Re: [MBZ] Dune

Even the book was cryptic but it had appendices that explained things, > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 8:52 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin >

Re: [MBZ] OT - spray painted glasses

Thanks for the tip on Zenni Optical. I ordered a two pairs: sun glasses and computer glasses. The quality seems top notch and the low prices are unbelievable. I'm accustomed to paying well $100-300 a pair locally but these averaged $20 a pair for basic "aviator" frames. It took about two

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:39:56 -0400 Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > As in Gelanded on the street? Yup. Es ist abgestürzt, gefallen und auf der Straße gelandet. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

I can't answer that, I'd have to look at the EPC to figure that out. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On July 17, 2018 8:45:08 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > >> On July 17, 2018 at 8:40 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: >> >> >> Only the cars with ASR got 4 channel

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

G-shocked! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On July 17, 2018 5:39:56 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: >As in Gelanded on the street? > >Dwight E. Giles Jr. >Wickford RI > >On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

> On July 17, 2018 at 8:40 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Only the cars with ASR got 4 channel ABS. Most 124 are 3 channel, with > third sensor at input to differential. Then why does Car-Part's exchange list 1995 rear knuckles as different from 1986-1994? Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Only the cars with ASR got 4 channel ABS. Most 124 are 3 channel, with third sensor at input to differential. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:15:51 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > 560 is even better > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 17, 2018, at 5:54 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > Lousy milage, the 420 is a much better car. Faster, better milage, > > and less prone

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

560 is even better Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2018, at 5:54 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > Lousy milage, the 420 is a much better car. Faster, better milage, and less > prone to leaks. > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

> On July 17, 2018 at 6:54 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Lousy milage, the 420 is a much better car. Faster, better milage, and less > prone to leaks. > I can get low-mid 20s in my 1997 420, but that's with a 5 speed and locking converter. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

Lousy milage, the 420 is a much better car. Faster, better milage, and less prone to leaks. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

Found a 1990 with a M103 in it. http://mb-teilekatalog.info/view_DatacardAction.php?lang=E=WDBCA24E6LA547282 Dealers advertising them on Autotrader say they're rated 15mpg city, 17mpg hwy, ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

M103 or M104 (DOHC). Pretty much the same except that the front seal leak repair requires removing the head on the M104. Don't remember what year they changed. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

As in Gelanded on the street? Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got that impression too. The article referred to a weight of 6,000 lbs. > My ML W163 is only 4,700 lbs. With body on frame I assume it

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

I got that impression too. The article referred to a weight of 6,000 lbs. My ML W163 is only 4,700 lbs. With body on frame I assume it is heavier than the later MLs or GLs. Does the G-Wagen hit 6K lbs? Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

It's hard to tell from one picture of the wreckage, but that looks like a G Wagen to me. "It wasn't even his car, he was just driving it, parking it," the bystander said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5jchmvkFQ Something tells me he was just driving it in valet autocross mode.

Re: [MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

A little Bondo will fix that. He may have to go back to Valet school. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Quick, get the Elmers! > > http://www.wcvb.com/article/area-of-downtown-new-orleans- >

[MBZ] Pahk ya Kahr?

Quick, get the Elmers! http://www.wcvb.com/article/area-of-downtown-new-orleans-shut-down-after-car-crashes-off-parking-deck/22151495 -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

My neighbor in Houston went wild boar hunting, he liked the meat (of which each hog would make a load).  They are vermin there. Some get absolutely huge.  My BIL lived in some development south of Houston, the hogs would come through and tear up lawns and gardens at night, packs of them.  They

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

On 17/07/2018 12:07 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Big deal. Everything in Hawaii is edible and tastes delicious - even Spam. but only if cooked over the "coals" at an active volcano RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] 1990 300SE engine?

What engine does a 1990 300SE use? What is a typical MPG for the car? How prevalent are the electronic nannies? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

Big deal. Everything in Hawaii is edible and tastes delicious - even Spam. On Jul 17, 2018 11:09 AM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Who sez they can't be eaten? They certainly ARE eaten! My uncle and > cousins hunted feral hogs on Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

Much of your problem in the USA, is that you use a civil jury system. The jury feels sympathetic to the family of the victim and not to the insurance company that they assume is footing the bill. We don't have that here. No civil jury trials here in decades. Unfortunately, that also has

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

In the USA, that was probably union driven 50-100 years ago. Now we have OSHA to slap a five digit fine on you if the hand rails on your stairway are an inch too high. Mitch. > On July 17, 2018 at 12:42 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > May industrial machines like shears have

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

> On July 17, 2018 at 12:25 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I think we need laws that restrict people from suing for their own > stupidity. Like the family that sued a kit plane maker because their patriarch messed up the fuel system and had a fatal pilot error after the

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

On 17/07/2018 11:37 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: Randy meant: Ambulance chasers, and their clients looking >for something for nothing happen which is >why so many of these safety devices have >been created and installed. There. I fixed it. No disrespect meant for any legal

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

Randy meant: >Ambulance chasers, and their clients looking >for something for nothing happen >which is >why so many of these safety devices have >been created and installed. There. I fixed it. No disrespect meant for any legal professionals on this list. Some of your peers, well... Rick

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

I think we need laws that restrict people from suing for their own stupidity. If you've got the mower running and you back over the dog it isn't the mowers fault. If it stays running when you get off the seat, not the mowers fault. Its the same reason we have crappy gas cans, if you add

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

On 17/07/2018 10:52 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: My favorite part of my 1965 Snapper Comet RER, no nannys at all. In fact there are no switches of any kind. I turn it off by choking it out. About as simple as a riding mower can be. In 9 years of use I've sharpened the blade 3 or 4

Re: [MBZ] OT - Sub Human

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 09:59:40 -0700 Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > What are the chances that such sub-human(s) can resist taking selfies > with the mannequin? > > Do we have access to Facebook (et al.) photo scanning and recognition > software? Got any > of your own photos of the mannequin?

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

My favorite part of my 1965 Snapper Comet RER, no nannys at all. In fact there are no switches of any kind. I turn it off by choking it out. About as simple as a riding mower can be. In 9 years of use I've sharpened the blade 3 or 4 times and replaced the rubber drive wheel twice, once when I

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

There are three connectors above the mower deck, on the right side I think. One goes to the switch on the deck that tells the tractor whether the blades are engaged. It plugs into wires that go to the engine. Another plug, much like the one from the mower deck, is a dummy plug that you plug

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

There is a switch on the mower blade engagement lever that has 6 wires, not sure what all of them do, haven’t bothered to trace them., but that is what is responsible for the mower nanny. The clutch brake switch has 6 too. The seat switch seems to connect a wire to ground which I guess must

Re: [MBZ] Dune

The original story was called The Sentinel, the 2001 book was an expanded version of it to go with the movie. Would that Kubrick had made a Dune movie instead of those other later horrible things. The notification I have on my phone when I get a text message is HAL saying “There is a message

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

Good tips! Where is this "mower Bypass?" Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On a 1990s MTD I just connect the mower bypass so the tractor thinks it doesn't have a mower on it. Then I stick a piece of cereal box cardboard in the leaves of the seat switch so the contacts can't close. It's

Re: [MBZ] OT I'm buying one

I’d need to play golfs though. Posturing is not enough. The Lowcountry version would have to be donked with at least twennysixes, and an external speaker to blast my rap. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 17, 2018, at 11:01 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Go ahead! They might

Re: [MBZ] Dune

It is a big pile.. of sand Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Has anyone every figured out what Dune is supposed to be about? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

yes, the gasser and Diesel rear axle carrier are the same. Wagons have a heavier duty bearing, I was told. Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: Wow! They have a hub for a 300E for only $70 which I assume would be the same as the one I need for my 300D? This is the 1st time I have contacted

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

Who sez they can't be eaten? They certainly ARE eaten! My uncle and cousins hunted feral hogs on Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and Kilauea for decades. They ate what they killed. Pig hunting is a big deal in Hawaiian kulture. Some of em hunt without guns, It is s'pozed ta prove you are a

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

On a 1990s MTD I just connect the mower bypass so the tractor thinks it doesn't have a mower on it. Then I stick a piece of cereal box cardboard in the leaves of the seat switch so the contacts can't close. It's annoying as heck when you lean over to duck a tree branch, or stand up and lean

Re: [MBZ] OT I'm buying one

Go ahead! They might let ya on the Island club then! It sure is FUGLY! Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: https://www.amlu.com/2018/07/14/bentley-marks-100th-anniversary-with-mulsanne-w-o-edition-by-mulliner ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] is that crack I smell? Or meth?

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-benz-e430/6645110722.html So secret I will only send pics on request.  Will not come to you! -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

One of #1 daughter's friends has a dog named Ruger. She carries a sig. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: He needs a “dog” called Ruger --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Shinny Black paint with Black soft top and Tan Leather interior.

What sort of cretin writes "shinny"? I've seen this often. Iranian? On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > crackhead > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1997-mercedes-sl320- > very-low/6634246413.html > > -- > --FT > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT whinging

When you figger it out, let us all know. They are all MTD junk and probably are all the same. I would like to disable the nannies, particularly the reverse and seat switches. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: After about 3 hours of screwing around with this riding mower I have it looks

[MBZ] Nice but not $49k nice

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-280-sl-pagoda-with/6642754829.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

lights only encourage thieving, by making it easy to see. This is particularly true for vermin who grow up with streetlights. Put em in the dark, and they are scared. I'd suggest video cameras or trail cameras. The only way I can think of to make a light effective, is to have it on a

[MBZ] Shinny Black paint with Black soft top and Tan Leather interior.

crackhead https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1997-mercedes-sl320-very-low/6634246413.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Sub Human

Great suggestions! Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: What are the chances that such sub-human(s) can resist taking selfies with the mannequin? Do we have access to Facebook (et al.) photo scanning and recognition software? Got any of your own photos of the mannequin? -- Jim

[MBZ] CoPart ML63

Clean title repairable. Went for $3500, reserve not met. Should I have bid on it for Regina? https://www.copart.com/lot/35916118 A few minutes later another W164 sold for $4150. https://www.copart.com/lot/37265418 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Dune

BTDT.One year in college I lived in an on campus townhouse with 5 other guys. 5 out of 6 of us were film or video students. Pretty much every night was movie night as somebody would be writing a paper about some movie or another. -Curt On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 10:42:23 AM EDT, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] Dune

Reading these posts is like being enrolled in a college course on film studies. On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 2001 is a fantastic book though, so much of the detail is lost in the > movie.Fun fact, the book was written while they

Re: [MBZ] This looks weird

Ready to be donked --FT On 7/17/18 1:31 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: Fresh shocks and springs with the higher rubber gaskets? clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2001 is a fantastic book though, so much of the detail is lost in the movie.Fun fact, the book was written while they were making the movie. Some scenes in the book were changed because of early rushes of the movie... -Curt On Monday, July 16, 2018, 9:17:56 PM EDT, Kaleb C. Striplin via

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

> On July 17, 2018 at 8:29 AM Larry Turner via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Hmmm, so a much newer part might fit?  When I look at Car-part.com, for the rear knuckle they give me parts ranging from a 1984 W201 to 1994 R129/W124/W202. The newest right rear knuckles available in the US that

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Hmmm, so a much newer part might fit?  And I could (maybe) use more modern links?   That'll take some extensive research to do that, but I agree completely that MB designed the W124 with future fit in mind. Having said that, the rear wheel carrier (which I have been calling it) is pretty

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Well, my reference books have failed me.  But if I inspect the high pressure lines going to/from the ABS controller under the hood it might tell me something, right?  If I have tubing going to each wheel rather than 1 for the differential shaft I will know the answer I suspect.  I recall the

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

The axle in the wagon is larger diameter than the sedan, but I think that's the only difference. And I suspect it's the same part in use today, MB is good at designing properly and then using common parts for a very long time. I think the rear suspension is exactly the same on current

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Thanks for the questions, I think it does have a sensor at each hub but will have to confirm that...  Not sure I woud consider my 91 to be a early 124 - maybe more a mid year? I have the Tech Data book I can check.  But I'll find the answer ;-) LarryT On 07/17/2018 7:14 AM, Mitch Haley via

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Did the early W124 have W201 style 3 channel ABS with the ABS sensor on the differential input shaft? And does your 1991 have a sensor on each hub? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D Rear Hub etc.

Hi Peter, Thanks for that!  BTW, I have found they are not consistent in the way they name their parts.  But I will be sure to ask that is it the Wheel Carrier and try to get a photo of the part before I buy.   I'm going to check EPC to see if there are any differences over the W124 years - I

Re: [MBZ] Dune

About three hours, if memory serves. On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 12:37 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The movie is horrible > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The