[AT] Chevy Astro

[George Willer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Francis Robinson
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: RE: [AT] Chevy Astro
> 
> 	"Trying" to work on later model (after mid 1980's) stuff really
> makes you
> appreciate how easy it is to work on our old tractors. Years ago I drove a
> 1969 Mercedes 240-D. Gee, that thing was easy to work on. 

Sorry, Farmer, but it sounds like you never changed the 240-D oil filter.  I
owned sever that I had to rebuild because of that difficulty.  The filter
element goes in the can and then the old pre-filter goes in after it.  Both
must be in place for the filter to work.  Then it has to go up through the
suspension, around the corner, and be blindly screwed in place.  The next
unsuspecting guy reaches up through the suspension to remove the filter and
with the black inky oil running up his arm never notices the little
pre-filter falling in the drain pan.  From that time forward the engine is
running with a non-operating filter.  That kills the poor little diesel. :-(

I still have the special tooling used to adjust the transmissions and other
tooling.  The dealer used to borrow mine.

George Willer