Similar to my thinking when I hear the news report "bitterly cold" for Boston where it'll be 20. Its always at least 10 degrees colder where I live 60 miles west. For me bitterly cold starts at 0F. -Curt Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 01:31:27 -0500 From: John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] MY CAR (and what is going on with Mobil 1) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
On Mar 2, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > I used to start my 1977 300D without a heater. My record is 14F above > freezing with conventional 15W40 diesel oil. My secret? I used to > keep a > battery charger on the battery. If choosing between the two, a warm > battery > is more valuable than a warm block. The glow plugs will take the > same hit > from the battery regardless and extreme cold saps most of your > battery's > energy. > > Thanks, Bring your charger and dino oil up here where you can really give it a run for your money. 14F, childs play!! That's about where I switch to long sleeves. Make sure you top off exit 15 or further North so you get enough kero into her. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 03 15:18:07 2006 Received: from mxa.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.40]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FFC2g-0001nh-Pl for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:18:06 +0000 Received: from dogear.com (IP-206-63-94-251.progress.wi-fi.windwireless.net [206.63.94.251] (may be forged)) by mxa.windwireless.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k23FIePj030272 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 07:18:41 -0800 Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 07:18:11 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Virus-Scan: smtp-vilter X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.0rc2 X-SMTP-Vilter-Backend: Clam AntiVirus Daemon (clamd) X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0rc4 (mxa.windwireless.net [199.164.167.40]); Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:18:41 -0800 (PST) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1988 190E Idle Speed Problem X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:18:07 -0000 > Lately the idle speed on my son's 1988 190E has been very erratic... > I tried cleaning the linkage and lubricating but it still happened. Idle speed regulator? The motor/valve end gets sticky, or there could be a bad electrical contact in the idle speed regulation system. Bad connections plague older cars. -- Jim
