well, as Herr Doktor has pointed out, 99% of engine wear is at start up. I feel bad about starting Wulf when its really cold, driving him 6 blocks and then parking (my commute). If you store it in the winter to preserve it, well I guess that's different. You'd do well to switch to M1 if you are concerned about protecting the engine. Engine wear is still highewst at startup even when the weather is warm or hot. warming up - do you let it sit for minutes to warm up? THAT hurts it. Again, from Herr Doktor, as soon as oil pressure pegs, off you go, but take it easy until you reach operating temp. All that idling cokes up the engine and diesels are VERY slow to warm up at idle. Once at operating temp, drive the heck out of it - blows out the carbon build up. I bought Wulf from a lady who drove it "very nicely" for 19 years. It was "coked beyond recognition" Diesel purge and 20,000 miles later and the engine's clean as a whistle. Speaking of which...need to follow up with that guy on EGR blocking kits. EGRegious soot injector! Chris
R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually no, I'm quite serious. I've only driven my old 300D (76 - 115) in the summer so I've never had to start it in really cold weather. I only bought it last summer in July. I drove it until Halloween and then put it in the garage for the winter. Toward the end of October it got a bit colder at night and it did not start quite like it did in July and August (obviously)come morning. I really have to say that I feel bad about forcing it to run when it is cold. I like to make sure that the oil pressure guage has pegged before trying to rev it up. I got accustomed to turning the cold idle control up until it warmed up and then turning it back down but I didn't have to do much more to cold start it through the summer. I feel even better if the motor has warmed up before I have to tromp on it much. Call me a wuss but I'm afraid of hurting the poor old thing. Once it is up to temp I don't mind pushing it hard but I sure hate to do so when it is cold. Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:41 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wulf is back! AND Stanadyne in line fuel heater (free) OK - My SARCASM warning light came on, brightly...please acknowledge that you are joking, so it will go out. Chris R A Bennell wrote: That really sounds abusive to a cold engine. Can they really handle this sort of thing without harm? I never try to start mine in the winter but even in the fall it was cool enough that it did not start like in the summer. I felt bad about having to hold the pedal down a bit to keep it running. Randy B -----Original Message----- Or at least part of it. A few glow cycles is also a must when it gets down there. It is also wise to crank, non-stop with the pedal floored until the engine is firing on enough cylinders to keep itself running. This can take quite a bit of cranking but it is necessary and the starter can handle it. Johnny B. _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 212K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 10 20:22:46 2006 Received: from elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.63]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FHo8M-0007HK-Fy for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:22:46 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=I3zzUcycHqF8CUmNCVCRF1XRYyH1jcDWTHMxDMNUTWCxg/S6I7YXlWCY7jHK5DXA; h=Received:Mime-Version:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Message-Id:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [65.110.128.59] (helo=[192.168.2.74]) by elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FHo8I-0006sF-Ht for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:22:45 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:22:39 -0500 To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-ELNK-Trace: b3baf86f04a51c2f0f36c4a2948c83129ef193a6bfc3dd482b857444039dddcaecf0503b9aad19dfd81f49743ecfecf5350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 65.110.128.59 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Apple original Airport card 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, 10 Mar 2006 20:22:46 -0000 On Mar 10, 2006, at 1:47 PM, redghost wrote: > I tested with my Indigo slot iMac (500mhz). I have not seen any > firewire ethernet adapters. Could be out there and I am just blind. I haven't looked for one, just curious > > Having never seen an airport card in the flesh, are they not just > PCMCIA cards? No, I don't know what makes them different, Macs use a different stuff in different ways from PCs. I am assuming that it is a different pin-out and maybe a size thing. Just guessing. Rick Hawkins knows quite a bit about them, maybe he'll educate us a bit. > On the iMac there is a stand off.connector that one > needs to add to mine, but I am not interested in paying $50 for that > little doo hickey. I got that adapter (which I'm told came in the box with the Airport card and software CD) for something like $5 and another $3 for shipping. If I could only fill it for reasonable price. I wonder why all of a sudden these things are so popular. I'm going to give the computer to my old buddy Pepsi Pete loaded with Tiger and a zillion apps, he's on dial-up and the modem works fine. I have other CRT iMacs in house but the fastest is a 400MHz. It keeps right up but I can get a 600-700 MHz CRT iMac for next to nothing. I also have a very nice 17" flat panel 1GHz iMac. I highly recommend that anyone wanting to try a Mac without going broke, buy one. They can be had for as little as $50 these days, $150 can get you more/better. They're neat little machines that do amazingly well in today's world. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am
