[W126 Coupe] Spares in the Boot

[alal30319 at gmail.com]

Belts are fairly common because it's size the and not the car that matters.
I was in a similar situation when lost the power steering belt on a 1975
Mercedes Benz 280S that I was helping a fried drive back to Atlanta.

The nearest advance auto parts had our belt and we made it home without any
further problems.



On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Richard K. Hallberg <
rkhallberg at mindspring.com> wrote:


> Gerry, et. al.,

>

> Gerry, you must be paying the preacher well - you were able to make it to a

> place where the belt was available.  In the early 70's (before cellphones)

> when I was a salesman traveling by car, I lost a water pump belt about 7pm

> on a lonely stretch of interstate kinda near Sweetwater, TN - halfway

> between Knoxville and Chattanooga.   The guy at the service station called

> an autoparts guy at home and had him deliver the belt for my late-model Ford

> - saved my bacon, but I might not have been so lucky in those days with a

> Benz.  My daddy, a parts man who couldn't fix anything, thought it was

> prudent to have a spare set of belts and radiator hoses in the trunk for

> emergency repairs by someone else.

>

>  Of course, I had no need to listen to his advice until my Sweetwater

> encounter.  Since then, even with a cell phone, I travel with belts,

> radiator hoses and a few extra aircraft (geared) hose clamps to patch other

> hose leaks, along with a small selection of tools - I also carry a roll of

> duct tape, just in case.

>

> Sounds like you guys had a nice road-trip GTG.  I'm glad your story had a

> happy ending and sending you Many Thanks for your detailed repair threads -

> I rest much easier with this information available.

>

> Richard

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