On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 22:36:10 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What would the specs of the diodes need to be to pass up to 25 amps@
> up to 120 V? Each rated for 25 Amp or more?
>
> It just seemed easier to buy a rectifier than to build one. But to
> get 25 amp, I may need to bui
lobbyists who influence the politicians too.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Also the system of rego based on value is stupid, insofar that the state
>> wants people to drive relatively modern cars but imposes an extra tax on
>> anyone who buys a
So what are they trying to do here? "Encourage" MA residents to buy
vehicles within MA?
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Michael Canfield writes:
>
> > MA will not recognize out of state temp tags and have been known to
> > impound cars over it.
>
> OK this seems like to
> Dieselhead wrote:
> What would the specs of the diodes need to be to pass up to 25
> amps@ up to 120 V? Each rated for 25 Amp or more?
Each diode carries the full current, but only half the time. So
if it is going to have 25 A continuous through it, I would look
for a 30-35 A diode rated for
Q can tell you in the mornin'
Would these be the same thing as those used in the w116? Sure look
the same. I know the 107 is a blend of 114 and 116 parts, but are
the rubber bits completely different? Bound to be the same thing,
just more special part number for when you do show car instead
Michael Canfield writes:
> MA will not recognize out of state temp tags and have been known to
> impound cars over it.
OK this seems like too much to believe so I did 2 minutes of research
(so I may be wrong, but what I found at least sounds believable):
"Massachusetts does not recognize ou
Would these be the same thing as those used in the w116? Sure look the same.
I know the 107 is a blend of 114 and 116 parts, but are the rubber bits
completely different? Bound to be the same thing, just more special part
number for when you do show car instead of road car. This matters not,
I think the interior is actually burgundy. The burgundy rarely looks
good in pictures, but is nice when you can see and touch it. It is an
unusual combination, but I kinda like it. Not something I would
order, but not bad like the photos look.
I bet burgundy 107 visors don't turn up on fleab
What would the specs of the diodes need to be to pass up to 25 amps@
up to 120 V? Each rated for 25 Amp or more?
It just seemed easier to buy a rectifier than to build one. But to
get 25 amp, I may need to build.
Thanks Philip and Craig for helping me out with this demo unit.
You can b
MA will not recognize out of state temp tags and have been known to impound
cars over it.
Mike
On Apr 8, 2012 11:34 AM, "Allan Streib" wrote:
> Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Yeah, we have a coomerce clause in the constitution that is supposed
> > to stop such BS. But our legisl
Also the system of rego based on value is stupid, insofar that the
state wants people to drive relatively modern cars but imposes an
extra tax on anyone who buys a newer car.
Our system does have this in a sense where the tax payable when you
register a car is based on value but annual renewa
Bingo! Brian gets a prize!
Another way to think about it - if they make it hard to carry a gun,
they're probably going make it hard to drive :-)
Or if it is a "blue state" they most likely make it hard to drive.
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For new and used
If you need it, I would say it is worth it. Standard mileage for 17 year old
car. Will be needing work, but, then you know that. My 95 e300D is valued at
$5k with same miles.
clay
On Apr 8, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
> Is this a good deal?
>
> http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/ctd
Good idea, but it might take some of the "fun" out of the demo!
If it were me, I would wire a high value resistor across the
capacitor to dissipate the change so that after 10 or 15 minutes
the "hairy" is gone from your BHC.
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> Dieselhead wrote:
I found 50 Amp bridge rectifiers. I figured I could use 2 in
parallel to be able to pass 50 to 70 amps.
Nope. Not unless you have two transformers. Each diode will
have a _slightly_ different turn-on voltage, so the one that's a
touch lower will hog all the current an
Nope - not the same. BTDT - a barely running M117 does NOT sounds like the
well oiled clockwork machinery that an OM 603 has. And then there's the
sweet exhaust smell vs. the astringent stink of an M engine (I have owned
and driven both types).
However, this is a religious topic, not a rational one
Here in Arizona, you can buy the temp registration online for $2.00, good
for 3 days. If you want/need longer there is a 45 day temp registration for
about $25.00 that you have to go to DMV and ask for. They are usually used
for out of state cars that need a little delay in getting title sorted out
That is just so weird, sure over here getting a temporary registration
for an un-registered car is a bit more complicated than buying a
registered car but quite do able with a visit to the car rego place.
Why would a state want to miss out on a few dollars (temp rego is
relatively expensive) and
I weren't serious, Geez.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
On 4/8/2012 8:46 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
I don't see the reasoning in that idea, the M104 with electronic fuel
injection is a relatively frugal and reliable engine.
Taking that out and putting in a OM6XX will cost a fair few dollars,
There are several ways to achieve this on an otto motor, disconnecting a
couple of spark plugs/injectors, loosening a few rockers or even make a
recording of Diesel engine noises for the mp player.
I reckon the disconnecting of the injectors is the way to go, because it
will also give you that D
Sounds like a rip off to me, unless the remainder of the rego is
transferable to the new owner.
How do they get away with it? Wonder how much money they make out of
duplicate registrations on vehicles?
Also the system of rego based on value is stupid, insofar that the state
wants people to dri
It's not that it's practical or reasonable, some of us just need to hear
that clatta clatta when we start an engine.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
> I don't see the reasoning in that idea, the M104 with electronic fuel
> injection is a relatively frugal and reliable engine.
I don't see the reasoning in that idea, the M104 with electronic fuel
injection is a relatively frugal and reliable engine.
Taking that out and putting in a OM6XX will cost a fair few dollars,
decrease performance, devalue the car and gain a few liters/100ks.
The only way I could see this work is
Kroil and wait...
Walt, who's snapped off a few fan bolts...
On Apr 8, 2012 12:31 PM, "Michael Canfield" wrote:
> That is what I thought. Water pump is off parts car. Having trouble w/
> over tight fan bolts!
>
> Mike
> On Apr 8, 2012 11:53 AM, "Allan Streib" wrote:
>
> > Michael Canfield wr
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:47:27 -0500 Fmiser wrote:
> If it were me, I would wire a high value resistor across the
> capacitor to dissipate the change so that after 10 or 15 minutes
> the "hairy" is gone from your BHC.
This is a good idea. Each capacitor will hold about 48 Joules of energy
when the
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:38:36 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry! It is 450V rated
That's quite enough.
Craig
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Rich Thomas wrote:
>http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2945616780.html
>
>
Not a bad price, too bad the white whale -er, wagon is still stuck in the
garage.
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Another way to think about it - if they make it hard to carry a gun,
they're probably going make it hard to drive :-)
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Brian Toscano wrote:
> You'd probably need to consider the panhandle West and the peninsula East.
> But the Appalachian mountains end in North Ge
You'd probably need to consider the panhandle West and the peninsula East.
But the Appalachian mountains end in North Georgia and Northern Alabama.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> t'other side.
>
>
> Florida is South of the mountains.
>>
>>
>> On Sat,
> Dieselhead wrote:
> I found 50 Amp bridge rectifiers. I figured I could use 2 in
> parallel to be able to pass 50 to 70 amps.
Nope. Not unless you have two transformers. Each diode will
have a _slightly_ different turn-on voltage, so the one that's a
touch lower will hog all the current and
Seats, interior, etc., look like mine.
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 12:24 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Reasonable SD?
I kinda like the newer seats, and that color. Wonder how much mod is
necessary to fit them or
Dan.
Only if you take out that gas-pig and put in a 604.
Prejudiced? not me!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
At 12:52 PM 4/8/2012, you wrote:
Is this a good deal?
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/ctd/2899562465.html
Dan
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Is this a good deal?
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/ctd/2899562465.html
Dan
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Looks like new seat leather but the headrest is old and faded?
--R
On 4/8/12 12:39 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Nice car, but red interior and blue exterior? Ugh.
Dan
On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2945616780.html
--R
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Nice car, but red interior and blue exterior? Ugh.
Dan
On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
> http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2945616780.html
>
> --R
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Excellent, send pics when you get it done.
--R
On 4/8/12 12:29 PM, WILTON wrote:
There's that blue again. Underside of the blue trunk lid you sent me
is now black; top to be black soon.
Wilton
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Sunday,
That is what I thought. Water pump is off parts car. Having trouble w/
over tight fan bolts!
Mike
On Apr 8, 2012 11:53 AM, "Allan Streib" wrote:
> Michael Canfield writes:
>
> > Is a w123 300d water pump prone to leaking if the coolant reservoir is
> > over full?
>
> I am having trouble seein
There's that blue again. Underside of the blue trunk lid you sent me is now
black; top to be black soon.
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 12:24 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Reasonable SD?
I kinda like the newer seats
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2945616780.html
--R
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I kinda like the newer seats, and that color. Wonder how much mod is
necessary to fit them or if they just drop in?
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2946054315.html
--R
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Michael Canfield writes:
> Is a w123 300d water pump prone to leaking if the coolant reservoir is
> over full?
I am having trouble seeing how the level in the reservoir would have
much to do with it. The whole system is under pressure when hot; if the
level is too high it just goes out the over
Is a w123 300d water pump prone to leaking if the coolant reservoir is over
full?
Thanks, Mike
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Floridda's DMV is refreshingly easy to work with, at least I have found this to
be so. Case in point:
When we moved back to Florida in 2011, I went to the DMV to register and title
our cars. Florida has a rather nasty law that says when you move into the
state you have to pay a "processing fe
I have a story of the local DMV (I can't remember what it is called
here, maybe part of the Dept of Public Safety) -- a few months ago I get
a call one day from a woman at the local office, she tells me I have a
wrong plate. It was kinda weird as I got it over 3 yr ago when I went
to register
Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes:
> Yeah, we have a coomerce clause in the constitution that is supposed
> to stop such BS. But our legislators cant read, and the courts
> believe they must look to foreign lawr to find direction (because they
> can't read either.) The really like sure rea
Dan Penoff writes:
> Indiana used to do the excise tax thing, based on the value of the car
> - I don't think they do it anymore
They do, but it's less of a hit than in the past.
It *is* deductible on your federal itemized deductions, as a small
offset as well.
Allan
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1983 300D
1979 300SD
Bit of a joke there by an independent minded New Englander.
I was on a tractor forum one time when gay marriage was legalized here in MA.
Of course tractor forums are very conservative and somebody posted "What are
they doing in MA?" to which I responded "Whatever the hell we please. Now get
yo
In Florida any state LEO can do a VIN verification - I had one of our school
district security guys do one once for me! We also have community resource
officers in the county who will do it at their leisure, all you have to do is
call their office and ask them to come by. That's how I got the
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
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From: "Dan Penoff"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Very Aggravating
Only paper plates in FL are dealer issued and good for 30 days. The dealer
is also responsible for collecting al
It is when I just went out to go get our kids and the water pump on the
300d has developed a leak! We are supposed to be driving almost 500 miles
today!
Just came in to check part numbers.appears the 78 cd has the same
water pump so I am off to change it out and hope for the best. That one
Only paper plates in FL are dealer issued and good for 30 days. The dealer is
also responsible for collecting all fees at the time of sale, which are
forwarded to the DMV for processing.
This can be problematic, as the last car I bought the dealer did not forward
the fees in a timely manner and
Since everyone is aggravated talking about stupid gummit regs, I'd
like to wish everyone a HAPPY EASTER!
That is not aggravating.
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Quite a few places, you cant do anything relating to the gummit after
4 pm ANY day.
True, but how many states can you transfer title in at 4:00 on a
Saturday afternoon?
I would gladly pay for such a convenience. Not an option in any
state I have lived in to-date.
Dan
Michael Canfield wr
I had to go to the state snooper's cop shop (70 miles away) for a VIN
verification when I took a vehicle into WI to license. at the time
WI was something like $25 a yr for license. The next year they
changed to something like $90 a year flat rate. At the same time, I
was paying $13 or $16 a
True, but how many states can you transfer title in at 4:00 on a Saturday
afternoon?
I would gladly pay for such a convenience. Not an option in any state I have
lived in to-date.
Dan
Michael Canfield wrote:
>Those "private companies" in PA are most often members of the Commonwealth
>and mak
Actually, Florida is one of the saner states I have lived in as far as the DMV
is concerned. The only one I can think of that was better was Wisconsin.
Indiana was patronage job heaven (the DMV used to be run by the governor's
political party) and California was a total nightmare to try and navi
t'other side.
Florida is South of the mountains.
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
California likes cars but hates polluters. So there are no safety
inspections and no strict tag requirements. Reserve your judgement of
whackos to the Northeast on
Over the past 20-40 years, the regs have taken a definite slant to
the favor of stealers. Here, for instance, if you TRADE a car (at
the stealer) they can take your plate off and put it on the "new"
vehicle. As an individual, you have only a few days to buy a new car
after you sell a car to t
I consider New England to be part of the the Northeast, especially when I'm
talking about the whole region in general. I think those states just been
around a lot longer than anyone else so they've had more time to make their
bureaucracy ridiculous and hence the 'whacko's by the other poster.
O
Florida is South of the mountains.
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> California likes cars but hates polluters. So there are no safety
>> inspections and no strict tag requirements. Reserve your judgement of
>> whackos to the Northeast on down to Virgini
Refunds are not common but some states do/did issue them.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
> No refunds here that I know of. If you sell the car before the
> registration expires, you simply lose the value of what you paid.
>
> Some states, like Indiana, had a system where the c
SOME STATES only allow dealers to issue temp tags
LarryT
On 4/8/2012 9:36 AM, Tony Wirtel wrote:
te: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:48:32 -0400
From: Dan Penoff
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Very Aggravating
Message-ID:<067b5ef2-5876-4283-b612-16ddf251e...@yahoo.com>
Content-Type: te
Those "private companies" in PA are most often members of the Commonwealth
and make regular trips to Harrisburg to do their business. They take your
paperwork with them and process it for you for a fee so you don't have to
go to Hburg to do it yourself. Takes 3 days to do in PA what you can do in
One of the things that people not from here don't realize is that the
"Northeast" is New York and SOUTH to Virginia.
North of New York is New England, NOT the same thing.
Aroostook County, Maine is a whole different thing entirely. Look up the
bloodless war of Aroostook secession...
-Curt
Da
Actually a lot of what I'm seeing here makes me think the New England states
are pretty civilized. When I bought my '83 240D I paid upfront, they sent me
the title, I got plates, took the bus to NJ and drove the car back to MA, very
simple.
All this fluff about needing to see the car to prove t
Sorry! It is 450V rated
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:29:06 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
Does 3500 Microfarad count as BHC?
Yes. WHAT VOLTAGE RATING?
I can buy one on fleabay for $10 or 3 for $20. I was thinking maybe
buying 3 and using as many as needed.
I found 50 Amp
te: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:48:32 -0400
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> That doesn't make a lot of sense.
>
> I work a block away fro
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:29:06 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does 3500 Microfarad count as BHC?
Yes. WHAT VOLTAGE RATING?
> I can buy one on fleabay for $10 or 3 for $20. I was thinking maybe
> buying 3 and using as many as needed.
> I found 50 Amp bridge rectifiers. I fi
If you are making a simple variable DC power supply, yes.
Dan
Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Does 3500 Microfarad count as BHC?
>
>I can buy one on fleabay for $10 or 3 for $20. I was thinking maybe
>buying 3 and using as many as needed.
>
>I found 50 Amp bridge rectifiers. I figu
No refunds here that I know of. If you sell the car before the registration
expires, you simply lose the value of what you paid.
Some states, like Indiana, had a system where the cost of your annual
registration was based on the value of the vehicle, rather than a flat fee. If
you had a new or
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