On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
W126 with 240D wheels:
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/2220575228.html
Look close; there's a turbine sort of pattern to the spokes around
what appears to be the hubcap. They're actually Centras or some
such early-'80s
1. How shoudl I go about starting it?
Freshly-charged battery of the right size.
Make sure glow plugs are glowing. Start normally.
Unless gunked up with algae, these things can sit happily
for a long time and start right up, I think the Frankenheap
had about 10 years on it when I got it. I
I forgot to mention that the cruise control and HVAC
system may both be semi- or fully-dysfunctional. That's
getting to be normal at this age, and needn't be a huge
problem. Helps if you can solder! The vacuum locking
system will probably be having some problems too, it's
almost a given. Also
I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage. The vacum and
other issues aren't really any different then what I have delt with in my
gasser but I was hoping to get in the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a
90 mile round trip communte with some rolling hills but all at 55 or a
I use a service that lets me into government databases for land titles etc.
Unfortunaetly it is a bit of a dinosaur I guess.
I let Java update itself to jre6u24 and that caused problems. The applet
won't load.
The help desk tells me, just uninstall that and revert to the previous
version which
It might have become a lesbian too.
--R
On 2/24/2011 9:04 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
You might remember that the Monza in my '78 240D hated NPR and would frequently
switch to another station.
Yesterday while I was diagnosing the vacuum system on the car I was listening
to WGBH which is sort of
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
W126 with 240D wheels:
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/2220575228.html
Look close; there's a turbine sort of pattern to the spokes around
what appears to be the hubcap. They're actually Centras
Peter Hertzing wrote:
I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage. The vacum and
other issues aren't really any different then what I have delt with in my
gasser but I was hoping to get in the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a
90 mile round trip communte with some rolling
Peter - you've been bitten by the diesel bug and the pathogen has already
spread
through your bloodstream to all vital organs, don't resist, don't try to fight
it. You will have no rest until you buy one, so just go give the man his
money...
-Max
(bought and sold two, currently own two, but
Yea - but I gotta justify the purchase with saving some green on fuel
costs.. My wife is watching these email exchanges at home right now
calculating which other needs to go. I've the bug alright.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.netwrote:
Peter - you've
Hello Allan
I dunno about the W116, but I do know about the W123 valet lock.
It is a keyway and a key - nothing else. The valet key will not
unlock the trunk. Will unlock the driver's door and the ignition
key switch.
Keyway on driver's door and ignition lock are wedge-shaped, wider
at the
Not very do-able in Winnipeg these days. Minus 30 this morning. Even
automatic car washes give up and close when it gets too cold. I ran my
truck through on Wednesday as it was only minus 15 or so and it would
sit in the sun long enough to dry out and not freeze solid. That is the
best time to
Peter,
You won't know what kind of mileage the car will return until you drive it, but
it almost certainly could fall between 25 and 30 mpg on a highway commute at 55
mph or so, and I think it possibly could do better if all the planets align.
Remember that diesel fuel is more expensive than
Field report: no problems at all driving at night in rain with wax on my
windshield. No problems this a.m. driving in sunlight + light rain.
-Max
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Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 10:37:55 PM
Then you want a 240D, with 45 miles of mostly highway running I got my '83 240D
to do 32mpg a couple times when I kept myself to no more than 65mph. I suspect
if you could keep a constant 55mph on fairly flat ground you might go to 35mpg
but that'd be a stretch. I averaged right on 28mpg with
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I would imagine that limiting highway speed to 60 mph would return 30 mpg in
my
wagon
The best mileage I've ever gotten in either of the two '87 300Ds I've
owned was 31 mpg with the cruise control set at 75 on a
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On the third hand, Peter F. has reported consistently getting better
than 30 mpg in mixed (i.e. not just freeway) driving in an '87. But
his car is an outlier, or perhaps he is. ;)
Was it Peter who got creamed by a one ton van in a very nice '87?
Was the 30+mpg in
you can hope,...;-)
i think that's high, based on what i see most people around here in
similar cars getting. there are lots of variables, but count on low/mid
20s, and you're less likely to be disappointed.
cheers!
e
On 25/Feb/11 07:53, Peter Hertzing wrote:
I was hoping to get
A 190D 2.2l 5spd is the mileage maker, best I got with mine was 43mpg,
averaged more like 38 over about 90,000 miles.
Ours (2.5) has seen 42 a couple of times, but usually less. It's
in storage (if you can call outside 'storage') right now because
we just don't really like the car, but as I
I think that Dave M. had one of his fine 124 cars give it's life to save his
several years ago, maybe that's who your are thinking of.
-Max
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011
My '83 300D gets combined road and city 27 mpg. Indy says it has a very
good engine, so that might account for the mpg. On the interstate several
years
ago it also got around 27-28 mpg at 65 mph.
Gerry
PS: Peter, do you or anyone know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards
in
the HVAC
I don't but maybe someone else does...
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
My '83 300D gets combined road and city 27 mpg. Indy says it has a very
good engine, so that might account for the mpg. On the interstate several
years
ago it also got around
75% or higher isopropyl rubbing alcohol, aka rubbing alcohol.
The 50% stuff will work, but will require much much much more effort to
clean as good.
Qtips, white cotton rags/paper towels, and a soft/medium toothbrush help as
well.
Walt
On Feb 25, 2011 4:59 PM, Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com
Gotta love an entrepreneur
--R
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PS: Peter, do you or anyone know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards
in
the HVAC on these cars?
Thanks, Gerry
Deoxit.
Rick
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You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
Home Despot.
The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
market
Dan
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
Subject:
Wonder what he is gonna do with the 126? Rolls Royce?
Hendrik
with a real Mercedes...I think
Rich Thomas wrote:
Gotta love an entrepreneur
--R
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Truck stops used to carry bottles of absolute isopropyl alcohol. I'll check
next time in Wildwood.
I have several cans of Deoxit Dp5. Is all Deoxit essentially the same?
Their
website lists several kinds.
Thanks,
Gerry
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75% or higher
Regarding the disappointment that an OM617 diesel will turn in only
mid-20s on MPG... it always helps to put it in perspective.
a) That's better MPG than you'd get with all but the smallest SUVs and
close to what you'd get with any car of equivalent size.
b) If you're comparing it to something
LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
Home Despot.
The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
market
Hm... maybe camping gas? Or propane? Jim C?
Allan
--
1983 300D
Thanks, Dan. I'll check at Home Depot.
Gerry
From: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com
You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
Home Despot.
The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
market
Dan
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3433645/Elephant-has-sex-with-a-car.html
--R
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:39:11 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
You're right that it's not a 240D hubcap, but I think it's a full wheel
cover on a steel wheel.
Yup, they look just like the ones my '72 220D/8 (W115) had.
Craig
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know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards in
the HVAC on these cars?
For cleaning before resoldering? I use paint stripper.
Perhaps you're talking about a different purpose?
-- Jim
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:09:10 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On the third hand, Peter F. has reported consistently getting better
than 30 mpg in mixed (i.e. not just freeway) driving in an '87. But
his car is an outlier, or perhaps he is. ;)
Was
Is this the same as a 1989 560 sel? Mins is closed, was when I bought it
in Dec. It is down about 1 inch in the back. No water leak, just a lot
of noise. What would my next step be?
Thanks very much,
Bill in WV
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Yup, that's me. Still about 30 mpg, but I cheat -- I drive 35 miles
or so in about 50 minutes, over half the distance on winding country
roads at 45 mph or so, and the rest at 60 on a nearly flat four
lane. I nearly always get better milage than most people in any
given vehicle for some
Is this the same as a 1989 560 sel? Mins is closed, was when I
bought it
in Dec. It is down about 1 inch in the back. No water leak, just a
lot
of noise. What would my next step be?
I think the pop-up sunroof (double-acting) is the same.
It's reputedly a real bear to work on. If yours
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much as I hate being able to spit over my neighbor, paying for parking, taking
10 minutes to travel 2 miles (and the toll it takes on my
First thing to do is see if you can move it with the motor. if not,
it gets a bit complicated (as does the W126, they are quite similar).
If it is reluctant to move, unclip the headliner panel and shove it
back -- may have to dislodge the clip on the rear, too. This will
let you
know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards in
the HVAC on these cars?
For cleaning before resoldering? I use paint stripper.
Perhaps you're talking about a different purpose?
-- Jim
Cleaning before resoldering.
Do you use paste or
Peter Hertzing wrote:
I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage.
The vacum and other issues aren't really any different then
what I have delt with in my gasser but I was hoping to get in
the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a 90 mile round trip
communte with some rolling
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