Re: [MBZ] O/T E-bay Fee
$x to list and then $x if it sells. I seem to remember x=$40 but could have changed since I last sold a car. On 2/7/06, Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the fee structure to sell a car on E-Bay? -- Regards, Peter T. Arnold 1987 300SDL 239KMI 1995 F-250 PowerChoke 190Kmi 1954 Mertopolitan Convertable, Hanger Queen Wife has a Cruizer, as reliable as an Ice Box, the car that is! ___ 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 -- 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
Re: [MBZ] O/T E-bay Fee
check ebay, its about 40 though. Peter T. Arnold wrote: What is the fee structure to sell a car on E-Bay? -- Regards, Peter T. Arnold 1987 300SDL 239KMI 1995 F-250 PowerChoke 190Kmi 1954 Mertopolitan Convertable, Hanger Queen Wife has a Cruizer, as reliable as an Ice Box, the car that is! ___ 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 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] O/T E-bay Fee
Was $40 last time I sold a car on there (my Benz when I ended up buying for myself). On 2/8/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: check ebay, its about 40 though. Peter T. Arnold wrote: What is the fee structure to sell a car on E-Bay? -- Regards, Peter T. Arnold 1987 300SDL 239KMI 1995 F-250 PowerChoke 190Kmi 1954 Mertopolitan Convertable, Hanger Queen Wife has a Cruizer, as reliable as an Ice Box, the car that is! ___ 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 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net ___ 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 -- 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
Re: [MBZ] Fuel Leak Diesel 300SD 85
George Are you talking about the return hose. Check here for Rusty's info.. Click here... http://tinyurl.com/cy7b8 Chuck Phoenix, AZ On Feb 7, 2006, at 3:33 PM, George Larribeau wrote: Fuel Leak hose diameter on leak off connection I am getting a fuel leak on 2 of the injectors. It appears to be that the cloth covered rubber? Fuel lines that go between the injectors (on the leak off connection) are in need of replacement.. What is the ID of this hose? There are multiple sources of EURO OEM type hose here in Dallas. George Larribeau Dallas ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Fuel Leak Diesel 300SD 85
Buy the stuff from Rusty or Mercedesshop Fastlane -- unless you get fuel line that small, everything else I've heard of being used leaks. You need to replace all of them -- make sure you get ALL the old stuff off (it gets brittle and chunks stick to the nipples, then slice the new hose...). It lasts three or four years for us. Remove by gasping one side with a pair of needle nosed pliers and pinching it off the nipple -- have a care not to scratch the nipple, else it leaks forever afterwards. To install, use the needle nosed pliers to grasp the tubing far enough up that you can get it all the way down on the nipple and push it on completely. Peter
[MBZ] Valve clearance
How often should I check the valve clearance and the timing chain(?) tension in a 123? What are the specs on these parameters? Thanks. David 83 300 DT 230,000 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [MBZ] Valve clearance
David Johnson wrote: How often should I check the valve clearance and the timing chain(?) tension in a 123? What are the specs on these parameters? Thanks. David Valves need to be checked every 15kmi (I checked them every fall, before really cold weather). They need to be checked COLD (engine not run for 6-8 hours) and for your engine, intake valve clearance is 0.1 mm (0.15 if temps could drop below zero F) and exhaust valves should have 0.35 mm clearance. When checking the valves, chain stretch needs to be measured. If chain stretch exceeds about 5-6 degrees, the chain needs to be replaced to correct valve and injection pump timing (it's unlikely to snap before stretch reaches 8-10 degrees). Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi
Re: [MBZ] Valve clearance
Thanks so much, Marshall. As usual, you're the Encyclopedia for the list. This will be my first valve job, and I'm glad that you mentioned that the engine needs to be cold. I surely didn't know about this requirement. Since I'm planning to do this myself, that shouldn't be a problem. I wonder, though, how the dealership/Indie gets around this issue. A car will be instantly out of specs the next morning when the engine cools down and all the metals contract. David --- Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valves need to be checked every 15kmi (I checked them every fall, before really cold weather). They need to be checked COLD (engine not run for 6-8 hours) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[MBZ] Tire sizing calculator
http://www.magrowheels.com/sizing.calculator.htm
Re: [MBZ] HS designs and builds biodiesel hybrid that wins award atPhillie Auto Show (long article)
I'd love to see pictures and more info on that car. Sounds fun. On 2/7/06, Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The South Jersey Section of MBCA will be attending this auto show on Saturday. Check out www.sjs-mbca.org if you want to join us! I'll look for this car, and if someone wants pictures or more info, please let me know. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
Re: [MBZ] OT: oil change humor - quite funny
Sigh...been there!!! Brian from Columbia MO. - Original Message - From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:13 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: oil change humor - quite funny OIL CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR WOMEN:
[MBZ] SLC with two VINs
http://tinyurl.com/d4gbr Interesting - the car caught my eye because it's painted the same color as mine - and claims to be a '78 as well. In looking atthe photos I noticed that the data plate on the radiator support shows the vin as 1070241201448, and the sticker on the door post shows 10702412022303 - first time I've noticed this on an eBay car. Sure looks like a pieced together car! Since my '78 is # 021511, I'm guessing the door post is accurate, and the front end came from an earlier SL or SLC donor. The EPC I have access to doesn't have data cards for the SLCs - how else would one match VIN to year of manufacture? -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
Re: [MBZ] HS designs and builds biodiesel hybrid that wins awardatPhillie Auto Show (long article)
Don - I'll let you know what I find. Werner - Original Message - From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] HS designs and builds biodiesel hybrid that wins awardatPhillie Auto Show (long article) I'd love to see pictures and more info on that car. Sounds fun. On 2/7/06, Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The South Jersey Section of MBCA will be attending this auto show on Saturday. Check out www.sjs-mbca.org if you want to join us! I'll look for this car, and if someone wants pictures or more info, please let me know. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go ___ 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
[MBZ] Interesting web site
Lots of info although a tiny bit difficult to read. http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/motoren.htm RLE
[MBZ] if you didn't get this far
http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/technik.htm
Re: [MBZ] Valve clearance
On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at 08:14 PM, David Johnson wrote: How often should I check the valve clearance and the timing chain(?) tension in a 123? What are the specs on these parameters? Thanks. David 83 300 DT 230,000 Twice a week will keep you well enough informed but 15,000mi is the recommendation. in .004 out .014 no more than 5 degrees stretch. The engine has a tensioner that mysteriously keeps things right all by itself. If you buy Amsoil from me and pour it in your engine you may never even have to look in there again, I personally like to peek now and then. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am
Re: [MBZ] Valve clearance
On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at 09:32 PM, David Johnson wrote: Thanks so much, Marshall. As usual, you're the Encyclopedia for the list. This will be my first valve job, and I'm glad that you mentioned that the engine needs to be cold. I surely didn't know about this requirement. Since I'm planning to do this myself, that shouldn't be a problem. I wonder, though, how the dealership/Indie gets around this issue. A car will be instantly out of specs the next morning when the engine cools down and all the metals contract. David There are specs in some MB manuals for a hot (read warm) adjustment. Cold is more accurate. Give an extra .0005-.001 as Marshall mentioned if you live in a real cold climate like I do. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am
[MBZ] Fix for squishy W124 seats
Hi all, After getting my E500, I noticed those seats were a LOT more firm and supportive than my 1987 seats, which were downright flabby by comparison. I had thought the springs were getting weak or something. Then, I found this gem in the WIS: http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/W124/seat_booster.pdf I picked up two of those foam blocks, and installed them yesterday. WOW, what a difference! It feels like brand-new seats. The good news is, you don't have to fully disassemble the seats to insert the blocks. The bad news is, you probably do need to remove the seats from the car. This takes about 10-15 minutes if you've done it before and are familiar with the general procedure. Prying the leather or Tex out of the metal seat frame is a pain, and getting it fully re-seated (uh, pun not intended) is even more of a nuisance. But, it was definitely worth the twenty bucks for the blocks. I'm going to do the passenger seat next. These apparently were not used for the 1986-89 model years, but were phased in for 1990-up W124's, and maybe some late build 1989 models. It's easy to tell if you have them, the seats are soft squishy up front, and you can put your fingers underneath and feel if there is a foam block there or not. Photos of the installation are below. http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_stuff/seat_boost1.jpg http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_stuff/seat_boost2.jpg http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_stuff/seat_boost3.jpg http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_stuff/seat_boost4.jpg :-) Best regards, -- Dave M. Boise, ID 1994 E500 - 95kmi (Q-ship) 1987 300D - 261kmi (Sportline)
Re: [MBZ] Valve clearance
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 11:52:07PM -0500, John Berryman wrote: There are specs in some MB manuals for a hot (read warm) adjustment. Cold is more accurate. Give an extra .0005-.001 as Marshall mentioned if you live in a real cold climate like I do. The toyota guys I know who are stuck with a warm adjustment are kicking themselves for not writing down the cold specs any time I point out that I can do the 300D's valves cold. Having done valves cold and hot, I prefer cold myself. K
Re: [MBZ] Interesting web site
Here is the home page...more useful, I think: http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/index.html Lots of info, but I don't have a W201 :-( I did find a German W126 website a while ago, but it is not nearly as thorough as this one. Good find! Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lots of info although a tiny bit difficult to read. http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/motoren.htm RLE ___ 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, 211K, 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 - Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 14:35:05 2006 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.205]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6qPO-0008Q6-65 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:35:03 + Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i1so1871384nzh for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:35:00 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=TgRVJJrY8+4udQeULjWzop+jYmDAhVqQtqH1dXU6pUIkWkBo2kpkdR/jGtKu71fg1+7krDMTjbYUdbbDeFYBgyK5n83Nmw7SnSkBx+Gjm+Shct6rxVp+xvS/qtyLdbaqZppajSWkF+3d9ainDGFGtoMNVKYZUOpk2s8WfXvnZ1E= Received: by 10.36.41.19 with SMTP id o19mr5944737nzo; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:35:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.109.3 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:35:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:35:00 -0500 From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] SLC with two VINs 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:35:14 - Good sleuthing wrt the clashing VINs. It IS a '78, as it has the Type II push button ACC module. It may have a dash cover or replacement dashboard since the dash is suppose= d to match the interior color. On the plus side, it seems to have amazingly little rust and the opera window louvers don't appear to be peeling. Negatives: I could live without the wheel arch chrome. Also, brown is probably the most unattractive color for this model IMHO. I much prefer silver blue, maroon, teal, or any shade of green (except pea soup). Given the clashing VINs, unless there are records from day one the mileage must be regarded as a complete unknown. On 2/7/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/d4gbr Interesting - the car caught my eye because it's painted the same color as mine - and claims to be a '78 as well. In looking atthe photos I noticed that the data plate on the radiator support shows the vin as 1070241201448, and the sticker on the door post shows 10702412022303 - first time I've noticed this on an eBay car. Sure looks like a pieced together car! Since my '78 is # 021511, I'm guessing the door post is accurate, and the front end came from an earlier SL or SLC donor. The EPC I have access to doesn't have data cards for the SLCs - how else would one match VIN to year of manufacture? -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] SLC with two VINs
That car has definitely had some paint work done to it. You can see where they masked off the VIN plate on the door (as well as the other info labels), and where they sanded (or stripped) the VIN plate on the radiator hose. There is also some peeling by the radiator VIN plate, as well as on the body above the firewall. Dave W - Original Message - From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SL Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:37 PM Subject: [MBZ] SLC with two VINs http://tinyurl.com/d4gbr Interesting - the car caught my eye because it's painted the same color as mine - and claims to be a '78 as well. In looking atthe photos I noticed that the data plate on the radiator support shows the vin as 1070241201448, and the sticker on the door post shows 10702412022303 - first time I've noticed this on an eBay car. Sure looks like a pieced together car! Since my '78 is # 021511, I'm guessing the door post is accurate, and the front end came from an earlier SL or SLC donor. The EPC I have access to doesn't have data cards for the SLCs - how else would one match VIN to year of manufacture? -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go ___ 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
[MBZ] 201 interior bits
Anybody got any 201 interior bits? I need: The center panel that includes the vents and above, the panel around the stick shift (on this I don't care if its ugly but I want one thats not warped like mine), sunvisors (plain, ie no mirrors, if possible) and the clips that hold the inboard ends of said clips. I'd also like to have a seat control switch to play with if somebody had one. The one in my car only vaugely works but it'd be easier to troubleshoot if I had one in my hands before I dig into the ones in the car. -Curt '85 190D Dory 233kmi '83 240D Hammie 253kmi - Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 15:22:45 2006 Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.2]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6r9Z-00054t-IB for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:22:45 + Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id 5.84.5504ad34 (3924) for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:22:37 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:22:37 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 2340 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Interesting web site 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:22:45 - In a message dated 2/8/2006 7:25:04 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the home page...more useful, I think: http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/index.html Chris, So is there a button I am missing to convert this data to english? Or is what I see, what I get? Regards, Jim Friesen Phoenix AZ 79 300SD, 262 K miles 98 ML 320, 140 K miles
[MBZ] Hey Johnny B. RE: Amsoil
Johnny B, What weight of Amsoil are you running in your cars? I drove all around last weekend looking for Mobil 1 5w40 for my 190D and had zero luck. Every place I went to carried it but none actually HAD any. A guy at one Wal-Mart told me they sell out quick. Whats extra irritating is a couple weeks ago I was at Wal-Mart and they had a bunch but I didn't get any. That'll teach me. Anyway I'm considering Amsoil and so checking out their site. I'm thinking the XL 10w40 or AFL 5w40. The XL is cheaper, a bit cheaper than Mobil 1 even although shipping will probably fix that. I'd be interested to hear from you and any other Amsoil folks that are around. -Curt '85 190D Dory 233kmi '83 240D Hammie 253kmi - Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 16:35:32 2006 Received: from web32811.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.41]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6sHz-0005AX-EP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:35:31 + Received: (qmail 81120 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Feb 2006 16:35:28 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=GfzfG8Qg4p24m/7iFyg3xDeMSUYiW2yU0m5YNt2hL1RwBtF40L8E/nCjWpIhznldIUDRYlO0aAYfHJ9lNu1f1by3vycyz/r/xyJrlkBWZN9tenOUR74a9fw2DfZt7JNGhSq/sd2spS1ck4gWs7xHvbftC871fFGSat+u4OYAtJA= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32811.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:35:28 PST Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:35:28 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: [MBZ] Tap tap. 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:35:32 - This thing on? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 16:44:39 2006 Received: from web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.200.65]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6sQp-0006HS-7I for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:44:39 + Received: (qmail 63955 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Feb 2006 16:44:33 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=I+F/PNhdofyopUlO12/jixXtNvjM6kWp1DkKWJav2koxrMZXYnOdHmCtlKBOGN254lntKf0EhArkotsUKDcXMJDZGxSnphUJxr2jrNgt7gC8o1J38rzO87ye2FUmh5Drviu3uJy73m3Vd9oeY1gAW+tmcWwrdM/C4UL/2RL679A= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [66.140.70.226] by web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:44:33 PST Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:44:33 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: [MBZ] 9th generation S-class... 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:44:39 - If the new S-class is 9th generation...what are the other 8? And what generation is my 85 300SD? 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, 211K, Wulf -1976 240D, ?K, AKP-Wagen (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21
Re: [MBZ] Hey Johnny B. RE: Amsoil
I've searched every Walmart in town for Mobil1 5W40 as well. I'm starting to get desparate as I REALLY need to do an oil change, but only have 1 jug of 15W50 left. Two Walmarts still have a label on the shelf, but didn't have any in stock. Guy at one of those told me he hadn't been able to get it. He also mentioned that it looked like the extended performance versions were going away as well. No loss there. Three other Walmarts don't even have shelf space for it any more. Had the auto manager at one store this morning tell me he wasn't going to stock it at all. Said it hadn't been very popular. When I pointed out that the shelves were always empty, he didn't have a good answer. I may be forced to find an alternative or a different source. :^( Gary Thompson Georgetown, TX 1995 E320 On 2/8/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Johnny B, What weight of Amsoil are you running in your cars? I drove all around last weekend looking for Mobil 1 5w40 for my 190D and had zero luck. Every place I went to carried it but none actually HAD any. A guy at one Wal-Mart told me they sell out quick. Whats extra irritating is a couple weeks ago I was at Wal-Mart and they had a bunch but I didn't get any. That'll teach me. Anyway I'm considering Amsoil and so checking out their site. I'm thinking the XL 10w40 or AFL 5w40. The XL is cheaper, a bit cheaper than Mobil 1 even although shipping will probably fix that. I'd be interested to hear from you and any other Amsoil folks that are around. -Curt '85 190D Dory 233kmi '83 240D Hammie 253kmi
[MBZ] Enduring Passion - book
Here is the review: http://www.mbusa.com/media/downloads/main/features/enduring_passions/Passions_Book_review.pdf Here it is mentioned on owners-online: http://www.mbusa.com/features/enduring-passion/index.do The book is written by a marketing man (same line of work as me) and investigates, specifically, the BRAND, the cult and attraction of the brand, what it means to people, etc. Sounds very interesting! 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, 211K, 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 - Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 16:50:40 2006 Received: from web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.200.65]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6sWd-00076o-Ll for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:50:40 + Received: (qmail 66270 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Feb 2006 16:50:36 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Fs5ePA22fidjC8ZYltgXQ4yZ69+NsGuwJotnmZOvOKL1g7m9BorG11vznmKn0IVxU46xdhoa4CprIHXFMYTueHS+bkc2zLawVgNW98rMbkinJNi3OqZ1lzSOTMwewxP4H3/YXJ7zkBzGsXJ7K2kFmImIIaoTsN51x6tUgW20nbg= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [66.140.70.226] by web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:50:36 PST Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:50:36 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Interesting web site 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:50:40 - Pretty sure it's just in German. But German is quite similar to English and you can figure some of it out. What would be really helpful would be a German-English English-German car vocab lexicon. Also, there's always babelfish Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/8/2006 7:25:04 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the home page...more useful, I think: http://www.baureihe201.de/W201/index.html Chris, So is there a button I am missing to convert this data to english? Or is what I see, what I get? Regards, Jim Friesen Phoenix AZ 79 300SD, 262 K miles 98 ML 320, 140 K miles ___ 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, 211K, 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 - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 16:51:06 2006 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.97]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6sX4-00079J-5p for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:51:06 + Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout06/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k18Gp4HX015413 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:51:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.3] (ip68-2-210-120.ph.ph.cox.net [68.2.210.120]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k18Gp36X024000; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:51:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0
Re: [MBZ] Tap tap.
Yup! On Feb 8, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: This thing on? __
Re: [MBZ] 9th generation S-class...
Yours is the 6th. On 2/8/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the new S-class is 9th generation...what are the other 8? And what generation is my 85 300SD? 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, 211K, 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 - Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! ___ 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 -- John Freer Palm Springs, CA 1992 500 SEL 140K Stardust 1985 380SL 145K Blue Belle
Re: [MBZ] 9th generation S-class...
Chris, Try this link... It defines each generation.. http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/s-class/index.jsp Chuck Phoenix, AZ with one of the generations. a W116
Re: [MBZ] 9th generation S-class...
On 2/8/06 11:12 AM, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, Try this link... It defines each generation.. http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/s-class/index.jsp Chuck Phoenix, AZ with one of the generations. a W116 Great site, Chuck. But if you don't have broadband or cannot utilize Macromedia Flash 8, as a public service here is a summary: 1st 1951 W187 2nd 1954 W180 (Ponton) 1st unibody car 3rd 1959 W111/112 (Finnie) 1st concept of passenger cell 4th 1965 W108 /109 (designed by a Frenchie) 5th 1978 W116 First to be called S Class; first car anywhere with ABS 6th 1981 W126 1st car with Driver's Air Bag and seat belt tensioners 7th 1992 W140 8th 1998 W220 9th 2007 W221 -- +-- GG 1997 SL500 (99k) http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm http://homepage.mac.com/deneals +--
[MBZ] the rattling belt tensioner on the SDL
Well I figured out why the tensioner was rattling on the SDL even after replacing it. The AC compressor was about to fall off!!! Tightened the bolts back up and 75% of the rattle is gone. Still a little belt squeel, think the belt may be worn and causing the rest of the rattle, or maybe the spring is weak. Took the spring loose from the top like I did last time and pryed it back, this time it caused the rattle to go away completely. So, its either the spring or the belt, will probably just replace both. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Tap tap.
yes, it appears so. Curt Raymond wrote: This thing on? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] the rattling belt tensioner on the SDL
You are now a Mercedes Benz Certified Master Technician. Do you want t o work on Gary's cars now? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:20 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] the rattling belt tensioner on the SDL Well I figured out why the tensioner was rattling on the SDL even after replacing it. The AC compressor was about to fall off!!! Tightened the bolts back up and 75% of the rattle is gone. Still a little belt squeel, think the belt may be worn and causing the rest of the rattle, or maybe the spring is weak. Took the spring loose from the top like I did last time and pryed it back, this time it caused the rattle to go away completely. So, its either the spring or the belt, will probably just replace both. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] the rattling belt tensioner on the SDL
yes, i will rebuild his air suspension. I thought I was going to have to call you up and gripe about the defective tensioner you sold me. Oh well. Will have to call you up to order some stuff and discuss other matters though. Rusty Cullens wrote: You are now a Mercedes Benz Certified Master Technician. Do you want t o work on Gary's cars now? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:20 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] the rattling belt tensioner on the SDL Well I figured out why the tensioner was rattling on the SDL even after replacing it. The AC compressor was about to fall off!!! Tightened the bolts back up and 75% of the rattle is gone. Still a little belt squeel, think the belt may be worn and causing the rest of the rattle, or maybe the spring is weak. Took the spring loose from the top like I did last time and pryed it back, this time it caused the rattle to go away completely. So, its either the spring or the belt, will probably just replace both. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
[MBZ] 190 parts
Hi Fred, Sounds terrific, I even know of a better diner in Fitchburg, so less driving for you. I need: The center panel that includes the vents and above. The panel around the stick shift (on this I don't care if its ugly but I want one thats not warped like mine), sunvisors (plain, ie no mirrors, if possible) the clips that hold the inboard ends of said clips and an electric seat switch. Color doesn't matter, I can paint stuff to match what I have now, the panel around the shifter (not sure if auto and stick are the same panel, can't be that different I wouldn't think. Auto would be much less likely to be warped though. The one on my car barely stays in place because the corners are lifted so badly.) I plan to paint black anyway, thats what my '81 300TD had and I liked it better. Mine has a light tan interior. I'm not sure what its called... My 240D's interior is considerably darker... -Curt Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:46:05 -0500 From: frederick w moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tap tap. To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed This thing on? Yup! Curt, If you need interior parts from an '85 190E blue ext. and very light colored (almost white ) leather int. come and help yourself. I feel that you did not get a fair trade with the driveshaft. Fred Moir Lynn MA P.S. Maybe, if you send a list, I could check out the various parts and bring them some Sunday and breakfast with you and Luke and? - Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 18:54:57 2006 Received: from web32806.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.36]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6uSv-0006Uw-0c for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:54:57 + Received: (qmail 43764 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Feb 2006 18:54:53 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=OZz/x4/OL10vuScPRctxrlyIn2YnhP5AGfJKsaoxRsDCKPfMO9GaLtGW98taRfz2w6+D5XvWsbg9CBL8SQnVOfB9ynOmsG99+2j0x+/ZmgFF2bMJtZ2spOFEy2aqssCzg49aMF/gusE9AJGXvbOnKD6NBoED57pu0mwcvC6l6Uk= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32806.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:54:53 PST Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:54:53 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tap tap. 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:54:57 - Wierd, I've been so busy at work lately I've had almost no time to keep up with the list. Today 2/3 of my team is at a service kickoff meeting leaving me here alone to mind the phones. Its dead so I'm keeping myself entertained online but the list is quiet... -Curt Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:23:38 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tap tap. To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed yes, it appears so. Curt Raymond wrote: This thing on? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net - Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. - Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps
Re: [MBZ] Keeping things moving
Curt, I thought full heat regardless of mode chosen indicated a bad monovalve? Easy and cheap fix. Jeff Zedic Toronto
Re: [MBZ] Keeping things moving
low road while the right is taking the high road. I don't have any money to rebuild seats right now Can you weld? The springs are probably broken, but I've had good luck welding/brazing splints of sheet metal around the breaks. (Direct welding is worthless because you'll wreck the temper of the spring.) From the manual it looks like the fresh air doors under the hood aren't opening, explaining why I have full heat all the time. Only a symptom, not a cause. The heater valve being on is what gives you full heat all the time. Unless you only have full heat when there should be _any_ heat. -- Jim
[MBZ] 190D Lunch experience
So I took a look at the manual (thanks Marshall!) and at lunch I went out and took a look at my car. Learned a couple things; 1. One of the connectors on the PB was disconnected. 2. One screw below the vent won't do its job because the plastic around it is broke, needs a washer. 3. The stereo install was a kludge at best. The rear speakers don't work and I think its because they aren't wired... Of course now it'd be a hassle to figure out which wires are the rear speakers (unless somebody knows) so I may just run a couple... So maybe that connector will save the day. We'll see on my commute tonight. -Curt - Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 08 21:52:55 2006 Received: from pproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.166.177]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F6xF9-0001ge-Jv for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:52:55 + Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o67so505655pye for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:52:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mpen81kgchHx2Wtt5Ssuis1sONKSVJumT8QiplSyzXT4VqWDbwUEWabgKi1XOL/1QJ7T2l/B1iE/OFoPd3TBSJxVKh+3vYznF9B5hHK1DYXihMq3KlhGa8ALSYYh5yQXv96GhAY8MXiIxAqQBWCrQVvDyaZWVHAIGrT7zG19F0o= Received: by 10.35.36.13 with SMTP id o13mr518642pyj; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:52:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?24.182.228.199? ( [24.182.228.199]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id t5sm2258064pyc.2006.02.08.13.52.53; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:52:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:48:33 -0600 From: tom savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] Converting to R-134 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:52:55 - I know it is a little early to be asking about this, but thought I'd avoid the spring rush and ask now. I'm resurrecting the AC on a 1990 560SEC and the owner wants to convert to R-134 (I know, I know...) We've got everything installed, replaced, flushed, and ready to charge, except for one small bit of info: What pressure should I be seeing on the low side when the system is fully charged? I'd rather use my real gauges to check this and not just rely on the cheap gauge with plastic fittings reading in the green area. This is my first time charging a 134 ssytem. Thanks, Tom
Re: [MBZ] Keeping things moving
Curt Raymond wrote: Since I'm bored I'll post... My wife is loving the 190D. She says its way more powerfull than the 240D. I find it more peppy but not crazy powerful, its the same HP rating after all. I HAVE to do something about the seats, the drivers side seat is all squashed out on the left side, it feels like my left butt cheek is taking the low road while the right is taking the high road. I don't have any money to rebuild seats right now so I think I'll get seatcovers and stuff some padding in there to compensate. This spring I'll have both seats rebuild. The passenger's seat is totally squashed out, at least its squashed flat, you could just sit on a pillow and be more comfortable... I still haven't figured out how to get the shifter boot down good. If its hooked to the base the panel comes up out of the console because its warped and doesn't hold itself in well. If I have time I may see if I can glue a stiffener to the bottom of it. From the manual it looks like the fresh air doors under the hood aren't opening, explaining why I have full heat all the time. could be of course that the PB is bad... Gonna have to take a look at the doors to see whats happening. Got an appointment this weekend with the guy who is buying my 240D, we're going to change the oil in both cars (provided I can find some Mobil 1) and maybe the brake fluid too. He's got a garage (heaven!) so it shouldn't be a big job. What size wrench is it for the bleeders? I presume I should use a tube from the bleeder down to a cannister to catch the old fluid, what size should the tube be? Thanks all -Curt The 190D 2.2 is MUCH faster than a 240D and considerably more economical too. You will have full heat in a 201 if there is no vacuum to the heater valve. If there is no electrical power to the vacuum manifold, there will also be full heat and a damaged feedback potentiometer can result in FULL heat. An unbroken seat bottom (driver and passenger's side can be exchanged) is the best solution. The shifter boot attaches all around the edge if the console shifter cover hasn't been damaged. I believe I've encountered 7, 8 and 9 mm bleeder screws. At least one of my cars has different sized screws on different calipers. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi
Re: [MBZ] Converting to R-134
The low side pressure will be about the same as R12, the high side will be a bit higher. The expansion will regulate the pressure based on evap temperature. Thus it will reduce or increase low side pressure as needed. Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tom savage Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:49 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] Converting to R-134 I know it is a little early to be asking about this, but thought I'd avoid the spring rush and ask now. I'm resurrecting the AC on a 1990 560SEC and the owner wants to convert to R-134 (I know, I know...) We've got everything installed, replaced, flushed, and ready to charge, except for one small bit of info: What pressure should I be seeing on the low side when the system is fully charged? I'd rather use my real gauges to check this and not just rely on the cheap gauge with plastic fittings reading in the green area. This is my first time charging a 134 ssytem. Thanks, Tom ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Converting to R-134
This is my first time charging a 134 ssytem. When converting, don't they take about 80% of the R12 charge? (By weight.) -- Jim
