date:20100719


archer wrote:

Hi Gerry,
Do you or anyone have a URL for getting a tech a/c certificate online?


I forget who I bought mine from, it was $15-20 online.
Here's a list for you:
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/technicians/609certs.html

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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt


Curt Raymond wrote:

Love it, they do get some money for those huh?


And with the old non turbo 1.6L, they make a 240D look fast.
I'd want to drop a late 1980s turbo Jetta engine in it if it were mine.
(therefore I'd be looking to buy one with a blown head gasket for scrap prices)

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] where to buy R12

2010-07-19 Thread archer


Thanks, Mitch.
Gerry  
---

From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net

I forget who I bought mine from, it was $15-20 online.
Here's a list for you:
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/technicians/609certs.html



archer wrote:

Hi Gerry,
Do you or anyone have a URL for getting a tech a/c certificate online?



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Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] where to buy R12

2010-07-19 Thread archer


Thanks, Dave.
Gerry
--
- Original Message - 
From: Dave Cavner w123wa...@gmail.com

http://www.google.com/search?q=609+certification
I think the best (recent) price I've seen is $12 but don't recall where. 
If I find it, I'll post it.

Dave



archer wrote:

Hi Gerry,
Do you or anyone have a URL for getting a tech a/c certificate online?
Thanks,
Gerry Archer
'83 300D and 240D



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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems

2010-07-19 Thread Allan Streib

Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

 I then set the machine to charge in 4.25 lbs, which it does just fine.
 After charged I start the truck and turn on the AC.

I always thought you were supposed to charge with the car and AC
running.

Allan
-- 
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Re: [MBZ] Harbor Freight Ads

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com wrote:

 Is it just me, or just this area (Southern California), or does every
 publication, including the local paper, have a Harbor Freight ad?


I think they are advertising very aggressively nationwide.  Makes sense
considering the economic climate is pushing a lot of people to DIY on home
and car repairs.  Business is booming for NAPA, Autozone, etc. as well for
the same reason.

Every HF ad I've seen in the past few months has had a 20% off any one
item coupon at the top, which is nice if you want to buy anything large
like a welder or drill press (both things I have bought from them recently
and been pleased with for the price).

Alex
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Re: [MBZ] Dogs and Engine Signatures

DBV wrote:
 DBV, information minister

Day-um - we have DBT here.
Since when did they let stuff like DBV in to okiebenz?
Good to see you here.
When we gonna do OH? - you begin school soon?
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Dogs and Engine Signatures

DBV wrote:
 So, the logical conclusion is that dogs can pick out individual engine sound 
 signatures, and that even identical makes and models don't fool them.  Very 
 interesting, I thought.


This happens with birds also.
At lunch, my son comes home from accross the street, picks the mail
from the mailbox and walks in the door for lunch.  Ingrid (budgie)
starts to chirp when she sees him at the mailbox - really interesting.
 She is his bird, hand raised, very friendly - except she poops
anywhere.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Dogs and Engine Signatures

2010-07-19 Thread Rich Thomas

That is funny. My daughter at one time had a guinea pig, they are nice
little pets but don't do a lot. This one I would feed kitchen veggie
scraps to, so it got to see me as the source of awesome treats. I could
be gone traveling for a week, walk in the front door, and thing would
start in weep weep weep really loudly. Wife and kids were amazed, it
never made noise like that for anyone else. How it knew it was me, just
by hearing me come in, without even saying anything, was a mystery.

--R

On 7/18/2010 9:09 PM, Van Knutson wrote:

Kevin Kraly wrote:

If I still had a Diesel Mercedes, I would try to get him to recognize the
sound too.

Our Poodle Jacques used to hear my 300D coming a full 30 seconds before I'd
arrive home. Alas, he's nearly 16 now and doesn't hear much of anything these
days.

Tom

I watched a newsmagazine segment about this subject. A man who owned a 95 (?) Jeep Cherokee and had two scotties (this was about 10 yrs ago). A camera crew was inside his house, and when his Jeep was still about a block away, the scotties ran to the door and waited.

The crew then borrowed two Cherokees of the same year, make and model from a local dealer and drove those Jeeps down the street. Neither scottie budged from their beds.

So, the logical conclusion is that dogs can pick out individual engine sound signatures, and that even identical makes and models don't fool them. Very interesting, I thought.

DBV, information minister

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Re: [MBZ] Dogs and Engine Signatures


Mountain Man wrote:

DBV wrote:

DBV, information minister


Day-um - we have DBT here.


It's Doobie Brothers time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_9I3awuu0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjeq8WEb8IM

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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:

 http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1849867145.html


If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of these:

*http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge
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[MBZ] the 300E has been sold

2010-07-19 Thread Wonko the Sane

Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

2010-07-19 Thread Bob Rentfro

Sell it locally? I always thought it sad when i'd sell a car in town and
then see it periodically (my '63 Falcon for example).

Bob R

On Jul 19, 2010 10:56 AM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote:

Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

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Re: [MBZ] Harbor Freight Ads

2010-07-19 Thread SteveB

I bought A/C gauges yesterday for $29.95 with a internet ad from HF and the
manager did not look happy to see the price I brought in. There is no way to
make a gauge set like that for that price without the China gov't
help. There is just too much labor and material to go into a set like that.

Steve

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:

 On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com wrote:

  Is it just me, or just this area (Southern California), or does every
  publication, including the local paper, have a Harbor Freight ad?
 
 
 I think they are advertising very aggressively nationwide.  Makes sense
 considering the economic climate is pushing a lot of people to DIY on home
 and car repairs.  Business is booming for NAPA, Autozone, etc. as well for
 the same reason.

 Every HF ad I've seen in the past few months has had a 20% off any one
 item coupon at the top, which is nice if you want to buy anything large
 like a welder or drill press (both things I have bought from them recently
 and been pleased with for the price).

 Alex
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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt

Alex wrote:
 If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of these:

 *http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge

An early king-cab mini-pick-up.
Nice.
mao

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.comwrote:

 Alex wrote:
  If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of these:
 
  *http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge

 An early king-cab mini-pick-up.
 Nice.


Mini in size, perhaps, but not in payload.  Vanagons have ridiculously
heavy-duty suspensions and resulting high weight capacities.  You could
probably put a brace of OM617s in the bed of that thing without making it
appreciably slower.

Alex
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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

2010-07-19 Thread Wonko the Sane

Sold locally, but will be going to Ames (45 minutes east).

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sell it locally? I always thought it sad when i'd sell a car in town and
 then see it periodically (my '63 Falcon for example).

 Bob R

 On Jul 19, 2010 10:56 AM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote:

 Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

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[MBZ] Diesel Knocking

2010-07-19 Thread John Ingram


List-
I have a 83 240D (266K). Lately the engine has been giving off a  
crackling, knocking sound at low and medium throttle.  It is the kind  
of knocking sound you get from a gas engine when the octane is too  
low.  I've tried getting fuel from different stations and have used  
additive, no difference.  I thought I had water in the fuel but it  
didn't change with the next fill up.

Any ideas as to what it could be?
Temps have been in the 90s here in Maryland for the past month.
Thanks,
John Ingram

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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt

Alex wrote:
 Mini in size, perhaps, but not in payload.  Vanagons have ridiculously
 heavy-duty suspensions and resulting high weight capacities.  You could
 probably put a brace of OM617s in the bed of that thing without making it
 appreciably slower.

Where's that cash for klunkers program.
I need to trade my 240D for a 1.6 liter.
I guess that price seems high, but I bet he gets that for this baby.
I don't like feedback rate of (1) but how to beat that... dunno.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

Congrats --

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sold locally, but will be going to Ames (45 minutes east).

 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote:

  Sell it locally? I always thought it sad when i'd sell a car in town and
  then see it periodically (my '63 Falcon for example).
 
  Bob R
 
  On Jul 19, 2010 10:56 AM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.
 
  --
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-- 
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking

2010-07-19 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr

Have you used diesel Purge?
How about an Italian tune up? I find with mine, when I have been driving it
around town, I need to take it out on the highway and push it until temp
gauge rises a bit. Since you reach full throttle pretty easily in a  240D,
it's  not too hard to do. 

Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.  
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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On Behalf Of John Ingram
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:14 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking

List-
I have a 83 240D (266K). Lately the engine has been giving off a  
crackling, knocking sound at low and medium throttle.  It is the kind  
of knocking sound you get from a gas engine when the octane is too  
low.  I've tried getting fuel from different stations and have used  
additive, no difference.  I thought I had water in the fuel but it  
didn't change with the next fill up.
Any ideas as to what it could be?
Temps have been in the 90s here in Maryland for the past month.
Thanks,
John Ingram

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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking

2010-07-19 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310

Doesn't a bad spray pattern from an injection nozzle cause this problem? If
so, either (or both) the Diesel purge and/or the Italian tune-up would be
the first choice, then having the injectors rebuilt.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Dwight E. Giles, Jr degco...@cox.netwrote:

 Have you used diesel Purge?
 How about an Italian tune up? I find with mine, when I have been driving it
 around town, I need to take it out on the highway and push it until temp
 gauge rises a bit. Since you reach full throttle pretty easily in a  240D,
 it's  not too hard to do.

 Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.
 1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
 Wickford, RI
  -Original Message-
 From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
 On Behalf Of John Ingram
 Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:14 PM
 To: New MBZ List
 Subject: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking

 List-
 I have a 83 240D (266K). Lately the engine has been giving off a
 crackling, knocking sound at low and medium throttle.  It is the kind
 of knocking sound you get from a gas engine when the octane is too
 low.  I've tried getting fuel from different stations and have used
 additive, no difference.  I thought I had water in the fuel but it
 didn't change with the next fill up.
 Any ideas as to what it could be?
 Temps have been in the 90s here in Maryland for the past month.
 Thanks,
 John Ingram

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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking

2010-07-19 Thread Dieselhead

First, Isolate the problem cylinder by cracking one injector line at 
the nozzle holder, one at a time.  If you wrap a rag around the line, 
that will reduce the chance of getting a Diesel fuel shower when you 
open the line.  THe cylinder you work on will miss, but if the knock 
goes away, that is the offending cylinder.


Once you have identified the offending cylinder, the next step is to 
pull the nozzle and holder, and the seal, and in dusk conditions, 
look inside the hole of the prechamber to see it the ball is there. 
It is about 5/16 dia held in place by an rod that is about 1/8 inch 
dia and splits around the ball to hold it.  IF the ball is missing, 
then you need to replace the prechamber.  It takes a special tool to 
remove the ring and a special puller.


Then take the nozzle and holder to a shop that has a nozzle tester to 
get it checked.  It probably is a dribbler.  Is so, all 4 nozzles 
need to be replaced, and the set recalibrated and tested.  Look under 
Diesel fuel Injection in the yellow pages for a good shop.   The 
dribbler will take out the prechamber ball.  If you need a new set, 
Rusty can sell you a new set, recalibrated, and you can put them in 
yourself.


BE SURE TO PUT IN A NEW SEAL UNDER ANY INJECTOR YOU REMOVE!!  IT IS A 
METAL SEAL.


The injection shop should have them or you can buy them from Rusty. 
800 741 5252



Carbon can cause knocking also, but the carbon is usually the after 
affect of another problem.  A long hard highway drive can clear out 
carbon.


Good luck!



List-
I have a 83 240D (266K). Lately the engine has been giving off a 
crackling, knocking sound at low and medium throttle.  It is the 
kind of knocking sound you get from a gas engine when the octane is 
too low.  I've tried getting fuel from different stations and have 
used additive, no difference.  I thought I had water in the fuel but 
it didn't change with the next fill up.

Any ideas as to what it could be?
Temps have been in the 90s here in Maryland for the past month.
Thanks,
John Ingram

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

When I was young, many of our family cars were sold to local junk yard,
and I'd stop by to pay respects when looking for parts.  We sold one car
to the mail man who used it for rural delivery ('72 T-bird with 429
Cleveland) and added another 50k or 75k miles to it. 

-Max
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Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

Sell it locally? I always thought it sad when i'd sell a car in town and
then see it periodically (my '63 Falcon for example).

Bob R

On Jul 19, 2010 10:56 AM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote:

Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,
53310 meade.m.dil...@navy.mil wrote:

 When I was young, many of our family cars were sold to local junk yard,
 and I'd stop by to pay respects when looking for parts.  We sold one car
 to the mail man who used it for rural delivery ('72 T-bird with 429
 Cleveland) and added another 50k or 75k miles to it.


A mail delivery vehicle with a 429?  I guess gas was a little cheaper
then... ;)

Did he modify it for right-hand drive?  Out in the boonies where I live, I
have noticed that some of the rural carriers have factory RHD vehicles
(mostly Jeeps, but also some Subarus), but most have what seem to be
ingenious homemade conversions using bicycle sprockets and a chain to turn
the steering wheel.

Alex
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Re: [MBZ] Harbor Freight Ads

2010-07-19 Thread Rich Thomas


http://www.harborfreight22.com/r2/r4.asp?r=10567_51333i=Q30241A02H025;

A new email ad was about 3 msgs below SteveB's

--R

On 7/19/2010 2:06 PM, SteveB wrote:

I bought A/C gauges yesterday for $29.95 with a internet ad from HF and the
manager did not look happy to see the price I brought in. There is no way to
make a gauge set like that for that price without the China gov't
help. There is just too much labor and material to go into a set like that.

Steve

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:

   

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Jerry Herrmanjer...@san.rr.com  wrote:

 

Is it just me, or just this area (Southern California), or does every
publication, including the local paper, have a Harbor Freight ad?


   

I think they are advertising very aggressively nationwide.  Makes sense
considering the economic climate is pushing a lot of people to DIY on home
and car repairs.  Business is booming for NAPA, Autozone, etc. as well for
the same reason.

Every HF ad I've seen in the past few months has had a 20% off any one
item coupon at the top, which is nice if you want to buy anything large
like a welder or drill press (both things I have bought from them recently
and been pleased with for the price).

Alex
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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold


Alex Chamberlain wrote

Did he modify it for right-hand drive?  Out in the boonies where I live, I
have noticed that some of the rural carriers have factory RHD vehicles
(mostly Jeeps, but also some Subarus), but most have what seem to be
ingenious homemade conversions using bicycle sprockets and a chain to turn
the steering wheel.



Around here they drive Explorers, Cherokees, and Trailblazers (except my current 
carrier has a new non-Hybrid Chevy extended cab pickup) and they sit on the 
right, driving with left foot and left hand. If I were making my own vehicle for 
that sort of duty, I'd do a series hybrid with a 15hp Kubota/Cub Cadet diesel 
and hub motors in all four wheels. One of those domestic market RHD Japanese 
mini trucks would be a good chassis for it.


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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt

2010-07-19 Thread Curt Raymond

They don't give those away either...

I got to drive a '65 single cab VW pickup some years ago. Not a bad around town 
kind of ride. Good lockable storage under the bed too. Max speed ~60mph but it 
was comfortable around 50.

-Curt

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:26:12 -0700
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 http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1849867145.html

If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of these:

*http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge

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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems


no, not when using a machine.

Allan Streib wrote:

Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

  

I then set the machine to charge in 4.25 lbs, which it does just fine.
After charged I start the truck and turn on the AC.



I always thought you were supposed to charge with the car and AC
running.

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold


so who bought it?  What was the price?

Wonko the Sane wrote:

Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

  




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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Knocking


have you checked the chain stretch?

John Ingram wrote:

List-
I have a 83 240D (266K). Lately the engine has been giving off a 
crackling, knocking sound at low and medium throttle.  It is the kind 
of knocking sound you get from a gas engine when the octane is too 
low.  I've tried getting fuel from different stations and have used 
additive, no difference.  I thought I had water in the fuel but it 
didn't change with the next fill up.

Any ideas as to what it could be?
Temps have been in the 90s here in Maryland for the past month.
Thanks,
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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold


So Loren bought it.

Wonko the Sane wrote:

Sold locally, but will be going to Ames (45 minutes east).

  


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[MBZ] German Speed Bump




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[MBZ] VW Diesel trucks

2010-07-19 Thread Dan Weeks



On Jul 19, 2010, at 2:06 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote:



http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1849867145.html


If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of  
these:


*http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge
*


I've had both. The rabbit diesel truck was one of the worst vehicles  
ever--HORRIBLY noisy, and too small in cab or bed to be useful. Cab  
was tiny. Had a diesel Jetta that was much better--a nice little car.


Had a turbodiesel vanagon westy that I loved. 27 mpg at 65, and  
adequate power, surprisingly enough, mostly due to the flat turbo  
torque curve and a well-matched wide ratio 4-speed. You're right about  
payload--they were rated for a ton but would carry considerably more  
with grace. I once drove 800 miles with probably 3,000 lbs in mine,  
and it rode, handled, and drove just fine, albeit several inches  
lower. LOADS of suspension travel, very good off road.  Because of the  
chassis configuration, it was easy to load them level, and maintain a  
50/50 weight distribution.


I now have a toyota previa. MUCH more reliable, twice as powerful, and  
a very decent vehicle in its own right, but much smaller and won't  
handle anywhere near the weight or bulk that the vanagon would, and  
rides worse, empty or full. The vanagon doka (for DOuble KAb) truck  
is much sought after, but I never wanted one, because the bed is so  
small and high. Half the advantage of the vanagon van was the low  
entry hight of the side door and the very high roof. Tremendous  
capacity.


Dan


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Re: [MBZ] German Speed Bump

Excellent!

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold

2010-07-19 Thread Wonko the Sane

Sold to a couple in Jefferson who will be passing it along to their son in
Ames, who will supposedly reimburse them.

I had a very nice stack of hundred dollar bills counted out to me in the
garage over the lunch hour -- that is all I care about. I have the cash,
they have the 300E and the title, and my bill of sale said as is, no
implied warranty etc.

Considering what I spent on the Quantum and the 300E (purchase and repairs),
I am somewhere breaking even and a $250 profit.

Sale of the 300E covered about 50% purchase price for the '98 LeSabre.

D.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:

 so who bought it?  What was the price?

 Wonko the Sane wrote:

 Both buyer and seller seemed to be happy with the negotiated price.

  


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[MBZ] 107 soft top?

'82 380SL - How much is a new soft top? Anyone have an extra hard top?
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/1851426856.html

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Re: [MBZ] 107 soft top?

2010-07-19 Thread buymbparts


Call me tomorrow.



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Subject: [MBZ] 107 soft top?

'82 380SL - How much is a new soft top? Anyone have an extra hard top?
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/1851426856.html

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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems

2010-07-19 Thread Allan Streib

Whenever I've had my cars charged at a local shop they use a machine and
they have the car running... maybe there are different kinds of machines?

Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

 no, not when using a machine.

 Allan Streib wrote:
 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

   
 I then set the machine to charge in 4.25 lbs, which it does just fine.
 After charged I start the truck and turn on the AC.
 

 I always thought you were supposed to charge with the car and AC
 running.

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Re: [MBZ] New truck for Wonko or Curt

2010-07-19 Thread Allan Streib

Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:

 Mini in size, perhaps, but not in payload.  Vanagons have ridiculously
 heavy-duty suspensions and resulting high weight capacities.  You could
 probably put a brace of OM617s in the bed of that thing without making it
 appreciably slower.

If it got appreciably slower, it wouldn't be moving.

Vanagons are not speed demons to start with.  About 75 MPH or so and
you're getting close to red-line with the Waterboxer engine.  The
diesels are slower than that.  If you try to drive a diesel vanagon and
keep up with today's traffic you'll blow up the engine in a few 10Ks of
miles.  VW diesels are not Mercedes.

Allan
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Re: [MBZ] 107 soft top?

2010-07-19 Thread Jaime Kopchinski

I was just quoted $1150, installed with a few new seals, for my 85
380SL.  Thats for a german style roof from GAHH.

Jaime

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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems

2010-07-19 Thread Peter Frederick

You only need to have the engine running if charging from cans, as  
it's impossible to drive the freon in with a can and a hose, you have  
to use the compressor to get it into the system.  From a large can or  
with a pump on a recovery system, you can push liquid in by weight,  
no need to have the compressor running.


Kaleb:

Verify that you are charging in lbs and not kg..  If you are  
stalling out the compressor, it sounds to me as if you have a totally  
liquid filled high side, which would not surprise me if you are  
charging 2.2 times as much as you think you are!


It might be better to charge from cans in this case, or at least with  
the engine running and the gauge set installed so you can watch the  
pressures.  At 1500 rpm, all fans going full blast, and the windows  
open, you should get 40 or so lbs pressure low side (35F on the  
scale, whatever the pressure required to get it) and 350-375 high  
side, maybe a bit more if its like 95 outside.


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] 107 soft top?

2010-07-19 Thread Dieselhead

Rusty has tops for you.  My daughter may sell you her hard top.  It 
is black.  It has some imperfections in the paint.




'82 380SL - How much is a new soft top? Anyone have an extra hard top?
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[MBZ] And I thought he was dead....

2010-07-19 Thread LWB250

Questionable advice, but then again


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/07/19/behar.larry.hagman.intv.hln?hpt=T2

Dan


  


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[MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?


Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard?

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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Peter Frederick


Kalib.



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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread E M

It's not the quantity, it's the quality, like all things in life. ;-) hee
hee

Ed
300E

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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Dieselhead


That picture ain't Kleb's place.

But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know.  I 
was up to 14 or so counting hulks a few years ago, but now not so 
many.




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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Bob Rentfro

I have 0 in the yard, 1 in the garage...and 1 that is in service.

Bob RI winneth not.

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 That picture ain't Kleb's place.

 But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know.  I was up
 to 14 or so counting hulks a few years ago, but now not so many.


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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Craig McCluskey

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:07:43 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:

 That picture ain't Kleb's place.

You're right, http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o gives some place in Michigan
about 7 miles southwest of Lansing (Mitch's? :-) ). That's because the
address given to Google Maps is

24637 S Wells Ranch Rd 74019

If, however, you put a comma in it, like,

24637 S Wells Ranch Rd, 74019

the marker will end up about 500' south of Kaleb's place.


 But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know.  I 
 was up to 14 or so counting hulks a few years ago, but now not so 
 many.

I count something like 30 in the picture.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

Craig wins the prize. I put in Kleb's address, zoomed out until I could see 
Michigan, recentered on Charlotte, and zoomed in on Ralph Davis' place. He's got 
 10 acres of cars, Kleb's only got about 1/2 acre.
If you scroll south you will see the buildings identified as RE Davis Motor 
Sales. The Checker Marathon mentioned here recently is SE of the main building, 
maybe 50-60' from the road.



Kaleb's place is:
http://tinyurl.com/kalebjunk

Craig McCluskey wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:07:43 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:


That picture ain't Kleb's place.


You're right, http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o gives some place in Michigan
about 7 miles southwest of Lansing (Mitch's? :-) ). That's because the
address given to Google Maps is

24637 S Wells Ranch Rd 74019

If, however, you put a comma in it, like,

24637 S Wells Ranch Rd, 74019

the marker will end up about 500' south of Kaleb's place.


But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know.  I 
was up to 14 or so counting hulks a few years ago, but now not so 
many.


I count something like 30 in the picture.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] the 300E has been sold


and I got screwed in the deal.

Wonko the Sane wrote:

Sold to a couple in Jefferson who will be passing it along to their son in
Ames, who will supposedly reimburse them.

I had a very nice stack of hundred dollar bills counted out to me in the
garage over the lunch hour -- that is all I care about. I have the cash,
they have the 300E and the title, and my bill of sale said as is, no
implied warranty etc.

Considering what I spent on the Quantum and the 300E (purchase and repairs),
I am somewhere breaking even and a $250 profit.

Sale of the 300E covered about 50% purchase price for the '98 LeSabre.

D.

  


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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems

The machine pumps it in, then you start it and check everything out.  If 
for some reason all the refrigerant does not go in, you start the car to 
suck the rest in.


Allan Streib wrote:

Whenever I've had my cars charged at a local shop they use a machine and
they have the car running... maybe there are different kinds of machines?

Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

  

no, not when using a machine.

Allan Streib wrote:


Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:

  
  

I then set the machine to charge in 4.25 lbs, which it does just fine.
After charged I start the truck and turn on the AC.



I always thought you were supposed to charge with the car and AC
running.

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Re: [MBZ] I buy a new AC machine, now have AC problems

I might try charging from cans first, and if it still does not work I 
will recover that and then pull the system apart and see whats up.


Peter Frederick wrote:
You only need to have the engine running if charging from cans, as 
it's impossible to drive the freon in with a can and a hose, you have 
to use the compressor to get it into the system.  From a large can or 
with a pump on a recovery system, you can push liquid in by weight, no 
need to have the compressor running.


Kaleb:

Verify that you are charging in lbs and not kg..  If you are 
stalling out the compressor, it sounds to me as if you have a totally 
liquid filled high side, which would not surprise me if you are 
charging 2.2 times as much as you think you are!


It might be better to charge from cans in this case, or at least with 
the engine running and the gauge set installed so you can watch the 
pressures.  At 1500 rpm, all fans going full blast, and the windows 
open, you should get 40 or so lbs pressure low side (35F on the scale, 
whatever the pressure required to get it) and 350-375 high side, maybe 
a bit more if its like 95 outside.


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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?


http://tinyurl.com/kalebjunk

Mitch Haley wrote:

Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard?

http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o

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Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?