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Jim B. · #**827** 10-10-2007, 11:41 PM

Nice job with the distributor and rotor!!! You are really in the skinned knuckles club now. That car is going to be perfect. Now ENJOY it!!

I had an interesting day. I drove to Sacramento to visit a fellow from Benzworld who flew out from Ky. where he has a shop (owns 3 500E W124 hotrods) to buy an '88 US spec. 560SEC AMG. I met him at a Peruvian restaurant I had picked (only one in Sacramento)!! and we visited for about 3 hours and had a good lunch and looked at the new car. Like you he is new to the SEC but he likes it. It has the AMG body kit, no mech. mods, is black, and a Calif. car with 133,000 on it - a good car. He took some pictures for me of my car & me, so I will have a gallery soon, I hope on MB shop for people to see (I saw your gallery)

It was a troublesome morning at first. It rained some, and yesterday the oil light flickered a minute. Then went out.
Now, I had changed the oil on 04/28/07 at the local indy at about 118.970 miles. This morning I checked the dipstick and there was NO OIL SHOWING at all!!! I was horrified. SO, I found, luckily 2 1/2 quarts of oil in the garage, and put them in, and the car was STILL at the add oil mark. So I went to Autozone and bought about 4 more quarts. Put one in and it overfilled a little.

What HAPPENED? Car wasa at 119,700 this AM. Only 700 miles and over 3 quarts burned of oil. Did it settle, mechanic underfilled the oil if he changed it
or is it burning oil like crazy? Nor drips on driveway. I admit I drove only 700 miles since April but WTF???!! What happened here? I had alway argued with the Indy and said it needed 9 quarts of oil and he said 7 1/ 2. Maybe they didn't put in enough. Damn them if it is true. the car sounded a little funny yesterday on the way back from the library. Then the low oil light came on so I started the car after turning it off, then it went off.

Checke the oil this morning. I think maybe I need a NEW MB mechanic!! Mr MB maybe???!!

But I checked everything else - had not opened the hood since April. Yes My fault!!!! I know.

then went to Sacramento and back. What a wonderful cruiser at high speeds. I thought a little bit of you on the highway, because I really ripped.

I was running REAL quick, on Hwy 80, mostly from 80-105 both ways and leaving the traffic far behind, Watching for CHP all the way. No problems at all. These cars LOVE to run FAST!!!

I am sure yours would too. They are so confidence inspiring overr 80-90 mph, just unbelievable at speeds the Volvo 740 could NEVER dream of.

If only I had those new wheels. I paid for them on 08/31 and they are supposed to be ready 10/20 then shopped to the warehouse in Ind. then to CA. Now I see on the website they are delayed to mid Nov. Will I ever get them?? Pleaaaaase.

I am not going for the W140 wheels in Manhattan Beach, so I wont go to LA for them, just get the rteplicas, I was told the W140 wheels taken off the W140 will NOT fit the SEC, because the offset is 40mm, but the offset on the replicas is 23mm, perfect to the SEC. So I will keep the wheels that are on the car now, and wait forever for the new ones.

Need to get the fire extinguisher checked, filled and mounted, antenna and grommet installed, and the AC and sunroof fixed.
Touched up the bumper where I backed into a pole in Nov, so car looks ok from 10 feet now.

Next - trip to MR MB before winter, lots for Enrique to look at with the car.

Thank you for reading my rant of the day! But I had a nice Peruvian lunch and quite a romp driving the car today - 150 miles of fun!!