Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Furthermore: http://www.hpmuseum.org/ mao On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > http://www.sliderules.info/prices/dec07/rest.htm > maybe someone has a goldmine? > mao > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Mountain Man wrote: >> In

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Reminds me: Check the 1992 movie, "My Cousin Vinny," in which defense attorney, Joe Pesci, is jailed for contempt of court for his choice of dress in Alabama court. ;<) Or was he merely threatened with contempt? 'Don't remember. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 3:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There were a series of boot to the head skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM -Curt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHsjHr_hk8 This one appears to be it, but it may be in French. I do not have speakers on this computer so

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Englais avec sous-titres Francaise. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" To: "Curt Raymond" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Randy Bennell" Sent: Tuesday, December

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Friend of ours is an "estate and probate" attorney as he refers to it. What we really want to know is if you have to wear the powdered wigs in court, or if that's just in the UK? Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On 01/12/2015

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
And I was ROTFLMAO. ;<) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Randy Bennell" Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun -

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read: "To my unfaithful wife I leave nothing; I would leave her less if I could." > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Randy Bennell via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 3:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. -Curt I wonder what the father's

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
In coledg I acquired Concise circular slide rule Physics is Phun - around here someplace. http://www.ebay.com/itm/151899174003 Another serious HP that was here was HP97. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 3:18 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read: "To my unfaithful wife I leave nothing; I would leave her less if I could." I recall listening to some strange comedy show on a car radio long ago, where the gist

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Don't see a K log log duplex decitrig on the list. One here in my desk drawer with several air navigation/piloting computers/calculators. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Mountain Man via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc:

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
http://www.sliderules.info/prices/dec07/rest.htm maybe someone has a goldmine? mao On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > In coledg I acquired Concise circular slide rule Physics is Phun - > around here someplace. > http://www.ebay.com/itm/151899174003 >

Re: [MBZ] W123 glow circuit

2015-12-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
MG wrote: > Sometimes work is a necessary... > An easy check indeed. The worst part is raising the hood and bending over to > push on the belts. :-) Call me lazy. I am waiting for daily temp to drop to 20, then I get energized to lift the hood. Call me luddite and lazy. mao

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There were a series of boot to the head skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Randy Bennell Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:33 PM

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 3:48 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Reminds me: Check the 1992 movie, "My Cousin Vinny," in which defense attorney, Joe Pesci, is jailed for contempt of court for his choice of dress in Alabama court. ;<) Or was he merely threatened with contempt? 'Don't remember. Wilton

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 4:21 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: And I was ROTFLMAO. ;<) Wilton I suspect we share the same odd sense of humor then. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
How about this nice device? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 2:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Friend of ours is an "estate and probate" attorney as he refers to it. What we really want to know is if you have to wear the powdered wigs in court, or if that's just in the UK? Dan Not in Canada, thankfully. In England and perhaps in

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. -Curt From: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes To: 'Mercedes Discussion

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I was thinking about the show on Monty Python - "Would you like a blow to the head or a knee in the groin?" Dan not a pepper pot Sent from my iPad > On Dec 1, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > There were a series of boot to the head >

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think this is the one you referred to:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFldBVWFgWo -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Randy Bennell Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:33 PM

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Did they include Frau Bluecher? --R On 12/1/15 4:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There were a series of boot to the head skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
OK you made me get mine out. My large one (12") in a leather case with belt loop is a Pickett Vector-type log-log Dual-base Speed Rule. The small one, which was my dad's is a Pickett 6" in a leather pocket case with clip. Both aluminum. I have the book that came with mine, paperback

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 4:54 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/dying-clothes-with-used-motor-oil-is-the-solution-to-yo-1744414942 --R ___ So, the real question is: Is Mobil1 Synthetic oil better for dying your clothing or should

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. Hmmm. I have no memory of my great great uncle Jesse. Our

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 4:38 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: OK you made me get mine out. My large one (12") in a leather case with belt loop is a Pickett Vector-type log-log Dual-base Speed Rule. The small one, which was my dad's is a Pickett 6" in a leather pocket case with clip. Both

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Turkey fat works real well too. Dad was making a turkey one time and spilled a bunch of the fat on his boots... -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Randy Bennell Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: We do wear the black waist coat and robes along with the white shirt with the pointy collar and tabs when in superior courts. Like this: http://www.gaspard.ca/legal-attire/ I can just see myself showing up in court like that. Too bad jury duty was last

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 4:54 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/dying-clothes-with-used-motor-oil-is-the-solution-to-yo-1744414942 --R ___ So, the real question is: Is Mobil1 Synthetic oil better for dying your clothing or should you

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Did you know that bacon fat makes a good waterproofing agent for your leather hunting boots. Got to watch out for hungry dogs, though. RB Bear fat was the traditional boot treatment. When you shoot a b'ar I'll take some grease. I used to get some Mil Surplus stuff that was good. I

[MBZ] OT (Mercedes question)

2015-12-01 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
FFolks. I going to be replacing the pumpkin for the '87 300TD this weekend and I wanted to ask if there were any caveats? I have the 3 mounts to be replaced, also. The drive joints, center mount and bearing were replaced previously, as was the LHS wheel bearing. The diff. whines a basso

[MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/dying-clothes-with-used-motor-oil-is-the-solution-to-yo-1744414942 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 4:54 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/dying-clothes-with-used-motor-oil-is-the-solution-to-yo-1744414942 --R ___ On a sort of related topic - Did you know that bacon fat makes a good waterproofing agent for

Re: [MBZ] W123 glow circuit

2015-12-01 Thread MG via Mercedes
Well in that case make sure that you don't run the car before you check. Wouldn't want to hear that you passed out from heat stroke when you opened the hood. :-) At 20 I am inside sitting by the stove trying to warm up. Manfred Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:22:47 -0600 From: Mountain Man

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to stealing money from #2 to give to #3, whatever the motivation. #1 should have discussed it with #2, and given up

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question)

2015-12-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
There is an ABS sensor plug with an o-ring, you may need to renew that o-ring. The bolts for the half axles (and the half-moon washers) are one-time-use, but you'll probably be safe if you clean the bolts with a wire brush and use lock-tite. Other than that, just dirty, heavy work. Watch out

[MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I ask because my neighbor just bought a 2003 Z4 coupe for his wife. The starter crapped out on it and he asked me if I could give him some pointers on replacing it. 30 minutes later I had it swapped out. The car is i good shape but has a few issues, one with the top function and an airbag

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On December 1, 2015 at 8:48 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Only fix according to BMW is to replace the whole cable, which runs from the > trunk to the starter, for a $500 bill. $1700 if the dealer does it. So, what happens if you replace it with a regular

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. Sounds like my Great Grandmother Slater. In the only

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I ask because my neighbor just bought a 2003 Z4 coupe for his wife. The starter crapped out on it and he asked me if I could give him some pointers on replacing it. 30 minutes later I had it swapped out. The car is i good shape but has a few issues, one with the top function and an airbag

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
it’s the airbag warning system, and to be honest, that’s one system I would want to know that it’s working properly. But to answer your question, yes, there’s no reason why you couldn’t do that. The cable is good, it’s the squib that’s bad, hence the airbag light. I found on one of the Bimmer

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
When I was in highschool (probably about 1969 or 1970) I recall our math teacher demonstrating x to the nth power (make up your own numbers here) and punching it into one of those old adding machines that had the whole face covered in buttons. It chugged away for pretty much a whole hour in

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question) Diff Change

2015-12-01 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Craig. Thanks for the reply. I do have the wrench (bit) for the axles. From: Mercedes on behalf of Craig via Mercedes Sent: 02 December 2015 01:03 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Craig Subject: Re:

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
I think that route was not taken because it would have created a substantial chance that #3 would find out his dad cut him out. Only interested parties can complain, namely #2 and #3 since #1 made the change. Hard to see how #3 would complain, but #2 has a perfectly legitimate claim of theft,

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question) Diff Change

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
124s have the bolts. 123s don't. I am pretty sure you can put the stub axles in a 123 and then use the bolt on axles, but I've never tried it. On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 18:42:42 -0600 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Assuming you have the special wrench for the axle

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Feds are probably keeping the repair OUT, or the corp suits (shysters) are due to the unreasonable number of shysters on the loose in the US of A. Try ebay.de or other german sites for the repair kit. it's the airbag warning system, and to be honest, that's one system I would want to know

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
The "He forgot me" argument is the only one that holds any water, in the absence of spousal or minor child support issues, and it costs the decedent merely $1 and one sentence in the will to completely scuttle that argument. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
it's the airbag warning system, and to be honest, that's one system I would want to know that it's working properly. So what's the purpose of the severing? Is the airbag system left connected to the battery, so that a cable short in the car will leave enough juice to fire the other squibs?

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question) Diff Change

2015-12-01 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 18:42:42 -0600 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > Assuming you have the special wrench for the axle bolts, it is pretty > simple. unbolt the axles, unbolt the flex disk. loosen the mount, > and drop it out. Some pumpkins do not use axle bolts

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Would you wear the men's or the ladies? (Ducking) -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 1, 2015 7:10:00 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > >> We do wear the black waist coat and robes along with the white

[MBZ] 124 tachometers

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I seem to have 2 124 Diesels ( 87 300D) with non working tachometers. I have a couple of spare Klimas, so I can try swapping them and the OVP relay to start. I did that on one of them before with no change. Also tried direct ground on the cluster with no effect. OVP relays, I have to swap

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
recall but were still pretty expensive. By about 1974 one could buy the basic little units for under $10 and they could do the calculation that old adding machine did almost instantaneously. I bought a TI SR50A for about $70 in August 1974 if I recall. Not long before that, the previous

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question) Diff Change

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Assuming you have the special wrench for the axle bolts, it is pretty simple. unbolt the axles, unbolt the flex disk. loosen the mount, and drop it out. FFolks. I going to be replacing the pumpkin for the '87 300TD this weekend and I wanted to ask if there were any caveats? I have the 3

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question) Diff Change

2015-12-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Drive axles bolt the flanges on the W124, no need to do anything but unscrew six bolts per side. Don't loose the washer "clips" that go under two bolts. It's heavy, don't drop it. Rear mounts in the subframe are tapered, will NOT pull through, have to go forward to come out, backwards to

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Makes me almost happy that I gave all my money to Charity. I know.. strange name for a stripper in a small corner bar on the edge of the business district... On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The "He forgot me" argument is the only one

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
a true reading of the will would have been emotionally harmful to child #3. #3 was also the one who most needed the money. But _why_ did #3 need the money most? That very issue might have been at the root of the parent's decision. Ugly stuff, all. I am to be the executor of my father's will

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I think it’s for fire prevention. Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 10:20 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > >> it's the airbag warning system, and to be honest, that's one system I would >> want to know that it's working properly. > > So what's the purpose of the

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Karma still played out, as all he got was the $1500 life insurance which they didn't even find until well into the legal action. I know it took several years and there was a lot of back and forth in the courts, so I am certain he laid out more than that in legal fees. Dan Sent from my iPad >

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On December 1, 2015 at 11:20 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Cliff contested the will. He wasn't named in it, of course. Everything was > left to my Mom. I understand that spouses are often guaranteed half, and that lineal descendants expect a cut, but if

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
not "H" series bonds that mature at their face value, but bonds that continued to earn interest. Some of them were worth 5X-10X their face value as a result. I was given a $50 savings bond shortly after my birth. I cashed it in after college, while I was waiting for my first paycheck. I

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I feel like in a case like that a judge ought to look at it and throw it out of court immediately. If the estranged can't come up with some dammed good reason he deserves a chunk of it he shouldn't get anything. On the other hand I'd probably have hung onto the fight until the bitter end, drain

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 11:33 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Now I understand why a childless (and now sibling-free) friend of mine has rewritten his will, not to exclude two nieces who deserve exclusion, but to leave them with a tiny sum of cash. As in "Yes, I considered them when writing this

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On December 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Glad you don't do probate? What do you guys think of this situation? Three children. Parent #1 dies, leaving everything to parent #2. Parent #2 dies, leaving everything equally to children #1

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Glad you don't do probate? Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On 01/12/2015 11:33 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Now I understand why a childless (and now sibling-free) friend of mine has >> rewritten his will, not to

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
No different than when my sister got pissed because my Dad decided to put me back in his will. He and I butted heads for a long time until I was in my early 20s and he was still trying to control me. I told him to piss off and that was that. My Mom told me when they diagnosed him with

Re: [MBZ] 124 tachometers

2015-12-01 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Yup. The pickup is located drivers side low on the edge of the bell housing. The 2 pin plug/socket on mine is passengers side behind the thin plastic cover near the heaters mono valve. Have fun and an ale or three. Fred. From: Mercedes

[MBZ] Fast cars in Waikiki

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Anyone going to be in Honolulu tomorrow? AUTO LUNCH BUNCH Wednesday Dec. 2 noon WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB NOTE: We going back to the Waikiki Yacht Club (right at the entrance to Ala Moana Park at Atkinson). From: Edward Kemper (edrac...@aol.com) host of Island Driver TV on OC-16 and auto writer

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Send pictures so we can see how it looks! I've said many times that you need to dye the driveway with used Diesel oil - - - never have to worry about drips again, and the driveway will be waterproof! -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens!

Re: [MBZ] 124 tachometers

2015-12-01 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Curly. My '87 TD had an intermittent Tach which then died. It turned out to be the small ground wire(s), under the large main ground wire bolted to the shock mount, were broken off. On my TD the shock mount was coming adrift at the seams, thus fatigued the wires that eventually failed. YMMV.

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question)

2015-12-01 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Max, Peter, et al. Thanks for the insights. I am really looking forward to being semi-prone and dirty and cold and pi**sed-off this weekend. Wish me luck! ( Or perhaps, patience) Thanks. Fred From: Mercedes on behalf of Max

Re: [MBZ] OT (Mercedes question)

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Max, Peter, et al. Thanks for the insights. I am really looking forward to being semi-prone and dirty and cold and pi**sed-off this weekend. Wish me luck! ( Or perhaps, patience) Thanks. Fred Have a pint! It is good for what Ales ya! ___

Re: [MBZ] 124 tachometers

2015-12-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Check the connection for the Hall effect pickup at the rear of the engine. It often gets corroded, being exposed to road splash, and gives an intermittent or very low signal. Mine works (as does the idle speed control) only when it's wet, never have gotten around to fixing it. Might be

Re: [MBZ] WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!!!!!

2015-12-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I've said many times that you need to dye the driveway with used Diesel oil - - - never have to worry about drips again, and the driveway will be waterproof! On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 01/12/2015 4:54 PM, Rich Thomas via

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
recall but were still pretty expensive. By about 1974 one could buy the basic little units for under $10 and they could do the calculation that old adding machine did almost instantaneously. I bought a TI SR50A for about $70 in August 1974 if I recall. Not long before that, the previous

Re: [MBZ] Any Bimmer Folks Here?

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
it's the airbag warning system, and to be honest, that's one system I would want to know that it's working properly. So what's the purpose of the severing? Is the airbag system left connected to the battery, so that a cable short in the car will leave enough juice to fire the other squibs?

Re: [MBZ] 124 tachometers

2015-12-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Curly. My '87 TD had an intermittent Tach which then died. It turned out to be the small ground wire(s), under the large main ground wire bolted to the shock mount, were broken off. On my TD the shock mount was coming adrift at the seams, thus fatigued the wires that eventually failed. YMMV.

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:29:20 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > Wang is Chinese, guess what a racist derogatory word for Chinese is? > > Hint: It's in the slogan. Oh, yeah! It's been quite a long time since I even heard reference to that. Craig

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not having more details, it sounds very gracious of the sibling to do so. Sometimes it's better to do the "right" thing. For that matter, I would think the two that were named as heirs could have each given a sixth to the third sibling as well if they chose to, and then there would be no

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to stealing money from #2 to give to #3, whatever the motivation. #1 should have discussed it with #2, and given up his bit anyway, and let #2 to

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That was the point in my second statement. Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did > not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to >

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/12/2015 11:57 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Glad you don't do probate? Dan Not sure what you mean. Probate is just the application to the Court asking to have the Will declared to be acceptable and the named Executor endorsed by the Court. The Grant of Probate is essentially a

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Or is that rousy? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Andrew Strasfogel" Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Calculators

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Which also reminds me that as of the day after Thanksgiving we finally closed out my uncle Reg's will. He had a bunch of guns that were supposed to go to me, my cousin Tim and uncle Guy. It's been hard to get the three of us in one place at the same time but we finally managed it.Reg died on

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Keep it going, keep it going! Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Cc: "Rich Thomas" Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Calculators I don't

[MBZ] Not a Mercedes

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I used to think Curt was way too harsh in his criticism of rental Cobalts before the Cruze came out. Yesterday, I bought a 2007 Saturn Ion, sort of a plasticized Cobalt, to commute with next winter. The plan was to buy a car that needs nothing, drive it 6000 miles without having to do unplanned

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On November 30, 2015 at 9:53 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Chink. I think the derogatory word is spelled differently? Reminds me of the time a fellow of Chinese descent wrote a letter to Carp, I mean Car, castigating them for using the phrase 'chink in

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Years ago I heard a lawyer / author interviewed on the radio about two books that he'd written on wills and estates and family fights. I wish I could recall his name and the books titles. The first book is for the person to read BEFORE they die, so they can (maybe) arrange their matters so as to

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Great idea. Please share with us when you recall the titles. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Years ago I heard a lawyer / author interviewed on the radio about two > books that he'd written on wills and estates and family fights. I

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sounds like (lousy) fiction to me. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't like the slant of their apology > > --R > > > On 12/1/15 6:54 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > >> >> On November 30, 2015 at 9:53 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] W123 glow circuit

2015-12-01 Thread MG via Mercedes
Sometimes work is a necessary evil especially if you want things to work. Either that or you have to have someone else do the work. Anyway what Max said pretty much describes the system fault process. There is no separate fuse for the light itself. The noise could be loose alternator belts.

Re: [MBZ] Calculators

2015-12-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I don't like the slant of their apology --R On 12/1/15 6:54 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On November 30, 2015 at 9:53 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Chink. I think the derogatory word is spelled differently? Reminds me of the time a fellow of Chinese

Re: [MBZ] Not a Mercedes

2015-12-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The rental Cobalts are/were the worst. I'd rather have a Sentra... I don't know why they gear them so high, they've got decent power... -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes To: Mercedes List Cc: Mitch Haley Sent:

Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I had a great aunt on my Mom's side who was the quintessential spinster. She took care of parents most of her adult life while having a career as an accountant with a small local cartage firm. She was the best of my aunts and uncles while I was growing up, as she was really sincere about being