> Don't they have greater losses with more severe injuries? The medical
> liability part of the insurance?
Possibly, but they may have lesser injuries when they're
the victim rather than the cause. Them thar actuarial
tables can be tricky! Insurance companies work on averages,
whereas we indivi
Yup - mostly ugly.
>
> Well, in this case can't say I care too much for the looks of it
> anyway. Sort of a morph of a Toyota Matrix and a Chrysler 300. Or
> something.
>
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli and/o
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The bad news is that my ISP blocks outgoing email that doesn't
> originate on their network, so I have to log off the EVDO and log
> on to dial-up to send email.
If you get an account at www.fastmail.fm and pay the one-time setup
fee of $14.95 to become
The new Scirocco debuts:
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9885476-1.html
"Customers in the U.S. shouldn't plan on putting their Golf GTIs
up for sale, however. The Scirocco is intended as a Europe-only
model, unless VW changes its mind."
Well, in this case can't say I care too mu
For those of us who don't like long range dial-up (26.4k max for me), can't
get DSL or cable, and are scared away by all the stories from satellite
customers, there's EVDO.
I bought a UTStarcom UM150 modem off eBay (it wasn't free, but I
don't have a two year contract either, I can quit at any ti
It seems than at Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:40:40 -0500, Allan wrote:
> Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Mechanical gauges CAN fail, but it's much less likely. Even
> > a simple electric gauge is less reliable, as I've had to
> > replace the sending unit on the 300D. All the old cars,
Don't they have greater losses with more severe injuries? The medical
liability part of the insurance?
>
> They're paying out (and thus charging) on LOSS, not injury/fatality.
> The MB's cost more to replace. And for every careful car-caring
> driver of same there's an invulnerable dickhead t
> I'd like to see numbers on injuries/fatalities per accident by
> vehicle. I've never found them, but I'm sure the insurance companies
> have the data to generate them. IF a Benz is as superior in a crash as
> we like to think, then we should be getting great insurance discounts
> (which I'm not g
But fewer cents for them ---
>
> That makes too much sense.
>
> Bob R
>
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
___
OK Don typed:
"I'd like to see numbers on injuries/fatalities per accident by
vehicle. I've never found them, but I'm sure the insurance companies
have the data to generate them. IF a Benz is as superior in a crash as
we like to think, then we should be getting great insurance discounts
(which I'm
Are you still wondering why you sold the '90 300D??? I'm sure glad you did!!!
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Robbins wrote:
>
> "Another point is that as oil gets more expensive the more people will try
> to conserve energy. If gas hit $5 a gallo
> The dynanic tool uses the "prong" and a hall effect pickup along with
> the crank positions sensor pickup to determine timing.
By using the same type (VR?) of sensor for both locations,
error in the test equipment tend to cancel out. That is,
even if the IP sensor fired a bit late the crank sen
That's the point of it all - buy an older car that still gets
reasonable, if not good, fuel economy, letting someone else take the
depreciation.
Even at $3.50 gal for Diesel, I really love the 124 at 29 mpg in town
and at least 33 on the road.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL
I'd like to see numbers on injuries/fatalities per accident by
vehicle. I've never found them, but I'm sure the insurance companies
have the data to generate them. IF a Benz is as superior in a crash as
we like to think, then we should be getting great insurance discounts
(which I'm not getting).
> However this is an awful lot like hit calculations in D&D,
> you take your base survivablity.
IMHO, such calculations are wrong. You are mixing two radically
different factors: how likely you are to get into any accident
versus how likely you are to survive one. Some factors
(such as age) woul
> It's true with diesels as well -- my 300D gets 31-32 in the mixed
> driving I usually do, but rarely gets better than 29.5 when I'm on
> the interstate rolling at 70 plus. I prefered the lower speed limit
> -- took a bit longer to get there, but significantly cheaper, I once
> hit 35 on a tank
> I have not had to worry about it so don't know for sure,
> but someone told me that a scratch on the top of the DVD
> is just as bad or worse than a scratch on the bottom.
True, very true. The thick polycarbonate disc is pressed
against its master bumped mold, the resultant pit pattern is alumi
> You can also loosen the IP bolts and use the adjuster screw on the
> side of the mount for small changes if that pump is the same as the
> one on the 603, allowing you to set it the way you want it without
> the tool.
Yeah, it's got that screw. But I doubt it has the range, especially
since it
> Hmmm, I've seen all sorts of inductive pickups that do NOT have
> magnets called Hall effect pickups -- moving a piece of metal through
> the energized coil produces a signal. Easily could be wrong, though.
Yep, that's a variable-reluctance (VR) pickup, a.k.a. inductive
pickup. Not a Hall-effe
I'm not sure about the trained part though
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:57 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Curt wrote << I'd pay $50 to put a trained chimp into every elected office
> >>
>
> That's pretty much what we have now --
>
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
"There are three kinds
The data is in the layer near the top - you are just reading through
the bottom surface to the data layer, so the light doesn't get to the
data when the bottom is scratched. When the top is scratched, the data
is gone.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:15 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have
> hoses and the thermostat out to do the flushing. It started getting
> hot on
> a short trip, so I added some coolant and headed home. It started
> again, so
> I opened my heater valve (manual) to add another radiator and while
> the temp
> needle climbed, the heater blew cold.
Air pockets i
ah, thought you found a AMG stroked diesel for a minute.
Ed
300E gasser.
On 04/03/2008, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Oops, I meant a 1995 E300 diesel.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA
Oops, I meant a 1995 E300 diesel.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Tom Hargrave
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:37 PM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The World Has
On 04/03/2008, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes they do, you just aren't trying hard enough. ;-)
Ed
300E
Safest car for injuries/fatalities per accident, is, of all things, a
> VW Jetta. Seems you can get away from things better in it (it
> doesn't roll over when you yank the wheel
To say Don's choice in vehicle makes him more likely to "kill" someone in
the event of a crash is assuming he was the one who caused the crash. There
will always be something bigger than you on the road to tangle with.
Doesnt' mean everyone else should downsize, just means for those who decide
to
The BTU content is negative unless the distilery is VERY efficient,
and that's not counting the BTU used to GROW the stuff -- that might
be negative, too! Been tossed around thirty years that I know of,
and my memory of discussions in the scientific and agricultural
academic circles twenty
My long term plan is to find another vehicle at a reasonable price that will
go another 300,000 miles. I would like to find a nice 1996 Mercedes E330
diesel.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf
Remember, big SUV's have the WORST injury/fatality record for
occupants of any vehicle on the road. They are, and always have
been, the least safe one to drive.
Safest car for injuries/fatalities per accident, is, of all things, a
VW Jetta. Seems you can get away from things better in it (
Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pertronix or Crane. Someday I'll remember to splurge on a
> Pertronix, it fits inside the dizzy and cures all sorts of ills,
> including trigger point problems due to side pressure on a worn
> dizzy bushing.
Is anyone a recognized "guru" of electron
John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When oil is $50 a barrel who cares about solar, wind, nuclear,
> etc. When its $150 a barrel a lot of people will. As more research
> money is put into the alternatives sources (because people are now
> willing to buy it) new techniques to reduce cost
Whats your long term plan Tom? At some point it seems like the repairs to the
Jeep will make it not worth keeping. Have you got a magic number in mind for
that?
My Dakota is on its last legs, I know that, so I'm already on the lookout for a
replacement. An S10 or Sonoma is the likely answer, b
And then we subsidize the somebitch...
You're right corn is a stupid thing to make ethanol out of... Wood chips,
biomass, hell theres million different things. Stupid corn lobby...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:02:52 -0600
From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The
My thoughts exactly whining about a belt is pretty useless when they've pretty
well proven themselves.
Its about like those people who don't understand why you need to change the
oil...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:37:12 -0600
From: Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT,
Technically true and I might add quite selfish. Don's driving a larger vehicle
makes him more likely to KILL someone in the event of a crash.
Ever think of it that way?
Never-the-less in honor of the late Gary Gygax I'd like to try something
different with this subject.
Any time you get in an
Snort! I can remember filling up my old Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 lead
sled gas hog for $4! Gasoline ran ninteen to 23 cents in the winter
and maybe 27 in the summer, don't ever remember it higher than that
until '73. Went way up then, 79 cents in the summer, like to killed
us since minimum
It is until you print a report.
Thanks, Tom
256-656-1924
-Original Message-
From: "E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: 3/4/08 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The World Has Plenty of Oil
Whatever happened to our promised paperless enviornment?
Ed
300E
On 04/
It's worse with ethenol from corn.
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: 3/4/08 11:48 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
CC:
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The World Has Plenty of Oil
Jeff Zedic wrote:
> He talks about new technologies being able to get 2/3 of the oil
USA Gasoline consumption has dropped by an average of 1.1 percent over
the last 6 weeks. That's not much of a drop & seems to be driven by
higher gasoline prices. Usage will likely go back up of the selling
price comes down some.
Read here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120451858896807177.html?
Great theory but flawed. If oil were not in short supply then there
would be no financial motivation for "billionaires" to invest in deep
sea drilling. They do it because without these sources there is not
enough to go around.
Thanks, Tom
256-656-1924
-Original Message-
From: "Gary Hurst"
You are referring to short term highs and lows but the long term trend
is up and its a trend that will continue.
That said, I put most of my miles on a 01 Grand Cherokee with a 4 liter
engine. I've looked at buying a new, more efficient vehicle and the math
just does not work. The cost per mile go
Corn ethenol is a good lesson in false economics anyway. Per the latest
"official estimates", it takes 80 BTUs of oil to net 100 BTUs of corn
ethenol. In other words, we aren't saving what we think we are saving.
Tom
www.kegkits.com
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Very true. We are approaching a oil crises and when it finally does
happen, we will all look back at today's prices and wish.
Oil is a commodity and the problem with any commodity is that when
demand really outstrips supply, prices go up sharply. Prices can easily
move 2X or more over night. A
It cost very little because that one letter had several thousand similar
ones take the same plane ride.
- Original Message -
From: R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: 3/4/08 5:29 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
CC:
Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The World Has Plenty of Oil
How much is
Alternators are putting out more amps to cover the load.
Thanks, Tom
256-656-1924
-Original Message-
From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Diesel List"
Sent: 3/4/08 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Pontiac Bonneville
You know I was wondering just the other day, with all the ele
Curt wrote << I'd pay $50 to put a trained chimp into every elected office
>>
That's pretty much what we have now --
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net
Weber Carb
You wrote< correct, I was paying about $0.57 per gallon >>
Correct me if I;m wrong, but you were (are ?) paying more per gallon than
the US is because of your tax structure?
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
Test Results http://members.re
What?
My '83 240D had a max of something like 86mph at which I used to hold it on my
commutes until I figured out it took mileage down something like 5mpg.
Your 300D should be capable of better, you've got like 20% more hp even though
some of it is eaten up by the auto trans...
-Curt
Date: Tu
They were available as an option on the later 124's and 126's. The 95
should have it standard.
Kevin Kraly wrote:
> I have a friend who's interested in buying a newer Mercedes Diesel that has
> driver and passenger air bags. My question is what year and which chassis's
> were these options fi
Paperless as in less paper. Idiots got to thinking that ment no paper.
Its like smokeless powder, less smoke...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:19:32 -0500
From: "E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The World Has Plenty of Oil
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PR
Pertronix or Crane. Someday I'll remember to splurge on a Pertronix,
it fits inside the dizzy and cures all sorts of ills, including
trigger point problems due to side pressure on a worn dizzy bushing.
Check the condition of your injector seals -- I discovered that one
of my vanished altog
Change the bloody thing on schedule, it's fine, wait and it'll
break! My neighbors ran at least 200,000 miles on one, as they never
changed it when the head gasket started to fail and leak oil. The
shop refused to work on it unless they agreed to a new belt, too (as
I suggested, the crack
A flaky update. I now suspect a blown head gasket or cracked head. Before
checking anything, I decided to try it and it started right up, kept going
in the run position and I held it at about 2K RPM for awhile. Left it
running and went to eyeball under the hood. I noticed a cloud of white
smoke
Gang,
Wondering what the current wisdom is with ignition on the early M117 engines
(W108 4.5).
I've heard about the Pertronix system and some others. I see that 123 Ignition
(they seem to be better respected in Citroen circles than, for example,
Luminition) is now offering 4- and 6-cylinder Me
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band
> drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber band.
>
My take on it is that a timing belt is OK as long as it's in a
non-interfer
It's true with diesels as well -- my 300D gets 31-32 in the mixed
driving I usually do, but rarely gets better than 29.5 when I'm on
the interstate rolling at 70 plus. I prefered the lower speed limit
-- took a bit longer to get there, but significantly cheaper, I once
hit 35 on a tank.
P
Time for a rebuild when that chain cuts through into the coolant
passage in the font cover, diluting the sump with coolant. Happened
to a co-worker, he was rather cheesed since it had been knocking and
someone told him it wasn't a big problem right away.
Cogged belts are cheaper, and work f
I agree. My F150 Supercrew will do about 21 mpg (Imp Gallons) if I keep the
speed to about 100 to 105 kph (62 to 65
mph) but if I kick it up to 125 kph or so which would be maybe 78 mph, then the
mileage drops to about 18. Quite a
penalty for a bit more speed - about 20%.
Does not work the same
As you already know, if you ease up a little on the highway, the savings can
be great in terms of fuel. HP and fuel required to push a big thing through
the air really start to go up once you get over 55 mph. Empty all the
unneeded stuff out of the trunk, and check the tire pressures ever week or
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:19:32 -0500, "E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Whatever happened to our promised paperless enviornment?
Never happened. Technology has enabled the creation of more documents
with less effort than ever before.
Back in the days where you needed to dictate a memo to a secreta
Whatever happened to our promised paperless enviornment?
Ed
300E
On 04/03/2008, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How much is used to fly envelopes accross the country so that they can be
> delivered tomorrow even though it was
> faxed already in any event. It takes as much fuel to get o
Randy wrote: "Just tell yourself that the extra cost is life insurance. If you
get hit in the Expedition your chances may be better than if you are in the
Honda Civic. Randy - who just knows someone is going to argue about that
statement"
Allan S. wrote "Agreed, you can't just look at what 100
I have not had to worry about it so don't know for sure, but someone told me
that a scratch on the top of the DVD
is just as bad or worse than a scratch on the bottom. Any comments or
suggestions on how to fix the top if that is
true?
Randy
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ma
I'm in Canada. We were paying through the nose for gas even in the 60's
compared to the USA. If my memory is
correct, I was paying about $0.57 per gallon for gas in about 1968. At that
time, it was not much of an issue
though, as I was riding a 65CC Honda motorbike and it took less than a dollar
I suspect that one of the reasons for the timing belt rather than chains is
that they are quiet. The 4 cylinder
Toyotas have a chain drive but they tend to eat the guides and then the cases
if not changed soon enough. Nothing
lasts forever.
Randy
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTE
I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band
drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber band.
Toada and vw not withstanding. I don't get the reverence in which
toada is held. I didn't know they were foisting rubber band engines
on an unsuspec
Were you shedding any tears for the oil companies in the 80's when crude
was $10 a barrel and the economy of Texas went into the toilet?
Here's another take on the subject
http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/economics/2007/12/17/Why-Oil-Prices-Will-Drop
I had some trouble with the pagination
Just tell yourself that the extra cost is life insurance. If you get hit in the
Expedition your chances may be
better than if you are in the Honda Civic.
Randy - who just knows someone is going to argue about that statement
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC
And the oil companies are loving it. What a deal! Sell less for more. Hard to
beat that. If McDonalds could sell
you a 1/4 pounder for $3 or an 1/8 pounder for $6 you can guess what you would
be getting. It is criminal but no
one seems able to do anything about it. The government (here in any eve
I don't think that version is around anymore. The 3.4 has 4 cams and 24 valves
etc. The 3.0 had only 2 cams and 12
valves. However, the 3.0 is a non-interference engine so if you wait too long
to change out the cam drive belt, it
won't hurt quite so much.
Randy
-Original Message-
From:
How much is used to fly envelopes accross the country so that they can be
delivered tomorrow even though it was
faxed already in any event. It takes as much fuel to get one of those big jets
off the ground as I use in my car
all year (maybe more). Kill the courier companies and there will be enou
Are those POS engines still being sold by Toada? Sure makes me
question the reverence which is shown to Toada.
At 11:42 AM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > It is wort
But not a bad engine even so. We have a 95 4Runner with about 125K miles on the
3.0 and no problems with the
engine. The worst issues are body rust mostly in the rear quarter panels and
tailgate skin but also some in front
fenders. Doors OK so far.
Some people have had trouble with the head gask
Consumption has been dropping the last little while, inventories of
gasoline are very high right now, US is actually exporting gasoline.
Price/consumption elasticity at work, sort of -- price should be
dropping if supply is high, but the traders (all over the world, not
just the US ones "in th
IMPRESSIVE! That's a direct hit. You may go past Start and collect $200.00
:)
I truly appreciate everyone's feedback.
Dave H...
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From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:35 AM
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mercede
On the technical side ... If we want to be able to, play a damaged, out of
print DVD, start with your computer. If you have a PC get a copy of DVDFab
HD Decrypter at http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm ( I don't know what works on
MACs but there is something out there) it opens- deciphers commercial
Agreed, you can't just look at what 100 miles costs at various MPG, you
also have to think about what the CAR costs as well, if it is new and
you have a loan you have to think about the interest, higher insurance,
etc. If it is not new and you pay cash you still have to consider the
opportunity c
I find unless you're almost ready for a new car, it's not worth the bother
and expense to downsize to a smaller car when gas companies have these
periods of high prices. Then again, I'm not driving thousands and thousands
of miles a year, so it may pay for others.
Ed
300E
On 04/03/2008, Donald S
John Robbins wrote:
"Another point is that as oil gets more expensive the more people will try to
conserve energy. If gas hit $5 a gallon you can bet people would be driving
less and buying more fuel efficient vehicles."
I agree with that! My wife and I have already said if gas gets to $5 a g
I guess I was being Mr. theoretical as I often do. Was thinking less about
accidents in dash removal and more about car accidents or just the fact that
you have hot, fresh engine oil piped into where people sit.
And I also felt that the engine's lifeblood is being piped away from it
(though if enou
Time for another admission. I once put the thermostat in my 240D in backwards...
It overheated like nobody's business after that. I had to pay my Indy to figure
that one out...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:37:08 -0800
From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, Toyota problem
To:
The VW actually has a fairly sophisticated idiot light setup for oil
pressure, there is a 0.3 bar pressure switch that illuminates the lamp
continuously, and a separate 0.9 bar switch that is only in effect above
2000 RPM, if this pressure is not met the lamp starts flashing and an
alarm buzzer sou
The problem is that there aren't any substitutes. None, zippo,
nada. We are burning stored energy as fast as we can pump it, and
nothing else, anywhere, anyhow, contains the same amount of energy as
compactly and easily usable.
The vast majority of petroleum use is dragging 2 ton cars arou
Better yet, replace the side post battery and cables with a standard
top post battery and cables. I've never had anything but trouble
with GM side post batteries, the cables NEVER fit well after the
original battery dies.
Peter
___
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That's the problem with the oil sands in Canada. Net gain is rather
small, and the process is an ecological disaster.
The real solution is to learn to use less than we did in the late
40's, but no one wants to listen.
Peter
___
http://www.okiebenz.com
Fo
You can also loosen the IP bolts and use the adjuster screw on the
side of the mount for small changes if that pump is the same as the
one on the 603, allowing you to set it the way you want it without
the tool.
Very likely it slipped one spline on the hub. You may be able to set
it witho
Hmmm, I've seen all sorts of inductive pickups that do NOT have
magnets called Hall effect pickups -- moving a piece of metal through
the energized coil produces a signal. Easily could be wrong, though.
At any rate, and inductive pickup and the associated electronics to
signal when the pron
More likely a bad ignition switch, where the ignition isn't on in the
run position but is at the start position.
I don't think electronic ignitions have dual resistor circuits for
the coil any more.
Peter
___
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new parts see offi
Probably not. The tube is a fixed lenth, about 4 or 5 ft, I think.
Longer, and no pressure arrives at the gauge!
You would need one designed for that distance, with a larger diameter
tube. For that application, I'd use a simple resistance gauge, like
the W124. At least you would have a d
Sorry, I thought you meant SIDE airbags. W124 have driver's bag in
all years, passenger side (and no glove box!) after 93 or so.
Peter
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For used parts email [EMAI
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Head gaskets that blow, valves that beat themselves into the head, valve
> adjustments that require disassembly of the intake...
>
> Needless to say, it's a far cry from a 22R.
Kevin, do you have an opinion on the current Toyo
sometimes i think of how stupid the love of material things and think about
renouncing all of my worldly possessions.
then i play with my toys
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd love to believe that, I really would but he's turning a major blind
>
John Robbins wrote:
> Basically, when something comes up that is cheaper than oil we'll be all
> over it.
...and cost to market is usually a good indicator of fossil fuel used
to produce. If it costs $2 a gallon to make corn ethanol when oil is
$40 a barrel, and $5 a gallon to make it when oil is
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
> > reliability or ease of maintenance,
>
> Right, those are the ones with the notoriou
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
> reliability or ease of maintenance,
Right, those are the ones with the notorious head gasket problem
(which Toyota, to give them some credit, is apparently
It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
reliability or ease of maintenance, and that overheating it is generally
an expensive proposition.
Any chance something got hooked up backwards?
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 11:02:14AM -0600, Harry Watkins wrote:
> Let me add so
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frequently in our big trucks, when a driver complains of the truck
> overheating and no heat, he is 2-3 gallons low on coolant. This is a system
> that holds about 11 gallons. The heater core is sometimes one of the higher
> o
Frequently in our big trucks, when a driver complains of the truck overheating
and no heat, he is 2-3 gallons low on coolant. This is a system that holds
about 11 gallons. The heater core is sometimes one of the higher or highest in
the cooling system, and will sometimes be the last to receive
Curt Raymond wrote:
> We're gluttons and as long as oil lasts we'll belly up to that feel
> trough and stuff ourselves silly. We've proven that again and again.
> We will not seriously develop alternatives until we absolutely have
> no other choice. Unless some magic substance arrives (dylithium
>
I'd love to believe that, I really would but he's turning a major blind eye to,
well reality really...
We're gluttons and as long as oil lasts we'll belly up to that feel trough and
stuff ourselves silly. We've proven that again and again.
We will not seriously develop alternatives until we abs
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