Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
What have you done to your car today?
- Thread starter Patrick
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mfennell
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I've been pulling the power steering pump on my daughter's 2015 SLK250 for about 10 days now. 🙂 I stare at it, curse a little, stare at it some more. The engine bay can hold a 5.5L V8 but somehow a 1.8L 4 fills the entire space. My hand is all cut up from loosening the air pipe to the turbocharger. I've probably done about 30 minutes of actual work
I was happy to find a bootleg manual on Etsy that was obviously meant to be navigated with software. It's over 11,000 pages long and takes a lot of searching but it's still very nice to have. I can only see 1 of the 3 bolts that hold the pump. Sigh... Despite the length, surprisingly annoying tasks like removing the intake pipe are just "disconnect air pipe from turbocharger".
That reminds me that I need to order 1/4" ratchet extensions in 30 different lengths.
I was happy to find a bootleg manual on Etsy that was obviously meant to be navigated with software. It's over 11,000 pages long and takes a lot of searching but it's still very nice to have. I can only see 1 of the 3 bolts that hold the pump. Sigh... Despite the length, surprisingly annoying tasks like removing the intake pipe are just "disconnect air pipe from turbocharger".
That reminds me that I need to order 1/4" ratchet extensions in 30 different lengths.
SmooveP
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Can't believe she's driving already! Convertible? When I turned 17, my dad gave me a '66 Mercury Monterey that he got for free from some guy at work...
mfennell
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Not quite yet! She doesn't even have a permit even though she's old enough. Kids...
It's a '15 that we picked up from my dad in FL late last summer and road tripped home.
My parents gave me a 1984 Chevy Celebrity when I graduated college.
SmooveP
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I'd think that car would expedite her willingness to get said permit...
mfennell
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Right? She was very excited when we got it.
mfennell
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So.... Today I spent some time cleaning the hell out of everything, put some parts back on, then I started up the car and moved the steering wheel back and forth. To my great embarassement, it looks like a $5 o-ring responsible for the leak. Dumbass. I had convinced myself that it was OK.