Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this?
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:35:45 -0500 LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: J wrote:you must be running with german helium or As it happens, the US has the worlds supply of Helium - which is why the Germans used highly explosive Hydrogen in their Zeppelins - and why they burned like crazy - The hydrogen certainly helped start the conflagration, but it was the nitro- based paints that really caused the problems. Craig
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The hydrogen certainly helped start the conflagration, but it was the nitro- based paints that really caused the problems. Saw a special on that. The hydrogen didn't start the fire, it was a spark across improperly grounded skin panels. The fabric doping, new for the Hindenburg, was a mixture of aluminum powder and iron oxide. Anybody else remember the formula for thermite? -- Jim
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:30:36 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The hydrogen certainly helped start the conflagration, but it was the nitro- based paints that really caused the problems. Saw a special on that. The hydrogen didn't start the fire, it was a spark across improperly grounded skin panels. The fabric doping, new for the Hindenburg, was a mixture of aluminum powder and iron oxide. Yes, thanks for correcting me on that. Anybody else remember the formula for thermite? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite A thermite reaction is a type of aluminothermic reaction in which aluminium metal is oxidized by the oxide of another metal, most commonly iron oxide. The name thermite is also used to refer to a mixture of two such chemicals. The products are aluminium oxide, free elemental iron, and a large amount of heat. The reactants are commonly powdered and mixed with a binder to keep the material solid and prevent separation. The reaction is used for thermite welding, often used to join rails. Black or blue iron oxide (Fe3O4), produced by oxidizing iron in an oxygen-rich environment under high heat, is the most commonly used thermite oxidizing agent because it is inexpensive and easily produced. Red iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3, commonly known as rust) can also be used to make thermite and yields a significantly more energetic reaction. Other oxides are occasionally used, such as in manganese thermite and chromium thermite, but only for highly specialized purposes. Both examples use aluminium as the reactive metal. In principle, any reactive metal could be used instead of aluminum. This is rarely done, however, because the properties of aluminium are ideal for this reaction. It is by far the cheapest of the highly reactive metals; it also forms a passivation layer making it safer to handle than many other reactive metals. The melting and boiling points of aluminum also make it ideal for thermite reactions. Its relatively low melting point (660°C, 1221°F) means that it is easy to melt the metal, so that the reaction can occur mainly in the liquid phase[1] and thus proceeds fairly quickly. At the same time, its high boiling point (2519°C, 4566°F) enables the reaction to reach very high temperatures, since several processes tend to limit the maximum temperature to just below the boiling point.[2] Such a high boiling point is common among transition metals (e.g. iron and copper boil at 2887 °C and 2582 °C respectively), but is especially unusual among the highly reactive metals (cf. magnesium and sodium which boil at 1090 °C and 883 °C respectively). Although the reactants are stable at room temperature, they burn with an extremely intense exothermic reaction when they are heated to ignition temperature. The products emerge as liquids due to the high temperatures reached (up to 2500 °C (4500 °F) with iron(III) oxide)___although the actual temperature reached depends on how quickly heat can escape to the surrounding environment. Thermite contains its own supply of oxygen and does not require any external source of air. Consequently, it cannot be smothered and may ignite in any environment, given sufficient initial heat. It will burn well while wet and cannot be extinguished with water. Small amounts of water will boil before reaching the reaction. If thermite is ignited underwater, the molten iron produced will extract oxygen from water and generate hydrogen gas in a single-replacement reaction. This gas may, in turn, burn by combining with oxygen in the air. It continues, talking about how to ignite it safely. Craig
Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this?
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:30:36 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody else remember the formula for thermite? To see it in action, take a look at, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7231843493488769585 Craig
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Mobil1 turbine oil? What weight? How often would I change it? Is it the BEST? --R Darrell W. Sigmon wrote: Turbine oil. Rich Thomas wrote: http://cgi.ebay.ca/WORLDS-ONLY-JET-CAR-with-twin-jet-engines_W0QQitemZ160069702913QQihZ006QQcategoryZ98062QQcmdZViewItem
Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this?
I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Mike - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? Mobil1 turbine oil? What weight? How often would I change it? Is it the BEST? --R Darrell W. Sigmon wrote: Turbine oil. Rich Thomas wrote: http://cgi.ebay.ca/WORLDS-ONLY-JET-CAR-with-twin-jet-engines_W0QQitemZ160069702913QQihZ006QQcategoryZ98062QQcmdZViewItem ___ 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
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:43:45 -0500 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Yes, but if you update your blinker fluid at the same time the synergistic effect will actually cause the headlight fluid to become more clear ... Craig
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Muffler grease?? Tire fuses?? Werner - Original Message - From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:43:45 -0500 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Yes, but if you update your blinker fluid at the same time the synergistic effect will actually cause the headlight fluid to become more clear ... Craig
Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this?
I haven't noticed that blinker / headlight fluid effect so much, but if you keep the air in all five tires changed on a regular basis [with a standard 25% helium mix] you won't notice so many spurious noises interfering with your voice activated dictation using Dragon 9. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Craig McCluskey Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:10 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:43:45 -0500 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Yes, but if you update your blinker fluid at the same time the synergistic effect will actually cause the headlight fluid to become more clear ... Craig ___ 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
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SAWEET!! Synergism man...I know some girls that like that but they spellit differ'nt...Makes thier eyes sparkle.;) Mike - Original Message - From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:43:45 -0500 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Yes, but if you update your blinker fluid at the same time the synergistic effect will actually cause the headlight fluid to become more clear ... Craig ___ 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
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I'll keep that in mind..Maybe that's what I need to do to get my M37 quieterWell that and a 24 to 12V converter to run the laptop... Mike (Who just realized this AINT bannedOOPS.) - Original Message - From: BillR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? I haven't noticed that blinker / headlight fluid effect so much, but if you keep the air in all five tires changed on a regular basis [with a standard 25% helium mix] you won't notice so many spurious noises interfering with your voice activated dictation using Dragon 9. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Craig McCluskey Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:10 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:43:45 -0500 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be careful of the additives in the M1T oils they may make your headlight fluid cloudy...Go with the heavyweight kind thoughJust cuz it's heavier man.. Yes, but if you update your blinker fluid at the same time the synergistic effect will actually cause the headlight fluid to become more clear ... Craig ___ 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 ___ 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
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Wouldn't running a higher percentage helium mix further lighten the load resulting in impressive improvements in fuel economy? Of course you must be running with german helium or your suspension could get all squirrely. -j. 1985 300d (223K Gerta) 1991 Cherokee (149K fishbowl) 1999 E300Dt (106K unnamed) (the squeaky one) 1999 E300Dt (140K unnamed) (the leaky one) From: BillR I haven't noticed that blinker / headlight fluid effect so much, but if you keep the air in all five tires changed on a regular basis [with a standard 25% helium mix] you won't notice so many spurious noises interfering with your voice activated dictation using Dragon 9. BillR From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 10 16:13:55 2007 Received: from ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.101]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H4g5L-0002MG-5n for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:13:55 + Received: from trampasx2 (cpe-024-163-121-050.nc.res.rr.com [24.163.121.50]) by ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0AGAakb028242 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:10:36 -0500 (EST) From: Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:10:51 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acc0yRzSNVm2tdl0SAu+4MOagsw7IgACCLbw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] defrost/heat questions (83 300SD X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:13:55 - I have found when the cabin sensor goes bad the AC will be cold on full cold, heat hot when knob on full hot. Then depending on sensor failure mode it will be hot or cold everywhere else. The one sensor I have replaced made it hot at all times in the car except when the knob was on full cold. Thus the full hot and full cold settings ignore in car sensor. If your car is hot all the time, even on full cold then you should check mono valve. Your 83 has sunroof switch in the center of dash, later W126(87 or 88 on) had sunroof switch at dome light. Thus your sensor will be the second one Jim mentioned. The later W126s also had the back pop-up sunroof, which I personally prefer. Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:06 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] defrost/heat questions (83 300SD Where would this sensor grill be in the ceiling? I'll have to check it out tomorrow to see what it's got. Usually part of the dome light and sunroof switch assembly. The other locale is a grilled opening in the center top of the dash. (And those usually have the foam hoses.) -- 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
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wouldn't running a higher percentage helium mix further lighten the load resulting in impressive improvements in fuel economy? There's a tire shop here that's advertising that they will change the air in your tires for Nitrogen. -- 1983 300D 1966 230
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J wrote:you must be running with german helium or As it happens, the US has the worlds supply of Helium - which is why the Germans used highly explosive Hydrogen in their Zeppelins - and why they burned like crazy - ;-) Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this? Wouldn't running a higher percentage helium mix further lighten the load resulting in impressive improvements in fuel economy? Of course you must be running with german helium or your suspension could get all squirrely. -j. 1985 300d (223K Gerta) 1991 Cherokee (149K fishbowl) 1999 E300Dt (106K unnamed) (the squeaky one) 1999 E300Dt (140K unnamed) (the leaky one) From: BillR I haven't noticed that blinker / headlight fluid effect so much, but if you keep the air in all five tires changed on a regular basis [with a standard 25% helium mix] you won't notice so many spurious noises interfering with your voice activated dictation using Dragon 9. BillR ___ 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 Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007
Re: [MBZ] What kind of oil would I use for this?
I usually put an 80% mix in my tires, it seems to work pretty well. I add some oxygen, CO2, and some other exotic gases as well using a special mixing apparatus I have in the garage. I have noticed significant performance gains when I use this special mixture, sorta like \/ ! /-\ GR /-\ for my tires -- it makes them hard and they last a long time. --R Allan Streib wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a tire shop here that's advertising that they will change the air in your tires for Nitrogen.
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Levi Smith wrote: I go the other way and fill them with that sodium chloride or whatever it is they use to weight tractor tires. Gets better traction in the winter and gets better mileage cause all that extra mass just keeps going so I can just let off the accelerator and my 300D just keeps going. If you put smaller tires on the front wheels, you'll get even better fuel economy, because you'll be going downhill all the time.
