Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
You're hanging under the fans, you _are_ in a pressurized zone! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks

2018-06-15 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Great to hear from you! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks

2018-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, only Bilsteins. On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Die Bilsteins oder Nichts. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jun 15, 2018 7:02 PM, "Euan Kennedy via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Greetings from the

Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks

2018-06-15 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Die Bilsteins oder Nichts. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 15, 2018 7:02 PM, "Euan Kennedy via Mercedes" wrote: Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic

[MBZ] Leaking front shocks

2018-06-15 Thread Euan Kennedy via Mercedes
Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that the original Bilsteins are due for

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
And they are not spending millions of dollars on advertising or sponsoring race cars Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 4:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > My take on Farm Supply oils Anyone priced a large diesel farm tractor > lately... or a combine? or even a hay

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Maybe the brain of this drone decides to dump a passenger when it gets to the 23-minute mark, enabling it to fly longer. On Jun 15, 2018 11:18 AM, "Floyd Thursby via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: 10,000 is kinda the altitude where you start thinking about O2 if you aren't

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
My take on Farm Supply oils Anyone priced a large diesel farm tractor lately... or a combine? or even a hay swather? Easily, you will be in the $200,000 to $600,000 price range...AND... oil change on large equipment involves Gallons of oil... not Quarts SO If I'm a farm supply

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Remember that report from Blackstone - the oil analysis guys that crunched the numbers on many thousands of analysis's that I sent a link to awhile back??? Here's the bottom line again: "Well, we’re no closer to saying that one type of oil is better than another, that’s for sure. We see much

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yea but I’m not sure M1 is really much better than Dino these days, at least for extended drain intervals Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was at El Mercado de Wal last night and bought some Mobil1 for $22something > a 5 qt

[MBZ] OT: Dodge RAM oil change

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't think I told you lot about changing the oil in our 2010 Dodge RAM a couple weeks ago.I've been having Valvoline "Instant Oil Change" do the job but around 7,500 miles the lifters would start to tick so a couple weeks ago I did a change with M1 5w20. I even got an M1 filter since

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I was at El Mercado de Wal last night and bought some Mobil1 for $22something a 5 qt jug for the high mileage version. Quarts were like $8. Seems like it’s on special right now. --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Another oil

Re: [MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I use "Traveler" 15w40 from Tractor Supply in my '52 Farmall Super M. Seems to work fine, comes in 2.5 gallon jugs for about what you're paying. I change it every other year, the machine only gets 10-15 hours of run time a year.When I had the valve cover off 2 years ago the rockers were pretty

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Its not anywhere near as bad as the media makes it out to be. I'm moderate, I've got liberal friends and conservative friends. In conversation in person its easy to find middle ground, in fact I think we've got more middle ground than anything else. In the end most people want a job and to

[MBZ] Delvac 1300 v cheap farm/fleet oil

2018-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Another oil discussion. I know some of you swear by high dollar synthetics. M1 synthetic is supposedly not real synthetic anymore. I usually use Delvac 1300 dino oil in my diesels but bought some Harvest King 15W40 diesel oil at the local farm store mainly for use in the oil burning/leaking

[MBZ] WAS OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Ok, folks, this thread has gone astray far enough. Let’s end it here and move on to appropriate topics, please. ListMom/-D > On Jun 15, 2018, at 3:29 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Mr. Trump is truly making America great again. > What more could a patriotic American want? > >

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Mr. Trump is truly making America great again. What more could a patriotic American want? RB On 15/06/2018 2:19 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Randy - I fear the fake news has clouded your view of the USofA. The truth is that we have record low unemployment, record high stock markets,

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Randy - I fear the fake news has clouded your view of the USofA. The truth is that we have record low unemployment, record high stock markets, and an economy that is finally growing faster than 2%. Life is getting better and better, but after the mid-term elections, which I predict will result

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 151, Issue 61

2018-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
How much are you asking for it? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 1:53 PM, Patrick Atuonah via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have a complete 603 engine with #22 head and transmission from a 1987 > 300SDL for sale. I am in Maryland. > > Patrick > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 8:22 PM wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Works for me. We may as well have the Mexican migrants rather than the bunch that are coming into Canada through Quebec from the USA because they fear Mr. Trump will kick them out. Of course we would need the wall going E and W too in order to really tie things up neat and tidy. And, the US

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun At the Range

2018-06-15 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Hardly, I was just lucky and had a good firearm. -D > On Jun 15, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > DED - Dead Eye Dan. > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Took the Ruger Super Single Six to

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 151, Issue 61

2018-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Welcome Patrick! (next time, please trim your post) - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Patrick Atuonah via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have a complete 603 engine with #22 head and transmission from a 1987 > 300SDL for sale. I am in Maryland. > >

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 151, Issue 61

2018-06-15 Thread Patrick Atuonah via Mercedes
I have a complete 603 engine with #22 head and transmission from a 1987 300SDL for sale. I am in Maryland. Patrick On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 8:22 PM wrote: > Send Mercedes mailing list submissions to > mercedes@okiebenz.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
The other day I read an elegant solution that would solve both problems. The suggestion was to build two parallel walls with a road in the middle between Mexico and Canada. Canada would sell its goods directly to Mexico instead of the US, and Mexican immigrants would come up the road to Canada

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think your last line is something most people would be better off doing. I've basically quit facebook because its just a bunch of people yelling at pigeons. If you disagree then you're "oppressing them". Its not one side or the other, the place is apparently a game of one-downsmanship...

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Hey Fred, I didn't know you were into Screech. You ever been screeched? I haven't, dad talks about having done it. Apparently theres a song... -Curt On Friday, June 15, 2018, 12:32:58 PM EDT, Frederick Moir via Mercedes wrote: Jeez. If they build a wall, how will I get my Screech?

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun At the Range

2018-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
DED - Dead Eye Dan. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Took the Ruger Super Single Six to the range for a quick visit yesterday. > Got some excellent instruction on it from the RSO, a 30+ year certified NRA > instructor and

Re: [MBZ] North American Arms Pug-T .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver

2018-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Sounds like a cool pistol that is too small - - - On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 7:47 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > North American Arms Pug-T .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver > > By Scott W. Wagner // 06/30/2017 > > If you have been reading my columns for a while, you know I

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 15/06/2018 11:32 AM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes wrote: Jeez. If they build a wall, how will I get my Screech? Fred No problem. We will sell it to China who will sell it to  North Korea and you can buy it from Mr. Kim. The cost will be high given the number of different import and export

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 15/06/2018 11:13 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: RB wrote: Do you think I need to plan for the Canada - US border to be closed soon? Ya, well - your country CEO needs to stop flicking buggers on our country CEO. ...perhaps... ?? Add tariffs to the mix, also? tin.man

Re: [MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Think of it as evolution in action --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > In the novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", the lunar colonials rebel > against the Earth. > Earth government found the idea amusing. "Just what do you think you

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
Jeez. If they build a wall, how will I get my Screech? Fred On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > RB wrote: > > Do you think I need to plan for the Canada - US border to be closed soon? > > Ya, well - your country CEO needs to stop flicking

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
RB wrote: > Do you think I need to plan for the Canada - US border to be closed soon? Ya, well - your country CEO needs to stop flicking buggers on our country CEO. ...perhaps... ?? Add tariffs to the mix, also? tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I'm sure the whole dust up started because Canada wouldn't issue a Visa to Rosie Donnell... ;) Things like this get a lot of news attention for a bit... then it sorts out. So far.. USA hasn't had much of a problem with illegal Canadians slipping across the border on the North... shouldn't worry

Re: [MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
In the novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", the lunar colonials rebel against the Earth. Earth government found the idea amusing. "Just what do you think you can do to us?" "Those shipping containers we fill with grain and send down to earth? What if we filled them with rocks and dropped them

[MBZ] OT wall?

2018-06-15 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Do you think I need to plan for the Canada - US border to be closed soon? Are you folks starting to build a wall on the north side to match the one on the south side? I probably don't need anything actually made in the USA given that most stuff is now made in China but I do occasionally order

Re: [MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Rocket launch sets off detectors with the heat signature. These are just meteors that happen to deorbit in very particular locations... --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 11:43 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Unlike ICBM launch, which triggers sensors around the world, THOR

Re: [MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Unlike ICBM launch, which triggers sensors around the world, THOR launch does not, it's reported. The "pole" is released in space and delivers all the kinetic energy gained from gravity to the selected target. Swift, Silent, Deadly a weapon makers perfect dream. Well.. that and it costs a

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
10,000 is kinda the altitude where you start thinking about O2 if you aren't pressurized, if I recall.  I'm OK up to 14+k that I know about (but slow trek up there), but many people start getting a bit loopy even lower than 10k. --FT On 6/15/18 11:09 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Doesn't 8000+ ft require supplemental O2? -Curt On Friday, June 15, 2018, 10:56:20 AM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Lovely... yet another category for the Darwin Awards... They just keep coming. I'm sure the app has a "low battery alert" that will beep to let you know death is only

Re: [MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Could try them on the Brirriant Reader. Oh wait, there's this. http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-rods-from-god-kinetic-weapon-hit-with-nuclear-weapon-force-2017-9 One wonders if the "earthquake" that destroyed their nuke testing facility might have been a demonstration... --FT On

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Lovely... yet another category for the Darwin Awards... They just keep coming. I'm sure the app has a "low battery alert" that will beep to let you know death is only seconds away, from 11,000 ft. 23 minutes of battery life x climb rate of 1,000 ft per minute... NO glide ratio [no prop spin, no

[MBZ] OT ram-jet assisted artillery shell

2018-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Brilliant! https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/eurosatory/2018/06/14/nammo-rolls-out-its-extreme-range-artillery/ Now we need to build a rail gun that can launch them from a ship. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

[MBZ] OT - Fun At the Range

2018-06-15 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Took the Ruger Super Single Six to the range for a quick visit yesterday. Got some excellent instruction on it from the RSO, a 30+ year certified NRA instructor and competition pistol guy. I only put about 30 rounds through it as I didn’t have a lot of time, but it was definitely fun to shoot

Re: [MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Won’t work for most Americans --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 9:49 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > can carry a passenger weighing up to 264 pounds. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

[MBZ] People Drone

2018-06-15 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Chinese company to test world's first single-passenger drone in US The world’s first passenger drone, the Ehang 184, capable of autonomously carrying a person in the air for 23 minutes has received necessary approval from Nevada's governor's office needed to develop and be tested at the

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-15 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
I think his cat is using his account. -D > On Jun 15, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don’t pay attention to woger > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 15, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Didn't Woger (hey, I actually got an email

[MBZ] North American Arms Pug-T .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver

2018-06-15 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
North American Arms Pug-T .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver By Scott W. Wagner // 06/30/2017 If you have been reading my columns for a while, you know I have a great deal of admiration for North American Arms firearms, both their Guardian line of semi-automatic pistols and the firearms they are best

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Don’t pay attention to woger Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Didn't Woger (hey, I actually got an email from him last week) say to avoid > the 2003-2005 W211? > I didn't like hearing that at the time, as that meant we should buy V6

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Didn't Woger (hey, I actually got an email from him last week) say to avoid the 2003-2005 W211? I didn't like hearing that at the time, as that meant we should buy V6 CDIs instead of I6. Mitch. > On June 15, 2018 at 8:06 AM Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > > > In a very broad sense, once you

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-15 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
In a very broad sense, once you get to 2006-2007 things got a lot better. Avoid any of the stuff made from 2000-2005, that is, chassis’ that were new in that time frame, not ones that might overlap from the 90s. -D > On Jun 15, 2018, at 6:12 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-15 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
These are awesome cars. We had one at harman with over 200k miles. Very fast, very comfortable. Not cheap to own. I remember spark plugs and coil packs were a major investment. But hey, it’s a twin turbo V12! And it’s got a great infotainment system :) On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:02 PM Andrew