One of the front lug bolts on my SDL twisted about 45 degrees before
it loosened. The bolt actually twisted between the head and the seat.
Bent the lug wrench too. If they say the bolts are not moving, they
are not trying hard enough. I figure worst case you are going to cut
off the wheel, so why
Ugh. Makes you want to use a torque wrench on certain portions of the
idiot at the tire store's anatomy...
LIkely the bolts have been over-tightened badly. This causes them to
bend and jam. They will NOT come out with any application of a wrench,
and will bend further the harder you try.
Oh, big fat fine from the OPP and points on you license for that in
Canada. Cars must be completely snow and ice free on the highway,
including head and tail lights.!
Peter
Well that's what you get for talking to senile old janitors:-)
Seriously though I can see his point, the reason why MB was perceived as
being so good was that the competition was so bad. The only real competition
MB used to have was BMW but now even VW are building limos. AUDI used to be
a
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, kevin kraly wrote:
My SD cost me just a little over two of those $575 car payments. I'm sure
that when I delve into the AC situation (there's no belt on the compressor
which is most likely shot), I'll have to put out a couple more car payments
Siezed compressor.
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife's G4 is up 70 seconds from the press of the button...
Perhaps I should have said more specifically the elapsed time from pressing
the on button on the box to the AOL voice announcement you've got mail is
1:15. This wouldn't happen on
Those new Volvos may look nice, but they are definitely Ford quality --
they've gone way downhill since the 740/760 and 940/960 series.
Expensive to fix, too.
My neighbors got rid of their 850 after putting 275,000 miles on their
240 -- it was in the shop every other month, and the second
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, OK Don wrote:
I just finished shoveling the 1/2 inch of ice and 1 1/2 inches of
sleet off the drive - I'm going to be sore in the AM.
Ouch
I was wondering how others get the thick layers of ice off the roof of
the car before driving 70mph down the highway, sending
PB Blaster
(or even liquid wrench)
WD40 is really best as a water dispersant.
You can also try putting an air hammer on it with the torque down WAY low
and let it beat on the bolt (you can do that with some of them... no
turning, lots of beating) to loosen it up.
Likely someone overtorqued the
R A Bennell wrote:
Don't know if it is coincidence or not, but several vehicles that I saw
abandoned along the road last week when it was really cold were mostly
Passats and Audis. We see all sorts of beater cars along the road when it is
really cold but the above noted brands were all
Don - Your description brings back too many memories - and an appreciation
of your care of the driving experience for others. I won't even tell you
what the temp is here...
BillR
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Sent: Monday,
A couple of years ago a Mexican had bought some parts for his car at
some local parts store, and was doing whatever to the car in the parking
lot. Next morning the employees noted it was still there, thought
nothing of it. Later that day someone looked more closely and the guy
was squashed
A friend of mine ran into the same thing - five bolts spread out
across three wheels on hid 560SEL were stuck due to over tightening.
He ended up breaking all five with a massive air hammer. He drilled
out the bolts, a long and tedious process, but successful. We scoured
the local salvage yards
Better by far to buy new ones, they aren't that expensive.
And they haven't been twisted by being overtightened yet, either.
Peter
It's not supposed to get all that cold, either 5 or 9F, depending on
who you listen to. Nothing like the -30F I've been in in MN. I expect
the Diesels will start without any trouble. The SLC still has too much
ice to even open the doors - it doesn't get much sunlight.
On 1/15/07, Billr [EMAIL
check out http://whataburger.com/ Oddly they're not showing any in Va - but
I KNOW there are at least 2 with thatname - perhaps there's more than one
franchise??
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
Test Results
Apply some PB blaster to the threads if possible; rap the bolt head
sharply with a hammer to break any rust loose, and perhaps even apply some
heat (not too much as the aluminum wheels will easily melt if you're not
careful, not to mention burning off the clear coat and aluminum paint
So how do Canadian Semi drivers keep any snow and ice from collecting on the
tops of their trailers? Seems like a law against dropping mother nature's
benevolence is pretty hard to justify in the real world!
Werner
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From: Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
They clean it off at truck stops.
The point is to keep a load of wet snow from sliding down and blinding
the driver, or a big chunk of something flying off and killing someone.
Ice is very rarely a problem. Snow is, up there.
Peter
well I just somewhat deiced the SDL for tomorrow. Big block of ice on
the hood/wiper area. Needed wiper free so I just poped the hood which
cracked the ice off at the back, then I just slid the whole sheet off.
Billr wrote:
Don - Your description brings back too many memories - and an
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(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL,
87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2,
81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250
I need to find a used rear end for a 1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville.
Anyone have contacts with someone who can help locate this?
They turn up at U-Pulls. In fact, the only car I could find there
that had the same sized tires as my car trailer was a Deville. I
had to chisel the hubcaps off to get
Angelo - on the 126, there are 2 vents in the trunk, one on each side. They
are behind the covering in the wheel well, about 3 inches high and perhaps 8
inches long, with a flap that is supposed to let air pass out into the space
behind the outside plastic extension that runs from behind the
My 3-4 yr old WXP Pro install shuts down in 10s flat and I can easily
access gmail in 70s from power up - this in a patched together box w/
an 800MHz slot A processor.. TBird is a tad longer as it's not in my
startup folder. It isn't even a particularly parsimonious install.
Tell me again what
Werner,
Torque specs are for dry or lightly oiled threads when torqued correctly,
the shaft of the bolts act like a springs, keeping tension on the tapered
face of the studs holding them in place. Lug bolts lug nuts are design
to be torqued dry the 81 Lb Ft spec will put the right amount of
Fascinating! How does one non-tediously go about diagnosing the
source of the whistle?
On 1/15/07, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The wind whistle in my 115 cars was from torn door seals.
The whistle in my '87 300SDL is from an ACC flap somewhere (fresh air
intake?) that leaks. the air
Kaleb, it's far too dangerous to drive when it's icy like this. We
don't want anything to happen to you - pls. take mass transit. ;)
On 1/15/07, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well I just somewhat deiced the SDL for tomorrow. Big block of ice on
the hood/wiper area. Needed wiper
It monitors the composition of the blinker fluid.
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(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90
Tom - I agree with your comment, but even with a slight amount of protective
lubricant on the threads, the fact remains that 81 lb-ft applied with a
torque wrench is still a lot less stress on the bolts and threads than when
a tire monkey uses an air wrench. What is important to me is to have
I recall having to chip around the door to get to the frozen lock and
finally get the door open [that was in VA]. Got much colder in Indiana [-34
was the coldest where I was] but I don't remember as much ice as in VA. I
have determined I am too old for the cold weather these days, anyway. I get
On my 1983 300TD wagon the LR foot well becomes a lake during heavy
rains. Not coincidentally perhaps, I also notice that when I open the
LR door several cups of water come pouring out of the area
surrounding the door seal, where it has apparently been trapped,
suggesting one or more drains are
yea right
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Kaleb, it's far too dangerous to drive when it's icy like this. We
don't want anything to happen to you - pls. take mass transit. ;)
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL,
87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D
Thanks Peter , I wonder why there is a need for the limited governer
control between idle and max - its effect is virtually imperceptable !
Peter
-Original Message-
From: Peter Frederick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 January 2007 07:08 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re:
Peter, How do you scrub the long oil channel that feeds the main
bearings - do you push out that steel ball and flush all the crud out
the back of the engine? Is it easy to reinstall that steel ball without
the special tool?
Peter
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From: Peter Frederick [mailto:[EMAIL
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
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It is a computer interface for mercedes vehicles for diagnosis; the newer
ones use a 38 pin round connector or an OBDII
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
And I suspect the bolts can stand a lot of abuse, because I've never had one
fail, even after I've undone a severely over-tightened one and then
re-torqued it properly. The M-B bolts would probably withstand 150-200
lb-ft and still not fail, IMO.
Tape off areas you suspect and drive car.
I was getting wind noise from what appeared to be top of windshield, taped
the top of the windshield from outside and verified that was source. Ended
up that the original windshield had slid down and created a gap at top. Took
a new windshield to fix.
I have broken and drilled a few in my time. My car still has long bolts, but
I use anti-seize, yea, yea complain all you want but I have never broken a
bolt that I installed.
Trampas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of John W. Reames III
From: Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have broken and drilled a few in my time. My car still has long bolts, but
I use anti-seize, yea, yea complain all you want but I have never broken a
bolt that I installed.
Yep, but the key is that I installed... This was done by some teenage weenie
with
These guys over torque lug nuts bolts because the business is afraid of
being sued and it's easier to set the torque wrench on the high side than to
keep a calibrated torque wrench on the shelf to train every $8.00 / hour
tire change who walks in.
Also, not all lug bolts that are too tight are
John
If you had a laptop and had the Mercedes DAS program installed on it which
cable set would you buy? Would the cable from my Snap On MT2500 scanner with
it's 38pin cable work? Or do I still need some sort of multiplexer. The
MT2500 has limitations and was thinking of transitioning to a better
You need a multiplexer that is compatible with DAS. (good luck finding one)..
The cables are probably specific to the multiplexer. I was looking at the
MT2500 and decided it wasnt worth the money, I got a sweet deal on an iSCAN
(autoland scientech/baum D91) with the mercedes, obd2 and beemer
Ahh says I as the light goes on.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:08 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] what is this and how does it work?
You need a
R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Don't know if it is coincidence or not, but several vehicles that I
saw abandoned along the road last week when it was really cold were
mostly Passats and Audis. We see all sorts of beater cars along the
road when it is really cold but the above noted
Finally (nearly 2 months) I got the IP sealring from Germany.
I understand that some of you did this job before. I have a question,
concerning the Basket for the timing device.
Lacking it, I wonder what other means can be used to hold the drive sprocket
in place and timed to the chain?
How are
Saw another one last night on the way home. On the back of a flatbed, being
hauled away - nice Audi.
Don't think the fuel is an issue anymore. Gas stations have been required to
upgrade tanks to prevent leakage so
not near as much water in the tanks as there once was. Also think suppliers add
There's a really clean Volvo 240 with a 5 speed sitting outside where
I work. Apparently abandoned. No plates, and has not been moved in
weeks. Which I could just say finders keepers.
Allan
--
1983 300D
1966 230
Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Those new Volvos may look nice, but
Hans:
You MUST have the basket to hold the timing devise, else the timing will be
out -- the counter spring is different on the 603. The problem is internal
to the timer, the chain won't slip, I don't belive.
The three bolts for the IP are just outside the vacuum pump cover.
Peter
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In a message dated 1/16/2007 9:06:57 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How are the 3 bolts accessed that hold the IP? Looks to me the timing device
is covering these bolts.
Hans,
If it is like the late 87s, the three bolts are through bolts about 6 inches
long
Thank you guys. I think I got the job covered.
On 1/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/16/2007 9:06:57 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How are the 3 bolts accessed that hold the IP? Looks to me the timing
device
is covering
Werner Fehlauer wrote:
So how do Canadian Semi drivers keep any snow and ice from collecting on the
tops of their trailers? Seems like a law against dropping mother nature's
benevolence is pretty hard to justify in the real world!
I've seen some pretty monster ice sheets blow off semi
Every day in virginia. Sometimes more than one at a clip.
-j.
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From: David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Werner Fehlauer wrote:
If Canada is like the U.S., the semi drivers probably get a pass from
law enforcement anyway. When was the last
Pretty frequently around upstate NY. But they normally get pulled over by
vans or the Suburbans or what not that have the equipment to dip tanks and
check brakes and all that.
Levi
On 1/16/07, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Werner Fehlauer wrote:
So how do Canadian Semi drivers
Curt Raymond wrote:
Fuel injected cars today will tolerate much worse gas than years ago while
still performing reasonably well so I bet people don't use drygas like they
used to.
An iced gas line will stop a car totally dead with no regard to how good a
winter car it is.
I've never
Allan Streib wrote:
There's a really clean Volvo 240 with a 5 speed sitting outside where
I work. Apparently abandoned. No plates, and has not been moved in
weeks. Which I could just say finders keepers.
Allan
You could always wait for it to be towed and then try to pick it up when
Okay, I'll bite, why do they dip the tanks?
Mac
on 1/16/07 2:04 PM, Levi Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty frequently around upstate NY. But they normally get pulled over by
vans or the Suburbans or what not that have the equipment to dip tanks and
check brakes and all that.
Levi
Steve MacSween wrote:
Okay, I'll bite, why do they dip the tanks?
Make sure the drivers are using taxed diesel, instead of off road
diesel (which is dyed) or home heating oil. A while back they busted a
street sweeping company in Seattle for using off road diesel in their
sweeper trucks, to
Brilliant - thanks!
On 1/16/07, Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tape off areas you suspect and drive car.
I was getting wind noise from what appeared to be top of windshield, taped
the top of the windshield from outside and verified that was source. Ended
up that the original windshield had
on 1/16/07 2:18 PM, David Brodbeck at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The eastern seaboard must have better enforcement. I rarely see semis
pulled over here, and I almost never did in Michigan, either.
In some areas the enforcement is left to Transport department inspectors,
and in some locales they
I suppose when it comes down to it, no matter what you own poor maintainence
and bad fuel would halt any car or truck. Winter is harsh on everything and if
you think just filling the tank will get you by when its cold just bet on being
one of those being hauled away or towed when something goes
David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If it's an actual five speed (instead of a four speed plus
overdrive) it may have a bad trans. They had a lubrication problem
with 5th gear, due to the fill hole on the case being drilled too
low. They're reasonably durable if you overfill the trans
Its not hard to see that a company like Mercedes is far from being immune to
poor quality. Like I said before, I think they invest way to much in their high
line cars and leave the rest.. welll you get the picture. There is no longer
any pride in owning a Benz
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
Allan Streib wrote:
David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If it's an actual five speed (instead of a four speed plus
overdrive) it may have a bad trans. They had a lubrication problem
with 5th gear, due to the fill hole on the case being drilled too
low. They're reasonably durable
On the issue of quantity of humanities v. engineering graduates, I
suspect there are too many under-qualified people being allowed into
colleges. When you actually had to pay for the education, you had a
better quality student entering. Now any idiot that can claim some
affiliation with a
When was the last time you saw a semi pulled over?
About a week ago - I75 in GA; before that a week earlier on I95 South of
Jacksonville.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD 284k miles
While my brother was stranded on the side of the road with his newly
purchased 1973 Sedan Deville Hardtop with a smoking differential, I
located a new complete rear end (drum to drum) from a salvage yard in
Tulsa. As it turns out that is the only one anywhere near the Midwest.
He rented a car,
Clay, if you ever run across an ill that you cannot blame on minorities,
please immediately post that information to the list. It would be very
informative.
Chris K
Cayce, SC
The esteemed Clay stated:
Now any idiot that can claim some
affiliation with a minority group supported by an
I like your brother.
Chris K
Cayce, SC
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From: Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:07 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Update on OT Cadillac Parts
While my brother was stranded on the side of the road with his newly
Since incidents of twisted off lug bolts have been a topic of discussion for
many years now, I fail to see why anyone would use the factory lug wrench or
some old x-wrench to remove the bolts. After all, these wrenchs all sit on top
of the bolts and and not very tightly, at that.
As for me,
I think most truck offenses are expected to be caught at Weigh Stations - I
suspect the CB/CellPhone communications network keep the 18 wheelers
informed of the locations of radar - they know when to go fast and they know
when to slow down.
If you want to make time get behind a 18 wheeler who
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Leave those cheesy OE lug wrenchs in the tool roll.
Had occasion to need the lug wrench on the road a couple of weeks ago.
To my astonishment, the tool roll was still sealed in the plastic bag
from the factory. On a 24 year old car! I had never even looked for
the
Chris mentioned:
Clay, if you ever run across an ill that you cannot blame on minorities,
please immediately post that information to the list. It would be very
informative.
I think that was a sweepingly broad comment about abuse of any program or
idea that was, initially, good.
Bob
Will gladly assist. Much of the trouble with the lack of sufficient
diesel benz on the road is thoroughly due to those minorities wanting
to purchase gas guzzling soccer mom haulers. Get rid of that segment
of wasted dollars and we will see and upsurge in the demand for Diesel
Benz. That,
At least those who were able to succeed on government largesse in our
generation with GI Bill, had to dodge bullets or maybe put lives on the
line. I figure the gummint got off easy on that debt. And some even
brought home a tri star when returning from deployment.
On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:19
To even out the fuel delivery and power output -- otherwise you would
be constantly changing speed at part throttle. Same thing happens on
gasoline engines -- if you have one, watch the vacuum gauge as the load
increases and engine speed drops. As the engine slows, charge density
goes up
The SDL's idle runs about 550-600 at it's lowest point and it likes to shudder
after dropping from a higher RPM. How do I go about setting this to the
correct speed? TIA all,
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'87 300SDL (271,xxx mi) head case?
'83 300SD (242 kmi) for sale
'82 300CD (163 kmi)
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