Have I disappeared again like once a few years ago, or is the list just
slow today?
Nothing since about 10:30 this morning.
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On 15/07/2013 3:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
This crash was the subject of an exhaustive investigation that found no
evidence of a missile strike. What makes you so willing to embrace this
revisionist history?
On Jul 15, 2013 4:39 PM, "Rich Thomas"
wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that the ma
Let me suggest you are jumping to conclusions that have not been confirmed.
I would think you should do a bit more of an analysis before you give up.
Get the oil tested etc.
Is the additional "oil" actually coolant or could it be diesel fuel?
If the oil is not milky, I would want to have a cl
On 17/07/2013 12:36 PM, Craig wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:14:18 -0400 "WILTON" wrote:
'My thoughts, too, on possible fuel in the oil; 'does look more like
fuel than water.
Sounds like it is time to send an oil sample to Larry.
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On 18/07/2013 9:51 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I feel its a shame to not fix this car...
I thought Rich and Max _were_ going to fix it, hence the offer of $500
+ trailer? IIRC Rich has a replacement engine already lined up ready
to go, or
On 18/07/2013 10:40 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
BUT, we are trying to persuade Wilton not to give up easily and
dispose of a beautiful car for $500 (evn if someone else on the list)
Randy
That evapectomy showed real perseverance.
OTOH, he was able to do that under cover of
On 21/07/2013 3:52 PM, WILTON wrote:
It doesn't seem to be losing coolant now; I'll put some more oil in it
and try it a bit again tomorrow.
Idles and runs nicely; 'fraid to drive it so much with fuel in the oil.
Wilton
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I am coming in on this late, but get the oil changed and see what happ
On 20/07/2013 2:06 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I think he wants way too much for it too.
The text would seem to suggest that he bought it to flip for a profit so
he is trying to get a good price based upon the fact that he has things
like the documents.
He likely knows very little about the
I still say you need to test it a bit more.
The value on sale will depend on what is wrong with it.
Randy
On 21/07/2013 1:16 PM, WILTON wrote:
PLACE YOUR BIDS; BRING A TRAILER
I lost a lot of confidence in the car the day the timing chain broke at 89 kmi in April 1996. 'Few days
later, lear
On 22/07/2013 11:05 AM, Larry T wrote:
This issue has gone round and round. I have plugged tires that never
needed further service on the plughe tire0. AFAIK they didn't need
air more than the tires that never received plugs. I assume Randy has
had different results suggesting a different o
On 20/07/2013 11:36 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I have a screw in one of my tires in the center of the tread that has been
there probably for months. Should I leave it alone or have a gas station
plug it?
A plug is an emergency repair only in my opinion.
A proper tire shop will remove the t
Very good.
Randy
On 22/07/2013 10:56 AM, WILTON wrote:
Test kit en route from Larry T.
Wilton
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I still say you need t
On 20/07/2013 2:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Think it's worth $1800?
If you plan to fix it and drive, it then maybe so.
If you plan to fix it and resell it, then maybe not.
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I have no idea what they do at colleges in the USA but I know that the
local University hires a lot of people on contract positions these days
rather than commit to long term employment.
If you think age is a factor, you might wish to suggest to some of these
potential employers that you are pre
On 20/07/2013 9:54 PM, WILTON wrote:
No. Like I said, regardless of auto this or auto that, there is no
excuse for not monitoring attitude, airspeed and altitude, especially
in critical stages of flight, and, no matter how bad things may get
(weather, SAM's, SWMBO digging fingernails into inne
On 20/07/2013 11:45 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
When I take a car down I fill them up with all the various scrap metal and
other scrap I can get in it.
The last time I took in scrap steel I got about $0.06 per pound so at
that price, they don't care what it is.
Aluminum brought me $0.45 per
On 22/07/2013 2:39 PM, clay wrote:
Thanks for the data. Stuff is sort of brown and muddy looking. I am guessing
PO did not drive it to hot or long much. He also may have believed the
marketing, and gone with book intervals. That may mean I have to flush the
transmission and engine to clear
On 23/07/2013 1:51 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
In the Murray incident, the state owns the car, and I would assume,
the data box.
When I own the car, they'll need probable cause to get a search
warrant for my data box. (unfortunately, a lot of judges don't even
seem to read warrants before they sign
You might be surprised at how big the market would be.
Randy
On 23/07/2013 3:07 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
That would be for a very limited market.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
On 23/07/2013 1:51 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
In the Murray incident, the state owns the
cars after the cat has been
removed etc.
Randy
On 23/07/2013 3:06 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
A hammer would do it, or any high-voltage source.
--R
On 7/23/13 4:04 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
One would think there will soon be devices available to re-program
such a black box.
Randy
Does the linux forum still exist?
Randy
On 23/07/2013 10:49 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Too late, you're a snob :)
My theory was that a really really lightweight distro on pretty good hardware
(core duo 2.something, 4GB RAM) would give excellent performance even running
the OS off a USB drive.
However, if you have nothing to hide, it might well save you from
allegations of wrong doing.
Randy
On 23/07/2013 3:33 PM, Rolf wrote:
I wont own a car with one.
-Rolf
On 7/23/2013 4:28 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
You might be surprised at how big the market would be.
Randy
On 23/07/2013
I am stuck with the task of painting the house.
Not a huge job as most of it is stucco and not painted.
Just trim to do and much of that - soffits, fascia, gable ends - was
covered in aluminum a few years back so not terrible.
The house has the boards in the stucco - faux tudor look and the board
Seriously, was there not a linux forum along with this one and banned etc?
Randy
On 23/07/2013 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I think that was subsumed within the Lucy forum
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Does the linux forum still exist?
Randy
On 23/07/2013
I was at one time but that was a long while back.
Have never used Linux, just have an interest in trying it out sometime.
Randy
On 23/07/2013 4:12 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Yes just send to Linux list (if you are signed up for it on okiebenz)
--R
On 7/23/13 5:01 PM, Randy Bennell wrote
solid stain instead of paint, once you get everything
sanded and scraped. It tends to just fade rather than peel but you
likely would need to redo it ever coupla-three years.
--R
On 7/23/13 5:00 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
I am stuck with the task of painting the house.
Not a huge job as most of
On 23/07/2013 4:21 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Andrew Strasfogel writes:
My college roommate is an expert on "human factors" and he agrees 100
percent that it was the excessive reliance on automated controls, plus a
Korean cultural inclination to reinforce this reliance, that led to the
crash.
Th
On 23/07/2013 4:53 PM, Craig wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:52:37 -0500 Randy Bennell
wrote:
Does the linux forum still exist?
Yes, although the traffic has been very low.
Craig
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On 23/07/2013 10:18 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
My point in posting this, is that last evening I was working on it
and wondering how many of you folks have the same issues to deal
with vs how many have gone to some more modern low maintenance
situation.
I bought a foreclosed
On 24/07/2013 11:43 AM, Craig wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:20:56 -0500 Randy Bennell
wrote:
I think I am getting too old and feeble to attack jobs like that by
myself. The fellow who did it worked like a machine. He hand dug the
whole thing in no time and kept a second fellow almost running
On 24/07/2013 10:30 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
How big is the house?
We had to have the north wall of our basement repaired several years
back. It developed a horizontal crack that we wished to stabilize.
We had it dug out on the outside down to the footings and the inside
reinforced with steel ang
Every once in a while I see someone use arm signals when riding a bike.
It somehow seems odd although we used to do it all the time.
Randy
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What is the fuel often used in Italy?
A friend tells me it is much cheaper than gasoline but a bit un-nerving
when they put your car in a bunker and everyone stands way back while
the tank gets filled - just in case!
The tank also pretty much consumes the trunk on an average car.
Randy
On 26
No fair picking on the government.
If you don't like the way they do things, then you should be trying to
do something about it.
Run for office and get yourself elected so you can change the way things
are done.
Randy
On 26/07/2013 12:31 PM, G Mann wrote:
Thank you Mike, I live to give gove
So, start at the bottom. Around here, School Board Trustee positions
tend not to be contested often so pretty cheap to run.
Run for something like that and get some recognition and then run of
City Council and then on to Provincial Parliament and then to Federal
Parliament would be the route f
On 26/07/2013 10:31 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Every once in a while I see someone use arm signals when riding a bike.
It somehow seems odd although we used to do it all the time.
John Forrester's Effective Cycling teaches not to use the left arm car
signals, in
In the interim, add a bit of weight to the trunk lid and your problem
should be solved.
Magnets maybe, or a piece of metal and a bit of glue or tape?
Randy
On 28/07/2013 2:21 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Does anyone know if the W126 trunk triangle is the same as the one they used in
the W140?
Dan
O
On 29/07/2013 10:49 AM, G Mann wrote:
Funny thing.. I see hand signals almost every time I drive... ;
Grant...
THAT might not be a good thing.
Randy
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My guess would be that the old seal will be fine unless it appears deformed.
My car has the same issue. The trunk seal is there but is not glued in
at all. I am guessing the previous owner got a new seal when the car was
painted but never got to installing it properly. I have not yet glued it
On 29/07/2013 3:45 PM, G Mann wrote:
First question, I believe, is still not answered. That is the question, Is
this pump in good serviceable condition?
Before spending any more time with timing, I would suggest that question be
answered with a bench test at a reliable diesel shop with a working
On 31/07/2013 11:44 AM, Rick Knoble wrote:
On Jul 31, 2013, at 9:06 AM, "Gary Hurst" wrote:
i think i've
read that half of us in the USA are expected to get cancer in our
lifetime.
That is correct. I attribute it to people living longer in general. Other
causes of morbidity have been elimin
On 31/07/2013 6:12 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
On Jul 31, 2013, at 4:31 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
How about the fact that food is not quite so organic as it once was. Treated
with all sorts of chemicals and subject to all sorts of other environmental
issues.
Possibly a factor.
On 01/08/2013 2:18 PM, Richard Hattaway wrote:
You can do it with everything in place. It's not a bad job actually, but I
think you may need to make a tool or two. I don't remember the actual torque
value, but it's in the 400 pound-foot range.
First off you'll have to pull the whole mess off
On 01/08/2013 4:05 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
We made one when we pulled the bolt on the old 4Runner last summer to
replace the head gaskets etc.
Basically a steel plate with a hole in the middle to put the socket
on the rattle gun through and smaller holes to bolt to the dampener
in the spots in
On 01/08/2013 5:14 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
Actually, yes or at least we did. I have a cousin who is a successful
builder (mostly residential). He also owns a couple large marinas and a
yacht or two. For his vacation he "works" as a yacht repo guy. Typically
he and some buds fly to Florida, t
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On 02/08/2013 5:25 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Just had to buy a COP (coil on plug) for the youngest's 2004 Focus. Ouch!!
$150 from the stealer or $102 from FLAPS.
Found a 40% off code for $100 or more at Advance Auto - TRT41
So the COP cost me about $67 after the governor got his take.
My $20 co
On 02/08/2013 6:37 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
kleb and penoff are right here for sure. there is no such thing as an $11k
car that is being sold with "ac just needs a charge" this falls into a
"needs a tuneup" category.
I think the reverse is true too.
There is a fellow locally, trying to sell a
A bit of a different story as I am going to comment on 2 f4 stroke
clones of Honda engines.
One has been amazing. We have it on a wood splitter out at the lake.
The very first time I tried to start it, I had just bolted it on and
filled it with oil and gas.
I pulled the cord and it started on
x27;m still trying to figure out how Honda makes my lawn mower start on the first
pull every time.
Dan
On Aug 6, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
A bit of a different story as I am going to comment on 2 4 stroke clones of
Honda engines.
One has been amazing. We have it on a wood splitte
On 06/08/2013 5:09 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Dieselhead wrote:
Hang onta yer old saws and 240Ds! They will become more valuable in
the coming meltdown.
BTW, I did find the official Husky screwdriver, the one that was $12
at the dealer or $7.5 on the internet 3-4 years ago. Some joker listed
on
I am starting to think I should update my truck.
My current 02 F150 Supercrew has been good but is essentially, 12 model
years old and has about 280K Kil on it.
It is getting some rust in the rocker panels and the front seats are
wearing out and need repairs.
Apart from that, it is really quite
On 07/08/2013 12:08 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
The great irony here is that the Japanese learned quality management from
the US after WWII (Google: W. Edwards Demming). The US developed/used these
quality approaches for the massive WWII war production. The ironic part is
that US industry then ble
On 07/08/2013 5:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Or take a dremel tool with a thin blade on it and cut a slot in the
end of the adjuster and use a regular screw driver. Works just fine
on my Poulan.
Manfred
Mitch Haley wrote:
Wow, all the eBay sources seem to have dried up.
Found a Zama double D f
On 07/08/2013 6:14 PM, Craig wrote:
On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:12:22 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
oh? Back to IH again? Or is someone else building v-8s?
Sorry, I cannot answer that question.
Craig
I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
Did they not h
On 07/08/2013 6:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
So back to the say, it is a POS. I went out to start it, have not ran
it in a couple days. Wore myself pulling on the damn thing, it never
started. I am going to take it to their nearest service provider I
guess and tell them either to fix it o
On 08/08/2013 11:08 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
Did they not have some dispute with IH and that resulted in departure
from use of the IH engines?
My mechanic son has done a fair amount of work on diesel pickups in
the last year or two.
On 08/08/2013 1:16 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Randy wrote:
However, I also have to admit that I really do not need a 3/4 ton
and a 1/2 ton with a gas engine probably makes a whole lot more
sense. I just like the diesel. Unfortunately, the new diesels
have become so fancy that there is no hope of having
On 08/08/2013 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I was thinking about diesel pickups yesterday. If VW can make a 2.0l 4cyl
diesel with 140hp and 250lb/ft of torque why can't somebody make a 4.0l v6 with
200hp 400lb/ft and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup?
The answer is that of course they can and a discus
My very limited experience with diesel trucks is all fairly remote.
As I said, earlier, my son is a mechanic and does some work on diesel
pickups.
He tells me how messy, difficult and expensive they are to repair.
He was working on a late model GM Duramax recently. (an 08 if I recall
correctly
, 2013 4:40 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
He was using a code reader of some sort that was giving him readouts
that suggested certain injectors if my memory is accurate.
He took some of the m apart and found all sorts of crud inside which is
why he was unhappy with the re-build.
He sugges
hey could have done what we did"! Even
so, we were just kids growing up together. Looking forward to another
45 years together...
LarryT
91 300D
On 6/6/2013 12:10 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
My good wife and I are celebrating the 44th anniversary of our first
date today. June 6, 1969.
might need a couple shots. Sometimes ether but
that is probably not good as there is no oil in there, but it will get it
started after 2-3 times.
--R
On 8/8/13 11:51 AM, Randy Bennell wrote:
On 07/08/2013 6:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
So back to the say, it is a POS. I went out to start it
Who gets the cats??
Randy
On 09/08/2013 8:00 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Soon to be ex-SWMBO. We were never married.
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
The Smart owner.
Wife, ex-wife?
Mitch.
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On 09/08/2013 2:08 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I did, plug was dry, I was getting spark when cranked.
Sent from my iPhone
Ok, so we know it is starving for fuel.
Now the question is why?
Fuel pickup in the tank and hose to carb.
Carb is probably also acting as the fuel pump via a diaphram e
On 09/08/2013 2:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Yes it's new. It does have a primer bulb, it says pump it 6 times warm or cold
to start. I have tried pumping it 6 times, 20 times, no times make no
difference when it gets to not wanting to start
Now we are getting somewhere.
There is a proble
On 09/08/2013 4:08 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why is your daughter a "unit"?
Better a "unit" than a "eunuch"
Or, maybe that is why he refers to him as a daughter?
Randy
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On 09/08/2013 7:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Yes it's new. It does have a primer bulb, it says pump it 6 times
warm or cold to start. I have tried pumping it 6 times, 20 times, no
times make no difference when it gets to not wanting to start
The primer bulb sucks from a
On 09/08/2013 7:27 PM, Craig wrote:
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 19:05:39 -0400 "WILTON" wrote:
As I was falling and jumping backward off the ladder, I threw the saw
way off the right at about 2 o'clock. As I was getting up, I realized
that the saw was lying across the yard idling perfectly, and contin
e
was 17 -- when I looked at my kids when they were that age I thought,
"there is now way they could have done what we did"! Even so, we were
just kids growing up together. Looking forward to another 45 years
together...
LarryT
91 300D
On 6/6/2013 12:10 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
My g
On 10/08/2013 6:20 AM, Hans Neureiter wrote:
On my tiller the choke does not seal when closed. Starts only when I squirt
some gas in the intake.
Have you looked to see if it is possible to adjust something so that the
choke plate will close?
I have a similar problem with a couple of small eng
If you get much snow where you are, I have to think you would be better
off with a blower attachment than a plow.
If you geta blower, you might also want to watch for a cab as having the
snow blow back in your face is not much fun either.
Randy
On 10/08/2013 1:16 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
On 12/08/2013 2:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud
Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade.
to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and
whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch
Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they
will swap you for a Husquvarna.
Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run.
Randy
On 12/08/2013 2:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the ro
Next door neighbor has a late model Ford F350 dually that he parks out
front these days.
I heard it fire up this morning about 7 AM. Our bedroon is on the front
of the house and the window was open. I would be no more than about 50
feet from the truck. I could tell it was a diesel but I would no
On 12/08/2013 2:35 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull
the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the
first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it
again, would not start. Took it back to lowes a
et of wheel weights.
That said Jamie lives in Jersey. His problem will be that his snow is almost
always wet and heavy...
A ride on snowblower is going to be nice for his long drive.
A walk behind snowblower is MUCH more manuverable...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:53:31 -0500
From: Randy Bennel
loud. And many of the morons who
drive them take advantage of that fact.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
On 12/08/2013 2:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud
Que? They've all gotten extr
Husquvarna
though?
On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they
will swap you for a Husquvarna.
Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run.
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ne is way underweight.
That said you're right you need to make space at the beginning of the season.
You don't just plow to the edge of the driveway and leave it.
One other thing, plowing is fun, snowblowing is drudgery.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:03:42 -0500
From: Randy Bennel
On 12/08/2013 9:36 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
The original is a 10.9 (the metric equivalent of 8). Yes, I'll not
go lower
than that. OTOH if the bolt were to be highly stressed again, I would
rather the bolt break than the female threads in the crank be
damaged, so
I'm going to call the 10.9 opti
On 12/08/2013 9:50 PM, Benz Hogs wrote:
3.5 here :)
Luther
Hang it there.
It will be 40 years before you know it.
Randy
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On 14/08/2013 12:18 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Maybe it is warmer where you are?
Our snowbanks seem to become almost like concrete in the dead of winter.
My neighbor moved a bunch of snow around our place last winter using
a Bobcat and it seemed to be working quite hard.
I
If you are lucky.
Randy
On 14/08/2013 1:51 PM, WILTON wrote:
Even 60. ;<)
Wilton
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On 12/08/
On 14/08/2013 9:12 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Curt Raymond
wrote:
I wish there was a way to easily experience the good parts of city
life,
access to theater, good food etc while not having to live in the
city or
suburbs or not having to drive a million miles
On 14/08/2013 4:31 PM, Gerry Archer wrote:
Igloos are made of snow blocks; ideally of blown snow which interlocks
the
ice crystals. A properly made igloo will support a man standing on
the top.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo
Gerry
The scouts play around with quinzees (sp?).
Essentiall
eh?
They don't tame easily here, BTW.
Wilton
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On 14/08/2013 9:12 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
On
On 14/08/2013 7:05 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
The driveway is long, but its also gravel well, compacted gravel into
dirt. Its been a while since anyone has dumped new gravel on it. I'm
hoping to get the support of the other three neighbors over the next year
or two to pave it, but thats an
On 15/08/2013 1:42 PM, Kevin Kraly wrote:
the engine computer sends synthesized vroom-vroom noises to the stereo
when you hit the gas.
Really? That just sounds so silly! It should be blasted through a PA
system so that people OUTSIDE the car get to participate in the
illusion as well. :D
On 15/08/2013 2:18 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I put a new alternator in my '84 190D a couple weeks ago. In doing so I noticed
the pulley didn't line up perfectly with the crank, this was the same on the
old alternator (which I put in back in December) so I moved my spacers over.
Unfortunately thi
On 15/08/2013 9:16 PM, Benz Hogs wrote:
My Dad's '75 300D has a York a/c compressor and he seems to think that
these cannot be converted to R134. Something about the York
compressors not being able to handle the higher R134 pressures. Can
anyone confirm or refute this?
I did not have good l
On 15/08/2013 6:28 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Frederick Moir wrote:
Mitch, et al.
That's ancient history.
I prefer creating life, or at least trying to.
Always fun to attempt creating life, as long as you have an under
fourty year old female handy. ;-)
Mitch.
I guess I must be getting old. 40
Can you use just one long extension and can you get an impact type
extension?
My experience with impact guns is that every joint in the setup tends to
lessen the impact force.
If it is really tight you need to be as up close and personal as
possible and have a good gun with lots of torque availa
On 15/08/2013 9:51 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 8/15/2013 9:16 PM, Benz Hogs wrote:
My Dad's '75 300D has a York a/c
compressor and he seems to think
that these cannot be converted to
R134.
Talk him into using ES-12 or Cathey-12, and avoid the issue entirely.
No system designed for R-12 coo
Your wonky clock keeps you in the bottom spot on the list of emails.
Is that deliberate?
Randy
On 16/08/2013 5:11 PM, Larry T wrote:
yep, shakes start & at idle for that matter. I've been adjusting the
throttle cable to make it start easier and shake less, then once
moving I adjust it all th
On 16/08/2013 11:05 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Can you use just one long extension and can you get an impact type
extension?
My experience with impact guns is that every joint in the setup tends
to lessen the impact force.
You can get some of it back by grabbing the
On 16/08/2013 10:53 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Here's another one:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1726371-fs-1973-450-se-139k-va.html#post5907687
I would not say that was one of the nicer shades of green but the thing
that really does not work in my opinion is the hubca
On 16/08/2013 12:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Fmiser wrote:
What's _your_ point?
Mitch made his clear at the beginning of this sub-thread with this
email:
> Frederick Moir wrote:
> Mitch, et al.
> That's ancient history.
> I prefer creating life, or at least trying to.
Always f
We were talking trucks on here a few days back and I was lamenting the
lack of 1/2 to trucks with smaller diesels.
I see now that Dodge has plans to produce a half ton truck with a V6
diesel in September of this year.
The story I read said the engine was developed by an Italian company for
G
7;t...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:41:30 -0500
From: Randy Bennell
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Subject: [MBZ] New Diesel
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