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11-28-2005, 09:30 PM
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Well, I got some work ahead for me...'83 300D
Here it goes....I knew my rear pads were at about 1/8 when I put the winters on last week..figured I would order parts this week and do them....well noticed the tell tale rust color on the recently painted left rear wheel this morning...
Pulled the rear brakes tonight and found the rear inner pad had gone metal on metal trashing the rotor...also had one hell of a time getting the piston to recess..took almost an hour before it went pop and moved...put on cheap $15 set of pads to get me a few days till parts get ordered and show up...going to have to do rear rotors, pads, and rebuilt calipers...guess I will do Emergency brake shoes while I have it appart...this bites I seriously was not expecting this to happen...left side inner and outer both had worn far worse than the right side did. Point I wish to make is this can happen without any warning on cars that appear to be and are well maintained....and a good thing for everyone to check befre the REAL winter weather sets in to stay for a while.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche 
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11-28-2005, 10:05 PM
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Again...good timing. Just had my first inspection today...been driving a lot at night lately but anyway we did notice that there was not much left of the pads front and rear, never knew there was a seperate set for emergency brakes but that's nice to know...when it stops raining, after I do the trans fluid and rear oil, but before I do the wastegate and after I get to getting a vacuum gauge and checking the vac system, and just before I adjust the vac modulator---if necessary---yet after I try again finding the cause of interior precipitation which is just getting old...oh yeah, and before I get some new glow plugs but if my new ignition switch (electrical part) ever gets here it will be after that...what were you talking about again...oh yeah, EGR, found it!! I'm glad I enjoy this so much!!...at this rate I'll be happy 'till Spring...
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1983 300SD... 269,000 miles, nearly 2,500 on my B-100, Faded Grey, Ugly in an elegant sort of way...Duh-Benz If any of this has been a blasphemy to you, then good, because it's been a blast for me to...A.Whitney Brown
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11-30-2005, 11:27 PM
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Up untill I got the white 560, every car I had before that ended up needing front or rear calipers. I've had good lukc with most of the ones since then.
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 1980 500SE/AMG Euro 1981 500SEL Euro 1982 380SEL 1983 300TD 1983 500SEC/AMG Euro 1984 500SEC 1984 300TD Euro 1986 190E 2.3-16 1986 190E 2.3 1987 300D 1997 C36 AMG 2003 C320T 4matic past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350
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12-01-2005, 08:23 AM
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Quote:
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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