Last diesel fuel fill up on the '83 300D I put the recommended amount of
Biobor (10 cc/ml) in 20 gallons of diesel fuel.
Tonight engine choked down and I changed the pre-filter. Drove about a mile
and it choked down again.
Reversed the two fuel lines and made it about 30 miles home with no
All options are welcome. However I do have more trust in my Doctor
than I do my failing body. Kinda like DIY on the Benz, I can manage
basics but this is a little to complicated for me and I do not have
the correct tools. :-)
Mike
On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Michael
that's really the crux of the seduction. a new chinese was costing bimby
from between 55 and 100 dollars and was selling for $159. rebuilds are
running about 150 to 200 and selling for like 200 to 250. non chinese new
were like 250 to 300 for bimby, but i don't even know if you can still get
Gary wrote: given that you won't own it for more than a few months anyway at
the outside, i'm not sure it matters that much.
That's probably true. EXCEPT, that whatever I buy I need to be able to turn
around and sell it in 6 months. So, it has to be reliable enough to make it
that long and to
I can recall rebuilding the front end of a friends W126 with low-priced FEQ
parts he bought years ago. Hard lesson learned... the front end was just as
clunky and worn out after a year!
Cheap parts will be the death of these cars... the german stuff is the way
to go.
Jaime
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010
Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com writes:
I bought a Cadillac yesterday. I made enough on the sale of the two
BMW's, that I basically got a free Cadillac and put $3k in the bank.
However, I didn't get much of my actual work done this week.
I have no idea how you can drive a nice BMW for 6 months
Your last comment reminded me of something I stumbled across a while back:
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1566
Tom Schuch
SE Connecticut
1975 W115 300D
and a bunch of BMWs
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:55:47 -0800
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I have no idea how you can drive a nice BMW for 6 months and then be
happy in a gussied up Chevy.
Obviously it's the journey, and not the destination.
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An in-place procedure is to take off the level sender from the top, take
off the lower tank filter, then stick in a pressure washer and go at it,
being careful of course. Let it dry out with a hair dryer or heat gun
blowing in it for awhile, then reassemble and your good to go.
Not having
I wonder what the root cause of the failures is. These parts are not
rocket science, probably poor process control during induction heat
treat of the bearing surfaces. I'm sure that controlling that is
difficult critical for long life.
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Rich Thomas wrote:
An in-place procedure is to take off the level sender from the top,
take off the lower tank filter, then stick in a pressure washer and go
at it, being careful of course. Let it dry out with a hair dryer or
heat gun blowing in it for awhile, then reassemble and YOU'RE
they cut every corner and cheat every spec in every element of production .
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net wrote:
I wonder what the root cause of the failures is. These parts are not
rocket science, probably poor process control during induction heat treat
Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net writes:
I wonder what the root cause of the failures is. These parts are not
rocket science, probably poor process control during induction heat
treat of the bearing surfaces. I'm sure that controlling that is
difficult critical for long life.
And
that's where they really hoodwinked the west. you are simply not getting
what you think you are getting
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net writes:
I wonder what the root cause of the failures is. These parts are not
i know people who follow this snook strategy and are quite happy with it.
for me, however, if i find something i like, i just like to keep it
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
I have no idea how you can drive a nice BMW for 6 months and then be
happy in a
Let's at least tell the whole story on this forum. I have sold at least 400 of
these cheap Chinese axles and 3 of them are under the recall. Someone forgets
to say that the recall is for 2 months production in late 2009 compared to 10
years production. Does Mercedes have a better record? Not
recall is from july 29, 2009 through january 20, 2010. that is six month's
production and not two. furthermore, that is just what is being forcibly
recalled. i would recommend that everyone who has bought these feq
products check the torque on their bolts as indicated in the recall
regardless
Do you also sell the German ones? I really can't swallow putting Chinese parts
on my Mercedes.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:34 AM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Let's at least tell the whole story on this forum. I have sold at least 400 of
these cheap Chinese axles and 3 of them
Of course we do. They are just more expensive and have a greater failure rate
by far.
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From: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:50:31
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MB probably does.
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Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I really can't swallow putting Chinese parts on my Mercedes.
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No, they don't.
Jaime
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
MB probably does.
--R
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I really can't swallow putting Chinese parts on my Mercedes.
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The German parts have a greater failure rate?
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:54 AM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course we do. They are just more expensive and have a greater failure rate
by far.
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From:
Yes current MBs but 123s and 115s don't have any Chaiwanese parts that I'm
aware of.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
MB probably does.
--R
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I really can't swallow putting Chinese parts on my
And honestly I'd rather pay more and get a higher failure rate for the sake of
keeping my car original.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
The German parts have a greater failure rate?
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:54
I tried that process on the tank in the SLC after spending almost two years
building an engine for it. Found that I could get the wand of the pressure
washer in only one position due to the rear widow glass. Ended up doing
multiple sprays/rinsing with a regulat garden hose and noozle. Bear in mind
That's kind of funny. Keeping your car 'original' would be keeping it
broken?
Folks that insist on the racist attitude that only junk is made on the
Eastern Rim have chosen not to compete in the world econmy, they's given
up the race before it starts!
Get out there and fight! Fight to bring
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:56:32 -0500 tom tomscat tomsc...@hotmail.com
wrote:
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1566
In looking at that (pretty amazing, actually) I ran across an article
about at-sea rescues of about-to-sink ships:
tom tomscat wrote:
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1566
Remind me not to buy a used SUV from those chaps...
Mitch.
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Gary Hurst wrote:
they cut every corner and cheat every spec in every element of production .
Kind of like that dog food they put poison in to fool the protein analysis?
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Hold on, I thought worldpac was the stuff the online bimby was
selling. If you called for parts you got to talk to somebody and the
parts were real benz parts, not the cheapo stuff that worldpac would
pull from the local warehouse and have on your doorstep in minutes.
Took longer to get
Buying original mb parts is not keeping it broken, it's keeping it original. I
don't want Chinese parts on my 123 period. I don't really care if they work
better. Honestly I have my doubts that they do.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
Someone has to break this to you:
1) There is no Santa Clause
2) All auto manufactures 'World Source' parts and sub assembles.
Sorry...
Pete
On 2/6/2010 12:42 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Buying original mb parts is not keeping it broken, it's keeping it original. I
don't want Chinese
there is nothing racist about the fact that chinese goods cannot be
trusted. their track record speaks for itself.
most vendors today are about selling chinese parts and most consumers are
about buying chinese parts. this is a private matter. i, however, am not
interested in going down this
a guy calls me the other day and tells me that he normally goes down to his
GM dealer when he needs filters for his Saab, but that the last ones he got
were chinese. so he no longer buys genuine GM filters. Perhaps this does
not make sense to you or even to most people, but it does to me.
i
yes, exactly. although without data i will have to say that you are
unscientific and i will keep feeding my pets tainted chinese food.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Gary Hurst wrote:
they cut every corner and cheat every spec in every element of
While its true that Mercedes does world source parts, most of that world
is europe and north america. You will find very few, if any, parts made in
China on a Mercedes. Perhaps a few from Japan, Mexico, etc. I can tell you
personal experience that parts from Germany are favored by Mercedes.
It's already been broken too me that's why I drive older benzes and I will keep
em original!
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net wrote:
Someone has to break this to you:
1) There is no Santa Clause
2) All auto manufactures 'World Source' parts and
I'm not racist. I like Asian women. Don't like there tools, cars or car parts!
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
a guy calls me the other day and tells me that he normally goes down to his
GM dealer when he needs filters for his Saab, but
a lot of guys are hot for asian women. but i think peter is arguing you are
a racist unless you prefer cheap chinese junk parts to original parts in
addition to prefering chinese to german girls
or somethign liket hat
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote:
Sounds about right. I'm not racist and I like my cars original. Is there
something wrong with that?
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
a lot of guys are hot for asian women. but i think peter is arguing you are
a racist unless you prefer
i think it depends largely on who is selling the chinese parts.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote:
Sounds about right. I'm not racist and I like my cars original. Is there
something wrong with that?
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:30 PM,
Thats really true anytime you have anybody do anything for you...
I used to manage a call center in Canada that we outsourced some low end work
to. They cheated us all over the place and I had quite a time being creative in
catching them...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:16:14 -0500
From:
stetson used to have a factory in philadelphia. made great hats. in 1970,
the closed the factory and started outsourcing the hats. quality went
totally to hell and never recovered.
3 decades later, coach did the same thign with the same results
everyone knows the consequences but the allure
I have upgraded to a newer laptop and am now selling my R32. $130 to anyone
on the list. It currently does not have an OS installed, but I have access
to XP, Win7, and any flavor of Linux that can be installed. Here are the
details:
IBM Thinkpad R32, with 2.0Ghz Pentium 4 Mobile processor, 1GB
Gary Hurst wrote:
a guy calls me the other day and tells me that he normally goes down to his
GM dealer when he needs filters for his Saab, but that the last ones he got
were chinese. so he no longer buys genuine GM filters. Perhaps this does
not make sense to you or even to most people, but
Its not that outsourcing can't be done though. When I managed our call center I
frequently made statements like thats not good enough or totally
unacceptable or breach of contract or I've had just about enough of your
s%*t, get your boss on the phone you're f*%$!g fired!
It was never the techs
I'm sure by original, he meant, maintained to original spec.
I'm not so sure I'd be so quick to label someone as having a racist
attitude, for identifying a country, or countries that for the most part
produce inferior products. Most made in China goods imported into North
America, are junk.
hengst is OE for GM, at least for stuff that is opel based.
here is where it gets interesting though. the GM oe hengst are largely made
in teh USA, but you can get the same application made in germany.
for my 2001 saturn with 2.2 liter ecotec, i use
do you like chinese girls though?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure by original, he meant, maintained to original spec.
I'm not so sure I'd be so quick to label someone as having a racist
attitude, for identifying a country, or countries that for the
OE filters for my porsche were always made in Austria. Last few I bought,
at the dealer, were made in the US. Same packaging, labeling, and size, but
felt lighter in weight to me. I didn't weight them to verify that, and not
sure if it makes a difference anyway ?
Ed
300E
On 6 February 2010
Depends, does she buy her parts from Europe and the US, or China?
Ed
300E
On 6 February 2010 14:26, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
do you like chinese girls though?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure by original, he meant, maintained to
My Shoprider (Pihsiang) electric scooter is made in Taiwan and is of
excellent quality. I recharge it with my Mercedes Diesel - '87 300D. Yes,
I drive a Diesel/electric scooter. 'Guy tried to cite me for speeding in
Sam's coupla days ago.
Wilton
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From: E M
i think we are talking more PRC than ROC here
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:37 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
My Shoprider (Pihsiang) electric scooter is made in Taiwan and is of
excellent quality. I recharge it with my Mercedes Diesel - '87 300D. Yes,
I drive a Diesel/electric scooter.
Is it safe for me to lend you the Porsche ?? lol
Ed
300E
On 6 February 2010 14:37, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Yes, I drive a Diesel/electric scooter. 'Guy tried to cite me for speeding
in Sam's coupla days ago.
Wilton
- Original Message - From: E M pokieba...@gmail.com
i would do it. you can call me stupid or racist of whatever for thinkning
it makes sense.
here is what they say:
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Lemforder, Febi or TRW on my cars. However these FEQ axles have work quite well.
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From: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:22:25
This place has become significantly less civil as of recently. Sure,
there is no foul language, but that is not he only way of being
uncivil. Another method is character assasination, or in this case
character assasination by proxy. I find the behavior to be completely
unprofessional
I followed this closely while it was happening. I was working in the Port
Maritime Operations Center (Portland). Cougar Ace was scheduled into
Portland and actually did bring its cargo into Portland after the rescue.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Greg
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yeah, calling a fella a racist for not liking the quality of chinese product
is pretty nasty, but it's the best some people are capable of doing.
if you happen to own those cheap chinese axle shafts, i have posted the
worldpac instructions for keeping yourself alive. i'm sorry if this
interferes
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
the time a rep for a
major nailer manufacturer said that Harbor Freight does not supply parts for
their nailers, when he had stated not 5 minutes prior that parts for the
major brand nailer (that was maybe 3 years old)
Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com writes:
if you happen to own those cheap chinese axle shafts, i have posted
the worldpac instructions for keeping yourself alive. i'm sorry if
this interferes with your fan club activities.
So, the problem is that the bolts were not torqued correctly at the
so it appears. it seems from teh instructions that what they are saying is
that if you've been driving with it too loose, the entire halfshaft is now
susspect
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com writes:
if you happen to
Gary Hurst wrote:
if you happen to own those cheap chinese axle shafts, i have posted the
worldpac instructions for keeping yourself alive. i'm sorry if this
interferes with your fan club activities.
The instructions you posted have a 107 part number. Is that the only one
affected by the
This was listed two days ago for $10K. In another 8 days will it be free?
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1589076351.html
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It fits W114, W115, W107, W123
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Sent: Feb 6, 2010 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] *sigh*
Gary Hurst wrote:
if you happen to own those cheap chinese
Allan Streib wrote:
This was listed two days ago for $10K. In another 8 days will it be free?
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1589076351.html
Not running at this time, but you won't find a nicer one!
So, fix all the 'little' things that are wrong, like a starter that won't crank,
just go climb under and check the bolts, man. they are probably fine. if
like 2 are missing and the rest are loose, replace the axle shaft. if it's
under teh recall, worldpac will pay your part and labor. if it's not under
the recall, you are just stuck unless they can maybe be covered under
Holdout until next weekend, he'll pay you to take it away. ;-)
Ed
300E
On 6 February 2010 16:34, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
This was listed two days ago for $10K. In another 8 days will it be free?
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1589076351.html
buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
It fits W114, W115, W107, W123
I love the instructions. Set your torque wrench for 55 foot pounds, and
carefully go around the bolts in a criss cross pattern as shown. If ANY of the
bolts move, return the part for exchange.
If the bolts aren't turning, why would
i would jsut follow the directions
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
It fits W114, W115, W107, W123
I love the instructions. Set your torque wrench for 55 foot pounds, and
carefully go around the bolts in a criss cross pattern
As I stated earlier, I sold 3 that fall under recall and notified those 2
customers on Friday. So anyone on this list is not in any jeapordy if you
bought them fome me. I haven't heard how many Gary has sold that were made
during that 5 month period.
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Not in a high brow neighborhood, too. He's referencing an old drive in that
is now defunct, and probably a flea market.
Dan
--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
Subject: [MBZ] 2 days, $2,000
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Hmmm. I'll stick with the OEM product! Nothing like piece of mind.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
It fits W114, W115, W107, W123
I love the instructions. Set your torque wrench for 55 foot pounds, and
carefully
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:51 -0800, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Hmmm. I'll stick with the OEM product! Nothing like piece of mind.
Any part or vehicle can have manufacturing flaws. Look at Toyota right
now, those cars are 100% factory and are under recall. There are no
On a side note, years ago, I was down in NY and found myself in a JC Penny
store. Their catalog had a small flag of origin beside each product. I
thought it was a great idea providing such info for customers.
I'd love to see the idea applied to more catalogs, both online or hard
copy. It's
Exactly Allan. But now it has become a bash contest. Who started this thread?
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Sent: Feb 6, 2010 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] *sigh*
On Sat, 06 Feb
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:59 -0500, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
On a side note, years ago, I was down in NY and found myself in a JC
Penny store. Their catalog had a small flag of origin beside each
product. I thought it was a great idea providing such info for
customers.
Conversely,
I feel with any product or component, there is design, manufacture, testing,
and quality control of all three.
Everyone has made mistakes, some have better track records than others at
making fewer mistakes, and putting things right when they do mess up. Spend
your money where you put your
Dimitri, the problem is that Mercedes in their infinite wisdom, changed the
design of this particular axle with the production of the W126 chassis. So you
can't buy what came on your car new from them. You have to buy an updated axle
plus extra parts which sell for over $1000 per side at
Can anyone say Space Shuttle ?
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From: E M pokieba...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:09:59
To: Mercedes Discussion Listmercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] *sigh*
I feel with any product or component, there is
I have no problem with an American company selling a product made in China,
but the country of origin should be stated as that, Product, or Made in
China, not represented as an American produced product. If any of the
mentioned companies feel confident enough to sub to China, or elsewhere, and
SOLD! :)
Luther
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote:
I have upgraded to a newer laptop and am now selling my R32. $130 to
anyone on the list. It currently does not have an OS installed, but I have
access to XP, Win7, and any flavor of Linux that can be
are there still any lobros around?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:10 PM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Dimitri, the problem is that Mercedes in their infinite wisdom, changed the
design of this particular axle with the production of the W126 chassis. So
you can't buy what came on your car new from
A truly AMAZING American product, that every American should be proud of.
Subjected to way more quality control and on going testing than it was every
required to have during it's service life. As a product, a great example of
design excellence, and ongoing development.
A reusable spacecraft,
you have lost your mind.
Donald Snook wrote:
Gary wrote: given that you won't own it for more than a few months anyway at the
outside, i'm not sure it matters that much.
That's probably true. EXCEPT, that whatever I buy I need to be able to turn
around and sell it in 6 months. So, it has to
he has no taste.
Allan Streib wrote:
Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com writes:
I bought a Cadillac yesterday. I made enough on the sale of the two
BMW's, that I basically got a free Cadillac and put $3k in the bank.
However, I didn't get much of my actual work done this week.
I have no
Come on Gary, this is your business. Loebro stopped making these things in the
90's. The 3 options are what I have already mentioned.
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From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:24:25
To: Mercedes
Im just glad I have a back yard full of good used original german axles.
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Do you also sell the German ones? I really can't swallow putting Chinese parts
on my Mercedes.
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:34 AM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Let's at least tell
you have CADD, so why not use the cheap parts?
Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
While its true that Mercedes does world source parts, most of that world
is europe and north america. You will find very few, if any, parts made in
China on a Mercedes. Perhaps a few from Japan, Mexico, etc. I can tell
no, we got lobro a lot later than that. our friend randy has a whole page
on them, but it seems IMC only stocks the empi like most people now do
http://www.epsparts.com/contents/show/GKN-Lobro-Products-Information-Page
my thought is if you can find some lobros, you have something going. that's
I love their tools, I cant get enough of Harbor Freight
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I'm not racist. I like Asian women. Don't like there tools, cars or car parts!
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On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
a guy calls me the other day and tells me
Ok. I need an axle shaft for a 73 220D. OEM vs China. Can you quote me both
prices? Another option is to rebuild the original or buy used? My axle shaft
boot is cracked/torn so is this part shot? That's what I hear but the car was
asymptomatic before I noticed the crack. I'm thinking
I will give you $10 for it.
Benz Hogs wrote:
I have upgraded to a newer laptop and am now selling my R32. $130 to anyone
on the list. It currently does not have an OS installed, but I have access
to XP, Win7, and any flavor of Linux that can be installed. Here are the
details:
IBM Thinkpad
For a $1000 car, maybe some decent used original Benzs axles would do ?
Ed
300E
On 6 February 2010 17:10, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Dimitri, the problem is that Mercedes in their infinite wisdom, changed the
design of this particular axle with the production of the W126 chassis. So
you
I am home tonight but on Monday I will let you know all the options and prices
available to me. I have a few options that some other suppliers don't due to my
33 years in this business.
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From: Dimitri Seretakis
i found some lobro (fan club members, do not look)
the are expensive. how much is this car actually worth?
http://www.vertexautoparts.com/OEM/viewProducts.aspx?year=1973makeID=MERCEDES+BENZmodelID=1192845catID=Axle+%26+DriveshaftgroupID=Rear+Drive
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Dimitri
what do you do if OEM does not make a certain part you need anymore?
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Hmmm. I'll stick with the OEM product! Nothing like piece of mind.
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL,
91 300D, 89
or spend 40-50 for me and get the real deal good used part.
buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Dimitri, the problem is that Mercedes in their infinite wisdom, changed the design of this particular axle with the production of the W126 chassis. So you can't buy what came on your car new from them. You
and what about spending a grand for parts to fix a car that isn't worth
that? there may be some silliness to this story
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
what do you do if OEM does not make a certain part you need anymore?
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
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