Re: [MBZ] Restored Adenauer [was: Re: One for Jaime to carry upstairs and engineer like nothing else]

2011-03-27 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Nice job they did but that car in it's restored state is worth 1/5 of what they are asking!! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:41:31 +1030 Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: For your perusal

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Big fines for employers (I think $10k/head), if caught they are sent off. It is a distinctly unfriendly place for illegals though there are still quite a few around, but not nearly as many as NC or other suthrun states. --R On 3/26/11 9:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote: So what is SC doing about

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: back to gas??

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
who thinks all politicians should be shot at birth (yes I know, not a particularly PC comment but hopefully THEY are not watching) Dude, they are _always_ watching! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
they [sprinter] are everywhere and seem to have killed the gas powered box van market. As well they should. I chatted with an owner of several vans (and one Sprinter) at the pump once. He owned the business and loved the Sprinter 'cause of the 25MPG it got even though loaded. He drove that

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
My wife has a G3 (!) clamshell iBook that she still uses every day for her business. Our laptops (in the house) are Pismos. A bit slow on some things, and probably getting worse as more websites get crapped up, but really lovely little machines. They're what, 11 years old now? Ever see

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations for lazy people

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Our little female dog avoids the thing but otherwise pays little attention to it. The big boys would find it a wonderful playmate but they don't get to be around it. Cats deserve whatever trauma it inflicts. --R On 3/26/11 7:51 PM, Hendrik Fay wrote: Cats love em

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
Other than the dog eating the cord about five times, Needs to leave the thing plugged in once. That'll cure the dog. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: Ever see anybody get 11 years out of a PC? I'd have to check and see how old my Mom's (formerly Dad's) Panasonic Toughbook is. I know it's time for another battery, and the one in it isn't original. It's got Win95 or 98 on it. My Zenith Minisport (PC-XT class portable,

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread LWB250
I'm going on seven on my 15 CD MacBook Pro. Rather than buy a new laptop in the near future, I may go the iPad route. My MBP will continue to do everything I need it to for a long time, and the iPad is cheaper than a new laptop and will handle much of my daily surf/email, etc. I would also

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations

2011-03-27 Thread LWB250
Yabbut then you'll have the vet bills for the medical attention the dog will need from the burns... Dan --- On Sun, 3/27/11, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Peter Frederick
My old Pismo is fine except that Word is horribly slow and web pages can take forever to display. Bought a TiBook (1 Ghz) to replace it last year, and that's what I drag around all the time now. Other than being a bit slow on web page display or Photoshop, it's not bad. I also got some

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread LWB250
I always liked the TIBooks, and seriously considered buying one at the time I bought my 15 CD MBP - the catch was moving up to the new Intel processor. This effectively extended the life of this machine well into the future over trying to keep a machine with the older processor limping along.

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes: Big fines for employers (I think $10k/head), if caught they are sent off. It is a distinctly unfriendly place for illegals though there are still quite a few around, but not nearly as many as NC or other suthrun states. So in SC do

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Yes no doubt it's a great little commercial vehicle, as it was intended to be. But even the smallest ones I've seen look too big (particularly too tall) for what most families/soccer moms might want. I can imagine there are many parking garages that a Sprinter would not go into. Allan Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes: Ever see anybody get 11 years out of a PC? I did, or more accurately could have. When the .com where I was working went belly-up in 2000, I bought my Compaq PC at the liquidation fire sale. Also had an even older Compaq that was given to me by a friend

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes: A lot of people I know bought 17 MBPs when they had the chance, and every one of them now regrets it. The 17, while nice with the larger screen real estate, is a real beast to lug around. I have one for work, where I use mainly as a desktop replacement (I have

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Nope, next door to our place is a colonia that a local farmer houses his migrants in for a few weeks during the summer (these are graders not pickers, your higher class of julio as he explains it) and they are all legal. Now this fella did spend a little time paying off a federal felony the

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
Being commercial, they are exempt from mileage ratings from the gummit. That is the first statement I have heard about the fuel consumption. SWMBO is not averse to a Sprinter, but I know it would have to have windows down the sides. With the ripoff prices of Dissel over guzzeline, cost of

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
The one that hit me was plenty big --R On 3/27/11 11:09 AM, Allan Streib wrote: But even the smallest ones I've seen look too big ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: Unfortunately, around this part of the country, most of what you see are fedex. There was a dogde stealership in the state center that was a sprinter dealer, but now there is no dealer in the state. I went to a dogde stealership in St Louis maybe 1 1/2

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
LWB250 wrote: A lot of people I know bought 17 MBPs when they had the chance, and every one of them now regrets it. The 17, while nice with the larger screen real estate, is a real beast to lug around. I wouldn't put my HP G72 in a backpack and carry it around a campus, but it's about 1/2

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
Burns from 120? It is a moist environment. I'd expect a howl, but not burns. Yabbut then you'll have the vet bills for the medical attention the dog will need from the burns... Dan --- On Sun, 3/27/11, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
They are sold at some freightshaker stealerships and at select Mercedes Benz truck dealers I recently saw some at an MB car stealership in the South. I think it was Jackson. Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: Unfortunately, around this part of the country, most of what you see are

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Dave C.
Test the iPad keyboard for more than a few minutes before you buy. On Mar 27, 2011, at 7:34 AM, LWB250 wrote: I'm going on seven on my 15 CD MacBook Pro. Rather than buy a new laptop in the near future, I may go the iPad route. My MBP will continue to do everything I need it to for a long

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
I just spent a month using one at work for software and compliance testing. Not a great means of inputting data, but a heck of a lot better than this little keypad on my iPod... Dan Sent from my iPod On Mar 27, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Dave C. w123wa...@gmail.com wrote: Test the iPad keyboard for

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations

2011-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Electrical burns. Have seen them on several animals that decided electrical cords were chew toys. Dan Sent from my iPod On Mar 27, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Burns from 120? It is a moist environment. I'd expect a howl, but not burns. Yabbut then you'll

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
I have an HP8540p for a work computer. Full size QWERTY keyboard and separate keypad. Nice, but a beast to lug around. Dan Sent from my iPod On Mar 27, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: LWB250 wrote: A lot of people I know bought 17 MBPs when they had the chance, and

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
A working MB power sunroof is quite pleasant but a manual MB is just as good in every respect plus I've never heard of or seen an inoperable one... -Curt Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:32:42 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] too expensive

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Lots of competition in EVERY segment. Thats a lousy excuse. -Curt Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:09:06 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] too expensive Message-ID: 1599f.245871c5.3abfc...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII ...When I hear we make

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: I have an HP8540p for a work computer. Full size QWERTY keyboard and separate keypad. Nice, but a beast to lug around. Imagine if it were 2 wider, 1 deeper, 1/4 thicker, and the same weight. (My G72 is bigger but not as sturdily constructed) Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Where does one obtain De-Oxit? My '84 190D has a flaky stalk, it'll sometimes turn out the lights completely if its in the wrong position. I presume its dirty contacts as its been getting better with use. -Curt Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:58:28 -0400 From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread Russ Williams
Radio Shuck has it and most electrical supply houses. On 3/27/2011 12:17 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Where does one obtain De-Oxit? My '84 190D has a flaky stalk, it'll sometimes turn out the lights completely if its in the wrong position. I presume its dirty contacts as its been getting better

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Ahh good reminder. I just last week replaced my Compaq W8000 with an HP XW8200. I got the W8000 out of NBA Entertainment in 2005 (I think) when we replaced it with an XW6000 (which was replaced last year or the year before I forget). The systems at NBAE went into service in (again I think,

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Walt Zarnoch
IBM Thinkpad 600E, still running just fine, and blew circles around vista laptops. Walt On Mar 27, 2011 10:00 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: My wife has a G3 (!) clamshell iBook that she still uses every day for her business. Our laptops (in the house) are Pismos. A bit slow on

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
Jim, was that one a 3/4 ton? (2500) I think so. Not sure, really. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] too expensive

2011-03-27 Thread E M
Can you not get a B Class in the US? They sell them here in Canada. I wouldn't say they're leading their segment in sales, but there are a good number of them around. They start about $30,000, and go up. Probably several similar models on the market, built just as well and cheaper, but then

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread dave walton
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002BBVN2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8m=A3NUNNXXHUJDMF On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Where does one obtain De-Oxit? My '84 190D has a flaky stalk, it'll sometimes turn out the lights completely if its in the wrong

Re: [MBZ] too expensive

2011-03-27 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
No the B Class is not good enough for the US market. Asian crap cars are what we want here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:45 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote: Can you not get a B Class in the US? They sell them here in Canada. I wouldn't say they're leading their segment in

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
That's interesting that VW had such a sunroof. I'll bet it was a Webasto product, and so theoretically could also be provided to MB. I wonder if one could retrofit that sunroof to an MB? -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Walt Zarnoch
One can retrofit most anything given enough time and capital. Walt On Mar 27, 2011 2:42 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: That's interesting that VW had such a sunroof. I'll bet it was a Webasto product, and so theoretically could also be provided to MB. I wonder if one could

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
IIRC, Webasto was the supplier of VW sunroofs. I had a large collection of VWs in my younger days, and I do recall seeing their name on parts. I am thinking they may also have been the supplier of gas heaters for them as well. Anyone recall that? Dan Sent from my iPod On Mar 27, 2011, at

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Correct, Webasto is/was the gas/diesel heater maker for VW, I know that much for a fact. Walt On Mar 27, 2011 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: IIRC, Webasto was the supplier of VW sunroofs. I had a large collection of VWs in my younger days, and I do recall seeing their name on parts.

Re: [MBZ] back to gas??

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Now, that doesn't sound very green - all the gun powder burning, lead flying around, etc. A simple neck wringing or drowning would be much more acceptable to the green crowd. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote: Hendrik who thinks all politicians should

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
No, but Webasto can provide them to MB in the proper size. That's interesting that VW had such a sunroof. I'll bet it was a Webasto product, and so theoretically could also be provided to MB. I wonder if one could retrofit that sunroof to an MB? -Max -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
That is my recollection I only had VWs, both Ghias 1956 and 1960 IIRC, Webasto was the supplier of VW sunroofs. I had a large collection of VWs in my younger days, and I do recall seeing their name on parts. I am thinking they may also have been the supplier of gas heaters for them as

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Yup - I have one going on 17 years now. It's running W95 and an AVL Genesis card that is full length, 8 bit, and deep. I use it to program multi-image slide shows (up to 9 projectors with 3 Dove dissolve units). I dont connect it to the Internet, it's a dedicated box. I also have an original IBM

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
I forgot the Compaq N610c that's running as my web server. Daughter returned it because it locked up all the time. It was built in 2002. It's been running the website non-stop for three years now. So it's only 9 years old. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:43 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Yup - I

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
The heaters is what I've heard of them for, didn't know about sunroofs... -Curt Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:34:40 -0400 From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs Message-ID:

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
They used to have both a standard height version and a walk-in heigth version. You could configure one with windows, different seating options, etc. on-line. I've never seen a passenger model on the road though - only the tall cargo models. http://www.mbsprinterusa.com/ The passenger van

Re: [MBZ] too expensive

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
I saw lots of A and B class MBs in Mexico. remember that the US buys on price, not quality - Walmart. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote: No the B Class is not good enough for the US market. Asian crap cars are what we want here. -- OK Don 2001

[MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
This is about the car occasionally draining the battery overnight - but not all the time. I installed and ammeter and voltmeter in the glove box so I could see what's happening. I've been driving the car ('92 300D) and watching the ammeter for two months now. I've only caught the battery drain

[MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
The second issue with the '92 300D is the loss of the tach, idle speed control, and AC - sometimes. At first it was once a month or so, and could be brought to life again (all three systems) by killing and re-starting the engine. Then it got so that once off, they would stay that way till the car

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
My old K6-2 350 is still in working condition. I used it as a desktop for 3-4 years, then loaded server on it and ran it as a server (2000 then 2003) until it was 11 years old. After that, I built up a 1 ghz server running 2003, and keep the old one to start up and save backups to. Now it

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
I saw two matched Sprinters with windows and fancy paint, headed toward Mobile a couple of weeks ago. These were more like an airport shuttle, maybe 20-24 passenger, very long. My guess is that they are casino shuttles. If a casino owned them, normally the casino is advertised all over.

[MBZ] Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
They are actually final-assembled here in the Charleston SC area, bits come in and they are put together in some fashion (I read something about how that works, but it did not make a lot of sense, probably some tax thing or something). I have seen them with both Freightliner (which was

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Kevin Kraly
Wow, over 60K for a Sprinter on closeout? My fully loaded 2 year leftover '06 Sprinter 2500 standard roof Passenger van was priced at $36K in August of 2007! The similarly equipped 10 passenger 07 high roof van we tested earlier that summer was 41K. The only passenger van on the lot when we

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread RELNGSON
Lots of competition in EVERY segment. Thats a lousy excuse Do you mean you would buy one even if the cost was, say, $4000 more than an equal Asian labeled vehicle? Just for the status, then? What?? RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: I do not hear the locking system vacuukm pump running, I un-plugged the antenna, no change, the trunk light is not warm. What else has power with the ignition switch off, and the key out? Radio and clock, but they are fused. Starter and alternator might be candidates.

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Hm... the standard height roof looks a bit more reasonable. Don't think I've ever seen one on the road. At $40K, not really too bad for that much space. Nearest dealer to me over 50 miles away. OK Don okd...@gmail.com writes: They used to have both a standard height version and a walk-in

Re: [MBZ] Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes: They are actually final-assembled here in the Charleston SC area, bits come in and they are put together in some fashion (I read something about how that works, but it did not make a lot of sense, probably some tax thing or something).

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
I like the spray can version: http://www.telephoneparts.com/index.cgi?pcode=CAI-D5S-6 I purchased from MCM electronics along with soldering iron, solder-sucker, and some other odds'n'ends. -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
I've used DeoxIT and another similar cleaner to cure stalks problems for headlight issues and wiper issues; I think you'll be please with this simple fix to your light problem. -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [MBZ] Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: There is some kind of long-standing import tax on trucks (no doubt a political favor from years ago when Toyota and Datsun/Nissan were eating Ford and Chevy's lunch on compact pickups), which can be avoided in some fashion by bringing in parts and doing the final assembly in

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
I wouldn't buy an Asian vehicle even if it's German counterpart (not that an Asian vehicle is even capable of that) cost ten times more. Toyota/Lexus- no thanks. I'd rather not put my life or the life of innocent passengers, pedestrians, bystanders at risk. And Asian car styling is either awful

Re: [MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread Peter Frederick
The contactor on the KLIMA relay can unsolder or fuse from age, bad solder joints, or a shorted AC clutch. Usually results in always on AC clutch or none. Pull the relay next time it does this. What is the age of your OVP relay? If it drops out, so does your instrument cluster. I

[MBZ] K'leb and OK Don need this

2011-03-27 Thread Mitch Haley
http://www.finishline.com/store/product/oklahoma-sooners-ncaa-mens-hooded-sweatshirt/_/A-703?productId=prod668008 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread Jim Cathey
What else has power with the ignition switch off, and the key out? GP relay, alternator, starter. IIRC. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread dave walton
The sprays are lower concentrations. That one is 5%. The liquid with brush applicator is full strength (100%). On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: I like the spray can version: http://www.telephoneparts.com/index.cgi?pcode=CAI-D5S-6 I purchased from

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
Any terminal on a Bosch system that is labelled 30 or 30a etc, is direct form the battery. Based on your next post about the KLIMA, Pull the KLIMA relay and see if there is a 30 terminal. I think there is. If so, the two problems may be related. Get a KLIMA from Kleb and try it. This

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
Ever buy parts for a ricemobile? a $4000 differential would be quickly wiped out in air filters etc. (OK, I know the CA only 85 300D... ... but that is an exception) There are a lot of reasons for buying an MB, and sticker price is usually not the only measure. Safety, parts

Re: [MBZ] Frightlaner

2011-03-27 Thread RELNGSON
...I have seen them with both Freightliner (which was Volvo?) and MB badging, I think the ones here are actually MB grills... Freightliner has been owned by Daimler AG for a long time. RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread RELNGSON
...Hm... the standard height roof looks a bit more reasonable.  Don't think I've ever seen one on the road... Fedex, DHL and UPS have fleets of them. I ahd a plumber in a while back who was driving one. He said he was getting 14-16 mpg around town which is at least twice what a Ford box van

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread WILTON
Battery drain on my 87 300D (124) was antenna, itself; on my 91 350SDL (126), it was antenna signal from radio amp in trunk above right rear wheel and covered/hidden by trunk liner. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread WILTON
'Thought for a while that I may want a small passenger Sprinter some day, but I've gotten over it, and feeling fine about it. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:17 PM

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
All the used ones near here on CL are cargo/commercial configurations most with over 200K miles already. I don't think I've ever seen a passenger configuration for sale, and very rarely on the road. I have seen one or two that are in use as shuttles. Allan WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes:

Re: [MBZ] sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
We had a frod cube van with a 12' box and it got 10, the same as the other trucks up to 1.5 ton trucks. ...Hm... the standard height roof looks a bit more reasonable. Don't think I've ever seen one on the road... Fedex, DHL and UPS have fleets of them. I ahd a plumber in a while back

Re: [MBZ] OT: question about older Mac PowerBook

2011-03-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino
For laptops that keep on keeping on it's hard to beat a ThinkPad T series. We have several at home here from a T23 to a T60. They are the Mercedes of laptops. The factory repair manuals are all available online, and there is a brisk trade in inexpensive but good quality parts. They can be taken

Re: [MBZ] Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Freightliner has always been the truck division of Mercedes. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 2:30 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Sprinting They are

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino
This thread has reminded me that my spray can (while not entirely empty) has lost its charge. I usually spray a q-tip then rub contacts, so this time I ordered the needle applicator. I thought about the brush but didn't like the idea of putting a contaminated brush back into the container. Greg

Re: [MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
The OVP relay is two years old -- the rest of the instrument cluster is fine. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote: The contactor on the KLIMA relay can unsolder or fuse from age, bad solder joints, or a shorted AC clutch. Usually results in always on AC

Re: [MBZ] K'leb and OK Don need this

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
My son has one -- or one that looks like it. He's a senior at OU - again. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: http://www.finishline.com/store/product/oklahoma-sooners-ncaa-mens-hooded-sweatshirt/_/A-703?productId=prod668008

Re: [MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
I lost the cap to the needle - most of it evaporated -- I got the spray can of fader lubricant/cleaner also, so I use it now. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.netwrote: This thread has reminded me that my spray can (while not entirely empty) has lost its

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
I was thinking of getting one from Kleb. The two fault events do not occur concurrently, so I didn't think they would be related, but I guess they could be. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Any terminal on a Bosch system that is labelled 30 or 30a etc, is

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Disconnecting the antenna completely did not stop the current, and the original radio, amp, etc. is long gone -- On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:54 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Battery drain on my 87 300D (124) was antenna, itself; on my 91 350SDL (126), it was antenna signal from radio amp

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Why did you buy a C class instead of an Infiniti which is more powerful, has more features and costs less? -Curt Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:37:53 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-Class here? Message-ID: 38e1c.6e0aebd7.3ac10...@aol.com Content-Type:

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Asian car covers a lot of marques. I'm not into Toyotas but I've had several Asian cars as rentals that I really liked. My favorite rental of all time was a Mazda 6 I had in Halifax, NS some years ago. Beautiful car for the long ride from the airport into the city. Nissan Altima is a close

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes: Had a Jeep Patriot last week and as much as I wanted to hate it out of the door it had good acceleration, handled surprisingly well and was generally a nice car. The exception was the absolutely inscrutable cruise control... As a serious offroader I'm

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
I think that the politicos have taken advantage of the dead constructions business, which employed most of the illegals, and gotten rid of all the workers when the business owners are too strapped to fight back. Once construction picks up again, then perhaps the climate will change. We have the

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread LWB250
Had a family in my old neighborhood down here who was attempting to challenge that family with 19 kids in Iowa. They had one of the first Sprinters I ever saw up close, and it was configured as a little minibus with seats and all. Talked to the dad one day and he said he ordered it form the

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
I'm thinking alternator, but as other's have pointed out the GP relay can also do this. Next event you could disconnect the GP relay (fuse) to see if that cures it. I've never heard of the KLIMA relay doing that, but I suppose it's possible. -Max -Original Message- From:

[MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint and at least 1 bad front fender but the interior is in nice shape and it runs great. I happen to have white fenders that will bolt right on. I should have plenty of

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Mountain Man
Max wrote: Once construction picks up again, then perhaps the climate will change.  We have the finest government money can buy. Construction picks up again? Don't count on that happenin' in the next decade. This econ is dead, Jim. mao ___

Re: [MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
If the OVP relay behind the battery the one with the fuse on top. sometimes its not the relay but the connections are loose or dirty. Try jiggling the relay and see what it does. On 3/27/2011 4:21 PM, OK Don wrote: The second issue with the '92 300D is the loss of the tach, idle speed

Re: [MBZ] B-Class here?

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
My wife drives a '96 I30; it has over 200k miles now, and has been very trouble free. Five speed transmission, V-6. Great car for around town, but not too comfortable on a long trip due to the rather stiff suspension. -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Battery drain - was: Ammeter installation wire size

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
That's what I was thinking to do next - disconnect at the GPR fuse. I have noticed two modes of operation of the GPR - sometimes the current slowly decreases after the engine starts, other times there is an almost instantaneous jump from pegged minus amps to 30 amps plus. Seems it ought to be

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Congrats! I want a spare KLIMA for a 124 300D - have one? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint and at least 1 bad front fender

Re: [MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Yup - thought of that. No change. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: If the OVP relay behind the battery the one with the fuse on top. sometimes its not the relay but the connections are loose or dirty. Try jiggling the relay and see what it does.

Re: [MBZ] KLIMA? - '92 300D

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
On second thought - through in a OVP with the KLIMA -- I'd like to have both in stock. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:10 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Yup - thought of that. No change. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: If the OVP relay behind the

[MBZ] Freightshaking, was Sprinting

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
uh, no... MB/DB has owned freightshaker for some time, maybe 20 years. But freightshaker was all american home grown before that, and DB sold MB trucks here and in the rest of the world prior to that. I have a friend who started out his business with a MB L1113 truck before they were for

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
You need a 5 cyl Klima I believe. The 6 cyl 300D is different. Congrats! I want a spare KLIMA for a 124 300D - have one? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the

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