In a gasping, last breath voice:
The horror.....The horror
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Dang, It's too late to bid.  I missed it.

I went to loosen the shock absorber bolt on the bottom and I went slowly
and the head came off!  i can get to the beoken end...well just
about......  How can i get this out?  Vice grips?  Saw it down and drill
it out? What a mess....-Chuck

One of the oil line fittings on my oil cooler is shot, the female
threads have corroded away.  The rest of the cooler is perfect.  Does
anyone have an oil cooler around, even one that is damaged is ok.  The
fitting appears to be sweated into the cooler, so if I can find a good

I have a client/friend that is selling his 1992 300sl.  He is the original
owner.  It has 35K miles on it and the body and paint appear to be in
excellent condition.  He is letting me drive it for the weekend.  Is there
anything I should try to check out?  Any ideas on the going ...

My wife's '98 C230 recently needed a brake job and I called the local M-B
dealer for an appointment and to reserve a courtesy loaner while they did
the work.
"We don't provide loaners for brake jobs" I was told.

I recently purchased a 1979 450slc.  It runs very well but does have a
few minor glitches.  It takes a few seconds to start when cold.  It is
very consistent about how long it takes to fire up depending on how
cold the engine is.  Also the engine bogs down if you give it a small

Ok, so I heard the whirring sound in a parking lot and putting the parking
brake on so that I could open the hood. Of course, a torrential downpour had
just started put whatever. The sound seemed to be coming from the area where
all the belts are. The closest I could pin-point the ...

I'm looking at used MB's.  For various reasons, I'm focussing on C280's.  Questions:
For reliability and performance, inline 6 or V6?  Why?
Any years to prefer or avoid?
What tends to go wrong on these cars?  Anything specific to look for (good or bad)?

I have a 92 SL500 with an old ten cd changer in the trunk. The CD
player skips every time I hit a bump and the speakers don't sound so
hot anymore. I was thinking about upgrading to an in dash system that
plays cd's and mp3's and upgrading the speakers. Does anyone have any

I have a 1999 C280 which has been affected by the bad gas (high sulfur)
distributed last month.  The dealer tells me that they have to replace the
instrument cluster when they replace the fuel gauge sender in order for the
fuel gauge to work with the new senders.  Is this correct?  ...

I just purchased a 1984 300D.  Nice car, 160k, very clean, however the
transmission shifts very hard from 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 when cold.  Gets better
when it warms up?  Any suggestions?
Thanks

Well my girlfriend suggested me going to my neighbor up the street for some
help.  He's a snap on salesman.  He lent me a kit to get broken bolts out.
THe one socket made it on and the teeth grabbed the shaft and I slowly
loosened it.  I bought it back to him and offered to buy the ...

Which is better choice for
Reliability (both seemingly have very complex electronics)
Comfort
"Sportiness"

I am readying my 84 300 D(turbo) for sale.  I need to buy the following parts:
dark blue driver side visor
dark blue rear passenger floor mat
driver side exterior trim (the four chrome pieces that run the length of the car).

I have a "hard shifting" automatic in a 300SD. I bought a new modulator but
before installing it I checked my vacuum on the "T" that goes to the
automatic transmission. I got a steady 11" of Hg at idle (375 millibar). I
cannot reconcile various information about how much vacuum ...