[V8] to the junk yard

[Brandon Hoag]

Unfortunately, I just fired my independent shop that I had for almost 10
years or so. Well, I guess I should say fortunately because they were
extremely unprofessional at the end. I see V8s in the service lot at the
dealership every once in a while so I know they service them, I'll ask if
they have any old guys there I guess. You'd think they would since they're
also a Mercedes dealer and a good chunk of Mercedes on the road are 20+
years old.

The transmission shifts fine, it just leaks like a sieve. We're talking a
drop on the ground every second or so when it's running. Driving her this
way ends up a smokeshow and, having been in one car fire, I'd really rather
not be in a second. A seal must have gone bad when she was sitting while I
made new fuel lines, because I drove her 4 hours home on the freeway when I
bought her, and commuted 2 hours one-way daily for a while afterwards and
she made the trip beautifully until a rusted fuel line developed a leak.
Beautifully but expensively, thanks to the gas mileage. Transmission shop
may be a good idea though. I'll call a few of them while I'm at it. If I
could, I'd take it to a place in the Twin Cities, but with the leak being
what it is, she won't make that drive right now.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Brandon Hoag wrote:
>
>> It still has a transmission leak that popped up
>> while it sat in my driveway that it's definitely going to the dealer for,
>> but I'm OK with that.
>>
>
> You may want to ask if any tech at the dealership has V8 experience. It
> may be that the tech getting your job has never seen a V8 before. (They
> probably were still in grade school when the last V8s were new.)  You might
> want to look around for a good independent shop.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '02 VW Beetle TDI, and a lot of former Audis including Bad Puppy
>
>
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