Re: [MBZ] Autozone idiots
Apparently, MB has forgotten that the 1968 250S 280S were delivered with an added air pump which interferes with their replacement pump. Wasn't there a right-angle transmission dingus involved? I seem to recall running across a couple of different fuel pump designs for our M130 250C. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '77 300D ACC2 widget
or there is supposed to be a very small amount of water movement even if the AC is on. Yes. Even the manual heater valves don't shut off 100%, that keeps the system healthier IIRC. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
have become so fancy that there is no hope of having a lighter duty pickup with an engine as trouble free as my old MB. IF only there was. The 1996-1998 (early) Dodge diesel uses the P7100 inline injection pump. That's your 240D-style engine right there. Not light-duty, though. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
+1 for Where's the Diesel chain saws? Well, the Unimog that the US Army's SEE is based upon has some attachments, and one is (IIRC) a hydraulic-powered chain saw that hooks to the Mog. Which is diesel, so there you go. Gotta be a drag with a couple of hoses running behind you, though. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Health Insurance Reform for America
Gerry wrote: Here is a medical insurance professionals view of Americas health system and its problems which was written several years ago before Obamacare was proposed. I personally have my doubts that Obamacare will turn out to be a fair, low cost, and workable system. ... Health Insurance Reform for America (The opinions expressed in this article represent the personal views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the author’s current or former employers) America needs reform of the health insurance system. Of this there is no doubt. Americans spend more per capita than any western nation on health care, and yet we are the only western nation with uninsured citizens. A lot of them over 40 million uninsured. We all agreed decades ago that we want to purchase basic needs on a socialized basis. For example, municipal water supplies. None of us wants to have a situation where four competing water companies are digging up the street in front of our house to lay four sets of parallel pipes. Having a parallel delivery system adds cost. Four sets of pipes, four water meter readers on every street? Should we do away with private enterprise in our medical provider system? No. As I said, socialized medicine as in the United Kingdom is not a good model -- in my opinion. Our mix of public, private and charitable hospitals provide excellent medical care. And a physician’s decision of whether to run his own practice, or join a clinic, or work for a hospital (public, private or charitable) should be the decision of that physician. What about the insurance segment then? Should that be socialized or nationalized? In my opinion, neither is a good option. Free enterprise and competition among insurers is a good thing. ECONOMY OF SCALE, POWER OF LARGE NUMBERS IN PURCHASING INSURANCE But we should recognize that large purchasing groups get better deals. The employees of Boeing and Microsoft get a better deal on their monthly health insurance premium than the employees of a small business. There are several reasons for this. For one thing, it is easier to administer one health plan with for a company like Boeing with 100,000 employees than it is to administer 1000 separate plans for small business with 100 employees each. With large employer groups, individual medical exams prior to issuing coverage are rarely given. Actuarially, these large groups are self-supporting. With small groups, all it takes is one haemophiliac, or a patient needing dialysis, or a cancer patient to make the employer group unprofitable. Individual medical exams should not be required -- ever. We all know that every American has to see the doctor at some time, and we should have a national policy to require that every American is covered with an absolute minimum of bureaucracy. How do we do this? By forming the largest possible purchasing groups, larger than Boeing, or General Motors, or Microsoft. We simply purchase our coverage together, on a state by state basis. The insurance commissioner of each state can invite every licensed Accident and Health Insurer to submit a bid to cover every person in that state. Then, every three years, the contract is put up for a new bid. ADMINISTRATIVE SAVINGS With one plan per state, there is no need to mail out insurance policies. It will be published on the state’s internet site. Every individual, every doctor, every hospital can read it there. (And of course, paper copies can be mailed by the state upon request by those without web access.) No more insurance ID cards. A valid state driver’s license is proof of insurance. For those who don't drive, every state already offers a state identification card that looks almost like the standard drivers license. No more customer service call centers. Approximately 30% of America's health insurance expenditures goes to administrative overhead. The insurance policies and ID cards are a small part of that 30%. Most of the 30% pays the salaries of customer service representatives at hospitals and doctors' offices who are chatting with customer service representatives at the various insurers. They are calling to find out if someone is covered, and if so, what is their particular deductible, has it been met, if so, is the coverage after deductible at 80% or 90% or 100%. If everyone in your state had the same plan, most of these call center staffs could find employment that would be more productive to our economy. In addition to customer service salary savings, think about the marketing and sales people. Every health insurer has marketing and sales staff going out and wining and dining everyone from the head of a large employer to the small business owners of “Dan's Diner” and “Bob's Barber Shop”. Why? If we all bought our coverage together every three years, these marketing people could stop wasting the valuable time of
Re: [MBZ] Health Insurance Reform for America
I have problems with some of the comments - 1st there's this: require that every American is covered with Where's the personal freedom to choose how we wish to live? Afterall, some people may decide they don't need healthcare - most 18-25 yr olds for example. As for the 40 million not covered - many do not wish to be covered - those 18-25 yr olds for instance. There are many ways to make health care less expensive that don't involve mandatory coverage. Like allowing insurance companies to operate across state lines the same as life or auto insurance does. The article talks about reducing overhead then starts talking about states which will require 50 duplicate infrastructures. And the water pipe analogy is a little too extreme IMO - not really apples to apples comparison - especially if health insurance can cross state lines which he doesn't advocate. Oh well, it doesn't matter what */The People/* want - we have our royalty dictating what and how laws are implemented. YMMV, LarryT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes: Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. The loud pickups, which are common around here, are the result of aftermarket performance exhausts and chipped engine management systems. A stock, new diesel truck from Ford, Chevy, or Dodge is indeed quite quiet. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Health Insurance Reform for America
Gerry wrote: Americans spend more per capita than any western nation on health care, Entirely possible. We seem to use expensive machinery more than anyplace else, and we pay for the development of drugs while many other countries just want to pay for the production of what we developed. and yet we are the only western nation with uninsured citizens. Is this true, or is the author making it up as he goes along? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Speaking of Standby Generators
This is one of their consumer models and is a good value for the dollars. These are pretty simple units as you described and like most anything work well and perform as intended as long as they are properly maintained. An equivalent Onan or Kohler unit would easily be twice the cost and far more complex. As long as the homeowner is looking for critical load backup and not whole house standby, these do a great job for the money spent. If I ever put a standby system in and wasn't looking for a whole house solution I would buy one. My joking comes more from the commercial/industrial side of the business, where Generac is considered the KMart of the industry... Dan On Aug 11, 2013, at 11:25 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: It's an air cooled two cylinder model (13 kW NG, 15 kW LP). I think the model number is 04390-3. I bought it in late 2005 or early 2006 through an electrician as part of a remodel/addition job to my 1854 house near Raleigh NC. It cost about $3500 as I recall. I have a sub-panel (fed from the transfer switch) that powers most of the house. Ironically, the very frequent power outages almost totally stopped after I got the generator. Thanks for all the insight on these things. The controls on mine are quite primitive but they work well enough. The speed control is a simple mechanical governor and the voltage regulator looks analog. Nothing that would intimidate a shade-tree mechanic. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:44 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speaking of Standby Generators I would have to know more. Is it air cooled or water cooled? Where was it purchased? Model number? In fairness, the one thing that Generac has done right that no one else in the business has done is make a decent product for the consumer market. Their small standby units marketed through Home Despot and Lowe's are actually pretty decent for the money spent, and have a fairly high level of reliability. The other folks, such as Kohler and Onan, have tried to tap this market unsuccessfully for years. They can't make a highly commoditied? product because they're so deeply involved in the commercial market. Trying to make a generator based on price point rather than design is nigh impossible. Kohler's current and recent offerings, in my opinion, are too highly engineered and rely far too much on electronics. Their controls are microprocessor based and use proprietary software and hardware. If something acts up or breaks, you're screwed. Sadly, many consumers don't discover this until it's too late and they're stuck with a very expensive repair bill or a large expensive lawn ornament. Generac is an engineering house rather than a manufacturer. They design stuff themselves and base their production on volume, which is so far from what the others do it's an alien concept. That's why everything says Generac on it - it's someone else's product, like Briggs or Tecumseh, with Generac's exterior design for things like cooling. Case in point is the 25kW unit I got for nothing and fixed for $40. It had a Mitsubishi gas industrial engine that was never marketed in the US. Generac bought the long blocks directly from Mitsubishi and added all the peripheral parts such as fuel, drive and mounting. When the coil in the distributor failed (a system much like GM's HEI) the only fix was an assembly replacement - a new distributor - to the tune of $1600 for the part alone. With travel time, mileage and labor all wrapped up in that repair, it exceeded 50% of the cost of a new unit. The owner bought a new unit and we took the old one back. I did some research and found that the engine was common in Asia and Oceania, so I got a hold of John in Australia and he got me the coil - for a whopping $40 US shipped! This is the risk with the Generac product, but as far as the consumer stuff, parts are common and plentiful, so that's not an issue. Dan --- On Aug 11, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Dan, I have a Generac propane standby generator, about 15KW. The engine says Generac on it but I suspect it's really made by someone else. Do you know? By the way, the only time it failed to start was caused by a dead battery. The 100 amp transfer switch is a knife-blade design so I suppose it could stick if it hasn't operated in a long time. There is a manual override but I don't think I'd want to open the box in a bad storm. Scott ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/3995784638.html Mm. Hm. Can't decide whether this is at the top or the bottom of the continuum. Happy Monday everyone! -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] MB Factory Manuals? (was: Re: sunroof not powering open? - W123)
You can buy the entire set of manuals, A/C, engine, both chassis, 1984 supplement, from me. Make a reasonable offer .. these manuals are made of unobtanium anymore. For those interested, I also have the manuals for the older diesel motors, and the early SL chassis cars, as in 230SL... and a set of M110 manuals. I don't know if I am going to get another MB or not, if I don't I want to eliminate this entire row of bookshelf real estate (c: Richard From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:50 PM Subject: [MBZ] MB Factory Manuals? (was: Re: sunroof not powering open? - W123) hi! where can i get my hands on a factory manual for an '85 300D (Cal)? cheers! e On 09/Aug/13 12:24, Dave Cavner wrote: Section 77 of the MB factory manual is very helpful in understanding the what, where and how of the sliding roof assembly. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere
In this instance, the 'solitary' description relates to the fact that one wasp bores one hole in the ground. The 'swarm' by the hundreds in one small area. Just each one has his own home. The swarming is so intense at Fairystone State Park that they put up signs telling visitors not to be concerned by them, they are basically harmless to humans. The garden looks like lumpy swiss cheese. Richard From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere Since these were swarming by the dozens, must be something else. From Wikipedia Cicada killers are large, solitary waspshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waspin the family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29 Crabronidaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae . ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] MB Factory Manuals? (was: Re: sunroof not powering open? - W123)
I just recently discovered CD versions of the W123, W126 and the classic service manuals (W110/1/2) while cleaning out a closet. If you're interested, PM me. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com wrote: You can buy the entire set of manuals, A/C, engine, both chassis, 1984 supplement, from me. Make a reasonable offer .. these manuals are made of unobtanium anymore. For those interested, I also have the manuals for the older diesel motors, and the early SL chassis cars, as in 230SL... and a set of M110 manuals. I don't know if I am going to get another MB or not, if I don't I want to eliminate this entire row of bookshelf real estate (c: Richard From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:50 PM Subject: [MBZ] MB Factory Manuals? (was: Re: sunroof not powering open? - W123) hi! where can i get my hands on a factory manual for an '85 300D (Cal)? cheers! e On 09/Aug/13 12:24, Dave Cavner wrote: Section 77 of the MB factory manual is very helpful in understanding the what, where and how of the sliding roof assembly. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
What's the diff between avocado and pea soup green? The taste! -- Jim Grease. Avacado is high fat. Pea soup is low fat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Fw: '07 R320CDI For Sale
Plus extra set of original wheels in addition to the original set with good tires now in use. Luggage rack. Wilton - Original Message - From: WILTON To: mercedes list Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 6:35 PM Subject: '07 R320CDI For Sale Son's '07 320CDI is for sale in Goldsboro, NC; 254 kmi; nearly all freeway - many trips to Atlanta, Charlotte, etc; torque converter's been chattering occasionally for 150 kmi; ding on left rear door; silver exterior; gray int.; really does BLOW ICE COLD. $12.5 k. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nice 72 300SEL
If there was any deduction at all it was minor. If they were available as a dealer or factory option there would have been no deduciton. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: How did it win a Concours with an aftermarket ignition? Allan Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com writes: It was very quick and responsive, and the air suspension was awesome. It had a Crane breakerless ignition; starting the car was like flipping a light switch. IIRC I had to replace the trigger points and air bags (to pass inspection) but nothing else of a major nature. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Andrew wrote: I had a national MBCA concours-winning tobacco brown 1971 300SE L 3.5 sedan... Did you enjoy that 3.5? I have always heard that was one of the better fast engines made. Over-square is the term Stu Ritter gave that engine. High rev? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Allan Streib ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere
Perhaps they should rename Fairystone State Park to Swarming Killer Wasp State Park On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: In this instance, the 'solitary' description relates to the fact that one wasp bores one hole in the ground. The 'swarm' by the hundreds in one small area. Just each one has his own home. The swarming is so intense at Fairystone State Park that they put up signs telling visitors not to be concerned by them, they are basically harmless to humans. The garden looks like lumpy swiss cheese. Richard From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere Since these were swarming by the dozens, must be something else. From Wikipedia Cicada killers are large, solitary waspshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waspin the family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29 Crabronidaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae . ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
I am going to sell my car to Dimitri, since he is compassionate about its value. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.eduwrote: You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
Avocado is supposedly a superfood full of good fats. Does this mean an avocado a day keeps the undertaker away? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's the diff between avocado and pea soup green? The taste! -- Jim Grease. Avacado is high fat. Pea soup is low fat. __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
It wouldn't be a $10k car in this market if it did start and run on its own. 1980s vintage SLs are a dime a dozen around here, and the prices are all over the map. Search the Tampa Bay CL for SLs and you'll see everything from beaters that need things like windshields to crazy dealers asking upwards of $20k for bizarre canary yellow models in marginal shape. The decent ones seem to cluster around the $5k-$9k range. Dan On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
Oh. I didn't realize that it's a non-runner. 3K is still way too low. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
Ok what car are we talking about? I'm referring to the 300SEL 4.5. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: It wouldn't be a $10k car in this market if it did start and run on its own. 1980s vintage SLs are a dime a dozen around here, and the prices are all over the map. Search the Tampa Bay CL for SLs and you'll see everything from beaters that need things like windshields to crazy dealers asking upwards of $20k for bizarre canary yellow models in marginal shape. The decent ones seem to cluster around the $5k-$9k range. Dan On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Health Insurance Reform for America
Gerry wrote: Here is a medical insurance professionals view of Americas health system and its problems which was written several years ago before Obamacare was proposed. I personally have my doubts that Obamacare will turn out to be a fair, low cost, and workable system. It was never intended to be fair. Meant to punish non-D people. It was never intended to be low cost. Meant to put inscos out of biz. It was never intended to be workable. It was meant to subjugate all the people in the US. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
Sorry. Thought you were referring to the original subject car. Dan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:10 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok what car are we talking about? I'm referring to the 300SEL 4.5. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: It wouldn't be a $10k car in this market if it did start and run on its own. 1980s vintage SLs are a dime a dozen around here, and the prices are all over the map. Search the Tampa Bay CL for SLs and you'll see everything from beaters that need things like windshields to crazy dealers asking upwards of $20k for bizarre canary yellow models in marginal shape. The decent ones seem to cluster around the $5k-$9k range. Dan On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: You might be right if it started without ether and was drivable. Until then, it's a project with all the speculative costs that entails. A $10K car doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to start and run well. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 09:18 AM, [1]dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: You guys are brutal. That's easily a 10K car with torn seats and all. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [2]ka...@striplin.net wrote: I would offer him 2-3k On 8/11/2013 4:07 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I should pull a Kleb and offer the guy $1000 for the car? It's about 20 miles away from me. [3]http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-f s-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 He'll never get anything close to the $6900 he tossed out. Dan References 1. mailto:dsereta...@yahoo.com 2. mailto:ka...@striplin.net 3. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1725653-fs-1986-560sl.html#post5901291 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Whaddya Think?
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok what car are we talking about? I'm referring to the 300SEL 4.5. 1986 560SL with hard top and torn soft top. Had fuel leak. Replaced everything but the fuel pump, still leaks so he assumes the pump is bad. Won't start on its own which makes me fearful of the fuel distributor, warm up regulator, and/or cold start valve. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '07 R320CDI For Sale
WILTON wrote: A twofer? Does the R320 have a proper 2 hitch on it to tow the SDL home? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
Tim Crone wrote: http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/3995784638.html Mm. Hm. Can't decide whether this is at the top or the bottom of the continuum. An SL? Mafia staff car, or mafia bimbo's car? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On 09/08/2013 7:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Yes it's new. It does have a primer bulb, it says pump it 6 times warm or cold to start. I have tried pumping it 6 times, 20 times, no times make no difference when it gets to not wanting to start The primer bulb sucks from a carb vent and pumps back to the tank. If it's sucking fuel, the carby should be full. You may just have a defective carby. Mitch. Sounds to me, more like the primer is not sucking the gas up and feeding it to the carb. If it was, one would think there would be an issue of flooding rather than a dry spark plug. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On 09/08/2013 7:27 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 19:05:39 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: As I was falling and jumping backward off the ladder, I threw the saw way off the right at about 2 o'clock. As I was getting up, I realized that the saw was lying across the yard idling perfectly, and continued to do so henceforth. What it needed was a good throwing/tossing across the yard. Good fix, Wilton! ATTABOY! Craig Tried that. Did not work for me. Maybe, my problem was that the saw was not running when I threw it. Like Kaleb, I was struggling with a saw that would not start, and tossed it across the yard in a moment when my temper got the better of me. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 45 Years - WAS 44 years OT
My younger son and his girl are engaged with the wedding planned for June 2014. My mother was telling Tom, this weekend, that he had better do as well as my wife and I. Randy On 09/08/2013 8:06 PM, Larry T wrote: Congratulations Michael! We also started young - I'm everyone thought it would never last. There's something sublime about proving everyone wrong ;-) LarryT 91 300D On 8/9/2013 7:56 PM, Mike Esh wrote: 36 years for my wife and I. We started at 18 and 19 respectively. We now have two daughter and one son. Ages 33, 30, and 14. Michael E. Esh 231-286-2344 On Aug 9, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: Wow - we've got a lot of people committed to long time relationships -- like the one we have with our vehicles... LarryT On 8/8/2013 9:56 PM, OK Don wrote: Ditto, at over 38 yrs. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Congrats to all of you - you're making me feel a lot younger - we're working on 34 years Dan On Aug 8, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Larry T wrote: hey Randy! A late congrats to you and your lovely bride! My wife I celebrated our 45th anniversary last Monday. It was Aug 6 1968 - I was 18 and she was 17 -- when I looked at my kids when they were that age I thought, there is now way they could have done what we did! Even so, we were just kids growing up together. Looking forward to another 45 years together... LarryT 91 300D On 6/6/2013 12:10 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: My good wife and I are celebrating the 44th anniversary of our first date today. June 6, 1969. Going to go out for dinner somewhere. Not sure where yet. Probably some place with a good steak. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
The other day there was an avocado/exorcist green old Tbird parked down the road -- exterior, interior the same putrid color. It did look sorta interesting but nausea-inducing. --R On 8/12/13 10:54 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Avocado is supposedly a superfood full of good fats. Does this mean an avocado a day keeps the undertaker away? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's the diff between avocado and pea soup green? The taste! -- Jim Grease. Avacado is high fat. Pea soup is low fat. __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R On 8/12/13 7:48 AM, Tim Crone wrote: http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/3995784638.html Mm. Hm. Can't decide whether this is at the top or the bottom of the continuum. Happy Monday everyone! -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Randy Bennell wrote: Sounds to me, more like the primer is not sucking the gas up and feeding it to the carb. If it was, one would think there would be an issue of flooding rather than a dry spark plug. The primer sucks the air out of the carb. When there's no air in the carb the primer bulb fills up with fuel. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On 10/08/2013 6:20 AM, Hans Neureiter wrote: On my tiller the choke does not seal when closed. Starts only when I squirt some gas in the intake. Have you looked to see if it is possible to adjust something so that the choke plate will close? I have a similar problem with a couple of small engines and had not noticed whether the choke plate closes well. I will have a look at mine next time I use one of them to see if that is an issue on my motors. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '07 R320CDI For Sale
One could probably install such as necessary - plus dolly. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] '07 R320CDI For Sale WILTON wrote: A twofer? Does the R320 have a proper 2 hitch on it to tow the SDL home? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
If you get much snow where you are, I have to think you would be better off with a blower attachment than a plow. If you geta blower, you might also want to watch for a cab as having the snow blow back in your face is not much fun either. Randy On 10/08/2013 1:16 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: Hi everyone, This morning I picked up a nice 318 that went up for sale locally for $1500. 610 hours, 50 deck. Recently serviced with all fluids, basic tuneup done, etc. The E320 wagon did admirable job bringing it home too. Overall, I'm very satisfied. I just mowed the lawn in a fraction of the time it took me before. I needs a bit of tuning and adjustments. Service manual CD is on order to get this done next weekend. Next is to find a plow for the winter! Photos are here: http://images.jaimekop.com/2013_08_10_John_Deere_318/ Jaime ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
If you pump it too much will it flood the carb? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 09/08/2013 7:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Yes it's new. It does have a primer bulb, it says pump it 6 times warm or cold to start. I have tried pumping it 6 times, 20 times, no times make no difference when it gets to not wanting to start The primer bulb sucks from a carb vent and pumps back to the tank. If it's sucking fuel, the carby should be full. You may just have a defective carby. Mitch. Sounds to me, more like the primer is not sucking the gas up and feeding it to the carb. If it was, one would think there would be an issue of flooding rather than a dry spark plug. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: The other day there was an avocado/exorcist green old Tbird parked down the road -- exterior, interior the same putrid color. It did look sorta interesting but nausea-inducing. --R On 8/12/13 10:54 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Avocado is supposedly a superfood full of good fats. Does this mean an avocado a day keeps the undertaker away? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's the diff between avocado and pea soup green? The taste! -- Jim Grease. Avacado is high fat. Pea soup is low fat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.**com/archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.**okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/**mercedes_okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
I adore okra. Half my garden is devoted to it. Where is Irmo? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R On 8/12/13 7:48 AM, Tim Crone wrote: http://columbia.craigslist.**org/cto/3995784638.htmlhttp://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/3995784638.html Mm. Hm. Can't decide whether this is at the top or the bottom of the continuum. Happy Monday everyone! -Tim __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
On 12/08/2013 2:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim Hard on the engine etc, but they are able to make absolutely insane amounts of power. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: If you pump it too much will it flood the carb? I don't see how. If the bulb fills with fuel, that pretty much tells you the fuel filter and carb inlet screen are OK, but there could be other things wrong with the carb. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
Randy Bennell wrote: If you get much snow where you are, I have to think you would be better off with a blower attachment than a plow. If you geta blower, you might also want to watch for a cab as having the snow blow back in your face is not much fun either. http://jxn.craigslist.org/grd/3857208440.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
If you pump it too much will it flood the carb? Sent from my iPhone It is 'sposed ta. If it is working right, it will flood the carb. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
I kinda like the lighter metallic colors but not the deep olive/avocado/exorcist green sorts of colors. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/test/404734d1319155423-photoshop-test-300td-thistle-green-green-wagon3-copy.jpg I saw a Ferrari Dino around here in the same color as the Tbird, I wonder if it is the same guy? Maybe he has a fetish. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: The other day there was an avocado/exorcist green old Tbird parked down the road -- exterior, interior the same putrid color. It did look sorta interesting but nausea-inducing. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
It is not far from Clumya. I am going to make shrimp gumbo this evening, got to go get some okra and tomats and fresh shrimp from the farm stand. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I adore okra. Half my garden is devoted to it. Where is Irmo? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
Farm raised shrimp ? On Aug 12, 2013 12:38 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: It is not far from Clumya. I am going to make shrimp gumbo this evening, got to go get some okra and tomats and fresh shrimp from the farm stand. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I adore okra. Half my garden is devoted to it. Where is Irmo? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.netrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photoeee of my 240D
I once a thistle green 450 SL C in Arlington. Very beautiful color for that model. On Aug 12, 2013 12:37 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I kinda like the lighter metallic colors but not the deep olive/avocado/exorcist green sorts of colors. http://www.google.com/imgres?**imgurl=http://www.benzworld.** org/forums/attachments/test/**404734d1319155423-photoshop-** test-300td-thistle-green-**green-wagon3-copy.jpghttp://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/test/404734d1319155423-photoshop-test-300td-thistle-green-green-wagon3-copy.jpg I saw a Ferrari Dino around here in the same color as the Tbird, I wonder if it is the same guy? Maybe he has a fetish. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.netrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: The other day there was an avocado/exorcist green old Tbird parked down the road -- exterior, interior the same putrid color. It did look sorta interesting but nausea-inducing. --R __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
Raised on the farm off the Carolina, no make that the Gulf, Coast (idiot Obama said the other night on Jay Leno we moved to the Gulf coast). One of the shrimpers brings over a coupla hundred pounds every coupla days and they sell them at the farmstand. About twice the price of the ones at the dock though. The dock is about a mile and half from the house but I would have to drive about 24 miles to get there unless I put the kayak in at my buddy's place and paddle across the creek to it. He goes over all the time. --R On 8/12/13 12:43 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Farm raised shrimp ? On Aug 12, 2013 12:38 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: It is not far from Clumya. I am going to make shrimp gumbo this evening, got to go get some okra and tomats and fresh shrimp from the farm stand. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I adore okra. Half my garden is devoted to it. Where is Irmo? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.netrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Ok I just wondered if maybe pumping it too much was flooding it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: If you pump it too much will it flood the carb? I don't see how. If the bulb fills with fuel, that pretty much tells you the fuel filter and carb inlet screen are OK, but there could be other things wrong with the carb. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok I just wondered if maybe pumping it too much was flooding it. I don't think so. Loren does. If you went here, you'd get the definitive answer: http://arboristsite.com/chainsaw/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
And there was cactus green, too, the color of my '80 240D. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: The other day there was an avocado/exorcist green old Tbird parked down the road -- exterior, interior the same putrid color. It did look sorta interesting but nausea-inducing. --R On 8/12/13 10:54 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Avocado is supposedly a superfood full of good fats. Does this mean an avocado a day keeps the undertaker away? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: What's the diff between avocado and pea soup green? The taste! -- Jim Grease. Avacado is high fat. Pea soup is low fat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/ http://www.okiebenz.**com/archive/ http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com http://mail.**okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/**mercedes_okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
And run out all over the place. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won If you pump it too much will it flood the carb? Sent from my iPhone It is 'sposed ta. If it is working right, it will flood the carb. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday
Lessee, 'bout 4½ hours en route - 'bout 6:00 to 6:30 PM? Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craigslister for a Monday It is not far from Clumya. I am going to make shrimp gumbo this evening, got to go get some okra and tomats and fresh shrimp from the farm stand. --R On 8/12/13 12:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I adore okra. Half my garden is devoted to it. Where is Irmo? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Irmo had the Okra Strut and Festival recently. It is the okra capital of the world, but Okrah did not attend. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT More time wasters
Check all the links at top http://jalopnik.com/this-upside-down-camaro-festiva-monster-is-the-craziest-1098970792 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok I just wondered if maybe pumping it too much was flooding it. I don't think so. Loren does. If you went here, you'd get the definitive answer: http://arboristsite.com/chainsaw/ __ I don't know that for sure, so I defer to Mitch's expertise. I can't say that I ever flooded one, but the rental Huskq... concrete saws that would not run, they said were flooded after we took them back. But those have a choke, so I think maybe I got the different types mixed up. I think EPA made chokes disappear. Thus K'leb's problem... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
This may have some stuff of interest: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/john-deere-forum/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Health Insurance Reform for America
Of course, if each insurance company considered all of it's customer base as one pool, we'd have lower premiums, but not be able to cut out the un-necessary over-head. And then there's this approach: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/new-zealands-solution-rising-health-costs-deport-fat-people-6C10861122 New Zealand's immigration authorities think they have gotten to the core of solving the obesity epidemic and rising health costs-- deport fat people. A 50 year-old, 286-pound South African citizen no longer has an acceptable standard of health to remain in the country where nearly a third of adults are overweight, according to reports. Albert Buitenhuis and his wife, Marthie, 47, moved to Christchurch, New Zealand from South Africa six years ago. They are now facing deportation after their work visas were declined because of his weight. New Zealand immigration authorities cited the demands his obesity could place on New Zealand’s health services in terms of cost. When Albert, 5’ 8”, arrived to take a job as a chef, he topped 350 pounds. Yet he has worked, as has his waitress wife, paid taxes and managed to lose more than 60 pounds, according to The Press of New Zealand. His doctor says Buitenhuis, who has a chronic knee condition, is on his way to getting his blood pressure down and his weight under control. For the first five years, no one seemed to think that Albert could not fit in New Zealand. But, suddenly, the authorities have decided he must leave. His wife, who is not obese, is on his work visa, so she must follow him to the loading dock. The associate immigration minister of New Zealand is expected to decide on the case in the next week. Albert is appealing his deportation. And he should. While some nations such as the U.S. tried to prevent immigration for those who were HIV positive that was mainly due to worries about contagion. Obesity, while recently categorized by the American Medical Association as a disease, is not contagious. New Zealand, as far as is known, is not trying to get rid of smokers -- who are both costly to care for and can harm others -- or those who have herpes or other sexually transmitted diseases. New Zealand immigration laws don't specifically mention weight as cause for deportation, but list medical conditions http://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/45634.htmsuch as HIV, hepatitis B or cardiac diseases deemed to impose significant costs and/or demands on the country's health or education services. New Zealand's health care system, funded through general taxes, provides free medical care to all permanent residentshttp://www.commonwealthfund.org/Topics/International-Health-Policy/Countries/New-Zealand.aspx. Some think New Zealand is on the right track. New Zealand may believe publicly shaming the bloated is a solution to the obesity epidemic or escalation of health care costs. But deporting Albert, especially while he is losing weight, looks for all the world like a sudden attack of unbridled prejudice. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote: Gerry wrote: Here is a medical insurance professionals view of Americas health system and its problems which was written several years ago before Obamacare was proposed. I personally have my doubts that Obamacare will turn out to be a fair, low cost, and workable system. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
I've never seen a green car that wasn't ugly - to each his own --- On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:22 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: And there was cactus green, too, the color of my '80 240D. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:12:24 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens If you bought a Poulan saw from a saw shop, I'm sure you would get a much better saw. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
I don't think so either because the carb should have a return line from the carb back to the tank. I put a squeeze bulb primer on my snowmobile years ago like you might see on a boat. Squeeze the bulb and it fills the carb with gas, excess shoots out the overflow back to the tank. Makes starting the old sled a breeze, especially the really old ones where the tank is under the engine. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:57:31 -0400 From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won Message-ID: 520913fb.5030...@voyager.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok I just wondered if maybe pumping it too much was flooding it. I don't think so. Loren does. If you went here, you'd get the definitive answer: http://arboristsite.com/chainsaw/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
You should be able to get store credit on returns too if you want to buy another kind or use the credit to buy other stuff. --R On 8/12/13 3:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
I agree, although if you mostly had dry powder snow a garden tractor with a bunch of weight will move a surprising amount. Other than the 2 1/2 foot blizzard we had last year my Cub Cadet 70 (7hp) has never been overwhelmed by snow. It would be even better if I fluid filled the tires and added a weight box and another set of wheel weights. That said Jamie lives in Jersey. His problem will be that his snow is almost always wet and heavy... A ride on snowblower is going to be nice for his long drive. A walk behind snowblower is MUCH more manuverable... -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:53:31 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318 Message-ID: 520904fb.90...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed If you get much snow where you are, I have to think you would be better off with a blower attachment than a plow. If you geta blower, you might also want to watch for a cab as having the snow blow back in your face is not much fun either. Randy On 10/08/2013 1:16 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: Hi everyone, This morning I picked up a nice 318 that went up for sale locally for $1500. 610 hours, 50 deck. Recently serviced with all fluids, basic tuneup done, etc. The E320 wagon did admirable job bringing it home too. Overall, I'm very satisfied. I just mowed the lawn in a fraction of the time it took me before. I needs a bit of tuning and adjustments. Service manual CD is on order to get this done next weekend. Next is to find a plow for the winter! Photos are here: http://images.jaimekop.com/2013_08_10_John_Deere_318/ Jaime ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone Does it have the primer bulb and a choke? If so, yes you can flood it. My general practice for starting chaninsaws is to choke it, push the primer bulb if it has one; pull the rope until it starts and dies. Then you know it is flooded. Then put the choke off and pull the rope until it starts. On my stihl this is generally 2 pulls, one to flood it and one to start it. The poulans sometimes start this well, and sometimes don't. The poulans don't start at all then the plastic fuel pickup tubing has rotted off from the crappy stuff the sell as gasoline these days. The Stihl must have some other way of picking up the fuel from the tank. On a flooded gasoline engine mit carburetor, you open the throttle wide and crank. THat works for chainsaws too. Seems to me that maybe your saw was flooded. May be or maybe not Can't tell from here. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
Apparently I've never been around an un-molested big 3 pickup. I find them much louder than something like a 240D. I have some small experience with the GM 6.2l which I didn't consider obnoxious. Compared to something like a 240D all the diesel pickups I've seen/heard around town are loud. Compared to something like a current VW diesel they're obnoxious. Maybe this weekend I'll have to go drive one and find out for myself. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:03:44 -0700 From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks? Message-ID: 539ecb86-031d-11e3-92dd-000502d9a...@windwireless.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy On 12/08/2013 2:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
Next door neighbor has a late model Ford F350 dually that he parks out front these days. I heard it fire up this morning about 7 AM. Our bedroon is on the front of the house and the window was open. I would be no more than about 50 feet from the truck. I could tell it was a diesel but I would not say it was loud. This guy has, I don't know how many trucks. He has a business and he and some employees seem to drive them. Often a different one at his place every other day. He has a late model Escalade truck that is much louder than this big dually diesel. Unless he has parted with some of them, he must have the better part of a dozen of them. His wife has a newish MB diesel SUV. It has a bit of an odd sound when fired up. Not like the truck in the sense that one hears diesel immediately but sort of a sound that one thinks is not a normal gas engine vehicle. Randy On 12/08/2013 2:44 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Apparently I've never been around an un-molested big 3 pickup. I find them much louder than something like a 240D. I have some small experience with the GM 6.2l which I didn't consider obnoxious. Compared to something like a 240D all the diesel pickups I've seen/heard around town are loud. Compared to something like a current VW diesel they're obnoxious. Maybe this weekend I'll have to go drive one and find out for myself. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:03:44 -0700 From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on latemodel trucks? Message-ID: 539ecb86-031d-11e3-92dd-000502d9a...@windwireless.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
On 12/08/2013 2:35 PM, Dieselhead wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone Does it have the primer bulb and a choke? If so, yes you can flood it. My general practice for starting chaninsaws is to choke it, push the primer bulb if it has one; pull the rope until it starts and dies. Then you know it is flooded. Then put the choke off and pull the rope until it starts. On my stihl this is generally 2 pulls, one to flood it and one to start it. The poulans sometimes start this well, and sometimes don't. The poulans don't start at all then the plastic fuel pickup tubing has rotted off from the crappy stuff the sell as gasoline these days. The Stihl must have some other way of picking up the fuel from the tank. On a flooded gasoline engine mit carburetor, you open the throttle wide and crank. THat works for chainsaws too. Seems to me that maybe your saw was flooded. May be or maybe not Can't tell from here. ___ The classic way to start the older saws that did not have the primer was to pull the choke on and squeeze the trigger to open the throttle and push in the pin to hold it wide open and then pull on the cord. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
The catch on the pushing it is that if you get a lot of snow and it does not melt in between then you will run out of room unless you push it way way back. A blower can be used to essentially pile it higher if need be, or blow it over the existing pile. I am guessing that where Jaime is, that the snow likely melts between snowfalls so that it is not an issue. Here in the GWN I don't think the little tractor would do very well. You need a bobcat with a bucket and tracks at a minimum to move snow here. Randy On 12/08/2013 2:39 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I agree, although if you mostly had dry powder snow a garden tractor with a bunch of weight will move a surprising amount. Other than the 2 1/2 foot blizzard we had last year my Cub Cadet 70 (7hp) has never been overwhelmed by snow. It would be even better if I fluid filled the tires and added a weight box and another set of wheel weights. That said Jamie lives in Jersey. His problem will be that his snow is almost always wet and heavy... A ride on snowblower is going to be nice for his long drive. A walk behind snowblower is MUCH more manuverable... -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:53:31 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318 Message-ID: 520904fb.90...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed If you get much snow where you are, I have to think you would be better off with a blower attachment than a plow. If you geta blower, you might also want to watch for a cab as having the snow blow back in your face is not much fun either. Randy On 10/08/2013 1:16 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: Hi everyone, This morning I picked up a nice 318 that went up for sale locally for $1500. 610 hours, 50 deck. Recently serviced with all fluids, basic tuneup done, etc. The E320 wagon did admirable job bringing it home too. Overall, I'm very satisfied. I just mowed the lawn in a fraction of the time it took me before. I needs a bit of tuning and adjustments. Service manual CD is on order to get this done next weekend. Next is to find a plow for the winter! Photos are here: http://images.jaimekop.com/2013_08_10_John_Deere_318/ Jaime ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
The American V8 gas pick-ups are also very loud. And many of the morons who drive them take advantage of that fact. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 12/08/2013 2:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim Hard on the engine etc, but they are able to make absolutely insane amounts of power. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
Scott wrote: This may have some stuff of interest: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/john-deere-forum/ The WeekendFreedomMachines forums are much more focused, so I don't have to wade through dozens of posts about modern machines and mechanical transmissions to get to stuff relating to hydrostatic drives. Of the ones I've looked at, it seems to be the best - in my opinion. Here's a link to the hydrostatic forum - for the 318 and the like. http://www.weekendfreedommachines.com/discus/messages/17/61368.html -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
Well, I didn't say I liked it; 'only one I could find in Oct/Nov '79 when I needed one. 'Probably 'cause nobody else would buy it. Wilton - Original Message - From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D I've never seen a green car that wasn't ugly - to each his own --- On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:22 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: And there was cactus green, too, the color of my '80 240D. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D In that regard, what do you think of thistle green? -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Well they just swaped it out but I have not opened it yet or anything. I thought about seeing if there was a different brand up there that would be better. On 8/12/2013 2:34 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: You should be able to get store credit on returns too if you want to buy another kind or use the credit to buy other stuff. --R On 8/12/13 3:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6569 - Release Date: 08/11/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Yes, it has a bulb and a choke. On 8/12/2013 2:35 PM, Dieselhead wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone Does it have the primer bulb and a choke? If so, yes you can flood it. My general practice for starting chaninsaws is to choke it, push the primer bulb if it has one; pull the rope until it starts and dies. Then you know it is flooded. Then put the choke off and pull the rope until it starts. On my stihl this is generally 2 pulls, one to flood it and one to start it. The poulans sometimes start this well, and sometimes don't. The poulans don't start at all then the plastic fuel pickup tubing has rotted off from the crappy stuff the sell as gasoline these days. The Stihl must have some other way of picking up the fuel from the tank. On a flooded gasoline engine mit carburetor, you open the throttle wide and crank. THat works for chainsaws too. Seems to me that maybe your saw was flooded. May be or maybe not Can't tell from here. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6569 - Release Date: 08/11/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
I thought about that, and I am sure they will, I would be willing to pay extra for a better saw. I thought these were made by Husquvarna though? On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy On 12/08/2013 2:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Ok so as I was loading it up to take it to lowes I decided to pull the rope. No prime, no choke no nothing it start and ran great on the first pull. Nice and responsive etc. turned it off, tried to start it again, would not start. Took it back to lowes and I will be damned if they did not swap it out with no problem at all. I am impressed. So now I have another brand new junk poulan saw and will see what happens Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So after calling about 5 different places listed on the poulan site none of them wanted to mess with it, said they do not do warranty work. I called lowes and the guy said he was 95% sure they would exchange it if I brought it down there. I may try that just to see what happens. Long story short, poulan is junk. I figured it was junk but I figured it would at least work the 1 time a year I may need to use it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 12, 2013 11:13 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think EPA made chokes disappear. My Husky 445 saw that I bought in 2010 or so and the 3xx-something trimmer that I bought a week ago both have manual chokes. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6569 - Release Date: 08/11/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
I've never seen a green car that wasn't ugly - to each his own --- http://riviera-reflections.com/green-jaguar-e-type-respray-british-racing-green/e-type-jaguar-respray-10 http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?mmt=[MB[][]]listingId=351364217listingIndex=1Log=0 http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?mmt=[MB[][]]listingId=346319196listingIndex=2Log=0 Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] semaphores
Thanks for watching :) Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (169,xxx mi) On 7/29/2013 10:49 AM, G Mann wrote: Funny thing.. I see hand signals almost every time I drive... ; Grant... On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 26/07/2013 10:31 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Randy Bennell wrote: Every once in a while I see someone use arm signals when riding a bike. It somehow seems odd although we used to do it all the time. John Forrester's Effective Cycling teaches not to use the left arm car signals, instead indicating left turns with left arm and right turns with right arm. Forrester says there's no reason to limit yourself to left arm when both your arms are visible. Mitch. Yeah, but I was never very good at riding hands free. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Finally, a photo of my 240D
OK, I admit it - an E type is beautifull in any color --- On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:59 PM, m...@voyager.net wrote: I've never seen a green car that wasn't ugly - to each his own --- http://riviera-reflections.com/green-jaguar-e-type-respray-british-racing-green/e-type-jaguar-respray-10 -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
I would not say that my truck is loud. It has a huge muffler. I think the loud ones are likely folks who have changed the muffler to a louder one deliberately sort of like the Harley bunch. Randy On 12/08/2013 3:16 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: The American V8 gas pick-ups are also very loud. And many of the morons who drive them take advantage of that fact. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 12/08/2013 2:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups are absurdly loud Que? They've all gotten extremely quiet in the last decade. to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke... Yeah, there's way too much of that going on. -- Jim Hard on the engine etc, but they are able to make absolutely insane amounts of power. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
I have no idea about that but I bought a Husquvarna a couple of years back and so far am happy with it. Randy On 12/08/2013 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I thought about that, and I am sure they will, I would be willing to pay extra for a better saw. I thought these were made by Husquvarna though? On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT anyone have experience and opinion on late model trucks?
On Aug 12, 2013 1:16 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: The American V8 gas pick-ups are also very loud. My '04 Suburban with the gas V-8 and stock exhaust is no louder than the average car. I think a lot of people put glasspacks on them, though, from the sound. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Husky owns Poulan. So, doing some looking on lowes website, and no more than I will use the thing, I can't really justify spending an extra $100 or more to get the same size 18 husky. Looking at the reviews it seems these can also suffer the hard start. What I am thinking about though is taking this one back and spending an extra $30 for the 20 Poulan pro saw. It seems to have better reviews, so maybe it does not have the same problems and seems a little more heavy duty without spending more for the husky. This is what I have http://www.lowes.com/pd_182191-86886-PP4218A_4294747183__?productId=3693568Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 this is what I am thinking about, not sure if any difference other than size but seems to have better reviews http://www.lowes.com/pd_353792-86886-PP5020_4294747183__?productId=3353618Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 On 8/12/2013 4:26 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: I have no idea about that but I bought a Husquvarna a couple of years back and so far am happy with it. Randy On 12/08/2013 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I thought about that, and I am sure they will, I would be willing to pay extra for a better saw. I thought these were made by Husquvarna though? On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6572 - Release Date: 08/12/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Kaleb, I hope the new saw (Poulan or other) works out. I urge you to use only fresh gas (to avoid gumming up the carb) and keep the mix mixed (for longevity). As far as I know, all these 2-cycle carbs are similar (and fundamentally different from 4-cycle carbs) and bad fuel can harm any of them. I've owned several Poulan chain saws, blowers, weed whackers, etc. They don't last forever (probably cheaper metallurgy plus lower production QC) but I always get at least 5-10 years service unless I poison them with bad fuel. There must be lemons but I haven't gotten one yet. My use is light-duty homeowner stuff so a throw-away after a few years is OK by me. But if I was a heavy user (like a tree guy) I'd spring for a Stihl or Echo. My other pet peeve is to keep the chain sharp (only requires a file). A dull chain is dangerous and it stresses all other parts of the saw. You want to see nice little chunks of wood when you cut, not dust. I ran across the following link that has a lot of detail on these all attitude carbs. It may help explain my obsession about fuel. http://www.asos1.com/smallengine02/smallengine02.htm Note the many small fuel passages that would be easily blocked by a little gum or varnish. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
It seems to me you have a variable definition for flooded. To me flooded means theres more gas available than can be handled by the spark plug. A wet spark plug produces considerably less spark than a dry one so theres no starting. It seems you start by using flooded to mean primed but then change to flooded when you talk about holding full throttle to clear the extra fuel... My Husky has a primer bulb that I only use if the saw has been sitting a few weeks or more. If its been running recently I flip the choke and it'll start pretty easy. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:35:05 -0500 From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won Message-ID: a062408d7ce2ee77cf6a2@[192.168.0.107] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ; format=flowed Does it have the primer bulb and a choke? If so, yes you can flood it. My general practice for starting chaninsaws is to choke it, push the primer bulb if it has one; pull the rope until it starts and dies. Then you know it is flooded. Then put the choke off and pull the rope until it starts. On my stihl this is generally 2 pulls, one to flood it and one to start it. The poulans sometimes start this well, and sometimes don't. The poulans don't start at all then the plastic fuel pickup tubing has rotted off from the crappy stuff the sell as gasoline these days. The Stihl must have some other way of picking up the fuel from the tank. On a flooded gasoline engine mit carburetor, you open the throttle wide and crank. THat works for chainsaws too. Seems to me that maybe your saw was flooded. May be or maybe not Can't tell from here. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318
Incorrect, at the end of your push you lift the plow blade and ride UP the pile. My Cub Cadet 70 can make snowbanks 4' high! I can also repeatedly slam into the pile pushing it back. Like I said before its amazing what one will do and mine is way underweight. That said you're right you need to make space at the beginning of the season. You don't just plow to the edge of the driveway and leave it. One other thing, plowing is fun, snowblowing is drudgery. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:03:42 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] John Deere 318 Message-ID: 52093f9e.4080...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The catch on the pushing it is that if you get a lot of snow and it does not melt in between then you will run out of room unless you push it way way back. A blower can be used to essentially pile it higher if need be, or blow it over the existing pile. I am guessing that where Jaime is, that the snow likely melts between snowfalls so that it is not an issue. Here in the GWN I don't think the little tractor would do very well. You need a bobcat with a bucket and tracks at a minimum to move snow here. Randy On 12/08/2013 2:39 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I agree, although if you mostly had dry powder snow a garden tractor with a bunch of weight will move a surprising amount. Other than the 2 1/2 foot blizzard we had last year my Cub Cadet 70 (7hp) has never been overwhelmed by snow. It would be even better if I fluid filled the tires and added a weight box and another set of wheel weights. That said Jamie lives in Jersey. His problem will be that his snow is almost always wet and heavy... A ride on snowblower is going to be nice for his long drive. A walk behind snowblower is MUCH more manuverable... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Wikipedia says Husky bought Poulan but Husky and Jonsered are both owned by Electrolux. I suspect Poulan are actually made by the lowest bidder in China. My Husky says made in Sweden on it. When I got it I was concerned that the bottom end of the motor is plastic. Now 5 or 6 years later after hours of hard cutting I don't think it matters. The model is more important than the brand as is where you buy it. A crappy homeowner saw from a big box will suck and have poor support. A good semi-pro model from a saw shop will give a lot more satisfaction and have much better support. According to Kaleb the price difference isn't all that much either. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:26:46 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won Message-ID: 52095316.1000...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have no idea about that but I bought a Husquvarna a couple of years back and so far am happy with it. Randy On 12/08/2013 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I thought about that, and I am sure they will, I would be willing to pay extra for a better saw. I thought these were made by Husquvarna though? On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Mine that start are poulan pro Husky owns Poulan. So, doing some looking on lowes website, and no more than I will use the thing, I can't really justify spending an extra $100 or more to get the same size 18 husky. Looking at the reviews it seems these can also suffer the hard start. What I am thinking about though is taking this one back and spending an extra $30 for the 20 Poulan pro saw. It seems to have better reviews, so maybe it does not have the same problems and seems a little more heavy duty without spending more for the husky. This is what I have http://www.lowes.com/pd_182191-86886-PP4218A_4294747183__?productId=3693568Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 this is what I am thinking about, not sure if any difference other than size but seems to have better reviews http://www.lowes.com/pd_353792-86886-PP5020_4294747183__?productId=3353618Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 I think the larger one is the same as one I have. Hard to tell from the picture, but the smaller one may be the updated version of the smaller one I have. It has the choke on the right side of the handle while for the larger one, you can see the choke on the left side of the handle. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
From what I have read the bigger 20 may be more Husky than Poulan, if it makes a different. I am thinking about doing the sway when I head back to town shortly On 8/12/2013 5:36 PM, Dieselhead wrote: Mine that start are poulan pro Husky owns Poulan. So, doing some looking on lowes website, and no more than I will use the thing, I can't really justify spending an extra $100 or more to get the same size 18 husky. Looking at the reviews it seems these can also suffer the hard start. What I am thinking about though is taking this one back and spending an extra $30 for the 20 Poulan pro saw. It seems to have better reviews, so maybe it does not have the same problems and seems a little more heavy duty without spending more for the husky. This is what I have http://www.lowes.com/pd_182191-86886-PP4218A_4294747183__?productId=3693568Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 this is what I am thinking about, not sure if any difference other than size but seems to have better reviews http://www.lowes.com/pd_353792-86886-PP5020_4294747183__?productId=3353618Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1 I think the larger one is the same as one I have. Hard to tell from the picture, but the smaller one may be the updated version of the smaller one I have. It has the choke on the right side of the handle while for the larger one, you can see the choke on the left side of the handle. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6572 - Release Date: 08/12/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
It seems to me you have a variable definition for flooded. To me flooded means theres more gas available than can be handled by the spark plug. A wet spark plug produces considerably less spark than a dry one so theres no starting. It seems you start by using flooded to mean primed but then change to flooded when you talk about holding full throttle to clear the extra fuel... My Husky has a primer bulb that I only use if the saw has been sitting a few weeks or more. If its been running recently I flip the choke and it'll start pretty easy. -Curt I mean too rich to run. I don't generally check to see if the spark plug is wet. With the choke out, it starts, and runs and dies before I can get to the choke to shove it in. TO me that is more flooded than primed. to me primed means there is adequate gasoline to the carb. But I hate gassers, so I really don't care how you want to define the terms. Gimme a Diesel! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Kaleb, I hope the new saw (Poulan or other) works out. I urge you to use only fresh gas (to avoid gumming up the carb) and keep the mix mixed (for longevity). As far as I know, all these 2-cycle carbs are similar (and fundamentally different from 4-cycle carbs) and bad fuel can harm any of them. I've owned several Poulan chain saws, blowers, weed whackers, etc. They don't last forever (probably cheaper metallurgy plus lower production QC) but I always get at least 5-10 years service unless I poison them with bad fuel. There must be lemons but I haven't gotten one yet. My use is light-duty homeowner stuff so a throw-away after a few years is OK by me. But if I was a heavy user (like a tree guy) I'd spring for a Stihl or Echo. My other pet peeve is to keep the chain sharp (only requires a file). A dull chain is dangerous and it stresses all other parts of the saw. You want to see nice little chunks of wood when you cut, not dust. I ran across the following link that has a lot of detail on these all attitude carbs. It may help explain my obsession about fuel. http://www.asos1.com/smallengine02/smallengine02.htm Note the many small fuel passages that would be easily blocked by a little gum or varnish. Hasn't changed from the 30s or 40s, when Farmall tractors had a decal by the gas cap that said buy clean fuel, Keep it clean. Even with QA improvements, the fuel now is unstable, so it is probably worse than when those tractors were new. I never use 2 cycle gas that is over 4 months old. I always keep the lid on the fuel can. I always empty the tank of the 2 cycle engine before storing, and then let it run out of gas. My 30 year old stihl has never failed to start. Old 2 cycle gas can be burned in your car, or used for bbq lighter if you are extremely careful. (Don't get within 3 feet of the grill when lighting.) It is less volatile than straight gasoline, which does not make bbq lighter. 16 to one is better then 50 to one also, as the higher oil content makes it less volatile. As Scott says, 2 cycle carburetors are more prone to plugging than other carbs. You don't want gasoline in them getting stale or corroding the pot metal. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
From what I have read the bigger 20 may be more Husky than Poulan, if it makes a different. I am thinking about doing the sway when I head back to town shortly I have to say that to me the 18 is more usable than the 20 saw. But then I like small saws. My all time favorite is the 16 homely-ite Super EZ. I grew up using a 25 lb McCollough 24 so I really appreciated the Super EZ. If I were running a saw everyday, I'd have a Stilh. The 20 poulan may be mostly huskq, but I've never had a Huskq. It is similar only in color to the 18 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
This thread has been running for several days now, but only focused on fuel, carb, primer, etc etc.. There is another component set to that small engine that will cause the same level of grief. That is the ignition system. In almost all cases spark is made by a magneto. If that magneto pickup gap is set to wide, or to small, it will start hard, run like crap, and not make proper power. Again, I suggest you pull the plug, connect the plug wire, lay the plug on the bare metal head of the engine where you can observe the spark and see if it is a nice bright blue hot spark or a weak one.. Also, you might want to look into how to set the gap for the magneto.. many times in production, things are slipped through that don't really pass muster, boxed and sold. Could be you have one that almost didn't make test cell. Grant... On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Wikipedia says Husky bought Poulan but Husky and Jonsered are both owned by Electrolux. I suspect Poulan are actually made by the lowest bidder in China. My Husky says made in Sweden on it. When I got it I was concerned that the bottom end of the motor is plastic. Now 5 or 6 years later after hours of hard cutting I don't think it matters. The model is more important than the brand as is where you buy it. A crappy homeowner saw from a big box will suck and have poor support. A good semi-pro model from a saw shop will give a lot more satisfaction and have much better support. According to Kaleb the price difference isn't all that much either. -Curt Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:26:46 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won Message-ID: 52095316.1000...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have no idea about that but I bought a Husquvarna a couple of years back and so far am happy with it. Randy On 12/08/2013 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I thought about that, and I am sure they will, I would be willing to pay extra for a better saw. I thought these were made by Husquvarna though? On 8/12/2013 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Quick - before you put fuel in it etc. - take it back and see if they will swap you for a Husquvarna. Will cost a bit more but you will be happier in the long run. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Keys
BTW, Kaleb, recent talk about PO's providing only one key for a vehicle, reminded me: I've rounded up 3 SDL keys for you so far. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought the saw and the saw won
Taiwan is the best Asian place to buy bicycle parts from. Some of the best rims and frames are made there, both carbon and aluminum. Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (169,xxx mi) On 8/7/2013 5:53 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: i still like bicycles and advise anyone looking for a bicycle that if they see the words tig welded taiwan on the frame they are in good shape. i've also been having good luck selling taiwan parts for mercedes to those who don't want to be screwed by PRC yet dont want to buy something real korean stuff is even better. i wouldnt' touch a korean product in teh 80s but would not hesitate today ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Keys
Cool Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:00 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: BTW, Kaleb, recent talk about PO's providing only one key for a vehicle, reminded me: I've rounded up 3 SDL keys for you so far. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
