…but between you and me, DB…, you may be right about the car…
I know that you hate to see a Mercedes-benz suffer…
It’s time to something even if it’s wrong, a starter only costs $75. Sounds like the car has been towed away for a diagnosis, next the car might go to the salvage yard.
I don’t particularly care what brand the car is
I’ll be glad to see this old POS Benz . . . and this discussion, as I already pointed out . . . STAY DEAD
The guy is not the “spirit” of car talk
sure, he was kind of funny . . . but that was a long time ago
as others have already pointed out, you’re supposed to post back with updates, not meaningless drivel
Sorry, Harry, but that’s the truth as I see it . . . I’m sure you’re reading this
if you really wanted it to stay dead…
maybe its not funny, but I m smiling…
…and it gives me an excuse to waste a perfectly good hour just being goofy…
…and it is loosely car related…
…sounds like cartalk…
you know what really bothers me?
it bothers me that the puzzlers were not usually about cars.
…inmates with red hats and 12 toes who walked backwards from cuba…
huh?
now the one about the jack grounding the vehicle and the shocks…
now that was a puzzler!!!
no… it wasn t a jack…
it was on a farm, I think, and the guy had something leaned against the vehicle…
maybe there was a Power take off angle, and a tractor…
crap, it was something like that…
I see the fun police have returned. DB, if we catch you with a smile, or a smirk, or if we hear you laugh, or giggle, or even making a “tee-hee” sound, we will report it. You do know, I assume, that people in your version of law enforcement must answer to Internal Affairs who are exceedingly happy (if that word might fit in this context) to find you’ve stumbled? Don’t pretend you don’t know them. They are referred to (euphemistically) as SD-Sicherheitsdienst, SS-Stabswache, SS-Sonderkommando, Leibstandarte SS, TBS-The Brown Shirts- The Black Shirts, The SS- and the Schutzstaffel- and Geheime Staatspolizei. If they see any indication that your lips moved even just slightly in the opposite direction of your sworn to frown, once, one time, just remember the Reichsführer-SS, the Sturmabteilung-SA, the Leibstandarte SS, a.k.a. 1. SS-Pz.Div. LSSAH are eager to pounce.
wesw. par for the course. my one true love, my heavenly angel, has forsaken me for her one true heartthrob, Herr Schicklgruber. I always knew you preferred men with voluminous belly laughs and burgeoning comedic inclinations.
I have a smile on my face at work, and I joke around a lot, because I love my job, and I get along with the guys at work, and vice versa
I’m afraid you’ve got me all wrong
Is the old girl running yet . . . or is she at the auto dismantler?
I suspect none of the above
PLEASE prove me wrong
“I have a smile on my face at work, and I joke around a lot…”
I have forwarded this confession to Heinrich’s grandchildren. Expect loud knocking, German Shepherds howling, whips cracking and goose step pounding very early one morning. Ernst Röhm, Operation Hummingbird and all that rot.
Hopefully, I’ll know more by the end of this week.
Oh yes. One more thing. If anyone hopes to receive an ounce of mercy, may he be the first to stop reading these comments! Sieg Victory!
“It’s time to something even if it’s wrong, a starter only costs $75. Sounds like the car has been towed away for a diagnosis, next the car might go to the salvage yard.” Nevada_545
Thanks for your active and persistent interest in following this thread, faithful member of the Loony Bin Club, Doc Nevada. And U b right. She’s been towed to a shop where they hope to breathe new life into her. Of course, Hanky’s Junk Yard may be in the offing; all depends on whether she can be resuscitated or not. In the meantime, Someone here is trying to exercise a bit of patience while the old girl receives a thorough workup.
Ray, have mercy on these old fellers, for obviously they haven’t a clue.
as Sargent Schultz would say…
wow.
when did this very unpopular thread get to 29 pages???
maybe the third half of it will be better…
(cue theme music for Stump the Chumps)
Ya vol!
They ought to arrest that stinking OP!
GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH!!! GLORY! GLORY! THE TRUTH IS MARCHING ON. GLORY GLORY!
SHE’S RUNNING. SHE B A RUNNIN! GLORY! ENGINE RUNS WELL. IGNITION BYPASSED AND SHE PURRS, BABY. PURRS. BABY! BABY! BABY!!! GONNA PUT A BUTTON IN TO START HER, NEWER TIRES AND GLOW PLUGS. GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH! GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH!!!
WESW, WE’RE GETTING MARRIED BABE.
UH
TONIGHT TONIGHT WESW
Only you, you’re the only thing I’ll see forever
In my eyes in my words and in everything I do
Nothing else but you
Ever
UH
And there’s nothing for me but WESW
Every sight that I see is WESW
WESW
uncleharry uncleharry
UH
Always you, every thought I’ll ever know
Everywhere I go you’ll be
UH and WESW
All the world is only you and me
WESW
Tonight, tonight
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away
Tonight, tonight
There’s only you tonight
What you are, what you do, what you say
UH
Today, all day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen
I know now I was right
UH
For here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
UH and WESW
Tonight, tonight
The world is full of light
With suns and moons all over the place
Tonight, tonight
The world is wild and bright
Going mad
Shooting sparks into space
Today, the world was just an address
A place for me to live in
No better than all right
But here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Good night, good night
Sleep well and when you dream
Dream of me
Tonight
GLORY GLORY GLORY GLORY
yes i m gonna marry ha-a-rry…
yes i m gonna marry him today!
out where the sun is shi-i-ning…
and the birds, the birds, they chirp away!
Baby baby sweet baby!
Hello? Hello? Is This Car Talk? I Must Have The Wrong Number… Click!..bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Congratulations! 
Now are you going to tell us the details? 
What was needed to get the beast running again . . . ?! :trollface:
Drained fuel pump, then primed it like mad. The key didn’t work. Supplied power to the starter. Kicked over, coughed, belched some smoke, but not a ridiculous amount. Then, she started right up. Easily restarted several times with little noticeable exhaust and ran beautifully each time.