On 9/24/2010 9:53 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
The book method is to have a remote starter button, but I'd use it so
seldom that I never thought it was worth it. Kinda like a dwell
meter. I always set the points by gap. When I finally got up enough
jingees to afford a dwell meter, I found my
A few years ago I bought a 240D parts car that wouldn't start. The
starter would spin free, it sounded like it wasn't grabbing the ring.
I wacked the starter with a hammer a few times to see if that would
help, but then just took the car apart. I needed the trans for my
300D. Turned out the
Dieselhead wrote:
Wonder if i can drill a hole in it and then thread in one of those
self-tapping drain plugs, or even a metal building screw with the washer
and neoprene seal. The plug may cause an imbalance, but I doubt the
screw would cause significant imbalance.I guess I could put in
Dieselhead wrote:
OOH! For that, I'd jump. I heard of one for 4500 once before and it
really needed to be painted., but never found one. Bottom seems to be
about 8-9 k, and mostly over 11k. its a Mercedes, you know... BS.
Its a truck.
Here's a pile of old ones, as you said, $7-10k.
Peter T. Arnold wrote:
My gas burners usually go 100Kmi with no ignition related maintainance.
...but I hate to leave spark plugs in an aluminum head for more than a few
years. Sometimes I'll do a compression check just to have an excuse to pull the
plugs and nevr-seez the threads.
Mitch.
The nice thing about a tractor is you don't so much drop the trans as roll it
backwards...
I may actually be doing this relatively soon. I think I've stumbled on to what
may be an excellent deal on a small diesel tractor with a loader and a bad
clutch. Whats actually bad about it is that it
That one should not be too hard. On the old narrow front IH the only
really safe way is to hang the front half from a chain hoist. then
we'd block up the rear half on a roller cart . You roll the back
half away from the front half. on those the front half is so top
heavy that trying to
Dieselhead wrote:
OOH! For that, I'd jump. I heard of one for 4500 once before and
it really needed to be painted., but never found one. Bottom seems
to be about 8-9 k, and mostly over 11k. its a Mercedes, you
know... BS. Its a truck.
Here's a pile of old ones, as you said, $7-10k.
Weird. I guess it could happen if the flywheel was machined a little
out of tolerance small and was not caught in manufacturing, combined
with a large end of the tolerance ring gear. My guess is that one or
the other was out of tolerance. Made a good deal for you! I know
there were some
SWIMBO surprised me. She snagged some used doors. I was happy
because I had found homes for all the used doors I had collected over
time. Now I have 3 more very heavy doors to move store and try to
find a home for. But, these doors have an interesting history. They
are connected to the
Ah! good idea. If the fluid/pan look bad, i will use that trick.
Dieselhead wrote:
Wonder if i can drill a hole in it and then thread in one of those
self-tapping drain plugs, or even a metal building screw with the
washer and neoprene seal. The plug may cause an imbalance, but I
doubt
I never found a shop that had a test stand for a distributor, much
less knew how to work on one. If the dist was suspect, the drill was
to get a dist out of the junkyard, install new points and cond. and
set the gap or dwell. The theory involves dwell, but in practice, if
you set the gap
Loren:
I bought a mint, one-owner, all-records Toyota Previa 1.5 years ago
for $2,800, and have been extremely pleased with it for the past 30k
miles. It looks and runs virtually new, and I've brought a half-ton of
lumber back from maine in it getting 23.5 mpg. You might consider one
of
Curt Raymond wrote:
The nice thing about a tractor is you don't so much drop the trans as roll it
backwards...
I may actually be doing this relatively soon. I think I've stumbled on to what may be an excellent deal on a small diesel tractor with a loader and a bad clutch. Whats actually bad
That's a great story for Sat morning. Just think, not only would you
save on lighting bills, but heating bills as well!
--R
On 9/25/2010 10:44 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
SWIMBO surprised me. She snagged some used doors. I was happy because
I had found homes for all the used doors I had collected
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:44:32 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
But, these doors have an interesting history. They are connected to
the Manhattan project. Thus the glow in the dark reference.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Nobody living knows what went on in there, but it
I don't know what it is exactly, somebody painted it with a brush at one point
so no badges are obvious. I haven't spent a ton of time on it, just a quick
inspection.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:25:12 -0500
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
We dragged a truck around the shop about 20 times while holding the clutch down
on the tractor the truck steerer would periodically step on the brakes until
the tractor's wheels slipped. I'd also heard of stuck clutch disks.
So either its stuck amazingly bad, the linkage is messed up (it
One thought.
I leave them be. If they foul as shown by bad codes, I change them.
This method allows me to retain the portfolio for past president in my
wallet.
-Pete-
On 9/25/2010 8:26 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Peter T. Arnold wrote:
My gas burners usually go 100Kmi with no ignition
On 9/25/2010 10:54 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
I never found a shop that had a test stand for a distributor, much
less knew how to work on one. If the dist was suspect, the drill was
to get a dist out of the junkyard, install new points and cond. and
set the gap or dwell. The theory involves
I know we have a few Nukes guys here. Anyone work on a CE reactor?
Please contact me of list as I have a piece of memorabilia that may be
of interest, very cheap.
--
Pete Arnold
Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have see a brook.
-William Arthur Ward-
On 9/25/2010 12:13
Its probably the idle control relay, Im not sure where its going
to be on a 107, but on a 126 its between the 2 firewalls. It will
say 8zyl on it
On 9/24/2010 12:27 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
this car seems to idle very high when it is in neutral. It is
like the high idle never goes to normal
Thats how I do it.
On 9/24/2010 12:46 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Does that tranny housing have the little hole at the bottom to
where you get at the drain plug for the TC? I just take a
longish large screwdriver and pry the TC around through the
hole. Takes a few minutes but gets you there
Gary Webb AKA Gary Numan was British.
Barry Wolff
2007 R500
2005 Birkin S3
2000 Range Rover HSE 4.6
1953 356 cab
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To:
Went out to dinner with friends last night, they drove the SL and I
elected to drive Brunnhilda. It made a fine pair of Benzes. There was
another newer wagon parked a few spots over, but I wanted to be next to
the SL. On the way over an attractive woman in a C class passed me and
honked
Thought I would give you fellows the first chance at my grand
old IH 674D with IH 2255 loader. This machine has given me good
service for 20 years.
The first owner parked it outside on a hill above a steel mill
for 15 years. Hence the lack of original paint. His widow said
he
Ongoing saga with gasoline smells and no visible leaks, culminating
in Mother backing off the drive the other day by slipping her foot
off the brake onto the gas (or so she says, the story changes with
time, eh?).
Upshot of the whole deal was that I got home last Thursday to find
the car
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Repaired the TE today
Ongoing saga with gasoline smells and no visible leaks,
Installing a new R-4 compresssor in an '83 240D. It came with 5 seals and
two aluminum inserts. The insert installation seems obvious: the short
insert goes in the high pressure side which has little space in the
compressor, and the long insert goes in the low pressure side which has much
Any way to check the OVP relay, other than looking at the fuse?
Measure the voltage coming off of it?
So the wires are fed power by the OVP relay?
The computer that monitors and regulates idle speed is powered
by the OVP. The computer (idle speed 'relay') powers the valve.
So if I could
On my first MB, the 190Dc, soon after I bought it, I pushed in the
clutch at a RR crossing, and it didn't go out of gear. Turned out
the throwout had seized sometime before. Each time you pushed the
clutch, the throwout wore on the pressure plate arms. That day the
arms wore through, so the
Barry wrote:
Gary Webb AKA Gary Numan was British.
Yes - I saw that.
There was an interview with Numan on youtube from a Brit tv talk show.
mao
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:44:32 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
But, these doors have an interesting history. They are connected to
the Manhattan project. Thus the glow in the dark reference.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
I figured it was a good bit of story for a
AHA! Sounds like an easy CHEAP fix.
We dragged a truck around the shop about 20 times while holding the
clutch down on the tractor the truck steerer would periodically step
on the brakes until the tractor's wheels slipped. I'd also heard of
stuck clutch disks.
So either its stuck
Thanks for the clue. I may be sending you an email to see if you
have one for sale. Or maybe that realy and an OVP relay.
Now I think I have all the pieses out together to understand how it
is supposed to funtion, how to find the parts, and how to diagnose it
Man~ana.(mon-yon-a)
Kaleb
On 9/25/2010 10:54 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
I never found a shop that had a test stand for a distributor, much
less knew how to work on one. If the dist was suspect, the drill
was to get a dist out of the junkyard, install new points and cond.
and set the gap or dwell. The theory involves
Oh Man! Now you went and messed up what I thought I understood! I
will see what I can figger out tomorrow. Whats a PWM? the PKW PWM,
Of course! I know it is on a PKW, but I don't know what the PWM Is.
PassWordMonitor? Ich Schpraken ze Dumkopf?
Any way to check the OVP relay, other
Aimed a light at the hole in the housing and put a computer camera on a
block under the car. Sat in the car with a laptop and kept tapping the
starter until I could see the drain plug. Went back under the car with a
wrench and a pan, drained the ATF, pulled everything out. Done in two trips
Just saw a Dodge Magnum with 3 Buick port holes on each front fender; 'also
had ridiculously big chrome wheels. I had to look away and breath slowly
through my nose. ;))
Wilton
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ATTABOY! Leave it to the young kids to come up with a technological solution!
I did think of a remote camera, but i don't have one available here.
I was thinking of something more expesnsive, like a borescope.
Aimed a light at the hole in the housing and put a computer camera
on a block
A double ATTABOY for Gerry!
As long as the list youngsters are talking about cheap technology
replacing older expensive technology. Who on the list can come up
with a USB camera (Mfgr and model number) that would be small enough
(9-10mm dia or less5-6 mm?) to pass through the hole in
What was PT Barnum's saying? No one ever went broke underestimating
the public's taste.
Just saw a Dodge Magnum with 3 Buick port holes on each front
fender; 'also had ridiculously big chrome wheels. I had to look
away and breath slowly through my nose. ;))
Wilton
That is just amazing. Way to go Gerry.
Harry
86 300 SDL
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Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Trans Diagnosis A
Aimed a light at the hole in the
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:39:07 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I figured it was a good bit of story for a Saturday, and the AMAZING
part is it was SWMBO's idea!
Hang on to her.
That is what I thought the first time also. But over the years I
have heard it from many people who
gassers are a PITA aren't they? What year is the TE? Is it a 124?
I had similar findings a couple of years ago with daughter's 107.
Had smelled since she got it. no leaks.
on it, there was a short chunk of big hose, like 5/8 from the tank to
the filter/pump unit. Then a hard tubing
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:59:52 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh Man! Now you went and messed up what I thought I understood! I
will see what I can figger out tomorrow. Whats a PWM? the PKW PWM,
Of course! I know it is on a PKW, but I don't know what the PWM Is.
I generally keep not so good tires on the rear so I don't ruin good
tires when this happens, and for safety, the best tires should always
be on the front axle.
There is an on-going debate about this. If you have poor tires on the
rear, the rear will have less traction and will break loose
Dieselhead wrote:
Who on the list can come up with a USB camera
(Mfgr and model number) that would be small enough (9-10mm dia or
less5-6 mm?) to pass through the hole in the head where a prechamber
goes (OM61x and OM60x) to work as a borescope, preferably with onboard
light.
I would
Dieselhead wrote:
Then I can start on the 2 OM616 engines, hoping to make one that will
propel the 80 4 speed. 123 240D (UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE ME A OM602
Bring a trailer here and take the '81 engine here? It was a good
runner when rust put it on the sidelines. And, rust will take it
I saw some sort of pimped SUV go by the other day, it had 5 portholes
(when 3 just won't do!). This seems to be the style among certain
demographic cohorts.
--R
On 9/25/2010 4:45 PM, WILTON wrote:
Just saw a Dodge Magnum with 3 Buick port holes on each front fender; 'also had
ridiculously
You know, I had this idea a few years ago, to make a cheap cam like that
for hobbyists, cars, etc. and never really pursued it. I see Harbor
Fright has one now for about a $100, has a little display and the cam on
the end of a flexible thingie. It looks fairly small, but maybe not
small
I used to work with a guy who claimed to have worked at one of the nuke
labs back in the 50s. Someone in a class was demonstrating what happens
when you bring 2 pieces of some element (plutonium maybe, I forget that
detail) together closer and closer. The idea was that the count would
go
Dunno the oversteer/understeer theory, and it doesn't matter much to
me. What I know is that if the front does not steer, you have no
control. Yes, the back can slip so far and fast that it exceeds the
maximum turn mechanically, or it can occur faster than you can react.
For most drivers
Hey, you have some connection with medical types. Maybe you can find
out how many uses the little vein cameras get, and then what happens
to it.. My guess is the little camera is a throwaway, but is useless
without the $5,000,000 machine it is connected to (with the display)
And I'd guess
if there is any there, if doesn't go to the university junk sale.
medical makes me shudder. That is about like paying DOD prices.
$10 for a bandaid with a fancy name. A NEW borescope would be
probably 10x cheaper. now if you knew a medial equipment tech at
some hospital that does a lot of
Wow I cant believe they make any kind of profit margin on their crap :D
On 9/23/2010 8:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Spoiled brats, even 50 yr old spoiled brats, ruin families and companies.
so in other words they will be out of business soon. That is sure
quite a few $20 power tools to sell to
I believe that was called, 'Tickling the tigers tail'
Method was to take 2 sub critical massed, make a donut from one and a
donut hole sphere from the other.
Drop the sphere thru the hole on the donut, for an instant you have a
critical mass that will peg all the meters.
Brilliant young men
30% or they would close the doors. I think what you mean is how cheap
the must buy it for.
--
Pete Arnold, Lost in the 60's
‹(•¿•)›
Real Race cars have 3 pedals
The only electronics is an AM Radio with Oldies playing.
On 9/25/2010 9:24 PM, Rolf wrote:
Wow I cant believe they make any
Hm. Still sounds fishy to me. Nuclear fission in a critical mass
happens on a timescale that makes the speed of the sphere falling
through the donut hole a comparitive eternity.
Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net writes:
I believe that was called, 'Tickling the tigers tail'
Method was to
They probably sell it at about 1.5x their cost.
Rolf r...@winmutt.com writes:
Wow I cant believe they make any kind of profit margin on their crap :D
On 9/23/2010 8:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Spoiled brats, even 50 yr old spoiled brats, ruin families and companies.
so in other words they
I was just looking at the camera on the macbook.. It is maybe 3mm
dia. that could be put in a .5 thick case and you would have a 4mm
dia camera for pretty cheap. The megapixel camera on my motorola
cell phone appears to be about 1mm lens dia.
Seems to me somewhere in the computer
That would be a 33% margin and yes overall that is probably close.
Out of that, all freight and op exp has to be paid. In reality, you
have some low margin or loss leaders you use to lure folks into the
store. Then you have normal items that have a 30-35% margin. And
then you have the gravy
I see Harbor
Fright has one now for about a $100, has a little display and the cam on
the end of a flexible thingie. It looks fairly small, but maybe not
small enough for that application. Don't think it has a light.
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?category=q=boroscope
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:36:34 -0400 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I used to work with a guy who claimed to have worked at one of the nuke
labs back in the 50s. Someone in a class was demonstrating what
happens when you bring 2 pieces of some element (plutonium maybe,
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:41:40 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
Hm. Still sounds fishy to me. Nuclear fission in a critical mass
happens on a timescale that makes the speed of the sphere falling
through the donut hole a comparitive eternity.
Nevertheless, it was done, and it
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:39:53 -0700 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
wrote:
I see Harbor
Fright has one now for about a $100, has a little display and the cam
on the end of a flexible thingie. It looks fairly small, but maybe not
small enough for that application. Don't think it has a
Reminds me of the college bookstore.
They price the 1-liter soda's at 1.50 with the tax factored in, and
the 12oz at 1.25 with tax factored in. The vending machines have em at
1.50 for the 12oz ones.
Needless to say, the bookstore flat-out schools the vending machines
in profit on soda, even
Does anybody have a turbo oil supply line for a 603 3.5? Im
putting my 140 back together and need one, mine got damaged on
removal. I pulled one from a 3.0 603 and its different.
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91 350SDL, 91 300D,
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Yeah, but it is $120 bucks. This is a kaleb car at best.
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:39:53 -0700 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
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I see Harbor
Fright has one now for about a $100, has a little display and the cam
on the end of a flexible thingie. It looks fairly small, but maybe
But you don't count the cost of tools in the value proposition of a car, you
cn use them on future cars as well.
I'd just install the engine, and see how it runs. if it has low compression,
then pull the head.
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, but it
Splice in some hydraulic hose, keeping the two ends?
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Does anybody have a turbo oil supply line for a 603 3.5? Im putting my
140 back together and need one, mine got damaged on removal. I pulled one
from a 3.0 603
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How about that weird 603 you had? I suppose it has yet a third style
that won't work
Can you build a new one or cut out a section and repair the original?
Is it steel tubing? You should be able to have a repair section
silver soldered in. You can make it/fit it, then take it to a good
A lot of the cameras on phones and computers (and cameras too!) are part
of a circuit board, the trick is getting the imager small and at the end
of a flex cable of some sort, and the rest of the bits on the hand-held
part.
--R
On 9/25/2010 10:04 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
I was just looking at
WILL the 3/8 dia hose for the auto trans connection to the radiator
work for a splice? that will hold oil pressure of up to at least 100
PSI, and is built for heat and oil. FLAPS has that. but i'd want a
heat shield between it ahd the hot side of the turbo...
You talkin bout the pressure
This is close, but it does not give the dimension. Looks like 10-12mm
www.buy.com/prod/new-usb-2-0-mini-camera-webcam-for-pc-laptop/q/sellerid/23962916/loc/101/213271960.html
NASTY URL...
But you don't count the cost of tools in the value proposition of a car, you
cn use them on future cars
This one might be it, but I like that $20 price better. These clowns
want to sell a micro devise but include no dimensions of the head
size or the min hole size. looks like a pake fleabay.
A lot of the cameras on phones and computers (and cameras too!) are
part of a circuit board, the trick
close, but no bananas: www.geeky-gadgets.com/usb-super-micro-eye-video-camera/
exactly the ticket, but it needs a 17mm hole
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really close!
http://www.etronixmart.com/supereyes-b002-200x-usb-digital-microscope-manual-focusing-p-572.html?osCsid=ad6129ad79c64a005cb54d3ab0bcb58b
appears to be 7mm dia, with light. only problem is that it is twice
what I'd be willing to spend. Some other time, it would be worth the
I believe that was called, 'Tickling the tigers tail'
Method was to take 2 sub critical massed, make a donut from one and a
donut hole sphere from the other. Drop the sphere thru the hole
That doesn't conform to any definition of 'tickling' I'd
think of. They did used to do it, or so I
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