[W126 Coupe] Spares in the Boot

[Richard K. Hallberg]

Everyone,

Not to beat this horse to death, but, the central issue is being able to 
get to a place and time when the proper part is available.  Middle of 
the night, middle of nowhere is a problem - Be Prepared.  Your old belts 
or radiator hoses, if in decent condition are fine IMHO.

Richard

On 6/13/2011 8:58 AM, Barry Corno wrote:

>

> Mike,

>

>   I go one step further, and carry extra set of new belts in spare 

> tire area.

>

> B.C.

>

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> *From:*mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com 

> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Ramay

> *Sent:* Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:10 PM

> *To:* Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

> *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 

> <mailto:alal30319 at gmail.com> <alal30319 at gmail.com 

> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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