used trans. for it somewhere. Now remember; we live in the rural Midwest. There are not many old Mercedes diesels setting around here! Elias saves money and saves money; he loves this car. Mind you this is my car that he pays for all repairs on. One day, out of the blue, an old diesel the same year comes up for sale. Doesn't run; suspected fuel pump problem. 350.00 buys it. The boy buys it and we haul it home from 200 miles away. This weekend we did the swap. It is at times like these I become faced with my age. Yikes I'm a hurting unit this morning. But the young man is happily driving his beloved car.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by whoisrawb on 06/06/16 at 08:13:44 way to keep the dream alive for that kid. I wish I had a dad like you growing up. Thats a wonderful thing, gotta love those diesels

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by HovisPresley on 06/06/16 at 08:15:53 That's a great story  8-)

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by verslagen1 on 06/06/16 at 08:26:00 Nothing like doing something that you did 30 years ago to remind you of good times. My journey down memory lane was chopping up a fallen tree last weekend. So take whatcha gotta take and smile at a job well done.   8-)  ouch.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by bobert_FSO on 06/06/16 at 09:01:40 "Nothing like doing something that you did 30 years ago to remind you of good times." Ha. Here is the more truthful statement... Nothing like doing something that you did 30 years ago to remind you of how hard it is to do those projects you used to do. I did an engine swap with my son on his car a few years ago. Technology had changed a bunch of stuff. Also, I discovered how much leaning in, stooping and crawling around was involved. My back and knees don't work like they used to.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Gus on 06/06/16 at 10:37:33 When he leaves home I plan to give him the car if he doesn't wrap it around a tree first. [ch55357][ch56867]

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by old_rider on 06/06/16 at 11:27:54 ++20 on everything the guys have said :D And I'd like to add.... Thanks for keeping it on the road!!! So many folks just drive them out in the backyard or to a dump/reclamation site. Most of the old cars get high teens to low 20's mpg anyway and still some could pass the air quality tests with a good exhaust system. Sad to see that we as a country don't really "recycle" like we say we do.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Kris01 on 06/06/16 at 18:14:45 Bad transmission? Are you sure it's not just old fluid?

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Gus on 06/06/16 at 18:24:50 Been there done that!  It was the only option left. Believe me it is way simpler and not nearly as hard on an old fella to change a filter and fluid. Gotta try all the cheap, easy ways out first.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Steve H on 06/09/16 at 17:56:47 I like those old diesels.  Some good, solid old cars.  Always wanted one.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Ruttly on 06/09/16 at 18:37:18 That's why they make 800 mg Motrin , take 2 , that's right 1600 mg ! And then slide into your favorite recliner with cold beer. The transmissions where I work are about 900 lbs.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Ed L. on 06/09/16 at 18:57:04 Just replaced the fuel pump on my '03 Tahoe. The thing is in the tank and the local shops wanted around eight bills to do the job. Took me two days, one to drop the tank, one to put it back in, real PIA job. Don't know if I would want to take on a tranny job at my age it, gets hard to bend over and scoot under the truck after a few hours. Don't even want to go into chasing falt codes, it needed catalytic converters also which was done at a shop. >:(  Good to hear you got the tranny in and have the old girl running. Love the old Mercedes diesels, they will give you a half million miles or more.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Gus on 06/09/16 at 20:01:46 I feel your pain Ed with the fuel pump. Helped the other boy do one of those couple mo. Ago. Aurghgh! PITA YES!!!

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Steve H on 06/09/16 at 20:43:21 The 3 fuel pumps in the tank I've done haven't been that bad. a couple hours each. Crawl under, disconnect the hoses and wiring, get a trolley jack with a board to spread the load, loosen the straps, lower and roll out. I've probably been lucky and just happened to have had to do it on relatively easy vehicles. I know what you mean about the up and down and crawling under and stuff. It sure doesn't seem as easy as it once was.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Art Webb on 06/10/16 at 07:27:36 There should seriously be a drain plug in any vehicle you have to drop the tank on to replace the pump, in case FULL TANK One thing I liked about my Spectra, FP replacement from inside the hatch area

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by WD on 06/10/16 at 08:11:48 Truck pumps aren't too bad. Pull 6-8 bolts, jack up the bed. Faster than dropping a tank. Fixing a distributor issue with a Chevy-small block Mopar- Y block Ford on the other hand... Time to swap in a 390 or 300 straight 6 and be done with it. Rear mount distributors should have resulted in execution of the designers, immediately, with the design never put into production. And whoever decided a crank position sensor and trigger ring was a better idea than a distributor should have been hung by the ankles until his bones disintegrated in the sun. I'm scrapping an otherwise flawless 4 cylinder Ranger because I'm sick of changing 1-4 $155 parts every other month. Cheap Chinese replacement parts, even from Ford dealership.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/10/16 at 11:36:22 Truck pumps aren't too bad. Pull 6-8 bolts, jack up the bed. Faster than dropping a tank OhhhSHAZZAM!!!! You may have just saved me a lot of time and effort. My old pickup hasn't been running for over a year, maybe two. I need to inspect the tanks, flush lines, and pulling the bed would probably be a good start..

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Ed L. on 06/10/16 at 17:59:26 JOG,  If you are working with the fuel lines get the stupid little fuel line disconnect tool. It was a big help with my '03 Tahoe. Wish pulling the bed was an option on my ride.  I'm with you WD, miss the inline six cylinders, could swap one of them out in about 8 hours and a 12 pack. ;)

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by old_rider on 06/10/16 at 18:56:01 Had a fuel pump go out in my bronco... someone said I had to drop the rock guard, then disconnect the fill tube, drop the tank ect..... I said nope.... I just cut a square above the guage/pump unit and pulled it out. Then I riveted four strips of metal under the bed and placed the square piece on top and screwed in back on.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Kris01 on 06/10/16 at 19:04:03 Those Ford 300 I-6s were indestructable!

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by Sonny on 06/10/16 at 23:15:35 I think my '05 Sentra has a little hatch in the floor under the back seat to get to the fuel pump. I haven't had to go in there yet, 93K mi. and the car is in practically new condition. Fixing to do my first brake pads and shoes and flush the power steering fluid, just to be conservative. I bought it in '06, part of a rent car fleet sale with 4k miles. It has been a fantastic car.

Title: Re: jeeezzz guys I'm sore Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/11/16 at 06:38:20 I know a heavy equipment mechanic. He had a problem on a machine.. instead of splitting the thing in half, he put a hole in the cast iron, fixed it, He knew exactly where the problem was,

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