That's what I needed to hear - a sring clip. I was afraid it was pressed on;
and old brittle plastic ...
Thanks
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Single fan on a 126. I changed mine in less than an hour. The fan is held
on with a spring clip that I did
Lately my wireless connetion goes erradically from very good to very low
and back.
Nothing changed in my house, though.
--
Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX
'82 300SD
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Hans,
How about a microwave or a cordless phone?
Depending on the type of access point you have, devices like these can
interfere with a wireless signal.
Dan
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On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Lately my wireless connetion goes
Of course computers made by apple are personal computers. However
the MS/DOS (later wintel) crowd claimed Personal computer to mean a
MS/DOS machine upon the release of the IBM PC almost 30 years ago.
Even Apple acquiesced to the terminology in their Mac vs PC ads a few
years ago.
Did you price a Dell Precision? The 4600 which replaced my 4300 STARTS at
$1700. A $500 laptop is consumer grade, it will not relate quality-wise to your
Mac in any substantial way. The cheapest Mac now starts at $1200 you should use
that as your guide.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:44:29
Only if you didn't actually READ the press release. They're not ending
production they're SELLING production. Lenovo did an admirable job when they
took over from IBM, no reason why HP should be different.
Their workstations are substantially better than any other PC maker, especially
right
How much for the lot?
Thanks, Mike
On Aug 31, 2011 7:23 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
I have some hex drivers sockets that I used on my diesels up for sale.
If
anyone is interested in the lot or just a few let me know.
Hazet 8801K - 3/8 drive hex driver 10mm
I paid about $700 for a refurb Macbook by watching the website for a couple
of weeks. It's indistinguishable from a new one.
I wouldn't want to pay much more than that for a PC since I don't use it in
a business or do
much of anything besides email and searches.
Right now I'm checking on the
Refurb Macbook air start at $750
Refurb Macbooks start at $850
Refurb Macbook pros start at $899
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=OTY2ODY3Nw
Macbook air new starts at $999
Macbook pro new starts at $1199
Mac mini new starts at $599
imac new starts at $1199
I have long been an advocate of Apple's refurbs. My 15 MacBookPro is a refurb
that I bought for several hundred (if not more) off the new price.
You can buy a previous generation machine as a refurb and save a substantial
amount of coin in the process.
Only difference with a refurb from a new
If you are looking for refurbs, watch carefully and regularly, as the Apple
Store inventory changes constantly.
Stuff will show up there and be gone in a matter of minutes sometimes.
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 2, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Refurb Macbook
I always say Apple Linux or Windows machine.
Walt
On Sep 2, 2011 9:15 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course computers made by apple are personal computers. However
the MS/DOS (later wintel) crowd claimed Personal computer to mean a
MS/DOS machine upon the release of the IBM PC
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:09 -0500, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
If you are running *nix on a mac platform, then you are left out of
the industry terminology, so you have to say *nix running on a mac
to describe yourself.
If you are running OSX on a Mac you are running *nix too (of a
OSx is unix
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:09, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course computers made by apple are personal computers. However the MS/DOS
(later wintel) crowd claimed Personal computer to mean a MS/DOS machine
upon the release of the IBM PC almost 30 years
LWB250 wrote:
If you are going to go PC,
Fmiser wrote:
Isn't an Apple a PC? Personal Computer? Some of the first
ones were made by Apple. And Atari, and Commodore, etc.
Dieselhead wrote:
unfortunate, but that is the way it is. PC means M$ or M
$ or *nix Mac means any
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:09 -0500, Dieselhead
126die...@gmail.com wrote:
If you are running *nix on a mac platform, then you are left
out of the industry terminology, so you have to say *nix
running on a mac to describe yourself.
Allan Streib wrote:
If you are running OSX on a Mac
All true, but OSX is not known as mac unix, but rather as Mac OSX or
OS10. I was referring to privateers who load other flavors of *nix
on Mac hardware.
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:09 -0500, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
If you are running *nix on a mac platform, then you are left out
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
No, it wasn't, it was Daniel Boone.
Not particularly a good example of upstanding reliability.
Huh?
Alex
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Have been experiencing some issues with the brakes on my 02 F150.
They feel somewhat soft to me but I am not losing fluid that I can tell.
Seems worse in hotter weather.
Noticed that when I stop at a traffic light and hold my foot on the
brake, the pedal seems to slowly drop. Never goes all
Randy Bennell wrote:
Have been experiencing some issues with the brakes on my 02 F150.
They feel somewhat soft to me but I am not losing fluid that I can tell.
Is the fluid more than two years old?
Then step one, get out the speed-e-bleed:
http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm
If it's
My '04 Suburban (5.3 liter gas Vortec V-8) is about due for its
100,000 mile service, which is basically a complete fluid change
including the stuff people usually ignore (differentials and transfer
case), all filters, and the first change of spark plugs.
Any recommendations for the best brand of
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:01 -0500, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Not really. Just because I put a OM617 in a Model A doesn't
make the car a Mercedes.
In the same way, OSX has some BSD at the core, but there is so
much junk piled on top it hardly counts as *nix anymore.
Ordinary core *nix
I'd just go with OEM, AC-Delco plugs. With my Focus I used Motorcraft.
I had good luck using acetone/ATF to unstick a couple of the plugs on my Focus.
They point straight down and sit in deep wells so I just put a little pool of
the mix into each well and let it sit for a while.
Allan
On
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
I thought I heard that they finally did away with resource forks in Lion
or maybe even Leopard.
Snow Leopard. The first version without a Classic Mode OS 9 virtual machine.
Alex
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'02 Focus has developed a low-frequency vibration that varies with engine
speed. Thinking it might be motor mounts (145K miles on it). Anyone have any
experience exchanging them?
Allan
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1979 300SD
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For new and used
I've always been happy with NGK or Bosch's platinum plugs, with threads lightly
coated in Nev-R-Seez.
Mitch.
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Only if you didn't actually READ the press release. They're not ending
production they're SELLING production. Lenovo did an admirable job when
they took over from IBM, no reason why HP should be different.
The thing is
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I've always been happy with NGK or Bosch's platinum plugs,
Good to know. That was one of the things I was wondering. I know
lots of older engines do not like the platinum plugs (M103s for
example, if people on the
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:33 -0700, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I've always been happy with NGK or Bosch's platinum plugs,
Good to know. That was one of the things I was wondering. I know
lots of older
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:33 -0700, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I've always been happy with NGK or Bosch's platinum plugs,
Good
He's doing the 100k service?
I did this to my Sub about 4 years ago (and will have to do it again in
a year or so!!), and I think that platinums were specified. I believe I
got the Bosch, which were a bit more but the guy at the parts store said
he thought they were a bit better.
Had no
I should get one to compliment my HP50g...
Walt
On Sep 2, 2011 1:33 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Only if you didn't actually READ the press release. They're not ending
production they're SELLING
Ditto on blowing out the spark plug area with air. I'd use Kroil or some
other penetrant on a stubborn plug. As for the plugs themselves, I'd use
whatever GM recommends unless I heard otherwise. Bosch may be fine for some
models but not others. I'd use NGK in a Subaru where they're OE but not
My daughter is looking for about a 2000 or newer E class in the Greater
Seattle area. Any info appreciated.
Walter Lasher
Seattle
1992 300SD/S350
57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25
Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors!
On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Lately my wireless connetion goes erradically from very good to very low
and back.
Nothing changed in my house, though.
If you are having a software reset in the access point it can flap the
driver fast enough for you not to
*Sigh* you can't compare referb Macs to NEW PCs, not fair.
A 5 year old Dell Precision laptop will bring nearly as much as a Mac though
Mac prices are artificially high because of fanboys.
If you think all Windows machines are crap its almost certainly because you've
never used a GOOD PC.
The
Macs may cost more but tend to have higher user satisfaction. I've been
issued some pretty Windows laptops at work made by Dell and HP but they were
thicker and came with physically massive power supplies that I wouldn't want
to carry around very often. My most recent work laptop was a HP that
I recently sold my HP 32sII for 2-1/2 times what I paid for it back in 1993!
Brian
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
I should get one to compliment my HP50g...
Walt
On Sep 2, 2011 1:33 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri,
Curt Raymond wrote:
The W123 of the computer world right now is the HP xw8200.
Super reliable and built like a brick outhouse.
How do they do with Linux? Any proprietary hardware that
requires non-open/free drivers?
-- Philip
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Cool (well, except for step 1). I might drop in on you someday. I'll
ring ahead, and bring my own arsenal.
--R
On 9/2/11 1:10 AM, G Mann wrote:
Rich,
Short steps version.
1. Satanic ex wife, endless lawyers, done.
2. Designed and built a large commercial production facility, sold it to
I have two W124s and one lug wrench.
Craig
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I have two W124s and one lug wrench.
How likely is it that they'll both get a flat tire at the same time? ;)
Alex
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Craig wrote:
I have two W124s and one lug wrench.
One of these and I believe a 17mm deep socket are very handy to have in the
trunk:
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html
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Salvage yard?
BTW, when my '80 240D was totaled in Jun '95, I went to it in the wreck
holding yard and took from it the original MB tool pouch and wheel covers.
Tool pouch certainly came in handy few days later when I bought '91 350SDL
with no tool pouch. Wheel covers came in handy on
Just got a note in the daily trades - there is an anniversary model of the
HP12C being sold right now
Dan
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 5:26 PM
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:25 PM, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just got a note in the daily trades - there is an anniversary model of the
HP12C being sold right now
Bah, humbug. The new 12Cs aren't like the old ones. They're
superficially similar, but they have a different processor and
That's not a major issue - I have an iMac G5 that runs Leopard and an Xserve G5
dual processor with a 5TB Xserve RAID that runs Leopard Server. Both are very
functional machines and play quite nice with my machines running Snow Leopard
(OSX 10.6). No issues with apps, either.
Dan
Explain. I am out here and can assist
Clay
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 2, 2011, at 18:19, W140 w...@juno.com wrote:
My daughter is looking for about a 2000 or newer E class in the Greater
Seattle area. Any info appreciated.
Walter Lasher
Seattle
1992 300SD/S350
Use OEM Plugs. You can presoak the plugs with ATF/Acetone.
IMPORTANT make sure the engine is STONE DEAD COLD before extracting
the old plugs.
Russ W.
Who looked at neighbors Burb that had Plug threads pulled out when he
tried to change
them when eng. had been sitting 30 min before he tried to
Asking $200 plus shipping for the lot. There's over $400 in tools there.
Brian
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote:
How much for the lot?
Thanks, Mike
On Aug 31, 2011 7:23 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
I have some hex
This has been an interesting thread, since we are about to move into a new (to
us) house that we will have to purchase a complete set of appliances for
(refrigerator, oven/range, microwave, dishwasher.)
While we have made cursory glances at stuff at the big box stores, Sears'
commercial
The various vendors run these package deals wherein if you buy a stove,
refrig, dishwasher, etc. all together you get like a mikanave for free,
or some big discount or something. I saw an ad in the paper the other
day, I think it was for Kitchenaid stuff (I did not know they sold
fridges but
I keep a 18 braeker bar, 12 (1/2) extension with a 17MM socket on
it all the time in the top of my tool box. I almost never need the
factory lug wrench. If you have a tire shop put wheels on your car,
you WILL need a cheater on the factory lug wrench, or my breaker bar
setup. I just start
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:03:10 -0700 Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I have two W124s and one lug wrench.
How likely is it that they'll both get a flat tire at the same time? ;)
Yes, but when I sell one
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:32:28 -0700 Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:25 PM, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just got a note in the daily trades - there is an anniversary model
of the HP12C being sold right now
Bah, humbug. The new 12Cs aren't like
...Craig wrote: I have two W124s and one lug wrench...
Followed by Haley's...
..One of these and I believe a 17mm deep socket are very handy to have in
the trunk:
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html..
Exactly. I also carry a 17mm six point deep socket and a
Craig wrote:
And besides, I'd want a 15C, not a 12C!
I bought a new 11C in the 1980s for $40.
I bought a used 15C in 1991 for $40 with manual.
Even my old 11C had enough program memory to duplicate a 12C, plus it had
scientific functions that weren't available on a 12C, which cost the same
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:03:43 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
One of these and I believe a 17mm deep socket are very handy to have in
the trunk:
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html
That sure is cheap enough. I presume it will be up to the job (not having
a
.My daughter is looking for about a 2000 or newer E class in the
Greater Seattle area. Any info appreciated...
The W211 is a better car than the W210 but don't buy one earlier than 2006.
RLE
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Sounds like master cylinder to me; the fluid leaks internally past seals but
stays in the circuit.
Change it soon before it fails.
Max
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Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
Have been experiencing some issues with the
Craig wrote:
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:03:43 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
One of these and I believe a 17mm deep socket are very handy to have in
the trunk:
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html
That sure is cheap enough. I presume it will be up to the job
Dieselhead wrote:
I keep a 18 braeker bar, 12 (1/2) extension with a 17MM
socket on it all the time in the top of my tool box. I almost
never need the factory lug wrench. If you have a tire shop
put wheels on your car, you WILL need a cheater on the factory
lug wrench, or my breaker bar
I was going to ask if someone might be patching into the wifi?
Hendrik
who has wifi and likes it
Tim C wrote:
On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Lately my wireless connetion goes erradically from very good to very low
and back.
Nothing changed in my
I would have thought that Marshall would have advocated having a torque
wrench in the boot, set to 81ft/lbs.
Hendrik
who uses a talk wrench to talk the wheel bolts into being the right torque
Fmiser wrote:
Dieselhead wrote:
I keep a 18 braeker bar, 12 (1/2) extension with a 17MM
Actually, they are considering selling or spinning off the PSG unit. They
expect to make a decision in 12 to 18 months. Nothing is a sure deal yet. I
still can't get an answer whether it includes the commercial lines or just
the consumer lines, the thin clients, etc.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:24
Don't you mean that you have a talk wench telling you you're turning it the
wrong way, and setting it to the wrong torque?
You shouldn't leave a clicker torque wrench set to other than zero.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
I would have thought that
I'd take it from Kaleb's lack of response that he's out chasing another Benz
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I have two W124s and one lug wrench.
Craig
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I kept a 1/2 drive breaker bar with 17mm socket in the trunk for use as a
lug wrench with the Benz, but I switched to just keeping a piece of black
iron pipe to slip over the factory lug wrench. I think it was about the
time I got a Range Rover that didn't have a torque spec for the giant lug
Yes, OSX *is* UNIX as described by the Open Group, owners of the UNIX
trademark. In fact, Linux is *not* UNIX as it has never been submitted for
certification. Neither is any of the open BSD systems.
OSX 10.5
OSX 10.6
AIX 5L
AIX 6
Solaris 10
HP-UX 11
This is UNIX 03 certified, and capable of
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
The various vendors run these package deals wherein if you buy a
stove, refrig, dishwasher, etc. all together you get like a mikanave
for free, or some big discount or something. I saw an ad in the paper
the other day, I think it was
Hey don't call Fay a talk wench, oops here she is better send this quick.
Hendrik
who is rushing into the garage to set the torquey thing to zero
OK Don wrote:
Don't you mean that you have a talk wench telling you you're turning it the
wrong way, and setting it to the wrong torque?
You
Now, you KNOW I wasn't referring to Fay!
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
Hey don't call Fay a talk wench, oops here she is better send this quick.
Hendrik
who is rushing into the garage to set the torquey thing to zero
OK Don wrote:
Don't you
Drop in... as in Delta Team 6 ? wink winkTry to discourage that when
possible.. hahaha..
Rattlesnake repellent recommended.
Bring ear plugs.. some days the silence is deafening.
Once per lifetime on step 1 please [if at all].
Grant...
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Rich Thomas
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:45:25 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I broke my old one on a stuck lug. They gave me a new one last winter,
which doesn't have the weakness that caused the one I got 10-15 years
ago to fail.
That's nice to know.
When you've got a stuck lug, you want at
Any of you thinking of going to ole blighty for a spot of tea, better
pack some heat!!
Hendrik
who mostly speaks the Queens English
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Does this tell anything about the future of HP?
Gerry
'83 300D
'83 240D
Hewlett Packard names former SAP boss Apotheker CEO
There had been much speculation that HP's board would replace Mr Hurd, who left
in August following a fuss over ethical lapses, with an insider. But in the
event it has
Hendrik Fay wrote:
I would have thought that Marshall would have advocated having
a torque wrench in the boot, set to 81ft/lbs.
Hendrik
who uses a talk wrench to talk the wheel bolts into being the
right torque
Hehe. He probably did - to tighten them.
But to _remove_ them, a talk
Good Catch Gerry,
I had forgotten his origin. Seems like another MBA/bean counter with
no understanding of employee/customer relations, or how to create a
good customer experience. He could learn a thing or two from Jobs.
Does this tell anything about the future of HP?
Gerry
'83 300D
'83
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:34:48 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Good Catch Gerry,
I had forgotten his origin. Seems like another MBA/bean counter with
no understanding of employee/customer relations, or how to create a
good customer experience. He could learn a thing or two from
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