On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:17:16 EDT relng...@aol.com wrote:
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Yes, but last time we saw it, it was without the insightful commentary.
Craig
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Sounds like air in the injection lines to me.
Check the condition of the fuel lines, remembering that there is a
fuel heater, thermostatically controlled, on that engine. Lots of
hoses, and I be you will find them covered in fuel (and hence leaking).
There are other, rather unpleasant poss
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Reminds me of those Isetta things where the whole front opened for you
to crawl in.
--R
Allan Streib wrote:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/vw-l1-1-liter-car-concept-170-mpg-diesel-hybrid.php
Sort of a "mono" gullwing design
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Hmmm Guess Stanadyne stopped selling their biocide. THat must be
why nobody can find it. I bet marinas still have some of biocide. I
will try to find more info/sources.
That newsletter is dated 2001, and I know I got Stanadyne Biocide in
2005 or so. I could have been that the Diesel shops
Who wanted good Halloween scares?
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/a_skeleton_is_electrocuted_on_mark.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
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> ...http://www.conntect.com/fueladditives/biobor/..
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There you are. Debunks that nonsense about being prohibited by the gummint.
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--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Mountain Man wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] algae
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> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:23 PM
> RLE wrote:
> > Whatever happened to Biobor? That's what I used when
> my
That's a bit different - mine went suddenly from running fine to barely
getting over 2100 RPM, with lots of noise, missing, and smoke
Air leak into the fuel system?
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> Whatever happened to Biobor? That's what I used when my 300D needed a
> cleanout.
Found it at West Marine close to work - thanks.
mao
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OK Don.
At pickup, mine was running on 4 cyl. (loose delivery valve) and had
only half the brakes. When I installed the 'O' rings etc. from Rusty,
it ran smoothly without a lot of power, until the intake was reamed
out. After that:- O-boy!
Fred Moir
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OK Don.
When the 190DT that I nursed home was examined, the alda port was
choked with black oily gukk. As was the whole intake system, EGR
dontchaknow. Fixed that and scraped, poked, washed and cleaned out
the intake plus a few Itralian tune-ups, e viola! it runs very well.
Maybe your engine sw
Tell me more - where was the restriction?
In the fitting off the big hose to the brake booster. See:
http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/mb240d.html
-- Jim
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I used GG on the wood on the ash tray, which has a plastic backing to
where the wood goes, so far so good. Scratch/clean up the metal (or
plastic) a bit, dampen the wood with some water, apply a bit of GG and
spread it around, then clamp with whatever (I like blue tape).
--R
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I'm in KY til next week sometime. Go there with 10 Bennies and offer
the guy that take it or leave it right now. Then we can go get it
somehow, drag it home. I don't have a trailer though, but thinking of
getting one.
If worse comes to worst you can part it out and get your money back.
--R
Ok so I'm hearing shoe goo, gorilla glue and 3M trim adhesive. Are we going to
have a vote or what?
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Gorilla Glue works well too, binds wood and metal, but it oozes a bit as it
sets up, and it needs a bit of moisture to cure
Blue tape stretches a little bit too, giving a good pull on things. I
use it a lot in woodworking as a "clamp."
-R
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Yes good point about the painting tape.
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On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:29 AM, "Douglas" wrote:
Use the blue or green painting tape holds
Gorilla Glue works well too, binds wood and metal, but it oozes a bit as
it sets up, and it needs a bit of moisture to cure.
--R
Douglas wrote:
Use tape as the clamp.
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Been holding for 2 years in Louisiana heat.
Go Figure.
Jim Cathey wrote:
I used Hot Glue...
Not good. First summery day it'll all drop off again!
-- Jim
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dave walton wrote:
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' "
Well, do ya?
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Gerry wrote:
> Here is Stanadyne website that describes use and availability of additives,
> biocides, etc.
It says right at the bottom of the page - the performance product is
not a biocide, becuz mama gov does not let people have agents that
kill biology.
mao
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM, E M wrote:
> I don't think there is a 6 series on the planet worth 10
> grand.
Hmph. At first I thought you were thinking Canadian dollars, but it
appears you are right, Ed. A quick search of CL (google "635csi
site:craigslist.org") suggests that you can get an
are right, those are
collectable and I always thought it would be cool to have one.
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Tell me more - where was the restriction?
Randy
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Our now-sold 240D wouldn't shut down properly, but it
turned out to be a vacuum supply problem. (A too-small
orifice from the main line.) It also had cruise control
problems as a result of this.
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV
SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote:
> The question I'm asking myself is "Can I recognize flood damage?"
>
I don't know how you would, other than the obvious like icky smells or
a high-water line on the door panels. Out here in the West I'd lo
The question I'm asking myself is "Can I recognize flood damage?"
Max
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"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' "
Well, do ya?
-Dave Walton
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Fmiser wrote:
>> Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote:
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>> Katrina car that someone saved and fixed and got running, but
>> has now given up?
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> What ab
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Donald Snook wrote:
> This is interesting! (All of them are prices way too high
No, not really. The 6.9 is very collectible, the others less so but
still rare---like many interesting '80s cars, they're in that gray
area between "just a used car" and collector's
Here is Stanadyne website that describes use and availability of additives,
biocides, etc.
http://www.stanadyne.com/docs/puba/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20QA%20on%20additives.pdf
Gerry
From: "Loren Faeth"
It is hard to find. Others h
Loren -
Don't remember what year SL you have but don't make the silly mistake that I
did and time it to the wrong side of TDC. Also the O-ring on my distributor
was hard as plastic and was a source of oil leakage. Not a regular
O-ring...a bit special. Careful with the wire from the dist. To the con
> Bill R wrote:
> I looked at one a year or so ago that had a clear plastic hose
> [like an aquarium air line] coming out of the dash. The owner
> enjoyed explaining how he had to "suck it off" to get it to
> shut down. I didn't want to do a test drive for some reason.
One more reason for a man
> Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote:
> Katrina car that someone saved and fixed and got running, but
> has now given up?
What about the possibility of an insurance write-off. The car
wouldn't start _before_ the flood. It was in the same state as
Katrina. Insurance company
On my old 200D (cable shutdown), I unhooked the start,shutoff cable
and ran a aux cable into the cabin. Mounted it under the dash and
made a pull ring out of a piece of 1.5" square tubing Used that for
shutdown. Then I could push in the start switch, lock the ign and
steering, lock the car a
Hard to do with this auto trans crap MBNA keeps cramming down our throats.
At 09:46 AM 9/17/2009, you wrote:
Even more technical is keep the car in gear and slowly release the
clutch until the car stalls.
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I have the 3/4" set at home, but not here. I just got a 1/2"
extension set for $10, cuz I already had the socket, breaker bar and rachet.
Has anyone BTDT with the M116 Distributor R&R? Anything to watch out
for beyond the normal (TDC, Get it back in the right tooth, right
rotation in the blo
the lever near the IP, so I was ready.
Wilton
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Yes-my brother ran a cable out under the fender well with a loop to pull
shutoff on his 240D. (Now mine with new vacuum pull off switch)
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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Even more technical is keep the car in gear and slowly release the clutch until
the car stalls.
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WILTON wrote:
I also performed this highly technical feat on my 80 240D many years ago when
it had a vac leak. I had long befor
WILTON wrote:
I also performed this highly technical feat on my 80 240D many years ago
when it had a vac leak. I had long before already read "STOP ENGINE"
emblazoned in red and white on the lever near the IP, so I was ready.
Instead of running a hose to the vac shutoff, you could run a wire
s the proccess?
How's it done?
What are the dangers?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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I got the new switch in. I removed the faceplate over the 3 heater dials to
access it. I sprayed some garage door lubricant into the cable sheath and then
further blew it up the cable with some compressed air. The cable now glides
freely and the switch works perfectly. Thank you all for your
All,
Thanks for all the inputs, I think that I may take a look at the car
this weekend just to banish that nagging feeling that I'm passing up on
a potentially great deal.
When I called I asked what the dash lights did when you tried to start
the car, guy said that he thought they all did the nor
It also is a lot less disruptive of your trips to not have to open the hood
every time you want to shut it down, but the idea of months of sucking on
the tube ... not so much.
BillR
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Right-that is the solution I heard the car talk guys give one day-they were
obviously ignorant of the shut down switch.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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I looked at one a year or so ago that had a clear plastic hose [like an
aquarium air line] coming out of the dash. The owner enjoyed explaining how
he had to "suck it off" to get it to shut down. I didn't want to do a test
drive for some reason.
BillR
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From: mercedes-bo
As far as the dangers involved from my perspective, they are
twofold:
Don't forget the old fingers-in-the-fan-belt danger!
Our now-sold 240D wouldn't shut down properly, but it
turned out to be a vacuum supply problem. (A too-small
orifice from the main line.) It also had cruise control
determined my 1 1/8 deep socket will fit on the crank, but don't have
the right extensions.
Fortunately, I am doing this job 3 blocks from HF, so it will be easy
to get extensions in the am
I have their 3/4" socket set, which has two different extensions
and two drivers. (1 ratchet, one not.)
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