Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

What I found that probably does not fit the bill

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5247862716.html


Well, they're certainly proud of that!


http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5253972729.html


Gas, ugh.  Interesting possibility, though.  "Doesn't run"
covers a lot of ground, though.  And it's a 2-door.


http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5246619211.html


Swedish wagon, not a bad choice.  Will show him the pix.


http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5247748110.html


No pix, needs engine?  I don't think so!


http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5250130020.html


Volare?  Oh oh oh oh!  Can't imagine that this "vista cruiser"
would attract him, but you never know.  I would expect stunningly
bad fuel economy and performance.  Basket cases, of any degree,
to the back of the line.


http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5252605497.html


Surprisingly new Barney-mobile.  Wonder how RAV4's do in a crash?


http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5246852138.html


I sure hate intermittents!


http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/5230207800.html


Rusty W115?  Certainly a well-known quantity!  It might do, anyway.


http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5257260369.html


Gas coupe?  Not sure if spacious enough.  Putting a bull fiddle
in and out of a 2-door on a daily basis would probably get old
fast...

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

What I found that probably does not fit the bill

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5247862716.html


Well, they're certainly proud of that!


"Properly maintained the entirety of its life." and "timing chain 
just broke on it and it doesn't run. will need to be towed. Will make 
great project car."


These are contradictory.  Evidence suggests the latter is true and 
the former is false.

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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

That Audi is the same generation (late '90s) as my Jetta I think. The ignition 
switches are a known failure point, relatively easy to replace and cheap, like 
$10-$15...
-Curt
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> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5246852138.html

I sure hate intermittents!




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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

DAMN, I forgot your progeny was of that age!


Goes by fast.  Will be 14yo in a couple of weeks, that gives us
a year and change to find/fix car before driving lessons begin.

There is a really nice looking w115 by me.  Driver door got smacked 
and is now gathering parking tickets.  Not mine, but it should really 
go to a good home if the owner will part with it.


I have two front W115 doors in storage.  U-pull, _with_ mirrors.

Boy says W115 or W123 is all the same to him.  We have one each,
so he has samples to examine.  Not a choice yet at all, he also
said he might like Swedish.  ('Cause it's Swedish, he wouldn't
know one from a rolling dog turd.)

Just trying to get him thinking a bit about the whole process.

Local w123 are either scrap or over priced at the moment.   I can keep 
an eye for something large enough for a bass, stick, and of 
questionable coloration


Sure, that'd be fine.  Don't bust your hump over it or anything,
we're far from that point.  SWMBA is mighty A about the whole thing.
Feeling left out I guess.  Yeah, like she cares about cars...
Projecting much, dear?

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[clay via Mercedes]

What I found that probably does not fit the bill

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5247862716.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5253972729.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5246619211.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5247748110.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5250130020.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5252605497.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5246852138.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/5230207800.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5257260369.html




On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

> Excellent choice! Our youngest two learned to drive in the 240D Manual W123
> (it was bought new by their great-grandfather).
> 
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> #1 (and only) son now allows as to how a 240D 123 (manual)
>> might be a contender as his first car.  The Beetle is out
>> because he's taking up the string bass.  We already know
>> that they basically don't fit in those, that's why the
>> neighbors got rid of theirs.  Anyway, once he hits 14yo
>> this month car-hunting season officially opens!  I expect
>> it to take months before anything might actually be
>> procured.
>> 
>> _Ideally_ he'd take a shine to our Chevy pickup, then
>> I could get something else as our woods beater.  :-)
>> But he hates it, so that's a no-go.
>> 
>> Criteria:  Safe; slow; stickshift; needs work, especially
>> some (but not huge amounts) of cosmetic work; relatively
>> inexpensive; something he _likes_.  An old MB would be
>> ideal, for many reasons.  The idea is to get him into
>> something he likes and with a fair amount of sweat equity.
>> Maximizes our chances of keeping him alive, while minimizing
>> our expenses.  Funky colors move to the head of the line.
>> 
>> -- Jim
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Way to go Dimitri. Keep us posted.
On Oct 8, 2015 6:37 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> Winter is setting in and I need a winter beater as my China blue 240D is
> still undergoing rust repair and I'm certainly not driving the BMW 2002 or
> the pagoda in the snow! So, I went to flaps, bought a bottle of blue devil
> head gasket fix and poured it into the radiator!
> So far so good. But you all know that this car is possessed so I
> definitely won't hold my breath!!
>
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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

Great criteria!  Mine were the same, except I didn't demand manual 
trans.


I want him to be able to drive anything.  What he _chooses_
for himself, later, will then be up to him.

Early days yet, no guarantee that an MB will be the final choice.
But it's nice if it hasn't been eliminated already.  A 240D
slushbox is NOT on the list.  We had one once, I'd consider it
dangerously slow.  (The difference between it and our 200D manny
was unbelievable.)

The 300D Chicken Wagon's tranny is bad, probably a B2 issue.
A manual conversion would be _excellent_ in all respects, but
as I've done this on the 190D it's more work than the plan
calls for.  He'd lose interest before it was completed.

I figger a male child who has significant sweat equity in a car is 
more likely to care for it and not take too many excessive risks.


Sweat equity an an innate love (or at least liking).  That's
my secret weapon!

-- Jim


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[MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

Winter is setting in and I need a winter beater as my China blue 240D is still 
undergoing rust repair and I'm certainly not driving the BMW 2002 or the pagoda 
in the snow! So, I went to flaps, bought a bottle of blue devil head gasket fix 
and poured it into the radiator!
So far so good. But you all know that this car is possessed so I definitely 
won't hold my breath!!

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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I was thinking about you today as I plan to go to Maine Sunday. I'll be back 
through in November and was thinking we could have a ceremonial adding of the 
goop.
Let us know how it goes.
-Curt

  From: Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Cc: Dimitri <dsereta...@yahoo.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 6:37 PM
 Subject: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited
   
Winter is setting in and I need a winter beater as my China blue 240D is still 
undergoing rust repair and I'm certainly not driving the BMW 2002 or the pagoda 
in the snow! So, I went to flaps, bought a bottle of blue devil head gasket fix 
and poured it into the radiator!
So far so good. But you all know that this car is possessed so I definitely 
won't hold my breath!!

Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

#1 (and only) son now allows as to how a 240D 123 (manual)
might be a contender as his first car.  The Beetle is out
because he's taking up the string bass.  We already know
that they basically don't fit in those, that's why the
neighbors got rid of theirs.  Anyway, once he hits 14yo
this month car-hunting season officially opens!  I expect
it to take months before anything might actually be
procured.

_Ideally_ he'd take a shine to our Chevy pickup, then
I could get something else as our woods beater.  :-)
But he hates it, so that's a no-go.

Criteria:  Safe; slow; stickshift; needs work, especially
some (but not huge amounts) of cosmetic work; relatively
inexpensive; something he _likes_.  An old MB would be
ideal, for many reasons.  The idea is to get him into
something he likes and with a fair amount of sweat equity.
Maximizes our chances of keeping him alive, while minimizing
our expenses.  Funky colors move to the head of the line.

-- Jim


Great criteria!  Mine were the same, except I didn't demand manual trans.

Both ours learned on the 81 240D auto, and drove it to HS.  One 
graduated to first car at 16, and he chose the "free" Hawaiian 200D 
with cracked rings in #1.  It then became the 200D 2.4.  THAT is a 
GREAT combination!  The other was given a budget and told she was not 
getting an SL because she could not find one that cheap.Little 
*hit went out and found a stealer maintained SL within budget.  She 
still wants an SLK.  In her year in der faterland, the neighbor had 
an SLK.  She was in love...with the SLK


I figger a male child who has significant sweat equity in a car is 
more likely to care for it and not take too many excessive risks.


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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Excellent choice! Our youngest two learned to drive in the 240D Manual W123
(it was bought new by their great-grandfather).

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> #1 (and only) son now allows as to how a 240D 123 (manual)
> might be a contender as his first car.  The Beetle is out
> because he's taking up the string bass.  We already know
> that they basically don't fit in those, that's why the
> neighbors got rid of theirs.  Anyway, once he hits 14yo
> this month car-hunting season officially opens!  I expect
> it to take months before anything might actually be
> procured.
>
> _Ideally_ he'd take a shine to our Chevy pickup, then
> I could get something else as our woods beater.  :-)
> But he hates it, so that's a no-go.
>
> Criteria:  Safe; slow; stickshift; needs work, especially
> some (but not huge amounts) of cosmetic work; relatively
> inexpensive; something he _likes_.  An old MB would be
> ideal, for many reasons.  The idea is to get him into
> something he likes and with a fair amount of sweat equity.
> Maximizes our chances of keeping him alive, while minimizing
> our expenses.  Funky colors move to the head of the line.
>
> -- Jim
>
>


-- 
OK Don

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Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D revisited

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

#1 (and only) son now allows as to how a 240D 123 (manual)
might be a contender as his first car.  The Beetle is out
because he's taking up the string bass.  We already know
that they basically don't fit in those, that's why the
neighbors got rid of theirs.  Anyway, once he hits 14yo
this month car-hunting season officially opens!  I expect
it to take months before anything might actually be
procured.

_Ideally_ he'd take a shine to our Chevy pickup, then
I could get something else as our woods beater.  :-)
But he hates it, so that's a no-go.

Criteria:  Safe; slow; stickshift; needs work, especially
some (but not huge amounts) of cosmetic work; relatively
inexpensive; something he _likes_.  An old MB would be
ideal, for many reasons.  The idea is to get him into
something he likes and with a fair amount of sweat equity.
Maximizes our chances of keeping him alive, while minimizing
our expenses.  Funky colors move to the head of the line.

-- Jim


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