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 weeeeeeeeeeeee i killed a merc today
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Wicked Neo
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:36 pm

for work i drive a mercedes sprinter TD

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and today i blew up the gearbox on it . . oopppss

did a delivery, pulled away in first, heard a big bang and could not get it to change out of first into second, could not get it out of first at all! the selector was jammed in !
managed to limp it to the commerical mercedes garage on Old Kent Road in South London in first gear for them to tell me it was fucked.

had to wait 4 hours for work to get another van out to me!
JB
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:21 pm

Laughing
schakal
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:51 pm

so did they tell you that u have to use the clutch for gear changes or did you find out yourself after ???? Laughing
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:52 am

A for effort.
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:32 am

schakal wrote:
so did they tell you that u have to use the clutch for gear changes or did you find out yourself after ???? Laughing


yes i used the clutch, you soon know it on those things if u dont

and the newer ones come with a semi auto box, work is getting a brand new fleet of sprinters in december Smile
Chet T16
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:34 am

Some of those sprinters are quite rapid!
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:36 am

mine will do 90 mph quite easily Smile
Chet T16
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:07 am

Or so you've been told Wink
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:41 am

exactly Very Happy
mals
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:39 am

Havent you given up on killing your motors off yet? Very Happy
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:09 am

not my motor, its a company one Laughing
schakal
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:19 am

so are they allright with you feckin the van up ????
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:22 am

yep, no problems, they are all leased anyway

we get a whole new fleet of sprinters in december so i get a brand new one to drive around soon
Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:24 am

Wicked Neo wrote:
yep, no problems, they are all leased anyway

we get a whole new fleet of sprinters in december so i get a brand new one to break soon


yep dont we know it!
JB
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:26 pm

i drove a sprinter the other week...fast for a van, great fun to drive...we had ours well over 90mph....private test track of course...but it was a beast!
schakal
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:55 pm

JB wrote:
i drove a sprinter the other week...fast for a van, great fun to drive...we had ours well over 90mph....private test track of course...but it was a beast!



i own one of them ,on my way to work and back Mr. Green
Scott-16v!
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Joined: 10 Nov 2005
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:42 pm

Chet T16 wrote:
Some of those sprinters are quite rapid!

aye true, rents have got a kia sedona people carrier and they've got sprinter engines and box's in 'em, pretty rapid once movin Razz bags of torque in every gear aswell
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