Re: [MBZ] Fw: 1999 Mercedes 320 Diesel

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Well my 97 has close to 400k on it and I have not had any issues. I can only 
offer my experience.

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On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes  
wrote:

>> There is no issue with the electronic ip or transmission, it is quite 
>> reliable in my opinion.
> 
> Until one or the other breaks, then you are looking at thousands to fix, 
> probably at a stealer.
> 
> That is a good reason why they are cheap.  not worth repairing.
> 
> Nothing like a 110, 115, 123, 124 or 126 Diesel
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Re: [MBZ] This is Cool

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Olds Rocket!  Pass everything on the road except a gas station!
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'95 E300

On September 26, 2015 9:49:28 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
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>…in a weird sort of way:
>
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/171944846989?rmvSB=true
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Re: [MBZ] Chucktown Tornado?

[Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes]

Glad to hear that you and Rich were not personally affected!

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chucktown Tornado?

Nothing to report, nothing to see on my side of town.  SWMBO said something
about a tornado warning as I nodded off to sleep, guess I must have slept
through it.
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'95 E300

On September 25, 2015 10:08:57 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
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>Everybody okay down there?
>
> 
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>Greg
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[MBZ] Stumped

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Today at the Mercedes  day at the Owls  Head Transportation Museum in
Maine  there was a  1995 S700 RennTech. What is that?  I never even heard
of one. I  have pix on request.
Dwight
90 300D 2.5t
82 300CD
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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I am in Nowata, Blackwell is about 100 miles straight west of me.

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> Kaleb,  where are you in relationship to Blackwell?  I will be working close 
> to there for about 10 days in middle of October. 
> Doing soil sampling for wind turbine foundations. 
> 
> Michael Esh
> 231-894-5505
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Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

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Hmm, fuel injection!  Does vapor lock affect them like a carburetor car?
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'95 E300

On September 26, 2015 12:06:39 PM EDT, Darren Marshall via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>280SE
>
>And have to say after only being able to play with it for about a day,
>I love it. It needs some TLC, but the pep and design details on it have
>won my heart. 
>
>Now to fix that vapor lock, which I just reproduced with the engine
>temp at about 190 degrees, while idling. Engine puttered out and
>stalled. I can get to to start with a little throttle, but stalls
>quickly after.
>
>Where can I get that new check valve again? Going to try this and some
>insulation and see what happens.
>
>
>
>Darren Marshall, Co-Founder
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>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Jon Agne  wrote:
>> 
>> Ah yes!  Very Nice!  It’s a 280S?
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Darren Marshall via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Today's BW Crackhead

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

OK, so I posted something about a trade for a nice 300SDL or 350SDL for my S430 
on Benzworld on a lark earlier this week.  I hadn’t heard anything from the 
post until tonight, when I got this offer.  It’s a hoot:


> I saw your post for the S430.
> 
> I am not sure that you would be interested and I'm not sure that I want to 
> give up a known entity for a car that I don't know what it might need.
> 
> First the good. I have gotten about $15,000 in this car. I have literally 
> tried to do a mini restoration on it. I wanted it to be rock solid for my 
> college son. New suspension, new evaporator, condensor, compressor, etc. I 
> have a list of parts about 2 pages long. I even bought new B-pillar covers 
> from Germany for about $300 each when they were available because mine were 
> droopy. New injection pump, injectors... on and on. I have a new set of 
> powdercoated wheels and Michelins that I still need to put on it also.
> 
> Leather is nice and soft and supple. All wood has been professionally 
> refinished. All new electrical switches inside the car. Window switches, 
> ignition switch, overhead sunroof switch - all of them.
> 
> ok, now the bad. I live in Houston. The sun is brutal and I have my garage 
> filled, so the car stays outside. The clear coat on the top of the car is in 
> really bad shape. I also have a lift in my garage and I lifted the car once 
> too high and the top of the car hit the garage door and caused two small 
> dimples in the top. Since it was where the clear coat was bad anyway, I tried 
> to fix it myself. I am good mechanically, but apparently not at body work. 
> The paint peeled up and looks like the car is rusted in that area, It looks 
> pretty bad, but it is only the paint. No rust on the car at all.
> 
> The car shakes at idle. I can not figure it out. When I bought the car, it 
> was the smoothest, quietest running diesel I had ever seen. I did not know, 
> but the gas tank had a hole in it. The fuel came out of it and when I tried 
> to start it, it had no fuel. I cranked and cranked and cranked. Finally I 
> figured out what had happened, replaced the tank and got it running again. It 
> has never run the same since. I even bought a brand new injection pump, 
> replaced all the filters in the tank, everywhere else, etc. Runs like a top 
> when not at idle, but sometimes at idle it is rough. I noticed that there is 
> a vacuum line near the EGR that if I plug, it runs smoother. Not related to 
> the fuel, but that's what it does.
> 
> I also noticed that the new injection pump seems to be mixing oil with the 
> fuel. Apparently, there is a seal (maybe?) inside of it that is not right? 
> Maybe this is why it is not idling right. I was going to have it rebuilt even 
> though it is only about 3 years old. 
> 
> Also, ever since I have had the car, it sort of weaves just a little when 
> going straight. Not a lot, but enough to irritate me. Every single suspension 
> component has been replaced and a rebuilt gearbox from C was installed. Did 
> not make it much better.
> 
> The radio was rebuilt by Becker and now the tape player has failed, so it 
> needs to go back. It has the factory CD changer that works fine. I also had 
> the auxiliary port added so I can listen to an Iphone, etc. the port is 
> hidden in the center wooden sliding console.
> 
> The car is dead reliable and has never failed to start or go anywhere. Other 
> than these issues, the car has needed no work for the last couple of years. 
> Almost everything is new on it.
> 
> I would like to know more about your car if you are interested. I am getting 
> older and do not have the will to do to another car what I have done to this 
> one. Especially to a newer more complex car that costs a fortune for parts 
> and I don;t understand very well. 
> 
> It has to be a good car for me to be interested. Let me know your thoughts.


I nearly soiled myself after reading this.  “Other than these issues…”  I guess 
my car might not be good enough?

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Today's BW Crackhead

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Wow, hard to believe he spent so much and now has a turd.  Takes some skill
to throw that much money and make a car look and run worse.  Should buy a
camry and stop molesting Mercedes?  If you take great pleasure in finding
and correcting all the errors of a previous non-mechanic...

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Re: [MBZ] Correction

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Of course not all were Benzes-there were pre 1926 Mercedes there too.
On Sep 26, 2015 5:23 PM, "Dwight Giles"  wrote:

> OK thanks. I learned something  new  about MB's today. There were about 50
> Benzes there including  a  1904/05 Mercedes Simplex.
> On Sep 26, 2015 5:17 PM, "archer75--- via Mercedes" 
> wrote:
>
>> Renntech Mercedes-Benz S700 - 485HPA Fine-Tuned Teutonic Terror
>> There's something to be said for sheer size, especially for a 2.5-ton
>> two-door that's quicker in the quarter mile than most production sports
>> cars, more comfortable than the Elvis suite at the Las Vegas Hilton, and
>> decorated with the savoir-faire of any Cary Grant movie in which he wears a
>> tuxedo. There's also something to be said for a 48-valve DOHC 12-cylinder
>> engine displacing seven full liters and producing approximately 485
>> horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque. And it's all built like a Mercedes
>> because it is a Mercedessnip
>>
>>
>> http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sports/112_9603_power_comparison/renntech_merceds_benz_s700.html
>>
>> Gerry
>> ...
>>
>> > Was that a bored-out tuner car?  RennTech are a German? tuner
>> > --R
>>
>> > On 9/26/15 2:30 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote:
>> > > Today at the Mercedes  day at the Owls  Head Transportation Museum in
>> > > Maine  there was a  1995 S700 RennTech. What is that?  I never even
>> heard of one. I  have pix on request.
>> > > Dwight
>> > > 90 300D 2.5t
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Re: [MBZ] Fun with the S420

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Dan is now in a position to be a seller of ATTABOYs.

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:35 PM, WILTON via Mercedes 
wrote:

> And another ATTABOY!
>
> Wilton
>
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> Cc: "Dan Penoff" 
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:04 PM
> Subject: [MBZ] Fun with the S420
>
>
>
> Did front and back brakes with ceramic pads on the 1994 S420 this morning.
>> Fronts were down to the wear indicators but the backs still had some meat
>> on them.  Oh well, at least now the wheels won’t look like crap.  I cleaned
>> the wheels and dressed the tires as well.  Looks nice.
>>
>> Decided to replace the rubber seal/bellows between the MAF and throttle
>> body, since I had an almost new one from the S500 part-out along with
>> installing the last of the breather hose that goes from the right valve
>> cover to the throttle body.
>>
>> Ugh.  What an ordeal.
>>
>> Got the MAF off without a problem, which as good.  Was yanking on the
>> breather hose going to the throttle body when it just broke off (original
>> hose, very brittle.)  I’m thinking, this makes it easy, now I can just
>> scrape the last of it off the hose barb on the back of the throttle body,
>> slip the new one on, and put everything back together.
>>
>> Not so.
>>
>> While the S500 had no clamp on the hose at the throttle body, it appears
>> there should have been one.  And this car, having never been touched in
>> these nether regions, has a clamp on the remains of the hose that’s still
>> on the hose barb on the back of the throttle body.  Not good.
>>
>> This means the throttle body has to come out so I can get to the clamp
>> and remains of the hose.  Damn.
>>
>> Had to take the hard vacuum line off the intake manifold to give me more
>> room to get the throttle body out/in.  Made a big difference.  If you’ve
>> never done this on an M119, it’s like some sort of cruel Tetris game, as
>> the throttle body will only come out and go back in a certain way, and the
>> clearances are minimal at best.
>>
>> I must have been living right, as the gasket was undamaged on the bottom
>> of the throttle body.  Whew!  Thank goodness for that!
>>
>> Got everything back together, fired it up, and went for a test drive to
>> bed the new brakes in.
>>
>> I’ve had enough excitement for the day.
>>
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[MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

[Robert Massmann via Mercedes]

Max,

I changed my injection pump delivery valve ‘O’ rings and copper washers today, 
but it seems to be taking an awful long time to get the fuel line full of fuel. 
Still not seeing any fuel at the injectors where have the lines cracked to 
bleed the lines.

Not sure if I have done something wrong. I only removed the body, the spring 
and the copper washer. Everything else I left alone. I was surprised ( 4) out 
of the six injectors didn’t have much fuel and may have been due to the poor 
condition of the ‘O’ rings on the delivery valve body.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Regards,

Bob Massmann
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Re: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

[clay via Mercedes]

I think you have to bleed at the injectors as you are doing.  Maybe if you 
crack the line at the pump, there will be indication that fuel is going to the 
lines.  Did you refresh the filters?  On the 95 e300d I had to have a very well 
charged battery and just crank the bejeesus out of the engine to get injector 
squirt

clay



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> Max,
> 
> I changed my injection pump delivery valve ‘O’ rings and copper washers 
> today, but it seems to be taking an awful long time to get the fuel line full 
> of fuel. Still not seeing any fuel at the injectors where have the lines 
> cracked to bleed the lines.
> 
> Not sure if I have done something wrong. I only removed the body, the spring 
> and the copper washer. Everything else I left alone. I was surprised ( 4) out 
> of the six injectors didn’t have much fuel and may have been due to the poor 
> condition of the ‘O’ rings on the delivery valve body.
> 
> Any thoughts would be helpful.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bob Massmann
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Re: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

What Clay said, crack the lines at the injectors and crank crank crank.  I
just did this on my '87 wagon, when you move the injection lines they bleed
out and you have to push a lot of fuel through them to get the air out.  In
my case I finally had to use jumper cables from my other car, engine
running, to have enough juice to crank long enough to get fuel to the
injectors.

Hold the accel. pedal to the floor while you crank to get maximum fuel out
of the IP.

I disconnect the pre-glow relay while cranking to save amps in the
battery.

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Re: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Awesome.  Did you also replace all the fuel line o-rings, and the fuel
return lines?

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:42 PM,  wrote:

> Well I finally go fuel to the injectors, I just wasn't expecting it to
> take as low as it did. I did have a second battery in parallel. Now I can
> put the rest of the intake manifold and covers back on to button thing up.
> It will be nice not to smell diesel when I stop and leaking on the floor.
> None of the 'O' rings came out in one piece, they were very hard and
> brittle. I believe they have never been change since the car was new!
>
> 427,000  miles and still running.
>
> -Original Message- From: Robert Massmann via Mercedes
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 7:23 PM
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> Cc: rmassm...@embarqmail.com ; Max Dillion
> Subject: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair
>
>
> Max,
>
> I changed my injection pump delivery valve ‘O’ rings and copper washers
> today, but it seems to be taking an awful long time to get the fuel line
> full of fuel. Still not seeing any fuel at the injectors where have the
> lines cracked to bleed the lines.
>
> Not sure if I have done something wrong. I only removed the body, the
> spring and the copper washer. Everything else I left alone. I was surprised
> ( 4) out of the six injectors didn’t have much fuel and may have been due
> to the poor condition of the ‘O’ rings on the delivery valve body.
>
> Any thoughts would be helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Massmann
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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

All those times are by airplane or helicopter

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Charleston SC

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> That’s not bad.  Sounded like you were a lot farther out than that.
>
>
> > On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm about 45 minutes from the old house, about 20 minutes to the nearest
> larger town, about 30 minutes to the next nearest larger town, and about 45
> minutes to the big city Tulsa.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

[Robert Massmann via Mercedes]

Well I finally go fuel to the injectors, I just wasn't expecting it to take 
as low as it did. I did have a second battery in parallel. Now I can put the 
rest of the intake manifold and covers back on to button thing up. It will 
be nice not to smell diesel when I stop and leaking on the floor. None of 
the 'O' rings came out in one piece, they were very hard and brittle. I 
believe they have never been change since the car was new!


427,000  miles and still running.

-Original Message- 
From: Robert Massmann via Mercedes

Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 7:23 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: rmassm...@embarqmail.com ; Max Dillion
Subject: [MBZ] !995 E300D Question Injection Pump Leak Repair

Max,

I changed my injection pump delivery valve ‘O’ rings and copper washers 
today, but it seems to be taking an awful long time to get the fuel line 
full of fuel. Still not seeing any fuel at the injectors where have the 
lines cracked to bleed the lines.


Not sure if I have done something wrong. I only removed the body, the spring 
and the copper washer. Everything else I left alone. I was surprised ( 4) 
out of the six injectors didn’t have much fuel and may have been due to the 
poor condition of the ‘O’ rings on the delivery valve body.


Any thoughts would be helpful.

Regards,

Bob Massmann
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Re: [MBZ] Fw: 1999 Mercedes 320 Diesel

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I'm sorry I did have 1 issue, I bought it with a bad conductor plate.

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> 
> The earlier non-electronic transmissions can have problems as well. There's a 
> known issue with the input shaft, I believe, that when it fails it's 
> catastrophic.
> 
> It really boils down to regular fluid and filter changes, I believe.
> 
> Dan
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>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Well my 97 has close to 400k on it and I have not had any issues. I can only 
>> offer my experience.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
 There is no issue with the electronic ip or transmission, it is quite 
 reliable in my opinion.
>>> 
>>> Until one or the other breaks, then you are looking at thousands to fix, 
>>> probably at a stealer.
>>> 
>>> That is a good reason why they are cheap.  not worth repairing.
>>> 
>>> Nothing like a 110, 115, 123, 124 or 126 Diesel
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Re: [MBZ] Fw: 1999 Mercedes 320 Diesel

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How many miles have you driven it?  Is this the car that returned 35 - 40 mpg 
on a highway trip to the North-east?
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On September 26, 2015 9:20:34 AM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
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>Well my 97 has close to 400k on it and I have not had any issues. I can
>only offer my experience.
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>On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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>
>>> There is no issue with the electronic ip or transmission, it is
>quite reliable in my opinion.
>> 
>> Until one or the other breaks, then you are looking at thousands to
>fix, probably at a stealer.
>> 
>> That is a good reason why they are cheap.  not worth repairing.
>> 
>> Nothing like a 110, 115, 123, 124 or 126 Diesel
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Re: [MBZ] Fw: 1999 Mercedes 320 Diesel

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Yep same car. I have put about 80k on it.

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> How many miles have you driven it?  Is this the car that returned 35 - 40 mpg 
> on a highway trip to the North-east?
> -- 
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> 
>> On September 26, 2015 9:20:34 AM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
>>  wrote:
>> Well my 97 has close to 400k on it and I have not had any issues. I can
>> only offer my experience.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>> 
 There is no issue with the electronic ip or transmission, it is
>> quite reliable in my opinion.
>>> 
>>> Until one or the other breaks, then you are looking at thousands to
>> fix, probably at a stealer.
>>> 
>>> That is a good reason why they are cheap.  not worth repairing.
>>> 
>>> Nothing like a 110, 115, 123, 124 or 126 Diesel
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Re: [MBZ] Stumped

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Was that a bored-out tuner car?  RennTech are a German? tuner

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Today at the Mercedes  day at the Owls  Head Transportation Museum in
Maine  there was a  1995 S700 RennTech. What is that?  I never even heard
of one. I  have pix on request.
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Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

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"Running the fuel pump a few times to displace the vapor with cooler fuel 
solves the problem"

Is this the solution I've read about running some kind of switch to the cabin? 

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> Running the fuel pump a few times to displace the vapor with cooler fuel 
> solves the problem

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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

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Ok. If I have a vehicle and some time I may be in touch. Kinda doubtful though. 

Michael Esh
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> I am in Nowata, Blackwell is about 100 miles straight west of me.
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>> Kaleb,  where are you in relationship to Blackwell?  I will be working close 
>> to there for about 10 days in middle of October. 
>> Doing soil sampling for wind turbine foundations. 
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Re: [MBZ] Stumped

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Renntech Mercedes-Benz S700 - 485HPA Fine-Tuned Teutonic Terror
There's something to be said for sheer size, especially for a 2.5-ton two-door 
that's quicker in the quarter mile than most production sports cars, more 
comfortable than the Elvis suite at the Las Vegas Hilton, and decorated with 
the savoir-faire of any Cary Grant movie in which he wears a tuxedo. There's 
also something to be said for a 48-valve DOHC 12-cylinder engine displacing 
seven full liters and producing approximately 485 horsepower and 510 pound-feet 
of torque. And it's all built like a Mercedes because it is a Mercedessnip

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sports/112_9603_power_comparison/renntech_merceds_benz_s700.html

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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Dang, Kaleb, if you’re in Nowata you’re practically in Kansas!

How far is that from your old place?  Looks like it’s in the middle of nowhere….

Dan

 
>> 
>>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am in Nowata, Blackwell is about 100 miles straight west of me.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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 Kaleb,  where are you in relationship to Blackwell?  I will be working 
 close to there for about 10 days in middle of October. 
 Doing soil sampling for wind turbine foundations. 
 
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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I'm about 45 minutes from the old house, about 20 minutes to the nearest larger 
town, about 30 minutes to the next nearest larger town, and about 45 minutes to 
the big city Tulsa.

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> Dang, Kaleb, if you’re in Nowata you’re practically in Kansas!
> 
> How far is that from your old place?  Looks like it’s in the middle of 
> nowhere….
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>>> 
 On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
  wrote:
 
 I am in Nowata, Blackwell is about 100 miles straight west of me.
 
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> close to there for about 10 days in middle of October. 
> Doing soil sampling for wind turbine foundations. 
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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

That’s not bad.  Sounded like you were a lot farther out than that.


> On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
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> I'm about 45 minutes from the old house, about 20 minutes to the nearest 
> larger town, about 30 minutes to the next nearest larger town, and about 45 
> minutes to the big city Tulsa.
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Re: [MBZ] Stumped

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

Was that a bored-out tuner car?  RennTech are a German? tuner

--R

Renntech is a german car hopper, like AMG used to be before DB/MB bought it.

It would likely be a hopped up 140

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[MBZ] This guy is smoking crack

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

2006 Mercedes CDI E320
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5240466081.html

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Re: [MBZ] Today's BW Crackhead

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Oh boy. I might do some sort of trade deal for my 92.

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> 
> OK, so I posted something about a trade for a nice 300SDL or 350SDL for my 
> S430 on Benzworld on a lark earlier this week.  I hadn’t heard anything from 
> the post until tonight, when I got this offer.  It’s a hoot:
> 
> 
>> I saw your post for the S430.
>> 
>> I am not sure that you would be interested and I'm not sure that I want to 
>> give up a known entity for a car that I don't know what it might need.
>> 
>> First the good. I have gotten about $15,000 in this car. I have literally 
>> tried to do a mini restoration on it. I wanted it to be rock solid for my 
>> college son. New suspension, new evaporator, condensor, compressor, etc. I 
>> have a list of parts about 2 pages long. I even bought new B-pillar covers 
>> from Germany for about $300 each when they were available because mine were 
>> droopy. New injection pump, injectors... on and on. I have a new set of 
>> powdercoated wheels and Michelins that I still need to put on it also.
>> 
>> Leather is nice and soft and supple. All wood has been professionally 
>> refinished. All new electrical switches inside the car. Window switches, 
>> ignition switch, overhead sunroof switch - all of them.
>> 
>> ok, now the bad. I live in Houston. The sun is brutal and I have my garage 
>> filled, so the car stays outside. The clear coat on the top of the car is in 
>> really bad shape. I also have a lift in my garage and I lifted the car once 
>> too high and the top of the car hit the garage door and caused two small 
>> dimples in the top. Since it was where the clear coat was bad anyway, I 
>> tried to fix it myself. I am good mechanically, but apparently not at body 
>> work. The paint peeled up and looks like the car is rusted in that area, It 
>> looks pretty bad, but it is only the paint. No rust on the car at all.
>> 
>> The car shakes at idle. I can not figure it out. When I bought the car, it 
>> was the smoothest, quietest running diesel I had ever seen. I did not know, 
>> but the gas tank had a hole in it. The fuel came out of it and when I tried 
>> to start it, it had no fuel. I cranked and cranked and cranked. Finally I 
>> figured out what had happened, replaced the tank and got it running again. 
>> It has never run the same since. I even bought a brand new injection pump, 
>> replaced all the filters in the tank, everywhere else, etc. Runs like a top 
>> when not at idle, but sometimes at idle it is rough. I noticed that there is 
>> a vacuum line near the EGR that if I plug, it runs smoother. Not related to 
>> the fuel, but that's what it does.
>> 
>> I also noticed that the new injection pump seems to be mixing oil with the 
>> fuel. Apparently, there is a seal (maybe?) inside of it that is not right? 
>> Maybe this is why it is not idling right. I was going to have it rebuilt 
>> even though it is only about 3 years old. 
>> 
>> Also, ever since I have had the car, it sort of weaves just a little when 
>> going straight. Not a lot, but enough to irritate me. Every single 
>> suspension component has been replaced and a rebuilt gearbox from C was 
>> installed. Did not make it much better.
>> 
>> The radio was rebuilt by Becker and now the tape player has failed, so it 
>> needs to go back. It has the factory CD changer that works fine. I also had 
>> the auxiliary port added so I can listen to an Iphone, etc. the port is 
>> hidden in the center wooden sliding console.
>> 
>> The car is dead reliable and has never failed to start or go anywhere. Other 
>> than these issues, the car has needed no work for the last couple of years. 
>> Almost everything is new on it.
>> 
>> I would like to know more about your car if you are interested. I am getting 
>> older and do not have the will to do to another car what I have done to this 
>> one. Especially to a newer more complex car that costs a fortune for parts 
>> and I don;t understand very well. 
>> 
>> It has to be a good car for me to be interested. Let me know your thoughts.
> 
> 
> I nearly soiled myself after reading this.  “Other than these issues…”  I 
> guess my car might not be good enough?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Blackwell?

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

Dang, Kaleb, if you're in Nowata you're practically in Kansas!

How far is that from your old place?  Looks like 
it's in the middle of nowhereŠ.


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Re: [MBZ] This guy is smoking crack

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[MBZ] This is Cool

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

…in a weird sort of way:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171944846989?rmvSB=true

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Re: [MBZ] Fw: 1999 Mercedes 320 Diesel

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

The earlier non-electronic transmissions can have problems as well. There's a 
known issue with the input shaft, I believe, that when it fails it's 
catastrophic.

It really boils down to regular fluid and filter changes, I believe.

Dan

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>>> There is no issue with the electronic ip or transmission, it is quite 
>>> reliable in my opinion.
>> 
>> Until one or the other breaks, then you are looking at thousands to fix, 
>> probably at a stealer.
>> 
>> That is a good reason why they are cheap.  not worth repairing.
>> 
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[MBZ] Blackwell?

[Michael Esh via Mercedes]

Kaleb,  where are you in relationship to Blackwell?  I will be working close to 
there for about 10 days in middle of October. 
Doing soil sampling for wind turbine foundations. 

Michael Esh
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Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

[Darren Marshall via Mercedes]

280SE

And have to say after only being able to play with it for about a day, I love 
it. It needs some TLC, but the pep and design details on it have won my heart. 

Now to fix that vapor lock, which I just reproduced with the engine temp at 
about 190 degrees, while idling. Engine puttered out and stalled. I can get to 
to start with a little throttle, but stalls quickly after.

Where can I get that new check valve again? Going to try this and some 
insulation and see what happens.



Darren Marshall, Co-Founder

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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Jon Agne  wrote:
> 
> Ah yes!  Very Nice!  It’s a 280S?
> 
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>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Darren Marshall via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Re: [MBZ] Chucktown Tornado?

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Thanks, sounds like Rich may have some storm damage on his compound, branches 
and such blown down?  
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Charleston SC
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On September 26, 2015 1:36:18 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes 
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>Glad to hear that you and Rich were not personally affected!
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>Nothing to report, nothing to see on my side of town.  SWMBO said
>something
>about a tornado warning as I nodded off to sleep, guess I must have
>slept
>through it.
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>On September 25, 2015 10:08:57 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
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>>Everybody okay down there?
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Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

[clay via Mercedes]

It sort of does in the early r107 (D-jet M117)

The system is susceptible to heat soaking of the fuel lines after driving which 
causes a phase change in the petrol.  As a gas, the petrol is far too 
compressible and unable to flow properly/diffuse as it piddles out of the 
injectors.  Hard or no start situation with very rough running if it does light 
off.  This happens, not only after parked for a while, but also long runs and  
transitioning to lower speed city roads.

Running the fuel pump a few times to displace the vapor with cooler fuel solves 
the problem


clay 

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On Sep 26, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

> Hmm, fuel injection!  Does vapor lock affect them like a carburetor car?
> -- 
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> Charleston SC
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> '95 E300
> 
> On September 26, 2015 12:06:39 PM EDT, Darren Marshall via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
>> 280SE
>> 
>> And have to say after only being able to play with it for about a day,
>> I love it. It needs some TLC, but the pep and design details on it have
>> won my heart. 
>> 
>> Now to fix that vapor lock, which I just reproduced with the engine
>> temp at about 190 degrees, while idling. Engine puttered out and
>> stalled. I can get to to start with a little throttle, but stalls
>> quickly after.
>> 
>> Where can I get that new check valve again? Going to try this and some
>> insulation and see what happens.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Darren Marshall, Co-Founder
>> 
>> doejo.com
>> doejo.com/space
>> bowtruss.com
>> aquanautbeer.com
>> 
>>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Jon Agne  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ah yes!  Very Nice!  It’s a 280S?
>>> 
>>> 
 On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Darren Marshall via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
 
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Re: [MBZ] Fun with the S420

[WILTON via Mercedes]

And another ATTABOY!

Wilton

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Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:04 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Fun with the S420


Did front and back brakes with ceramic pads on the 1994 S420 this morning. 
Fronts were down to the wear indicators but the backs still had some meat 
on them.  Oh well, at least now the wheels won’t look like crap.  I 
cleaned the wheels and dressed the tires as well.  Looks nice.


Decided to replace the rubber seal/bellows between the MAF and throttle 
body, since I had an almost new one from the S500 part-out along with 
installing the last of the breather hose that goes from the right valve 
cover to the throttle body.


Ugh.  What an ordeal.

Got the MAF off without a problem, which as good.  Was yanking on the 
breather hose going to the throttle body when it just broke off (original 
hose, very brittle.)  I’m thinking, this makes it easy, now I can just 
scrape the last of it off the hose barb on the back of the throttle body, 
slip the new one on, and put everything back together.


Not so.

While the S500 had no clamp on the hose at the throttle body, it appears 
there should have been one.  And this car, having never been touched in 
these nether regions, has a clamp on the remains of the hose that’s still 
on the hose barb on the back of the throttle body.  Not good.


This means the throttle body has to come out so I can get to the clamp and 
remains of the hose.  Damn.


Had to take the hard vacuum line off the intake manifold to give me more 
room to get the throttle body out/in.  Made a big difference.  If you’ve 
never done this on an M119, it’s like some sort of cruel Tetris game, as 
the throttle body will only come out and go back in a certain way, and the 
clearances are minimal at best.


I must have been living right, as the gasket was undamaged on the bottom 
of the throttle body.  Whew!  Thank goodness for that!


Got everything back together, fired it up, and went for a test drive to 
bed the new brakes in.


I’ve had enough excitement for the day.

Dan
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