Re: [MBZ] Oz Merc truck
Did that start life as a 123 limo? Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Test 4
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Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Test sat. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Anyone Need A Muscle Car?
I was thinking the same thing although I've never seen one for sale that wasn't rusted to pieces... I'd probably be more into it for $5k. -Curt From: OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anyone Need A Muscle Car? Love it, but not at that price, even though it seems to be mostly all there, which is getting more rare these days --- On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/4596930314.html Rick -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
I am left wondering why Archer75 doesn't just get a gmail acct and stop fighting his ISP --R On 8/1/14 9:14 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Test sat. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Some people like the abuse. I held onto my Yahoo account long enough that we figured out a solution. It seems like Gerry will need to go to his ISP to get his problems fixed though. -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Test 4 I am left wondering why Archer75 doesn't just get a gmail acct and stop fighting his ISP --R On 8/1/14 9:14 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Test sat. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] What a day...
So the Jetta has passed 250,000 miles and although I wanted to change the oil at 250,000 miles I didn't get around to it. Yesterday I had some time and got to changing it. The Jetta is a bit of a PITA for this, you can't pull it up through the dipstick like on a MB and the car is so low I can't get under it. So I jacked it up, and drained the oil but then discovered (remembered really) that I can't get the oil filter out from the top. There is a special place in hell for the asshole that worked out the positioning for this filter. Its HUGE, like an MB filter but in a metal can on the side of the engine, facing the radiator with very little space. So I had to drop the belly pan which is 4 bolts, two behind the engine and one in each wheel well. Of course this had to wait for the oil draining to be complete so I didn't get oil all over. That was a waste of time though, I've had a small ongoing oil leak and the belly pan was full of oil soaked dirt. With the belly pan down I found I could NOT remove the oil filter. Usually they just hand tight but this one resisted all efforts. Remember theres not much space either. I even tried a chisel and hammer. So I needed a filter wrench. The 190D (MB content) had gotten very loud again one day after repairing the exhaust pipe so I finally broke down and bought a replacement. Of course the Jetta is now right square in the driveway so I sneaked the 190D in as close next to it as I could and still get between them, to remove the pipe the car has to be jacked up and we've only got so much paved driveway. If I'd known I'd go through this I could have shifted the Jetta to one side, the paved part of our drive way is just barely 2 cars wide. Anyway got the old pipe out from under the 190D, it'd split badly just past where I'd repaired. I also found that the new pipe had what I thought was the wrong flange where it meets the next pipe. It was wrong until I hit the old one with a hammer and the coupler came out :) . Putting the pipe in was an easy job, the biggest part was burning all the shipping stickers off with a torch. I tried to cut them but some asshat at WorldPak had covered almost the whole pipe with stickers, tape and plastic. The torch and a scraper worked best though the car still looked like it was on fire for a bit as I rode to Autozone to get an oil filter wrench. Even with the wrench that blasted oil filter was VERY hard to get off. My trusted VW guru will get a piece of my mind on that one. I nearly bought one of the cup type wrenches but wasn't sure it would fit the Mann filter which has grooves instead of flats and wasn't sure it could sneak into the little space provided, as it was the strap type wrench had a hard time. In the end I got the wrench on and turned it with a long screwdriver... Finally while cleaning up I think I finally found the oil leak. Last winter an oil line to the turbo failed. In replacing it my VW guru mentioned that the port off of the oil filter was a bit buggered but fortunately there are 3 and only 2 are used so he switched to another port and put a plug in the bad one. I noticed oil welling up around the plug. I gave the plug 1/8th turn and the oil quit. I'll move that to watch status... All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... -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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Gmail is an ISP? I thought it was just more of their troublesome software like Google Chrome which runs down laptop batteries. http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014/7/21/google_chrome_bug_draining_batteries_report.htm I've had embarqmail (now Centurylink) for years and have never had this kind of problem with any other email list. Anyway, the problem with Mercedes List seems to be fixed thanks to Dan and Kleb. Gerry On 8/1/2014 10:18 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I am left wondering why Archer75 doesn't just get a gmail acct and stop fighting his ISP --R On 8/1/14 9:14 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Test sat. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. Indeed, congrats! I have speared oil filters with screwdrivers, that works pretty well. Unless the filter falls apart, I suppose, but that hasn't happened to me yet. The longest oil change I've ever done was about 16 working hours on the Escape, plus an hour or two of shop time. The Ford dealer overtightened the drain plug (I think I ticked off the technician by insisting that I did have a transmission). I wound up stripping it, then completely rounding it, while trying every kind of easy-out device and drill bit. Eventually I took it to a shop, and in the end they stuck it on a lift and used a grinder to get it out. Come to think of it, that was also the most expensive oil change ever, at the $125/hr shop rate here. Things like that really make me appreciate MB's attention to design detail. Best, 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
Well then let me insert some. I LOVE driving the car. Its quick, it handles well, and its comfortable. The engine is TINY, puts out 90hp 150lb/ft and sips fuel gently. When we went to Michigan last month we did 1500 odd miles with the car loaded full and running 80+ mph it turned in 47mpg consistently. In summertime commuting its gone as high as 55mpg and in the winter hovers around 50. The oil filter thing can be blamed on a very tight engine bay, its a small car, and an over zealous oil change monkey. I got the filter it had when I got it out with much less trouble. I do need to remember for next time to not fill it more than half full as it has to be tilted when installed and its hard to grip when its oily. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
I debated spearing the thing, I did that on a Mazda years ago. That one shredded pretty badly and I was worried about ripping it completely to shreds without it coming off when it finally came loose. I was doubly worried here because theres very little space to work with... -Curt From: Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. Indeed, congrats! I have speared oil filters with screwdrivers, that works pretty well. Unless the filter falls apart, I suppose, but that hasn't happened to me yet. The longest oil change I've ever done was about 16 working hours on the Escape, plus an hour or two of shop time. The Ford dealer overtightened the drain plug (I think I ticked off the technician by insisting that I did have a transmission). I wound up stripping it, then completely rounding it, while trying every kind of easy-out device and drill bit. Eventually I took it to a shop, and in the end they stuck it on a lift and used a grinder to get it out. Come to think of it, that was also the most expensive oil change ever, at the $125/hr shop rate here. Things like that really make me appreciate MB's attention to design detail. Best, 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
BUT it bu**ered it up for others. I can no longer tell who sent the message without opening it because they all say Mercedes Discussion List rather than the name of the contributor. So, much more difficult to go back to old posts to check something that I remembered like a good tip from Jim C. Randy On 01/08/2014 10:24 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: Gmail is an ISP? I thought it was just more of their troublesome software like Google Chrome which runs down laptop batteries. http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014/7/21/google_chrome_bug_draining_batteries_report.htm I've had embarqmail (now Centurylink) for years and have never had this kind of problem with any other email list. Anyway, the problem with Mercedes List seems to be fixed thanks to Dan and Kleb. Gerry On 8/1/2014 10:18 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I am left wondering why Archer75 doesn't just get a gmail acct and stop fighting his ISP --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
You've convinced me. Going to look around for one. What was the year and model? Gerry.who always liked working on Beetles. On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Well then let me insert some. I LOVE driving the car. Its quick, it handles well, and its comfortable. The engine is TINY, puts out 90hp 150lb/ft and sips fuel gently. When we went to Michigan last month we did 1500 odd miles with the car loaded full and running 80+ mph it turned in 47mpg consistently. In summertime commuting its gone as high as 55mpg and in the winter hovers around 50. The oil filter thing can be blamed on a very tight engine bay, its a small car, and an over zealous oil change monkey. I got the filter it had when I got it out with much less trouble. I do need to remember for next time to not fill it more than half full as it has to be tilted when installed and its hard to grip when its oily. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
Mine is a '98 Jetta TDI. Its an A3 body which got the TDI only in '98 and '99 until '99.5 which started the A4. I like the A3, its a little tinnier than an A4 but its easier to work on. It requires a timing belt at 60,000 as opposed to 100,000 in the A4 and later but it costs HALF as much to do and a failed water pump doesn't take out the timing belt. Consider also the B4 Passat which is the same basic time period. Angie wants a TDI also so I've got an eye out for another A3, a B4 or a B5.5 Passat which actually has the engine turned sideways (or normal ways if you prefer) so a timing belt job requires taking the whole front of the car off. Actually for Angie's needs I'd probably be better off to get an A4 with a 2.0l gas engine, she really doesn't need a diesel. Lately I've gotten kind of tired of my '84 190D which needs body work, started to consider a newer 190E. Oooh the dark side. Strangely not much for sale lately. -Curt From: arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... You've convinced me. Going to look around for one. What was the year and model? Gerry.who always liked working on Beetles. On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Well then let me insert some. I LOVE driving the car. Its quick, it handles well, and its comfortable. The engine is TINY, puts out 90hp 150lb/ft and sips fuel gently. When we went to Michigan last month we did 1500 odd miles with the car loaded full and running 80+ mph it turned in 47mpg consistently. In summertime commuting its gone as high as 55mpg and in the winter hovers around 50. The oil filter thing can be blamed on a very tight engine bay, its a small car, and an over zealous oil change monkey. I got the filter it had when I got it out with much less trouble. I do need to remember for next time to not fill it more than half full as it has to be tilted when installed and its hard to grip when its oily. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
Wow, I would love the fuel economy. Wonder whether JiffyLub would charge $44 for an oil change, though, given all that you said.. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You've convinced me. Going to look around for one. What was the year and model? Gerry.who always liked working on Beetles. On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Well then let me insert some. I LOVE driving the car. Its quick, it handles well, and its comfortable. The engine is TINY, puts out 90hp 150lb/ft and sips fuel gently. When we went to Michigan last month we did 1500 odd miles with the car loaded full and running 80+ mph it turned in 47mpg consistently. In summertime commuting its gone as high as 55mpg and in the winter hovers around 50. The oil filter thing can be blamed on a very tight engine bay, its a small car, and an over zealous oil change monkey. I got the filter it had when I got it out with much less trouble. I do need to remember for next time to not fill it more than half full as it has to be tilted when installed and its hard to grip when its oily. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
If you took that car to a JiffyLube you'd deserve the ruined engine you'd get. TDIs MUST have APPROPRIATE synthetic oil. I've never been to a skippylube that has 5w40 synthetic and the car will NOT tolerate anything-w30. Interestingly it appears that the people that buy these are generally skinflints. The TDI forums are just loaded with people who try to buy a car, do no maintenance or just the absolutely minimum in maintenance with cheap Chinese parts and then are shocked when the car fails. I thought these were reliable. There are also a bunch of folks like me that buy them cheap from the idiots, do their own work and have good results. Theres nothing all that complicated about these cars that I can't do it in my driveway. For the sake of expediency or because I don't want to work outside in the snow I've farmed a lot out but its not because I couldn't do it. Being able to hook up the laptop and pull diagnostics is fantastic... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... Wow, I would love the fuel economy. Wonder whether JiffyLub would charge $44 for an oil change, though, given all that you said.. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You've convinced me. Going to look around for one. What was the year and model? Gerry.who always liked working on Beetles. On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Well then let me insert some. I LOVE driving the car. Its quick, it handles well, and its comfortable. The engine is TINY, puts out 90hp 150lb/ft and sips fuel gently. When we went to Michigan last month we did 1500 odd miles with the car loaded full and running 80+ mph it turned in 47mpg consistently. In summertime commuting its gone as high as 55mpg and in the winter hovers around 50. The oil filter thing can be blamed on a very tight engine bay, its a small car, and an over zealous oil change monkey. I got the filter it had when I got it out with much less trouble. I do need to remember for next time to not fill it more than half full as it has to be tilted when installed and its hard to grip when its oily. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Thanks, Dan. Gerry On 8/1/2014 8:59 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: TDIs MUST have APPROPRIATE synthetic oil. I've never been to a skippylube that has 5w40 synthetic and the car will NOT tolerate anything-w30. I once bought a MBZ which had Valvoline Synthetic 5w30 in it according to an Instant Oil Change sticker. At least it wasn't a diesel. The filter I took out was a fleece Mann, so they at least got that part right. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
This dovetails exactly with the things I heard and saw when I was looking a VWs a few years ago. I believe there was a gas engine they had in the Jettas that was VERY sensitive to the type and viscosity of oil use, and if this was ignored would cause the engine to grenade prematurely. Dan who likes Jetta and Passat wagons Sent from my iPad On Aug 1, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If you took that car to a JiffyLube you'd deserve the ruined engine you'd get. TDIs MUST have APPROPRIATE synthetic oil. I've never been to a skippylube that has 5w40 synthetic and the car will NOT tolerate anything-w30. Interestingly it appears that the people that buy these are generally skinflints. The TDI forums are just loaded with people who try to buy a car, do no maintenance or just the absolutely minimum in maintenance with cheap Chinese parts and then are shocked when the car fails. I thought these were reliable. There are also a bunch of folks like me that buy them cheap from the idiots, do their own work and have good results. Theres nothing all that complicated about these cars that I can't do it in my driveway. For the sake of expediency or because I don't want to work outside in the snow I've farmed a lot out but its not because I couldn't do it. Being able to hook up the laptop and pull diagnostics is fantastic... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What a day... Wow, I would love the fuel economy. Wonder whether JiffyLub would charge $44 for an oil change, though, given all that you said.. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You've convinced me. Going to look around for one. What was the year and model? ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:12:29 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: BUT it bu**ered it up for others. I can no longer tell who sent the message without opening it because they all say Mercedes Discussion List rather than the name of the contributor. So, much more difficult to go back to old posts to check something that I remembered like a good tip from Jim C. Well, that problem is your email client, not the list's software. Mine, Sylpheed, shows things like the Randy Bennell via Mercedes for everyone. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
dan does a great job. really has transformed this list On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Thanks, Dan. Gerry On 8/1/2014 8:59 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: test 4 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Yeah my iPhone doesn't show the individual names in Apple's mail client but the Yahoo mail client does as does the web app. -Curt From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Test 4 On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:12:29 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: BUT it bu**ered it up for others. I can no longer tell who sent the message without opening it because they all say Mercedes Discussion List rather than the name of the contributor. So, much more difficult to go back to old posts to check something that I remembered like a good tip from Jim C. Well, that problem is your email client, not the list's software. Mine, Sylpheed, shows things like the Randy Bennell via Mercedes for everyone. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
i like VWs and have for a very long time On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm not feeling any love for VWs here. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:15:49 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: All in all a simple oil change took just over 4 hours... It's frustrating when that happens, but congratulations on getting it all done. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Brother, Can You Spare A Switch?
Anybody have a front double switch (no lock), like this? The one in my 450SLC has just crumbled into sparks and plastic shards... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDgwMA==/z/a-oAAOxy7nNTTdNq/$_57.JPG Thanks! -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: $_57.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 113564 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20140730/0699a958/attachment.jpe ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Brother, Can You Spare A Switch?
Sorry Mitch. Just saw this in the approval queue. I was distracted by the message in front of it that said something about Abradolph Linkler Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 30, 2014, at 4:08 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Anybody have a front double switch (no lock), like this? The one in my 450SLC has just crumbled into sparks and plastic shards... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDgwMA==/z/a-oAAOxy7nNTTdNq/$_57.JPG Thanks! -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: $_57.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 113564 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20140730/0699a958/attachment.jpe ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
Ooh, tell us more! Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 1, 2014 12:34 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Being able to hook up the laptop and pull diagnostics is fantastic... ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Trouble comes in bunches
The first trouble was shifter bushings in the '83 300D which were fixed thanks to Gary. The second was a dead and completely shorted out battery that would not take a charge. Since I didn't want to switch the battery out of the '83 240D, I installed a little 240 cca garden tractor battery to see if it would start the 300D since the car starts very easily. It only grunted when I tried to start it, but then I remembered the 40 amps the pre-heater draws. I preheated until the dome light brightened and then hit the starter. Success! Drove down to A-zone, and between smirks about my big battery, A-zone installed a new group 49 battery at no charge. That evening I headed to town and about 5 miles from home 300D choked down to idle rpm. Installed primary filter. No help. Installed secondary filter. No help. Thought about idling home with flashers on, but it being Friday night, was sure someone going home from a bar would rear-end me, and it would be my fault. TripleA hauled me home. Rigged up a bottle of diesel under the hood to isolate the problem. Engine still ran only at idle speed. Tank was nearly full and fuel was flowing freely out of both tank lines, so it was pretty certain the tank filter was not the problem. Then, with visions of something being haywire in the IP, I took apart the air filter assembly; thinking that I might have bollixed something up recently when I installed new rubber supports for the air cleaner. To go back a year or two, I had installed gaskets made of small motorcycle innertube on the inlet to the turbo since the U-shaped duct was not obtainable for a reasonable price anywhere and mine would not come close to tightening up using a stainless steel clamp. When the U-shaped duct was taken off, a piece of the inner fell out, and when I looked inside the turbo, there was a larger piece up against the turbine blades and almost completely blocking the inlet. Easily pulled that out along with a small piece that was wedged between the turbo blade and the housing. Put everything back together, and with fingers crossed in case rubber had blown into the engine or the turbine blades had been damaged, drove it around the neighborhood at high rpm. No problems! It's been working well ever since. Note: Put a new better quality clamp on the U-shaped duct and tightened it with a socket and wrench instead of a screwdriver. It tightened right up! No more DIY gaskets necessary. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Test 4
Randy, your issue is the fault of your email client. Your user agent is shown as Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 A couple other headers: From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Sender: Mercedes mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com Reply-To: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca, Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com So apparently your Thunderbird is using the header Sender and not From in the listing. There may be a way to change that. At least, that's where I'd start looking, 'cause the information _is_ in the email. -- 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
You have been warned! http://jalopnik.com/i-really-should-hate-this-retro-ized-mercedes-more-1614591457 --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Call for a Part
Here's the deal: On many of the 1990 and later models, for sure the R129 and W140, there are small white links or rods used in the exterior rear view mirrors. These links or rods connect from a bracket on the back of the mirror to the motor in the 9:00 o'clock and 3:00 o'clock positions, and are the means by which the mirror is moved from side to side. Because they are fairly small and delicate, they are often broken when servicing the mirrors and are so weak that one can even break them by manually moving the mirrors. If they break, the mirror will still move up and down but not side to side. These links are not sold as separate parts, meaning that if they are broken the whole mirror motor assembly must be replaced. I want to try and find a couple of these links that are intact so that I can duplicate them. This is an ideal opportunity for a 3-D printer. If you have any of these or might be able to grab a couple or a complete mirror assembly they can be liberated from, please let me know. I know some of you frequent the pick and pulls in your areas, and this would be the perfect place to find some of these. Thanks, Dan Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You have been warned! http://jalopnik.com/i-really-should-hate-this-retro-ized- mercedes-more-1614591457 Facebook reports: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.503846126364257.1073741854.454857451263125type=3 Best, 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OK Don
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I *think* the one I'd use is the Straight Talk one though, its similar money and they don't spam the crap out of your email. I was also very unhappy with how un-straightforward Freedom Pop's website is. Looks like they're hiding stuff. I have several FreedomPop accounts. They run off Clearwire's network, which is to say Sprint's WiMax, with a few (expensive) exceptions. They are currently clearing inventory since WiMax is closing down. 3G is a monthly access charge unless you are on the phone beta, 4G (LTE or WiMax) is free for the first 500/900MB. I agree their web site is terrible, and they make their money on folks forgetting to cancel their plans. Ultimately you can't get enough data to use as an ISP (in my opinion, anyway); if you need an ISP Clearwire is the better choice. I live in what should be (by the map) a really good area for WiMax, and it is acceptable - but I probably wouldn't want it as my ISP. That said, it is nice to be able to flip on my FreedomPop Photon and be able to use a few 100MB when I'm out and about. The kids can play Minecraft over the local network in the car on long trips, I can download some MP3s or stream Pandora if the radio selection is poor. It works fine where Sprint had good WiMax coverage, which is most of NC's interstates, anyway. I also have my car phone (the one that displays my Torque data) on FreedomPop, that's a new addition. It basically lets me have some data. Honestly the phone part hasn't worked well, but the data is nice. That phone has LTE access. It is really free, once you get everything set up correctly, and cancel the paid plans. Best, 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] What a day...
So, are you a source of parts for our 2012 Passat TDI? On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Gary Hurst via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: i like VWs and have for a very long time -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Call for a Part
On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:29:36 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Here's the deal: On many of the 1990 and later models, for sure the R129 and W140, there are small white links or rods used in the exterior rear view mirrors. If they break, the mirror will still move up and down but not side to side. That must be what's wrong with our '95 E320's right mirror. Kaleb is supposed to be sourcing the parts to fix it. These links are not sold as separate parts, meaning that if they are broken the whole mirror motor assembly must be replaced. Not good. I want to try and find a couple of these links that are intact so that ( ^ to, not and ) I can duplicate them. This is an ideal opportunity for a 3-D printer. Very good! Excellent idea! If you have any of these or might be able to grab a couple or a complete mirror assembly they can be liberated from, please let me know. Sorry, I can't help with that. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Toronto traffic troubles ...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/burlington-skyway-crash-driver-charged-with-impaired-driving-1.2724276 Burlington Skyway crash: Driver charged with impaired driving 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
The license plate really goes too far On Friday, August 1, 2014, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You have been warned! http://jalopnik.com/i-really-should-hate-this-retro-ized- mercedes-more-1614591457 --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:50:25 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The license plate really goes too far How does P BRACQ go too far? Or do I not want to know? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
Bracq was a designer for some of the most iconic MB designs in the 1960s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bracq Dan On Aug 1, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:50:25 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The license plate really goes too far How does P BRACQ go too far? Or do I not want to know? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] WARNING! DANGER!
On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:05:16 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Bracq was a designer for some of the most iconic MB designs in the 1960s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bracq Aha! Now I understand! I wonder what he would think of the car ... 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Toronto traffic troubles ...
The power of alcohol demonstrated once again. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/burlington-skyway-crash-driver-charged-with-impaired-driving-1.2724276 Burlington Skyway crash: Driver charged with impaired driving 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT - electric vehicle
This sounds too good to be true ??? *An electric car, but where are the batteries?* The Quant e-Sportlimousine uses so-called “flow-cell” technology with two tanks filled with different liquid electrolytes to store energy. The liquid passes through a membrane in between the two tanks, creating an electric charge. The e-Sportlimousine emits no particulate or noxious emissions, has a claimed top speed of about 217mph and would accelerate from zero to 62mph in a Nissan GT-R Nismo-like http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20131224-sports-car-of-2013-gt-r-nismo 2.8 seconds. Nanoflowcell, its Germany-based builder, says the technology offers five times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries of the same weight, has no moving parts and contains no harmful substances. The car can travel 372 miles on a single charge and just earned a road-worthy approval on European roads. http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140801-the-217mph-electric-lab -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - electric vehicle
On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 20:19:45 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This sounds too good to be true ??? *An electric car, but where are the batteries?* The Quant e-Sportlimousine uses so-called “flow-cell” technology with two tanks filled with different liquid electrolytes to store energy. http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140801-the-217mph-electric-lab The company's page is http://nanoflowcell.com/en#home When you go there, there is a long YouTube video and precious little else. Is it too good to be true? I guess we will have to wait and see. Craig -- Present:'95 E320Sebastian 130 kmi '82 240D/3.0Bluebell 267 kmi (need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, Big Red Van) Past: '94 E420Oskar 127 kmi '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
