Re: [MBZ] San Antonio hotel

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That reminds me of staying in a hotel in Las Vegas NM one night when on our way from Houston to Taos we got stuck by a snowstorm with 2 kids and 2 poodles who did not really get along (dogs and chirruns) so we had to get 2 rooms and eat in shifts to keep all the individuals happy. Anyway, it

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
What Dimitri said… On Jun 28, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yo! check out ma lorider, ese! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, June

Re: [MBZ] San Antonio hotel

2015-06-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Super 8? You know, the one where the front desk is behind bulletproof glass and the guy has to buzz you in to the office? Dan hourly rates Man Sent from my iPad On Jun 28, 2015, at 9:04 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What was the name of the famous, old, first

Re: [MBZ] More on Burning Man

2015-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
If senior BLM leaders need to come out to the desert to interact with young slutty hippie chicks (or guys), why can't they do it with their own money? http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/06/29/blm-defends-burning-man-requests/29451921/ ___

Re: [MBZ] W123 Parts 'O' Rama

2015-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On June 28, 2015 at 11:00 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Cute puppy. Somehow a dog with one ear up and one ear down evokes a positive response, while the owner probably spent a bunch of time when it was a puppy either trying to make them both stand up

Re: [MBZ] More on Burning Man

2015-06-29 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Andrew?? Where is Andrew in all this... he is our resident BLM go to guy.. On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:03 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If senior BLM leaders need to come out to the desert to interact with young slutty hippie chicks (or guys), why can't they do

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Darren Marshall via Mercedes
Makes me nostalgic growing up in Albuquerque On Jun 29, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Jon Agne via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What Dimitri said… On Jun 28, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yo! check out ma lorider, ese! Greg

[MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Does anyone know of a place that trouble shoots and repairs circuit boards? Rick  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
I know there is a lot of hate for this car, and with good reason, but it just makes me laugh. I'm going to save some of these pictures and every time I need a good laugh, I'm opening them. Maybe I'll make one my background pic. EdB On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
What makes me laugh isn't the chop and drop or the wheels, but the lousy condition f the paint. Look closely at the nose just below the hood edge on either side of the grille. Ouch. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 29, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Ed Booher via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep, gotta have me soma dem wheels fo mah 124. Wilton - Original Message - From: Ed Booher via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Ed Booher edboo...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy I

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Rick Knoble wrote: ‎Does anyone know of a place that trouble shoots and repairs circuit boards? Rick  ___ What is it out of? Does it have circuits on both sides of the board? Have you looked to see if the ends of any of the capacitors are bulging? Gerry

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Gerry writes: Rick Knoble wrote: ‎Does anyone know of a place that trouble shoots and repairs circuit boards? Rick ___ What is it out of? GPS/Autopilot for a competition sailboat. Does it have circuits on both sides of the board? Not mine, I

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Rick Knoble wrote: ‎Does anyone know of a place that trouble shoots and repairs circuit boards? Rick ___ What is it out of? GPS/Autopilot for a competition sailboat. Does it have circuits on both sides of the board? Not mine, I

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Something in that environment is probably conformally coated, meaning in order to desolder any components you have to burn through the conformal coating. When you burn through the conformal coating, you usually need enough heat that it damages the board and causes the foil to delaminate. Not to

[MBZ] I killed it Jim! Then, fix it Bones!

2015-06-29 Thread clay via Mercedes
The 300d (76) has been sitting for a while. I seem to have killed the connection from the key to the starter. The glow circuit seems to work, the key turns and lights up the dash bulbs as normal, but when I turn the key to engage the starter, Nothing. I have been removing wires from the door

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Someone emailed me this weekend asking me to recommend an air suspension kit for his 67 250S. I told him, kindly, what I thought about his idea. Jaime On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Say no more.

[MBZ] cdl or not

2015-06-29 Thread Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes
Folks i know a fair bit about the DOT it'squite complicated, sort of like the FAA (the dot is not happy until you are not happy) to drive my isuzu npr (about 12,000 gross) i have to have a dot number and a dot program i have to have a dot medical (like the faa) every 2 years …. $45 at a

Re: [MBZ] More on Burning Man

2015-06-29 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Andrew?? Where is Andrew in all this... he is our resident BLM go to guy.. Must be AWOL, out ogling the hippiechickies? Either that or he is out to marry his 300TD. gotta finda judge to issue the license. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] 606 glow plugs

2015-06-29 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Congrats! Was the engine hot or cold? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 29, 2015 11:40:42 PM EDT, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was able to remove all 6 glow plugs from my 98 e300 without breaking any. 3 of they were stuck in there good but

[MBZ] 606 glow plugs

2015-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I was able to remove all 6 glow plugs from my 98 e300 without breaking any. 3 of they were stuck in there good but lots of tightening and loosening, and gentle wiggling back and forth along with pb blaster got them out. I can see where it would be easy to screw up that job and break one off.

Re: [MBZ] OT Firewalls

2015-06-29 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, cheap cheap modem, does have a 'custom' mode for the firewall which allows some configuration, so I don't have to run naked. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 29, 2015 10:13:45 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: There should be some way to

Re: [MBZ] Should I buy this?

2015-06-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:59:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: And, to be completely legal, you have to follow hours of operation and logs when you drive your car or pickup, or motorcycle. If you met up with a real Hochstetter, they could get you for not following

Re: [MBZ] More on Burning Man

2015-06-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
As Manuel would have said on Fawlty Towers, I know nothing! On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Andrew?? Where is Andrew in all this... he is our resident BLM go to guy.. Must be AWOL, out ogling the hippiechickies? Either that or he is

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Repellent yet strangely compelling... On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:30 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Someone emailed me this weekend asking me to recommend an air

[MBZ] Stainless Steel Brake Lines

2015-06-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Would be interested to hear anyone’s direct experience with using SS brake lines versus the stock rubber lines, and what exactly the difference was. The S500 needs brake lines, so I found a set of stainless lines made by Goodridge and ordered them tonight. About the same price as OE lines from

Re: [MBZ] F-ing Classy

2015-06-29 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Someone emailed me this weekend asking me to recommend an air suspension kit for his 67 250S. I told him, kindly, what I thought about his idea. You have chosen...poorly. -MMM-

Re: [MBZ] OT Firewalls

2015-06-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:40:41 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Checked the DSL modem / wireless router settings, shonuff the required port for sending was blocked. Shut off the firewall, can send just fine... There should be some way to unblock that port so the

Re: [MBZ] 606 glow plugs

2015-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Hot. I ran engine for quite a while with the manifold off to get it to operating temp. On 6/29/2015 10:43 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Congrats! Was the engine hot or cold? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-06-29 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Some time ago several on the list suggested solvents for removing the coating on the boards in the climate control units in 123s. However, don't remember who they were at the moment or which solvents they suggested. Surface mounted components that have leads of adequate length can be snipped

[MBZ] OT Firewalls

2015-06-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I finally fixed an email problem which has been bugging our household for a couple of months. We've been able to receive email on our email client - home computer, but couldn't send most of the time. Email worked fine from our smart phones. I called ATT tech support (second call in a few weeks)