Using M1 in the only OM617 I ever owned increased the oil consumption from
a quart per 1500 miles to about 800 miles. No leaks though.
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
On Sep 27, 2014 11:02 PM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Dwight,
If your 617 has very many miles, I'd
A new front brake disc is around $48 from the dealer. You can buy cheaper ones,
but in a critical system why would you cut corners?
Dan
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On Sep 27, 2014, at 10:16 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
My 83 300TD. The car shudders in the rear when I brake. I
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:43:04 -0400 Gary Hurst via Mercedes
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cause chinese garbage is fun!
So which brands are not chinese garbage?
Craig
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:34:45 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
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zimmermann, balo and mercedes are not chinese. the rest all are. i
usually sell the zimmermann or balo coated versions
i don't see why one would prefer chinese blanks finished in china vs
italian blanks finished in
i can't say they are definitive bad products but when they went chinese
without dropping the prices, well, i didn't feel any need to think about
them anymore. if they are going to go chinese and not pass on any of the
savings to the end user, then what kind of people are they?
On Sun, Sep 28,
So, do have alternatives that you do think about now?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Gary Hurst via Mercedes
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i can't say they are definitive bad products but when they went chinese
without dropping the prices, well, i didn't feel any need to think about
them
This car has an oil leak somewhere on the front of the engine or in one of the
driven elements. I can't find it, but it's pretty profuse in that it's losing
maybe half a quart of oil every week. Definitely leaking, nothing coming out
the tailpipe.
I would swear that it's the air pump. Being
Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:43:04 -0400 Gary Hurst via Mercedes
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cause chinese garbage is fun!
So which brands are not chinese garbage?
I don't mind Chinese garbage, as long as I don't pay much more than $1/lb for
it. But I'm with Gary, if
FYI, the vise grips are made in non-slave labor Taiwan, not China. IME
tools from Taiwan are usually much better than ones from China. Also, Irwin
seems to have better quality control on their outsourced tools than some
other companies. I have bought a couple of the Taiwan vise-grips (the micro
When I was in High School there was a guy with the unfortunate name of
Lynn Burger. Too bad his parents couldn't see how he would suffer from
the obvious connection kids make with names..
LarryT
On 9/27/2014 11:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 19:50:20 -0400 archer75---
Marshall Booth researched the leaking seals/Mobil 1 problem and found that it
was a significant defect when Mobil 1 first came on the market. Changes were
made in the formula which solved the problem.
Gerry
Dwight Giles wrote:
Thanks Roger,
I used mobil 1 in both my OM616's; I put abot 7
zimmermann and balo are still german as is mercedes. if you get the coated
zim or balo, you are basically at the latest mercedes spec but they are not
OEM as mercedes finishes their own rotors in house. those are probably the
only 3 i sell anymore, with a slight bias for zimmermann but i don't
i just wish to avoid an environment of hysteria where if someone drops a
quart of mobil 1 by mistake, the he must now get it out ASAP. i personally
don't know of mobil 1 causing any leak issues since back in the very early
days
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:33 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes
I bought an as is Becker 1480 AM/FM cassette on ebay for my 1983 300TD.
The unit is in pristine condition. AM and FM stations work perfectly and
the cassette loads/ejects/switches tracks/fast forwards and reverses when a
tape is inserted; however, there is NO SOUND when a tape is playing! (The
Can you return it for a refund?
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
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Very common in Taiwan.
I used to visit Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a large industrial port city on the south
end of the island, several times a year. We had a distributor there that sold
our products, and they did very well.
The were located in a large light industrial park, surrounded by smaller
AT wrote:
And in comparison to the B-36 and B-52, we now have the B-1B with an empty
weight of 182,000 lb, maximum gross weight of 477,000 lb...
I remember 18 years ago taking a ride on the new 777. The pilot was
proud to compare his new 777 with the familiar B-52. B-52 had 8
engines and
Call Eddie or Tom at Becker in the morning and they might be able to give you
some direction.
I was a little miffed at them recently, as I had bought a 1492 back in December
as an advance exchange but never installed it as I had changed cars around
that time. I went to put it in the S420 the
AT wrote:
And in comparison to the B-36 and B-52, we now have the B-1B with an empty
weight of 182,000 lb, maximum gross weight of 477,000 lb...
I remember 18 years ago taking a ride on the new 777. The pilot was
proud to compare his new 777 with the familiar B-52. B-52 had 8
engines and
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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buttons but they have no effect. Any ideas what might be the cause of this
problem?
Is the head engaging when the cassette goes down? Maybe it got forced back
when someone tried to recover a stuck
Gary wrote:
if they are going to go chinese and not pass on any of the
savings to the end user, then what kind of people are they?
What kind of people are they?
They are just another Mitt Romney or Bruce Rouner.
Astounding that we continue to laud and honor and desire these type of
people. We
The 777 is an awesome airliner.
On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
AT wrote:
And in comparison to the B-36 and B-52, we now have the B-1B with an empty
weight of 182,000 lb, maximum gross weight of 477,000 lb...
I remember 18 years ago taking a ride
I don't get it.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM, LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
When I was in High School there was a guy with the unfortunate name of
Lynn Burger. Too bad his parents couldn't see how he would suffer from the
obvious connection kids make with names..
Andrew wrote:
I don't get it.
Ya gotta think like a kid.
You can do it.
Get it?
ma
Larry wrote:
When I was in High School there was a guy with the unfortunate name of
Lynn Burger.
...limburger...
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Yep, the 1960-era TF-33 engines on the B-52H produce only 17,000 lbs thrust
each, efficient and powerful for 1960, but way behind modern engines.
Several years ago, Boeing tried to get USAF to replace the eight engines
with four much newer and more efficient engines that were already airliner
How could Bosch be Chinese?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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Gary wrote:
if they are going to go chinese and not pass on any of the
savings to the end user, then what kind of people are they?
What kind of people are they?
They are
Dan wrote:
...they had the new mill assembled and painted, sitting next to the
original, having been reassembled. You couldn't tell the difference.
This corroborates what I have heard for years - the oriental way is to
copy and make exact copies for less cost. Somehow that seems a bit
over
it's a box. do you imagine there is a bosch brake rotor factory in teh
black forest?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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How could Bosch be Chinese?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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WILTON wrote:
Several years ago, Boeing tried to get USAF to replace the eight engines
with four much newer and more efficient engines that were already airliner
surplus at the time and producing about 40,000 lbs each. Air Force refused
- didn't want a private company to have control of its
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
wrote:
If a tape had previously jammed I doubt the cassette would engage/eject,
play in fw/reverse, and FF and RW to memory. Peraps I just need to run a
cassette head cleaner?
Hard to say, usually the head doesn't
Gary wrote:
it's a box. do you imagine there is a bosch brake rotor factory in teh
black forest?
It is the same in every sector of our economy and all economies of the planet.
Medicine, manufacturing, consulting, design - it is all sourced to
chink/India and is generally poor quality. Poorer
-Tim wrote:
For a few dollars on eBay, you could buy...
There we go.
That is the kwality argument of markets - NOT!!
Some schmuck like Romney/Rounder/Gates/Jobs makes the millions
sourcing chink products we want and pay pennies - they reap profits.
I'm afraid my only use for ebay is vintage
Andrew wrote:
That would not work in the east. Nobody eats or has even heard of Limburger
around here... (DC - mid Atlantic)
Say it ain't so.
ma
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On Sep 28, 2014 6:36 PM, MountainMan via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Some schmuck like Romney/Rounder/Gates/Jobs makes the millions
sourcing chink products we want and pay pennies - they reap profits.
You know, on eBay you can source directly from China/Taiwan/Korea.
I'm afraid my
Gary wrote:
zimmermann and balo are still german as is mercedes.
...
those are probably the only 3 i sell anymore...
Excellent parts supplier info - thank you Gary!!
ma
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I've eaten it once in my longish life.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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Andrew wrote:
That would not work in the east. Nobody eats or has even heard of
Limburger
around here... (DC - mid Atlantic)
Say it ain't so.
ma
My seals leak no matter what oil I put in. So I run the good stuff. I did
put some regular DINO in last change, but it made no difference. Leaky
seals are leaky seals. Oil type makes no difference. I think in the past
seals were made of leather and various other porous materials that could
react
Tim wrote:
I'm not trying to start a war on the concept of international trade, just
trying to help out with a situation I've been through.
It's not against the okiebenz rules to delve in to international
trade. So, from time to time we bash PRC stuff. My effort to
purchase USA is to make a
More likely the upper timing chain cover. Oil leaks out the corner on
the right side and runs down the engine block, worse while at speed
that idling so you don't see it much.
Peter
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FM modulator. Is that similar to a hot water heater?
Sorry, I'll shut up now... ;)
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
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