The back story- About two years ago the timing chain broke in my '82 300D and then a few months later I rounded up an engine and ordered a bunch of miscellaneous parts, gaskets, and an upper oil cooler hose for the swap. A lot of things happened and I let the car sit instead of doing the engine swap. Fast forward to about six weeks ago and, finding myself the owner of three non-functional old cars, I began the engine swap progress. A week ago Saturday my daughter drove the car out of the shop and I have put about 400 miles on it since. Today I went to the grocery store and when I got home I found that the new upper oil cooler hose has sprung a leak at the junction between the rubber and hard line and sprayed oil all over the engine compartment. I have no hopes that anyone is going to warranty a hose that I bought in July of 2011. The sixty some odd dollars for a new hose really isn't all that bad but taking the time to procure a new hose and then replace it while explaining to my girlfriend that I need to use her car _again_ is what really sucks. I'm almost tempted to do the cheesy hose clamp repair just so I don't have to take the darn car apart again.

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'82 300D - Light Ivory, 2nd Owner (Back in the wind April 2013!)

'95 E300D - White, grey interior. (Suffering from stuck/broken glow plugs)

Deuteronomy 22:4-
"Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again."