[W126 Coupe] Spares in the Boot

[Michael Ramay]

In a case of being rather lazy, I take the full set of used belts that have
just been replaced with new ones and toss the used ones under the spare
tire. They may not make 10,000 miles, but the used ones will get me home.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM, alal30319 at gmail.com <alal30319 at gmail.com>wrote:


> 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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