Curt Raymond wrote:
Yup, 90 miles a day. Analysis at ~5000 miles showed soot at .6% but grade had
fallen to 40. I think I was sloppy and didn't get all the old conventional oil
out, it was February, I was working outside, sue me.
I took another sample when I changed at ~7300 miles, we'll see
Curt Raymond wrote:
Has anybody ever gotten a shop to use one of the alternate refridgerants?
If I owned the shop, and I was set up for R12 reclaiming (I'd have to be
in order to do R12-134a conversions) I'd suck out your R12 and replace it
with whatever you wanted if you provided me with the
Ok, so I stopped by the local outdoor store, but became confused by the
dizzying array of propane/butane/isobutane etc. and beat a hasty retreat
back into my car and a thumb-sucking fetal position. I thought I wanted
straight isobutane, which they don't carry. There were some mixtures of all
I see Rusty offers a 9 blade plastic radiator fan for
the
123s, compared to the stock 6 blade aluminum one. Has anyone tried
the 9
blade one to see if it offers any noticeable cooling improvement? Is
it
noisier?
It's quieter. The SDL was forcibly upgraded when it got its
M1 15W50 has greatly reduced the oil consumption in my BS Quantum
new mower (now six or more years old). Runs like a champ, I change
it every year or so...
Peter
Curt posted, in part:
Last month at camp Dad and I were getting out the lawnmower so we could
mow where we were planning to plant trees
If you are going to complete with Van Cleef with tales of your youth, or
maybe last week, you are going to have to become much more verbose. His
Jim, do you know if the 9 blade fan will fit the stock 123
clutch?
Peter
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Just as long as it doesn't sound like a late-'70's Datsun Z-car. Man, those
fans sounded like a jet taking off...whaash
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state
'87 300TD intercooler #22 (216k)
'84 300D (214k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg
Rusty is sending me a new injection timing device for my 606 engine because
the vacuum pump cam of the old one is in bad shape.
I've been fretting over the special tools and procedures needed to RR the
injection pump as the shop manual says is requred to replace the injection
timing device.
But
Hi, Curt et al.
I have a vacuum pump and guages, power and a driveway to use but very little
experience with the new fangled freezy kids stuff
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
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ned kleinhenz wrote:
Can the vacuum pump cam be replaced by just locking the FI pump shaft and
backing out the left hand thread bolt in the center of the cam?
Not according to the manual! They are not always correct though.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to
Got home late tonight, so I didn't have time to put it up on ramps
and check the sender and gauge. However, I did pull the new filter
out and it was, unfortunately, fine. The stem O-rings were intact
and pliable, and the top and bottom filter gaskets were in
place. The oil canister was
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Subject: 9 blade fan
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:47:18 -0500
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I see Rusty has a 9 blade plastic radiator fan
available
for the 123s. Has anyone tried one in
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Subject:Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Seat locking problem solved, sort of...
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:09:28 -0400
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Subject:Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Seat locking problem solved, sort of...
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:36:47 -0400
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What car are we talking about here?
J.B. Hebert wrote:
On my way into work today my low oil light came on. Oil pressure was
fine, so I continued on another minute or 2 and the light went
out. A few miles later I noticed that my oil pressure had started to
fall. When it dipped below .5
could be a sending unit problem
J.B. Hebert wrote:
Grrr... totally forgot to mention the car is a '95 E300D with 214,000
miles running on M1 5W40.
At 12:18 PM 6/27/2006, you wrote:
On my way into work today my low oil light came on. Oil pressure was
fine, so I continued on another minute
I am using autofrost, works great. You have to have a license to buy it
though. Forget doing any AC work unless you have a vacuum pump and
guages at the min.
Curt Raymond wrote:
Has anybody ever gotten a shop to use one of the alternate refridgerants? I'd
like to use Autofrost but don't
I forgot, is this the E300?
Do those things have piston cooling jets?
Seems like 1995 was not a turbo year.
If a cooling jet fell off, I wonder how much
oil pressure would escape from the hole?
Another possibility (on any engine) is loss of
an oil galley plug. Happened to my Dad's 1973
Ford
The '95 E300D (OM606).
At 09:51 PM 6/27/2006, you wrote:
What car are we talking about here?
J.B. Hebert wrote:
On my way into work today my low oil light came on. Oil pressure was
fine, so I continued on another minute or 2 and the light went
out. A few miles later I noticed that my
Ok, went back to the outdoor store and bought up their supply of
isobutane/propane mixtures (4 cans), but I still need to figure out the best
way to
On 6/27/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using autofrost, works great. You have to have a license to buy it
though. Forget
[why the hell do I do that? I sent that out before I was done
composing--idiot!]
Uh yes, as I was attempting to pontificate...I'm trying to figure out the
best way to tap into the cans. They're much wider and squatter than your
regular freon can, so my tap won't apparently work. I don't want
It's been too long - I'm going to have to rent it ---
On 6/27/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What about the 'vette splitting in half? Did you know there was a hole there?
The old guys in the Mercedes are great.
Please drive at a rate befitting our age and status in life
-Curt
(MB content) I was able to use my basic (student) 301 to measure and
verify the output pulse from the distributor sensor on the 117.985.
On 6/27/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
archer wrote:
What would one of the old tube type in good working condition be worth? I
have one but
I'm only driving 45 - 50 miles per day, about 50% interstate, and at
10,000 miles the soot was 0.5%. Mobile 15w50, Oklahoma ---
On 6/27/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yup, 90 miles a day. Analysis at ~5000 miles showed soot at .6% but grade had
fallen to 40. I think I was sloppy and
I don't remember if you've checked already, but what's the
compression? Getting air into the cylinders? Sounds like you have
fuel, what else can it be?
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've
exhausted all the alternatives.
Sir Winston
I HATE MOWERS/MOWING.
On 6/27/06, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
M1 15W50 has greatly reduced the oil consumption in my BS Quantum
new mower (now six or more years old). Runs like a champ, I change
it every year or so...
Peter
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always
Can anyone point me to a site with information about the 300SDL vacuum
system? I'm not getting enough vacuum from the check valve tap on the
brake booster line to operate the other vacuum accessories reliably. All
the service manuals I've been able to locate for the car are JUNK. Are
there
Ah - but once you've figured out what has to be done, be sure to
report back - adding that bit of knowledge to the collection ---
It's a pain to be the first ---
The best source(s) are the
people on this list who have done the procedures before.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans
Tried to take a picture for you, but I can barely see it with the
radiator hose in the way.
Yes - there are two ports - one for the booster, the other for the
accessories. Mine (300SDL) wouldn't hold vacuum, and took quite awhile
to generate vacuum after starting in the AM. I thought it might be
Brian Smyla wrote:
Can anyone point me to a site with information about the 300SDL vacuum
system? I'm not getting enough vacuum from the check valve tap on the
brake booster line to operate the other vacuum accessories reliably. All
the service manuals I've been able to locate for the car are
system? I'm not getting enough vacuum from the check valve tap on the
brake booster line to operate the other vacuum accessories reliably.
The only thing on the booster's tap is the brown line for the engine
shutoff. Everything else comes off the secondary vacuum output line
on the vacuum
Uh yes, as I was attempting to pontificate...I'm trying to figure out
the
best way to tap into the cans. They're much wider and squatter than
your
regular freon can, so my tap won't apparently work. I don't want to
buy an
expensive stove, just to canniballize and use for my illicit purposes.
I have a vacuum pump and guages, power and a driveway to use but
very little experience with the new fangled freezy kids stuff
Just dive right in and get some!
http://cathey.dogear.com/efair.html
http://cathey.dogear.com/cwair.html
You will have fun. I recommend a good generic book on
Jim, do you know if the 9 blade fan will fit the stock 123 clutch?
No clue, sorry.
-- Jim
Call Rusty and ask ---
On 6/27/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim, do you know if the 9 blade fan will fit the stock 123 clutch?
No clue, sorry.
-- Jim
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've
exhausted all the alternatives.
Sir
Unless the doors,trunk and gas door is the problem then that is a
different system commencing from a pump found in the spare tire well.
On 6/27/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
system? I'm not getting enough vacuum from the check valve tap on the
brake booster line to operate the
Jim Cathey wrote:
Until I found my expensive stove for cheap at Goodwill, I made a strap
out of a coat hanger that I used, in conjunction with two small vise
grips, to clamp the R12 can tap to the side of the can.
How about a vise grip on the bottom rim of the can and a large hose
clamp up
How about a vise grip on the bottom rim of the can and a large hose
clamp up above?
Sure! I just didn't have a hose clamp that large, and it was
quicker to flange one up out of wire than to go get one. Once
I had it, then I didn't need the hose clamp anymore, so I never
did go get one.
--
A broken connecting rod is no big deal, I got my Cub Cadet for $50 because it
had thrown a rod, but throwing it out through the block is a much bigger event.
My only suspicion is that the piston siezed suddenly and the rod started to
bend so when it failed the pent up energy was enough for the
This still pretty much is my youth, at least I keep telling myself that. Funny
how turning 30 didn't really hit me until months later.
I try, oh how I try, to cut back my stories. Somehow it works when I'm
talking but when I'm writing, not so much...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 27 Jun
Oaklahoma is pretty dry though right? Lotta dust while you mow if you haven't
been watering?
I like mowing, hate mowers. Any mower made in the last 20 years was made as
cheap as possible. I need to finish the deck for my Cub Cadet, thats a real
mower...
The most fun mowing is taking
Transmission is shot. I'll give you $501.
Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
On my 82 SD, I have a strange trans issue that shows up only after
running a couple hundred miles, shutting down, then starting up
again. On restart, the trans sometimes shifts late out of second, and
very late
I had a trapped air problem in my S350 that I fixed by loosening the
injector lines at the top of the injector, then cranking until fuel
squirted out.
-Dave Walton
94S350, 99E300
On 6/27/06, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1987 300 TD
As you may remember, several list members have made
Sounds like you're getting into oddball territory. I'd throw my hat in the
ring for sucking air. On the 77 240D I acquired the PO had added a Racor
fuel/water filter. The line from the device to the screen filter was a bit
too tight and had developed a slight hole/tear. Not so much as to leak,
Well if you are not getting enough vacuum from the brake booster line
your pump might not be putting out enough vacuum. First thing to do is
to pull off an plug each seperate vacuum system to see if that is whats
leaking. Such as the trans shifting part of it, then the climate
control part.
Yea, when I got mine it would run everything all at once. Had low
vacuum. I unhooked the lines to the passenger side as I said before and
it helped. But replacing the pump is what was really needed as it was
the old style pump.
OK Don wrote:
Tried to take a picture for you, but I can
you apparantly dont know much about Oklahoma. No, we dont live in the
desert, no we dont have to fight off them injuns. There is not much out
in western oklahoma but eastern ok is green and lush, with many scenic
lakes and rivers and mountains. This part of the state is called green
country
The 85 trans will still have the b2, unless its a california version
722.4, then it wont. In which case it wont last nearly as long as the
tranny thats supposed to be in there because its a lighter duty tranny.
Dan Weeks wrote:
On my 82 SD, I have a strange trans issue that shows up only
This is the E300. It is non-turbo, but does still have the piston
cooling jets. However, I do not know as they can fall off. I think
they are just a specific sized hole drilled in existing material, but
I may be wrong.
I have not detected any loss of oil anywhere, including into the
The pan was off less than 20k miles ago, so unless something odd
happened I can't imagine that much buildup would have occurred that
quickly. Not that I'm dismissing the clocked screen, but I would be
very surprised if that was the case. If the gauge checks out, the
pan will be the next
Also, I have recently noticed that the shifter sometimes will not go
past N into R or P. Worn shifter bushings? Could there be a
connection?
Does this car have a rod to the transmission? Is it possible that
bad mounts are causing enough displacement of the tranny that it's
affecting the
Curt Raymond wrote:
I mean I had 15w50 oil in it but it was apparently only a 40wt oil when hot. I
expect thats thinning due to contamination from old oil leftover in the
crankcase. I was also concerned that the Iron in the oil seemed a bit high. It
was only the first oil change since I'd
$300.00
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