Re: [MBZ] OT: Airport

> Showing the audience, when we took the display apart late that the night, > we found someone had computed the mean and standard deviation and written > them on the sign. Reminds me of when I was fresh out of school. A buddy of mine and I had apartments at a place that had a fair number of

Re: [MBZ] OT: Airport

> IIRC, it actually said "Fireball!" out loud when you entered 3 ball mode, and > I don't think 1972 machines talked. They did not. In 1972 voice output could ONLY have come from a tape loop or the like. Fireball was apparently popular enough that they re-issued it, at least once. These

[MBZ] OT: Airport

That is _not_ new! Two players, only four score reels. Fairly simple playfield, and is that shorter than usual? Hard to tell from that perspective. A machine like that, non-electronic, can be kept going indefinitely. The 240D of pinball? -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] Interesting 220Sb on BAT

The steering wheel is your primary user interface, it's usually worth a bit of effort to make it nice. We've used Wheelskins covers on a few of ours. Nice, but the installation is a bit tedious. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Small Air Compressors

> 6 gallon ... blowing schmutz off of stuff You will be sadly disappointed at the use/recharge duty cycle, I suspect. Small tank and slow refill rate suck when using the blow gun, which eats air at a prodigious rate. It's like using a Super Soaker toy to wash down your driveway. Yeah, it works,

Re: [MBZ] Interesting 220Sb on BAT

Nearly everything expands and contracts with heat. A major source of trouble would be differential coefficients of expansion between the plastic(s) and the steel spine. Ideally they minimized that by choice of plastic, but did they? (Consider the lowly vacuum tube or incandescent light bulb.

Re: [MBZ] This looks very nice -- 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300 sd 300SDL, $9, 500

The 350 has more torque (and thus drivability) than the 300, but the latter is no slouch and should not disappoint. The 30MPG on lower-speed highway trips is also nice. Less if you go faster, but a solid 27MPG is pretty much assured on a road trip. Just watch out for the head. And all the

Re: [MBZ] Interesting 220Sb on BAT

My experience (W115) is that the epoxy-like plastic shrinks with age, and once the accumulated stress exceeds the remaining material strength a fissure opens up, and only gets wider with increasing age. Nothing is loose, mobile, or crumbly. It seems like it would be a pretty good base for the

Re: [MBZ] This looks very nice -- 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300 sd 300SDL, $9, 500

> My tech says these are very robust. They are. Only significant weakness is cracking heads. Many have been replaced already. Casting number is the key, the improved one is OK indefinitely. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Serios Buyer

> Night vision? Odd way to say "headlights work". -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Summer Project....

Kit car? Ad says automatic transmission. On a 1939 model? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] The Miracle of AI

"Jeeves, did Student X use you or any other AI to generate Work Y?" Don't know why it couldn't be a tool for both sides to use. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] needs breaks I have a title but lost the title 1995 Mercedes-Benz e-class E 300D Sedan 4D, $700

> Seller's name is Schrödinger, E320 Open the (glove) box and resolve the ambiguity? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT. 1982 Apple IIe - everything included! $200

> Why? Got some old 5-1/4” floppies to run on it? Don’t forget your SCSI > terminator!! SCSI (SASI, actually) drives weren't really a thing until after the Apple II. The ProFile was more their speed. The II was enormously popular, and influential. And an extremely elegant bit of electrical

Re: [MBZ] Ex-E320

W210, 2001. -- Jim > On May 22, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What model year? > > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My son's relocating to Balti

[MBZ] Ex-E320

My son's relocating to Baltimore and sold his car. He got $2000 for it in a quick sale to a coworker. He was into it about $6300, what with one thing and another. Owned it 10 months. Sucky ROI, unless you think that he could just as easily have bought a new car and lost even more. Had it been

Re: [MBZ] ROAD TRIP TIME!!! Mecedes-Benz Diesel Engines,$100

> Perhaps you didn’t know. Fakebook was just trying to protect you from your > own stupidity. You are expected to succumb only to ITS stupidity. Remember: with Fakebook (and most social media) YOU are the product for sale. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] Live dangerously

Any SUV is probably more likely to roll over than that. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] RIP W115.114

That is really sad, but if it's truly rust-free, and you could get replacement sheet metal, it might actually be possible to pull the 'frame' out to its correct place and actually get it back on the road. What was its true market value before the accident? You don't need it in undamaged

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

> So owned one year and has lost nearly 1/3 of its value. People continue to think of vehicles as capital equipment, but all modern designs, and _especially_ EV's, are designed and built as commodity consumables. Once this fact really sinks in to the public, expect used non-classic vehicle

Re: [MBZ] OT - How to Get a Network Connection in the Detached Garage

> they'd hook up for $100 if you signed up in advance and it would have been > $1500-2000 to hook up if she did it later. Sounds about right. Random access vs sequential Ditch-Witchery. If fiber came here I'd be on it in a flash. But it's about 2 miles away. (They put it in to get to what is

Re: [MBZ] OT - How to Get a Network Connection in the Detached Garage

> I'm guessing that the county sold them an easement on the right of way, but I > don't see how that's legal. Why wouldn't that be legal? They have the right to do pretty much whatever they want on a road right-of-way easement. More fiber is always a Good Thing, is it not? :-) -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

> WTF? So right off the bat you’re losing 20% of your stated range. And a damned good thing that's your option. If I can double the service life of my battery with a little planning ahead, than that's to the good. Batteries suck. You WILL work with them, or you will Pay. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT - How to Get a Network Connection in the Detached Garage

> Aerial fiber with a messenger. When they closed our office, the one that had all the testing labs in it, I scored a few of the longer fiber runs from the aerial trays this stuff was laid in. I thought that if I ever needed some longer high-speed runs that it might be useful, otherwise I

Re: [MBZ] RIP W115.114

> They offered $5300 out of the gate. I paid $3k for the car in 2017 with 175k > in the clock as I recall. The $100 W115 parts car that I drove for years, in the winter, netted nearly $2000 when rear-ended. This due to rising prices on the few that were left on the market. "Make me whole",

Re: [MBZ] RIP W115.114

> I suspect the car will be written off but will keep you all posted. Almost a dead certainty, unless yours was a concourse winner. Sorry, dude. > I fear it is more than just a damaged front subframe. Of course. The subframe isn't actually positioned where it will take any of the hit, itself.

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

> All of us have multiple cars, it'd be just a matter of choosing the other one > on a day when the electric car doesn't meet your needs. Exactly. I have nothing against electric cars. I am hugely opposed to the fad, and the ill-considered legislative me-too that's going on. Something like a

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

The electric cars themselves are quite efficient, especially with regenerative braking. That is not the problem, other than the self-discharge rate. But, like the fact that they're ALL _remote_ emissions vehicles, and not _zero_ emissions vehicles, the inefficiencies in the _charging_ side of

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

> Don't forget to factor in all the energy loss caused by heavy mining to > first collect the rare earth metals to make the EV batteries, and then > factor the loss due to disposal of those same batteries. Nope, they're already aware of this and yet ignoring it. But they are NOT aware of just

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

I would like to see a PSA where the systemic efficiency of EV's was modeled, using plumbing. Specifically a water analog starting with a large tank representing the generating station, with dripping pipes and joints that represent the efficiency of the transmission and distribution losses, and

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

> Tesla owners have a blind spot. They think that because the car meets their > needs (or they have adapted to its limitations without admitting as much), it > would meet anybody's needs. 100% the same situation regarding, for example T-Mobile as a phone provider. Yes, they work well, and in a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Looking for a Chainsaw?

I now use the alcohol-free gas (from Maverik) for all my gas can fills. That and a bit of SeaFoam or Stabil and you should be set. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] This is What Started it All

Those are great cars, and IMHO really helped cement MB's reputation. Too bad they're not exactly rust-proof. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4-way switch troubleshooting

Our garage was built with 2 3-way switches: one by the outside door to the back, and one by the main opening. Nothing by the door into the house, and with the garage door opener you basically were _never_ conveniently near a switch. When I added on to the garage there was another door added,

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4-way switch troubleshooting

> I am thinking switch 3 is the bad one, does that sound right? The one that behaves abby-normally is the first suspect. Murphy's law suggests that the most expensive one could be it. (That's the 4-way switch.) We had ants get into one switch. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] I can't be bothered with punctuation

James Joyce sells a car for e e cummings... -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT bamboo

> Anyone ever planted bamboo before? UN-planting it is the tricky bit. You can corral it by burying a barrier strip, but I don't know how deep it has to go. Lawn edging on steroids. Check with Dr. Google. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

> Now that you mention it, I remember the Feins from my woodworking days. But > as I recall, they just had the triangular pad thing, not the current day > “fingers” with the teeth on the ends, right? I don’t ever recall seeing those > for the Feins. In 1966 he was using a toothy saw blade

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

> Why didn’t someone think these [vibratory tools] up years ago? They did. I remember the doc using a Fein to cut the cast off me in 1966, IIRC. Twenty-five years ago I bought a Fein when it was on clearance, from someplace or another. (Electric rather than pneumatic, which was also available

Re: [MBZ] lil dents ass seen in pictures dont text me on sum bs i dont care to sale this car

>> "Muffler delete trade." Meaning? Translation: I stole the cat off it. My gain is your loss! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] The eclipse

> It’s a neat little midwestern college town. Made famous by the Ball family, > the folks that bring you Ball canning jars, Ball also made CRT's. We bought them, back when we used to make our own computer monitors. (Pre-China.) -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] National Propaganda Radio reporting we will have to live with inflation for a while longer

Dr. Google says Stellantis: • Abarth • Alfa Romeo • Chrysler • Citroën • Dodge • DS Automobiles • Fiat • Jeep® • Lancia • Maserati • Opel • Peugeot • Ram • Vauxhall -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 99 210 with 1234 shfiter stuck in park

> I think the 2000+ 210s have the +/- sideways shifter not the 1234 shifter. Ours do. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Brand new beaks - 2007 C280 4matic - 174k miles - $6,300

> Yeahbut…..new beaks. Thats gotta count for something. Gotta keep them birds pointy. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT y’all seeing this bridge collapse?

> Wonder why the far right span fell as well? Because the left side fell and broke off. That was the counterweight to the right side. Cut a teeter-totter in half at the middle, see what happens to BOTH sides. What happened to this bridge is just about the worst-case scenario, except for the

Re: [MBZ] Fiat vs Tesla

I spent a weekend chauffeuring an ailing Tesla owner around, and it was a decent enough car. I think it could satisfy 90+% of my driving needs. (Around town, charge at home overnight.) But I'd never let it park inside, and they're far too expensive. Indeed, _any_ new-ish vehicle is far too

Re: [MBZ] Dorman v OEM

Flush with water, several times. Drain, add the gallon of antifreeze, and top off with water. Assumes roughly 2gal total capacity. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] A Little Optimistic, But...

> > Do those wind deflectors really work? Are they noisy? > Marvelous. Worth every penny. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

> > 3,000 feet in any direction. There are about a dozen homes in our general > neighborhood they don't service, including us. > No 802.1 providers? No elevation? My boss uses Starlink on his boat, he's quite happy with it. Our 802.1 provider can service a neighborhood via an on-house repeater

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

> > They need dedicated connections for POS terminals... All of our critical operations at the Park are wired. (Critical === take in money, or deliver guest services.) Not an accident, consider the 'fun' some asshat could have doing DoS with a jammer... we only operate 100 days a year, the

Re: [MBZ] Oil store world

Or maybe the price is getting better again. Remember when Delo was about $6/gallon at Costco? Not all that many years ago. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Printers

I've driven an original Tesla S. It's not a luxury car, it's a car. I think I could be happy driving one, so long as its range was never worrisome in my use pattern. In other words, around town and not for road trips. Use that big battery for something nice, like leaving the AC on while you

Re: [MBZ] W124 delivery valve leak

> it seems like the job can be done with the manifold in place, but obviously > with more difficulty. It can. My son did this (under my supervision) on the 190D's OM602. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Surely somebody here needs this

> That all has to be worth quite a bit To the right party, probably. The trouble with old tubes is that 99% of them are truly for things no longer needed, like TV's. The few still used, in audiophile and guitar amps, are the gold dust in the bottom of the pan. And that tube tester is quite

Re: [MBZ] quit running and don’t have time to figure out what is wrong 2011 Mercedes-Benz m-class ML 350 BLUETEC Sport Utility 4D,$2,500

> Who decided to put the seat position controls on the door panel when they > are more convenient on the side of the bucket seat itself. The person who finds them easier to reach there from _outside_ the car. The height of the controls off the ground is the issue. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Back to 124 Daily Driver

> Struts can be pricey if they’re leaking, but again, that’s uncommon. Or, re-seal them. I did one. Cost me $8.87 in parts, over the counter, in 2010. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: TVnality

I notice that the retro-gamers have some interest in CRT televisions, but so far as I know a plasma TV is just as good as a CRT, so far as that goes. A lack of latency and motion artifacts is the goal. In direct view video there is CRT, plasma, LCD, and OLED. ALL flat-panel TV's are either

[MBZ] OT: TVnality

The cabin's CRT TV crapped out last month, and I had my son bring it home. Zenith model B25A11Z. He said the vertical deflection shrank down, and then there was a loud noise, black screen, and bad smell. I don't want anything newer down there, as this one's nearly theft proof, so I'd like to

Re: [MBZ] 2004 Mercedes-Benz G500

That's exactly what I'd want, if it were diesel and 3-pedal. A GD300. Maybe in a nice bright red. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

> Are the pencil plugs the same size as the old style? IE - are the threads the > same? Do they just screw in or is some form of adapter required? No. There are special pencil-style plugs that fit in the old loop-style holes. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] TIG welding exhaust pieces.

That's no exhaust pipe, the color's all wrong! :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Passenger's Seat Worse Off Than the Driver's Seat

Dog toenails? Open window weathering? The A pillar cover is also wrinkled on that side. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] And It Is Listed Again...

> and if you have your own woodlot, you will have to put out a lot of effort. But think of all the money and time you'll save on gym memberships! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Changing Oil on My W163

> Is a vacuum pump (marketed for AC use) substantial enough? I have one of > those already and it might sway me to do a DIY one to start with. I had always thought it should, but I don't know. Be the first to find out! Make sure your chosen reservoir can survive a substantial vacuum. My first

Re: [MBZ] Changing Oil on My W163

I already had an industrial pressure/vacuum pump combo, meant to operate pneumatic medical machinery. I combined it with a metal kerosene can, round and with a domed bottom so it doesn't collapse under vacuum. That and a few fittings and some tubing, and the usual shop air hose, and I'm set.

Re: [MBZ] Leather in the W163

> What’s the stuff smart guys use these days for returning leather to its > original awesomeness? Leatherique? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

> Yup. Not allowed around my house. Nor here. We do have some X-10 stuff for timed lights. (The Christmas lights, and Malibu LV walkway lights.) One X-10 wall switch for running the porch lights, all timed (open-loop) from sunset to 11:30 currently. The Christmas light channel only operates

Re: [MBZ] OT - "Why dear, you're not wearing a bustle! How lewd!"

Hmm, bustle. A lot nicer than my term for them: pinched-off dog doo tail-ends. (Paraphrased.) You can probably guess what I think of that styling. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

> the [in-ground] upfront cost is crazy, like $40,000 instead of a $6,000 oil > furnace. That is ludicrous. If you have space it shouldn't cost incrementally more than an air-exchange pump, beyond what it takes to ditch-witch a 4' (?) deep trench around the place and throw poly pipe down in it.

Re: [MBZ] Who doesn't like a good light show?

Trick question; there IS no good light show! Or: I don't. Take your pick. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 2005 Mercedes Benz E320 4Matic Wagon

> I wonder what “AXLE DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEM” means? Umm, "dollars?" -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

> ...went so far as to suggest that a typical bus gets 10 mpg (optimistic) When I was a tyke (1970?) I recall our school bus driver saying that the (school's new) diesels got 6MPG, vs the older gassers that got 3MPG. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

Also, school busses are not currently noted for catching on fire. What are the chances of roasting a busload of chilluns due to a minor accident? (Road hazard staking the battery pack?) Wouldn't take many of those to Hindenburg the entire concept, and any/everyone who voted for it. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Fw: OT-Microwave

> These three microswitches were all wired into a black box - no idea of how > they were wired beyond that. All it takes is some idiot 'engineer' who uses these as logic inputs to a computer in order to COMPLETELY miss the point of safety engineering. These are the same folks who probably will

Re: [MBZ] Fw: OT-Microwave

>> I found the fault that caused the microwave to turn on when you open the >> door - a failed closed microswitch. The little red button is stuck in the >> closed position. It is one of three activated by the closing of the door... There is something criminally wrong with the design of that

Re: [MBZ] What is the photographic trick? 2011 Mercedes-Benz e-class, $7, 000

> For making videos this drove me crazy at first because I'd be in and out of > focus during a shot. It took me awhile to find the combination of settings > and of course using lots of light, to get the look I wanted... For real cinematography you don't want auto-ANYTHING running during the

Re: [MBZ] What is the photographic trick? 2011 Mercedes-Benz e-class, $7, 000

> F stop. Depth of field. Not sure if you can do it on a phone camera, but any > DSLR will do it. I disagree. This looks like some sort of post-processing blur filter to me. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

Every microwave oven I've ever examined had three different switches in series with the current to the main guts. What you describe should not be possible, unless some cheap-ass really compromised on the essential safety of the design. However you dispose of this POS, make sure you completely

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

> Years ago, on the DEW Line, operators were getting cataracts from > back-scatter. Had they worn their gold thin-film (IR-blocking) aviator's sunglasses they'd have been fine, and looking sharp too! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

> And if that candy bar in your pocket is getting squishy, take a few steps > back… Or if it's getting hard to read the label on it... -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

> Microwaves are non-ionizing radiation, so, no, you do not have to wear a > lead apron. Just keep your eyes out of the way! However, high-voltage vacuum tubes can generate ionizing radiation, and not necessarily on purpose, so that is something to beware of. I don't know how likely magnetrons

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

> will boil a cup of water in seconds, I’ve never had a microwave that powerful > before. For that matter, if it’s used at full power for any length of time, > it can pop the breaker it’s on… The old-school half-wave rectifier magnetron power supply can only draw significant power from the line

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

> Do you think it still produces as much power as it initially did? My wife whines that it's 'weak', but I followed the test instructions I'd dug up, and it's still within spec. It's just that newer inverter-based microwaves can be more powerful than this. From my notes: > She'd complained

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

Well, my 1978 Amana is still working well... :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT Another way to die quickly -- 2023 Tuktuk,$8,000

> “equivalent of a gulf cart’”? > I wonder what a “gulf” cart is? Usually found post-hurricane near coastal golf courses? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] 220D With a 240D Engine, Tranny Swap.....What?

> I didn’t think those things would fit in there. A 250 is an I6. I'm sure any I4 could fit instead. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Bright idea

> I read some reviews of that thing that were brutal. I think it was very well done, though there were (I believe) a few glaring holes. But you certainly might not like it. It should be required viewing for all critical infrastructure architects. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Bright idea

I'm still 'wrecked' from watching "Leave the World Behind." Self-driving cars have their moment in that. Sucked in by Julia Roberts, and didn't realize it was peri-apocalyptic until too late. (I avoid all post-apocalyptic fiction now, it just feeds my internal demons too much.) -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Bright idea

> The scary part is if/when the vehicle or navigation malfunctions. Don't be. Chances are it'll be fatal, but at least you won't see it coming! :-) Too soon? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: You need one of these

Looks like the weenie version of what used to attach to the wheel hub of a jacked-up car. Now _that_ was a manly (as in: effective, yet dangerous) tool! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Cheepcheep EV or old Benz? YOU DECIDE!!! Sky-high hybrid battery bill shocks Arizona man

> The only thing I can think of is hoist the car and stuff a battery in from > the bottom. Like a Tesla S? Supposedly a 90-second operation. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Cheepcheep EV or old Benz? YOU DECIDE!!! Sky-high hybrid battery bill shocks Arizona man

Saturday Night Live's commercial parody of the Mercedes "AA" class is very amusing. But if the 18650 cells in an EV _could_ be treated like in that commercial, EV's could be both practical and efficient over the long haul. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Bring help because it's heavy, I have a bad back, and I'm old. Hard Top for 1988 Mercedes Benz 560SL - $25 (Leland, NC

> This could be a great deal if you need a 107 top > https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/pts/d/leland-hard-top-for-1988-mercedes-benz/7688028862.html > > Dumbass. Never a thought as to how getting

Re: [MBZ] Brake/wallet check

> Do suggest that he should call around and get estimates before he commits. > That should be sufficient to show him why he may want to work on it himself > before he gets the big bill. He's supposedly intelligent. (But sure seems to lack wisdom!) I'm hoping he can do his own math: DIY the

Re: [MBZ] Brake/wallet check

> I'd easily expect $600 if somebody did it for me... The doofus clearly wasn't paying a lot of attention, and either never noticed or has forgotten that on the other W210 I'd jacked up all four corners and inspected things, before ordering parts. All I needed was a set of four pads for the

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Rotors Kaput?

Every time I've tested the ABS on any of my (older) cars, the brake pedal felt/sounded a bit machine-gunny. Not a pulsation, but a rackety-rackety-rackety that you felt in the pedal and heard clearly. The throbbing on braking I've always felt to be rotor warp. It's possible it could be a tire, I

[MBZ] Brake/wallet check

My son's 2wd W210 has been flashing the brake pad warning. He has actually helped me do the wife's W210, so he knows what is involved. Apparently he doesn't want to do it himself, and as he's due in for an alignment he's planning to have them do it too, at the brake/alignment hut next to his

Re: [MBZ] OT MDB files

> One thing to note. If an SSD is in use and power is lost, your data is > probably going to be corrupted. Unless you are using an enterprise grade > drive. For critical data I trust only rotating magnetics. SSD's are fast, but they're cheap and sloppy now. You can't even find any technical

Re: [MBZ] OT MDB files

That sucks, sucks, sucks, but only hammers home the lesson that you need to know your tools, and have strategies in place for protecting important data. Shit Happens, and that's no lie. For example, is a database the best tool for your job? I use a plain text-file system, which means zero

Re: [MBZ] Some troubles

Bummer. > I hate hate the 5 speed manual over the autos in my others so I immediately > put it for sale So, _why_? I myself would generally prefer a manual, and they usually are more durable. But I'm sure there are circumstances that might change my preference. (Missing a leg would do it,

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