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  1. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Ya I noticed...just missed you, left last night...(one place in Jersey City had diesel for 1.89 but they were doing state inspection so I missed it) only charged a buck for my sprinter tho...thanks for the tips on Brooklyn everybody made it out alive with an unscathed sprinter Only problem on...
  2. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Brooklyn NY yee haw! any tips? Tolls?
  3. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Got a couple shorts to keep the wolves from the door. Somehow got injured hurts to sit stand or lay down thinking I should start exercising or something Edit: it was a one pound box just didn't want to admit it...
  4. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    At this once a week pace I was able to clean the house, spend time with the kids, and ebay a condenser and drier, abs sensor, blower motor and resistor, oil and fuel filter to cover absolutely everything wrong with the Sprinter for less than 300 Canadian. Hopefully I'll get a chance to use it
  5. brokcanadian

    Share your deals

    Finally had time to stop at a walmart stateside...indeed 22.00 for gallon of mobil one...Dodge/Freightliner/Mercedes Benz 2.7 liter diesel Sprinter vans oil filters wow can't believe I didn't find this before...anybody needing 229.51 NAPA has for 5.99 a quart...post anything here for saving...
  6. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Duty called so I just buttoned everything up, the sound quality between 2005 and 2015 tech was pretty shocking even thru the factory speakers Bought 0w40 European car formula for 22 at PA walmart, went to top up but no usage for 6000 miles...half my oil change bought I guess Put in my...
  7. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    As opposed to sitting...why yes It's not bad when combined with a return trip
  8. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Emergency bed - now off to NY from WV Surprisingly good sleep, 10 hours until the backup alarms started going off. One truck thought his wasn't loud enough so he wired in a second ... and yes that's coffee or motor oil from previous owner
  9. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Yep. Stereo in, Bluetooth radio and crystal clear phone...dash together...not clear to cross yet...
  10. brokcanadian

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Broke my dry spell...2 shorties = 600 gross and averted disaster, thank you dispatch Might even have time to put my dash back together
  11. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Thanks Turtle. Mine moves only when steering is locked. So does everything including the fusebox, have to break out my special tools to get at the upper locknut under the dash...
  12. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Can anybody chime in here and tell me, does your signal assembly and key move slightly when the column is locked or does it not move? Was a secondary reason for taking it this far apart, they insisted on doing the u joint for safety....fusebox ignition key and signal / cruise all move slightly...
  13. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Couldn't find my ECM. This is why First pic is all the aftermarket wiring I took out, from dead cb wiring to stereo/dvd/gps/dead backup camera, even a bunch of cat 5 cable! Last pic is why it's still apart...was a red wire hanging down under steering column, had .16 volt signal key...
  14. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    If time allows, I may just try it and post results here...
  15. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    It did confirm a dead positioner/motor. When I unclipped the top section from the EGR I was able to confirm it wasn't siezed...although it may be the motor, I didn't apply voltage to the lower section to test yet
  16. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Ok Turtle...heres another hypothetical...as you know, the SKREEM module on sprinters will cause a "Start Error" when something goes wrong...leaving you with a dead Sprinter that needs modules shipped out at great expense, or a dealer repair at even greater expense. It's on my terror list of...
  17. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    I get 10% commission off every theoretical installation :p
  18. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Well, it's not legal for road use so I wanted to keep it off this site. There are heavy fines for making unauthorized modifications to your emissions system. Just don't go searching for an egr bypass mod on mercedes club dot org dot UK, and do something silly like taking the guts out of the...
  19. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    Better gas mileage and no limp mode. Ask an Australian. Their T1N' s had no egr Oh, and if everybody did it, the air quality around cities might go down; then again, the large factories buying pollution credits put out so much there might be no noticeable difference at all...
  20. brokcanadian

    Just some sprinter observations

    OFF ROAD USE ONLY! :D
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