Don, the engine will put out more power turning at a higher RPM than
being 'bogged' down a higher gear. It just won't put out the HP in 5th
but it will in 4th.
DWS
Don wrote:
What?
You're saying that your car has a higher top end in 4th than it does
in 5th? Unless there is a governor
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/84474730.html
Probably close to free, No affiliation, yadda, yadda...
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
OK, its down, now what?
Steve MacSween wrote:
Kaleb will have to put his foot down, soon.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just feeling a little shiftless, that's all.
Rich Thomas wrote:
I think he is loosing it.
--R
Steve MacSween wrote:
Stop squealing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That car was a POS, I have 2 stick cars here now and I have no problems
with either of them.
John Ervine wrote:
Kaleb doesn't handle clutch situations very well.
Steve MacSween wrote:
Kaleb will have to put his foot down, soon.
Found most of the parts to make a pressure bleeder, I've got $20 into
it.
Trouble finding a master Cylinder cap, guess I'll try a dealer
tomorrow.
If I understand correctly, I will simply pressurize The reservoir with
about 20 PSI, I have no gage. Than bleed furthest to the closest.
I have 2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mitch,
I think that it is possible for this car to get pretty close to 110 mph,
certainly it will exceed 100. My '85 wagon with 320k miles on it, with same
engine and transmission as this car, has reached an indicated 107 mph in 5th
gear (will go faster in 4th gear
Euan wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong (gently), but although the '85 sedan and estates
shared the same engine, the estate engine was detuned? Auxiliary systems
parasitise power too, so, among other things, the self-levelling suspension
system peculiar to the wagons would be draining grunt. I
Peter Arnold wrote:
Trouble finding a master Cylinder cap, guess I'll try a dealer
tomorrow.
I believe you can get an aftermarket cap at Mcparts, probably Help! brand.
Here it is: You can use a late model GM master cylinder cap (Help! p/n 42035).
http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm
D'uh. Got that completely wrong, didn't I. So did the (so-called) MB fix-it
dealer who mentioned these things. Can't tell him so; he's dead at the
moment.
Thanks Marshall.
Euan
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Reply-To:
And now he's got us all in his clutches
Dan
He started by piling it here and piling it there
Steve MacSween wrote:
True, he wanted to be a pilot but they didn't like his bearing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kaleb doesn't handle clutch situations very well.
Steve MacSween
Not at all uncommon at all. In a relatively low-powered engine, a
higher gear can put you too far off the power peak to overcome wind
resistance and other running friction at higher speeds, so you can
achieve a higher speed in a lower gear. Downhill or in a stiff
tailwind, you may be able to
Looks like I might need to replace my lower rad hose. It was spilling
the green stuff crazily the other day, and the various drive belts
were flinging the stuff everywhere. I poked at it tonight and the
upper end of it appears to be quite flared around the engine inlet and
there was a small amount
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:40:39 -0400 Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Craig McCluskey wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4561642572category=6330rd=1
VIN : WDBAB53A4FA193738
The VIN is wrong - the one in the body of the text 123130 is
We could just snag some mid-70 land yachts in good enough shape and
send those over for the collectors. Bet we could make a bunch of cash,
then stock up on euro parts to ship back in the empty container
On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 06:41 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well that is because
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:30:40 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4562184040category=6330rd=1
You mean to put a diesel in?
Craig
Datacard for WDB1231301A214405 lists engine 617912 10 209857, tranny
717400 00 048941, paint 929, interior 152.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:41:29 -0700 Joe Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Datacard for WDB1231301A214405 lists engine 617912 10 209857, tranny
717400 00 048941, paint 929, interior 152.
Atta boy, Joe!
Craig
naw, I wouldnt do that
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:30:40 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4562184040category=6330rd=1
You mean to put a diesel in?
Craig
You are talking about my first car, a 1956 36 hp VW that someone put 6.50
15s on the back. Uphill in 3rd, downhill in 4th.
At 08:54 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote:
Not at all uncommon at all. In a relatively low-powered engine, a higher
gear can put you too far off the power peak to overcome wind
You can't beat my BMW Isetta though for proving there is always an exception.
It overrevs if you try to exceed 38-40 MPH in 3rd gear. 4th (top gear) will
take you to 54 mph. It matches your criteria, low power, 298 cc, 13 hp. If
you've seen a rolling egg you know about wind resistance.
I
This is interesting:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1category=6008item=4562114425
--
Casey
Biodiesel:
'87 300TD intercooler (206k)
'84 300D (202k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (184k)
Olympia, WA
yes, or poor engineering. In the case of my VW, the oversize rear tires
acted as an overdrive. Had it been left per Dr. Porshe's design, it would
have run out to a better top speed. However, being broke and cheap, I left
on the oversize tires and imagined i was saving money by lowering
43600 on the clock??? I believe BMW made these diesel engines to be
installed in Lincoln Contentinals back in the late 1980's but the American
public had just seen GM's 5.7 diesel fall apart thus Lincoln could not
move their Lincoln's with diesels in them.
bill s
On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 10:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe BMW made these diesel engines to be
installed in Lincoln Contentinals back in the late 1980's but the
American
public had just seen GM's 5.7 diesel fall apart thus Lincoln could
not
move their Lincoln's with
This is interesting:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1category=6008item=4562114425
The E34 (third-generation 5-series) is IMHO the best car BMW ever
made---their version of the 124. With a diesel it would be a dream
come true.
I'm a bit worried by the
I am using the Sears duty cycle meter ($29) to read ECU codes on my 1990-
trying to diagnose a no turbo boost situation. I am putting the positive
lead on the (+) of the battery and the (-) lead to terminal #4. I am
getting a 50% duty. Are these the correct pins to use to read duty? I have
Murphy was right...
It seems like every time I take my car into the shop I notice something that
develops into yet another problem...
Wednesday morning taking the car to the shop I noticed the engine seemed to
shake more than normal. Today its shaking like it did when I first got it, so
bad
Euan,
Catching up on digest - forgive if already covered.
I don't think that the estate engine was 'de-tuned' compared to the sedan.
True, the SLS pump would be a parasitic loss that the sedan wouldn't have
unless it had the SLS option. I think the bigger difference is the weight and
the
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Curt Raymond wrote:
I guess this is an easy fix to do myself? I've gotten a little leary of
going to the shop. Its not his fault, but I also want to become more
self sufficient and this seems like a good excuse to buy a floorjack...
They aren't that bad, the only
I've visited a Finnish Bimmer forum and those guys are working their
Scandahoovian magic on these diesels as well. If I had the spare cash, I'd
be seriously tempted. Still kicking myself for passing on the mid-'90's
5-series turbo diesel wagon that appeared on ebay last year--THAT was a very
Marshall,
Have you kept any data on the reliability (or failure rate) for evaporators in
'87 300TDs?
I'm considering the purchase of a poor example of such a fine car, and it's
been abused to the point that the egine has been replaced at least once
(247,000 miles on the odometer). One of the
They walk among us!
IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the
local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
Crossing sign on our road.
The reason: too many deer were being hit by cars and he didn't
You wear huge underwear? I don't think we all needed to know that much
detail...
--R
Peter Arnold wrote:
Moose stuff, I missed a huge cow moose with my truck/camper a few
years ago. She ran in front of me, I flat spotted 8 tires! Also
ruined my underwear, those things are huge!
--
Peter
There is a guy in the 'hood who has a 560SEC, I think he has Borla
mufflers or glasspacks or some such on it, has a nice rumble going down
the street. I like that car.
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4562184040category=6330rd=1
I've heard it said that evaps don't get changed much in Colorado.
In the Southeast they go out at an alarmingly high rate. But we have
very humid weather and the A/C is used a lot. My mech buddy does evaps
all summer long on 124's and 140's, and seeing more cases on newer
E-class cars ('96+).
You should probably know that all those folks are now working as security
screeners at the airport since the gummint took over that function.
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darrell W. Sigmon
Sent:
At Houston Hobby airport a few months after 9/11, I was at the head of
the line for a short flt to Dallas, Southwest Airlines (cattle line).
The gate attendant announces, Anyone who would like to volunteer for a
random security check will get on the plane first. Aside from the fact
that if
Hey! That's my car!
Well, maybe a clone on color and condition.
Gary
An acquaintance of mine who lives in Ketchikan, Alaska, says that tourists
will often travel thousands of miles on a cruise ship to get there, step off
onto the dock, then immediately ask how far above sea level they are.
Curt,
Make sure the motor mount is lined up straight with
the bolt hole on the chasis as it is very easy to
strip the thread. You may have to get a second hand to
use a 2X4 to push the engine.
Tan
--- Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Murphy was right...
It seems like every time I take
Since it's Friday, does anyone have the link to that woefully over-worked
compact car pulling the camping trailer up the mountain? I want to help my
brother start the weekend laughing..
...Kevin
I don't think any other 240D will. It is not an option
you can have it installed at the factory. It's a
proprietary feature - one that will take many factors
and many trials to reproduce the exact result!
BTW, as one lister said, the chasis did move forward
and messed up some of IP accelerator
I really couldn't find much. Here is a report on the
proposal...but I am pretty sure it passed, but I think
it's UP TO $4,000 based on the vehicles
enviro-friendliness...and I bet diesel is not rated at
$4,000...if anyone finds out more, please let us know.
Christopher
--- Curt Raymond [EMAIL
Bent frame option? I passed on that one. Of course that is the only
thing I ever passed while in this car. ;)
Gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:46 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] My
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall,
Have you kept any data on the reliability (or failure rate) for evaporators in
'87 300TDs?
I'm considering the purchase of a poor example of such a fine car, and it's
been abused to the point that the egine has been replaced at least once
(247,000 miles on
it is on big-boys.com -- there is a search on the site to find it and other
funny ones!
- Original Message -
From: Kevin J. Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:59 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT: anybody have the chevette pulling
check out this video:
www.wertechconstruction.com/nice.wmv
***WARNING***GRAPHIC
John Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it is on big-boys.com -- there is a search on the site to find it and other
funny ones!
- Original Message -
From: Kevin J. Slater
To: Mercedes mailing list
check out this video:
www.wertechconstruction.com/nice.wmv
***WARNING***GRAPHIC
John Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it is on big-boys.com -- there is a search on the site to find it and other
funny ones!
- Original Message -
From: Kevin J. Slater
To: Mercedes mailing list
David Brodbeck wrote:
Probably lower. My experience with other makes is that the wagon usually has
a lower drag coefficient. It might seem hard to believe, but that squared off
rear end is actually more aerodynamically efficient than the notchback sedan
design.
OTOH, if the wagon has a roof
Bwahhhaaahahahaha!
Tim
On 7/15/05, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An acquaintance of mine who lives in Ketchikan, Alaska, says that tourists
will often travel thousands of miles on a cruise ship to get there, step off
onto the dock, then immediately ask how far above sea level they
Must be seen to be believed
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Mercedes-190e-Custom-Kit-Car-Wide-Body-Lowrider_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6783QQitemZ7987055658QQrdZ1
Must be Friday.
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
Did you get the video yet? I think I have it.
Can you say Pimp my Ride. It is lacking 20 inch tires though.
Alan Duff
Knoxville, TN
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To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Huh?
Must be seen to be believed
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