Found my sway issue, and I think my MB's alive.
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From: San Diego via Italy
91 MB 300CE w/5 speed
Found my sway issue, and I think my MB's alive.
Went to change my shocks out today, rears first, then did the fronts. Hmm, rears don't seem bad, maybe the fronts are old? Got the drivers side off and changed, hmm, that one don't seem bad either. Pass front, hmm, look at that sway bar eating into the plastic dust shield, wow, broken bracket. Didn't see that when I was looking around earlier. So needless to say I just replaced my Bilstiens for some "good" Monroes, oh well will keep the stiens for S&giggles.
Stopped at a local Italian muffler shop on the way home and he welded up the bracket for 5 euro (7 bucks), he also wants me to bring him some american smokes Monday, cool, maybe I made a friend.
Now on the the LIVE part. So I'm wrenching away at the Navy Base hobby shop, dude comes up and says, nice, I have a 230. But I don't know crap about them, so started talking and mentioned the issues I've had with mine, mainly the OVP acting up and pointed at it to him, and gave him the ol "if it ever just dies on you.........." this is more then likely the problem. Now I don't think mine was bad originally, but I did replace it and it seems like if it falls from its holder (half of the holder is broke) it will stall out once in awhile. But I made sure not to touch it. Well I haven't had a problem with it in about 4 months, sure nuff, on my way home what happens, stalls out 3 times on me, reposition it, all good. So ya, I think I have a loose wire/short somewhere and the car knows it, as some I I even thought about it, it acted up.
Stopped at a local Italian muffler shop on the way home and he welded up the bracket for 5 euro (7 bucks), he also wants me to bring him some american smokes Monday, cool, maybe I made a friend.
Now on the the LIVE part. So I'm wrenching away at the Navy Base hobby shop, dude comes up and says, nice, I have a 230. But I don't know crap about them, so started talking and mentioned the issues I've had with mine, mainly the OVP acting up and pointed at it to him, and gave him the ol "if it ever just dies on you.........." this is more then likely the problem. Now I don't think mine was bad originally, but I did replace it and it seems like if it falls from its holder (half of the holder is broke) it will stall out once in awhile. But I made sure not to touch it. Well I haven't had a problem with it in about 4 months, sure nuff, on my way home what happens, stalls out 3 times on me, reposition it, all good. So ya, I think I have a loose wire/short somewhere and the car knows it, as some I I even thought about it, it acted up.
