Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
The battery in this one is so bad that it drains all the power the alternator
can produce...
It'll go about 5 miles before it quits. New battery is ordered and should be in
today.
Which is good, I've been commuting with my wife's '89 Kawasaki 454 LTD which is
REALLY small. I'm very saddle sore.
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
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Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:33 PM
My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know
if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like
a Diesel MB, except that you can't kick start the MB.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Did I mention fixing the starter in my pickup the other day?
My wife and I had gone for a motorcycle ride which lasted until the bike
quit (out of electricity) about 2 miles from home.
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Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from
curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under
power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too.
Wilton
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My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know
if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like
a Diesel MB, except that you can't kick start the MB.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did I mention fixing the starter in my pickup the other day?
My wife and I had gone for a motorcycle ride which lasted until the bike
quit (out of electricity) about 2 miles from home.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
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Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Wilton Strickland wrote: Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too. If you have a big enough hill, you can do it with an automatic 240D too. I made about 50 pizza deliveries one night without a starter on my Citation. There was a minor (maybe 6-8) rise leading up to the storefront. I could bump start it in reverse while backing out of my parking space. At the destination I left the car running. After we finished cleaning the place up and were ready to go home, my engine was cold and I had to have a coworker push start me with his Escort. He shoved me up to 10 mph and hit the brakes, then I dropped the clutch in 2nd and it fired right up. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too. The diesel will be a bit more reluctant, though, that whole glow plug thing. I did the same trick with the '60 Falcon. Didn't take much of a roll to get it started in second gear. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Not enough hills around tere. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:10 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too. The diesel will be a bit more reluctant, though, that whole glow plug thing. I did the same trick with the '60 Falcon. Didn't take much of a roll to get it started in second gear. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.15/1648 - Release Date: 9/2/2008 5:29 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.15/1648 - Release Date: 9/2/2008 5:29 PM ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
It seems than at Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:34:57 -0400, Wilton wrote: Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too. Wilton It can - if there's power for the glow plugs. Otherwise it takes a bit more rolling. --Philip - many, many miles with manual transmissions. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Wilton Strickland wrote: Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too. Only opportunity I've ever had to do that trick was on a friend-of-a-girlfriend's Vanagon. It had a dead battery and nobody had any jumper cables, and the girl needed to go somewhere in a hurry. They were about to give up and call for a tow when I offered to roll-start it. The hardest part was muscling the steering wheel around without the power assist! (Why is a car with nonfunctional power steering so much harder to steer than one with no power steering at all? Parasitic drag, so to speak, from the hydraulics?) Anyway, the van was at the top of a Seattle hill, so it was easy to get up enough coasting speed to do the trick and start it, once I got away from the curb. That earned me a few chivalry points. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
(Why is a car with nonfunctional power steering so much harder to steer than one with no power steering at all? Parasitic drag, so to speak, from the hydraulics?) Some, but I'd bet more is because the system is designed for assist, and so has a smaller steering wheel and/or higher gearing in the steering box, making for 'more responsive' steering. So long as the boost is there. Same reason a car designed for AC but with it broken is much hotter to drive on a summer day than one that was never designed for AC. Usually such cars have much better vents. Both my Falcon and the Chevy pickup are pretty tolerable on a summer's day, whereas any of our MB's are not. The older vehicles have hefty floor vents and wing windows. Even the Frankenheap, which never had AC, is a car (115) designed to support AC. It has the wing windows, but without the floor vents you're screwed. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Jim Cathey wrote: Some, but I'd bet more is because the system is designed for assist, and so has a smaller steering wheel and/or higher gearing in the steering box, making for 'more responsive' steering. So long as the boost is there. IME, a power rack and pinion without hydraulic pressure isn't much worse than a manual rack of similar gearing. A power recirculating ball gearbox is worse, but I can wrestle my 2.3-16 with the engine off as long as it's rolling. From what I've heard, the electric power racks are so stiff when they lose power that most drivers think the steering is locked. (some unhappy owners of early Saturn Ions and 2004 Chevy Mailbus out there because the system would shut down if it detected any flaw in itself, and it happened a little too frequently for comfort) Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Best fix ever
Did I mention fixing the starter in my pickup the other day? My wife and I had gone for a motorcycle ride which lasted until the bike quit (out of electricity) about 2 miles from home. We walked home and got the pickup and trailer. When I started the pickup I got a horrible grinding sound from the starter, uh oh. Told my wife in no uncertain terms to not shut the pickup off... Went back and boosted the bike, got it home no big deal (bad battery). Took a look at the truck, turned out the starter was just loose, 2 minute fix! Sweet. Love those kind of fixes.. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know
if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like
a Diesel MB, except that you can't kick start the MB.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did I mention fixing the starter in my pickup the other day?
My wife and I had gone for a motorcycle ride which lasted until the bike quit
(out of electricity) about 2 miles from home.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
'90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply
Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go)
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