Re: [MBZ] Heater valve W124

[Peter Merle]

I wish it was , with all these electrical devices failing the cost
advantage of the fuel saving is negated by all these electrical
failures. Your can buy fuel for 4000 km for the price of a heater valve
! At least I still have vehicles that have no Intel inside .
Peter
120.110
460.332 *2 
123.130
124.130

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From: Alex Chamberlain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 03 October 2007 17:57
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heater valve W124


On 10/2/07, Peter Merle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of my dual heater electrical valves has stuck open on my W124 
> resulting in a permanent supply of hot air in the car. Are there 
> repair kits available for this from Bosch /elsewhere? Peter

A 124 with manual climate control?  Be still my heart!

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.

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Re: [MBZ] Aluminum

[Robert & Tara Ludwick]

I was working in a machine shop then, and everytime someone brought a 
vega engine through the door, we'd tell them right off that the head was 
most likely going to be trashed beyond repair. Every one that came in 
was either warped or cracked, most were too far gone to fix, and it was 
generally cheaper and faster for the customer to just buy a new head. 
It's funny, as many of those things I fooled with, I can't , for the 
life of me, remember what they looked like. Was that some of that 
useless GM injected molded aluminum that looked like styrofoam?

---Robert

Tom Hargrave wrote:
> I don't know the final solution but I do know that the Vega engines were
> produced at Tonawanda Engine, not far from where I lived at the time.
> Several family members worked at the factory & my Uncle's neighbor was an
> Engineer at the facility. He stated that the issue was piston skirt wear and
> that GM actually solved the problem before selling to Mercedes. I know that
> GM re-designed the pistons but I don't remember what was actually done or my
> Uncle's neighbor did not go into that much detail. Remember, this was 30
> years ago.
>
> By the time GM solved the wear issue, too much damage had been done to the
> brand and GM could not recover. The first MB engine produce with this
> technology was the 380, used in the late 80's & early 90's SL's. Too bad the
> early 380's had single row timing chains. At the same time, independent
> shops started rebuilding out of warranty Vega engines with pressed in iron
> sleeves. I don't believe the sleeve was a GM design but I could be wrong.
>
> The Vega was actually a great daily driver and the body held up better than
> anything Ford put out in the 70's. South of Buffalo NY, where I lived, is
> the absolute worse place to own a car & the 2 worse cars to own in the 70's
> were AMC and Ford (in that order). I've seen 3 year old Ford LTD's with
> holes in the fenders large enough to drop a soft ball through. A high school
> buddy's Ford wagon actually sagged in the middle on the way home from school
> one day. It was so bad that the doors would not open! The wagon was right at
> 5 years old.
>
> GM also screwed the US diesel market with their Olds based diesel. This was
> also a good engine by 1981 but just like the Vega, too much damage had been
> done to the brand and GM could not recover. But the damage caused by GM's
> diesel screw-up was much further reaching than the Vega screw-up. They hurt
> the entire diesel car market, including Mercedes, which is why you see few
> Mercedes diesels around from the mid-80's on. No-one in this country but die
> hard diesel fans wanted a diesel from anyone by the time the air cleared
> around GM's disaster.
>
> I owned a 1981 Pontiac Bonniville with the Olds diesel & it was a wonderful
> car. I trashed the engine at 155,000 miles. I had replaced both radiator
> hoses & did not properly tighten the bottom radiator clamp. The hose slipped
> off about 2 weeks later & before I realized what was going on the engine was
> toast. My only complaint was that the filter would suddenly plug and when it
> did, you had very little power. Also, the filter was outrageously expensive.
> I used to keep a spare & a set of wrenches in the trunk.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>  
>
> -Original Message-
> From: archer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:58 PM
> To: Tom Hargrave
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Aluminum
>
> RLE points out:
> "That very same Reynolds Aluminum alloy was used in the Porsche 944, 968 and
>
> 928 not to mention Mercedes V-8s and the M112 V-6 in my C320.  And the 
> blocks last nearly forever unless neglected by the owner."
>
> What was the piston skirt solution used in those engines; pistons made of 
> the same high silicon alloy?
> Gerry
>
> -
>   
>> From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> The issue with the Vega was that the piston skirts would not hold up
>> against the much harder exposed silicone. The skirts would wear to the
>> point where the pistons would actually rock in the bores and when bad
>> enough, would score the cylinder walls. Some were bored out and had iron
>> sleeves pressed in. The softer iron was much easier on the piston
>> skirts. This turned out to be an expensive lesson on mismatched
>> materials.
>> Thanks, Tom
>> 256-656-1924
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
>> Sent: 9/28/07 9:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Aluminum
>>
>> 
>>> < wrote: GM built a small
>>>   
>> car;
>> 
>>> I
>>> forget its name; which had aluminum blocks/heads made of high silicon
>>> aluminum IIRC. The high silicon aluminum cylinder walls were supposed
>>>   
>> to
>> 
>>> wear well
>>> but they didn't.>>
>>>   
>>> <>
>>>   
>> The Vega's design fault was inadequate cooling, certainly not the
>> Reynolds
>> alloy the block was cast in. 

[MBZ] Does it work?

[Craig McCluskey]

Yeah, I know, I flunked, but I wanted to find out anyway.


Craig

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[MBZ] The wierdest seals I ever saw ...

[Craig McCluskey]

Passed up a pair of seals at the local NAPA, made by Chicago Rawhide,
which is owned by SKF, because they didn't look like the ones I had gotten
earlier from Rusty.

Today I got these from Rusty. Interesting concept, to seal the seal to the
backing plate as well as to the large part of the stub axle. But one
cannot use a flat seal driver as is shown in the factory service manual,
since that will press on the raised rubber lip and bend the flat metal
portion of the seal, just as I have already done.


Craig
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel values still inflated?

[archer]

Thanks for the explanation of EBay, Ernest, I might try that.  Hemmings is a 
(monthly?) very fat magazine with hundreds, maybe thousands of classified 
type ads of cars for sale as well as larger ads for used car parts of all 
kinds.  It's been around for years.  Usually the best place to find it is in 
bookstores, newsstands, etc.  Occasionally supermarkets will have them.
Gerry

- Original Message - 
From: "ernest breakfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> hi Gerry!
>while there might be some hanky-panky on eBay, it's mostly with
> unscrupulous sellers. you're not likely to be exposed to much risk if
> you're the seller; you advertise what you've got (lots of good pictures
> seems to make a big difference), set what you want as a minimum for it
> and pick whatever payment method(s) and terms you feel comfortable with
> and are willing to accept. answer whatever questions you get along the
> way (if you feel like it), and wait for the second-highest bidder to set
> your selling price.
>
>i don't know anything about Hemmings.
>
>
> cheers!
> e
>
>
> archer wrote:
>> Thanks, Ernest.  I don't like the idea of selling it on EBay; too much
>> hanky-panky.  What about Hemmings?  I pick up a copy at a newsstand once 
>> in
>> a while to see what the 240Ds are selling for.  I haven't seen one listed
>> for quite a while.
>> Gerry
>> -
>>
>>> i'm in California, but if you're looking for max money for your wifes
>>> rig, i'd suggest eBay; it's everywhere, and the guy who's going to pay
>>> the most could be anywhere. want a vacation out of it? work out a deal
>>> for delivery...!   ;-)
>>>
>>>i know guys who do what you're talking about with BMW motorcycles;
>>> those old boxers seem to be more prized in San Francisco that just about
>>> anywhere else. these guys go to places like AZ and buy a trailer-full of
>>> them and bring 'em back to SF; it's not making them rich, but it more
>>> than pays for their trips and leaves their pockets relatively well 
>>> lined.
>>> cheers!
>>> e
>>>
 --
 Where are you located?  I've thought of driving my wifes car to a buyer
 in
 some place in the country where prices are high and then travelling to
 another part of the country where I can pick up a 190D by 
 pre-arrangement
 at
 a reasonable price that will make it back to Florida.  I like to 
 travel,
 so
 this would be part recreation.  My wifes stick shift, 160K, rustfree,
 '83,
 240D is so perfect inside and out it's nearly impossible to describe.
 Gerry Archer
 '83 300D and 240D

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Re: [MBZ] Gear Indicator Light - 1991 300D 2.5T W124

[LarryT]

Thx Peter,
Finally got around to the bulb - removed the screw under the front edge 
of the carpet and got that out of the way.  Removed the trim around the 
shift indicator and was able to wiggle the wood piece back and rotate it 
upward to reveal the leading edge of the gearchange indicator.  There's a 
couple of wires that disappear into the front edge - pulled them out to 
expose a light bulb socket - after much wasted time trying to remove a 
non-existant cover -- Duh..  The socket contained a little Grain of Rice 
bulb which looked bad.  Retreived a replacement from my toolbox and Viola' 
we now have  light on the gearchange thingies.  ;-)Spent some time 
cleaning things as I put it all back together and was all done in less that 
40 min or so.

Thanks for the guidelines - could find absolutely *nothing* about this 
bulb in the WSM.  Of course, since the WSM is written for pro mechanics I 
guess that's understandable.  While it was intuitive once I was close, I 
prefer to start with a *little* info --

Later --

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gear Indicator Light - 1991 300D 2.5T W124


> Under the console cover, if it's like the '87 W124, just lift the
> carped in the console "bin" and remove screw, then lift up on the
> bracket (don't pull on the trim panel, you can rip the bracket off).
> The mirror switch and fader come up with the panel.
>
> Bulb is a tiny baseless type, take it with you when looking for a
> replacement.  Same one as the headlight switch and vent control knobs.
>
> Peter
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel values still inflated?

[ernest breakfield]

hi Gerry!

while there might be some hanky-panky on eBay, it's mostly with 
unscrupulous sellers. you're not likely to be exposed to much risk if 
you're the seller; you advertise what you've got (lots of good pictures 
seems to make a big difference), set what you want as a minimum for it 
and pick whatever payment method(s) and terms you feel comfortable with 
and are willing to accept. answer whatever questions you get along the 
way (if you feel like it), and wait for the second-highest bidder to set 
your selling price.

i don't know anything about Hemmings.


cheers!
e


archer wrote:
> Thanks, Ernest.  I don't like the idea of selling it on EBay; too much 
> hanky-panky.  What about Hemmings?  I pick up a copy at a newsstand once in 
> a while to see what the 240Ds are selling for.  I haven't seen one listed 
> for quite a while.
> Gerry
> -
>   
>> i'm in California, but if you're looking for max money for your wifes
>> rig, i'd suggest eBay; it's everywhere, and the guy who's going to pay
>> the most could be anywhere. want a vacation out of it? work out a deal
>> for delivery...!   ;-)
>>
>>i know guys who do what you're talking about with BMW motorcycles;
>> those old boxers seem to be more prized in San Francisco that just about
>> anywhere else. these guys go to places like AZ and buy a trailer-full of
>> them and bring 'em back to SF; it's not making them rich, but it more
>> than pays for their trips and leaves their pockets relatively well lined.
>> cheers!
>> e
>> 
>>> --
>>> Where are you located?  I've thought of driving my wifes car to a buyer 
>>> in
>>> some place in the country where prices are high and then travelling to
>>> another part of the country where I can pick up a 190D by pre-arrangement 
>>> at
>>> a reasonable price that will make it back to Florida.  I like to travel, 
>>> so
>>> this would be part recreation.  My wifes stick shift, 160K, rustfree, 
>>> '83,
>>> 240D is so perfect inside and out it's nearly impossible to describe.
>>> Gerry Archer
>>> '83 300D and 240D
>>>   
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] '79 G wagen euro

[R A Bennell]

I used to consider putting Harley badges on my old Goldwing. Half the folks on 
the street couldn't tell the
difference. I was going to tell them it was a new flat 4 water cooled Harley. I 
was afraid it might be vandalized
in parking lots or I would have just for fun.

Randy

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:01 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '79 G wagen euro


On 10/3/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Theres a 240GD that shows up on Boston Craigslist a couple times a year. Nice 
> shape but he's looking for
something like $20k.
> 240, got to be slooow.
>

I can see the ad copy now.  "0 to 60 in fifteen minutes... up a 45
degree slope!"

The last time I went to Harbor Freight there was an old Dodge Raider
or Mitsubishi Montero in the parking lot with the badges removed and a
big Benz star on the grill.  Fooled me for a second.

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.



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Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Jargon: Request for clarification/translation

[John Robbins]

R A Bennell wrote:
> Well, don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia either.

This is true, but probably has a higher signal to noise ratio than doing 
the same search on Google. ;)


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Re: [MBZ] '79 G wagen euro

[Alex Chamberlain]

On 10/3/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Theres a 240GD that shows up on Boston Craigslist a couple times a year. Nice 
> shape but he's looking for something like $20k.
> 240, got to be slooow.
>

I can see the ad copy now.  "0 to 60 in fifteen minutes... up a 45
degree slope!"

The last time I went to Harbor Freight there was an old Dodge Raider
or Mitsubishi Montero in the parking lot with the badges removed and a
big Benz star on the grill.  Fooled me for a second.

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.

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Re: [MBZ] Heater valve W124

[Alex Chamberlain]

On 10/2/07, Peter Merle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of my dual heater electrical valves has stuck open on my W124
> resulting in a permanent supply of hot air in the car. Are there repair
> kits available for this from Bosch /elsewhere?
> Peter

A 124 with manual climate control?  Be still my heart!

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.

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Re: [MBZ] Fuel Tank Vent?

[R A Bennell]

Are you sure it is the same size? I have a length of new injector return hose 
and could use some of it. I don't
want to remove the old stuff and then find out it is not the correct size as I 
might not be able to put the
original back in place temporarily.

Randy

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fuel Tank Vent?


It's the same stuff.

The expansion tank is inside the trunk, and the vent itself (on a W115
chassis) is hidden by the rear bumper on the right side.

On the W123 chassis, there is another hose that comes down to a flared
rubber valve fitting near the rear axle.

Peter


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Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Jargon: Request for clarification/translation

[R A Bennell]

Well, don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia either.

Randy

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clarification/translation


R A Bennell wrote:
> So fill us in. What is the origin of the word??
> 

Search for it on Wikipedia.  Has a pretty good article about it there.



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Re: [MBZ] Road Trip

[R A Bennell]

Not at all. I have it on my computer at work as the background as well.

Randy

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Hope you don't mind, but I just snagged your pic to use and the new
wallpaper on my notebook computer.

On 10/2/07, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Our cottage is on Lake of the Woods at Sioux Narrows and I am in Winnipeg.
> It is a 3 to 3 1/2 hour run at highway
> speeds to the cottage. I have now done this trip 10 times since some time
> in May of this year. The first 9 trips
> were with my pickup as I was always hauling something out to the cottage.
> Saturday, I went for the 10th time and
> took my 76 300D. No problems whatsoever. First time I have had it out of
> the city for anything more than about 25
> miles since last fall. Must have done quite well on fuel as well given
> that I went out and back and the low fuel
> light has not yet lit up. Won't know exactly until I fill up next time.
> Had one close encounter with Bambi. Good
> thing the brakes work well. I left Sioux Narrows about 6 PM headed north
> to Kenora and then west to Winnipeg. About
> 10 miles out, a doe ran accross in front of me and I hammered the brakes
> as where there is one deer, there is often
> two or more. A smaller one then ran out onto the road as well. I must have
> frightened it, as it stumbled and almost
> fell. I would guess I missed it by 20 feet or so. I was only doing about
> 50 mph when I saw the first one so I would
> have slowed a lot by the time the second one came accross. It was still
> daylight at that time.
>
> >From Kenora west into Manitoba the deer were thick along the edge of the
> road. Many just grazing at the edge of the
> pavement seemingly oblivious to the traffic going by. I ran 50 or 60 miles
> at least, at about 40 mph as it was
> getting quite dark and I kept seeing deer on the edge of the road and in
> the ditches. Many people do not seem to
> care and just roar by at 60+. 3/4 ton 4X4's seem to think they are
> invincible.
>
> Needless to say it was a bit of a long trip. I left the cottage at 6 and
> did not get home until about 9:30. It is
> about 180 miles. Getting too old to enjoy driving in the dark. Like one
> endless tunnel.
>
> Can say the car ran very nicely. Turned on the heat and just about roasted
> myself. Had to turn it almost off.
>
> Photo attached was taken off the end of our dock on October 1 at a little
> after 8 AM. (Assuming the photo gets
> through Kaleb)
>
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Re: [MBZ] Think I stained my shorts

[Robert Rentfro]

Uum.arm candy

Bob R

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It would be a tail wagon.  On the rare sunny day in Seattle I could  
cruise the junior colleges and troll for arm candy


clay

On 2 Oct 2007, at 16:13, Robert Rentfro wrote:

> Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
>  I'd drive that ALL DAY.
>
> Bob R.
>
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> Very nice but a collector's car rather than a daily driver unless  
> one is
> much more of an eccentric than even most
> of us are. Nice to look at but I don't think I want one.
>
> Randy
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> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/437899194.html
>
> All I can say is WOW!  This is a beauty.
>
>
>
>
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> 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
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[MBZ] More on that 87 wagon

[Rich Thomas]

Just found this dealer's web site -- looks like he has some nice stuff, 
and the wagon looks good.

http://www.ronniejacksonmercedes.com/Inventory2007.html

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Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Jargon: Request for clarification/translation

[John Robbins]

R A Bennell wrote:
> So fill us in. What is the origin of the word??
> 

Search for it on Wikipedia.  Has a pretty good article about it there.



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[MBZ] 87 300 turbodiesel wagon

[Rich Thomas]

auto, blue w/pal. $7500 713.529.2014

Houston paper again this week.  Looks like this dealer.  Not far from me 
if anyone wants a lookie.

Ronnie Jackson Mercedes 

221 Tuam St
Houston, TX
(713) 529-2014

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Re: [MBZ] Heater valve W124

[OK Don]

Call Rusty -- "For new parts see official list sponsor:
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On 10/3/07, Peter Merle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of my dual heater electrical valves has stuck open on my W124
> resulting in a permanent supply of hot air in the car. Are there repair
> kits available for this from Bosch /elsewhere?
> Peter

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Re: [MBZ] '79 G wagen euro

[Curt Raymond]

Theres a 240GD that shows up on Boston Craigslist a couple times a year. Nice 
shape but he's looking for something like $20k.
240, got to be slooow.

-Curt

Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:43:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] '79 G wagen euro
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I drive by this lot every day, Chris has had this thing forever. A
couple years at least

Ed

On 10/1/07, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can this have an Indiana title?  Old enough to be exempt?  Looks
> like a fun toy but pretty expensive.
>
> http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/car/431773336.html
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Re: [MBZ] w109 seals

[LarryT]

I have some parts someone might need - they are felt pieces with a small 
chrome strip that go around the window openings.  I think I have 8-10 pieces 
so let me know how many you need. The nes I have fit W108, 109 and 111 IIRC.
$5. ea

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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:38 PM
Subject: [MBZ] w109 seals


> Hi Rusty
> require   all 4door seals for the 300sel  and also
> the chrome Side mouldings for both sides . 4 pieces per side.
>
> Please Do let me know if available.
> mak
>
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[MBZ] Bosch Injector Testing tool

[Peter Merle]

I have just bought a Bosch injector tester after the the Chinese one I
was conned into buying packed up after 3 years. Now the handbook
indicates that you should use the calibration fluid with a reference or
test injector but that you can use "pure diesel" for nozzle checking. Is
there any advantage in using the calibration fluid ? Is it perhaps less
aggressive on the internal seals of the pump?
PEter 

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