Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies
On 28/05/2015 2:43 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: On the wet side of the mountains we are paralyzed by White Guilt. Any solution involves debasing white culture and embracing the multi-cutlural appeasement process. As long as they feel they are warriors opposed to inequity, the fools will follow the piper like rats from Hamlin. Now they are sending their children on that path. The re-education process is pretty complete. They will bow down and wait for the gooberment to come to their rescue. No longer able to act for their own self interest clay Interesting that the other groups of whatever background use the race card to advance their agendas and no one accuses them of being racist but if white folks do anything similar, they are branded racists. The ethnic groups all appear to prefer their own kind but white folks are not supposed to do that as it is racist. I guess racist = white. RB ___ 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] Pumping diesel
Curt wrote: We get non-taxable diesel delivered for the snowmobile trail groomers at a substantial discount over taxed diesel. Granted we buy 200 gallons a week during the season... Curly wrote: For 200 gal Diesel and 400 to 500 Diesel, they would grudgingly come out. Aye, but Curly you live in big farm country. 200 gallons won't fill one of those big tractors twice. The big farms skip the jobber entirely. They have 10,000 gallon tanks and just get a semiload from the terminal The smartest one I saw had 750 head they milk, plus the ancillary cattle, I don't know how many acres they farmed but they had all 1974 or older internationals, and grew sunflowers. They had a little German mill that cold pressed the sunflower oil and they mixed the meal to feed cattle and made BioD out of the oil. They ran 100% BioD most of the year, and blended it in the winter. They bought very little fuel and little feed. It was slick. ___ 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] Pumping diesel
Curt wrote: We get non-taxable diesel delivered for the snowmobile trail groomers at a substantial discount over taxed diesel. Granted we buy 200 gallons a week during the season... Curly wrote: For 200 gal Diesel and 400 to 500 Diesel, they would grudgingly come out. Aye, but Curly you live in big farm country. 200 gallons won't fill one of those big tractors twice. ___ 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] Pumping diesel
Kaleb wrote: I would like to find some sort of diesel tank on a trailer I can take down and fill up and haul back home If it's more than about 120 gallons or so, and it's not connected to your engine, it is required to have a HAZMAT placard. Just so you know. ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
On the wet side of the mountains we are paralyzed by White Guilt. Any solution involves debasing white culture and embracing the multi-cutlural appeasement process. As long as they feel they are warriors opposed to inequity, the fools will follow the piper like rats from Hamlin. Now they are sending their children on that path. The re-education process is pretty complete. They will bow down and wait for the gooberment to come to their rescue. No longer able to act for their own self interest clay On May 27, 2015, at 6:51 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Pretty sure I'm not racist. I'm also pretty sure that I would be very nervous in _any_ inner city situation, regardless of the 'decor'! IMHO population density is the problem, not color. Urban Stupid is a sub-culture. Not sure why it appears to be so attractive. I'm _glad_ Obama has been ineffective! What he wanted to do is not what I wanted done. OTOH, people seem to elect based on powers the office does not have. So to Urban Stupid we have to add the other prevalent sub-culture: Regular Stupid! :-) -- 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 ___ 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] 124 sunroof rear drains
Correct, and thanks! - Max Charleston SC On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I s'pose you meant ---NO water made it---. ;) ATTABOY! 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] For y'all trekkies
It surely appears that you folks have a problem. The parties have managed to work together in the past but seem unable or unwilling to do so now. Being obstinate is just not good for the country. They need to some up with some initiatives that they can work on together an spend less time trying to prevent the other from accomplishing anything. RB We need to quit electing incumbents, make all fed employees save for their won retirement out of their income, pay into to social insecurity, ect and like by the same rules like everyone else. ___ 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] Pumping diesel
top off the tank On May 27, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: When you pump diesel do you stop when the pump shuts off or do you let the foam go down and pump more in? Sent from my iPhone ___ 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] 84 300 TD Mercedes
I have a spare set of headlight doors. I will have to dig to find them clay On May 27, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: If someone buys em, I can use the extra set of headlight doors. Not Mine, etc. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. From: ro...@craigslist.org To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com Subject: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:31:39 + ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
Curt, I went looking for the least biased report I could find, with only objectivity and facts. Here is what I found. There are others of course, perhaps with more details about what those vacation days actually cost, and in those, Obama is clearly the big spender, If you add in the vacations Michelle has taken, then the family total spent on vacations is setting new records. However, just the facts, on number of days spent.. No, he said, she said, the Republicans this, the Democrats that. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/aug/23/who-took-more-vacation-george-w-bush-or-barack-oba/ Division followed by Conquest ... Time to all just be Americans, for what is best for America and it's Citizens. Respectfully, Grant... On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: But wasn't his predecessor the most often on vacation president ever? I feel like the Republicans pick on Obama for a whole bunch of things they'd have lauded in other presidents. I also feel like today if Obama said You know what, the AMA isn't working out lets scrap it. the Republicans would pull a 180 and FORCE him to keep it in place. I think the right has only one platform right now and its merely to be against whatever Obama is for. Sadly Obama doesn't seem to get that all he has to do is support Republican initiatives and the Repubs will abandon them immediately... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies I don't think that is fair. A whole lot of white people voted for him in order for him to get into the office of president. During the campaign he was a very good speaker. He convinced a lot of people that he could get the job done. Unfortunately, he appears to have been all talk and very little action. RB Whole lotta action on the golf courses and extended vacations ___ 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] 124 sunroof rear drains
I s'pose you meant ---NO water made it---. ;) ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:46 AM Subject: [MBZ] 124 sunroof rear drains They exist. I checked the EPC and the diagram for the sunroof frame shows the tube at the rear corners. Last night I dug in, was able to see the attached tube at the pan (slightly rusty, but not rusted through) and found the far end where it exited the body under the rear bumper, just behind the rear wheel. Right rear drain did indeed have some debris which came out when I ran an old speedometer cable through it and poured water from above. Peach Parts post with pictures: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/368659-124-wagon-sunroof-drains.html End result: After cleaning and buttoning all back up, watered the roof for 10 minutes with garden hose, and now water made it into the car. Lesson learned: if you use your sunroof, make cleaning front and rear drains part of your maintenance routine. - Max 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 ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
Federal employees do pay from their paychecks for retirement annuity (FERS), can contribute to the 401k equivalent (TSP) which has matching up to 5%, and pay social insecurity, medicare, etc. etc. Congress critters have been able to exempt themselves from some laws (like insider trading) and still automatically pay themselves a nice fat pay raise each year, but they have the same retirement plan, same healthcare options, and pay the same taxes on their federal pay like all other federal employees. Personally I think federal employees and military members paying federal income tax is one of the stupidest things ever, sending money in a big circle which costs more money. However that waste of time and money is small change compared to most of the waste in the federal budget. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: make all fed employees save for their won retirement out of their income, pay into to social insecurity, ___ 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] Pumping diesel
I would like to find some sort of diesel tank on a trailer I can take down and fill up and haul back home Sent from my iPhone On May 28, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Around here they don't want to come out for only 200 gallons. I had trouble getting them to deliver for the 500 gal gasoline tank. When gasoline (benzin) hit $4/gal, I quit using the tank and went to 5 gal buckets. For 200 gal Diesel and 400 to 500 Diesel, they would grudgingly come out. I suspect being dipped is more common in farm country. I've never even HEARD of anybody getting dipped. We get non-taxable diesel delivered for the snowmobile trail groomers at a substantial discount over taxed diesel. Granted we buy 200 gallons a week during the season... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel Check the prices first. Last time I checked the offroad diesel without tax, delivered was more per gallon than road taxed Diesel at the pump in town. You are likely to be stopped and have your tank dipped with the pickup. It is unlikely with a car. I need to get one of those tanks and get some farm diesel Sent from my W140Phone ___ 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] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
Sounds like you need goats - - - On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Low boy is a good machine but that big a belly mower is no good for me. Our farm is much too rocky and bumpy for such a thing. Its bad enough mowing with a 42 deck on a the lawnmower. A 3pt bush hog is what I really need. Well that and a tractor with a 3pt hitch. -Curt -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain 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
Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel
Around here they don't want to come out for only 200 gallons. I had trouble getting them to deliver for the 500 gal gasoline tank. When gasoline (benzin) hit $4/gal, I quit using the tank and went to 5 gal buckets. For 200 gal Diesel and 400 to 500 Diesel, they would grudgingly come out. I suspect being dipped is more common in farm country. I've never even HEARD of anybody getting dipped. We get non-taxable diesel delivered for the snowmobile trail groomers at a substantial discount over taxed diesel. Granted we buy 200 gallons a week during the season... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel Check the prices first. Last time I checked the offroad diesel without tax, delivered was more per gallon than road taxed Diesel at the pump in town. You are likely to be stopped and have your tank dipped with the pickup. It is unlikely with a car. I need to get one of those tanks and get some farm diesel Sent from my W140Phone ___ 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] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
You have live hydraulics on your Super M. Call up all states ag parts or colfax tractor parts or whoever and buy a used 3 pt attachment for your M. The you can put a 7 to 8' mower behind on the 3 pt. Even a new Three point and a new mower are way less money than a new 20 hp japanese tractor. You'd probably have enough money left over for a loader. Low boy is a good machine but that big a belly mower is no good for me. Our farm is much too rocky and bumpy for such a thing. Its bad enough mowing with a 42 deck on a the lawnmower. A 3pt bush hog is what I really need. Well that and a tractor with a 3pt hitch. -Curt Cub or Cub lowboy are real tractors, as are all the diesel japanese tractors. ___ 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] 109
M189 (W109 1965-67) and the M198 (gullwing) share several parts and designs. I can confirm, at least, the water pump is the same part, for example. I never bothered to compare much else in the EPC. but if you examine both closely you can see many shared deigns. Jaime On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: There is no relationship between a W109 and the Gullwing other than they used a mechanical injection pump for fuel delivery, I don't think even the pump is the same. The Gullwing engine wasn't used all that much, it was very expensive to manufacture, and difficult to maintain (the injection nozzles were in the block, aimed at the spark plugs) and Benz added the fuel injection to more normal engines intended for road use, not a sliced down aircraft engine. Not that the original engine wasn't a marvel, it was just not a great production engine. No suspension parts, either, to the best of my knowledge. I believe, although I could easily be wrong, that the SL had a fully independent rear end (I will see my buddy Hans tomorrow, I can ask, he worked on them) rather than a swing axle. Front end on the SL I don't know about. The W109 had kingpins and a two control arms, but so did everything Benz made at that time, at least until the W115 replaced the kingpin with ball joints. Geometry was improved in 1962 to change the kingpin axis and reduce scrub while increasing caster, some minor changes in the W115 on those lines as well. Nothing exciting except in comparison to US road iron of the day, all of which drove like log wagons. The SL had a space frame, with body panels attached, and working on it was pure hell -- a good deal of the rear frame had to be removed to get to the rear axle. Every Benz designed after 1950 has a unibody. I don't see all that much Gullwing in the W108/9 -- it was an old design by 1968, dating from the 1950s. Nice cars, but I like the W126 MUCH more. Peter ___ 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 -- 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
Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies
Grant... wrote: Division followed by Conquest ... Time to all just be Americans, for what is best for America and it's Citizens. What type of communism is that? You must be daft. Nice - very nice!! Thanks. 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
Re: [MBZ] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Are these boneyards? Are there boneyards for 20 year old commercial walk behind mowers? I bent the handle on mine - still available new, but at steep price. Thanks for leads to walkbehind boneyards, if they exist. I am not seeing boneyards searches on the interweb... yet. mao A few years ago I found some Cub Cadet parts on eBay. Turned out there was a Cub Cadet boneyard about 100 miles from me. I bought a few things cheaply via auction, mostly stuff like steering gearboxes and hydro transmission that would have been expensive to ship, then went out there and picked it up. 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] Pumping diesel
To Kaleb, re, hauling diesel and lack of a tank. I use 4 ea. 55 gallon metal barrels. I have hauled them both in the bed of my F450 and my F350 pickup, and on my two axle flatbed trailer. In each case, I strap all 4 barrels together with two ea. two inch wide ratchet straps, which gives them decent stability both empty and full. The steel 55 gallon barrels have metal bungs which will seal up fuel tight, and I use a Harbor Freight 12 volt pump with 3/4 inch tubing to pump the fuel out of the barrels into my Ranch tank.. I made up some stingers from schedule 40 PVC 3/4 inch pipe to stick down the barrel and stick into the Ranch Tank. I use clear poly tubing from Ace hardware from those to the pump, [lets me see if fuel is flowing] and alligator clamps and landscaping low voltage wire to run from the truck battery to the pump, with a 12V on/off switch at the pump.. Takes about 15 to 20 minutes to pump off 55 gallons, but it's a poor mans way to haul fuel, and have control over cost of tanks.. I picked up the 55 gal barrels used once [had engine oil original use] for $5 each. HTH.. Grant... ___ 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] Seems like nutsack had one of these
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Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies
RB wrote: Being obstinate is just not good for the country. Yes, that is true. The name we use for that down here these days is racism. 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
Re: [MBZ] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
Curly wrote: ...Call up all states ag parts or colfax tractor parts or whoever... Are these boneyards? Are there boneyards for 20 year old commercial walk behind mowers? I bent the handle on mine - still available new, but at steep price. Thanks for leads to walkbehind boneyards, if they exist. I am not seeing boneyards searches on the interweb... yet. 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
Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel
Tech tip, I forgot.. Cut the bottom end of the PVC pipe at about a 30 degree angle so it won't suck down to the bottom of the barrel and stall the pump. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:43 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: To Kaleb, re, hauling diesel and lack of a tank. I use 4 ea. 55 gallon metal barrels. I have hauled them both in the bed of my F450 and my F350 pickup, and on my two axle flatbed trailer. In each case, I strap all 4 barrels together with two ea. two inch wide ratchet straps, which gives them decent stability both empty and full. The steel 55 gallon barrels have metal bungs which will seal up fuel tight, and I use a Harbor Freight 12 volt pump with 3/4 inch tubing to pump the fuel out of the barrels into my Ranch tank.. I made up some stingers from schedule 40 PVC 3/4 inch pipe to stick down the barrel and stick into the Ranch Tank. I use clear poly tubing from Ace hardware from those to the pump, [lets me see if fuel is flowing] and alligator clamps and landscaping low voltage wire to run from the truck battery to the pump, with a 12V on/off switch at the pump.. Takes about 15 to 20 minutes to pump off 55 gallons, but it's a poor mans way to haul fuel, and have control over cost of tanks.. I picked up the 55 gal barrels used once [had engine oil original use] for $5 each. HTH.. Grant... ___ 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] Pumping diesel
To Kaleb, re, hauling diesel and lack of a tank. I use 4 ea. 55 gallon metal barrels. I have hauled them both in the bed of my F450 and my F350 pickup, and on my two axle flatbed trailer. In each case, I strap all 4 barrels together with two ea. two inch wide ratchet straps, which gives them decent stability both empty and full. The steel 55 gallon barrels have metal bungs which will seal up fuel tight, and I use a Harbor Freight 12 volt pump with 3/4 inch tubing to pump the fuel out of the barrels into my Ranch tank.. I made up some stingers from schedule 40 PVC 3/4 inch pipe to stick down the barrel and stick into the Ranch Tank. I use clear poly tubing from Ace hardware from those to the pump, [lets me see if fuel is flowing] and alligator clamps and landscaping low voltage wire to run from the truck battery to the pump, with a 12V on/off switch at the pump.. Takes about 15 to 20 minutes to pump off 55 gallons, but it's a poor mans way to haul fuel, and have control over cost of tanks.. I picked up the 55 gal barrels used once [had engine oil original use] for $5 each. HTH.. Grant... Naaa. Kaleb's a rich rancher with an image to maintain. He needs one of these. http://thundercreekequipment.com/products/standard-trailers.html Made right down the road from Pella winders and Vermeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fqaxiG8op8 ___ 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] Pumping diesel
I tip my hat to anyone who can get rich farming... I've been involved in farming in one way or another for over 60 years and I've had two good years.. 1958 and next year... ;)) On a practical note.. fuel thieves abound in todays world.. and anyone can hook to that nice fancy trailer and pull off with a load of your money in fuel.. poor boy barrels.. not so much.. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: To Kaleb, re, hauling diesel and lack of a tank. I use 4 ea. 55 gallon metal barrels. I have hauled them both in the bed of my F450 and my F350 pickup, and on my two axle flatbed trailer. In each case, I strap all 4 barrels together with two ea. two inch wide ratchet straps, which gives them decent stability both empty and full. The steel 55 gallon barrels have metal bungs which will seal up fuel tight, and I use a Harbor Freight 12 volt pump with 3/4 inch tubing to pump the fuel out of the barrels into my Ranch tank.. I made up some stingers from schedule 40 PVC 3/4 inch pipe to stick down the barrel and stick into the Ranch Tank. I use clear poly tubing from Ace hardware from those to the pump, [lets me see if fuel is flowing] and alligator clamps and landscaping low voltage wire to run from the truck battery to the pump, with a 12V on/off switch at the pump.. Takes about 15 to 20 minutes to pump off 55 gallons, but it's a poor mans way to haul fuel, and have control over cost of tanks.. I picked up the 55 gal barrels used once [had engine oil original use] for $5 each. HTH.. Grant... Naaa. Kaleb's a rich rancher with an image to maintain. He needs one of these. http://thundercreekequipment.com/products/standard-trailers.html Made right down the road from Pella winders and Vermeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fqaxiG8op8 ___ 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] Is the clutch job really over? Plus other jobs
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: fmiser fmi...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:18 AM Subject: [MBZ] Is the clutch job really over? Plus other jobs I'm sure hoping so. Six months ago I bought and installed a new clutch master cylinder in a early '81 240D. The website didn't post the manufacturer - so I took a chance, and lost. It was a TRW with Lucas cast into the body - not a FTE or FAG. A couple months ago the car started losing brake fluid. It took awhile for it to get big enough for me to find it. The leak was the main seal on the clutch master cylinder. Fluid was leaking out and spilling over the top every time the pedal was pressed. *sigh* This is the TRW that is less than 6 months old, the one that didn't fit right. I had to grind about 3 mm off the end of the short rod to make it work. I order a FTE master cylinder from AutohauseAZ and a short rod. I was quite surprised to find the master cylinder had both a short and a long rod! No mention was made in the description. So I wasted $6 and have an extra short rod. Oh well. For what it's worth, it seem the short rods typically have a white plastic end and the long rods have a black plastic end. So how did it install? Perfect. Bolted in like it should, I was able to bleed it from the slave up (so the rod wasn't too long). And I had the assistance of a six-year-old who was able to lay down on the floorboard and reach up under the dash! So I'm hoping that the last time I have to mess with that master cylinder for at least a dozen years. Next was the starter motor. The one in the car was requiring a tap on the solenoid every time the car was cranked. I put in a used one - that often would just spin and not crank the engine. So I took apart 3 starters and picked the best parts from each and put together a whole one that's working fine. Some days it's worth that kind of effort to safe $150 dollars. The last item was the power steering return hose. It was rubbing against an air conditioner hose and nearly worn through. I found it odd the A/C hose shows almost no wear, while the PS hose was very worn. A new piece of Continental hose and that was fixed. I also drained and flush the fluid and put in a new filter. The old filter was one I haven't seen before. Three pieces, a steel bottom plate with ears to hold the element, a steel top plate, and the filter element NOT paper. It looks like it may be reusable. I cleaned it up and put it in the spare parts box and put a new Mann in the pump. Now I just need to get a MIG welder and repair some sheet metal... -- 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 ___ 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] 124 sunroof rear drains
They exist. I checked the EPC and the diagram for the sunroof frame shows the tube at the rear corners. Last night I dug in, was able to see the attached tube at the pan (slightly rusty, but not rusted through) and found the far end where it exited the body under the rear bumper, just behind the rear wheel. Right rear drain did indeed have some debris which came out when I ran an old speedometer cable through it and poured water from above. Peach Parts post with pictures: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/368659-124-wagon-sunroof-drains.html End result: After cleaning and buttoning all back up, watered the roof for 10 minutes with garden hose, and now water made it into the car. Lesson learned: if you use your sunroof, make cleaning front and rear drains part of your maintenance routine. - Max 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
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone forced reset via text message
You forgot where the iPhone fan-bois will wait in line all night to buy a new phone that just nearly catches Apple up to the features of the last generation Samsung phone. Or where they implant the souls of murdered Chinese workers into the phones to finally make Siri work. They'll be successful but you'll have to speak Chinese to it. -Curt From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 1:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT iPhone forced reset via text message Just read an article about the most recent bug in iPhone IOS, which is triggered by a text message containing both arabic and english text. Apple will first deny that anything could possibly wrong, then secretly work on it for months while selling new iPhones to users who end up in the forced reset loop, then finally release an update that fixes it but (a) won't admit that's what it is fixing and (b) break several other things, requiring another update. [flame shields UP!] - Max 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 ___ 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] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
I have a pair of BLACKENED headlight doors - interested? On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:16 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If someone buys em, I can use the extra set of headlight doors. Not Mine, etc. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. From: ro...@craigslist.org To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com Subject: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:31:39 + ___ 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] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
On 27/05/2015 6:06 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: Not Mine, etc. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. From: ro...@craigslist.org To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com Subject: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:31:39 + fred.s...@yahoo.com forwarded you this from craigslist: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/5038238324.html Curt will take them, if he throws in the small tractor seen behind the one on the right. RB ___ 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] Pumping diesel
I suspect being dipped is more common in farm country. I've never even HEARD of anybody getting dipped. We get non-taxable diesel delivered for the snowmobile trail groomers at a substantial discount over taxed diesel. Granted we buy 200 gallons a week during the season... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel Check the prices first. Last time I checked the offroad diesel without tax, delivered was more per gallon than road taxed Diesel at the pump in town. You are likely to be stopped and have your tank dipped with the pickup. It is unlikely with a car. I need to get one of those tanks and get some farm diesel Sent from my W140Phone ___ 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] Pumping diesel
I've found that my Jetta is very sensitive to fuel. The cheapest station around gives me around a 3mpg loss of mileage while the most expensive gives about a 1mpg gain over the mid range stations which are all about the same.Based on the most expensive station being usually around $0.20 more expensive I generally avoid it unless we're going on a long trip and I want a long distance tank. I also avoid the cheapest station unless I absolutely have to stop there. -Curt From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel I have found that calculating the cost per mile at each station is the best way to determine which station to use. I keep a log for each diesel car. This levels that playing field by accounting for inaccurate pumps. - Max 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 ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
But wasn't his predecessor the most often on vacation president ever? I feel like the Republicans pick on Obama for a whole bunch of things they'd have lauded in other presidents. I also feel like today if Obama said You know what, the AMA isn't working out lets scrap it. the Republicans would pull a 180 and FORCE him to keep it in place. I think the right has only one platform right now and its merely to be against whatever Obama is for. Sadly Obama doesn't seem to get that all he has to do is support Republican initiatives and the Repubs will abandon them immediately... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies I don't think that is fair. A whole lot of white people voted for him in order for him to get into the office of president. During the campaign he was a very good speaker. He convinced a lot of people that he could get the job done. Unfortunately, he appears to have been all talk and very little action. RB Whole lotta action on the golf courses and extended vacations ___ 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] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes
Low boy is a good machine but that big a belly mower is no good for me. Our farm is much too rocky and bumpy for such a thing. Its bad enough mowing with a 42 deck on a the lawnmower. A 3pt bush hog is what I really need. Well that and a tractor with a 3pt hitch. -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] FW: 84 300 TD Mercedes On 27/05/2015 6:06 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: Not Mine, etc. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. From: ro...@craigslist.org To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com Subject: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:31:39 + fred.s...@yahoo.com forwarded you this from craigslist: 84 Mercedes Turbo Diesel http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/5038238324.html Curt will take them, if he throws in the small tractor seen behind the one on the right. RB ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
Now that was funny!! -- Sent from myMail app for Android Thursday, 28 May 2015, 00:50PM -0400 from Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com: But wasn't his predecessor the most often on vacation president ever? I feel like the Republicans pick on Obama for a whole bunch of things they'd have lauded in other presidents. I also feel like today if Obama said You know what, the AMA isn't working out lets scrap it. the Republicans would pull a 180 and FORCE him to keep it in place. I think the right has only one platform right now and its merely to be against whatever Obama is for. Sadly Obama doesn't seem to get that all he has to do is support Republican initiatives and the Repubs will abandon them immediately... -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies I don't think that is fair. A whole lot of white people voted for him in order for him to get into the office of president. During the campaign he was a very good speaker. He convinced a lot of people that he could get the job done. Unfortunately, he appears to have been all talk and very little action. RB Whole lotta action on the golf courses and extended vacations ___ 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] For y'all trekkies
On 28/05/2015 11:50 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: But wasn't his predecessor the most often on vacation president ever? I feel like the Republicans pick on Obama for a whole bunch of things they'd have lauded in other presidents. I also feel like today if Obama said You know what, the AMA isn't working out lets scrap it. the Republicans would pull a 180 and FORCE him to keep it in place. I think the right has only one platform right now and its merely to be against whatever Obama is for. Sadly Obama doesn't seem to get that all he has to do is support Republican initiatives and the Repubs will abandon them immediately... -Curt It surely appears that you folks have a problem. The parties have managed to work together in the past but seem unable or unwilling to do so now. Being obstinate is just not good for the country. They need to some up with some initiatives that they can work on together an spend less time trying to prevent the other from accomplishing anything. RB ___ 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
