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Daughter stuck in San Clemente - update and a dumb mechanic 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Hampton on  Tue Feb 5 11:31 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Daughter was stuck in San Clemente, California with an '80 244 with a charging problem. She was referred to a mechanic who "cares for" a friends Mercedes. After he and I talked several times, he was going to replace the faulty part with a GM alternator that he thought he could make fit. Labor was $100, cost of alternator not clear. He said he couldn't get the right one, even in San Diego. More talking - he didn't know where the voltage regulator wasso I figured I didn't want him fooling around with the car. There are 3 Bosch outlets in San Diego. It was cheaper for me to get a voltage regulator here (Salt Lake City area) for an alternator I had in the garage, fly to San Clemente, install it (45 minutes installation including changing clothes and getting the parts and tools out of the suitcase I took with me - the airport in Salt Lake was interested in that). The guy was really ticked. 'seems my daughter knows more about it, just from talking with me, than he did.

'car's home, now waiting for me to replace the wire from the alternator to the solenoid.






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