Repair-It

Engine is:
M - engine: 272960 30 676939 (272.960 M272 E35, V6

https://www.benzbits.com/BalanceShaftTSB.pdf

Mercedes-Benz, with the improved parts, has engine serial numbers that are higher than:

M272 Engine Serial No. 2729..30 468993
M273 Engine Serial No. 2739..30 088611

In the clear.

Guess Jenn kept the Seville longer. Past 240k until the engine locked up probably from a loose timing chain or something.

She got an 05 or 06 Matrix. She doesn't love it. It's AWD. It's a also a tin can and slow. Worst of all it has had some recurring vibrations that have required a back up car ...

Score one for Patriot Oil. They delivered during a convenient oil price spike. It's been a month so....maybe they get a pass?

114.9 gal @ $4.55.

That looks like a good example.

Front pass door chrome strip is also getting loose so I should get one of those, too.
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Is one year the correct amount of time to wait to do this? That's how long I waited. But I did buy a 3M wheel to aid adhesive removal.

Step 1: wash off the crap from the area. I just used a wetted ...

Finally remembered to install the 2x4s which the garage door guy requested for mounting the jack shaft openers. Just had to hammer some nails down on Jamie's side. On the other side it was more tight but I was able to shove some wires out of the way and remove the old alarm control panel. Had the ...

There is the bolt. Also the motor for the power chute is adjustable for gear engagement. I had some slipping during the blizzard and thought something was worn out. Just needed to be adjusted. Also the missing screw for the chute motor bracket was impacting the adjustment.
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Well I finally looked into this (with Copilot).

https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/8cGsF7erTRQ9mUZ1SUQMJ

Basically impact tools shear off the oxide layer that quickly reforms from any mechanical abrasion (which is what makes it resistant to rust), and the hardware essentially cold-welds itself ...

Then I dropped the transmission fluid, replaced the filter, and refilled with Valvoline Type F. Very easy.

Oid fluid was probably sheared down a bit and there was some metal on the drain plug magnet. Otherwise I think this was fairly routine.
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