Re: [MBZ] Sun's out

[clay monroe via Mercedes]

I forgot to mention that I got two color and clear coats on the faces of the 
bundts.  Used the wire wheel on the lug bolts to defeat the rust, and gave them 
a rust begone primer as well as color and clear.  Now all of it is living 
inside until around May so that the cure is complete before rubber is installed.

clay 

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
 
> On Mar 13, 2018, at 3:43 PM, clay monroe  wrote:
> 
> It were the Aliens making atmospheric entry coming in from the Pacific.  
> Bright lights and booms in the sky at night
> 
> clay 
 
___
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] Sun's out

[clay monroe via Mercedes]

It were the Aliens making atmospheric entry coming in from the Pacific.  Bright 
lights and booms in the sky at night

clay 

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers







> On Mar 12, 2018, at 5:14 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?
> 
> --R
> Sent from iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2018, at 12:08 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> We are in a rare solar event this weekend.  The rain will return soon, so I 
>> am scrambling to pack lots of little tasks while I can.
>> 
>> Allen seems to not have parking brakes.  I thought they were there, but the 
>> pedal goes to the floor and the wheels roll with no resistance, so I tried 
>> to adjust the shoes.  No impact spinning the star.  Up on driver/down for 
>> passenger.  Maybe it will visit a shop instead of spending many hours trying 
>> to make the ($**!!*%#%) wee spring to actually hook up.  
>> 
>> That led to hooking the working antenna cable to the head unit.  Current 
>> wire was snipped off to splice into an chinese aftermarket antenna.  Had to 
>> pull up carpet, a seat, and dig into the console.  May as well hook the 
>> speakers directly to the radio instead of trying to make the fader work 
>> right.  Noise was only coming out the driver rear speaker with this unit.  
>> Now I can control media from a touch screen, plucked from PnP for $10, over 
>> installing one of the vintage Grand Prix that would fetch multiples of that 
>> investment flogged on Fleabay.  I am not trying to make this a show car.
>> 
>> While wrestling the driver seat, the power wires to the motors had to be 
>> reseated, as they fell out somehow.  The MBTex seat I installed, came minus 
>> the back, so, I needed to make holes to fit the OE panel.  That done, I had 
>> to liberate the seatbelt dock, as it had become high-centered on a bolt and 
>> would not allow the seat to be re-installed.  
>> 
>> I popped the trunk and tested the vacuum pump.  No vac holding, and pump 
>> would not power.  Will need to trace where I have a hole, so will not hook 
>> the replacement  pump to power.  Which somehow flowed to under the hood 
>> looking at the EGR.  That holds vacuum, but will not open.  I pulled out and 
>> gave it a cleaning.  Valve opened by digital manipulation, but not vacuum.  
>> Stuff It!  Put it back, at least it is clean now.
>> 
>> A side trip to the hardware store to secure some Schedule 40 to build a few 
>> stands so I can refinish the Bundt wheels I pulled from PnP.  Many $$$ later 
>> I had a square base with a set of posts along the middle side arms rising to 
>> an apex to hold the rims by the centers of the teepee.  A fast wipe down 
>> with acetone (I cleaned, filled and sanded rims last month) and I was 
>> shaking the rattle cans to prime, paint and clear the backsides of the 
>> Bundts.  It will be warmer in the morrow, so I will tackle the fronts after 
>> lunch.
>> 
>> Last task this night was to blast the console switches with contact cleaner 
>> on the off chance they needed it.  At least it could not hurt.  
>> 


___
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] Sun's out later

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

> "Government intelligence in action"  Who can invent a better oxymoron?

How about "political correctness"?


___
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] Sun's out later

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Being in "agrarian societies" all my life, I have yet to find ONE farmer 
who is/was in favor of DST.   Might I politely suggest that someone has 
fed you a sack of excrement?


I have NEVER heard that one before!


Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
March 12, 2018 at 12:12 PM
That was part of it, and little to do with the Wednesday afternoon fun 
on the links of lawyers and bankers (my father was a banker, so I have 
direct experience in this area.)


Much of DST has to do with agrarian societies, the reasoning being 
that longer light into the evenings gives farmers more time to work 
the fields. While I can’t address all of this directly, I can tell you 
that based on personal experience as a young man, farmers did use DST 
to their advantage and it did help. When harvesting or detassling 
corn, being able to start later in the day and work later made a 
difference as the condensation or morning dew on the crops made it 
much harder to harvest or handle the plants. Dairy farmers, however, 
don’t like it, because cows are sensitive to time and changing their 
milking schedules can cause some serious affects on production. We 
heard about this a lot in Wisconsin.


Personally, I would like to see it gone. I know when we were growing 
up in Indiana it was PITA because different parts of the state were on 
different times….


-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] Sun's out later

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Wow, that is too funny.  Good thing I hadn't just taken a sip of water or
coffee when I opened up that picture.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Not only cows, but dogs don't like it either.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 10:13 AM
> To: Mercedes List
> Cc: Dan Penoff
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sun's out later
>
> That was part of it, and little to do with the Wednesday afternoon fun on
> the links of lawyers and bankers (my father was a banker, so I have direct
> experience in this area.)
>
> Much of DST has to do with agrarian societies, the reasoning being that
> longer light into the evenings gives farmers more time to work the fields.
> While I can’t address all of this directly, I can tell you that based on
> personal experience as a young man, farmers did use DST to their advantage
> and it did help.  When harvesting or detassling corn, being able to start
> later in the day and work later made a difference as the condensation or
> morning dew on the crops made it much harder to harvest or handle the
> plants.  Dairy farmers, however, don’t like it, because cows are sensitive
> to time and changing their milking schedules can cause some serious affects
> on production.  We heard about this a lot in Wisconsin.
>
> Personally, I would like to see it gone.  I know when we were growing up
> in Indiana it was  PITA because different parts of the state were on
> different times….
>
> -D
>
> > On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > The feds meddled in the 70s.  Jimmay cahtah's "energy saving" program
> probably.  AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end
> stupid time on the same day.  Fed meddling still exists.
> >
> > Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings"  It was about
> > more afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and
> > bankers closed early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture."  (Granny
> > Clampett)
> >
> >
> >
> >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> March 12,
> >> 2018 at 9:37 AM
> >> Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so
> universally-hated persist?At some point in the past I suppose there was
> some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not appear to be any
> such reason now.  The strongest one has something to do with kids going to
> school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears there is no energy savings
> to speak of, maybe even more is being used.
> >>
> >> I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not
> change, but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central
> Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter we
> were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central Standard.  The
> only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in the summer.  I
> think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did whatever those
> cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so people who worked there
> were not constantly in some weird situation.  It mattered not to us as the
> clocks and the sun just kept doing their things and there was a smooth
> transition among the seasons.
> >>
> >> So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think the
> federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find myself
> amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to ax this
> question.
> >>
> >> --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] Sun's out later

[G Mann via Mercedes]

I propose that all the daylight that has been "saved" by "daylight savings
time" now be released into a Yuuge Photo-voltaic power plant
and converted to use in the electric grid to power Andrews electric car for
free.

After decades of "saving daylight", I'm sure some of the huge warehouse of
stored saved daylight could be converted to warm up the iced highways and
eliminate the need for salt.

[sarcasm off]

"Government intelligence in action"  Who can invent a better oxymoron?

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> That was part of it, and little to do with the Wednesday afternoon fun on
> the links of lawyers and bankers (my father was a banker, so I have direct
> experience in this area.)
>
> Much of DST has to do with agrarian societies, the reasoning being that
> longer light into the evenings gives farmers more time to work the fields.
> While I can’t address all of this directly, I can tell you that based on
> personal experience as a young man, farmers did use DST to their advantage
> and it did help.  When harvesting or detassling corn, being able to start
> later in the day and work later made a difference as the condensation or
> morning dew on the crops made it much harder to harvest or handle the
> plants.  Dairy farmers, however, don’t like it, because cows are sensitive
> to time and changing their milking schedules can cause some serious affects
> on production.  We heard about this a lot in Wisconsin.
>
> Personally, I would like to see it gone.  I know when we were growing up
> in Indiana it was  PITA because different parts of the state were on
> different times….
>
> -D
>
> > On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > The feds meddled in the 70s.  Jimmay cahtah's "energy saving" program
> probably.  AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end
> stupid time on the same day.  Fed meddling still exists.
> >
> > Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings"  It was about
> more afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and bankers
> closed early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture."  (Granny Clampett)
> >
> >
> >
> >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
> >> March 12, 2018 at 9:37 AM
> >> Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so
> universally-hated persist?At some point in the past I suppose there was
> some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not appear to be any
> such reason now.  The strongest one has something to do with kids going to
> school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears there is no energy savings
> to speak of, maybe even more is being used.
> >>
> >> I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not
> change, but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central
> Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter we
> were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central Standard.  The
> only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in the summer.  I
> think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did whatever those
> cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so people who worked there
> were not constantly in some weird situation.  It mattered not to us as the
> clocks and the sun just kept doing their things and there was a smooth
> transition among the seasons.
> >>
> >> So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think the
> federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find myself
> amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to ax this
> question.
> >>
> >> --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] Sun's out later

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

That was part of it, and little to do with the Wednesday afternoon fun on the 
links of lawyers and bankers (my father was a banker, so I have direct 
experience in this area.)

Much of DST has to do with agrarian societies, the reasoning being that longer 
light into the evenings gives farmers more time to work the fields.  While I 
can’t address all of this directly, I can tell you that based on personal 
experience as a young man, farmers did use DST to their advantage and it did 
help.  When harvesting or detassling corn, being able to start later in the day 
and work later made a difference as the condensation or morning dew on the 
crops made it much harder to harvest or handle the plants.  Dairy farmers, 
however, don’t like it, because cows are sensitive to time and changing their 
milking schedules can cause some serious affects on production.  We heard about 
this a lot in Wisconsin.

Personally, I would like to see it gone.  I know when we were growing up in 
Indiana it was  PITA because different parts of the state were on different 
times….

-D

> On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> The feds meddled in the 70s.  Jimmay cahtah's "energy saving" program 
> probably.  AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end stupid 
> time on the same day.  Fed meddling still exists.
> 
> Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings"  It was about more 
> afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and bankers closed 
> early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture."  (Granny Clampett)
> 
> 
> 
>> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>> March 12, 2018 at 9:37 AM
>> Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so 
>> universally-hated persist?At some point in the past I suppose there was 
>> some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not appear to be any 
>> such reason now.  The strongest one has something to do with kids going to 
>> school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears there is no energy savings 
>> to speak of, maybe even more is being used.
>> 
>> I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not change, 
>> but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central Daylight Time 
>> zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter we were Eastern 
>> Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central Standard.  The only real issue 
>> was TV shows were on an hour earlier in the summer.  I think a coupla 
>> counties near Louisville and Chicago did whatever those cities did, so they 
>> changed their clocks mostly so people who worked there were not constantly 
>> in some weird situation.  It mattered not to us as the clocks and the sun 
>> just kept doing their things and there was a smooth transition among the 
>> seasons.
>> 
>> So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think the 
>> federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find myself amongst 
>> any of our elected fools at the state level I need to ax this question.
>> 
>> --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] Sun's out later

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Avid (my employer) Media Composer (video editing application) is sensitive to 
time, if it finds files written more than 5min in the future it ignores them 
and video won't play. In 2006 they changed the date for DST to end. Microsoft 
and Apple both had patches but in any given newsroom about half the systems 
would be patched so on the appointed day half the systems fell back and half 
didn't, hilarity ensued as the patched systems now wouldn't play any media the 
new systems wrote...
So yeah I'm in favor of ending DST...

Curt

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Curley McLain via 
Mercedes wrote:   The feds meddled in the 70s.  Jimmay 
cahtah's "energy saving" program 
probably.  AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end 
stupid time on the same day.  Fed meddling still exists.

Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings"  It was about 
more afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and bankers 
closed early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture."  (Granny Clampett)



> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
> March 12, 2018 at 9:37 AM
> Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so 
> universally-hated persist?    At some point in the past I suppose 
> there was some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not 
> appear to be any such reason now.  The strongest one has something to 
> do with kids going to school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears 
> there is no energy savings to speak of, maybe even more is being used.
>
> I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not 
> change, but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central 
> Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter 
> we were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central 
> Standard.  The only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in 
> the summer.  I think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did 
> whatever those cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so 
> people who worked there were not constantly in some weird situation.  
> It mattered not to us as the clocks and the sun just kept doing their 
> things and there was a smooth transition among the seasons.
>
> So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think 
> the federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find 
> myself amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to 
> ax this question.
>
> --FT
>
>
>
>
> Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
> March 12, 2018 at 8:00 AM
> DST needs to end. Self-imposed pain that doesn't produce the promised
> energy savings.
>
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
> ___
> 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
>
> Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
> March 12, 2018 at 7:14 AM
> Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?
>
> --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
>
> clay monroe via Mercedes 
> March 11, 2018 at 11:08 PM
> We are in a rare solar event this weekend. The rain will return soon, 
> so I am scrambling to pack lots of little tasks while I can.
>
> Allen seems to not have parking brakes. I thought they were there, but 
> the pedal goes to the floor and the wheels roll with no resistance, so 
> I tried to adjust the shoes. No impact spinning the star. Up on 
> driver/down for passenger. Maybe it will visit a shop instead of 
> spending many hours trying to make the ($**!!*%#%) wee spring to 
> actually hook up.
>
> That led to hooking the working antenna cable to the head unit. 
> Current wire was snipped off to splice into an chinese aftermarket 
> antenna. Had to pull up carpet, a seat, and dig into the console. May 
> as well hook the speakers directly to the radio instead of trying to 
> make the fader work right. Noise was only coming out the driver rear 
> speaker with this unit. Now I can control media from a touch screen, 
> plucked from PnP for $10, over installing one of the vintage Grand 
> Prix that would fetch multiples of that investment flogged on Fleabay. 
> I am not trying to make this a show car.
>
> While wrestling the driver seat, the power wires to the motors had to 
> be reseated, as they fell out somehow. The MBTex seat I installed, 
> came minus the back, so, I needed to make holes to fit the OE panel. 
> That done, I had to liberate the seatbelt 

Re: [MBZ] Sun's out later

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

The feds meddled in the 70s.  Jimmay cahtah's "energy saving" program 
probably.  AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end 
stupid time on the same day.  Fed meddling still exists.


Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings"  It was about 
more afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and bankers 
closed early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture."  (Granny Clampett)





Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
March 12, 2018 at 9:37 AM
Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so 
universally-hated persist?At some point in the past I suppose 
there was some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not 
appear to be any such reason now.  The strongest one has something to 
do with kids going to school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears 
there is no energy savings to speak of, maybe even more is being used.


I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not 
change, but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central 
Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter 
we were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central 
Standard.  The only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in 
the summer.  I think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did 
whatever those cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so 
people who worked there were not constantly in some weird situation.  
It mattered not to us as the clocks and the sun just kept doing their 
things and there was a smooth transition among the seasons.


So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think 
the federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find 
myself amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to 
ax this question.


--FT




Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 AM
DST needs to end. Self-imposed pain that doesn't produce the promised
energy savings.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
___
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

Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
March 12, 2018 at 7:14 AM
Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?

--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

clay monroe via Mercedes 
March 11, 2018 at 11:08 PM
We are in a rare solar event this weekend. The rain will return soon, 
so I am scrambling to pack lots of little tasks while I can.


Allen seems to not have parking brakes. I thought they were there, but 
the pedal goes to the floor and the wheels roll with no resistance, so 
I tried to adjust the shoes. No impact spinning the star. Up on 
driver/down for passenger. Maybe it will visit a shop instead of 
spending many hours trying to make the ($**!!*%#%) wee spring to 
actually hook up.


That led to hooking the working antenna cable to the head unit. 
Current wire was snipped off to splice into an chinese aftermarket 
antenna. Had to pull up carpet, a seat, and dig into the console. May 
as well hook the speakers directly to the radio instead of trying to 
make the fader work right. Noise was only coming out the driver rear 
speaker with this unit. Now I can control media from a touch screen, 
plucked from PnP for $10, over installing one of the vintage Grand 
Prix that would fetch multiples of that investment flogged on Fleabay. 
I am not trying to make this a show car.


While wrestling the driver seat, the power wires to the motors had to 
be reseated, as they fell out somehow. The MBTex seat I installed, 
came minus the back, so, I needed to make holes to fit the OE panel. 
That done, I had to liberate the seatbelt dock, as it had become 
high-centered on a bolt and would not allow the seat to be re-installed.


I popped the trunk and tested the vacuum pump. No vac holding, and 
pump would not power. Will need to trace where I have a hole, so will 
not hook the replacement pump to power. Which somehow flowed to under 
the hood looking at the EGR. That holds vacuum, but will not open. I 
pulled out and gave it a cleaning. Valve opened by digital 
manipulation, but not vacuum. Stuff It! Put it back, at least it is 
clean now.


A side trip to the hardware store to secure some Schedule 40 to build 
a few stands so I can refinish the Bundt wheels I pulled from PnP. 
Many $$$ later I had a square base with a set of posts along the 
middle side arms rising to an apex to hold the rims by the centers of 
the teepee. A fast wipe 

Re: [MBZ] Sun's out later

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so 
universally-hated persist?    At some point in the past I suppose there 
was some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not appear to be 
any such reason now.  The strongest one has something to do with kids 
going to school, but that seems pretty lame.  It appears there is no 
energy savings to speak of, maybe even more is being used.


I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not 
change, but everyone else did.  So in the summer we were in Central 
Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter we 
were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central Standard.  The 
only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in the summer.  I 
think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did whatever those 
cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so people who worked 
there were not constantly in some weird situation.  It mattered not to 
us as the clocks and the sun just kept doing their things and there was 
a smooth transition among the seasons.


So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think the 
federal gubmint has anything to do with it.  Next time I find myself 
amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to ax this 
question.


--FT


On 3/12/18 9:00 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

DST needs to end.  Self-imposed pain that doesn't produce the promised
energy savings.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?



___
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

.



--
--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] Sun's out

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Agreed,   End both DST and TDS


Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 AM
DST needs to end. Self-imposed pain that doesn't produce the promised
energy savings.

-
Max
Charleston SC


___
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] Sun's out

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

DST needs to end.  Self-imposed pain that doesn't produce the promised
energy savings.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?
>
>
___
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] Sun's out

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Did the temporal rift over the weekend consume the sun?

--R
Sent from iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2018, at 12:08 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> We are in a rare solar event this weekend.  The rain will return soon, so I 
> am scrambling to pack lots of little tasks while I can.
> 
> Allen seems to not have parking brakes.  I thought they were there, but the 
> pedal goes to the floor and the wheels roll with no resistance, so I tried to 
> adjust the shoes.  No impact spinning the star.  Up on driver/down for 
> passenger.  Maybe it will visit a shop instead of spending many hours trying 
> to make the ($**!!*%#%) wee spring to actually hook up.  
> 
> That led to hooking the working antenna cable to the head unit.  Current wire 
> was snipped off to splice into an chinese aftermarket antenna.  Had to pull 
> up carpet, a seat, and dig into the console.  May as well hook the speakers 
> directly to the radio instead of trying to make the fader work right.  Noise 
> was only coming out the driver rear speaker with this unit.  Now I can 
> control media from a touch screen, plucked from PnP for $10, over installing 
> one of the vintage Grand Prix that would fetch multiples of that investment 
> flogged on Fleabay.  I am not trying to make this a show car.
> 
> While wrestling the driver seat, the power wires to the motors had to be 
> reseated, as they fell out somehow.  The MBTex seat I installed, came minus 
> the back, so, I needed to make holes to fit the OE panel.  That done, I had 
> to liberate the seatbelt dock, as it had become high-centered on a bolt and 
> would not allow the seat to be re-installed.  
> 
> I popped the trunk and tested the vacuum pump.  No vac holding, and pump 
> would not power.  Will need to trace where I have a hole, so will not hook 
> the replacement  pump to power.  Which somehow flowed to under the hood 
> looking at the EGR.  That holds vacuum, but will not open.  I pulled out and 
> gave it a cleaning.  Valve opened by digital manipulation, but not vacuum.  
> Stuff It!  Put it back, at least it is clean now.
> 
> A side trip to the hardware store to secure some Schedule 40 to build a few 
> stands so I can refinish the Bundt wheels I pulled from PnP.  Many $$$ later 
> I had a square base with a set of posts along the middle side arms rising to 
> an apex to hold the rims by the centers of the teepee.  A fast wipe down with 
> acetone (I cleaned, filled and sanded rims last month) and I was shaking the 
> rattle cans to prime, paint and clear the backsides of the Bundts.  It will 
> be warmer in the morrow, so I will tackle the fronts after lunch.
> 
> Last task this night was to blast the console switches with contact cleaner 
> on the off chance they needed it.  At least it could not hurt.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> clay 
> 
> 1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
> 1986 SDL - Polei
> 1982 300 SD - Allen
> 
> retired models-
> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ___
> 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