I gave my kid (17) a 1983 SD. Right now, he is driving my 1980 SD until
the 83 gets out of the shop with an engine/transmission transplant. I'm
going to sell the 80, since I finally decided that I need AC in Georgia,
the 80 has none, and it would be too expensive to fix it. The old SDs,
LT Don wrote:
I think bacon grease is pushing the envelope of sanity a bit too much.
I seem to remember reading that animal fats were to be avoided at all
costs.
And has anybody checked out what bacon fat costs per gallon for pretty
poor fuel??
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth (who
I have one. Great car. Great price, too.
Dan
This sounds like a nice car for a decent price. The engine is an
Adsit. It is a Mercedes Parts Company that has been sending me
parts catalogs for 8 years since I bought one replacement hood star
from them. There engines are supposed to have
$1.59 on sale at Fareway in Iowa. Not the grease -- ya gotta actually
cook and eat the stuff to get the grease. I call it my burden for
the Chris Project.
On 8/19/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LT Don wrote:
I think bacon grease is pushing the envelope of sanity a bit too much.
Would you be interested in adopting a 52 year old retired sailor? I
don't eat much. I am not ugly enough to scare the neighbors. And I
am a pretty good cook.
http://don.homelinux.net/debdon/
Don
On 8/19/05, Kevin Beswick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I gave my kid (17) a 1983 SD.
--
If we
You think whale oil would work in the Benz? It is a very fine
lubricant, and burns with no soot.
--R
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Kevin Beswick wrote:
the 83 gets out of the shop with an engine/transmission transplant. I'm
going to sell the 80, since I finally decided that I need AC in Georgia,
So... Where in GA are you and how much do you want for the SD?
John
'79 300SD
andrew strasfogel wrote:
URBAN MYTH - STUFF AND NONSENSE!! CR*P! B*LONEY!!
My son and I have ALWAYS driven around our 123 300D and 300TD daily
drivers with heavily laden key chains and have not had to change a
single tumbler in a combined 20 years of motoring!!
I will opine that it has more
Greenpeace!!!1
On 8/19/05, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You think whale oil would work in the Benz? It is a very fine
lubricant, and burns with no soot.
--R
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if he made a copy of it, why cant he just have this wonderful machine
shop make a bunch of copies of it. I bet the price would go down on a
bulk type of production.
Darrell W. Sigmon wrote:
Mr Hattaway, don't you remember telling me a long time ago that I had
first 'dibs' on that tool
hey chris, thanks for the package, it arrived.
Christopher McCann wrote:
I drained my differential (on the AKP-Wagen) last
nigght - looked like thick chocolate milk abd smelled
disgusting. Filtered it and dumped it in the tank.
Also filtered a mix of used VO and bacon grease. I
took a 50/50
LT Don wrote:
$1.59 on sale at Fareway in Iowa. Not the grease -- ya gotta actually
cook and eat the stuff to get the grease. I call it my burden for
the Chris Project.
If I could get a gallon for $1.59 there MIGHT be an argument to be made,
but I doubt that $1.59 would generate even a qt of
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7994085852
you have just been lucky is all I can say.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
URBAN MYTH - STUFF AND NONSENSE!! CR*P! B*LONEY!!
My son and I have ALWAYS driven around our 123 300D and 300TD daily
drivers with heavily laden key chains and have not had to change a
single tumbler in a combined 20 years
Somebody freekin' shoot me. Better yet, someone in his area bid $1.
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you are correct macswine.
Steve MacSween wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC the Bosch injection pump does not rely on the lubrication
qualities of
the fuel. The pumps in our cars use motor oil for lubrication.
That's why the reduction of sulfur is not a critical
Christopher McCann wrote:
I drained my differential (on the AKP-Wagen) last
nigght - looked like thick chocolate milk abd smelled
disgusting. Filtered it and dumped it in the tank.
Also filtered a mix of used VO and bacon grease. I
took a 50/50 mix of the VO-bacon grease and D2 and put
it in the
Im not going to get sued, and even if I did they wouldnt get much. Keep
on posting your results. Although I will say you will blow your engine
up sooner or later. I would like to start a pool on this, i give it 2
months.
Christopher McCann wrote:
Dear Steve,
No need for the Kevlar suit.
I bought my first car, a 240D, when I turned 16. Was a 79, bought in 91
for $5500. About 3 months later, I bought my 2nd car, 83 300D. A few
months after that, I traded the 83 for a 78 300D(why I dont know). I
could go on but as you see, the sickness started early for me.
The Wakin's
Ok, need to replace them on one of my cars. Im probably going to remove
the intake manifold. Does the gasket have to be replaced each time the
manifold is removed or will it last a while like a valve cover gasket?
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE,
holy crap
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Kaleb,
The Photocops caught you on film...
C'mon now.. Fess up!
Just kidding,
Take care,
Chuck
Phoenix, AZ
1980 300SD
On Aug 19, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
holy crap
hey marshall...you gotta phd,...did you see a real piece of research?... or
just the alert from MB?
...i'm not as highly anointed on this group as you are (actually i'm usually
a washout...heh, heh-water jokes)...but you and everybody who ever took a
statistics class in grad school knows that
Dieselvolk,
Checked out the gasser car tonight. Turns out to be a 1981 280SE, with
cloth seats (manual adjustment), five speed transmission. Mileage is
unknown; odometer stopped at 105k miles long ago. No cruise control.
Lots of problems beyond the electrical issue. Belt for AC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dieselvolk,
Checked out the gasser car tonight. Turns out to be a 1981 280SE
W126?
I might want the tranny if you ever part it out. Heck, everybody
might want the tranny.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oil pressure at idle was about .5 bar.
I'm probably going to pass.
Christ, you'd better. That motor is practically done. 5-speed or no, the car
is toast.
--
John L. Ervine
1981 240D 4-spd 267+kmi
1980 300TD 168+kmi
1980 300SD 277+kmi
JJJ wrote:
hey marshall...you gotta phd,...did you see a real piece of research?... or
just the alert from MB?
...i'm not as highly anointed on this group as you are (actually i'm usually
a washout...heh, heh-water jokes)...but you and everybody who ever took a
statistics class in grad
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok, need to replace them on one of my cars. Im probably going to remove
the intake manifold. Does the gasket have to be replaced each time the
manifold is removed or will it last a while like a valve cover gasket?
Replace the gasket. Peter is right, you CAN replace
I've also been told to keep the keychain light -- better yet, use a
single key for the Benz.
I've actually seen a worn out key (use the new one that comes with the
new tumbler, get one for the old cars) after 30 years and 200,000 plus
miles, but they are rare. More than one sticky tumbler
Marshall:
You wouldn't be referring to dropping a GP wire nut would you?
Peter
I'd feel like I had stepped into the Twilite Zone regarding cars that ran on
peanut oil, Vegetable oil, McD's waste etc. If an older fella hadn't stopped
by my house last week driving the same brown 240D that was sitting in my
yard. He told me he had 330,000 miles on it. I think it was early
Somebody else said it first but when I read about the gear lube I was wondering
why you wanted to put water in the fuel... If it looks like chocolate milk, or
worse, coffee milk its got water in it.
Do you know what makes bacon into bacon? Smoke and SALT. I bet if you check it
that grease is
Found a 1989 420 SEL with 120K on it sitting in a guy from India's driveway,
somebody who works at his 7-11 tried to fix an oil leak for him,(he say's),
and after changing fluid and pan they hooked some wires up wrong (sounds
like tranny,I say's), It doesn't run right. Runs fine for a while,
2 months takes us into October... I'm gonna say 4 months, as it gets cooler I
suspect he'll lower the proportion of stuff to diesel. With the lowered
proportion the car, having become addicted to said stuff will go into
withdrawl and give up the ghost. At which point it becomes yours for $50.
Pat Goss on Autoweek TV warned about heavy key chains for all cars,
not just MB's on a segment a while back.
On 8/19/05, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also been told to keep the keychain light -- better yet, use a
single key for the Benz.
I've actually seen a worn out key
I'm always amazed at how young I'm NOT on this list.
Okay okay okay... This SD has really put a crimp in my plans, it seems like a
fair deal and I guess I'm not too young to drive it.
What kind of mileage are we looking at? I'm getting around 28mpg now with my
240D and I'm guessing it'll be
Hi, All.
Synapse fired at the no torque/stalls. I had a BMW 1600 with (unknown
to me!) bad points, that would start right up hot or cold and then die the
moment that you touched the throttle. Could our esteemed colleague have
poor ignition? Just my $0.02 worth, maybe even worthless. Never
A 41mpg 240D would be a scientific marvel and should be studied. The old man's
problem is one of inaccurate measurements. It'd be danged tough to accurate
calculate how much fuel was going in if he was really using that much waste
oil...
That said, I really enjoy reading Chris' adventures and
If so, check this thing out. Have my eye on it but wonder if this thing
is worth a crap or not. I already have todds opinion.
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--
Kaleb C.
I would imagine that there will be critics of your lab procedures even
after you succeed in turning the engineering world on its ear. Please do
continue, let us know how things are going, and then consider publishing in
a learned journal. I believe that Henry Ford started with such basic
see, it's anecdotes like this that impelled me to buy
a vehicle to test on. I think it is worthwhile.
Christopher
--- Fred De Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd feel like I had stepped into the Twilite Zone
regarding cars that ran on
peanut oil, Vegetable oil, McD's waste etc. If an
older
good point, but that could be true of any used veggie
oil, not just bacon grease.
Christopher
--- Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Somebody else said it first but when I read about
the gear lube I was wondering why you wanted to put
water in the fuel... If it looks like chocolate
ROTFLMAO
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 5:58 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel experiments...bacon grease and OLD gear lube (DO
NOT TRY
Thanks for the encouragement, Bill. Don't really think
this is cutting edge, but would like to substantiate
or disprove all the I added horse piss to my benz for
20 years and it worked just fine stories.
Thanks, Christopher
--- Bill Aston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would imagine that there
thought of that already. The Jews considered hanging
pork fat in busses to deter Muslim suicide bombers.
General Pershing used lard tipped bullets in putting
down a Muslim uprising in the Philippines...maybe I
should write to Donald Rummy.
Christopher
--- Royce Engler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Fred,
Thanks for the reply. The points are new and adjusted to 30' dwell. It appears
the problem is with the float level.
The rebuild kit I have does not have a o-ring big enough to adjust the float to
a high enough level.
I'm wondering if my local autoparts store might have 2mm thick
The Butterball Turkey plant some place in MO is putting out #2 type
fuel for internal vehicle use from the offal. The process is thermal
depolymerization and the stuff coming out the end is #2 (must be bio of
a sort). Would the thermal part of it have rid the feed stock of water
and other
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Im not going to get sued, and even if I did they wouldnt get much. Keep
on posting your results. Although I will say you will blow your engine
up sooner or later.
I think he'll just ruin his injector pump. Actually, it's more likely
he'll clog up the fuel strainer
As usual, the Onion lends some perspective:
http://www.onion.com/infograph/index.php?issue=4133
The bottom bullet point makes me think of our friend Christopher.
Marshall,
Thank you for explaining the problem with the high
sulfur content of gear lube. I guess that's why the
new stuff smells almost as bad as the used stuff. I
can see why this is a problem. Perhaps the alkalinity
of the very large amount of motor oil
(proportiionally) in the mix (of the oil
Peter Frederick wrote:
I've actually seen a worn out key (use the new one that comes with the
new tumbler, get one for the old cars) after 30 years and 200,000 plus
miles, but they are rare. More than one sticky tumbler has been
cured by getting a new steel key from MB.
raises hand
Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Curt,
NOT!.
If you get a chance to really drive a W126 or a W116 you will find
it's definitely not an MGM..
They are a driver's car and despite the image... They are very
tossable (that means aggressive driving on a track or autocross
thought of visiting the place. It was supposed to put
out oil at $15/barrel...right now it's costing
$80/barrel and the plant stinks so bad that the
neighbors are not happy. Warren Buffett's son is a big
investor in it. All I know. I thought it was a lower
grade than #2...
Christopher
---
keeping a close eye on the fuel strainer and both
filters. When the IP croaks, you'll be the first to
know.
Christopher
--- David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Im not going to get sued, and even if I did they
wouldnt get much. Keep
on posting your results.
Whateverthanol - I like it, but not using any alcohol,
although if I drink enough Boulevard Wheat Beer
tonight, I might try that :-)
Eco-coal - Dr. Rudy Diesel did that. Didn't work too
well (idiot)...then he tried benzine and blew up
half his shop (idiot), then tried peanut oil and
amazed the
Peter Frederick wrote:
Marshall:
You wouldn't be referring to dropping a GP wire nut would you?
Peter
Been there done that more than once (sometimes I'm a slow learner) but
I've dropped ALMOST anything that can be dropped and when I'm done, I
rake up the stuff off the sound encapsulation
To frighten y'all even more, after trashing the 240D
(2 to 1 odds in the next two months), I plan on
running a 560 SEL on gasogen, building a waste oil
heater
(http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html#mwoh)
and making a biogas digester to fuel my gas log.
Looked at
Answerd my own question:
As long as TBN is above 0.5 there is no need to
change SynLube, and even if TBN becomes NEGATIVE
(TAN) then only small addition of 4 to 8 oz of TBN
additive that is available from SynLube,Inc. will
drastically increase TBN readings (sometimes OVER 10).
TBN is generally
Fred De Vries wrote:
I'd feel like I had stepped into the Twilite Zone regarding cars that ran on
peanut oil, Vegetable oil, McD's waste etc. If an older fella hadn't stopped
by my house last week driving the same brown 240D that was sitting in my
yard. He told me he had 330,000 miles on it.
Given that I am due for a Mobil 1 oil change (probably tomorrow) I got
to thinking. Would there be any danger in just pouring the five quarts
or so of used motor oil into the fuel tank? All five quarts into a
twenty gallon tank might be a bit much, but what about a quart at a
time over five tank
Now remember, you can't have too many measuring tools -- always have
to have these sorts of things on hand!
Now you've got me started - why am I sending oil samples off to be
analyzed? I got A's in qualitative analysis. I have forgotten 90% of
it in the last 35 years, but it sure was fun.
On
Had the POS SDL not been a steaming pile, I would have no reservations
about another. I loved those highway miles out of Dallas until I hit
OKC. Luxury yacht blazing down the road. If Gump bites it, I would
love to have another w126 but not the POS. Maybe an SDL, or a rod
buster with new
Yup! Gump has to get a fresh batch of M1 added to her IP when there is
too much #2 in there.
On Friday, August 19, 2005, at 02:30 PM, Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Macs
No need for the kevlar from here A correction to the quote
below...
IIRC the Bosch injection pump does not rely on
Hey Christopher,
When I was on the road (18wheeler) Driving for a large national trucking
company, with well over 1000 tractors. How do you think they got rid of the
used oil? All the tractors were serviced at the company shops.(spread all over
the lower 48) Only emergency repairs were
Another proud member of the silent majority -- -- hammering away on those links.
You guys might be surprised at just how many people do this but don't say
that they do. No doubt some are unaware of the tool but 500 bucks is too
much for it anyway. All you're really doing is riveting some
Chris!!!
You have to get some baby seal oil for the car! I understand it has
incredible lubricity and will make your IP squeaking clean when hit
with a club. If you have a hard time getting the seal oil, maybe the
whale oil (available from your local First Nations store) will be of a
high
Very true, in fact some tractors now have automatic transfer pumps that pump
the used engine oil into the fuel tanks without external drainage.
Again, in conversations with both a truck diesel mechanic and Benz
mechanics, I was told that the answer is that their fuel systems, and in
particular
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
If so, check this thing out. Have my eye on it but wonder if this thing
is worth a crap or not. I already have todds opinion.
And I thought I was nuts for pulling a gooseneck horse trailer with
the air brakes unhooked. (it's not my trailer, and I only drove it
The GP wire nuts on my 603 are attached to the wire - very nicely as
we would expect from MB (the old one anyway). I changed all but one of
the GPs with the manifold on, but might just pull it for that last one
(2 or 3 - I've forgotten already).
The valve cover gasket is the ONLY one I'd consider
And another important thing:
I bet that trailer, fully loaded, has a pin weight of 10-12k lb.
What's the rear GAWR on your pickup, is it at least 14k (rhetorical
question)
We had a list member in Hawaii as while back who was doing just that
(1 qt./tank) due in part to the lack of suitable oil disposal options
on the island.
On 8/19/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Given that I am due for a Mobil 1 oil change (probably tomorrow) I got
to thinking. Would there
Just got home from a 60+ mile trip on the two lane Okie back roads -
night, 80mph, great feeling in the big 126 (SDL)! The only car that I
like driving on the highway better is the SLC - GOT to get that engine
put together
On 8/19/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had the POS SDL not
Marshall Booth wrote:
The older man is NOT telling the truth about the mileage. At anything
other than a steady 40-45 mph, about the best you will get from a 240D
is in the low 30s - especially with less than optimal fuel.
Yeah, but what if you don't measure everything that goes in the tank?
David,
I'm probably repeating myself, but in September my 1980 300SD w/340k
miles (original unopened engine, IP and injectors) is taking me back
east to attend Tri-O-Rama at Virginia International Raceway. We, the
old girl and me, are gonna' drive the track and indulge in some
LT Don wrote:
Given that I am due for a Mobil 1 oil change (probably tomorrow) I got
to thinking. Would there be any danger in just pouring the five quarts
or so of used motor oil into the fuel tank?
I ran four quarts through #1 cylinder on my Saab in a few minutes when I
blew my head
I have never, ever seen anything that large (long), capable of carrying up
to three cars, running on a single axle, even a dually single. I can't
imagine it would be too stable. Plus I wonder how you would balance out two
or three heavy benzes. If you have a line on a cheap truck already setup for
I say 11.78 months. Figure that by next August there will be a
terminal amount of algae in the tank and it will crawl out the fuel cap
and start slapping him. Being distracted, Chris will lose control of
the car, the rust will explode, and then the engine will fall out, drag
itself over to
Article in Discover Mag. two years ago claims it puts out #2, and able
to refine up to petrol of low octane. Think best use was to get carbon
black out of all the junk put in.
the plant is not supposed to stink. The whole process makes it all
clean according to marketing folks
On Friday,
Yup. And proud of it too.
While the BiL worked for Freightliner, he was asked to change the oil
in the boss' benz. did not remove the panel, just used a sawzall to
make a hole and drained from the plug.
When we changed the oil and trans in the 124, I removed the panel for
him.
On Friday, August 19, 2005, at 09:27
Maybe I'll get some of that stuff I get emails for, and mix it with the
sperm whale oil, and the car will be much more powerful?
--R
redghost wrote:
Right or Sperm?
On Friday, August 19, 2005, at 04:48 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
You think whale oil would work in the Benz? It is a very
I once had a bumper sticker that read:
'' Nuke the gay, unborn, baby whales ''
Not sure why it upset so many activists
It would be same as lamp oil of old. No way it would smoke, and of
course it would make the car faster. You ever see how fast a whale
goes? May even allow the car to convert to amphibious mode like a Bond
car. Then you can get from Baja to AK without using up the tires
On Friday, August
http://www.mountainbiketales.com/Verdra3.htm
Maybe they knew fuel prices were going to have us bent over. This is
the new way to get to work?
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
http://www.nnsm.org/mp3/barrestervideo.mpg
Kaleb,
you should book this band for the next OkieQ
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
In a message dated 8/19/2005 11:40:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Given that I am due for a Mobil 1 oil change (probably tomorrow) I got
to thinking. Would there be any danger in just pouring the five quarts
or so of used motor oil into the fuel tank? All five quarts
In a message dated 8/20/2005 12:32:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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I have seen trailers like this before. As long as you
Steve MacSween wrote:
FOUR QUARTS in a few minutes? Wow, that must have been some show.
I floored it to merge, and suddenly a cloud appeared in the mirror.
A big cloud.
Fortunately, there was another ramp within 1/2 mile, so I coasted off,
stopped, threw in my two spare quarts, drove to an
David Brodbeck wrote:
Yeah, but Japanese and Norwegian sailors would always be trying to embed
harpoons in your hood.
And a watch repairman would steal your car so he could sell the contents
of the fuel tank by the ounce and retire on the proceeds. They can't get
sperm oil any more, and I've
Thank You Marshall! I'm coming out of the Twilite Zone little by little,
learning and listening. I used to sell cars and we had a saying,How do you
tell when a buyers lying? his lips move.
As for the key and tumbler.. Right now I start the car with a screwdriver
across the starter solenoid.
Marshall said...
Been there done that more than once (sometimes I'm a slow learner) but
I've dropped ALMOST anything that can be dropped and when I'm done, I
rake up the stuff off the sound encapsulation panel.
My philosophy is that any lesson worth learning the hard way is worth
learning two
This is not an urban myth. This is absolute fact.
Several years ago, my wife burned out the starter in our 80 240D by letting
a very heavy key ring hang so that the key could not return to the
ON/RUNNING position from the START position. The weight hanging on the
right hand side of the key held
George,
There is another ignition failure mode that's intermittent, but I don't
think it's your problem. You may want to note it for future reference.
High ambient temperature operation, any speed, the engine shuts off, as if
you'd turned the key off. Do NOT change the fuel pump first, like I
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:12:11 -0700 redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.mountainbiketales.com/Verdra3.htm
Maybe they knew fuel prices were going to have us bent over. This is
the new way to get to work?
Some interesting looking bikes there. I noticed that some of them couldn't
Absolutely Chuck, loads of fun
DWS
Chuck Landenberger wrote:
David,
I'm probably repeating myself, but in September my 1980 300SD w/340k
miles (original unopened engine, IP and injectors) is taking me back
east to attend Tri-O-Rama at Virginia International Raceway. We, the
old
The problem is the ash from burning it could possibly damage the valve seats.
I would not burn much at a time. A quart a tank maybe. Adding a quart of 2
cycle oil would be better for engine lubrication and it has no ash when
burned. -Dan
In a message dated 8/20/2005 11:22:46 AM Eastern
The ignition switch in the 240D that my kids drive does not turn to
the starter position. The PO (my father - this is a four-generation
heirloom now) wired in a door bell switch rather than fix the switch.
When I anounced that I was going to order the parts from Rusty to fix
it one evening, the
Save the whales. Collect one of each.
On 8/20/05, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Brodbeck wrote:
Yeah, but Japanese and Norwegian sailors would always be trying to embed
harpoons in your hood.
And a watch repairman would steal your car so he could sell the contents
of
NO no no, it´s when the salesmen lips are moving
On 8/20/05, Fred De Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank You Marshall! I'm coming out of the Twilite Zone little by little,
learning and listening. I used to sell cars and we had a saying,How do
you
tell when a buyers lying? his lips
Well before I tackle the crankshaft seal tomorrow I thought I would try and
replace my leaking vacuum servo for the engine shut down. Has anyone
replace one on the 190 2.5 turbo engine. I found the steps in the electronic
manual, but it didn't say anything about the electrical connector that is
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