Sorry guys - for some reason email from Okiebenz isn't getting into my Win Live
Mail system - My Porsche forum emails are the same way - I can read my mail in
the comcast mail reader but they don't get to Live Mail (POS) It's strange
because all of my other mail is getting through including a
Somehow that brings to mind an old rumor that with special treatment and
technique (strip it down, use half a case of duct tape for aerodynamic
enhancements and lob the load whilst performing an optimal reversal of
direction), the Spad was the only prop craft that was carrier-launchable and
I bet it can run (one started) with a bum alternator and a flat battery, is
pretty peppy (intercooler) -and- does not have giraffe inspired glow plugs to
break off in the head!
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On Jan 9, 2011, at 23:01,
Gives new meaning to the phrase walking to the grave for sure...
Walt
On Jan 9, 2011 4:20 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Hmm, measuring your age by a distance. I have miles to go before I
sleep...
--R
On 1/9/2011 2:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Hendrik wrote:
Yeah
I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit. It's the only way
to be sure.
--R
On 1/9/2011 10:41 PM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Why not just use a Davey Crocket tacticle nuke instead? Floor it then launch
it!
Walt
On Jan 9, 2011 10:38 PM, Allan Streibstr...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Rich
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:42 PM, David Bruckmann
bruckma...@transcontinental.ca wrote:
[http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2150938917.html]
Not just Euro lights, it has the ever-so-slightly-smaller Euro bumpers.
Euro everything: it is a gray market car.
My '82 is too; there were no US 5-liter
Yeah, mini gun is what I first had in mind, then I may have gotten carried
away with 20mm. What size are mini gun shells? Yeah, I like that a lot
better than quad 50's. ;))
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun
The *Minigun* is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel heavy machine gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun with a high rate of fire
(2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounds_per_minute), employing Gatling
The XJS was carrier launchable, but not landing capable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiJkQzpzRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvN45ea5bKo
John Reames wrote:
Somehow that brings to mind an old rumor that with special treatment and technique (strip
it down, use half a case of duct tape for
Thanks for all the help, guys! I haven't had time to play with the
car for a few days, but when I do I'll report back.
David wrote:
Before worrying about pressure, check the linkages between the height
correctors
and the control lever inside the car. Since both ends of the car are rising
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
JB weld to plug up that broke off nipple on the main vacuum line,
I've had JB fail in the heat over an engine. If this
is more off to the side you might be OK.
FWIW, plain old hardware-store epoxy has worked fine to
What part of I couldn't find the correct flapper didn't you get? If I could
find a valve that fit I would have done that but they're all too short, the
distance between the mounting pins and the hole on mine is 2 3/4 and the ones
in the store run between 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 so they won't ever
WILTON wrote:
And I want one with a remotely-controlled (shoot-where-you-look sight) 20mm
Gatlin gun - well, maybe,quad 50's, anyway. Vehicle is probably not heavy
enough for 20mm Gatlin gun. Teach those tailgaters, litter bugs and
bright-light drivers a thing or two. ;)
Tucson?
guns
Walt wrote:
Why not just use a Davey Crocket tacticle nuke instead?
How about the Rat Patrol vehicle.
Wasn't there a tv series in the '60's - Rat Patrol?
I think I saw it once, but not regularly.
mao
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I finally googled it (its an Eljer) and it turns out it DOES use a special
valve thats about 3x as expensive as the regular one... Another good reason to
replace the pink monstrosity. Not in the mood for a toilet replacement right
now, it the spring maybe.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011
Pink toilet???!
Does it wash and dry, and talk as well???!
Walt
On Jan 10, 2011 12:50 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I finally googled it (its an Eljer) and it turns out it DOES use a special
valve thats about 3x as expensive as the regular one... Another good reason
to replace the
Curt Raymond wrote:
What part of I couldn't find the correct flapper didn't you get?
That's why you buy a flapper assembly; seat, pivot, and flapper all in one
package. Then the pivot is in the right place for the new flapper. IIRC the
whole thing is stuck in the bottom of the tank with some
Inlet hole to flapper hole in the tank is an odd distance, so he can't find
one...
Walt
On Jan 10, 2011 1:10 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
What part of I couldn't find the correct flapper didn't you get?
That's why you buy a flapper assembly; seat, pivot, and
We had an American Standard at the cottage that had a really weird
flush valve. Not standard at all. not a flapper at all. I
finally took the tank off and replaced the whole flush valve. There
is no putty for a flush valve. just a hole in the bottom of the
(porcelain) tank. the new flush
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00068YCM8/
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Inlet hole to flapper hole in the tank is an odd distance, so he can't find
one...
Walt
That's why you buy a flapper assembly; seat, pivot, and flapper all in one
package. Then the pivot is in the right place for the new flapper.
I got that part, duh. I meant you can buy the whole fill
standpipe/flapper deal that fits into the tank drain hole, unless
somehow that is a non-standard size. Last one I bought was like $7.
--R
On 1/10/2011 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
What part of I couldn't find the correct flapper
Ales.
Not into killing people, no matter how much they annoy me.
If they are dead they can't learn anything.
The kids on my street have these high speed model cars with remote control.
An EMP generator mounted on a model car sent under that as...le in
fronts' vehicle would kill his car and teach
Yep, enough of this gun stuff talk. 'May incite another nut. I've never
been a gun nut; 'don't own one; 'don't really want one; 'was armed with
nukes for years, though.
Wilton
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From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Fred Moir wrote:
An EMP generator mounted on a model car sent under that as...le in
fronts' vehicle would kill his car and teach him some manners, maybe.
'Twould be a traffic hazard though.
That would be akin to the 'nuclear option'.
Perhaps this would be more of a conventional warfare
Original Message
Subject:OT - way OT - old washing machines
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:47:05 -0600
From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
My good wife has decided she needs/wants an old style wringer washing
WILTON wrote:
...was armed with
nukes for years, though.
Yep - you are worse than all of us combined.
Plus - there ain't no 'nuts' here - we just all like old mercedes cars
and keeping them running in fine condition. Oh, wait - that defines
'nuts.' Okay, we are pecans, not walnuts?
mao
'Didn't mean to imply that there are any nuts are among us fine MB
gentlemen; just don't know who else may be reading this stuff, though.
BTW, I turned my/our (yes, yours, too) nukes over to somebody else nearly
29+ years ago. I'm confident they're still in good, sensible hands.
Wilton
The whole bathroom was pink. Well pink over purple, the ceiling is even tiled
pink.
Last summer I redid one wall above the tub, this summer I'll probably pull the
toilet and re-tile the floor, maybe do the vanity also. Someday I do the other
2 walls above the tub. That'll give me a white tub
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
Why didn't you just get the new valve assembly and put it in?
Curt Raymond wrote:
What part of I couldn't find the correct flapper didn't you
get? If I could find a valve that fit I would have done that
but they're all too short,
It looks like the flapper pivot and the bolt that hold the tank to the throne
are the same bolt. I didn't realize the putty bit.
Still $12 to replace just the flapper sounds better than repositioning the
pivot.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:10:51 -0500
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To:
Sheesh, I hadn't planned to get this much into it but what we're talking about
looks like this: http://www.griggindustries.com/page9.html#106
The flush valve has nothing to do with the overflow or anything else, it sits
off on the other side of the tank.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:25:35
Yeah my parents had one of those, worst flush valve ever...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:29:58 -0500
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Bit o' bodgering
Message-ID: 4d2b5026.90...@voyager.net
Content-Type: text/plain;
Aah should have specified that I was not referring to landing on a postage
stamp in the sea when I typed capable...
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On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:16, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
The XJS was carrier launchable, but
Google trolling for taillights
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On Jan 10, 2011, at 14:34, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Fred Moir wrote:
An EMP generator mounted on a model car sent under that as...le in fronts'
vehicle would kill his
Under whatever is in the place of a rear seat?
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On Jan 9, 2011, at 19:43, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Who knows where the battery on a newer SL500 would be?
There are heavy terminals on the fender where
It's still a fine red hair either way...
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On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:22, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:16:24 -0500 Max Dillon
meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
0.01 to 0.02 mm is the factory
My good wife has decided she needs/wants an old style wringer washing
machine for doing dirty jobs like rugs, rags, and my younger son's dirty
work clothes (he is a mechanic). She is reluctant to put this stuff in
the regular washer.
That's what laundromats are for!
Allan
Was it the type with a plunger-like assembly riding on a pole that's pulled
up and down by the flush handle? I converted one of ours to the flapper
setup by installing the new pipe in the tank since I couldn't find that
setup. Now, I've been able to find them again. They work pretty well.
Absolutely true, but not convenient on Sunday afternoon when one is
making dinner etc.
She has been soaking Tom's dirty clothing in the laundry tub and
rinsing and then wringing it out by hand before putting it in the washer
but that is not easy. I know as I have helped wring stuff out. We
I recall when I was little my mother had an old wringer machine, or
maybe it was one that was left in the basement of the house they bought
when I was 9ish, that had a crank ringer. I thought it was way cool,
and had fun running random stuff through it until my dad hauled it off.
There was
Your approach is correct. In my experience, you seldom win that
first battle. You can expect the potmetal top thing to disintegrate,
then you can get the pin out. a propane torch may help. You should
be able to buy the new top thing. that is a common item, or it used
to be at least. I
I recall when I was little, Mama had a black cast iron wash pot in the back
yard; 'filled it bucket-by-bucket from a well with bucket and chain lift;
'heated it with wood; she wrung EVERY piece of clothing by hand multiple
times as they came out of the pot, out of coupla rinse tubs, etc.,
John Reames wrote:
Aah should have specified that I was not referring to landing on a postage stamp in the
sea when I typed capable...
Oh, well, the Spad still fares better than the Jaguar XJS, which promptly lands
in the ocean when you drive it off a carrier.
Yeah thats the little devil. As a system I actually like it better than the
flapper thing and a million times better than the thing Mitch posted. I just
need to find one, my replacement valve leaks just slightly.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:59:56 -0800
From: Kevin Kraly kr...@comcast.net
My good wife has decided she needs/wants an old style wringer washing
machine for doing dirty jobs like rugs, rags, and my younger son's dirty
work clothes (he is a mechanic). She is reluctant to put this stuff in
the regular washer. We looked around and found one that looked good but
is
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:12:48 -0500 Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com
wrote:
Inlet hole to flapper hole in the tank is an odd distance, so he can't
find one...
No, you don't replace just the flapper. You replace the whole assembly,
flapper, seat, ball chain, and all. Just as shown in Mitch's
I just got back from rescuing my son - his '84 190D stick would not start
after his last stop of the evening. Turned the key, all the lights work, the
glow plug light works as it should, then turn to the starting position and
nothing happens at all.
As it's gotten cool today - 21F, windchill at 6F
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:02:15 -0600 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
I just got back from rescuing my son - his '84 190D stick would not
start after his last stop of the evening. Turned the key, all the
lights work, the glow plug light works as it should, then turn to the
starting position and
I forgot that part - the big hammer whack had no effect. We can't see/find
the lugs, or even the solenoid for that matter, from the top of engine
compartment. There's a lot of intake manifold and airfilter (NA) over it in
this car. Give me a turbo anyday!
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Craig
You might be lucky and only have a dead solenoid or loose wire --
they are a bit exposed and it's not impossible that the starter wire
is loose.
Changing one is a bitch. I ended up taking out the left side engine
mount on the 190E I was working on, I never could figure out how the
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