To everyone,
I thought that I'd pass on these two sites for discussion on the subject of
low voltage (subjective) that the Bosch alternators put out. Has anyone
dealt with these products and if so what do you think of them. For the
price the adjustable regulator might be a consideration,
Checked the glow plugs on my CD and mom/dad's '85 300D tonight. D
readings were open, 2.6, 2.6, 2.6, 2.6. Ordering a set for that car for
sure. Mine were 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 5.0, 4.9. Do glow plugs gradually
increase in resistance as they age? Or do they stay the same, then
suddenly
I can almost say the CD's trans is fully healed. Miracle tonic? Mobile 1
synthetic ATF. I changed the fluid about a thousand miles ago, and was
wondering if it was getting any better. I've been trying to figure out if
it was just placebo...yada yada yada, so tonight I gave it the true
November 2005 issue reports that the Wal Mart EverStart beats the Diehard.
Only six of 39 batteries tested met their CCA claims and four of those were
EverStart.
I didn't know about batteies having a date code so you can pick out a fresh
one. They state that most batteries have them.
I've seen both suddenly open, suddenly shorted, and odd higher than
spec resistances. In all cases, replacing the plug cured the problem.
So the answer to your question is yes and yes. I'd varify the
measurements, then replace all the plugs that aren't on target
(assuming that you have symptoms of
Two questions - what were the other tow batteries, and who makes the
EverStarts?
On 10/9/05, Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
November 2005 issue reports that the Wal Mart EverStart beats the Diehard.
Only six of 39 batteries tested met their CCA claims and four of those were
Adjustment? Is the Idle control valve not electronically operated?
mak
- Original Message -
From: Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes mailing list' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bad idle after hot soak
I found that the idle control
But, can you use them without the matching spinner hubcaps? Does the
FSM approve?
On 10/9/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.shoplaser.com/index.html
It was bound to happen sooner or later
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC
The FSM created the
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Here's my take on this:
This seller is peddling a solution to a perceived problem. I've been around
long enough to have dealt with a host of alternator problems. None were
related to inherent design problems with regulator and none would have been
fixed with an adjustable
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Checked the glow plugs on my CD and mom/dad's '85 300D tonight. D
readings were open, 2.6, 2.6, 2.6, 2.6. Ordering a set for that car for
sure. Mine were 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 5.0, 4.9. Do glow plugs gradually
increase in resistance as they age? Or do they stay the same,
Bob asked: As a stock holder in lucent do you see yourself as a
member of the evil rich, or is that designation reserved only for
share holders of publicly traded companies that green peace and the
sierra club don't like?
I can scroll over (digest version) the endless lists of derelict Benzes
I am more concerned with battery life and reliabilty
instead of off-the-shelf CCA. I have had many high
CCA rated batteries fail suddenly at the most
inconvenient time, leaving me or family members
stranded in awkward or isolated places. I have
gravitated exclusively to DieHards because they last
Was reading in Ohms. The lower resistance readings were from the warmer
car, but only by about 1 hour. Both had more than 3 hours of cooling
time. After sending the original email, a 30-0-30 ammeter was found and
that test was used. On the CD, the current draw dropped to 15A quickly
Exactly what my wrench is constantly ranting about. He gave up selling
batteries himself because of the lousy support he got from hte mfrs. He now
sends his customers to Wal Mart.
mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Everstarts are made by Johnson Controls - just like DieHards!! They also
make
Take the square foot for office space/raw land value charged in your
community and extrapolate to one acre .
Bill
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:37:38 -0400 Bill Gallagher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He has two home, one in LA worth 2.5 million
land vale per acre
Dennis -
I have read through this site before. As I recall this fellow only deals
with external, fender well mounted, regulators. I have had an ongoing
problem with my SD where I felt that the alternator voltage might be too
low. I installed a new Transpo adjustable regulator and adjusted the
Don't overtorque the screws... don't ask me how I know. (One sheared
off and had to be EZ-outed by my indy. No, I don't know the correct
torque value... just that whatever it was, I overshot it.)
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
Sorry Dude,
I was just trying to make a point not dredge up bad memories. It still
never ceases to amaze me that most of the poor in this country live in
a multi room air conditioned dwelling with refrigerator telephone and
color TV. Then special interest lobbyists get legislation passed that
Yes the idle control valve is electronically controlled. However if you take
one of the idle control valves off the car and look at the center portion
you will se a plastic cap. Taking an ice pick you can pop this cap off.
Under the cap is what looks like a threaded brass insert. By screwing in a
Hi all,
My son's 2.6 fuel pump does not appear to be working. Can someone
identify the pump location and how to test it?
TIA,
Take care,
Chuck
Phoenix, AZ
rumor has it that Tom wrote:
Coming back from a 1000 driving mile business trip, the only source of
entertainment beside listenning to the 617.9 engine, my 1977 MONO am/fm
Becker light quite working. Radio still works fine although it still does
not pic up Sirus satelite radio yet nor can
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B Dike wrote:
I am more concerned with battery life and reliabilty
instead of off-the-shelf CCA. I have had many high
CCA rated batteries fail suddenly at the most
inconvenient time, leaving me or family members
stranded in awkward or isolated places. I have
gravitated exclusively to DieHards
Larry,
I might be interested. I'll be needing something for my 15 y/o son to
drive in the next 2 or 3 months and this would fit the bill. What is the
condition of the body?
...Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
You wrote:Not to be a pessimist, but idf all it needed was a new battery
they would
And I thought I was the only one. I made more (profit) on AGRA and
AGRB, Too bad they didn't give me more shares of those.
Walt Lasher
W140 S350
Seattle
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I lost more money than I ever thought I'd have on good old LU. On paper, at
least, I was looking pretty good when Lucent stepped up and bought the small
start-up I was a part of. Of course by the time the blackout periods were
over, the stock we took in trade was worth less than half the original
Roger,
When can we expect you to either add a car for listing or pick one of
the many wonderful examples posted?
On Sunday, October 9, 2005, at 08:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bob asked: As a stock holder in lucent do you see yourself as a
member of the evil rich, or is that designation
If you are still on the list, just wanted to say
howdy. I just found out that you were the mechanic
that replaced my trap oxidizer and exhaust system (red
87 300TD). I picked it up this morning and all looks
great. What a deal - totally new exhaust for FREE! I'm
glad that you did the work -
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Luther Gulseth wrote:
Was reading in Ohms. The lower resistance readings were from the warmer
car, but only by about 1 hour. Both had more than 3 hours of cooling
time. After sending the original email, a 30-0-30 ammeter was found and
that test was used. On the CD, the current draw
The last two Varta battries I replaced were done at 7 years, neither
was because of a failure, rather preventive measures.
On the other hand it is still possible to buy batteries from someone
(couldn't figure out who made it, some house brand from a battery
suppler in Canada)
that failed
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/103011770.html
Daughter needs a car. It might be worthwhile if it's
only a B2 piston...is there a simple way to check?
Bruce
Bruce
82 300CD 333kmi 'His'
85 300CD 234kmi 'Hers'
75 240D 185kmi 'Theirs' (Back in Commission)
77 240D 199kmi 'The Brown Car'
Bruce
Offer half, since he smoked too much, the tranny is shot and the car is
not worth more than asking price in the condition stated, even if it
ran. There is a tranny in the PnP up in Lynnwood on a 300D. Bound to
have parts enough there to make it run well and cover the interior
issues.
Brand new, only $999 EUR opening bid...
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8005754530
=)
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Dave M.
Boise, ID
1994 E500 - 94kmi (Q-ship)
1987 300D - 258kmi (Sportline)
I have not gotten any emails me today. I wonder of my firm spam is
keeping them out. Is anyone getting digest emails today.
Donald H. Snook
McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn Herrington, P.A.
300 West Douglas
P.O. Box 207
Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207
Tel. (316) 263-5851
This confidential
what was the last model of MB diesel station wagon
sold in the US and what is the chassis #?
Thanks
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri
-1985 300SD, 209K miles, Wulf
(http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD)
-1987 300TD, 150K miles, Rotkäppchen (Little Red
My car that I sent pics of is a 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo with 243K on it.
Donald H. Snook
McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn Herrington, P.A.
300 West Douglas
P.O. Box 207
Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207
Tel. (316) 263-5851
This confidential message may be subject to the attorney-client
privilege
Donald Snook wrote:
My car that I sent pics of is a 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo with 243K on it.
How's it compare to this?
http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php3?t=136442
Or this?
http://boston.craigslist.org/car/103149685.html
Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Hi all,
My son's 2.6 fuel pump does not appear to be working. Can someone
identify the pump location and how to test it?
That PDF on the 201 CD is 136 pages, so I'm not emailing it.
I couldn't find a pic of the pump on the 201, but in several pics,
the pump is
Roger,
When can we expect you to either add a car for listing or pick one of
the many wonderful examples posted?
Perhaps my C320 will be available next year some time. I have already related
my 240D missed opportunity tale.
RLE/Seattle
John M McIntosh wrote:
The last two Varta battries I replaced were done at 7 years, neither
was because of a failure, rather preventive measures.
On the other hand it is still possible to buy batteries from someone
(couldn't figure out who made it, some house brand from a battery
suppler in
Christopher McCann wrote:
what was the last model of MB diesel station wagon
sold in the US and what is the chassis #?
The 1987 124.193 300TD
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D
Tom Scordato wrote:
FYI A few threads have been flying back and forth on battery lonevity and as
the cold approaches:
Last winter as part of my overnight routine not having a garage/heated
garage, I used a small heating pad which I picked up at Walmart or $15.00 or
so. It is one WITHOUT
That's what I thought...then what is John McIntosh
talking about on his signature? 1992 300TDt? Maybe he
means 1982 (W123)...? Or perhaps he doesn't live in
the US?...
Chris
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1992 300TDt 148k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k
Marshall Booth wrote:
The battery warmer and the block heater are both very useful.
And if that doesn't do the trick, a hair dryer or heat gun
aimed in the air intake helps quite a bit (maybe less if
there's a turbo between the air filter and the engine).
The old Dodge Cummins 12V didn't have
Christopher McCann wrote:
That's what I thought...then what is John McIntosh
talking about on his signature? 1992 300TDt? Maybe he
means 1982 (W123)...? Or perhaps he doesn't live in
the US?...
I believe he lives in the provinces, not the states.
But I didn't think MBCanada imported
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:45:39PM -0700, Christopher McCann wrote:
That's what I thought...then what is John McIntosh
talking about on his signature? 1992 300TDt? Maybe he
means 1982 (W123)...? Or perhaps he doesn't live in
the US?...
Chris
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil
Is the boy DAFT!! No way that burnt out hulk will be worth more
than $140 as scrap
On Monday, October 10, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Or this?
http://boston.craigslist.org/car/103149685.html
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Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS -
John lives on the left coast of Canada and he bought it from a local guy
that imports them.
Here's the link:
http://www.victoriacitymotors.com/
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
83 300D
Jason and I took his 300D with frybrid kit to WI and
back this weekend for the maiden long voyage on
grease. All went well with the first batch we
filtered. The second batch we filtered was done with a
string filter rather than a TP filter and it filtered
very fast - we found out why when we put
SWEEET!
http://www.victoriacitymotors.com/car11.html
Now, how is a 1990 or 1992 300TD different from a
1987?
Chris
--- Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John lives on the left coast of Canada and he bought
it from a local guy
that imports them.
Here's the link:
No turbo!
Jeff
Hi Chuck,
I only have experience with the 2 litre version which has the pump under the
car near the diff(behind a plastic cover). However usually the fuel pumps
don't just stop working, they die a slow death. They either start making
noises(like my Mum's did) or start sticking(like my Uncle's
Christopher McCann wrote:
That's what I thought...then what is John McIntosh
talking about on his signature? 1992 300TDt? Maybe he
means 1982 (W123)...? Or perhaps he doesn't live in
the US?...
There were and still are Mercedes diesel wagons throughout the world and
some have been brought
I have always been pretty careful about squaring away the paper work when
buying or selling a car. I bought a 5 speed 240D once and took the car
with a promise from the owner, he would mail it to me when he found it. (I
was taking that car home one way or the other, damn the torpedos) He
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