Could it be that doing physics on drives is far more intense than less
complex applications? A comparison might be race cars near their limits
(physics) versus ordinary cars being driven far less intensely.
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
I haven't seen that either, and we must have
Happy Victoria Day to our friends in the Great White North! (eh)
Dan
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Dunno about that, but to follow up, my SANs are set up with 168 drives between
two controllers each to fill a standard 48U server rack, to give you an idea of
how many drives we're talking about. And that is just one rack.
Haven't had but one failure in the last six months.
Dan
On May 21,
Could be a bad lot of drives go into the RAID arrays.
The comparison isn't exactly right. Race engines are expected to be
rebuilt all the time. Hard drive arrays are supposed to be reliable. Most
of the time that reliability means extra redundancy is built into the
system in the form of extra
Where I saw it happen it was a small array. Probably built on the cheap (true
to I in RAID), may not have been using enterprise grade drives.
We had enough drives fail (something like 5 of 10) in the span of 24 hours that
it exceeded the R part of RAID, and the array failed.
They were all
I would have to believe these were consumer grade drives, as I can't imagine an
enterprise grade drive failing in that manner.
If that were the case we would all be in major trouble.
Dan
On May 21, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Where I saw it happen it was a
Well I spent yesterday rebuilding the injectors on my '81 300SD. The
existing cracking pressures were within 10 BAR and the spray patterns
weren't too bad, at least they were spraying, no threads. I did have one
that wasn't closing completely and would pee a stream before and after it
cracked. I
Pull the cluster and loosen and retorque the ground connection behind
the cluster.
Well I spent yesterday rebuilding the injectors on my '81 300SD. The
existing cracking pressures were within 10 BAR and the spray patterns
weren't too bad, at least they were spraying, no threads. I did have
The fact that they both poofed on you at the same time would certainly point at
a ground, since they each get their respective signals from different sources.
Dan
On May 21, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Pull the cluster and loosen and retorque the ground connection
A large part of durability is thermal management. Some companies are better
than others at dealing with heat.
I know that one manufacturer, if you filled one of their racks with their blade
servers, would exceed 100% failure rate within 180 days. (and that was in a
cage at a co-lo data center,
Maybe Cray was, but those vector processors were pretty bad a$$.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:24 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
A large part of durability is thermal management. Some companies are
better than others at dealing with heat.
I know that one manufacturer, if you filled
Why wouldn't a 6mm allen socket work?
Too short?
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Although I never seem to get anything done before breakfast...
Anyway going whale watching last weekend (err, 2 weekends ago since its
Monday) my '84 190D dropped its
This is 'way off topic, but curiosity has gotten the better of me.
Received this email from a relative:
Subject: $800.00 Happy Derby (and attachment.)
What is this thing?
(Relative lives near Louisville, Ky (home of Kentucky Derby)
Gerry
-- next part --
A non-text
60 years of flight
The eight turbojet engine, swept-wing, long-range strike B-52 bomber on April
15 celebrated the 60th anniversary of its first flight. This milestone was
honored during the annual air show at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., home of
the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command.
Alles
Replaced the lower control arm rubber and steel bushing bits-n-bobs plus
the brake backing plates yesterday and today. Thanks Rusty!
I'm a little bummed that my 250Kmi+ rear wheel bearings had to be
destroyed to put on the brake backing plates. Upon inspection they were
perfect until
Some time ago I said the file transfer speeds to my Synology DS211K were
8-10 Mb/sec; I need to correct that.
Those numbers were actually for to transfers to portable USB drives that are
connected to the 200J. Also I routinely see similar transfers (also to USB
drive) ran 15-20 MB/sec,
What special tools? Yeah it will take six hours the first time but if
you got a nice metric 3/8 drive socket set it helps a lot.
Hendrik
who has BTDT
On 15/05/12 12:40, Peter Frederick wrote:
The pump works fine, but the o-ring leaks and its a six hour job to
replace it. Takes special tools,
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock or sound bad. Just thinking it
might be more prudent somehow to go slower.
thanks,
Dan Elliott
82 300DT 129kmi
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who doesn't golf
On 20/05/12 12:04, WILTON wrote:
Planning to get the fluid and filter changed next week; unable to
fast it forward; gotta wait for world
Since I've been receiving the okiebenz digests since before Easter 2012 with
the TOCs as attachments, which are a royal pain to deal with so I've just been
deleting all of them, and neither Kaleb nor a local compu-repair guy seem to
know what the problem is and I'm certainly not expecting any
John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net writes:
IIRC, Seymour Cray (allegedly) stated that he wasn't a better computer
designer, but that he was a better plumber.
Literally... Crays were liquid-cooled, no?
Allan
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On May 21, 2012 11:35 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
This is 'way off topic, but curiosity has gotten the better of me.
Received this email from a relative:
Subject: $800.00 Happy Derby (and attachment.)
What is this thing?
Dan.
Only 80? It's not even breathing hard yet!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From: Dan Elliott danelliott2...@gmail.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:39 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Is it bad for my w123 300DT to go 80mph
Hello All,
Yeah, it wants to run flat out. You are making it unhappy.
--R
On 5/11/12 12:39 PM, Dan Elliott wrote:
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock or sound bad. Just thinking it
might be more prudent
I am curious about this as well. The pump looks readily accessible. Why would
it take six hours to RR?
Dan
On May 14, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
What special tools? Yeah it will take six hours the first time but if you got
a nice metric 3/8 drive socket
The Cray-2 was. This was the source for a lot of jokes, one of which was to
refer to the machine as Bubbles.
To grasp this, the Cray-2 required about 200kW of power to operate. IIRC, there
were bus bars in the logic modules that provided 5VDC at around 2,000 amps!
Dan
On May 21, 2012, at
On May 21, 2012 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
there were bus bars in the logic
modules that provided 5VDC at
around 2,000 amps!
So, not the best place to be poking around with a screwdriver, then?
Alex
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IIRC there a short pipe on top with a short piece of cooling hose that
makes it a challenge. Some mechanics simply cut the pipe to make it
easier
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am curious about this as well. The pump looks readily accessible. Why
Consider opening up a gmail account and subscribing to the list that way. I'm
guessing hotmail is rendering the TOC as an attachment when it really should be
inline.
Allan
On Wed, May 16, 2012, at 04:26 PM, G. M. Brown wrote:
Since I've been receiving the okiebenz digests since before
Your fuel economy will be a bit down, but its really excellent for the
engine... keep it up! I do the same in my 300D.
Jaime
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Dan Elliott danelliott2...@gmail.comwrote:
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
if it's safe to ASSuME that *everything* about the car is in proper
order, there's probably nothing harmful about running it at a mere
80MPH. (remember; these things were born in the land of the Autobahn.)
ours sees that pretty much on every commute day on its way to
occasional
Dan Elliott wrote:
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am
being hard on my car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock
or sound bad. Just thinking it might be more prudent somehow
to go slower.
Frederick Moir wrote:
Only 80? It's not even breathing hard yet!
I'm
Not if you don't want to melt it!
Dan
On May 21, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 21, 2012 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
there were bus bars in the logic
modules that provided 5VDC at
around 2,000 amps!
So, not the best place to
On Mon, 7 May 2012 06:59:14 -0600 Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com
wrote:
Why wouldn't a 6mm allen socket work?
Too short?
No, the bolt you are trying to remove to replace the engine mount is an
Allen-Head Cap Screw with a 6 mm Allen recess. You NEED a 6 mm Allen
wrench on the end of a
I know hotmail isn't really as standards compliant as it should be, so that
may be part of the issue.
I say get another separate email account just for the list, as Allan
suggested.
Walt
On May 21, 2012 1:35 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Consider opening up a gmail account and
For what it's worth, I get all my email through fastmail.fm and never have any
issues with the list email. But I don't subscribe in digest mode, either. I
never liked that format, personally.
Allan
On Mon, May 21, 2012, at 02:24 PM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
I know hotmail isn't really as
What's a TOC?
Rick
Sent from my iPhone.
On May 21, 2012, at 10:35 AM, G. M. Brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote:
Since I've been receiving the okiebenz digests since before Easter 2012 with
the TOCs as attachments, which are a royal pain to deal with
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'Found the vacuum problem a few minutes ago; red/blue line to turbo had come
apart at a coupling nearly hidden directly above right side of fan by corner
of radiator. Replaced it with injector return line. Tranny shift is
normal.
Getting tranny fluid/filter changed tomorrow.
Thanks.
On Mon, 21 May 2012 13:55:05 -0500 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
wrote:
What's a TOC?
Table of Contents
Rick
Sent from my iPhone.
On May 21, 2012, at 10:35 AM, G. M. Brown g_010...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Since I've been receiving the okiebenz digests since before Easter
2012
LOL more fun with the word Allen.
Now if I had said 6mm socket driver would that have been clearer?
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2012 06:59:14 -0600 Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com
wrote:
Why wouldn't a 6mm allen socket work?
On Mon, 21 May 2012 15:42:11 -0600 Brian Toscano
brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
LOL more fun with the word Allen.
Indeed.
Now if I had said 6mm socket driver would that have been clearer?
Actually, I would have described the tool required as a socket-drive 6mm
Allen bit.
The picture that
You're probably right. The cables going to it had me fooled. They
are probably part of the rack that supports the hat.
From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com
Looks like a very expensive hat to me.
Mike
On May 21, 2012 11:35 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
This is 'way
Was the line (power) conditioner checked? Were there storms in the area?
When that many units go down close together it makes one wonder about
surges, etc. We have similar problems down
here in the lightning capital of the world. When I dealt with such
problems 15+ years ago there
was no way
You have to take off the belt tensioner, the PS pump and bracket, and
get the damned bottom rear screw out, which is a socket head and
requires a swivel and a huge amount of swearing.
Took me exactly six hours. Without PS or AC it's probably a 30 min job.
Peter
On May 21, 2012, at 11:58
I tried the digest mode with a standard email account when I first
subscribed, and found it painful. I have been using a dedicated gmial
account since, and find the threaded organisation to be very nice. All the
list email is in one place.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Allan Streib
Anyone ever deal with a transfer case shifter rattle? I haven't gotten
underneath to see if there are shifter bushing like on a Merecedes.
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That makes sense. Hopefully i will never have to do it.
Dan
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
You have to take off the belt tensioner, the PS pump and bracket, and
get the damned bottom rear screw out, which is a socket head and
requires a swivel and a huge amount of swearing.
On Mon, 21 May 2012 18:32:27 -0400 Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
That makes sense. Hopefully i will never have to do it.
Dan
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
You have to take off the belt tensioner, the PS pump and bracket, and
get the damned bottom rear screw out,
Ask either Elizabeth Warren or the President...they are both part Cherokee.
Greg
-Original Message-
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf Of brian.tosc...@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:34 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ]
ATTABOY! Sounded like a vacuum problem to me.
'Found the vacuum problem a few minutes ago; red/blue line to turbo
had come apart at a coupling nearly hidden directly above right side
of fan by corner of radiator. Replaced it with injector return
line. Tranny shift is normal.
Getting
Anyone ever deal with a transfer case shifter rattle? I haven't
gotten underneath to see if there are shifter bushing like on a
Merecedes.
Didn't the Cheep stealer tell you that rattling is normal for a Cheep?
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Dan wrote:
To grasp this, the Cray-2 required about 200kW of power to operate. IIRC,
there were bus bars in the logic modules that provided 5VDC at around 2,000
amps!
I got a tour inside the SDI facility at Schriever AFB when it was
named Falcon Air Force Station. Originally the inside
Coolant pump on a M103 engine.
Hendrik
who can probably do it in 3-4 hours now
On 22/05/12 08:20, Craig wrote:
On Mon, 21 May 2012 18:32:27 -0400 Dan Penofflwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
That makes sense. Hopefully i will never have to do it.
Dan
Peter Frederickpsf...@earthlink.net wrote:
You
My first thought, too, but couldn't find it visually 'til I began to get
ready for some Mightyvac work; suddenly there it was right in front of me.
BTW, how many filters in an '87 300D tranny and TC?
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes
Someone from Bahston found this.
Looks nice, even if slow.
http://www.eurocargarage.com/vehicle/3578309/1984-mercedes-e200-5-speed-euro-plaistow-new-hampshire-03865
mao
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Ya gotta know where you are to be this good.
mao
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One. You need the mann transmission filter for your 124. Not
elring, no FLAPS junk.
Order the Mann and a gasket from Mr. Rusty!
THis is per Sun Vally, the MB transmission gurus.
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They referred me to the Nazi diesel owners group.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone ever deal with a transfer case shifter rattle? I haven't gotten
underneath to see if there are shifter bushing like on a Merecedes.
Didn't the Cheep stealer
Good for the metro-urban dwellers who don't use the interstate
system. M102 is a nice engine. It is probably running over 4000 RPM
at 65 or 70. pretty similar to a 240D. The 230E/TE is surprisingly
sprightly... especially to 'merkuns who think a 327 is small to
normal.
Someone from
Good sized rodeo arena. I gather these were shot in Kanyada?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4e0BdUy_Q
Ya gotta know where you are to be this good.
mao
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Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes:
One. You need the mann transmission filter for your 124. Not elring,
no FLAPS junk.
Order the Mann and a gasket from Mr. Rusty!
Last Elring kit I used for my W116 the gasket didn't fit the pan very
well. Just a tiny bit too small, kept popping off.
That thing will eat a 300D let alone a 240D, 300D(non turbo) = 80hp, 200
= 109hp
http://wiki.mercedes-benz-classic.com/index.php/W123-200M102-Getriebe/en
However to get the best out of it you will need to rev the guts out of
it and has very little bottom end power.
Hendrik
who used to own a
Nah mate, we gotta take responsibility for this crazy stuff.
However it is an old video as there was still advertising for cigarettes
Hendrik
who used to smoke wingfield blues
On 22/05/12 10:17, Dieselhead wrote:
Good sized rodeo arena. I gather these were shot in Kanyada?
http://ozbenz.net/download/file.php?id=11037mode=view
While I am here, what if dogs could text? http://textfromdog.tumblr.com/
warning contains some naughty words
Hendrik
who just does not know what to say about that
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Short history: the passenger door on my 300SD had a broken interior
latch handle bracket. Pot metal cracked, unrepairable (I tried).
Ordered replacement from Rusty, apparently had to come from the
Fatherland. Backordered forever. No visibility. Canceled order.
Got in touch with several
That's strange,over here there are usually always 116's at the wreckers.
Hendrik
who likes visiting the wreckers
On 22/05/12 10:52, Allan Streib wrote:
Short history: the passenger door on my 300SD had a broken interior
latch handle bracket. Pot metal cracked, unrepairable (I tried).
Ordered
That is hilarious! Good one!
Only way to find out is to find a diagram or tear into it. THere
probably is a cheep owners group online somewhere. On my old U110
bronco, the TC shift got impossible to shift. I soaked it in
diesel/oil and eventually got it freed up. Do you know if the
Elring is fine for all but 124. Sun Valley is very specific to ONLY
use MANN on the 124. He knows his . I use elring on everything
else. But for 124, it is MANN. There is not a big price difference.
If you don't mind taking a chance of your 124 not shifting out of
second on a rainy
Dan, drive it like you stole it! This is part of what I call good engine
hygiene. Highway miles at speed will have the most complete combustion,
which means less carbon, less wear and overall better engine performance.
--
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Dan, drive it like you stole it! This is part of what I call good engine
hygiene. Highway miles at speed will have the most complete combustion,
which means less carbon, less wear and overall
Fighters playing this time -
http://player.vimeo.com/video/40935850
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2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
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I thkn there is some discrimination here: You are not authorised to
download this attachment.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
http://ozbenz.net/download/**file.php?id=11037mode=viewhttp://ozbenz.net/download/file.php?id=11037mode=view
While I am
Great work, sorry I don't have a 123 handle...
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
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I'll check for 123's next time I'm at the yard.
Walt
On May 21, 2012 11:15 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Great work, sorry I don't have a 123 handle...
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
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K'leb should
Which 123 handle do you need? I have extra RF inside handles. The
LF, I had to buy one from Q ~10 years ago, when they still sold them
for normal money.
Great work, sorry I don't have a 123 handle...
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
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I nominate Alan for this month's Cathey award.
So finally I put the W123 handle back in the bracket, and with the help
of a blowtorch and a lot of fussy hammering and bending, got the rod
bent the other way and shaped so it works. It's a VERY tight right
angle bend where it fits into the
Short history: the passenger door on my 300SD had a broken interior
latch handle bracket. Pot metal cracked, unrepairable (I tried).
OK, I read the first line when I sent the nomination. Somewhere I
have 2 spare RF inside latches for 123. One will be yours whenever I
dredge it up. If you
On Mon, 21 May 2012 21:50:13 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Fighters playing this time -
http://player.vimeo.com/video/40935850
CONUS aerial combat training, I presume.
Craig
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This is how my 300d survives on wvo...I run the crap out of it. It is
to the floor and run to max rpm's in every gear every time it leaves a stop
and room permits. I am running NA gears from my old CD so it is spinning
some rpm's at anything over 60 but it is smooth as glass at 80 plus.
Anyone have a good beginning point to start the trouble shooting?
Didst thou check thy fuses?
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