Remind me - what year is this car?
Randy B
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cleared off
my 300 CD did the same thing when I got it it was a
really really bad diff. It literally had almost 120
degrees of play. not a prettty sight and not only did
I have to replace the diff but also the 1/2 axels as
well because 1 was stuck on the diff and would not
come off no matter how much you
On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:
They tend to beat them up less if they are unwrapped. There is some
twisted psychology at play there, but i don't know what. The current
thinking is to just put a label on it and send it. That is not just
Kaleb's idea. If it is wrapped, they
On Mar 28, 2006, at 6:28 PM, Richard Hattaway wrote:
Of course in this situation, I take no responsibility other than to
refund the purchaser's cost of product ($0), minus any shipping and
trouble they went to. (c:
Richard
Salisbury NC
Richard,
Where is Salisbury located in NC? I could
The Road and Track article on the 107 is at
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~gbf/107/rt.html and is a good guide if you're
interested in one.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K, Rattled
'87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car
'81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car
'78 450SLC 67K, brown car
'97 Ply
Jim, please advise if there are any homes for sale in your
neighborhoodI desperately need you for a neighbor!
Your patience and perseverance are commendable.
On 3/28/06, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Remind me - what year is this car?
Randy B
-Original Message-
cleared
Most of the time that works. I've found, though, that UPS is
occasionally capable of destroying the most carefully packed items.
You are absolutely correct.
A friend who used to do seasonal work for UPS
during the holiday season had some stories about how he'd see people
throw packages
Remind me - what year is this car?
1979. Manual HVAC windows. Anybody got a good
price on a used hood star for it? Will probably have
to buy new, otherwise. We're ready to put it on, as
the last 'pre-detailing' step. The only other _new_
part we've put on the car is fuel line. Everything
$100. If they had to pay too many claims, they wouldn't be around very
long.
They have been in business since 1907.
My grandfather worked for them when he lived in LA. Said his
finger stub was because he wore it down ringing doorbells! (Really
a sawmill accident.) This was when kids used to
you are going to need more than a head gasket dude. What are you going
to do when you open her up and discover the head is cracked?
Christopher McCann wrote:
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my mechanic friend
Charlie (240D (2)) decided we're gonna do it
its time to dump that thing. Sounds like you drive it more than the SD
though.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
This will be tough.my odometer is now working 50% of the timegr
love an old car. Always something new to keep you on your toes.
Luther
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:36 , Kaleb C.
BZT, WRONG. I ship doors, hoods, fenders, bumpers etc that way and
they NEVER arrive damaged. When I have tried to ship them some other
way that bare, they arrive damaged at least 50% of the time.
John Berryman wrote:
On Mar 28, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
As long as
I have no idea the actual reason, but my theory is that if its NOT
wrapped, they can see what they are dealing with, but if its wrapped,
they tend to just throw it around thinking it will be safe???
Loren Faeth wrote:
They tend to beat them up less if they are unwrapped. There is some
So I need a bunch of parts and tools and such for the
spring maintence on the desiel. I've heard mention of
this mysterious rusty who has all parts...
Does anyone have his website? I'd like to place an
order...
Thanks all!
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Do You Yahoo!?
http://www.buymbparts.com/
People, what I just posted before about how we ship them is the facts on
the issue, I ship these sorts of things EVERY week, I know what I am
talking about.
David Brodbeck wrote:
John Berryman wrote:
Packing it in a good strong box or crate is the correct way to ship.
If done properly
Well, you signed up on striplin.net for this list I assume, there will
be links there to new and used parts vendors, there are also links to
the same on the bottom of each message.
hue wong wrote:
So I need a bunch of parts and tools and such for the
spring maintence on the desiel. I've
Jim Cathey wrote:
Remind me - what year is this car?
1979. Manual HVAC windows. Anybody got a good
price on a used hood star for it? Will probably have
to buy new, otherwise.
I don't believe you CAN buy new. IIRC, it was superceeded
by a 201 part. (or was the 116 superceeded by the
What is killing UPS is the additional charges paid to drop something off at
a pickup spot (aka a store).
I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. I walk it up a block to the
local UPS pickup spot and get charged a surcharge for giving them my
business.
On 3/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
I've given up on both and ship through the post office these days.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:31 PM
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Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
Thirty-eight pounds for seventeen bucks plus three more for
$1000 worth of insurance.
Return by UPS was 35 bucks.
Damn. Don't blame ya.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
What is killing UPS is the additional charges paid to drop something off
at
a pickup spot (aka a store).
I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. I walk it up a block to the
local UPS pickup spot and get charged a surcharge for giving them my
business.
Yeah, ya gotta point. Anytime you
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I've given up on both and ship through the post office these days.
I find the post office is cheaper for most items, but UPS becomes
cheaper if the item is very heavy. Also, UPS has real package tracking
and doesn't charge extra for it, whereas the Post Office charges
I'm in business and I just opt for carrier pickup. They will pick up any
package that weighs 70 pounds or less.
You can do the same thing from home. You can weigh your package, log into
the www.usps.com site, buy your postage on line and then schedule carrier
pickup for the next day.
The
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
BZT, WRONG. I ship doors, hoods, fenders, bumpers etc that way
and
they NEVER arrive damaged. When I have tried to ship them some other
way that bare, they arrive damaged at least 50% of the time.
OK how's this? YMMV.
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:05 PM, hue wong wrote:
So I need a bunch of parts and tools and such for the
spring maintence on the desiel. I've heard mention of
this mysterious rusty who has all parts...
Does anyone have his website? I'd like to place an
order...
Thanks all!
Have a good look
Hi all,
I got to do some testing of intake air temps and EGT's on a recent
trip. Some details are posted here, along with a couple of photos of
my newly installed gauges:
http://buymbparts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475page=2
Given the claims by some folks of major reductions in EGT with water
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:30 PM, LT Don wrote:
I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free.
Uh.. I hope your boss doesn't mind you doing so. People lose
their jobs over petty theft quite frequently.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
John Berryman wrote:
I would tend to think that adding more water will bring compression
up creating even more heat.
The idea is that the water will vaporize, sucking heat out of the intake
charge. Water is a good fluid for this because it has a high latent
heat. This concept was used
On 3/27/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Common cause of the 124 heating system misbehaving is the coolant level
being a little low OR the aspirator fan (located to the right side of
the glove box) or the cabin temp sensor misbehaving. In addition, cold
solder joints or dirty
In a message dated 3/28/2006 9:30:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After getting a quote of $1800 for head gasket replacement, my mechanic
friend Charlie (240D (2)) decided we're gonna do it ourselves. I'm hoping
braingears or steaky has the job. Will keep
I work for the Postal Service so my opinion is biased. We offer almost the
same services as FEDEX and UPS, there are advantages and disadvantages to each
service. We do offer Click and Ship with carrier pickup, you might want to
read about it at www. usps.com . It may be impractical for
I have just started using this process and it is just great!
I print down the mailing label and pay for the postage all at the same
time. Actually, I do this through Ebay and Paypal most of the time
when I sell something.
We live in a rural area and know our post lady well. She takes our
I expect to be underemployed this summer and spend a lot of time
Catheying.
I'm a verb!
-- Jim
You're not kidding. You want to see the royal treatment for packages,
that's it. I saw one for that much, and I think there was one that was
for something like $50K. Those packages didn't even make it to the main
terminal, they sat in the managers office and were the absolute best
treated
Figure it this way... If I delivered a package in a box, as long as the
box looks halfway decent, then I delivered it intact, despite what the
innards may look like.
Now, if I have an exhaust system that now has a pipe bent in half, well
umm, I'm going to have the manager take care of that
John Berryman wrote:
IIRC, Mitch Haley has some diesel nuts in Finland who might be
helpful.
Yep, DaveM introduced me to them. I don't recall seeing water injection there,
they all seem to go for bar plate intercoolers, big ones, right where the
A/C condensor would be on a warm
I ship stuff on occasion to my daughter in Antigua. USPS is about 4 - 5
times cheaper for that [last box at 12 lbs was $46 vs. $235 for FedEx] but I
take it to UPS first for packaging. Well packaged and sealed to go for $6
the last time. Well worth it in terms of hassle to pack odds and ends [I
Unless it's his office...
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of John Berryman
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:55 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex
On Mar
No, many of us do it. By free I don't mean that I don't pay the shipping
costs, I mean that I don't pay any sort of surcharge for pickup. I reimburse
the corporation once a month when we get the FedEx bill.
On 3/29/06, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:30 PM, LT
It's hella fun to drive compared to the SD. The SD is a great road
carwould love to trade up to an SDL though
P.Sthe Odo started working last night after I reset the trip odo after
fueling.
Luther
~its time to dump that thing. Sounds like you drive it more than the SD
You dont have to pay extra to drop things off at the ups store, formerly
known as mail boxes etc. When I used to use UPS, I have an account and
printed the lables at home, then just walked in to the UPS store and
dropped my boxes off, no charge for that. If they do the printing of
the lable
I never go to the PO to ship things, you can do it from USPS.com, print
the labels, and schedule a pickup. I use stamps.com though, I can print
USPS and fedex labels with that software, I schedule the pickup and the
mailman gets them off my front porch.
David Brodbeck wrote:
Tom Hargrave
For shipping computers we've got some ridgid plastic and metal cases that have
3 of foam around the computer.
One time I swear UPS drove over the box with a truck, the computer came back
trapezoidial. The box was totally crushed. I grabbed the UPS guy and said NO
WAY he was totally
On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
For shipping computers we've got some ridgid plastic and metal
cases that have 3 of foam around the computer.
One time I swear UPS drove over the box with a truck, the
computer came back trapezoidial. The box was totally crushed. I
Does anyone happen to have access to the subscription-only content at
www.asptoday.com? If so, please send me an email off-list.
Allan
--
1993 300D
1966 230
IF the head is cracked, which I doubt, but realize it is VERY POSSIBLE, I will
get a new one and we'll get the valve job done, etc. Charlie has done all this
several times before. The TD will be beached in the driveway for a while
till I get a good head, but that's OK. I can ride my bike
On 3/29/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My Indy offered Charlie a job, he knows what he is doing (and he's
psyched about the OkieQ this year - a MOPAR convert to diesel Benzes).
Not such a stretch (even without considering the corporate connection). The
old 225 slant six
as you have probably surmised by now, most anything that goes to mbz.org no
longer works since dick decided to give up the mbz.org project that has
linked us all together for so long.
rusty can be reached directly by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or via IM to
buymbparts.
On 3/28/06, [EMAIL
My local PO (NW D.C.) is open 7 days a week and practically empty late
afternoons Sat. and Sun. Still, some of the clerks seem to take immense
satisfaction in putting me down because I am not prepared with the proper
forms for sending stuff to Canada Fedex is convenient, UPS less so.
On
Alex wrote:
Not such a stretch (even without considering the corporate connection). The
old 225 slant six had (deservedly) the same kind of rep as an OM617---slow,
overbuilt, torquey, and very long-lived.
Ahhh, but the difference being that MB didn't stop production of them
when they
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8051760926
--
Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
'82 300CD (159,222 kmi)
'82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
My indy has my 124 today and is replacing the subframe mounts in an effort
to cure my rear-end problems. In the interest of saving on labor down the
road, is there anything else I should have him do while he's in there? I've
heard vague talk of fuel lines, hard brake
ned kleinhenz wrote:
I can't find this info right now. Can someone help me?
The fuel injectors for a 606 engine - how close together should the opening
pressures be
for the set of six ?
I remember the acceptable nominal pressure is a pretty wide.
But you don't want any injector of a set to be
Yep, Charlie has told me all about the slant 6. I even read an article in a
MOPAR mag about it a while ago!
CM
Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/29/06, Christopher McCann
wrote:
My Indy offered Charlie a job, he knows what he is doing (and he's
psyched about the OkieQ
snip
in an effort to cure my rear-end problems. In the interest of saving on
labor down the
road, is there anything else I should have him do while he's in there?
Didn't we beat this colonoscopy thing to death a couple weeks ago?
LMAO
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
Hi Guys and Gals,
A gent from Atlanta has procured the hatch for his car.
Oh, and I have my own opinions about UPS and their lost/damaged
freight. If you want an experience, go to http://www.drsauction.com or
http://www.qsalvage.com and view what happens to your under insured UPS
stuff. If
Kaleb?
I'm looking for 4 (that'd be 2 sets) of the mini-woofers/ bass modules
that 126 models with premium sound had under the rear seats.
TIA
Mike
I can almost guarantee your head is cracked, 90% chance it is.
Christopher McCann wrote:
IF the head is cracked, which I doubt, but realize it is VERY POSSIBLE, I will get a new
one and we'll get the valve job done, etc. Charlie has done all this several times
before. The TD will be
Dont have any at the moment.
mhall27 wrote:
Kaleb?
I'm looking for 4 (that'd be 2 sets) of the mini-woofers/ bass modules
that 126 models with premium sound had under the rear seats.
TIA
Mike
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Won't bet either way, we'll have to see. I still don't think it is, esp since
the gaskets tend to fail behind cylinder # 6 in the exact spot mine has
failed. THe failed gasket is new (the failure is new, not the gasket) and it
did not overheat since. BUT, I would not be shocked if it were.
I'd seriously consider replacing most of the 5 links if the car is
over 15 years old and/or has 200kmi on it. Make sure the indy knows
to only tighten the bolts (for the ends of the 5 links) with the car
at normal ride height... the rubber bushings are supposed to be under
zero tension when the
Speaking of UPS/USPS - since UPS took over MailBoxes Plus (IIRC) all the
stores are now UPS outlets - making taking stuff to UPS much easier - with
the added benefit of offering USPS shipping and services. Now, when I have
a box too large for my mailbox (for pickup) I leave it at the UPS Store
Yeah, all the links are going to be replaced except for the control arms aka
spring arms, where my indy agreed with Marshall that you can just renew the
bushings, no need to replace the whole arm (unless obviously damaged, but
that's what the plastic cover is for, right?). Diff mounts were going
On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Dave M. wrote:
Photos of the
one I need are on mh website, courtesy of Aaron.
:-)
-dm
URL?
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
BillR wrote:
I ship stuff on occasion to my daughter in Antigua. USPS is about 4 - 5
times cheaper for that [last box at 12 lbs was $46 vs. $235 for FedEx] but I
take it to UPS first for packaging.
UPS is also known for charging ridiculous customs brokering fees for
foreign shipments. I've
What kind of horse power boost does intercooling and/or water injection add?
Trampas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dave M.
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Water injection on OM603 -
So I just looked on ebay and a pair of bent 14mm box ,
valve adjustment, wrenches were going for $$$65.00...
Zoiks! I say!!! Seems high...
I don't have the ability to heat and bend my own, so
does anyone know of a better deal out there?
Thanks in advance!
I don't have the ability to heat and bend my own, so
does anyone know of a better deal out there?
You could. A propane torch, a bottle of MAPP gas, and a pair
of pliers (or two) is about all you need.
-- Jim
Should be able to heat with a basic propane torch and bend with a basic bench
vice. Not rocket science.
Randy B
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] valve
http://www.samstagsales.com/mercedes.htm#diesel
About $100 for 2 of the bent wrench and one of the other.
Randy B
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] valve
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