Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Congratulations Jim-sounds like a real happy ending. Hope you didn't pass the name to new owner. Sounds like the white dove would be better name for this circumstance. Dwight Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 130K miles Wickford, RI Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co. The Albatross has been sold. W -- 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] Non-Project 240D in Washington
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha! The Albatross has been sold. A nice young woman in NE Portland with a bunch of biodiesel-head friends was interested in moving 'down' for financial reasons (trading in a newer Civic for the 240D, a bicycle, and enough cash to stake her in school) and really liked the idea of owning her first Benz, and her first diesel. She liked the interior room of the car, the more upright (and higher seating), and the fact that the car did not scrape in her steep driveway (unlike the Honda). She found the seats to be exceptionally comfortable. The 240D, though larger than the Civic, was not as ponderous as she had feared. The car will be mostly city driven, with an occasional highway road trip to visit family. (I told her to leave it in S except on the highway.) She has mechanically-minded friends and family, and an older car held no fears for her. Her man once drove his VW bus to Guatemala, so I think the car will be in good company! ORDOT gave her no trouble, the car is already plated. We delivered the car only yesterday. (She called when she had trouble starting, but before we could return her call she'd whipped out the owner's manual and followed the starting instructions therein. No problem starting then.) We got half a dozen calls (and unreceived e-mails) on the car once its new locations had been advertised. -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:15:33 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Albatross has been sold. Congratulations! Craig
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Good deal you silver tongue devil. Harry - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha! The Albatross has been sold. A nice young woman in NE Portland with a bunch of biodiesel-head friends was interested in moving 'down' for financial reasons (trading in a newer Civic for the 240D, a bicycle, and enough cash to stake her in school) and really liked the idea of owning her first Benz, and her first diesel. She liked the interior room of the car, the more upright (and higher seating), and the fact that the car did not scrape in her steep driveway (unlike the Honda). She found the seats to be exceptionally comfortable. The 240D, though larger than the Civic, was not as ponderous as she had feared. The car will be mostly city driven, with an occasional highway road trip to visit family. (I told her to leave it in S except on the highway.) She has mechanically-minded friends and family, and an older car held no fears for her. Her man once drove his VW bus to Guatemala, so I think the car will be in good company! ORDOT gave her no trouble, the car is already plated. We delivered the car only yesterday. (She called when she had trouble starting, but before we could return her call she'd whipped out the owner's manual and followed the starting instructions therein. No problem starting then.) We got half a dozen calls (and unreceived e-mails) on the car once its new locations had been advertised. -- 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] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Congrats, Jim! I'm still workin' with my 300CD. It has new tires on it now, and it's running better. It sure does puff blue smoke at times (I think that there's a weak hole too). As far as power goes, its probably a 270CD. I'm gonna keep on floggin' it hard and hope that it comes around. I've got nothin' to lose since I've only got $800 in it including the tires, tags and title transfer. I do need to replace the right front wheel bearing (any gotchas involved in that job)? I thought that the hum was coming from the rear of the car, but with the floormats out, I can REALLY feel the vibration beneath my feet while sitting in the passenger's seat. I've done older American cars with drum brakes (a corvair car and a Greenbrier van), but never a disk brake equipped car which shouldn't make much difference other than removing the caliper. Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon 1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
270CD. I'm gonna keep on floggin' it hard and hope that it comes around. And why wouldn't it? The 240D did! tags and title transfer. I do need to replace the right front wheel bearing (any gotchas involved in that job)? Naw, it's pretty easy as these things go. It was trivial on the 240D 'cause I just swapped hubs with the parts car. but never a disk brake equipped car which shouldn't make much difference other than removing the caliper. It's even easier than drum brakes because you don't need to back off the adjuster. Caliper's just two bolts. Once the hub is off you just pound out the old race, wipe out the lube, use the old race to drive in the new one, regrease and reassemble. -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Of interest to me was the VIN, which I'd never examined before: 123.123-12-123356. Only 100 off from a very interesting number. Perhaps even more amusing would have been a serial number of 123123. Had it been either of these maybe I could have gotten extra money out of an eBay sale? -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
pound out the old race, wipe out the lube, use the old race to drive in the new one, regrease and reassemble. Sounds pretty straight forward. Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon 1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
WOO HOO! Thats good news. Whats next on the project list? I await the 190D entries with anticipation. Then you're in luck. The 190D is the next car up. (Though sales-related efforts on the 450 SL may interfere at times.) The years (2!) have not been kind to the 190D, the rust issues are noticeably worse. OTOH, now it moves around. -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Great news Jim! Sometimes a change of location is all it takes I guess.. ...Kevin 87 300TD 284k mi 79 240D 156k mi Jim Cathey said: The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha! The Albatross has been sold. A nice young woman in NE Portland with a bunch of biodiesel-head friends was interested in moving 'down' for financial reasons (trading in a newer Civic for the 240D, a bicycle, and enough cash to stake her in school) and really liked the idea of owning her first Benz, and her first diesel. She liked the interior room of the car, the more upright (and higher seating), and the fact that the car did not scrape in her steep driveway (unlike the Honda). She found the seats to be exceptionally comfortable. The 240D, though larger than the Civic, was not as ponderous as she had feared. The car will be mostly city driven, with an occasional highway road trip to visit family. (I told her to leave it in S except on the highway.) She has mechanically-minded friends and family, and an older car held no fears for her. Her man once drove his VW bus to Guatemala, so I think the car will be in good company! ORDOT gave her no trouble, the car is already plated. We delivered the car only yesterday. (She called when she had trouble starting, but before we could return her call she'd whipped out the owner's manual and followed the starting instructions therein. No problem starting then.) We got half a dozen calls (and unreceived e-mails) on the car once its new locations had been advertised. -- 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 -- Thank God for Microsoft -- Linus Torvalds
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
When I read our 240D's VIN to the insurance person over the phone it gave them pause: 123.123-12-121284 ...Kevin Jim Cathey said: Of interest to me was the VIN, which I'd never examined before: 123.123-12-123356. Only 100 off from a very interesting number. Perhaps even more amusing would have been a serial number of 123123. Had it been either of these maybe I could have gotten extra money out of an eBay sale? -- 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 -- Thank God for Microsoft -- Linus Torvalds
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
I shared the link with a fellow searching for a real car. On Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 07:10 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, though will be making a pass through the greater Seattle area. It's going to stay at my brother's house for awhile. -- 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 -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, though will be making a pass through the greater Seattle area. It's going to stay at my brother's house for awhile. -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha! Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon 1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela AKA Granny who is running much better after driving around for about an hour yesterday, and she now has new tires and current tags.
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
where pressure bled away) of about 305-310#, which is to say above 300# on the gauge but not to the next tick at 320#. On the Bar scale I'd call it 21. The engine manual states that normal compression is 22-24 Bar, but that the minimum is 15 with maximum allowed variation of 3. I would call this good considering that the engine has over 300 kmi on it! So, nobody has an opinion about my compression numbers? -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
On May 9, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: So, nobody has an opinion about my compression numbers? -- Jim Let it eat. I can't see you ponying up for an overhaul kit on that car. It would drastically reduce the profit margin. The numbers may even come up a bit if you beat it proper. 21 bar is still respectable and way above the acceptable overhaul @ compression. 22-24 is for new, it's not doing too bad. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
May 5, 2006 Though there have been enqueries, still no sale. With the warmer weather the car's starting a lot easier. Filled up the car again, 40 gallons over only 835 miles. 21 MPG, not too good even for around town driving. May 6, 2006 Poor mileage? Reluctant starting? Time to do a bit more testing I guess. I took the car for a little test drive to warm it up to operating temperature, then while it was idling I cracked each injector line. Idle dropped significantly with each one, each reaction was approximately equal, so that's good. I then pulled the glow plugs. All came out easily and were equally sooted. Also good. It was time! I dug out the Harbor Freight compression tester I'd picked up and tried it out. It goes together pretty easily, and I had no trouble putting together a set of its various adapters to get it into the glow plug holes. I connected the vacuum shutoff line to the main vacuum supply line in order to keep from injecting fuel during the test. I then did the test, eight compression strokes on each cylinder. All had equal results (modulo some badly-connected attempts where pressure bled away) of about 305-310#, which is to say above 300# on the gauge but not to the next tick at 320#. On the Bar scale I'd call it 21. The engine manual states that normal compression is 22-24 Bar, but that the minimum is 15 with maximum allowed variation of 3. I would call this good considering that the engine has over 300 kmi on it! This car's reluctance to start doesn't appear to be compression based. It is possible that the starter is slow, one or more injectors has a bad spray pattern (possibly only when cold), or the timing chain wear is to blame. All of these, if a problem, are fairly easy and inexpensive to deal with, the difficulty lies in getting a good diagnosis so that I'm not just shotgunning parts at the car. I have a used starter or two lying around, but they're of unknown quality. I wonder if there's a spec. for cranking RPM, and if so how the heck do I measure it? -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Do the starters not have a Kilowatt rating stamped right on them? I seem to recall that it was pretty standard to replace the 240 with a 300 starter for extra oomph And of course, check and clean all connections, especially the main ground! Jeff Zedic Toronto 87 300TD
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
Rusty's site shows the same part number for the 240D and the 300D (123) - but there is are light duty and heavy duty versions (with the same part number). Looks like the heavy duty version came with the turbo models. On 5/6/06, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do the starters not have a Kilowatt rating stamped right on them? I seem to recall that it was pretty standard to replace the 240 with a 300 starter for extra oomph And of course, check and clean all connections, especially the main ground! Jeff Zedic Toronto 87 300TD ___ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington [was Project 240D in Oregon]
But it was easier to follow the thread with that oregon tag. That way we knew which car he was updating us on On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 08:06 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: The car's still for sale! http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html , as is the 450 SL: http://cathey.dogear.com/JSLsale.html You know, you really ought to change the title of your thread. You are near Spokane, aren't you? I should, but it's no longer a Project either. Yes, near Spokane. (Greenacres, for those who know the area.) -- Jim ___ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
