Re: [MBZ] Global cooling

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Yep, we discussed that yesterday.

Wilton

 Mitch Haley via Mercedes  wrote: 
> 
> 
> > On October 4, 2015 at 1:48 PM WILTON via Mercedes 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Anybody know good leather repair shop for such repairs, in case Coach 
> > can't, 
> > or won't, handle it?
> 
> The local shoe repair guy does everything from resoling shoes to replacing
> zippers
> in coats, I bet he could handle it, and there's likely somebody like him near
> you.
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Re: [MBZ] watch out VW dizzelers

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Got both of yours immediately on iPad

Wilt

 Rich Thomas via Mercedes  wrote: 
> Well I'm getting yours anyway but no others.  Maybe the tubes only work 
> as far as Mt P
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> On 10/1/15 9:31 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
> > I fixed it.
> >
> > -
> > Max
> > Charleston SC
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This is the first email I have received from okiebenz in 4 days. THought
> >> the list was broken, maybe it was/is?
> >>
> >> --R
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Re: [MBZ] ?

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May have found prob.   Version of Internet explorer on desk top no longer 
supported.  Not getting all posts on it; 'seem to get 'em okay on SWMBO's iPad.

Wilt

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Re: [MBZ] ?

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Got this one back on iPad in few seconds.

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> May have found prob.   Version of Internet explorer on desk top no longer 
> supported.  Not getting all posts on it; 'seem to get 'em okay on SWMBO's 
> iPad.
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Re: [MBZ] another oddball experience with W123 heat - update

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ATTABOY!

Wilton

 G. M. Brown via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 An update for those who may be interested: 1) Installed my acetone + DeOxit 
 cleaned multi-purpose stalk in my '84 300D and all is OK (Yipeee!), and 2) 
 The interior fan problem I was having in my '85 300TD has also been resolved 
 via thoroughly cleaning the pins of the fan speed resistor cage mounted under 
 hood on the right side fender well (Yipeee, Yippeee!).
 
 G. M. Brown
 Brevard, NC
 
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Re: [MBZ] My florida tour has come to an end

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How 'bout a pavements conference on the beach at Panama City Beach, FL, from 
Greenland in October?

Wilton

 Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 You need to hear about the boondoggle the guys I had in class figured out. 
 They work for Danish National Broadcasting, recently our european customers 
 discovered that for the same price as going to our UK training center they 
 could come to the US and in the US they get the Master Instructor, thats 
 me.So these guys arrange to come to the US for class, though it turns out 
 theres a reseller right next door that can run the same class. Now we have 
 two options for class in the US, snowy and cold MA or sunny and warm CA, they 
 obviously pick the latter. There are only 2 direct direct flights a week from 
 Copenhagen to LAX, one gets in Saturday which is no good, class starts Monday 
 and they'll be fighting 9 hours of jet lag. So they get in Tuesday the week 
 before class. They decide to drive up to San Francisco and end up in Santa 
 Cruz. They decide the best way to get on west coast time is to stay up late 
 and the best way to do that is to get stinking drunk...
One of the two guys went back to Denmark right after class, the other brought 
his wife over and is staying for like a month of vacation...
We started calling it the junket
-Curt
  From: WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
 To: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List 
mercedes@okiebenz.com 
 Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:08 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] My florida tour has come to an end
   
ATTABOY!  In the USAF, we called that a Boondoggle.  Sometimes work begins 
to seem like more play than work, doesn't it?  When it does, THAT'S a 
Boondoggle.

Wilton

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From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes Mailing List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 5:14 PM
Subject: [MBZ] My florida tour has come to an end


 I've been down in Florida since last Monday for work.  We did a test drive
 for work, driving a loop around most of the state:  Jacksonville - 
 Daytona
 Beach (during bike week) - St. Petersburg - Naples - Miami Beach -
 Cocoa Beach - Jacksonville.

 Highlights of the trip were visiting folks along the way.  Had a great
 dinner with Dan Penoff and his son Stu, and got to treat them to a ride in
 a Maybach.  Dan and I haven't seen each other since the days of the Rusty
 Qs and it was great to catch up and share stories.

 Next up was Miami Beach for four nights, which meant visiting with Gary
 Hurst.  We shared a few meals and drove around quite a bit.  Gary in
 person, for those who haven't met him, is great experience.  I always look
 forward to seeing him.

 And finally I had dinner with Pierre Hedary and his sister Marie on
 Tuesday, followed by a visit to his shop on Wednesday with the Germans.
 They're both gracious hosts and we had a great time.  I could hang out
 there for a week I think.  His shop holds many treasures, including a 1967
 300SEL, very similar to my car.

 I'm a bit surprised by my busy social calendar over the trip... its a
 reminder of what kind of community our hobby can create.

 Jaime



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Re: [MBZ] This looks like it might be a pretty nice 140

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Yep, enjoyed the show, but haven't seen it in a year or more.  What network are 
they on?

Wilton

 Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Have you ever watched Icepilots TV show about Buffalo Airways out of 
 Yellowknife?
 They are still flying a daily scheduled trip north out of Yellowknife 
 with DC3's that are 70 or more years old.
 The only thing that may bring this to an end appears to be a shortage of 
 aviation fuel.
 
 RB
 
 On 04/03/2015 10:37 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
  Still a whippersnapper! My Cessna is in it's 58th year and still flying -
  TWICE as old!
 
  On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:20 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
  wrote:
 
  A whippersnapper!  Mine's in it's 29th year.  141 kmi
 
  Wilton
 
That car has come of age - it's 21!  Amazing!!
 
 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

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Still a fine little lady growing up fast.

Wilton

 Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Yesterday my wife called me at work with a question about MS Word and
 adding/importing clipart.  I didn't know enough to talk her through it over
 the phone, best I could offer was press F1 to bring up the Help dialogue,
 use the search function there and follow the directions.
 
 Right after I said that, our 8-year old (who was home sick with a fever)
 happened upon the scene, and I hear I can show you Mommy, press this...
 and help was rendered (and I was off the hook, both figuratively and
 literally).
 
 I'm thinking we should get the 8-year old a cell phone so Momma can call
 her with her help desk questions.
 
 -Max
 
 On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
 mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
 
  So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to
  do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate
  to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on
  your pod or call someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but
  apparently they don't understand each other too well yet.  She finds the
  soul in the machine to be pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what
  to do, unlike her views toward me while doing the same.  It has also
  assimilated her phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do
  other things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of
  music to its memory banks.
 
  I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
 
  It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz
  around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is
  about 400 pages long.
 
  --R
 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

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I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for last 
couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is unreadable, even 
by me.

Wilton

 OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.
However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when you
write/type.

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mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

 DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
 experience with it, however.

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Re: [MBZ] ML

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'Had to go on 100% emergency oxygen when I read the $69k and $72k.  Developed a 
bad choking cough, too, with pain in left arm.  Recovered enough to write a 
note.

Wilton

 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Goes to show you how closely I looked at it.  They had a diesel and a gasser 
 next to each other. The gasser was $69k and the diesel $72k, both sticker 
 prices.
 
 Dan
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
  On Mar 2, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
  mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
  
  f150 does not have a diesel available. The only 1/2 ton truck with diesel 
  is dodge either the ecodiesel. The f150 is the new all aluminum truck and 
  if it was 70k it was probably a platinum or King ranch. The basic xlt is 
  still going to be close to 60k.
  
  Sent from my iPhone
  
  On Mar 2, 2015, at 6:26 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
  mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
  
  If it's any consolation, while we were at the Strawberry Festival 
  yesterday I looked at some Frod pickup trucks the local dealers had on 
  display. An F150 dressed out with a diesel was *gulp* over $71,000!
  
  I laughed maniacally when I saw it. A guy who was manning the booth next 
  to it laughed when he heard me. I hear that all day long whenever people 
  look at that.
  
  Dan
  
  
  On Mar 1, 2015, at 10:04 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
  mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
  
  Was listed $45k or so, I beat on them a bit as it had been there awhile 
  and the weather up there has been bad so they have not been moving iron. 
  I stopped at another dealer yesterday morning on the way to see this one, 
  a very similar car had literally just come in from a Daimler employee, 
  they were fixing yo do the CPO inspection, about the same price. There's 
  one in CO that's nice too, a bit more but 2014. They wanted to send it to 
  me. There's a bunch around similar prices.  MB announces a new CpO deal 
  tomorrow. 
  
  We drove a 2012 bluetec GL, it was noticeably less peppy and the engine 
  and tranny were really working to move the car. We drove a GL 450 and it 
  moved like the bluetec ML. Gas v diesel is probably a wash on fuel costs. 
  
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Re: [MBZ] ML

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ATTABOY!

Especially well done re. sticking it to 'em on the BS they call documention 
fee.

'Can't think of anything I dislike any more than dealing with a car salesman.

Wilton

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 Went with wifey and bought a 2012 ML V-6 bluejuice turbodizzel this 
 afternoon. Somewhat unpleasant experience dealing with the stealer. They 
 tried twice to stick me with the $650 documentation fee and we finally 
 walked out, the salesdroid chased us into the parking lot, finally they 
 caved. Then I made him throw in some roof racks for pissing me off and 
 wasting our time with their jerkaround.  Whole deal took 4 hr to come to 
 agreement, though we did also take 2 GLs out for a spin. go back tomorrow to 
 finalize.   Their whole process is not geared to buying more to shopping. 
  The salesdroid kept trying to run the script, that got old fast.  I clued my 
 wife into the game, and she is less tolerant of that kind of stuff than I am, 
 so she played her role well. 
 
 30k miles, they put new tires on it, rear pads and rotors replaced, front 
 pads 50% which is kinda weird (stability control?). CPO adds another year of 
 warranty, bought another 2 yrs, unlimited miles so 4.5yr altogether.
 
 This thing is a rocket, huge torque, very quiet. Easy to get to felonious 
 speeds very quickly accelerating from 60. Has like 450 ftlb torque. 
 
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Re: [MBZ] ML

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Yes, indeed!

Wilton

 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 What is even better is the willingness to walk, and to do it.  That's one 
 thing my Dad always emphasized - there's nothing more terrifying to a car 
 salesman than to have someone on the hook to walk out.
 
 Dan
 
 
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  ATTABOY!
  
  Especially well done re. sticking it to 'em on the BS they call 
  documention fee.
  
  'Can't think of anything I dislike any more than dealing with a car 
  salesman.
  
  Wilton
  
   Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
  Went with wifey and bought a 2012 ML V-6 bluejuice turbodizzel this 
  afternoon. Somewhat unpleasant experience dealing with the stealer. They 
  tried twice to stick me with the $650 documentation fee and we finally 
  walked out, the salesdroid chased us into the parking lot, finally they 
  caved. Then I made him throw in some roof racks for pissing me off and 
  wasting our time with their jerkaround.  Whole deal took 4 hr to come to 
  agreement, though we did also take 2 GLs out for a spin. go back tomorrow 
  to finalize.   Their whole process is not geared to buying more to 
  shopping.  The salesdroid kept trying to run the script, that got old 
  fast.  I clued my wife into the game, and she is less tolerant of that 
  kind of stuff than I am, so she played her role well. 
  
  30k miles, they put new tires on it, rear pads and rotors replaced, front 
  pads 50% which is kinda weird (stability control?). CPO adds another year 
  of warranty, bought another 2 yrs, unlimited miles so 4.5yr altogether.
  
  This thing is a rocket, huge torque, very quiet. Easy to get to felonious 
  speeds very quickly accelerating from 60. Has like 450 ftlb torque. 
  
  --R (sent from my miniPad)
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Re: [MBZ] Old airbag

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Ya gonna sit on it for the detonation?  ;)  Please don't. 

Wilt

 Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 So I've replaced my '87 wagon airbag with the '91 from the knackers. 
 
 What to do with the old?
 
 I think that in the interest of science and the Mercedes community in 
 general, I should test this airbag to see if it still works.  Of course, 
 testing just one is not statistically significant.  Hopefully others will 
 join my test program.
 
 Do you think 12 volts will detonate the charge?  Have to take video to post 
 on YouTube.
 -- 
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Re: [MBZ] 124 HVAC blower motor diagnosis

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Where's the 124 porcupine?  Directly above front passenger's feet in my/Tim's 
350SDL. Replaced it once with shaky hands and bassackward view via mirror; got 
it done anyway.

Wilt
  
 Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Thanks Curly and Wilton.  Very nice to have fixed it for a nice low price.  
 Fortunate I found it so quickly.  There are several yards scattered about 
 Charleston, a couple up the road a bit in Summerville that I need to check 
 out someday.
 
 Yes, big heat sink on the blower regulator is called a porcupine.  It's 
 aluminum, so I'll add it to my pile that will be sold to a recycler.
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Re: [MBZ] One for Wilt

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Good joke, but the skin is wrinkled, especially on the ground, because of the 
aircraft's semimonocoque design and construction - the skin carries part of the 
load.

Thanks for the question; made me check the records.

Wilt

 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: 
 Thanks.
 
 Somehow, I just knew you and the old bird had history, which prompted my
 question.
 
 Time flies, even if we don't, huh? Buffs have endured far beyond original
 design life span. It sure says volumes for how well they were designed and
 built.
 
 I used to think the fuselage skin was wrinkled because of the bomb loads
 weight.. now I know it is just age wrinkles ... ;))
 
 On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:18 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes 
 mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
 
  55 hours in 007 in '74 and '75.  Also many uncounted hours with it on
  nuclear alert '72 through Jul '75, though, unless it was in another unit
  then.  Many hours also in 002 through 010 and others.  The 17 aircraft in
  the unit rotated through the alert force - on alert 3 or 4 months each
  time; not flying, of course.  We'd go through periods of flying the same
  few aircraft for several months and then not fly those again for several
  months while they were on alert - always 4 on alert.  Crew alert tours were
  a week every third week.
 
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Re: [MBZ] 124 Steering Wheels

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ATTABOY!

Wilt

 Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 After I installed the blower regulator, went back to the knackers armed
 with the tools to remove the steering wheel from the 124 coupe.  It is a
 nice black leather-wrapped wheel. My '87 300TD has a blue plastic thing,
 and the outer layer of the rim has come loose from the core at the top of
 the wheel, so you can twist it a bit.  Really feels cheesy and cheap.
 
 Tools required: Torx 30 driver, with a bit of a long neck to be able to
 reach the two screws that hold the airbag in place.  10mm hex driver, on a
 breaker bar or wrench with a cheater bar.
 
 I had the counter guy check to see if the steering wheel from the '91 300CE
 was compatible, and his 'puter said that almost all 124 models up through
 '93 were compatible, so I pulled the wheel and airbag (and a few other
 bits) and the wheel was $10, the airbag $40.
 
 I just checked the EPC, and according to MB, the CE model steering wheel is
 only compatible through the end of model year 1991.
 
 Going to install that now.
 
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[MBZ] Porcupine

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Just don't remember seeing it when I had my 124 fan housing on the bench and 
all apart for evapectomy several years ago.

Wilt

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Re: [MBZ] One for the Wilt

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The H's had 4k to 5k hours during my time with 'em.

Wilton

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 Very cool! She will be coming here - I'll keep a watch for her. The SE area
of our traffic pattern is near the NW area of the Tinker pattern. I dodge
the Tinker traffic all the time.

This process is planned to be finished by October, at which time she take
to the air again, this time her detination will be Tinker AFB for a full
depot-level maintenance overhaul. After which, Ghost Rider will be better
off than most of the fleet that never saw the boneyard at all. She will be
fully renovated, upgraded, seen a recent depot visit and she will have less
hours than much of the existing B-52 fleet, with 17,000 hours under her
wings. The fleet average today is 18,000 hours and growing by the day.





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[MBZ] One for Wilt

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55 hours in 007 in '74 and '75.  Also many uncounted hours with it on nuclear 
alert '72 through Jul '75, though, unless it was in another unit then.  Many 
hours also in 002 through 010 and others.  The 17 aircraft in the unit rotated 
through the alert force - on alert 3 or 4 months each time; not flying, of 
course.  We'd go through periods of flying the same few aircraft for several 
months and then not fly those again for several months while they were on alert 
- always 4 on alert.  Crew alert tours were a week every third week.  

Wilt

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Re: [MBZ] 124 HVAC blower motor diagnosis

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ATTABOY!

Does the 124 have a porcupine?

Wilt

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 The new blower regulator is installed and working, took about an hour and 
 forty-five minutes.
 
 I realize now that as the old regulator was failing, it may have been 
 generating a lot of heat.  I noticed that setting the temp lower would not 
 always produce lower vent air temperature, especially for the side vents.  
 We'll see during my test ride after I finish lunch.
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Re: [MBZ] One for the Wilt

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Possibly, at Kincheloe, MI; the # seems vaguely familiar; need to check my 
records.

Wilton

 G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Wilton,
 
 Any chance some of the 17,000 hrs on that airframe are logged by you?
 
 To the crew that put it back in the air.. ATTABOY !!
 
 
 
 On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:, 
 
 
  http://.jalopnik.com/the-ghost-rider-b-52-rises-from-the-grave-to-ride-aga-1686588702/1687074384/+pgeorge
 
  Dan
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Re: [MBZ] 124 HVAC blower motor diagnosis

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I used a simple ON/OFF toggle switch to operate blower in my 350SDL on a 
weekend years ago.

Wilton

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 Did someone on this list post a cheap solution for bypassing the blower
 motor voltage regulator with a rheostat for manual control of the blower?
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Drone video

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Have no idea of the make and model.  You saw me in the video as I watched it 
for the total time that I've seen it.   It's black, has four props, is very 
quiet and very small - smaller than my hand.

Wilton

 Kevin Allen Kraly via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 What make/model is that drone?  They are getting more sophisticated every 
 day.  I have a couple of them that I  buzz around the house from time to time 
 and bother my wife and the dogs.  I’m going to have to charge them up since 
 the neighbor’s cat has begun sneaking in through  the dog door.
 
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Re: [MBZ] Wx

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I did,  profusely.

Wilt

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 On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:20:22 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes
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  # 2 son stopped by and cleared paths on steps,and walkways.
 
 Thank your #2 son for us!
 
 
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Re: [MBZ] Wilton's computer [was: Re: Schnee]

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Computer update not going well.  Nieeded help of ISP (time Warner Cable).  
Called # supposedly theirs Fri 6th and got scammed by SOB in Singapore at cost 
of $464.44 plus lots of worry and other costs of trying to recover.  Took unit 
to Geek Squad at Best Buy to try to fix whatever SOB may have done and to try 
to restore my confidence.

Don't like the iPad for this!

Wilton

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 On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:26:54 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes
 mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
 
  It's just part of our kidding each other back and forth at every
  chance.  No offense taken nor meant.  ;)
  
  Wilton
  
  Sent from my iPad
 
 
 Wilton,
 
 I see you are still identified as Alice sending from an iPad.
 
 Is your computer update not going well?
 
 
 Craig
 
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Re: [MBZ] Driving in DC

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That parking space was near Georgetown U., not George Wash.

Wilt

 I paid my fee.  Good luck getting any more outta me.
 
 Check the link below.
 
 http://www.mail-archive.com/mercedes%40okiebenz.com/msg135490.html
 
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[MBZ] My kinda MB's

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Check the video linked below.  Sent by #2 son.

Wilton

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Trailer welding followup

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ATTABOY!

Wilton

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 I wanted to circle around and let you guys know I welded the trailer jack 
 back onto my trailer today. I found that to weld the relatively thick metal 
 of the jack to the thinner trailer tongue I wanted to use all the heat my mig 
 had and I actually used the same wire speed I usually use for sheet metal. I 
 used much slower movements of the gun and for the first time ever I could 
 actually see and control the puddle producing the highly desirable stack of 
 dimes effect. To make that work I found I needed to push the d impossible on 
 the underside which I ended up leaving un-welded.
 I spent more time on fit-up this time and got the jack plate tighter to the 
 tongue which made for better welding since I wasn't spanning any gap. The 
 jack is poorly designed for that, the plate is actually two pieces hot 
 riveted together with the rivet heads standing 1/32 proud of the back. 
 Typical Chinese poor design, they also forgot to give a relief hole at the 
 bottom of the jack so it filled with water and split. Fortunately the split 
 doesn't effect the operation of the jack. We have one at camp on the bush hog 
 that doesn't work well because of the split.
 Anyway while I was at it I re-welded the broken tab for the anti-tilt pin and 
 got it aligned better so I can get the pin out easier. I still have to tap 
 the pin into place but I can get it out by hand.While I was working on that I 
 realized the front driver's side corner had rusted out and was hanging 
 precariously, held together by the trailer deck. A piece of angle iron is 
 temporarily shoring that up but in the spring I'll need either to strip the 
 trailer down and rebuild it or buy a new trailer. I'm leaning toward 
 stripping and rebuilding since then I'll know everything was done right and I 
 can put a good coat of anti-rust on it. With a used trailer you never really 
 know what you're getting until it fails.
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Sun Tunnel Install

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Bummer on the length - very disappointing, I'm sure.  ATTABOY over all.

Wilton

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 working in the attic, as the location where this went was in  an area close 
 to the bottom of the roof, for the most part it was pretty straightforward.

My only complaint, and it is a complaint, was that the “length” of the tube 
provided was not as specified in Velux’ literature.  I’m taking them up on this 
to see if I can get some relief, as the alternative is to spend $50 to buy 
another 2’ piece to make up 3” of length.

Their literature says that the model I bought is 48” long, however, I only had 
a distance of 42” to use, and the tube came up 3” short.  Not good.

For now I am either going to use some foil tape back to front to make up the 
gap so it’s closed up temporarily, or possibly use a piece of aluminum 
flashing, I haven’t decided yet.

Despite the gap the amount of light in the room is amazing, even with the sun 
not fully covering the opening yet.  As it gets higher in the sky it will be 
interesting to see how much brighter it gets.

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Fixed central locking, found deeper problem

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ATTABOY!

Wilton

 Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 Dieselvolk,
 
 This afternoon I had some time to trouble-shoot the central locking system on 
 my '87 wagon. The system had not worked correctly from purchase in 2004. 
 Initially only the driver's door lock would activate the system. The rear 
 hatch lock tumbler is damaged and the key won't turn it, and the front 
 passenger door locked and unlocked with the key, but would not activate the 
 central locking system. 

Problem solved, central locking works from both driver and passenger door.
 
 Now I've got to find the source of the water under the carpet...
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Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

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ATTABOY, and 'hope it holds.

Wilton

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 For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has
 occasionally been squeaking.  A few days ago it was clearly
 getting worse.  Time to do something about it.
 
 Seeing as I am a cheapskate, I didn't really want to spend the
 money to buy a replacement unless it truly needed to be
 replaced.  In a 123, the blower is so easy to get to I didn't
 mind the prospect of getting to it repeatedly.

 I smoothed out the commutator a bit, used emery cloth to be
 So I don't expect this is a truly long term repair as the
 shaft at the bearing was pitted and the brushes are fairly
 worn.  But maybe I'll get another couple years from it.
 
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Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

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BTW, 'reminds of squealing speedo on my nearly showroom 124 last Wed morning 
(temp 23F);  quite whine at 70 mph for 5 min or so.

Wilton

 wiltonw--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
 
 ATTABOY, and 'hope it holds.
 
 Wilton
 
  fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 
  For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has
  occasionally been squeaking.  A few days ago it was clearly
  getting worse.  Time to do something about it.
  
  Seeing as I am a cheapskate, I didn't really want to spend the
  money to buy a replacement unless it truly needed to be
  replaced.  In a 123, the blower is so easy to get to I didn't
  mind the prospect of getting to it repeatedly.
 
  I smoothed out the commutator a bit, used emery cloth to be
  So I don't expect this is a truly long term repair as the
  shaft at the bearing was pitted and the brushes are fairly
  worn.  But maybe I'll get another couple years from it.
  
  --  Philip
  
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[MBZ] On way back

[wiltonw--- via Mercedes]

Making some progress on way back with neu computenmachine.
'Like the progress;'Don't like das computenmachine.

Wilton

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