My belt broke once as I was pulling into work. I also thought that I could get home a fix it. Who needs the alternator?, I was thinking.

I forgot about the water pump. I looked at my gauge on the expressway 6 miles later and it was pegged. I shut off and coasted a while. I pulled into a gas station and called a buddy. He took me to a parts store and I bought a belt. We went back and I put it on and all was right with the world.

What a scare!

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)