I think this is friday only
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To all us Turkeys!
Happy Thanksgiving!
no turkey for me. Kids are busy with their own Thanksgivings.
SWMBO has to work tomorrow, so I figured it was no loss if I am
driving.
My consolation is that I could see a large body of water tomorrow
evening, with NO ICE in it! And I may get some T
Yesterday I adjusted the front wheel bearings on our '95 E300 (361k miles),
after I heard a very soft clunking noise from the front end while driving
slowly in downtown Chucktown. Left wheel had noticeable play with clunk while
pushing & pulling at the 12 o'clock position. Right side was not d
I bet Grant could put a bullet through it and one through the windows.
the bullet proof 4.5liter V-8 engine
I could get that, put the engine in a 140 with the bullet proof
windows, and that thing would be ready for the zombie apocalypse
-R
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I used both, and some Yuro flavors also. Dad uses Kodachrome almost
exclusively, but I know he got one roll of Ektachrome when that was
all that was available in some store.
I liked the Ektachrome for the higher ASA speeds.
I do love the look of Ektrachrome though...
This list is fun, you
I played around a lot with weird film stock. We had a great Kodak
commercial place downtown called Hoosier Photo that had all sorts of
weird stuff. I liked both the IR B&W and Ektachrome when I could
get it. Not easy to handle, but fun to play with and some really
bizarre results depending
It's BORING compared to the 300SEL 3.5 with the 4 speed bulletproof
transmission.
Did you ever find out the provenance of that machine?There were
stories that Roy Carver special ordered a big Mercedes with a special
order manual transmission, (around 70-74) and that the factory argued
wi
And underpowered.
Does that mean its slow?
-Curt
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Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Impact Wrenches
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:59:50 -0500 Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
The IR 231C is the 24
Curly wrote:
His roomate who has also been a lifelong friend had a 3 deuce 65 Goat.
Tri-power was the name I learned in 1970 for that fuel metering
system. A friend had one. The car also was the first overpowered
home-built stereo in a car that I ever knew. He was not much of a
gear-head no
Email to this guy, or try their website directly
j...@ironhorseauction.com THe links below go
through Constant contact, an that probably is not
working correctly.
The web site doesn't seem to be working
--R
On 11/24/15 9:34 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
FWIW
<'"http://r2
I have a TON of Agfa slides from the 60s and early 70s. What should I do
with them?
Burn em or send em to the national archives.
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Yes, what he said - Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
This is the first year in the 40 years we've been married that we are not
preparing the family Thanksgiving dinner. We're in Utica NY at a daughter's
in-laws the turkey day this year. Only had to help with pies today, and I
sharpened all of thei
I processed E-6 both in our home darkroom and at the lab at work. LOTS of
it. We also still have 10-12 rolls of 35mm B&W IR film in the freezer. Our
kids liked to play with it, then all moved away and quit photography for
many years.
Now Dan, the processors couldn't read the codes on that IR film
That's nothing that a few rattle cans won't cure ;-)
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The boring-est color combination on the planet - white/tan. Crushing.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes <
>
Is Curley a bald guy? A handsome gent? Did y'all go shoot anything?
--R
curmudgeon Watched a hawk looking for rats
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Rusty but trusty
Ay! Its a Chickaga car! Whacha 'Spect? I even named it Al fer Al Capone!
Ay! Whar wuz the Q?
Curley just left after helping me do the wiring in the shop. Got
that all sorted out. Then we say around talking about cars for a
while. He is now on the way south in probably th
Well, I don't want to change the list name so I'll contribute some MB stuff. I
went out today and started by my old 617s. They'd been sitting for almost a
month and I realized I needed a run to warm the engine and charge the batteries
by taking them for a 30-45 minute spin. They both cranked
> On November 25, 2015 at 9:22 PM Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
> How about SnapOn impact wrenches? I was able to get one at a tool shop
> here in ABQ.
30 years ago, everything Snap-On was made in Wisconsin and was top of the line.
Things not made by Snap-On but sold on the tool trucks (like Ek
I could not see much benefit to a 380 over the 450, given the timing
chain issue and only gaining 2mpg.
Many 380's already have the correct chain. It's not like it's
hard to tell, just look in the oil fill hole.
If I could put a 560 back end on it, that would give more oomph.
But there i
On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:19:50 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Happy Thanksgiving to all.
And to you as well, Curt.
Sounds like many were preparing for Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.
We were invited to some friends' house here in ABQ, so we aren't
preparing anything.
I've been workin
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:10:35 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> > > > > The IR 231C is the 240D of impact wrenches.
>
> I have owned one for 38 years. It has always worked dependably. Recently
> broke the internal anvil while hammering lug nuts off a Semi with it..
> [1/2 inch impact.. needed to
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
I baked 3 loaves of bread today. I think I've finally perfected using a loaf
pan rather than just round boules in the dutch oven. I used a vintage metal
loaf pan I bought at an antique store near Dwight's a couple years ago. Greased
it with lard which almost worked per
Thanks Dan. And happy thanksgiving to you & yours.
On Nov 25, 2015 1:54 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes"
wrote:
> And apple cider, tools, HOA, etc., etc.
>
> Have a good Thanksgiving everyone. Be sure to spend time with friends and
> loved ones while you have the opportunity.
>
> That’s an order f
But I'm talkin bout Shaft!
--R
On 11/25/15 8:10 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote:
No, it mean it's a tough mother**!
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On Nov 25, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
Does that mean its slow?
-Curt
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No, it mean it's a tough mother**!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 25, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Does that mean its slow?
> -Curt
>
> From: Craig via Mercedes
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:07 PM
> Sub
I agree on the ICE. I bought a Nikon super coolscan 4000 a couple
of years ago and love it.
Manfred
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:01:41 -0500
From: "Scott Ritchey"
About a month ago, I bought a reconditioned (guaranteed for a
year) Nikon
LS-2000 on eBay; that Nikon scanner is OUTSTANDING
Compared to a modern engine, the M117 in Frosch is a slug. Could be
transmission related. Either way, the car has had a bit of minor work since my
purchase and she is running much better. Finally got close to 15mpg highway on
my last long drive. Better than the 10mpg over the past four years
I have owned one for 38 years. It has always worked dependably. Recently
broke the internal anvil while hammering lug nuts off a Semi with it.. [1/2
inch impact.. needed to use the 1 inch]..
Replacement parts.. with new seals and bearings, full overhaul.. cost
$58.00.
3 days to get parts shipped
Vapor lock?
Look for a small leak in the injector ring or injector hoses. I don't
remember much of an issue with that otherwise, but a slow leak there
can let all the gasoline leak out of the ring as it boils.
Leaks are a very common issue up there, and if you have a good sized
one you c
Scan them if you can, they fade in the dark and really go fast in the
light.
Keep them dry, as cool as possible (dessicated frozen is best) and
hope someone cares about them when you are gone.
Peter
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From what I gather, the M117 usually needs a valve job around 250k
miles, and in many cases a total rebuild around the 500k mark when the
rings go -- but only in California, where people actually put that
kind of mileage on a 450SL. Most other parts of the world they rust
away or don't get
He is not bald but very handsome. We did not shoot anything except the bull.
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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Is Curley a bald guy? A handsome gent? Did y'all go shoot anything?
>
> --R
>
>> On 11/25/15 2:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:58:58 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> > > The IR 231C is the 240D of impact wrenches.
> >
> > A very succinct answer!
> Does that mean its slow?
It could mean that, and that it's underpowered.
I took it, however, to mean that it keeps on working dependabl
Is Curley a bald guy? A handsome gent? Did y'all go shoot anything?
--R
On 11/25/15 2:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
Curley just left after helping me do the wiring in the shop. Got that all
sorted out. Then we say around talking about cars for a while. He is now on the
way so
Does that mean its slow?
-Curt
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Cc: Craig
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Impact Wrenches
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:59:50 -0500 Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
> The IR 231C is the 240D of impact wrenche
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:59:50 -0500 Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
> The IR 231C is the 240D of impact wrenches.
A very succinct answer!
Thanks,
Craig
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To:
Cc: "Kaleb C. Striplin"
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 2:32 PM
Subject: [MBZ] mini okie q
Curley just left after helping me do the wiring in the shop. Got that all
sorted out. Then we say around
Yes
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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> maybe we need to change the name of the list to the okiebenz film scanning &
> letterpress list?
> thanks,
>
> xx rick
> Rick Hawkins
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How about the anything but MB discussion list
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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> And apple cider, tools, HOA, etc., etc.
>
> Have a good Thanksgiving everyone. Be sure to spend time with friends and
> loved ones while you have the opport
Curley just left after helping me do the wiring in the shop. Got that all
sorted out. Then we say around talking about cars for a while. He is now on the
way south in probably the most rusty 126 I have seen.
Sent from my iPhone
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The one I picked up in OK looks brand new compared to this... still haven't
figured out that vapor lock tho
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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
35MM?
Keep them in a cool ad dry location away from light.
Send them off to someone to have them scanned into electronic files for
archival purposes.
Ansel Dan
> On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I have a TON of Agfa slides from the 60s and early 70s.
It's BORING compared to the 300SEL 3.5 with the 4 speed bulletproof
transmission.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
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> Albrecht Stachel of Brooklyn Moteren Werke in Brooklyn, WI swears by
> that 4.5 engine.
> mao
>
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I have a TON of Agfa slides from the 60s and early 70s. What should I do
with them?
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Oh, yeah - all that. I took pics years ago but we threw all that away.
> Nobody cares about our images. Seriously.
>
And apple cider, tools, HOA, etc., etc.
Have a good Thanksgiving everyone. Be sure to spend time with friends and
loved ones while you have the opportunity.
That’s an order from Mom.
> On Nov 25, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> maybe we need to change the nam
maybe we need to change the name of the list to the okiebenz film scanning &
letterpress list?
thanks,
xx rick
Rick Hawkins
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Albrecht Stachel of Brooklyn Moteren Werke in Brooklyn, WI swears by
that 4.5 engine.
mao
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Oh, yeah - all that. I took pics years ago but we threw all that away.
Nobody cares about our images. Seriously.
Youtube is the name of today and tech. Images? - not so much.
mao
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Curly wrote:
> His roomate who has also been a lifelong friend had a 3 deuce 65 Goat.
Tri-power was the name I learned in 1970 for that fuel metering
system. A friend had one. The car also was the first overpowered
home-built stereo in a car that I ever knew. He was not much of a
gear-head nor
I processed Ektachrome (E4) at home a few times when I was a high schooler and
had a darkroom set up in the back room of our shop. I did it mainly with IR
Ektachrome, as it caused the developer to expire rather quickly so the
commercial processors wouldn’t process it. I knew a guy who reloaded
The blue shift was processing, the pH of the color developer affects
the blue/yellow balance in Kodak films (and for fun, the green/
magenta balance in Fuji films, which is why the advice one should NOT
process the two on the same machine, when it was right for one the
other was terrible).
I do love the look of Ektrachrome though...
This list is fun, you talk about the look of Kodachrome vs Ektrachrome with
most folks and its a blank stare.
-Curt
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Shouldn't it be orange?
--R
On 11/24/15 8:04 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote:
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/5278223109.html
Don't even want to start on this one but at least the breaks are good
and the exhaust should be very unrestricted.
Manfred
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the bullet proof 4.5liter V-8 engine
I could get that, put the engine in a 140 with the bullet proof windows,
and that thing would be ready for the zombie apocalypse
--R
On 11/24/15 3:35 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/5325779575.html
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I should get my daughter to do it, she lives in Gboro and drives the 84
SD, that would be a step up to a newer car!
--R
On 11/24/15 1:19 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote:
Wake forest ish
On Nov 24, 2015 10:08 AM, "WILTON via Mercedes"
wrote:
Wish I were able to make the drive, but wher
The web site doesn't seem to be working
--R
On 11/24/15 9:34 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
FWIW
<'"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00161-2K2VcIAB5vJwGsVAWV09oe_mtNEvfjGVRV5hRRnMFxFGzQfvRRI-eFpUaZJc6Y5PERvnOkESdDWWu03Ey1UBvameYZmnqeTkOCrBNb_qok8ypYfRZ-9Y8VzUvhjSaPBtxIK--iWTjwVnxX_jbM
hes a looser
--R
On 11/25/15 9:34 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
You spelled breaks correctly.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Akebono "Euro"something, ceramic. Amazon has decent prices. My only beef
is that the MB wear se
What Peter said.
Vuescan is great, and a real deal for the price. I haven’t found anything that
works better or has more flexibility for setting up workflows with a scanner.
Dad moved over the Ektachrome in the late 50s, early 60s, and the emulsion on
those really took a beating from the proje
The Bendix pads do squeal in the rear when the car is first driven in the
morning, no doubt due to the corrosion that develops on the disc while it’s
sitting overnight. I told him I could put organic pads on it if the squeal
bothered him, but he would be washing wheels almost daily.
He turned
Haha, my mother and I have thousands of images, many of them quite old
(she started taking pictures during WWII, and started using Kodachrome
in 1949).
The black and white are OK, although the camera tended to leak light,
so some of them are a pain, but the old Kodachromes are a real pain -
An Epson 4490 will do a great job as well, I use mine mostly for my
mother's old 116 negs and 120. Files are indeed enormous for the
larger formates, but the results are worth it -- often better
resolution than silver prints unless you have access to a very good
enlarger (and the resolutio
Pagid or Akebono. I took the advice of my CarQuest guy and went with their
house brand, the only time my parts guy has ever failed me, they squeaked like
crazy. I replaced with Pagid which were perfect.Akebono will double the price
and I don't think they have an application for rear pads.
I stil
You spelled breaks correctly.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Akebono "Euro"something, ceramic. Amazon has decent prices. My only beef
> is that the MB wear sensors didn't fit snugly in the spring clip hole.
> --
> Max Dillon
> Charlest
Anyone want to make an offer o my Nikon 2000 + Nikkor lenses (28 f 3.5, 35
f 1,4, 200 f 4)?
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> My dad scanned his entire slide & negative collection using a Nikon.
> (I forget which one.) It took him a long t
The boring-est color combination on the planet - white/tan. Crushing.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Er, FOR the car, not AWAY from it. ;^.^
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:42 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel
> wrote:
>
> > Non-stupid bu
So far the upgrade to 10.6 on the macbook 1,1 is working. Opera and
Firefox run for places that don't like safari. on 10.6. CHrome won't
run on the core2 machines, a bacward step into the winders world of
32 bit machines from the G4 and g5.
There is a holdover printing problem from before.
Akebono "Euro"something, ceramic. Amazon has decent prices. My only beef is
that the MB wear sensors didn't fit snugly in the spring clip hole.
--
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Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
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> On November 25, 2015 at 7:05 AM Dan Penoff wrote:
>
>
> I got a full set (both axles) of Bendix top of the line ceramic pads for the
> 94 S420 from Rock Auto on closeout for under $50.
>
> The boy is happy, as the black wheels were making him crazy.
Right now, Raybestos ceramic fronts are
I bought a Nikon 4000 slide scanner some years ago for a significant sum (it
was used, but still expensive) to scan the 20 some odd carousel trays of slides
my Dad took over his lifetime. Mom was in charge of maintaining the archive,
which was a bad thing, as she kept them stored in her barn… w
I just finished the upgrades to our newest Mac, a 2007 Macbook Pro.
It is now sporting 6GB of RAM (the maximum possible), and a 120GB SSD.
The thing is _much_ faster, and seems perfectly usable. The RAM upgrade
from 4GB was trivial. The disk... less so.
But it worked in the end, and the Time Ma
Ok thanks.
On Nov 25, 2015 7:06 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes"
wrote:
> I got a full set (both axles) of Bendix top of the line ceramic pads for
> the 94 S420 from Rock Auto on closeout for under $50.
>
> The boy is happy, as the black wheels were making him crazy.
>
> Dan
>
> > On Nov 25, 2015, a
I got a full set (both axles) of Bendix top of the line ceramic pads for the 94
S420 from Rock Auto on closeout for under $50.
The boy is happy, as the black wheels were making him crazy.
Dan
> On Nov 25, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Whatever ceramic pad is on clo
My dad scanned his entire slide & negative collection using a Nikon.
(I forget which one.) It took him a long time. He sent us sons copies
on 20-odd DVD's. I wrote a scripted compression tool to make screen
shot sizes on a single CD, which is very handy for browsing. (Uses
the PD cjpeg/djpeg t
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