> relng...@aol.com wrote:
> So far at 4 1/2 years none of these components has so much as
> hiccuped.
Yeah, but I'm wondering far more about 24 1/2 years. Will it be
as dependable then as my OM61[6,7] is now?
-- Philip
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BUT AN LED WILL NEVER BURN OUT!
Sorry, tongue-in-cheek comment, I've had to replace my fair share of the
things. :p
Walt
On May 31, 2012 12:50 AM, "Brian Toscano" wrote:
> Yeah but what happens when the CEL light has been on so long it burns out?
> :-)
>
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:42 PM, w
LOL
The low fuel light turns orange, then red, right?
:-)
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
> On May 30, 2012, at 11:42 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
>
> > when a major
> > problem surfaces the instrument panel turns bright red and displays a
> > warning that even the mos
On May 30, 2012, at 11:42 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
> when a major
> problem surfaces the instrument panel turns bright red and displays a
> warning that even the most oblivious cannot ignore.
I take it you've never been married...
Rick
Sent from my iPhone
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It has been said that a BSOD used to do the same thing, if one was
privileged enough to know how to decipher it.
I need to brush up on GNU/Linux core dump, would help fir when Sid starts
getting angry.
Walt
On May 30, 2012 10:12 PM, "Rich Thomas" <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
>
No, but its a pain to have to change a timing belt every 100,000 miles for
$500+ when a chain could last 300,000 - 1,000,000 miles.
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:49 PM, wrote:
> > ..Its bad enough there are engines with timing belts. :-(..
> >
> Not in MBs sold here. Maybe the wretched Smart or A/
On May 30, 2012, at 11:44 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
>> ...Yep, it's now proven fact that once the electric oil pump fails, fuel
>> mileage goes through the roof...
>>
> Now a proven fact? I would love to read your reference. This has been
> published where?
I do believe that was sarcasm.
Yeah but what happens when the CEL light has been on so long it burns out?
:-)
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:42 PM, wrote:
> > ...But yeah hope they have a big loud alarm in case of failure, not
> > just a gauge that most people probably don't really look at very often...
> >
> Oil pressure ga
> ..Its bad enough there are engines with timing belts. :-(..
>
Not in MBs sold here. Maybe the wretched Smart or A/B classes?
RLE
>
>
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Big electric fans may be nicer than fan clutches that seem to fail and can
be hard to track down... but not when the relays/controller fail
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:39 PM, wrote:
> > ...An electric oil pump?! Amazing. I guess they are pretty convinced of
> > its
> > reliability...
> >
> T
> ...Yep, it's now proven fact that once the electric oil pump fails, fuel
> mileage goes through the roof...
>
Now a proven fact? I would love to read your reference. This has been
published where?
RLE
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> ...But yeah hope they have a big loud alarm in case of failure, not
> just a gauge that most people probably don't really look at very often...
>
Oil pressure gauges have been gone for more than ten years and when a major
problem surfaces the instrument panel turns bright red and displays
> ...An electric oil pump?! Amazing. I guess they are pretty convinced of
> its
> reliability...
>
The days of direct drive AC compressors, oil pumps, water pumps and
open/closed thermostats are disappearing. I don't know what BMW and Audi are
doing
but Porsche and MB are adopting this technol
Hey there now, my mom drives one of those things and she ain't no rapper
gangsta or soccer mom:) I think it has great looks but agree that they should
have kept it a bit simpler and more utilitarian. I drive it quite often and
must say that it has incredible build quality that puts a smile on my
I changed out the o-rings on the oil filter adapter of my Jeep tonight.
The dealer keeps these in stock, so they are probably a common repair item.
Over the years Jeep has used a hex head bolt, a 9/16" allen bolt, and a
T-60 bolt. Mine had the T-60 head so I bought a Duralast socket at
AutoZone
They tarted up the G wagen too much. It should have remained more hummer than
cheep wagoneer. I like it better as a tiny unimog than a lux soccer mom
transporter. Bad enough we have rapper gangsta fools with pants inviting
sodomy in the frod and chubby SUV, now the plump soccer moms pile kids
I liked line printers spewing out stacks and stacks of wide paper
with all sorts of indecipherable stuff, esp when you got a core dump
when your program bombed. A woman at NASA actually taught me how to
read core dumps and figure out what bit of code did the nasty, so I
could go back and fix i
Big bruddah is watchin and not blinkin
See:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html?ICO=most_read_module
So if you want to avoid being on the most watched list:
don't talk about offsite computer storage using a nam
Better cache on your device. Hulu goes poop on me all the time. I have much
better luck with pirate video sites that do cache the file and give higher
quality video. then they clunk and you have to go brew a cup of tea before you
bother to fire them up again to see your show.
clay
On May 30
But if you look, many of the sellers are from china and not even local or
providing for the good of our great nation. At least the non US fleabay sites
have local folks selling locally sourced goods. Not USA fleabay. Inundated
with cheap chinese imitation products that ship in six weeks and l
I liked line printers spewing out stacks and stacks of wide paper with
all sorts of indecipherable stuff, esp when you got a core dump when
your program bombed. A woman at NASA actually taught me how to read
core dumps and figure out what bit of code did the nasty, so I could go
back and fix i
On Wed, 30 May 2012 21:38:12 -0400 Allan Streib
wrote:
> Peter Frederick writes:
>
> > But we are talking mid 70's. When Xerox came up with the Diablo daisy
> > wheel, all the Selectric terminals went away, too much maintenance.
>
> I remember the diablos. Sounded like a gatling gun when th
On Wed, 30 May 2012 19:28:07 -0500 Kaleb Striplin
wrote:
> well when you are streaming your are still downloading, right?
Yes. For proper playback, the total number of bits needs to be downloaded
to your computer. Buffering allows the downloading to get ahead of the
playback in case the rate of
Peter Frederick writes:
> But we are talking mid 70's. When Xerox came up with the Diablo daisy
> wheel, all the Selectric terminals went away, too much maintenance.
I remember the diablos. Sounded like a gatling gun when they were in
action.
Allan
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1979 300SD
_
Curt Raymond writes:
> You're not downloading though, you're streaming. I'm sure it buffers
> some amount but how much I don't know.
It's still data transfer, the ISP doesn't care if you are saving it or
not. It would count against the limit.
--
1983 300D
1979 300SD
_
Took a trip with my daughter in her GL320cdi and by the time we got
to our destination the car was riding very rough over bumps and bouncing
up and down like it had no shocks. Daughter said she could smell something
running hot. The dealer said he could see the front
end setting low, about a fo
I will get Toni to go along and take pics. We are just outside Watkins
Glen, NY.
This guy has been a hot rodder forever..back in '70 he had a brand
new SS Chevelle that him and my Dad put together with a supercharged 454
for a friday night playtoy. There was the Chevelle, a Roger Penske rac
On Wed, 30 May 2012 18:54:39 -0500 Mountain Man
wrote:
> ... without sellers there are no buyers; without buyers there are no
> sellers... I think...
Yup, that's how it works.
Craig
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Yes. The service provider will count it towards bytes downloaded.
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote:
> well when you are streaming your are still downloading, right?
>
>
> On 5/30/2012 7:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
>> You're not downloading though, you're streaming. I'm su
Its bad enough there are engines with timing belts. :-(
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM, ned kleinhenz wrote:
> I found it interesting that electric oil pumps are promoted for improved
> reliability.
> I don't remember having a mechanical oil pump EVER fail in any of my cars.
> But almost every
well when you are streaming your are still downloading, right?
On 5/30/2012 7:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
You're not downloading though, you're streaming. I'm sure it buffers some
amount but how much I don't know.
I also don't have Netflix but I do have Amazon Prime which is totally worth $80
Curt wrote:
> You're not downloading though, you're streaming. I'm sure it buffers some
> amount but how much I don't know.
>
What is it about hulu that makes it superior as online viewer?
When I go to the network site and watch shows their viewer is choppy
(canopy wireless broadband) but hulu ru
The only neutral I ever got was a guy who bought an old G4 off me (just a
couple years ago, it was an old G4) and the zip drive didn't work. In the
auction I said "I don't know if the zip drive works" and then offered to give
him some money back. He never responded to me, just dropped the neutra
The way the ratings work anything other than 5 stars = 1 star...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 17:12:53 -0600
From: Craig
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fleabay buyers
Message-ID: <20120530171253.354b7ae8.diese...@pisquared.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On Wed, 30
You're not downloading though, you're streaming. I'm sure it buffers some
amount but how much I don't know.
I also don't have Netflix but I do have Amazon Prime which is totally worth $80
a year for 2 day free shipping but when you add the streaming video its
awesome. They only have through sea
Mike wrote:
> Gotta go see him sometime soon and drool over the toys.
Take us along with you.
Where are you located?
mao
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Craig wrote:
> Perhaps the pendulum should swing a little back the other way.
>
> Without sellers, the whole platform collapses, too.
Vote Romney to make it swing back... whatever way... Where are we? I
lost track if we are wanting better rights for buyers or sellers...
Eh... without sellers the
haha
On 5/29/2012 7:13 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Kaleb Bergsma?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2012, at 8:00 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote:
That's really me
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
Hmmm. Weren't we just talking about this? I wonder if this B
no hurst should
On 5/29/2012 6:02 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Rusty should make some videos:)
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
Hmmm. Weren't we just talking about this? I wonder if this Bergsma fellow is
lurking here...
Rick
Sent from my iPhone
Begin fo
oh my
On 5/29/2012 6:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I actually really like his videos. I spent a whole weekend day watching them.
The GF rolled her eyes.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
Hmmm. Weren't we just talking about this? I wonder if this Bergsma f
may tell about the seller, but the buyer is more prone to be a criminal on
fleabay now. I have been screwed out of a number of small electronics because
the buyer said I sent the wrong thing, or it never got there. That it was not
nice, and they wanted replacement without sending the original
I found it interesting that electric oil pumps are promoted for improved
reliability.
I don't remember having a mechanical oil pump EVER fail in any of my cars.
But almost every function powered by an electric motor has failed at one
time or another.
Ned
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htt
Solenoids nd switches.
Big bastard, noisey, and faster than anything but a line printer at
the time.
But we are talking mid 70's. When Xerox came up with the Diablo
daisy wheel, all the Selectric terminals went away, too much
maintenance.
Peter
On May 30, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Dan Penoff w
On Wed, 30 May 2012 18:53:45 -0400 Allan Streib
wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012, at 03:30 PM, clay monroe wrote:
>
> > The system was good enough to self police when we could enter real
> > feedback. Now, nobody gets spanked for being a jerk in a way that
> > warns other buyers or sellers to avoi
Well sellers can only leave positive feedback now so buyers can do whatever
they want, never pay, have unrealistic expectations etc with no worries
Sent from my iPhone
On May 30, 2012, at 5:30 PM, clay monroe wrote:
> The system was good enough to self police when we could enter real feedback.
Without sellers it collapses. The system worked fine before they "fixed" it
Sent from my iPhone
On May 30, 2012, at 5:11 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012, at 02:05 PM, clay monroe wrote:
>
>> I am not impressed with the way fleabay allows sellers to get taken
>> continuously. Th
Yes that is why I no longer sell on ebay
Sent from my iPhone
On May 30, 2012, at 4:05 PM, clay monroe wrote:
> I am not impressed with the way fleabay allows sellers to get taken
> continuously. They will bend over backward for a buyer, unless they decide
> they will lose money, then screw t
I only have DVD netflix but do have a free trial for blockbuster that had
streaming. Not sure how big the average movie is when downloading
Sent from my iPhone
On May 30, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Do you use Netflix? How does that work on sat service? I wonder how
> quickly tha
On Wed, May 30, 2012, at 03:30 PM, clay monroe wrote:
> The system was good enough to self police when we could enter real
> feedback. Now, nobody gets spanked for being a jerk in a way that
> warns other buyers or sellers to avoid them. If you want to give bad
> feedback, you have only the few
The system was good enough to self police when we could enter real feedback.
Now, nobody gets spanked for being a jerk in a way that warns other buyers or
sellers to avoid them. If you want to give bad feedback, you have only the few
words you enter, not the numerical score that is impacted if
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/3040187633.html
not mine, no interest
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
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On Wed, 30 May 2012 18:09:05 -0400 Allan Streib
wrote:
> Advantage of an electric oil pump would be the ability to pre-lube the
> engine before start-up. That should eliminate wear that occurs in the
> first few seconds before oil pressure builds.
And post-lube to cool off the turbo, too.
> B
On Wed, 30 May 2012 18:11:18 -0400 Allan Streib
wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012, at 02:05 PM, clay monroe wrote:
>
> > I am not impressed with the way fleabay allows sellers to get taken
> > continuously. They will bend over backward for a buyer, unless they
> > decide they will lose money, then
However the om606's seem to use a paper filter but are still FSS equipped.
Or is there a fleece filter for the 606's?
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Mobile: +14437915905
On May 29, 2012, at 14:05, John Freer wrote:
> My I6 05 CDI had a fleece filter sticker only under
On Wed, May 30, 2012, at 02:05 PM, clay monroe wrote:
> I am not impressed with the way fleabay allows sellers to get taken
> continuously. They will bend over backward for a buyer, unless they
> decide they will lose money, then screw the buyer too.
To be fair, they only do it because so many s
Advantage of an electric oil pump would be the ability to pre-lube the engine
before start-up. That should eliminate wear that occurs in the first few
seconds before oil pressure builds.
But yeah hope they have a big loud alarm in case of failure, not just a
gauge that most people probably
Having not driven or ridden in a newer benz, I am hard pressed to compare apple
to apple. Apple to hyundai, the korean car is junk. All the metal looking
things are plastic and will fail sooner rather than later. The quality of the
plastic and electronics is not even equal to my w107, let alo
I am not impressed with the way fleabay allows sellers to get taken
continuously. They will bend over backward for a buyer, unless they decide
they will lose money, then screw the buyer too.
clay
On May 29, 2012, at 8:47 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
> That really sucks. I hate dishonest scumb
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/05/18/kits-for-the-usb-typewriter/
--R
On 5/30/12 3:57 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Craig writes:
The remote terminals were not ASR-33 teletype machines, they were
Selectrics. It was interesting watching them typing at full speed (which
was much more than a human
Yep, it's now proven fact that once the electric oil pump fails, fuel
mileage goes through the roof... should make the EPA very happy, [And the
guy in the tow truck, and the guy in the repair shop, and the parts man who
sells a new engine.. ]
Guess I'll just keep driving the old mechanical pum
On Wed, 30 May 2012 00:47:14 -0400 (EDT) relng...@aol.com wrote:
> Now, like the newest MB engines, an electric variable speed oil pump is
> used so a lot of hp is saved there plus eliminating parts to fail.
An electric oil pump?! Amazing. I guess they are pretty convinced of its
reliability.
C
Dan Penoff writes:
> The IBM 2741 was a communications terminal based on the Selectric
> platform. Whether it did RS-232, I don't know.
Ah, probably token-ring networking then?
Allan
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1979 300SD
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You bring up a good point, Randy. Are there "open container" laws in
Germany, for drivers and/or non drivers?
On 5/30/12, Randy Bennell wrote:
> I thought Germans drank beer.
>
> Randy
>
> On 30/05/2012 10:44 AM, ernest breakfield wrote:
>> just because it might take only about 8 hours to travel
The IBM 2741 was a communications terminal based on the Selectric platform.
Whether it did RS-232, I don't know.
Dan
On May 30, 2012, at 357 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Craig writes:
>
>> The remote terminals were not ASR-33 teletype machines, they were
>> Selectrics. It was interesting watchi
Craig writes:
> The remote terminals were not ASR-33 teletype machines, they were
> Selectrics. It was interesting watching them typing at full speed (which
> was much more than a human could type). They had difficulty remaining
> reliable at that duty.
I heard that IBM sold an RS-232 interface
Do you use Netflix? How does that work on sat service? I wonder how
quickly that would eat up the 7.5 GB monthly transfer limit.
If I could dump Comcast entirely for their basic plan it would save me
about $50 a month.
Allan
"Kaleb C. Striplin" writes:
> Supposedly the new sat has the capaci
I thought Germans drank beer.
Randy
On 30/05/2012 10:44 AM, ernest breakfield wrote:
just because it might take only about 8 hours to travel from Munich to
Hamburg doesn't mean all those who live in Germany never go anywhere
else. i've spent days driving around in some of those tiny countries,
and there it is; the attitude behind what so many people call
'driving'.
regards!
e
On 25/May/12 20:39, Mike Esh wrote:
Whatever.. : {(
Michael E. Esh
www.michaelesh.bodybyvi.com
On May 25, 2012, at 10:33 PM, ernest
breakfield wrote:
in the kitchen or your office, where you're su
yes, clearly there are a lot of Amateurs that don't think things through
very well, and many that just don't want to think about it and/or
pretend nobody else is either, but i can assure you the issue is not
lost on all.
consider that most of the articles have been by people promoting
the i
just because it might take only about 8 hours to travel from Munich to
Hamburg doesn't mean all those who live in Germany never go anywhere
else. i've spent days driving around in some of those tiny countries,
and even crossing borders, which is typically a non-issue in most cases.
(on top of t
I have a Selectric here too but it no longer works. I let it sit for a
couple of years and now it needs to be cleaned and lubed. Not sure it is
worth it.
However, I also have one of the IBM Actionwriters with the daisy wheel
instead of the ball. It works fine. Does not feel as solid as the
Se
On Wed, 30 May 2012 01:06:17 -0400 (EDT) relng...@aol.com wrote:
> The Selectric is still considered to be the best typewriter ever built
> and there are stiil things you just can't do on a word processor.
When I was a freshman at Caltech, we had a central computer in the
computer building and re
They have the Equus now and had the XG300/350 which was based on a Sonata.
Walt
On May 30, 2012 10:09 AM, "Dan Penoff" wrote:
> As I was saying before I hit the Send button prematurely
>
> Didn't Hyundai have a high end sedan that looked a lot like an S class MB?
>
> I recall looking at one
As I was saying before I hit the Send button prematurely
Didn't Hyundai have a high end sedan that looked a lot like an S class MB?
I recall looking at one a while back and being suitably impressed. It listed
for like $25k and was loaded at that price.
Dan
On May 30, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Walt
Was Hyundai the one who had a "high end"
On May 30, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
> Bite thy tongue, some of us love our Hyundai's with as much passion as a
> Benz. ;)
>
> The lexus on the other hand... eew
>
> Walt, who loves his 2000 tibby
> On May 29, 2012 7:17 PM,
How many galley slaves would it take to move that and how long a pier to moor
it?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
>
> From: Rick Knoble
>To: Mercedes Discussion List
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6:42 PM
>Subject: [MBZ] Car For Donald Snook
>
>Okay. It i
Bite thy tongue, some of us love our Hyundai's with as much passion as a
Benz. ;)
The lexus on the other hand... eew
Walt, who loves his 2000 tibby
On May 29, 2012 7:17 PM, "Dimitri Seretakis" wrote:
> Those sixties caddies were beautiful. Look what's happened to the luxury
> au
Right.. 185mph is better than 1.85mpg. Lol
A good friend of mine is a Caddy nut, he had some that had names as long as
the car. Fleetwood Brougham De'Elegance or something close to that.
Another long time family friend has the DTS I think, it is ridiculous
fast. He ordered it special(he ha
The Selectric is still considered to be the best typewriter ever built
In one sense, and I like them a lot. I used to take 'em apart
in typing class when nobody was looking. Got a couple around
here myself. But they're pretty high-strung. Best in a
Ferrari sense, rather than a 240D sense, I'
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