Re: [MBZ] OT Front Sight

2008-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig McCluskey wrote: What legal problem? From what I gather, they sold lifetime memberships, and then some members felt that the terms of the membership were changed after they handed over their money. It was settled last year, probably with the standard non disclosure agreements, but I'm

[MBZ] OT: New dog

2008-06-29 Thread Peter T . Arnold
Of course dogs like people food. In moderation, it will probably do them no harm. My old Basset loved the bottom of a bottle of beer, he lived a long time. If my Bulldog is at a picnic, she usually scores a dog or burger, she loves it! But, she doesn't NEED it. Often it comes back as it's too

Re: [MBZ] OT: New dog

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
Pete wrote get sick on people food And fat - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message

Re: [MBZ] OT: New dog

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
the probem with bones are they can splinter when the dogs are chewing them. Chicken bones are the worse - small splinters can get caught in their throats -- Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE

Re: [MBZ] OT Obama - guns and stereotypes

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
It's encouraging to see you have done some homework instead of doing what many are doing - signing on to the obama bandwagon because he says Change in a interesting way. I hope others will take the time to see how he has voted on various issues and what he has said on his books. He has told

Re: [MBZ] Comcast (was Re: question about using blackberry as a tethered modem)

2008-06-29 Thread Ed Booher
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It gets worse. Comcast will steadily move channels out of the Basic package and into the digital basic package so you will be unable to view them unless you upgrade. My only choice for cable is Comcast - Verizon is slowly

Re: [MBZ] OT: New dog

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
if it is cooked, not raw. if a dog catches a chicken outside and eats it, do you think they de-bone it first? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:19 AM, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the probem with bones are they can splinter when the dogs are chewing them. Chicken bones are the worse - small

Re: [MBZ] incompetent stealership. WAS: stealership rape...

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
Not sure. It seemed to be idling a bit rough when warmed to operating temp. I need to flush and fill the coolant system and the #2 injector seems to be bubling a very small amount around the base of the injector. I need to remove the injector, clean, and re-torque it. Then I'll book a

Re: [MBZ] incompetent stealership. WAS: stealership rape...

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
After my first test drive, I shot temps with the IR thermometer and saw the same exact thing. The dash temp would read about 105-110 at idle, and everything in the front of the head/hoses/radiator would read 90 or less. I did shoot one place that the MB tech didn't. The metal pipe that

Re: [MBZ] Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
My previous '83 300SD only let me down once. The voltage regulator failed around dusk during a trip to Kansas. Spent the night in a hotel, got a jumpstart and drove 2 hours to the KC MB dealer to purchase a new regulator. Layed down in the parking lot and installed it myself. The service

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
Which will be done when?? :) Luther On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:57:15 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im going to include this in the okiebenz.com tech articles Wilton Strickland wrote: Here's the summary as an e-mail Win doc attachment. I think OK Don will submit it as a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Who Are the Bike Guys?

2008-06-29 Thread Robert Rentfro
Few hillsthey sell the bikes you described around here as beach cruisers and charge an inordinate amount of moolah for them. Bob R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wonko the Sane Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:11 PM To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] MGs -- WAS - OT Supreme Court upholds gun rights

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
I was always tinkering with it - had SU carbs which I found very easy to tune - when I followed the instructions. The points were a PITA to change and adjust - had to remove the distr to get to things easily. The worst problem I ever had was 2 weeks after a tune up - it would run a while,

Re: [MBZ] More 240D door lock fun

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
use graphite - something like MMO with attrac dust become gummy. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs

Re: [MBZ] Chain tensioner spring

2008-06-29 Thread jfreezn
Yes, the spring is directly behind the hex plug.? It is fairly stiff and will require a good push to restart the plug with the new spring.? Of the several used springs I have seen, all had a heavy wear spot on one of the coils where it was rubbing in the barrel. ? good luck, ? Jim in

Re: [MBZ] Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
you wrote the Olds engine that replaced the MG engine; Would that be the lightweight Old V8? Didn't know people put them into MGAs - MGBs get them often - as well as many modern V6s and V8s. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results

Re: [MBZ] Electrical confusion

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
Thx Jim Craig - explained in a way my inexperienced brain could understand. ;-) (The little light finally came on - or maybe it was just a spark?) ;-) Have a nice Sunday - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
as soon as I get that engine swap done Luther wrote: Which will be done when?? :) Luther On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:57:15 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im going to include this in the okiebenz.com tech articles Wilton Strickland wrote: Here's the summary as an

[MBZ] Dream Car Garage

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
The subject program on SpeedTV is one of my favorites. They test work on some outstanding machinery. The 1st year I watched it I saw them restore a 67 Ferrari 275 GTB. It's brilliant yellow paint was gorgeous when they were done! This season they are restoring a 57 300 SL Gullwing. So far

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
or pay me to do it... On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:09:47 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as soon as I get that engine swap done Luther wrote: Which will be done when?? :) Luther On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:57:15 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im going to

Re: [MBZ] incompetent stealership.

2008-06-29 Thread Jim Cathey
did shoot one place that the MB tech didn't. The metal pipe that leaves from the back of the head for the heater core read 105C and was very close to the dash temp gauge readings. Interesting? Yes. One place you absolutely must measure is the head where the temperature sender screws in.

Re: [MBZ] Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
Yes - it was a '63 Olds 215 ci aluminum block V-8. The one that Rover bought from GM. I doubt that very many of us put them in MGAs. It took a full year, working evenings and weekends. The 'A' was possibly easier to work with, since I took the body off the frame, installed the drive train, lowered

[MBZ] Rack and Pinion Issues

2008-06-29 Thread Robert Rentfro
Since no one on our little list seems to know about the steering malady I described on my '05 E320 (locking up in low speed turns over bumps), I put a post on the MBCA forum. Some dude there says there are some issues with the rack and pinion on W211s and stealerships are replacing them before the

[MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Glenn Brown
The one good thing about the upcoming election is that we get rid of George IV (GWB). In a dialog on the subject with my brother, I thought I'd pass along his recent note: H. L. Mencken divined in 1920 the election of George W. One some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will

[MBZ] I dont think cat man ever did have full power out of his wrecked 2.5 turbo

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Am in the middle of pulling the engine on it to transplant into another car. When I first got this wrecked car I actually drove it and it didnt seem like it had any power. Found out why. Turbo was locked up solid. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Im working on it today actually Luther wrote: or pay me to do it... On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:09:47 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as soon as I get that engine swap done Luther wrote: Which will be done when?? :) Luther On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:57:15 -0500, Kaleb C.

Re: [MBZ] Who Are the Bike Guys?

2008-06-29 Thread ernest breakfield
Robert, the link you included isn't to any specific bike; which bike are you talking about? in general, the best instrument of delardification is the one you'll actually use. also, if delardification is your goal, keep in mind that road-style riding at a continuous near-consistent

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
you think the next guy will also blow up famous buildings to create an environment of political and economic repression? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Glenn Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The one good thing about the upcoming election is that we get rid of George IV (GWB). In a dialog on

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Glenn Brown wrote: One some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. November 1963??? January 1977??? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread rusty
I didn't realize W blew any buildings up. --Original Message-- From: Gary Hurst Sender: To: Mercedes Discussion List ReplyTo: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Jun 29, 2008 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] GWB you think the next guy will also blow up famous buildings to create an environment

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
you never heard about that world trade center thing, huh? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't realize W blew any buildings up. --Original Message-- From: Gary Hurst Sender: To: Mercedes Discussion List ReplyTo: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Jun

Re: [MBZ] I dont think cat man ever did have full power out of his wrecked 2.5 turbo

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
That does indeed make a big difference! The turbo in my 85 Volvo TD was bad when I got it and I didn't know, until it failed completely. No boost cold at all, minimal hot. VERY slow! Unlike a Benz, you can really hear the turbo in the Volvo -- sounds like a police siren a couple block

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
And here I thought I was only paranoid Peter On Jun 29, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: you think the next guy will also blow up famous buildings to create an environment of political and economic repression? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Glenn Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
the story is kind of silly. either we conclude that our president and everyone around him, as well as the entire air defense system, is completely inept or retarded or we conclude that it was an inside job. which works best for you? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Who Are the Bike Guys?

2008-06-29 Thread Robert Rentfro
Cyclocross...hu. Which are good ones to investigate? Thanks for good info e. Bob R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ernest breakfield Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 12:33 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Who Are the

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
I'm still quite suspicious of the exact timing of the event. I'm quite sure the Nixon era rejects running things would take undue advantage anyway, but they all were raised up, so to speak, in a culture where skullduggery and illegal acts were not just accepted but expected in order to

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread rusty
I think you are insane. But I have for years. Now we all know it is true. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld -Original Message- From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:22:24 To: Mercedes Discussion Listmercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] GWB the

Re: [MBZ] Chain tensioner spring

2008-06-29 Thread Archer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, the spring is directly behind the hex plug.? It is fairly stiff and will require a good push to restart the plug with the new spring.? Of the several used springs I have seen, all had a heavy wear spot on one of the coils where it was rubbing in the barrel.

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Scott Ritchey
This comment reflects great ignorance of the functions and capabilities of the current air defense and air traffic control systems. Until the SECOND impact, the worst-case theory was a simple hijacking gone wrong. Scott Ritchey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
91 Dodge, 5 speed manual. Needs an IP. Asking $1500. How expensive/hard is it to mess with a IP on one of these? Worth that much money with a bad pump? Rest of truck supposedly good. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread LWB250
If it's a B series engine (and it probably is) it's got a rotary pump on it, probably a Bosch VE that's gear driven off the timing gear. Dan --- On Sun, 6/29/08, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] OT cummins questions To:

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
Look out, hell might freeze over today!! Luther On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:08:00 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im working on it today actually Luther wrote: or pay me to do it... On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:09:47 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as soon as

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well the engine is out. Just need to pull the car its going in around and finish pulling that engine out, which it almost is out. Then swap the turbos and put it in the car. Finding all the little nuts and bolts will be lots of fun!! Then of course hooking everything back up. Much easier

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
Good point Rusty, It's the old thing about *not* saying anything allowing people to *believe* you are an idiot Vs. saying something and letting them *know* you are one. I think it was Mark Twain who said that, perhaps? Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and

[MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the story is kind of silly. either we conclude that our president and everyone around him, as well as the entire air defense system, is completely inept or retarded or we conclude that it was an inside job. which works best

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
Amen to that! Finding all the little nuts and bolts will be lots of fun!! Then of course hooking everything back up. Much easier coming out than going in -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
It is un-seasonably cool today - only 86F. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look out, hell might freeze over today!! -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Bill R
While you are in the dismantling mood don't forget my seat spring base and under door light. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:08 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124

Re: [MBZ] Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
Cool! That was an awesome engine. IIRC Rover continued to use it for years - people are still dragging them out of junk yards. Do you recall how much it weighed? Even with it made of Alum I heard it was close to the weight of the MGB 4 cylinder - which was not a lightweight. 400#s

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
and then a third plane flies to washington, dc without engagement or even detection as the president reads a story to the kiddies and talks to the news. you think if it were a genuine attack someone wouldn't have whisked the president away or at least engaged this 3rd airplane. i never mentioned

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: 91 Dodge, 5 speed manual. Needs an IP. Asking $1500. How expensive/hard is it to mess with a IP on one of these? Worth that much money with a bad pump? Rest of truck supposedly good. If you can get the 94-up timing cover and other parts, I've got a factory

Re: [MBZ] OT Supreme Court upholds gun rights

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
cops need crime like fish need water. where there is none, they simply try to create some. if you open carry, the police are instructed to harass you, as it is an opportunity to create business. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Hurst wrote: just

[MBZ] Engine swaps, was Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
I never weighed them, but the car sat at the same height with both engines, so I'm guessing they were very close in weight. I swapped in an MGB rear end - 1:3.90 vs. the 'A's 1:4.30 ratio. That brought the top end to 115mph at 6000rpm. I had a lot of fun running Vette's - really surprised them. I

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
You wrote it is easier to accept that the president and much of the federal government are totally incompetent The idea there was any conspiracy among a dozen or more govt agencies to kill thousands of Americans destroy the WTC and Pentagon is beyond reasonable belief. Those of us who

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Jim Cathey
91 Dodge, 5 speed manual. Needs an IP. Asking $1500. How expensive/hard is it to mess with a IP on one of these? Worth that much money with a bad pump? Rest of truck supposedly good. I don't think it's hard to replace, but tends to be expensive. I know that 10 years later it's something

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
i think we have to draw out a time line here. as i said, i thought it was just common knowledge that this was no external terrorist attack, but it appears now. i don't think your government has any problems with entering into large conspiracies that kills thousands of americans. i mean, what

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
However, I have no doubt that the total lack of communication between our intelligence agencies, and even within them, was a major contributing factor to the success of the terrorist's operation, thus the incompetence - and responsibility goes all the way to the top. I heard about the first tower

[MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wilton Strickland
When I was 'bout 19 and had little more than good health, good intelligence, a strong sense of integity, tenacity, persistance and determination, a rich guy (well, his son, anyway) on the hall in my college dorm took me for a short ride in his '53/54 MGA. 'Sure sounded sweet. I've wanted one

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Luther
Maybe less at the Bosch place here On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:00:44 -0500, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: 91 Dodge, 5 speed manual. Needs an IP. Asking $1500. How expensive/hard is it to mess with a IP on one of these? Worth that much money with a bad pump?

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
There was never any question that there were at least two shooters in the JFK assassination, and that Oswald was probably not one of them, at lest not one who actually hit him. Johnson pretty much ordered the Warren Commission to find that Oswald was the only shooter and that there was no

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread OK Don
Minor point - the MGA came out in 1955. http://www.mgcars.org.uk/mga.html It was streamlined, vs. the cycle fender'd TF that was made in '54. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was 'bout 19 and had little more than good health, good intelligence,

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Rick Knoble
Good point Rusty, It's the old thing about *not* saying anything allowing people to *believe* you are an idiot Vs. saying something and letting them *know* you are one. I think it was Mark Twain who said that, perhaps? Bible based, originally. Proverbs 17:28 (New International Version) 28

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So is it the rotary or online pump. Are you saying if you swap the 94 up timing cover etc you can install the newer pump? Does this give more power or anything like that? Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: 91 Dodge, 5 speed manual. Needs an IP. Asking $1500. How expensive/hard

Re: [MBZ] GWB

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
The final word, which most people haven't heard, is that there were no torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin that night. They were chasing radar echoes from interference and beam curvature that were known to produce phantom returns, and the torpedoes were their own and each other's

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well the fun part is that the parts car has been sitting for a while, and as I am under the car removing bolts, I tend to leave them laying on the driveway under the car, then they get lost. It will be a mess OK Don wrote: Amen to that! Finding all the little nuts and bolts will be lots

Re: [MBZ] 124 evapectomy

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
oh yea Bill R wrote: While you are in the dismantling mood don't forget my seat spring base and under door light. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:08 PM To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
My VE pump off the Volvo was $750 ten years ago, figure inflation and price increases. It was pretty fried, you might get by cheaper. If it's a no start problem, the shutoff solenoid is known to fracture, leaving the valve closed while the armature pulls up and clicks Very quiet click,

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: So is it the rotary or online pump. Are you saying if you swap the 94 up timing cover etc you can install the newer pump? Does this give more power or anything like that? 89-93 was rotary. 94-98 was P7100 inline. 98 1/2 went to something else. I don't have a

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wilton Strickland
OK, that answers it, then. I 've wondered for the last 50+ years if that were an A or whatever? It had cycle fenders. So, it was a TF? Thanks. Well, I wanted one, anway. Wilton - Original Message - From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com

[MBZ] Recirculation Air Vacuum Module? 300D Turbo

2008-06-29 Thread s223x556
300D Turbo; Anyone know where to get a Diaphram KIT or vacuum module for recirculating door; looked up no one has it shown or listed; all the others but not this one e-mailed buymbparts.com got NO response from them i can't read all the #s on these; this is the one on top, all the way

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
i think the fact that we wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with 9/11 is pretty damning in itself. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was never any question that there were at least two shooters in the JFK assassination, and that

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:40:56 -0400 Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think the fact that we wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with 9/11 is pretty damning in itself. No, I think it's reflective of your mind being poisoned by the virulent Bush-haters of the left. Craig

Re: [MBZ] Recirculation Air Vacuum Module? 300D Turbo

2008-06-29 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:18:10 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 300D Turbo; Anyone know where to get a Diaphram KIT or vacuum module for recirculating door; looked up no one has it shown or listed; all the others but not this one e-mailed buymbparts.com got NO response from them What

Re: [MBZ] Engine swaps, was Car let-down

2008-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nice.I have a rubber bumper midget sitting in the barn waiting for time to put the 300HP 215 olds motor in it. Mike -Original Message- Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:27:43 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Engine swaps,

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
i am a lifelong republican, but this guy seems absolutely capable of anything. an absolutely amoral maniac who has hoodwinked america's christians into putting him into power. if anyone has poisoned my mind, it's been dubya and his crew. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
Now Craig, be patient, he;s presenting his evidence. I think it was i think the fact that we wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with 9/11 is pretty damning in itself. Looks like incontrovertible evidence to me. That';s the kind of thing Dems do - throw somethng out at a press

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread LarryT
You do know there *were* WMDs in Iraq? Poison weapons by the thousands and a proven track record of using them against his own people.The nuke story came from hussien - he wanted to world to *think* he was on a nuclear building program - especially in the arab world who are pretty each to

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
that's not evidence, but a sad fact On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:38 PM, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now Craig, be patient, he;s presenting his evidence. I think it was i think the fact that we wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with 9/11 is pretty damning in itself. Looks

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Bill R
What he said. I'm pleased the government [at least the military] is owning up to how messed up the war in Iraq has been, but that will never make up for the malignant stupidity that got us there. WTC might have been the best political thing that ever happened to GWB, but no matter how much I

Re: [MBZ] Who Are the Bike Guys?

2008-06-29 Thread ernest breakfield
hi Bob! lots of companies make them now, ranging from a few hundred bucks to multi-kilobucks; i haven't been keeping up on all of them, especially since they change every year. do some Googling and you should find plenty; here's a sample of one site i found in a quick search that

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
what did iraq have to do with these alleged terrorists? who are we liberating when we have destroyed the tyrant and his armies yet still have keep fighting the populace every day? how is this war won other than by killing every resident of iraq? why iraq and not, say, north korea? what exactly

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
would you put it past him? why wouldn't the group that manufactured iraq also be capable of producing wtc? On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What he said. I'm pleased the government [at least the military] is owning up to how messed up the war in Iraq has been,

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Who Are the Bike Guys?

2008-06-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
Hit the garage sales if you are normal size frame. Me? I need to custom-order tall size (shorts and bicycles). Or just pony up the money for a rugged one-speed, coaster brake bike and ride it for the rest of your life. Don't buy at WalMart, buy from a bike shop that sells quality stuff. Zero

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wilton Strickland
Wasn't there a TD, also? Wilton - Original Message - From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] MG's OK, that answers it, then. I 've wondered for the last 50+ years if that were

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Bill R
I am sure there are those in most any administration whose loyalty is not to Truth, Justice, and the American Way, but to the party/people who they believe will make the country better or stronger or make them more money [take you pick - it's probably a mixture anyway]. Those are the really

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_(car) Mine was a 1971 MGB. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't there a TD, also? Wilton -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do

[MBZ] NeoCons (was 9/11)

2008-06-29 Thread Steve MacSween
on 6/29/08 21:22, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am a lifelong republican, but this guy seems absolutely capable of anything. an absolutely amoral maniac who has hoodwinked america's christians into putting him into power. if anyone has poisoned my mind, it's been dubya and his

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Steve MacSween
on 6/29/08 18:59, Alex Chamberlain at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the weakness in Occam's razor, isn't it? Other things being equal, the simplest explanation is the best, but what's your definition of simplest? For me it is easier to accept that the president and much of the federal

Re: [MBZ] NeoCons (was 9/11)

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
i think i agree with the swine, but many of our listers have a very different view of vietnam part deux On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/29/08 21:22, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am a lifelong republican, but this guy seems

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
i guess after being lied to so much, i am overly suspicious of my leaders. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure there are those in most any administration whose loyalty is not to Truth, Justice, and the American Way, but to the party/people who they

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wilton Strickland
Thanks, Wonko. The one I had the ride in in 1954 was a TD!! Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] MG's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_(car)

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
It's reflective of the man's character. Peter On Jun 29, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:40:56 -0400 Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think the fact that we wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with 9/11 is pretty damning in itself.

Re: [MBZ] NeoCons (was 9/11)

2008-06-29 Thread Steve MacSween
on 6/29/08 22:48, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think i agree with the swine, but many of our listers have a very different view of vietnam part deux Remember, some of the worst fallout from 'Nam happened years after the war was over and more ugly facts gradually emerged. A

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
The combustion of 40,000 gallons of aviation fuel, along with the design of the building and the impact damage did them in. In fact, the buildings preformed quite well, considering they were designed to withstand the impact of a fully loaded 707, a much smaller plane. Should have ben

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Bill R
Can't argue with that one at all. I expect to be lied to. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:52 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB] i guess after

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Steve MacSween
Isn't there a saying about being judged by the people you choose to surround yourself with? Cheney Rove Wolfowitz Perle Bolton And a small army of neo-con think-tank policy wonks. Mac on 6/29/08 22:56, Peter Frederick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's reflective of the man's character.

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Steve MacSween
on 6/29/08 23:13, Peter Frederick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The combustion of 40,000 gallons of aviation fuel, along with the design of the building and the impact damage did them in. I said WTC SEVEN. It was not hit by ANYTHING. Mac ___

Re: [MBZ] MG's

2008-06-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
I turned 2 Christmas Eve of that same year. And I am a grandfather. :-) On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Wonko. The one I had the ride in in 1954 was a TD!! Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] 9/11 inside job? [was: GWB]

2008-06-29 Thread Peter Frederick
Most of whom were in the other shining example of Republican veracity, the Nixon Administration. Peter On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Steve MacSween wrote: Isn't there a saying about being judged by the people you choose to surround yourself with? Cheney Rove Wolfowitz Perle Bolton

Re: [MBZ] OT cummins questions

2008-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
What were those older cummins HP wise, seems Im thinking they were only like 160hp or so. Im guess there are ways to turn that up. Thing I like about it is no computers I assume. Would be nice for a beater truck. Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: So is it the rotary or online

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