I spotted this one on Portland CL today.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/852814826.htmll
This seems like it COULD be a good deal.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
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I spotted this one on Portland CL today.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/852814826.htmll
This seems like it COULD be a good deal.
And here's a parts car to match:
I appreciate hearing it. My son-in-law [Chief Petty Officer, USCG Station
Valdez AK] is also the sort you describe. His greatest joy at this point
[professionally, anyway - he is the father of my 1 YO granddaughter and is
married to my daughter] is being able to train folks just getting into the
There was a lot of appliance related traffic on here a few months ago, and I
think the general opinion was that most stuff bought now would not last like
that old Maytag of yours. We ended up getting rid of a perfectly
functioning 25 YO refrigerator that we didn't need a few years ago. The new
Dan Weeks wrote:
I assumed
that it was the $2k 300SD I'd seen in the classifieds over the
weekend, and that he'd just bought it. So, it sounds a bit weird all
around, but it was a brief conversation and maybe I misunderstood.
The car DID look very nice, and that's a great price.
harry watkins wrote:
I plumbed my house for both black and gray sewage.
Every time I see mention of black vs gray, I think If I were starting a
mercenary outfit, I'd name it anything BUT Blackwater. Who in their right mind
names a company after human refuse? (OTOH, maybe it's accurately
Curses!
--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D diff continued
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 5:14 PM
Curt, et al.
The 201 diff. bolts
Bill R,
Spoke to my Friends in Mayport last night..no increase in their
electric bill (this month), although they did mention that JEA was granted
a 17% rate increase this year, as they had the cheapest electric in
Florida. Don't know if you're seeing any of that, yet.
Later,
Angelo
--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 201 diff. bolts to the sub-frame, no mounts.
Curt Raymond wrote:
Curses!
Why? Because you wanted to buy rubber diff mounts and the tools to press out
the
old and press in the new? Or because you hoped that the noise was
My plan right now is essentially to drive it until it gets worse. I'm going to
try Mobil 1 gear oil in the diff with the knowledge that it won't make any
difference other than perhaps psychological...
If/when it gets worse I'll see about having it rebuilt I think.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008
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--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Date: Tuesday, September
I was hoping the noise was, well its probably not caused by a bad mount but I
was hoping a bad mount was allowing the noise to transmit into the car.
I will check for loose bolts but it seems like it might move around if that
were the case, the car drives fine other than being a little
I'd never heard of Fisher and Paykel. I'm also surprised to note they're
available local to me.
Does anybody have experience with Staber washers? At some point we'll need to
replace the little combo unit my house came with at which point I want to buy
something really good...
-Curt
Date:
Glad that works for you. If you got caught doing that in my corner of Oz
{Connecticut}, you'd have a serious problem with the tree huggers.
Heck, it's illegal to dump your sump pump on the lawn here!
Pete
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Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Does anybody have experience with Staber washers? At some point we'll
need to replace the little combo unit my house came with at which point I
want to buy something really good...
They have sort of a cult following in the off the grid crowd, maybe
you
I'd recommend buying the service plans when buying new appliances. No they
are not built as well as they used to be.
Douglas
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Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'd recommend buying the service plans when buying new appliances. No
they are not built as well as they used to be.
Just remember that service plans are essentially insurance: a bet
between you and the plan provider that the appliance will or will not
need
Curt Raymond wrote:
I'd never heard of Fisher and Paykel. I'm also surprised to note they're
available local to me.
Does anybody have experience with Staber washers? At some point we'll need to
replace the little combo unit my house came with at which point I want to buy
something really
We have LG front loaders (2years now), SWMBO is very happy with them. They
have huge capacity which ultimately reduces water and energy usage.
Converting the gas dryer to propane was a major P.I.A., as compared to normal
10 minute job.
Pete
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Last year we put a pot of water on the woodstove more than we didn't, I figure
at least some of the humidity would be welcome.
I was thinking what I really need is a 3 way valve so I can sometimes vent the
dryer inside when its very cold and outside when we've got too much moisture.
Now I'm
my zip code says i live in lilburn, GA, but i don't live in lilburn any more
than i live in snellville (probably even less so), lawrenceville or stone
mountain. the name traditionally given to the area is five forks, which
today really amount to just a relatively small cluster of strip malls, gas
Drove up to NC over the weekend, lots of stations out of gas up that
way, prices about $4 or a bit less. One place I stopped the pump was
running so slowly I finally just left after about 15 min with only a
partial tank -- must be their way of rationing. In Charleston area,
prices are down a
I' thinking a good bit of the profit these days is in those contracts,
though if mine are any indication they aer costing the company quite a bit
also.
BillR
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Our actual electric bill has not changed, but they are adding a significant
'energy surcharge' - over $100 - to our bill.
BillR
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Have not seen a problem here in Jacksonville. Lots of the stuff comes in
here, and we do have a couple of multi-million gallon storage tanks here. A
lot closer than TX to GA and Savanna. Could be a problem with existing
contracts and with greedy folks.
BillR
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Curt, et al.
My white, now bent, 190DT has a slight whine when coasting, Mobil1
85W90 made it noisier at first then slowly the noise went away, about
6-8 months.
The rear end, being all of a piece, noises may appear to be diff.
related including wheel bearings.
My $0.02
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
A VW is no MBZ and I will never own another water cooled VW in my life
if I can help it.
-Rolf
Allan Streib wrote:
$12,000 for a VW Westy turbodiesel? I thought they were at least twice
that if in decent condition. Especially for a turbodiesel conversion.
Allan
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I'm thinking it's possible the noise could be caused by loose
bolts, but I don't think it's likely.
On the now-sold Albatross (79 240D rear-window bug-killer) the
diff was very noisy. I didn't have time to do more than replace
it with the one from the parts car, but I'm fairly certain that
I
Our pipeline comes directly from the Houston area to the south Fort
Smith area. Gas prices jumped about $0.50/gal (diesel DROPPED
$0.11/gal) and have since dropped about $0.20/gal. My guess is you're
being had.
Luther
Gary Hurst wrote:
my zip code says i live in lilburn, GA, but i
I was thinking what I really need is a 3 way valve
Dryer vents have flaps to keep out the critters and the drafts.
Tee one on the inside too, and pin the flap you don't want to use.
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Mine sounds exactly like an old bus...
It doesn't seem to change with loading but it gets very quiet below about
40mph, barely noticable around town.
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D diff continued
To:
I got an electric bill yesterday ($44) and noted that our rate is $0.117. How
does that compare with elsewhere?
Of course its not the electric they get you with, its the other fees...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:27:55 -0400
From: ANGELO GIAIMO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] JEA Rates in
I'd have to say so, gas and diesel both went down $0.04 last night here in MA...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:08:39 -0400
From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] no gas in georgia
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We've got the flapper but it doesn't seem to work all that well, the pipe
inside gets mighty cold. I wrapped the pipe with insulation last winter...
Thats why I'm thinking a 3way valve (think ball valve with 2 output positions,
like the exhaust cutouts you can buy in JC Whitney) would be the
Remember to remove the fill plug first ... and if you can't get the fill
plug out DON'T drain it. For some reason, the fill plugs are a lot harder
to unscrew in my experience.
Scott
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Very interesting. I have thought about doing something similar for years. My
basic research on the web suggested it
was a bad idea and that I would encounter all sorts of trouble with bad things
that would grow in the water unless
I filtered and chlorinated it etc. That sort of held me back. I
From: harry watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I plumbed my house for both black and gray sewage. The black goes directly
to the septic plant. The gray goes to a settlement barrel, then to a 55
gallon barrel with a float operated pump.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glad
We have lakes in New England that have been fouled by phosphates in runoff.
Once over grown with green slime, they become very nasty. I don't want my
neighbors Gray Water thank-you.
Pete
Ridiculous. (The tree huggers in question, not you, Pete.) Gray
water recycling is one of the BEST
That's a problem not with the gray water per se but with the treatment
of it. I'm not advocating dumping it right back into the water supply
unfiltered! Send it into the ground and let it filter naturally into
the water table, a la a septic tank drainfield.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM,
Yeah I knew that but thanks for the reminder.
It shouldn't be a big challenge to get apart considering my Indy had it apart
last week...
What size is it? Allen head?
Thanks
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Scott Ritchey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Scott Ritchey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE:
Oooh scary. How much gear oil do I need?
Curiously its not something I stock at home but have always kept loads of at
the farm where the bushhog on the big tractor has a leaky gearbox...
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Frederick W Moir [EMAIL
Hi Walt,
A t fitting sounds good if I can figure a good way to close off the outside
air. It does get cold here in the winter and if I can't find a good/easy way to
keep outside air out I'll be more than wasting my time and energy.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:47:37 -0700
From: Walt Lasher
It's a damn big problem!
Weather you drop it on the ground, water you whacky tobacco or put it in the
town sewer. It is all going back to our water supply.
We are still befouling our waters with this crap.
I have no clue as to the answer, damn site more serious than dryer lint.
Pete
Washer water is a problem where ever you send it because of the large amount
of lint. I use screen door material on an old dishwasher rack to filter
gray water entering the pump drum. I place 3 chlorine tablets under the
air gap flow.
With only two of us in the house, lint build up on the
Stupid me, I never considered that aspect of the problem. I do have my septic
tank Cleaned every 2 or 3 years because I know there is 'stuff' in there I do
not want to mitigate to my leach fields, I probably catch the lint at that time.
I suspect that using 'gray' water to flush toilets will
Who's making fun of ethanol now? Our gas is $3.35 and there is
plenty of it available here, along with E85 at $2.55
At 09:08 AM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
my zip code says i live in lilburn, GA, but i don't live in lilburn any more
than i live in snellville (probably even less so), lawrenceville or
The phosphates tend to not make it all the way back into ground water
if you actually use grey water on ground with plantings. They really
like to have the nutrients and just let the water either percolate,
absorb or evaporate. That is if you use grey water for yard duty.
Best use I
I notice your sig, we'd discussed your chariot flying low a couple weeks ago
does this mean they finally gave in or you realized the problem?
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D diff continued
To:
Hi!, All.
The index feature supplied by Steve Nervig works well on the 123 and
124 FSM on HDD and Cd's but not on the 201. Is there an improved
index available or buy-able (the scot in me winces).
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
123.193
201.128
201.128
124.026 Mechanic on call.
My wife pointed out yesterday that my pants have gotten a bit saggy, it turns
out that since we've gotten the dog I've dropped nearly an entire waist size...
Anyway the rear end of my 240D looks saggy and when I used to drive it would
sag noticably while refueling. Fred and I talked about this
Curt, et al.
Yup it swings low, because of a broken spring. Tried the right front
first, 1 3/4 coils broken away. Don't know how it stays there.
Chickened out on LF. So, being thrifty, I took the springs out of the
bent one, lowest 1/2 coil broken off on both!!
More biz for Rusty (All Hail
Glad to hear it went well! BTW, you mentioned the electric idle control
plug -- can you explain where it is or how I'd recognize it?
Thx
Take Care,
Larry T - 91 300D 2.5T
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http://members.rennlist.org/webercarbs/ - Carb Jet
Just went to get some #2 in 87 300D; sign said $4.30 yesterday; says $4.15
now, but pump is shut down - no fuel. 'Went to Sam's and got two 35 lb.
jugs, 9.2 gal, of soy at $6.49/gal.
Wilton
Goldsboro, NC
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Hmm, wonder if thats whats up with my 240D... Won't know unless I take it
apart...
Yeah, that'll wait.
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D diff continued
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion
The problem with ethanol as a fuel is it takes fuel to make fuel, and it's
not like we're talking one gallon in makes twenty, it's far worse of a ratio
than that.
But no single alternative fuel is going to get the nation off crude.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 01:58:58PM -0500, Loren Faeth wrote:
It is the electric plug on top of the IP, just ahead of the ALDA. It
is locked in. the lock tab is turned about 1/8 turn toward the IP to
unlock. To lock, it is turned back toward the engine. With the lock
unlocked, it is hard to remove. I use a 12 long flat screwdriver to
gently wiggle
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The phosphates tend to not make it all the way back into ground water
if you actually use grey water on ground with plantings. They really
like to have the nutrients and just let the water either percolate,
absorb or
Curt, et al.
Yup, a spring compressor is best. Funny you should mention that
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
At 03:36 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
My wife pointed out yesterday that my pants have gotten a bit saggy,
it turns out that since we've gotten the dog I've dropped nearly an
entire waist
buy the rubber shims You need no compressor on the rear. Just put
a separate jack under the outer end of the lower control arm (LCA),
then unbolt the shock. with the shock loose, the LCA will lower
enough, (under control of the jack) to let the spring drop out. You
may need to drop the
Hi Andrew,
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Va. We live near Petersburg and I'm
planning a trip similar to yours except I hope to take the 911.Looking
at the 3rd week of Oct. If you could list in general your iteniary I'd llike
to take a look and consider some of the same places?
As
..Who's making fun of ethanol now? Our gas is $3.35 and there is plenty of
it available here, along with E85 at $2.55..
E85 prices don't have a lot to do with gasoline since ethanol is subsidized.
And who do you know that has an E85 vehicle, anyway?
I do, and there is one station in
A friend of mine bought a new flex fuel Silverado. Last I talked to him, he had
not run E85 in it but he assured me it would only cost drop his fuel economy by
one mpg or so. I think he'd dreaming (or a salesman said what he wanted to
hear)
and the real loss will be around 1/3.
Mitch.
This is not always true, certainly not on my 85 300d. There is a tab on
the subcarrier that the rear arm rests on preventing full decompression
of the spring. The autozone rental spring compressor that goes through
the middle works just fine. Curt needs to see what size shims he has in
there now
Have we verified that it isn't sagging due to subframe bushings or other parts?
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only every dodge caravan I have ever seen is flex fuel. a few years
ago, that (dodge caravans) was about 25% of the vehicles on the
road. I don't know about the rest of the domestic models, but Ford
corp, Chrysler corp and GM corp have all had flex fuel vehicles
available for several years.
You were thinking of selling the '87 300D W124? If one of those isn't worth
much more than 2K, I may have to keep my '83 300SD with bad AC compressor
and door lock pump since it would only fetch about 1400! It does have the
new right lower ball joint and front pads and rotors though. I do
well the reason its that cheap is because the gov subsidizes it. It
takes about a gal of gas to make a gal of E85
Loren Faeth wrote:
Who's making fun of ethanol now? Our gas is $3.35 and there is
plenty of it available here, along with E85 at $2.55
At 09:08 AM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
my
You do not need a spring compressor to remove the rear springs. Most of
the time its the subframe mounts and spring pads that cause sagging.
Curt Raymond wrote:
My wife pointed out yesterday that my pants have gotten a bit saggy, it turns
out that since we've gotten the dog I've dropped
What all is required to renew a old air suspension system and approx
cost?
mak
300SEL 3.5
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That is not so. Can you prove that statement in 2007 or 2008 costs
and production?
At 06:33 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
well the reason its that cheap is because the gov subsidizes it. It
takes about a gal of gas to make a gal of E85
Loren Faeth wrote:
Who's making fun of ethanol now? Our gas
What is not true, that the gov subsidizes it or how much fuel it takes
to make it?
Loren Faeth wrote:
That is not so. Can you prove that statement in 2007 or 2008 costs
and production?
At 06:33 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
well the reason its that cheap is because the gov subsidizes it. It
See what Kaleb wrote. If there is a problem getting the springs out
with just the shocks loose, then you can cut loose the diff, and the
springs will drop out. Kleb should know what it takes to get springs
out of a 123. Unless the rubber parts have been replaced recently,
you WILL need new
it has tax breaks. You may call them subsidies. I take issue with
your statement about gallon for gallon. That was true perhaps in
1974, but there have been 30 years of technology improvement and
massive enlargement of scale in Ethanol plants since 1974. current
plant design is perhaps
Secret message for Kaleb -- you do NOT want to debate Loren on engineering
issues.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
That is not so. Can you prove that statement in 2007 or 2008 costs
and production?
At 06:33 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
well the reason its
kleb has a monstrous intellect. you are foolish to underestimate him in any
contest of eristics!
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Secret message for Kaleb -- you do NOT want to debate Loren on engineering
issues.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Loren
yer gonna have to be a little more specific. in a nutshell, a lot of
money. thousands. but what exactly is it that is bad on the suspension?
the valves? the bags? the pump?
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Mak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What all is required to renew a old air suspension
I seriously doubt if Kleb was captain of his high school debate club.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
kleb has a monstrous intellect. you are foolish to underestimate him in
any
contest of eristics!
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL
one day, bruce lee was traveling through claremore and was told about kleb,
the local master of all things philosophy. also having an interest in the
life of the mind, bruce challenged kleb to a debate on the wisdom of the
ages. a learned panel was convened from across the world to judge the
Diesel went up a penny here to $3.76/gal, but gas stayed at $3.20/gal.
No shortages here that I can see. Here being Oklahoma.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd have to say so, gas and diesel both went down $0.04 last night here in
MA...
-Curt
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it expects a PDF link in the same directory to point to the
pdf collection from the ISO.
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yer gonna have to be a little more specific. in a nutshell, a lot of
money. thousands. but what exactly is it that is bad on the suspension?
the valves? the bags? the pump?
Aren't dead accumulators a given? And therefore blown valves?
I think the question is whether the
harry watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Washer water is a problem where ever you send it because of the large
amount of lint.
I have a lint filter on my washer drain, since we're on a septic system
and everything (black and grey) goes into it.
Got it here:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We have lakes in New England that have been fouled by phosphates in
runoff.
That's why they don't put phosphates in laundry detergent anymore.
Allan
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We have LG front loaders (2years now), SWMBO is very happy with them.
They have huge capacity which ultimately reduces water and energy
usage.
We have one, I like it except it tends to leak if you use too much
detergent, or have a seriously off-balance load.
Allan
Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A VW is no MBZ and I will never own another water cooled VW in my life
if I can help it.
VW is no MBZ, I'll agree with that. My '91 Jetta was one of the best
cars I ever owned. Never had any trouble with the cooling system
outside of a few leaky flanges that
My VW Quantum diesel has 213,360 on the clock and is running strong. Starts
much quicker than my 240D in cold temps. I'd put it up against ANY Benz for
fun and reliability. Loren babied it, the next owner trashed it, I've (after
a rebuild) driven it, and soon the pending Okie owner will thrash it.
Aren't dead accumulators a given? And therefore blown valves?
The air suspension system has no fluid in it, except for
air, which is technically a fluid of very low viscosity.
If it has any of a more viscous fluid in it, such as water,
you've got problems! The later hydrodynamic system is
quite
Jim C.
Thanks!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
At 08:45 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
I made a simple one, it's:
http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/mb190d/Main.html
it expects a PDF link in the same directory to point to the
pdf collection from the ISO.
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Jim Cathey wrote:
Aren't dead accumulators a given? And therefore blown valves?
The air suspension system has no fluid in it, except for
air, which is technically a fluid of very low viscosity.
Oops. I must have been thinking about the W116 system as in M100 6.9.
Mitch.
Great instructions - thanks.
I recommend Pomme Resaurant (www.restaurantpomme.com) in Gordonsville and a
visit to Barboursville Winery. Old Culpeper was charming as well. Can't
recommend our BB, as the proprietor was a bit too loony and the breakfast
was strictly self-serve and mostly
I always called the Quantum the poor man's Mercedes. In interior
and drivability, fun and so forth, i imagined it to somewhat like
driving a euro trim 201 190d, perhaps the 190D 2.5 Turbo. The ONLY
thing lacking was the quality of the outside door handles, but the
inside handles were never
wrong system. this one has no accumulators and the only fluid is air (and
water in the air, which is where the problems start)
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary Hurst wrote:
yer gonna have to be a little more specific. in a nutshell, a lot of
I fixed your starting issue! :-)
[Leak in the fuel line -- 6'4 is a challenge crawling around in a Quantum
trunk!]
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
All I ever had to do in taking the quantum from 100k to 200k was
change oil, change tires, a new battery
i think i said the same thing, only you said it first. hm
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aren't dead accumulators a given? And therefore blown valves?
The air suspension system has no fluid in it, except for
air, which is technically a fluid of
How much do you want to do? If you want to farm out the job, call
Neil at Star motors in new york. He will tell you how many thou to
send with the car. Binghamton, or something like that.
If you want to do it yourself, a good selection of metric orings and
tube of silicon for-a-gasket will
Garythe car has been standing for ages ,bags are crumply, the rest is
,assumed to be bad i.e. the pump and valves.
would it be simple to convert to coil springs .
mak
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From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
the whole point of the car is the air suspension. just get a car with coil
springs and sell this one to someone who wants to fix it or use it as parts.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Mak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Garythe car has been standing for ages ,bags are crumply, the rest is
Allan
Many thanks, I believe this may be the answer to my problem. I'll have one
on order shortly.
I'll try an installation just upstream from the pump drum and leave my
filter in place, at least for awhile.
Thanks
Harry
I have a lint filter on my washer drain, since we're on a septic
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But a turbodiesel
conversion, if done well, should be pretty trouble free.
I had one for 5 years and 40k miles. Professionally converted, full
set of gauges, all euro VW vanagon parts and engine.
It was quite reliable, fun to drive, and
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