headlamp washers were basically mandated by european regulations for xenon equipped cars. the death of HID and other factors the rules caused the rules to change. manufacturers took the liberty to send these systems straight to the garbage bin
Latest salvage vehicle purchase from Auction (IAAI not Copart)
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GON
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She runs and drives...
Wife is with our Daughter and Grandkids in Charleston for the day, so decided to see if the MB would run. Hook the truck to the trailer, pulled the trailer forward, started her up and drove her off the trailer. Was getting a weird hardness for a second in the steering, everything else go to go.
Put the trailer back in its storage space, and parked my truck outside the storage yard. When I returned to the MB was idling about ten minutes. The dash showed a power steering error. Lost power steering. Everything else good.
Decided to drive her from the storage lot to home. About nine miles. Everything went great, other than no power steering. A lot of work to do, put back the interior, oil change, etc. Felt really good on how she ran. No check engine lights, air blew super cold.
Picture is with my last MB flood rebuild (black MB), it was from Hurricane Harvey. I have put over 40k miles on it since its rebuild almost five years ago.
Wife is with our Daughter and Grandkids in Charleston for the day, so decided to see if the MB would run. Hook the truck to the trailer, pulled the trailer forward, started her up and drove her off the trailer. Was getting a weird hardness for a second in the steering, everything else go to go.
Put the trailer back in its storage space, and parked my truck outside the storage yard. When I returned to the MB was idling about ten minutes. The dash showed a power steering error. Lost power steering. Everything else good.
Decided to drive her from the storage lot to home. About nine miles. Everything went great, other than no power steering. A lot of work to do, put back the interior, oil change, etc. Felt really good on how she ran. No check engine lights, air blew super cold.
Picture is with my last MB flood rebuild (black MB), it was from Hurricane Harvey. I have put over 40k miles on it since its rebuild almost five years ago.
GON
$100 Site Donor 2024
Fixed the electric power steering today. It was a blown 150 amp fuse. A bit weird as the 150 amp fuse is a piece of metal that fails after a center amp flows through it (see pictures). It is the metal run in the top right corner of the picture. The fusible
link(s) are contained in a assembly just off the battery under the hood. New cost is $109 retail, $75 wholesale. I bought used on ebay for $23, $26, and $29. I purchased three as if it was the pump blowing the fuse or something else, I was going to need at least two of them. so bought three. Only needed one...
What made this fuse blow..... sounds near impossible, but having the steering column cover loose. I noticed when the cover was loose, the steering wheel struggle to turn. Simply by putting it in place, zero issue whatsoever. Beyond my comprehension how this could be.
What made this fuse blow..... sounds near impossible, but having the steering column cover loose. I noticed when the cover was loose, the steering wheel struggle to turn. Simply by putting it in place, zero issue whatsoever. Beyond my comprehension how this could be.
GON
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No, as the power steering worked until I took it off the trailer. I had resistance turning the wheel off the trailer. Yet, when I place this cover in its proper place (not let it hang)- the power steering works just fine. For seem reasons the pictures are not coming through, I will post them when they do.
GON
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Cleaned the carpet today. Pre treated with Simple Green carpet cleaner, it was on special by the gallon at Home Depot. Took the carpet to the local car wash, sprayed away. Now letting the carpet dry out. Will likely scotch guard the carper before I reinstall.
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Nice oil stash in images 4,5 & 7. Assuming you moved all that too?
GON
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No, I pulled her into the garage last night. Same issue. I had to hold up the gray felted cover showed in the lower portion of the picture to get the steering to turn, especially to the left. I suspect before I discovered this problem I was trying to work it loose, thus causing the 150 amp fuse to blow.
GON
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Yes, moved all the oil..... Was able to put a lot of it in a huge waterproof box that was super heavy duty, made it into three layers. Took some planning, but worked great. Yesterday I put it all on shelfs.
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GON
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Wife left to visit out middle Son for two weeks yesterday. After dropping her off at the airport returned work on the garage. A massive rain storm hit, the MB carpets were outside drying, were now soaking. I put them on lawn furniture on the deck to dry. Would never get away with this if she was home. Heading to work In Louisiana today and tomorrow, and Mississippi on Wednesday. Will return on Thursday, hopefully the carpets will dry. Super humid and rain predicated... so we will see. At least some air can flow underneath them.
After working in the garage, was able to get the MB into the garage at 930pm last night. Hoping to get the interior carpet installed next Saturday.
After working in the garage, was able to get the MB into the garage at 930pm last night. Hoping to get the interior carpet installed next Saturday.
He just moved a few weeks ago. I think to S.C.
Are you actually in a nut house on a nut farm, as your location shows?
GON
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I am in South Carolina, need to update my BITOG profile. I move every two to three years.
GON
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No idea what you are asking.... but if I win the lotto (I play once every few years), I will buy a pecan farm in West Texas, along with a home in California around a lot of wine making .....Are you actually in a nut house on a nut farm, as your location shows?
GON
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Looking to partner with me? Out west (Texas and New Mexico), the very limited research I did says its all about irrigation- the trees need to be flooded with water systemically. I will pay for half your lotto tickets... as I don't purchase them often.
How large- enough that my grandsons and I can run around on horses... Of course this is just a dream. I would prefer a cattle ranch (again just a dream), but my Daughter is a vegetarian and doubt she wants her two boys spending the summer on a cattle ranch. My late Great Grandfather raised cattle (grain fed). He also raised chickens, hogs, and seven different crops on under 300 acres. When asked why he raised seven different crops. He said he grew up without government backed crop insurance. He said it was harder to grow seven different crops, but a few could fail and he still could remain solvent for the year.
My cousins now run his farm. They only raise one crop per year, no livestock, and vacation in south Texas all winter.....
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