[W126 Coupe] Spares in the Boot

[Barry Corno]

Mike,

  I go one step further, and carry extra set of new belts in spare tire
area.

 

B.C.

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[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ramay
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Spares in the Boot

 

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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