I dated a girl who was an ex-Klipsch employee. She has 5 FULL sets
(corner horns, book shelf, full theater, computer) of Klipsch and her
mother is the Director of PR for Klipsch. M, THAT was hot! :) She
nearly had a heart attack when I let on that I knew what Klipsch was and
that I
With the old XP drive running use the program Files and Settings Transfer.
Copy that to a usb drive and then when you have everything running on the
new drive copy them to it using the program again. Works fine.
Douglas
In case anybody remembers, I bought this new computer with Vista
I thought the same thing, I KNEW I wasn't doing 70mph in 3rd...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:47:56 -0500
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] secret message for wacko the insane
To: mercedes Mailing List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Hey Luther,
Are you or someone else in your family still in the cruise control amp
rebuild business? If so, please email me the particulars. Do you purchase
cores??
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I dated a girl who was an ex-Klipsch employee. She has 5
This is only slightly OT, so I had to ask. This problem is SO annoying.
Our Compaq laptop connects very poorly with the Linksys wireless router
upstairs. Signal strength is low to very low, and the connection goes on
and off every 20 seconds. I rebooted the router, and that helped for maybe
a
Scott Ritchey [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Does the fan come on in AC (max cool) or Defrost setting? If you start in
AC/Defrost and switch to heat does the fan stay on? If so, maybe problem is
thermal sensor (or wire) that delays heat function until motor gets warm.
No, it would not come on in
yea, I really got screwed. Going to have to sell something though. I
got the quantum and 3 190D's. Either going to have to sell the quantum,
or one of the 190D's. Maybe both. FYI, in case anybody cares, I DO
have the quantum on ebay JUST to see what happens.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Like
H, I got a complete 123 manual sunroof pulled and ready to go.
Usually sell it as a complete assembly to those who want to convert to
manual from power sunroof.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Kaleb,
While you're in the mood, how about a sunroof lift bridge for my 1983 300TD?
Part number is 123
Does this sound like a case of needing to move the router closer, or
is there some other fix? The setup used to work great before we moved
the
router a few feet (maybe 5') in the last SWMBO furniture rearrangement.
Umm, yes? Is it too close to a big metal thingy now?
You could also perhaps
For organ stuff you need Bach. Maybe one of the Fantasias or his rather
prolific Toccata Fugues.
Dan
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] secret message for wacko the insane
To: Mercedes Discussion List
I had the battery and alternator checked and they both are fine. .
Regulator is also working properly.
This morning no SRS lite and had normal climate controls as well.
Typical benz i guess. .
Thanks
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I don't know, but reading about Lt. Wackos organ climax in his 300E just
puts me off.
--R
LWB250 wrote:
For organ stuff you need Bach. Maybe one of the Fantasias or his rather prolific
Toccata Fugues.
Dan
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Wonko
Hmm. Good point. Not a picture I want in my mind.
Dan
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] secret message for wacko the insane
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Thursday,
One thing you might want to look at:
If you've got an 802.11n router and wireless card in your laptop, see what
frequencies they run at. 802.11n will work at both 2.4Ghz and 5.4Ghz (I
think). I would have to go back and check, but one of these bands is also used
by wireless phones. If
The OVP can cause intermittant problems. They were revised half a dozen or
more times over the years.
Regards,
Brian Toscano
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:47:53
To: Mercedes Discussion
Hmm, no problems like that with the Macs. They all come with wireless
Bluetooth built in, and with my Apple Airport, can go up to 50
yards away from it, and still have full strength.
My wife is STILL waiting for her PC to be repaired (for the 2nd time
in 6mos) as it just quit booting up
LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
One thing you might want to look at:
If you've got an 802.11n router and wireless card in your laptop, see
what frequencies they run at. 802.11n will work at both 2.4Ghz and
5.4Ghz (I think). I would have to go back and check, but one of these
bands is
I can at least now judge how accurate your eBay descriptions are.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
FYI, in case anybody cares, I DO have the quantum on ebay JUST to see what
happens.
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http://don.homelinux.net/~don/
apt-get update
I used to keep a tape of the 1812 Overture [a version that used cannons] to
keep me awake late nights when I had my Alfa GTV. The booms through the
sound system in that small interior would do it for a few minutes anyway.
BillR
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If you've got an 802.11n router and wireless card in your laptop, see
what frequencies they run at. 802.11n will work at both 2.4Ghz and
5.4Ghz (I think). I would have to go back and check, but one of these
I have best luck using the 802.11b protocol even though my wireless
router (LinkSys)
Bach's Organ Works demonstrate why he had so many children.
--R
Bill R wrote:
I used to keep a tape of the 1812 Overture [a version that used cannons] to
keep me awake late nights when I had my Alfa GTV. The booms through the
sound system in that small interior would do it for a few minutes
If you've got an 802.11n router and wireless card in your laptop, see
what frequencies they run at. 802.11n will work at both 2.4Ghz and
5.4Ghz (I think). I would have to go back and check, but one of these
I have best luck using the 802.11b protocol even though my wireless
router
AHA!! That must be it. We've purchased a phone with two wireless handsets
and installed it upstairs. Bugger!!
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing you might want to look at:
If you've got an 802.11n router and wireless card in your laptop, see what
Radios in both my MB's have been tuned to the same classical station for
YEARS - no commercials and fantastic music all the time.
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:46
Lt Don: 4th movement of the 9th symphony, I'd have been doing a quick 140 mph.
If you interested in classical music on a Grand Scale, I would suggest Carmina
Burana by Carl Orff. It is Opera and you have probably heard portions of it
even if you don't know you've heard it. It is amazing. If
I have been using an Apple Airport Extreme (both bg) and I found that using
the higher frequency setting worked best for me, however, since I moved into a
significantly larger house (4500 sf vs. 2300 sf) I have found that my Extreme
won't give me complete coverage of all three floors. As a
Joe,
It's always been that way - us Apple oldtimers gave up trying to convert people
a long time ago - we knew it's something you just have to experience for
yourself
MacDann (Machead since 1991)
--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Joe Sasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Joe Sasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's a DG recording. There is a group from Boston called Boston
Camerata who issued a recording done on original instruments and music
of the time that the words Carmina Burana (Songs of the Buerons -- a
group of rather bawdy 15th?century, or maybe earlier, monks) were
written. It is quite
Not to mention toting a 14 ibook is a whole lot more handy than
lugging a 20 lb dell laptop, with a 3 pound charger etc.
LE
MCSE NT4, MCSE2000, MCSE 2003,
but I started out with punch cards, then moved to Apple II, then
forced into the winders world, and happy to escape anytime I can.
Ja, I am
Me too...
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:05:39 -0500
From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] secret message for wacko the insane
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I can at least now judge
I won't do the soapbox thing here, but I started out with Macs doing systems
administration, and all I can say is that they were a real treat to work with
from an administrative standpoint - at least in OS 9. I got forced into Active
Directory, which, while quirky, finally seems to be
So he could have his music published and out to be played by the public? :)
Luther
Rich Thomas wrote:
Bach's Organ Works demonstrate why he had so many children.
--R
Bill R wrote:
I used to keep a tape of the 1812 Overture [a version that used
cannons] to
keep me awake late nights when I
I've seen Carmina live 3 times and sung it once in my short life and
every one (no matter the quality of the performance) has kicked the crap
out of ANY recording ever. I use portions of it as different ring tones
and wakeup alarms on my phone too :D
Luther, operanut!
Donald Snook wrote:
Dump the Linksys brand, and here is why.
My internet is shared from my neighbor via wireless through 2 brick
walls, 3 interior walls, and around 5 or 6 large oak trees...all over
about 350 feet. We started using the Linksys WRT54G router. The first
54G would need to be restarted daily after
Sounds like you need a re-solder job on the ACC control board.
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Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 09:20
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] no heat
Scott Ritchey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having a lot of trouble with my Linksys system [I have both wireless b
with a range extender and a wireless g - same one you had - with an 'n'
receiver]. Constant problems, but I have been blaming Comcast. I think a
new wireless router is in my future, though I also have 250' of cat 5 I am
My classical music station is WCPE-FM, 89.7; also on internet 24/7 at
theclassicalstation.org
Wilton
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Wonko wrote:
. I heard musical nuances from
Saint-Saens that even my Bose speakers had kept hidden from
me. That car definitely wants to keep going faster and
faster. At one point, on a 5 mile ruler straight length of
highway, Saint-Saens was building to a climax (for Luther,
the
I started - - personally started - - a small single cylinder Yanmar
Diesel engine with WD40.
However I got my knuckles severally rapped by the late Dr Booth for
suggesting starting aids for the MB pre chamber Diesels.
Hendrik
Wonko the Sane wrote:
I saw -- personally saw -- it start a diesel
Guess a lot of Wall street executives might be buying bulletproof Benzes
with their 'job well done' bonuses.
Hendrik
always the cynic
tom savage wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
Lots of interesting gift ideas for the Lotto winner.
But what's the bullet-riddled car at 2:24?
I'm in the process of doing some exhaust manifold work on my '76 450SL and,
although the workshop manual indicates to use a starter wrench to loosen
the lower left exhaust manifold nuts. The starter wrench is listed at the
start of this section (14-200) as:
Starter wrench 10 x 12 mme.g.
Company/Division?
http://www.beschussamt-ulm.de/beschussamt/hauptnavigation/startseite/index.php?lvl=1847
Hendrik Fay wrote:
Guess a lot of Wall street executives might be buying bulletproof
Benzes with their 'job well done' bonuses.
Hendrik
always the cynic
tom savage wrote:
Mitch Haley
My understanding -- from this well seasoned and experienced mechanic --
was that you DO NOT (in honor of Dr. Booth) USE ETHER on a small diesel
engine. You use WD-40.
I had offered to run home and get my can of ether when he just about took my
head off. When I offered to run home and get my can
Yep. ether can pre-ignite during the compression stroke cause a serious
pressure spike. WD-40 will too but it burns much slower does not cause the
spike that ether can cause. Gasoline is just about as bad as ether.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Starter wrench 10 x 12 mme.g. made by Stahlwille
The goofy thing is that these nuts are 13mm (1/2) and there's no
picture of
the wrench, and I currently don't have any tools which can access these
nuts. I went to the Stahlwille website but they don't seem to have
anything
by that name
OK - now it makes sense.
By that I mean that 100 hours in a car might be
some 5-6kmi, which is a normal change interval.
Of course you go further in a plane in that time!
-- Jim
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and
mountaineering; all
Wrong - B G are 2.4 GHz, A is the one on 5GHz.
Right - interference is rampant.
B is the 5 gHz frequency, IIRC. Different range and characteristics,
as well as effective speed. Different interference sources, a friend
of mine had to convert his house to B once a neighborhood repeater
Play on the word organ.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So he could have his music published and out to be played by the public? :)
Luther
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Norman, OK
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and
mountaineering; all the rest
On the coolant tank ('86 300E) there are two hoses. One returns to the top
of the radiator. The second, right under the pressure cap, disappears into
the fender area. This second one is broken -- old, hard, and brittle. I
tried to trim a bit off and reattach, but it just crumbles in my fingers.
Overflow and excess pressure dump.
Wilton
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From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:37 PM
Subject: [MBZ] W124 hose question
On the coolant tank ('86 300E) there are two hoses. One
Those nuts are supposed to be copper (plated?) nuts, slotted on the
top edge and bent down to prevent vibrating off. They take a 12mm
wrench. Rusty can get them for you. I don't remember ever having one
that wouldn't come right off - pretty good for old exhaust nuts!
No - I've never removed them
Im sitting in Rolla, KS, guess what kind of scenery I get to look at
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It flow into the 2nd overflow tank in the fender
On the coolant tank ('86 300E) there are two hoses. One returns to the top
of the radiator. The second, right under the pressure cap, disappears into
the fender area. This second one is broken -- old, hard, and brittle. I
tried to trim a bit
So, you are saying I can disregard the installed steel pipe (that used to be
rubber) and run a new drain line that goes nowhere?
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Overflow and excess pressure dump.
Wilton
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From: Wonko the
Let me rephrase my question.
Does this line back to the 2nd overflow tank need to be hooked up? The
radiator cap on the 1st overflow tank leads me to suspect that the entire
system needs to be pressurized, meaning that I need to get this line hooded
back up somehow.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:46
Wheat?
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im sitting in Rolla, KS, guess what kind of scenery I get to look at
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At least you are safe.
*Crime in Rolla (2005):*
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
-
Its even more boring here that jefferson ia
At least you are safe.
*Crime in Rolla (2005):*
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 thefts (0.0 per
Bleak, very small village, grain elevators along a highway and railroad.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:44 PM
Subject: [MBZ] quiz for the list
Im sitting in Rolla, KS, guess what kind of scenery I get
No place is boring if you just look around and get involved in what is there
to be seen.
If time had permitted, Debbie and I could have watched Kleb Jr. (I've raised
two kids, she has raised one -- we've both changed our share of diapers) and
you could have spent all day entertaining yourself in
No, that is Beaver, Iowa. 20 miles east of me.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Bleak, very small village, grain elevators along a highway and railroad.
Wilton
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I have volunteered to help sort out all of the car stuff owned by my friend
long time Don (who died last year of metastasized prostate cancer (never went
to the doctor)) as a favor to his widow and found in a box a nice 126 brochure
that might be of some interest to a dedicated 126 driver. He
BTW, I forgot to mention that I have some pictures of the brochure for
interested parties.
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...Im sitting in Rolla, KS, guess what kind of scenery I get to look at...
None. They don't have any. Say hello to Dorothy if you see her.
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Ya talking about the plastic tank on top of the rt front fender, with rad
cap on it? 'Didn't know there's ANOTHER OVERFLOW tank under the fender
somewhere. Kaleb?
Wilton
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um, flat?
cheers!
e
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BTW, MB maint CD shows coolant level mark on rt side of the overflow tank
and right up against the fender. The mark is immediately above the seam.
Cold level to the mark; hot 1 cm above mark.
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That was for Wonko re. 86 300E.
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From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:31 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Coolant overflow
BTW, MB maint CD shows coolant level mark on rt side of the overflow tank
The car is running fine (as in not overheating, as evidenced by Kleb's 500
mile trip bringing it to me). I am just sort of anal about things like this
and like to fix stuff back to factory specs whenever I can. Bothers me
when something isn't right on a car.
Wilton will recognize anal -- it is a
I'm sorry --
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im sitting in Rolla, KS,
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Norman, OK
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and
mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. - Ernest Hemingway
'90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber),
Toto, we're not in Claremore anymore.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor
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Very nice - I'm listening now!
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
My classical music station is WCPE-FM, 89.7; also on internet 24/7 at
theclassicalstation.org
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What makes you think Bach's organ was used extensively? :)
Luther
OK Don wrote:
Play on the word organ.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So he could have his music published and out to be played by the public? :)
Luther
For a smart-small-town Iowa man, that was a horrible answer. :)
Luther
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Wheat?
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im sitting in Rolla, KS, guess what kind of scenery I get to look at
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snip
Next trip to Jefferson, block off about six hours to see what is really
here.
Then remember it is the FIRST town you know EVERYTHING about in 6 hours. :D
Luther
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Corn harvest?
Luther
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I will add it to my ITunes play list on the work computer tomorrow, though I
am partial to the Boston PBS station. WBUR. I even get All Things Considered
my last hour of work each day.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM, andrew strasfogel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Very nice - I'm listening now!
Standard Banned reply.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wonko the Sane wrote:
snip
Next trip to Jefferson, block off about six hours to see what is really
here.
Then remember it is the FIRST town you know EVERYTHING about in 6 hours. :D
Luther
...My classical music station is WCPE-FM, 89.7; also on internet 24/7 at
theclassicalstation.org..
That's one of the stations in ITunes Radio's classical section. I think I'll
just switch to it because I've been listening to Classical UK for a while but
too many of the selections there are
Looking west, Colorado...Looking east, Wonko?
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] quiz for the list
Corn harvest?
Luther
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It goes to the coolant recovery tank, and will pull coolant back into
the system if it is leak free. I'd fix it myself, as I don't like
wasting things.
Peter
On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
Let me rephrase my question.
Does this line back to the 2nd overflow tank need
Nein, testing center for ballistics. You take your supposedly bullet
proof car there and they will shoot it with various munitions and then
give you a certificate to say how bullet proof (or not) your car is.
I suppose they do other things like body armor and just test weapons to
see how
Yes but only on LHD cars, mine just has a the overflow hose going to
nowhere but it appears there is a tank in the fender, might have a look
see one day.
Hendrik
Peter Frederick wrote:
It goes to the coolant recovery tank, and will pull coolant back into
the system if it is leak free. I'd
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