Curt Raymond wrote:
Jim I'm disappointed.
I was at the local liquidators the other day and noticed cans on aerosol
liquid nails for like $1 a can which I was seriously considering for when I do
this job on my car next weekend... Now you say to use real stuff, so
disappointing ;)
On to
Larry,
Might have missed this piece of info.
If you haven't removed the old hood pad, make SURE to use an old
sheet or something similar to cover the engine compartment and avoid
a mess...
Take care,
Chuck
On Apr 3, 2006, at 3:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Only thing I didn't
P (maybe R) 6030181101
Is that a #18 head...or is this not the right number?
I am assuming that all OM603's share the same head gasket issues.
An original head would have a casting number that reads like THIS: 603
016 14(or 15) 01. The updated number is 603 016 17 01 (or some number
What about that 240D stick with the broken shift linkage?
Is it an easy fix as the guy claims? If so, it's priced right.
If he's right about what broke I'm sure it's an easy fix, provided
you can find the parts you need. I refurbished the shifter in the
Frankenheap (a 115, but similar based
Recently to do some potential consulting I managed to get VPC 6
and Windows 2000 running on my Mac G3. Pretty much works flawlessly,
if slowly, so I decided to gamble some of my time and try installing
the lightweight EPC and WIS that are floating around.
...And they work. By virtue of VPC I
My 300D (w115, 76) is two-tone, chocolate brown over tan, from the factory.
(Which reminds me I need to strip and paint the roof this summer; paint on
the greenhouse is coming off in giant chips and I'd prefer it not rust
through. Anyone have paint tips?)
And I've seen a w108 4.5 around town with
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:55 PM
To: Weekly Highway Diesel Prices
Subject: Today's Diesel Prices
** ** **
Joe,
Sorry to hear about your wagon. Our 87 TD had an encounter with Bambi last
Nov. I am waiting for the frame shop to straighten it now. I went to the
agent's office right away with 2 recent ebay sales that were around 10 K
and the dood from California's ad from autotrader for his
John Berryman wrote:
On Apr 3, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
On mine, I have about 150 miles on the tank so far, and the guage is
down to 1/4 tank. The guage HAS to be off. When i filled it up,
it was
all the way on empty but only took 6 gallons to fill up. Maybe I need
Joe Knight wrote:
Next morning came another
call from Farmers informing me they'd decided to fix the wagon after
all when the appraisal came in at $11500. Today's call pretty much
set that in stone so far as I can tell.
If you'd been the average idiot who signed the $3800 check, they'd
have
Peter Frederick wrote:
Bosch service center in Chicago is the only one that I know of that
will work on a 603 IP -- they are NOT common, and the test stand is
$250,000 or so.
Mynä-Diesel in Finland quoted me ~$1100 plus shipping to Finland for
a full race rebuild on a OM602 turbo pump,
Well I went 200 miles and filled, up, this car is auto, 95% highway
miles at 70 mph, 35mpg, Im VERY impressed.
John Berryman wrote:
On Apr 3, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
On mine, I have about 150 miles on the tank so far, and the guage is
down to 1/4 tank. The guage HAS to
Kevin;
Internet access screwed right now, will try to send pictures later this
week.
Jim Keefe
From: Kevin J. Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D
Date: Fri,
can you see if they are 695, $695, or $695.00?
Gary Hurst wrote:
i think we sell them for 695. let me check with rusty
On 4/3/06, John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 3, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Rusty Cullens wrote:
I have them for $695.00
Rusty,
Do you have them for $695?
so if its got a buildup of crud, will increase resistance and cuase
guage to read too low?
Marshall Booth wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
On mine, I have about 150 miles on the tank so far, and the guage is
down to 1/4 tank. The guage HAS to be off. When i filled it up, it was
all the
I would like to know more about them at $695
John Berryman wrote:
I don't know if you all are aware that Unwired Tools has a
replacement for the tired,worn, shot ACC II servo in many 116s,
123,107 and possibly others.
IIRC Rusty Cullens and Gary Hurst of Buymbparts.com are presently
huh? Why is that?
John Berryman wrote:
On Apr 3, 2006, at 1:47 PM, OK Don wrote:
'75 was the first 300D!
Highly collectible!
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
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For new parts see official list sponsor:
I wonder if they will lower the price from $695 in the near future?
OK Don wrote:
Good question, i wonder if they are still selling them for $695?
(or is that for the original unit?)
On 4/3/06, John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if you all are aware that Unwired
Then that would be $895 for LT Don.
Gary Hurst wrote:
$795 is luther's price
On 4/3/06, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thye might have reduced the price for a quick sale
~Good question, i wonder if they are still selling them for $695?
~
~(or is that for the original unit?)
~
How many do you have available at $695.00, and how many are the $695 ones?
Rusty Cullens wrote:
Yes, we still have them for $695.00
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To: Mercedes
so regular price is $695.00, but today only is $694.00?
Rusty Cullens wrote:
Yes, $694.00 today today only.
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 4:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
HUH? I think marshall said he needs several of those.
Rusty Cullens wrote:
For you Marshall? $99.95
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 4:46 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re:
HOLY COW!!
R A Bennell wrote:
How much is THAT much? I paid $6,500 Canadian for my 76 300D last summer.
Randy B
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74
its never too late to involve a chiro
Joe Knight wrote:
Finally! Just heard from the Farmers agent from up in the Redding
area. She'd just gotten back from the body shop and has authorized
repairs totalling a tad over $7200, supplements to follow. Anybody
think of anything else I should be
its not the right number.
Christopher McCann wrote:
Was driving around town yesterday when I spied an '87 300Dt for sale ($7900,
200K, although looks very very nice, esp the new wheels). I called back today,
out of curiosity, to ask the head #. Salesman wasn't quite sure where to look,
Kaleb,
So, how many $500.00 Mercedes do you plan to upgrade with $695.00 modules?
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:12 PM
To: Mercedes
Probably not, I'm sure that this is a limited production item. You need
volume to drop your price.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:11 PM
Actually, Loren, it was the 'dood from California's' sales records
that provided me with 2 of the comp's my appraisal was based on. He's
also doing the repairs, including an upgrade to the late production
hood/grill headlights. I'm just now getting off an email to Speed
to see if I can pick
Just spend the $695 on a 240D with manual heater controls. Then you can
use the other one for parts, or sell it as is for $695
At 10:28 PM 4/3/2006, you wrote:
Probably not, I'm sure that this is a limited production item. You need
volume to drop your price.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
or 795, $795 or $795.00 for luther
On 4/3/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
can you see if they are 695, $695, or $695.00?
Gary Hurst wrote:
i think we sell them for 695. let me check with rusty
On 4/3/06, John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 3, 2006, at
so if its got a buildup of crud, will increase resistance and cuase
guage to read too low?
Yup. I don't see a mechanism for it to go the other way, except
when the float gets so gummed up it won't fall down the rod anymore.
-- Jim
Drove it to band tonight. Raining, car full of the family. It just
purred down the road, smoothly on cruise control with the wipers doing
their job, and I was feeling rather smug. With the underdash panels
on it's nice and quiet. It shaped up rather nicely, I think. Will
miss it, a bit.
Neat Jim, I'm glad its working out so well
Harry
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project 240D in Oregon
Drove it to band tonight. Raining, car full of the
Hello All,
I recently did an acid flush and the car was running fine until a few days
after the flush. The car now is running hotter than *before* the flush. By
that I mean getting to up over 100, which it has never done before on such
short trips. Prior to this if I would drive it very hard
If you have rust at the water pump weep hole, coolant is escaping there
(and air is possibly entering there). Change the pump.
Symptoms of a bad fan clutch are overheating when not moving over ~35
mph (in traffic) and cooling down when you get the vehicle moving over
~35 mph.
Continue flushing
Did you re-check your coolant level? As far as flushing out every particle of
rust, I did that once on a 450 SEL that I owned. This was back in the days of
ignorance when I was using prestone flush. I kept flushing, running the engine
till it was hot, draining and repeated the process every
Don't have a cow, Kaleb. It's a gorgeous color - mittlerot - and remember,
that's only about US $5,000.
On 4/3/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HOLY COW!!
R A Bennell wrote:
How much is THAT much? I paid $6,500 Canadian for my 76 300D last
summer.
Randy B
--
On Apr 3, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Christopher McCann wrote:
Is this something that you should use as a matter of course when
changing any head gasket?
Chris
This is something that I choose to do, especially when the head and
block are of dissimilar metals. I have no idea whether Ma Benz
Hi Peter -
Actually, that's something I have to consider whenever I use jackstands -
first thing I usually do is raise the hood to it;s full vertical position -
and if I do it;ll hit the ceiling or the light fixtures! So I either
remember or hear an awful sound as the hood hits the lights or
Really at the moment I dont have any cars that would need a $695.00
module, but that could change at any moment
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Kaleb,
So, how many $500.00 Mercedes do you plan to upgrade with $695.00 modules?
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original
Mine seems to move down with the flow of fuel, just goes down WAY too
fast off full.
Jim Cathey wrote:
so if its got a buildup of crud, will increase resistance and cuase
guage to read too low?
Yup. I don't see a mechanism for it to go the other way, except
when the float gets so gummed
On Wednesday of next week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00
in the morning, the time and date will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
BillR
Along with Marshalls suggestion to check the linkage bushings, I would
suggest a fluid/filter change. A large % of tranny problems are caused by
dirty ATF the valve body - and it only takes a speck of lint to make a
valve stick -
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
A Blood
Oh sure it will. We just probably won't be here to see it.
Levi (:
BillR wrote:
On Wednesday of next week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00
in the morning, the time and date will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
BillR
On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks again for the invaluable help! -
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
It is a good thing that you got all these things taken care of. You
will be able to get the same stuff done without
Mine seems to move down with the flow of fuel, just goes down WAY too
fast off full.
You correlate that against the low-fuel lamp? If _it's_ right but
the gauge bottoms out then the sender has too much resistance for
things as they stand. Either it's dirty in a rather unusual way,
it's the
Have not had it low enough to see if the low fuel light comes on or not.
It does start moving off full right away, and also doesnt seem to ever
go all the way to full
Jim Cathey wrote:
Mine seems to move down with the flow of fuel, just goes down WAY too
fast off full.
You correlate that
I recently did an acid flush and the car was running fine until a few
days after the flush. The car now is running hotter than *before* the
flush.
Cooling systems are difficult to diagnose. You need a thermometer, I
use the infrared contact-less type. First make sure the gauge is right.
(It
Have not had it low enough to see if the low fuel light comes on or
not.
It does start moving off full right away, and also doesnt seem to
ever
go all the way to full
You've got enough cars kicking around, try swapping senders out of
another 201.
-- Jim
All that said, I'd start with the thermostat! You did remember to
put it back in after the flush, right? Is it in correctly?
Oh, and getting the air bubble out of the head can be tricky.
I backfill the block through the upper radiator hose. Makes
a big difference.
-- Jim
One thing I forgot: the little U-tube between the head and water pump.
It could be plugged and not allowing the air to vent from the pump. I
had this happen on my 300D. Just remove it and clean it out with a wire
or some such.
Tom Potter
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Cheap build it yourself car hauler anyone?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-1113-Truck_W0QQitemZ4626938863QQcategoryZ6315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 04 14:57:24 2006
Received: from web52712.mail.yahoo.com
On Apr 3, 2006, at 8:35 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Recently to do some potential consulting I managed to get VPC 6
and Windows 2000 running on my Mac G3. Pretty much works flawlessly,
if slowly, so I decided to gamble some of my time and try installing
the lightweight EPC and WIS that are floating
Thanks to all who responded! To answer a few questions:
Dimitri asked if I had re-checked the coolant level. Yes I did. It was a few
days after the flush that this overheating happened and in that time I added
enough to top off. It was fine for a few days afterwards and then started
acting
His 87 TD looks more interesting to me!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4626861138
-- Jim
You might consider purchasing what is currently the world's fastest Windows
laptop, a Macbook. Yep! Macbook!
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/03/23/1717259.shtml
There is a patch out that allows you to have a dual boot Macbook; OSX for
efficiency, or Windows when you must. Seems like
That is a lot of truck for the money! 26 years and only 30k!
At 10:05 AM 4/4/2006, you wrote:
His 87 TD looks more interesting to me!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4626861138
-- Jim
___
http://www.striplin.net
For new parts
. The other thing I should mention is that I am using water for coolant
right now as I track down MB Coolant. Not sure if that would explain my
problem. Seems unlikely since it was working fine.
Um, I think you found the problem - water can not cool an engine by itself -
you need a 50/50
Alex wrote:Ritter book and the Haynes manual
(published only in England, but easily available on the left side of the
pond from amazon.co.uk) are nice supplements to have if you have a little
cash to spare for them.
Thanks Alex,
The Ritter book - which Rusty calls the Paper Manual and
Just a quick note on the fan clutch. I've read a couple comments that
the fan doesn't do much at freeway speeds, where ram air
theoretically would cool the car. This is not correct... the fan does
a *lot* more than you think at freeway speeds. Anyone who doesn't
think so should remove their fan
Make that tomorrow, and as was pointed out this will happen again - in
3006.
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On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:42 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] for number watchers
Hmmm... given the current high price of diesel fuel, I wonder what veggie
oil in bulk is selling for at Costco??
Will have to check it out next time I'm there -
;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
A Blood Test for your oil - www.youroil.net
For Test Results
Umm... Like tomorrow morning? (or afternoon if you don't do military time)
Of course that's only for us common U.S folk. If you arrange your
dates differently (like day/month/year) you'll have that at other dates
(like next month)
Levi (:
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Wednesday of what
Um, I think you found the problem - water can not cool an engine by
itself -
you need a 50/50 blend of antifreeze / water.
Water is an excellent coolant, even better than a glycol mix. It has
other problems however, such as corrosion, freezability, and it can boil
too easily under high heat
checking the actual temperature of the head. I am thinking I should
just change the sensor.
Why potentially waste money? Check the temperature first, and replace
the sender if it's wrong.
Tom Potter said the rust will form a mild abrasive destroying pump
seals this sounds like what might
About the same or maybe a little less than diesel.
Just be ready to do some engine work in about 15K miles if you don't
plan on doing any sort of heating of the oil... (from what I've heard)
Levi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmmm... given the current high price of diesel fuel, I wonder what
I wasn't aware that you are also a Mac man. I considered VPC when
But of course! Since nearly day 1. I looked at a PC XT when it came
out, but was so unimpressed with its lack of progress at the time, and
with it over time, that I never could make myself buy one. Then the
Mac came
Thanks Levi - good to know. Of course, the windshield washer reservoir is
heated - a used one would have the makings of an excellent preheater. ;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
A Blood Test for your oil - www.youroil.net
For Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
Enough stalling, working on that 240D, it's time to get back to the
190D tranny swap. I removed the brake fluid reservoir, making a bit
of a mess in the process. I decided to use the donor car's reservoir
because it was a lot cleaner inside and already had the bump cut off
for the clutch hose.
No comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeKD-LWjAKYfeature=Featuredpage=1t=tf=b
Kaleb, you could have a set on your W126 with a plug for Striplin.net,
or Bimby...
=)
--
Dave M.
Boise, ID
1994 E500 - 95kmi (Q-ship)
1987 300D - 263kmi (Sportline)
Thanks, Dave! The 21 mm ones must be what I'm looking for.
Yeah, I bought those wheels not just because I like the looks of them but
also because I had heard that they were forged, not cast like most new
wheels are. They are 16x7.5 ET 37. I plan to put them on the 300D with
205/55-16 tires.
On 4/4/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
His 87 TD looks more interesting to me!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4626861138
-- Jim
I'm with Jim... that's the same color combo as my '87 sedan! I could have a
matched set!
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
The sensor for the dash temp gauge is a one-wire sensor, but it is
located on the side of the cylinder head between the glow plugs. If
original, it doesn't hurt to replace it, although usually when they go
bad they read low, not high. A new sensor is about $10-12 from Rusty.
The sensor you're
Tom Potter mentioned that I might have a blocked u tube between head and water
pump. I will look into that before I start ordering parts.
The fact that my water pump is very rusty really sticks out since everything
else is oily. That point is hard for me to get around. And that the coolant
Many times an attempted flush will cause plugging in the radiator because of
loose stuff, its a delayed reaction.
My procedure it to remove the radiator, flush everything I can, forward and
reverse with a hose, including the removed radiator. When it all looks
clear, put it back together and do
BZZZT wrongwhat work will you need to do in 15k??
The car will runb fine on veggie oil like that. The OM603 has a fuel
heater built in.
If you'd like to point us to actual FACTS that would be appreciated!
Go ahead and throw it in! You'll like it!
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
About $2.90/gallon (includes taxes) at our local Costco. It made sense for a
while, but not right now.
CM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm... given the current high price of diesel fuel,
I wonder what veggie
oil in bulk is selling for at Costco??
Will have to check it out next time I'm
I didn't realize at first that this was a 91' However, I still wouldn't
have guessed that the fuel was being heated. Though I doubt even if it
is being heated that it will be to about 180F?
If it's heated Somewhat you might get away with it on the Benz.
I'm simply referring to posts I've
On Apr 3, 2006, at 11:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well I went 200 miles and filled, up, this car is auto, 95% highway
miles at 70 mph, 35mpg, Im VERY impressed.
They are stingy 5spd even more so.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
I'll agree with that. Blends (i.e. NOT 100% veggie) are much more
likely to not have any issues long-term. That said, I've still heard
that it's a bit iffy and if anyone has real long-term data from it.
Still, I use a greasecar kit so I start and stop on diesel and only run
veg when heated.
There's a guy in Wales UK that has been running 100% veggie for years
with no probs. In some places in Germany you will have great difficulty
finding oil as it's much cheaper than diesel.
You may be confusing this with BioD issues with hoses perhaps?
Keep in mind that a lot of people are
On Apr 3, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I would like to know more about them at $695
You want to know more about Rusty and Gary? You could probably get
either one of those guys for $695. I'll give you their phone # but
keep it under your hat as everyone will be looking to
On Apr 3, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
huh? Why is that?
Just joking, I don't do those little smiley winky face things made
from punctuation marks. Sorry for any inconvenience that this causes.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
This guy doesn't have any sort of injector heaters or anything?
If so, that's great. Most anyone I've heard of in other countries are
at least using some sort of heat at or near the injector pump.
The Mercedes are about the best there are from what I've heard, but that
cold oil on cold
You mean this week right? As in tomorrow.
Mike
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From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] for number watchers
Wednesday of what week???
On 4/4/06, BillR
On Apr 4, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote:
Johnny B. overlooks the ideal reason (and maybe only) to use a very
very small skim of Hylomar when installing any gasket.. it keeps the
darn thing in place while you move stuff around.
Richard
No, I use locating pins that screw into
The biggest problem with straight veggie oil without heat in cold weather is
that it is so thick the injector pump can't pump it through the injectors.
We all know liquids don't compress so something has to give. Usually it is
the drive gear or shaft on the injector pump. MBZ engines use very
Jim Cathey wrote:
Of note is that IE emulated downloads nearly as fast as the native
Mac. It's surprising, really. I was getting 300+ kbytes/sec out
of it at one time. Surfing with it, though functional, is painful.
I'm not surprised, actually. When it's downloading, it's I/O bound --
100% veggie oil unheated is VERY BAD idea. I would think the viscosity would
blow your injectors - or the IP...
An aside: I bought a Viskositätsmeßer (German viscosity meter) to make sure
my blends weren't too thick when I was using my 240D test vehicle (now sold).
But, I never used it.
Levi Smith wrote:
This guy doesn't have any sort of injector heaters or anything?
If so, that's great. Most anyone I've heard of in other countries are
at least using some sort of heat at or near the injector pump.
The Mercedes are about the best there are from what I've heard, but that
I started running WVO using a single tank Elsbett kit on my S350 at 150k
miles. At 180k I replaced the head gasket and a bent rod. Things were a
little dirty inside, but nothing major. No where near coking up the rings
or anything like that. I don't quite fit your profile because I only run
100%
That's probably why I've never heard it, most any time I've heard it
mentioned was just as you stated, a once in a while to clean things up.
Generally I just fill my new fuel filter up before with ATF before
putting it back on.
Though I've heard maybe one or two people talk of running on
Exactly, you're doing heating. You may not be heating the tank, but you
are at least getting that veg warm before it's injected into your
engine. I've heard of a fair amount of people saying that the single
tank elsbett works well.
That said, there is the obvious problem as has been stated
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Have not had it low enough to see if the low fuel light comes on or not.
It does start moving off full right away, and also doesnt seem to ever
go all the way to full
All but one of my 201s (my 190D 2.5t drops much faster and reads empty
when there is still 3-4
I ran the 240D on a mix of alot of things, including filtered used ATF (in a
mix, not heated, in the summer), but not long enough to conclude anything.
Chris
Levi Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's probably why I've never heard it,
most any time I've heard it
mentioned was just as
Kind and Knowledgable List Members,
My Mom has my brother's old 1987 300E. It's in pretty good shape overall
and I've been helping to care for it since she took posession about a 1
1/2 years back.
Lately, she's been telling me that it stalls every once in a while. It
usually happens when she's
Any ideas where to begin? I seem to recall that the car has about 160k
miles on the clock.
I had a 190e that wouldn't idle - ended up being a vacuum line on the
throttle body that had come loose. I know it's not the same problem or even
engine, but maybe worth a look.
Dave W
FYI, the water pump is not very difficult to install (nor very expensive -
$42 from Rusty) - remove belts, fan, and water pump - depending on things
in the way there may be some other things to remove - and reinstall. And
yes, it's a good time to replace belts and hoses.
Depending on how
My son resets the odometer to zero when the reserve light goes on, so he
know exactly when he is nearing the 50 mile reserve tank limit...
On 4/4/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Have not had it low enough to see if the low fuel light comes on or not.
Yes - I am retired and seldom know the day. It was quickly pointed out to
me that this will occur quite often in a geologic time reference - every 1k
years.
BillR
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