[MBZ] Does this thing work?
Maybe, maybe not. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to me
At last check (10+ years ago) my 82 SD read 400+-20 psi. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Dwight Giles via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 10:50 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Dwight Giles > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to > me > > What should they be? > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jun 17, 2018 10:21 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD **VERY CLEAN** > > > > https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-mercedes-benz-300sd-very > > / > > 6612681421.html > > > > > > 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to me
That was my thought. But also could have been tested cold. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 9:46 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > How long since the last valve adjustment? > > Since they will give low compression if not kept adjusted. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD **VERY CLEAN** >> >> https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-mercedes-benz-300sd-very/ >> 6612681421.html >> >> >> 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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to me
What should they be? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 17, 2018 10:21 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD **VERY CLEAN** > > https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-mercedes-benz-300sd-very/ > 6612681421.html > > > 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] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to me
How long since the last valve adjustment? Since they will give low compression if not kept adjusted. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD **VERY CLEAN** > > https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-mercedes-benz-300sd-very/ > 6612681421.html > > > 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] ebay photographer of the week
504prettyboy --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 9:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Mercedes-Benz-400-Series-chrome/263763842234?hash=item3d698cd4ba:g:ZgoAAOSwl5Va-K4I=mtr > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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
[MBZ] Compression numbers they are bragging about seem low to me
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Re: [MBZ] ebay photographer of the week
No Katrina damage!! On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 9:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Mercedes-Benz-400-Series-chrom > e/263763842234?hash=item3d698cd4ba:g:ZgoAAOSwl5Va-K4I=mtr > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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
[MBZ] ebay photographer of the week
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Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
Just for grins I noticed they had Wally World supertec test results, their numbers are about on par with the Rotella. Its not as cheap as that Harvest King, but the numbers look better on paper and it says its MB 228.31 approved http://pqiadata.org/SuperTech15W40.html On 6/17/2018 6:32 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: I get my M1 there. In fact it is the only thing I buy @ evil W. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 17, 2018 7:09 PM, "OK Don via Mercedes" wrote: You can't get oil at Walmart - only cheap Chinese knock-offs. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Which of these oils can I get at Wal-Mart? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 17, 2018 1:27:43 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: More food for thought I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. Shell T4 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html Delvac 1300 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html Delo 400 SDE CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html Harvest King CJ-4 https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez memorial retirement home" Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or sponsoring race cars ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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 -- OK Don *“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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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] Headlight polishing
I tried polishing the headlight doors on my 123 & 124 but gave up & bought new doors/surrounds from Eckler's. Not OEM but look nice now. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 17, 2018 7:18 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got a HF headlight polishing kit for this E300D and just finished with > them. Look a lot better but inside seems kinda goobered up too. But I guess > getting them cleaned up will pass more light at night. > > Looks like there might be bulbs on the top part of the low beam housing, > are these the DRLs? The manual suggests this car might have DRLs but I > don’t see any but the panel is telling me there are lamps out so maybe > that’s them. One of the fog lamps is out too, I need to get bulbs I guess. > > --R > Sent from 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] Leaking front shocks
Just be sure to get the southern hemisphere shock variant with the compressed gases circulating in a counter clockwise rotation On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Good to hear from you again! As others have mentioned, nothing else will > give your 123 the original handling. Buy Bilstein "comfort" shocks. These > are the OE replacement. > > What takes you to the antipodes? Yeah, I know, a plane. > > Euan Kennedy via Mercedes wrote: > >> Greetings from the Antipodes >> >> It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. >> >> One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic >> fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking >> that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased >> about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its >> original stiffness and stability. >> >> Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good >> alternatives these days? >> >> Cheers >> >> Euan >> >> 1985 300TD 5-spd manual >> 222K km >> >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] Oil levels
You mean that isn't correct? On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My favorite was the girl who quickly found the dipstick, but then tried to > measure the oil level by inserting the dipstick into the oil fill on the > valve cover > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 08:28 Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > The Brits were never 'car people', but are yanks any better when it comes > > to maintaining proper oil levels? > > > > (man on the street report starts around 3 minutes in, the first half of > > the video shows them driving a car with no oil and listening to it fail, > > but not bothering to tell us how long it took for that to happen) > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUE5fcdBf9Q > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search 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] AC question
Yea I do, didn’t think of that. Easy enough to put them back on. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 6:32 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Do you still have the plugs that were in it when you got it? If so, close > it up. If not, order a new one . . . > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> So when I did the R134 conversion I changed the drier or course. So I am >> going to have to open the system again to replace the hoses. Since I just >> changed the drier if I was doing a quick open and close of the system, I >> would probably just pull a vacuum and not change the drier again. Most >> likely I will end up pulling the manifold and having new hoses installed, >> so it might be open for days. In that case, even though the drier is new, >> am I going with the correct assumption I should replace the drier again? >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.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 >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“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 > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] AC question
Do you still have the plugs that were in it when you got it? If so, close it up. If not, order a new one . . . On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So when I did the R134 conversion I changed the drier or course. So I am > going to have to open the system again to replace the hoses. Since I just > changed the drier if I was doing a quick open and close of the system, I > would probably just pull a vacuum and not change the drier again. Most > likely I will end up pulling the manifold and having new hoses installed, > so it might be open for days. In that case, even though the drier is new, > am I going with the correct assumption I should replace the drier again? > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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 > > -- OK Don *“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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 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] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
I get my M1 there. In fact it is the only thing I buy @ evil W. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 17, 2018 7:09 PM, "OK Don via Mercedes" wrote: > You can't get oil at Walmart - only cheap Chinese knock-offs. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Which of these oils can I get at Wal-Mart? > > -- > > Max Dillon > > Charleston SC > > '87 300TD > > '95 E300 > > > > On June 17, 2018 1:27:43 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > More food for thought > > > > > >I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so > > >forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better > > >specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It > > >appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am > > >not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x > > >engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. > > > > > >It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. > > >It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. > > > > > >Shell T4 CK-4 > > > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html > > > > > >Delvac 1300 CK-4 > > > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html > > > > > >Delo 400 SDE CK-4 > > > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html > > > > > >Harvest King CJ-4 > > > > > >https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ > > topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez > > >memorial retirement home" > > >> > > >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > >>> And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or > > >sponsoring race cars > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> ___ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search 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 > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“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 > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
Walmart should have all of them except the Harvest King which was at my local farm store. https://www.atwoods.com/harvest-king-15w40-motor-oil-2-gallons-10001157.html On 6/17/2018 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: You can't get oil at Walmart - only cheap Chinese knock-offs. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Which of these oils can I get at Wal-Mart? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 17, 2018 1:27:43 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: More food for thought I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. Shell T4 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html Delvac 1300 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html Delo 400 SDE CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html Harvest King CJ-4 https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez memorial retirement home" Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or sponsoring race cars ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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] AC question
So when I did the R134 conversion I changed the drier or course. So I am going to have to open the system again to replace the hoses. Since I just changed the drier if I was doing a quick open and close of the system, I would probably just pull a vacuum and not change the drier again. Most likely I will end up pulling the manifold and having new hoses installed, so it might be open for days. In that case, even though the drier is new, am I going with the correct assumption I should replace the drier again? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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] Headlight polishing
I got a HF headlight polishing kit for this E300D and just finished with them. Look a lot better but inside seems kinda goobered up too. But I guess getting them cleaned up will pass more light at night. Looks like there might be bulbs on the top part of the low beam housing, are these the DRLs? The manual suggests this car might have DRLs but I don’t see any but the panel is telling me there are lamps out so maybe that’s them. One of the fog lamps is out too, I need to get bulbs I guess. --R Sent from 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
Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
You can't get oil at Walmart - only cheap Chinese knock-offs. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Which of these oils can I get at Wal-Mart? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On June 17, 2018 1:27:43 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > More food for thought > > > >I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so > >forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better > >specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It > >appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am > >not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x > >engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. > > > >It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. > >It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. > > > >Shell T4 CK-4 > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html > > > >Delvac 1300 CK-4 > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html > > > >Delo 400 SDE CK-4 > > > >http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html > > > >Harvest King CJ-4 > > > >https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ > topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ > > > > > > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > > wrote: > >> > >> Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez > >memorial retirement home" > >> > >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >>> And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or > >sponsoring race cars > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search 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 > > -- OK Don *“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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 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] 126 acc vaccum
Yea I got to look it up Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Well I was pulling everything apart so I did pull the dash. I don’t recall if > they would have been accessible otherwise. Do you have the 126 manuals? That > might say. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Did you have to pull the dash to get them out? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> I think I pulled some from the 420SEL I knackered. Finding them might be >>> the challenge but let me know and I can dig around >>> >>> --R >>> Sent from iPhone >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: So I had a vacuum leak under a hood a few weeks go which I found and fixed and it got the air blowing out of the center vents 100% instead of some air leaking out defrost. Last week I noticed it was leaking out the defrost again. I thought I probably had another leak. I checked everything under the hood and did not find any leaks. With the mitivac hooked to the line going to the acc it does not hold vacuum anymore while the system is running. It does hold while system is off. So it looks like I probably have one of the pods leaking. Does the dash have to come out to get to all of them on a 126? Are these still available or are they NLA like most other parts seem to be these days. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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 >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
Which of these oils can I get at Wal-Mart? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 17, 2018 1:27:43 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > More food for thought > >I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so >forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better >specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It >appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am >not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x >engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. > >It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. >It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. > >Shell T4 CK-4 > >http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html > >Delvac 1300 CK-4 > >http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html > >Delo 400 SDE CK-4 > >http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html > >Harvest King CJ-4 > >https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: >> >> Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez >memorial retirement home" >> >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or >sponsoring race cars >>> >>> >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search 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] ?
Reporting Present and accounted for Wilton. Always great to hear from you Grant... On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 11:11 AM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Anybody there? > > Wilt > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] ?
Yeah a 91 I bought cheap last summer from this kid who had baby momma troubles and needed some quick cash. Kinda rough but it runs ok and doesn’t look half bad. New cheap tires on pimp rims. It’s kinda fun --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I guess I did not know you had a SEC > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I’m fixing to go out and try to polish the headlight plastic on the >> $500E300D and see if I can bodge the lights to fit on the SEC. at least >> starting the D will run off the skeeters for awhile >> >> --R >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:11 PM, WILTON via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> Anybody there? >>> >>> Wilt >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search 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] 126 acc vaccum
Well I was pulling everything apart so I did pull the dash. I don’t recall if they would have been accessible otherwise. Do you have the 126 manuals? That might say. --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:12 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Did you have to pull the dash to get them out? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I think I pulled some from the 420SEL I knackered. Finding them might be the >> challenge but let me know and I can dig around >> >> --R >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> So I had a vacuum leak under a hood a few weeks go which I found and fixed >>> and it got the air blowing out of the center vents 100% instead of some air >>> leaking out defrost. Last week I noticed it was leaking out the defrost >>> again. I thought I probably had another leak. I checked everything under >>> the hood and did not find any leaks. With the mitivac hooked to the line >>> going to the acc it does not hold vacuum anymore while the system is >>> running. It does hold while system is off. So it looks like I probably >>> have one of the pods leaking. Does the dash have to come out to get to all >>> of them on a 126? Are these still available or are they NLA like most >>> other parts seem to be these days. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.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 > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] This $500E300D is making me crazy
Any check engine lights? This car has all sorts of electronic sensors as well so could be any number of issues. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:37 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Check the air filter, if you have not already... Rough start and hard > stumble would tell me to look two places... Not enough air... or not enough > fuel... Rule # 1 for diesel is "Clean air, Clean fuel, Clean oil." > > Since it is belching black, that tells me you "may" be getting enough fuel > [clean or not, still a question] however, you may not be getting enough > clean air to make a start and idle as you accelerate above 3000 RPM, > air flow increases to overcome blocked air filter? > > Just a thought likely, you've already gone there. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Sounds like an okie car to me >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I >> finally nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm >> but after a few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile >> to charge up the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off >> after awhile and worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. >>> >>> Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu >> it is running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit >> rough up to like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it >> felt like it was getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, >> or maybe some nanny was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real >> problems. >>> >>> I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it >> is sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the >> tank is low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. >> I'm thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps >> anything, though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can >> different name) Moly stuff too. >>> >>> Very strange. >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search 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] This $500E300D is making me crazy
Check the air filter, if you have not already... Rough start and hard stumble would tell me to look two places... Not enough air... or not enough fuel... Rule # 1 for diesel is "Clean air, Clean fuel, Clean oil." Since it is belching black, that tells me you "may" be getting enough fuel [clean or not, still a question] however, you may not be getting enough clean air to make a start and idle as you accelerate above 3000 RPM, air flow increases to overcome blocked air filter? Just a thought likely, you've already gone there. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Sounds like an okie car to me > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I > finally nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm > but after a few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile > to charge up the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off > after awhile and worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. > > > > Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu > it is running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit > rough up to like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it > felt like it was getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, > or maybe some nanny was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real > problems. > > > > I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it > is sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the > tank is low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. > I'm thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps > anything, though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can > different name) Moly stuff too. > > > > Very strange. > > > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search 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] Hello...hello...helloooo
Yeah, I figured something was buggered up, as it’s been far too quiet. I emailed Kleb about it. -D > On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:30 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: > > It appears that certain domains are blacklisted... Again. I had to activate > my Frontier email account with Okie Benz to get email. Hotmail account is not > receiving list mail... Again. > > Rick > > Original Message > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: June 17, 2018 2:11 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: d...@penoff.com > Subject: [MBZ] Hello...hello...hell > > Anyone here? > > -D > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] Hello...hello...helloooo
Nope Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:11 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Anyone here? > > -D > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ?
I guess I did not know you had a SEC Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I’m fixing to go out and try to polish the headlight plastic on the $500E300D > and see if I can bodge the lights to fit on the SEC. at least starting the D > will run off the skeeters for awhile > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:11 PM, WILTON via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Anybody there? >> >> Wilt >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search 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] 126 acc vaccum
Did you have to pull the dash to get them out? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think I pulled some from the 420SEL I knackered. Finding them might be the > challenge but let me know and I can dig around > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> So I had a vacuum leak under a hood a few weeks go which I found and fixed >> and it got the air blowing out of the center vents 100% instead of some air >> leaking out defrost. Last week I noticed it was leaking out the defrost >> again. I thought I probably had another leak. I checked everything under >> the hood and did not find any leaks. With the mitivac hooked to the line >> going to the acc it does not hold vacuum anymore while the system is >> running. It does hold while system is off. So it looks like I probably have >> one of the pods leaking. Does the dash have to come out to get to all of >> them on a 126? Are these still available or are they NLA like most other >> parts seem to be these days. >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.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
[MBZ] Hello...hello...helloooo
Anyone here? -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ?
I’m fixing to go out and try to polish the headlight plastic on the $500E300D and see if I can bodge the lights to fit on the SEC. at least starting the D will run off the skeeters for awhile --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:11 PM, WILTON via Mercedes > wrote: > > Anybody there? > > Wilt > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] 126 acc vaccum
I think I pulled some from the 420SEL I knackered. Finding them might be the challenge but let me know and I can dig around --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > So I had a vacuum leak under a hood a few weeks go which I found and fixed > and it got the air blowing out of the center vents 100% instead of some air > leaking out defrost. Last week I noticed it was leaking out the defrost > again. I thought I probably had another leak. I checked everything under the > hood and did not find any leaks. With the mitivac hooked to the line going > to the acc it does not hold vacuum anymore while the system is running. It > does hold while system is off. So it looks like I probably have one of the > pods leaking. Does the dash have to come out to get to all of them on a 126? > Are these still available or are they NLA like most other parts seem to be > these days. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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] ?
No Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:11 PM, WILTON via Mercedes > wrote: > > Anybody there? > > Wilt > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] ?
Nobody here but us chickens. Fred. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 2:11 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Anybody there? > > Wilt > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] ?
Anybody there? Wilt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] 126 acc vaccum
So I had a vacuum leak under a hood a few weeks go which I found and fixed and it got the air blowing out of the center vents 100% instead of some air leaking out defrost. Last week I noticed it was leaking out the defrost again. I thought I probably had another leak. I checked everything under the hood and did not find any leaks. With the mitivac hooked to the line going to the acc it does not hold vacuum anymore while the system is running. It does hold while system is off. So it looks like I probably have one of the pods leaking. Does the dash have to come out to get to all of them on a 126? Are these still available or are they NLA like most other parts seem to be these days. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
More food for thought I am probably spending way too much time looking at numbers and so forth. It appears this cheap assed Harvest King CJ-4 oil has better specs, on paper, than the new CK-4 Delvac 1300 and Delo 400 SDE. It appears to have higher ZDDP levels but the TBN is slightly lower. I am not sure which would be more important, if either, when applied to 60x engines, or 117, 119, 103, 104 etc. It looks to me like the real winner is actually the new Shell T4 CK-4. It seems to still have good ZDDP levels and a good TBN. Shell T4 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Shell_Rotella_T4_15W40_4192017.html Delvac 1300 CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Mobil_Delvac_15W40_4192017.html Delo 400 SDE CK-4 http://pqiadata.org/Chevron_Delo_15W40_4192017.html Harvest King CJ-4 https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4414794/Harvest_King_All-Fleet_15W-40_ Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez memorial > retirement home" > > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or sponsoring >> race cars >> >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] This $500E300D is making me crazy
Sounds like an okie car to me Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I finally > nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm but after a > few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile to charge up > the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off after awhile and > worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. > > Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu it is > running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit rough up to > like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it felt like it was > getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, or maybe some nanny > was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real problems. > > I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it is > sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the tank is > low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. I'm > thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps anything, > though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can different > name) Moly stuff too. > > Very strange. > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] Mitchmobile?
Not just the electronic toy versions of MB that a battery can screw up! I spent a lot of time and $$$ on the R107 diagnosing a fuel problem. After I replaced fuel filter, fuel pump and fuel pump relay, and it still did not run right, the battery failed. The new battery cured all ills. BTW, the battery tested OK, but I was not able to load test it. A load test may have shown it was bad sooner. Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: I examined the carfax I got from Kleb and determined that the MB battery was 9 years old. I guessed that it could be causing problems with the electronics because of a slightly low voltage, and I don't try to stretch battery life past 5 or 6 years, so replaced it, even though it cranked and started up just fine. I may have read somewhere that MB computer electronics are very sensitive to voltage levels. That solved the error code problem. So, a lucky guess? Greg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] 300sel 4.5
1.0 bitcoin? On Jun 16, 2018 10:22 PM, "Dwight Giles" wrote: > 1.00 > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jun 16, 2018 10:16 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> What goes he want for this pos? >> >> On Jun 16, 2018 9:49 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> > 1972 Mercedes 300sel 4.5 factory air ride >> > >> > https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/d/1972-mercedes- >> > 300sel-45/6618964637.html >> > >> > >> > 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 >> >> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] What Wheels?
try 60s chrypsler bolt pattern. I think the caravan up to 2000 had the same pattern. Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: What domestic or import wheel pattern will fit a 123? It will NOT be going down the road, just a hulk being loaded up on a trailer. I just don't want to scrap good alloy wheels. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] Leaking front shocks
Good to hear from you again! As others have mentioned, nothing else will give your 123 the original handling. Buy Bilstein "comfort" shocks. These are the OE replacement. What takes you to the antipodes? Yeah, I know, a plane. Euan Kennedy via Mercedes wrote: Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its original stiffness and stability. Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good alternatives these days? Cheers Euan 1985 300TD 5-spd manual 222K km ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil
Nope! Just guns and ammo to send Venz citizens to the "hugo chavez memorial retirement home" Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or sponsoring race cars ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] This $500E300D is making me crazy
I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I finally nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm but after a few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile to charge up the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off after awhile and worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu it is running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit rough up to like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it felt like it was getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, or maybe some nanny was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real problems. I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it is sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the tank is low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. I'm thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps anything, though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can different name) Moly stuff too. Very strange. -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I knew I recognized this car
Somebody should tell him there's some guy up at Nowata that buys those things Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Pretty sure I saw it broke down on the side of the road this morning Check out what I found on Facebook Marketplace. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/167801323785101 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT ductwork fun
The last couple months I've spent my weekends building new metal ductwork to go under my house. Yesterday I dragged it under the house in two major assemblies, and installed the first assembly. Rather sore today! The old ductwork job was terrible, the take-off collars were very poorly attached and not sealed to the main trunk, so there was a lot of air leaking at the joints, which resulted in condensation, which lead to wet ineffective insulation and mold growing inside the ducts. Nasty! Old ductwork insulation was R6, new is R8, so I should see a reduction in power consumption, plus much cleaner and healthy air. I found a local HVAC supply warehouse that has no problem selling to homeowners, so far the metal ductwork, insulation, and tape and mastic cost is about $300, then there are ten flexible ducts off the main trunk that were another $30 each. Next up will be similar work for the attic ductwork, probably wait until fall or winter for that. No mold up there, but same leaky take-off collars. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search 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] a disappointing day
Depends on how much time you can mess with it, I think the least expensive route is taking your old hose to a hydraulic shop to get new hose installed on your old fittings. On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 17:24 Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So I spent most of the day working on the 190D. I did a full conversion > to R134 including new expansion valve, all o rings replaced, drier > replaced, oil changed to ester, also pulled the blower motor and cleaned > out a rats nest that was built back behind the fan and evaporator. No > idea how they got in there. Put it all back together, pulled a vacuum > and ran leak test on the ac machine, it passed. I then charged with > R134 and the 201 chassis seems to convert well to R134 as it cooled > pretty darn good at idle in the 95 degree heat today. > > I noticed all the sudden the oil pressure gauge is dead, shows 0 even > when wire is unplugged from the sending unit. I guess I will have to > swap the gauge out. So as I was finishing it up for the day I shut the > car down and hear a hiss. Not the normal hiss you might here when you > shut it down with the high and low side equalizing. It was louder. It > seemed to be coming from down low. Then I saw it, a big bubble in the > high side hose from the condenser to the compressor. Crap. I pulled > the car back into the shop to go ahead and recover the system before it > all leaked out and I keep getting a high pressure error on my machine. > I need to look into that and hopefully its not a major deal. So anyway, > looks like Im going to have to replace the manifold hoses. I wonder if > its cheaper to order a new set or have these rebuilt? Anybody BTDT? I > was hoping to have this car ready to start driving next week. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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] 91 SEC headlights bulb weirdness
Kim Lee strikes again... On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 18:30 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is weird. I ordered some new bulb socket connectors, supposedly > ceramic, for the SEC since both of the old ones had melted. Got those > soldered on no problem. > > Go to put the bulbs back in the headlamp housing and they won't go in > right. I'm sure they were in there OK when I took them out (turns out > I didn't have to, should have left well enough alone...). The bulb > holders have 3 little slots on them and the left side housing has 3 > little tabs (one is missing but that's OK), 2 of the three look to be > slightly bigger than the other one as do the slots on the holders. The > right side seems to have 4 tabs in the housing and of course the bulb > holder will not go in there. All the replacements seem to have 3 slots, > which the ones that I have do, but I absolutely cannot get them to go in > and seat over those little tabs. > > This is really weird, the bulbs/holders should just slide right in then > the round holder thing goes over the bulb holder, 3 tabs go into slots > and then you rotate the holder to tighten it down. Without the bulb > holder fully seating this thing won't go into the slots so it can be > turned to tighten it and hold the bulb in. > > I have no idea what to do here other than just grind off the tabs in the > headlamp backing that the bulbs go into, they don't seem to be > absolutely necessary, they just keep the bulb in sorta the right > orientation though I'm not sure that makes a big difference to anything. > > Looking at new bulbs, here is another thing too. A single bulb Amazon > Prime is $10.35 and a two pack is $31.96. I could buy 3 singles for the > price of two. Whussup with that? > > > https://www.amazon.com/Philips-9004-X-tremeVision-Upgrade-Headlight/dp/B016ZY470I/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8=1529185676=8-24=1991+mercedes+560sec+headlight+bulb > > > https://www.amazon.com/Philips-9004XVB2-X-tremeVision-Upgrade-Headlight/dp/B01C5QY6TC/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8=1529185676=8-7=1991+mercedes+560sec+headlight+bulb > > I guess I don't need any new bulbs since the others seemed to work, just > the sockets melted. > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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] Oil levels
My favorite was the girl who quickly found the dipstick, but then tried to measure the oil level by inserting the dipstick into the oil fill on the valve cover On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 08:28 Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > The Brits were never 'car people', but are yanks any better when it comes > to maintaining proper oil levels? > > (man on the street report starts around 3 minutes in, the first half of > the video shows them driving a car with no oil and listening to it fail, > but not bothering to tell us how long it took for that to happen) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUE5fcdBf9Q > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search 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
