[MBZ] This might actually be a decent car at a decent price

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Does somebody need an A B Light?

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
yes Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes December 22, 2019 at 10:04 PM You have a new one? Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Does somebody need an A B Light?

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
You have a new one? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2019, at 9:59 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have a new one I'd sell for $200. Kleb's here on fleabay is $225. > >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> December 22, 2019 at 9:50 PM >>

Re: [MBZ] Does somebody need an A B Light?

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I have a new one I'd sell for $200.   Kleb's here on fleabay is $225. Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes December 22, 2019 at 9:50 PM

[MBZ] Dan's next car

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Here Tis:    6 door W124 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Mercedes-Benz-w124-250-D-6-door-lwb-Original-Pullman-limousine/254275428417?hash=item3b33ff2041:g:r5oAAOSwnyNdEenw ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] Does somebody need an A B Light?

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-617589082100-Positionsgeber-diesel-injection-pump-timing-light-tester/372886834662?epid=1481791433=item56d1c98de6:g:hzMAAOSwIM5d~9ZU ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Gasser fuel injection cleaner

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
the only one I'd use is techron, but if you follow Mitch's advice, I don't think you'd need any.   Running e10 to e85 will keep things clean. Mitch Haley via Mercedes December 22, 2019 at 9:16 PM Continuous use of Top Tier detergent gasoline, or occasional use of

Re: [MBZ] Gasser fuel injection cleaner

2019-12-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Continuous use of Top Tier detergent gasoline, or occasional use of Shell V+Power. V+ has twice the detergency of regular Shell, which meets top tier standards. So V+ has about 8x the federal minimums. The federal minimums caused a lot of problems in the 1990s when they were implemented,

[MBZ] Gasser fuel injection cleaner

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I have never run any sort of additive in diesels unless there was a need for gel prevention or something along those lines.  With gassers such as the M112, is there every a need to run some sort of cleaner thru them periodically?  If so, what cleaner and how often?

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
The first time was when Hollywood commissioned Spiderbait to do a movie theme in 1947, or 2007, or something like that. ;-) In all seriousness, it's one of the few tunes that usually sets my pulse racing, 70 years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsgEdYjoqUI

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
I prefer the Spike Jones version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9mT-ibaAQo ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Is it Burl Ives?   Red Sovine and Marty Robbins were my first thoughts.    I love Giddy up go and Phantom 309, and pretty much everything Marty ever did. Somebody in El paso said that now nobodyin ELPaso know who Marty Robbins is or "El Paso." When I couldn't sleep at night as a kid, I'd

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
I thought it was sons of the pioneers. On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 3:30 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'll bet no one here is old enough to remember the first singer who sang > Ghost Riders in the Sky. > Hint: He was a truck driver whose throat was injured in an

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
the kids got me a used 4s when the 6s were new.   I still use it.  As apfel continues to downgrade the fones each year by removing ports, I am happy to move further toward the luddite area.   As long as Motorola made flip phones, I was happy, as the sound quality with the blue parrot headset

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
I'll bet no one here is old enough to remember the first singer who sang Ghost Riders in the Sky. Hint: He was a truck driver whose throat was injured in an accident. The injury have him a "new voice" which made him the most popular singer of the early post WW-2 era. Gerry On Sun, 22 Dec 2019

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is why I buy refurbs or used. Just “upgraded to an iPhone 6s. Cost me $130. There is no effing way I’m paying more than a couple hundred bucks for a phone. -D > On Dec 22, 2019, at 5:01 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > The note 5g phone the wife has to have was a $1.3k

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
The note 5g phone the wife has to have was a $1.3k phone. Could have bought a couple of cars for that. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > >  I agree, I have a MotoG7 that I bought only because my MotoX3 was dying. > Its a good phone

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Sons of the Pioneers were among the many to record it in 1949, it was a massively popular song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqKv7BOg_s Stan Jones wrote it and this is the version that plays in my head when I think of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinTHp5wpHg I think Burl Ives was the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Camera, storeage, processor, screen etc. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2019, at 1:05 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have little experience with smart phone handsets. To date, I've owned a > Moto G4 and now a G7 (both Android). These cost about $200 new but I see > Apple

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I agree, I have a MotoG7 that I bought only because my MotoX3 was dying. Its a good phone with a mediocre camera but I got it for under $200 on Prime day. People get really stupid where phones are concerned, I can't imagine paying $1000 for a phone... -Curt On Sunday, December 22, 2019,

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A guy I watch on YouTube uses bar and chain oil. Way stickier than engine oil. I got a gallon of WoolWax but winter came earlier than I expected and I had no time to spray it on... -Curt On Sunday, December 22, 2019, 1:26:07 PM EST, tyee165 via Mercedes wrote: Messy but used engine

[MBZ] Goodbye Polei?

2019-12-22 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am getting down to the wire with depleting the hoard. About the only stuff left for me to deal with on my own are the two cars and some old Apple/Mac computer promotional items. I have been spamming the few brave folks who over the summer removed the Benz items, but nobody has spare cash at

Re: [MBZ] 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 500 4MATIC Wagon 4D

2019-12-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Gets 14/18 mpg. That sucks. On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:18 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I wonder why it has been sitting. Looks fairly nice, maybe a bit moldy, > but not for $3500. Would have to put the computer on it and see what is > going on with it. > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Androids tie you into gulag and gummit spyware.   Ifone ties you into apfel somewhat, but they so far have done a better job of protecting personal data.  Apfel gives you and option to send data or not.    Gummit pretty much gets anything they want, legal or not.  Regardless of platform. Buy

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Scott writes: >Can anyone explain how these high-priced handsets are better than the econo models I own? They aren't. Samsung models come chock full of bloatware, and iPhones tie you into the Apple infrastructure. Apple may not be a bad choice IF you are already a Mac head, but they are pricey.

Re: [MBZ] For Curley now Karl

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Yes.  Karl, ther are the numbers: 65 A2024201444 *PROTECTIVE PLATE* LEFT001 Bei Amazon prüfen Bei eBay prüfen

Re: [MBZ] Rust was:Re: W124 rear subframe

2019-12-22 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Dry side and a wet side. The local SEA DOT will try to get trucks out to spray deicer on the main roads if they have a few days warning. Mild saline solution of some sort that keeps mostly exposed bridge deck from icing over if temps drop to 26f. Wet side tends to warm and wash away the snow

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
One of the most thrilling live songs I ever heard was the Sons of the Pioneers (on many 1950s westerns, especially the singing cowboy westerns) sing Ghost Riders. They were in the Rodeo arena. Mitch Haley via Mercedes December 22, 2019 at 10:15 AM There are

[MBZ] OT: Cell Phones

2019-12-22 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I have little experience with smart phone handsets. To date, I've owned a Moto G4 and now a G7 (both Android). These cost about $200 new but I see Apple and other Android handsets selling for close to $1K. Can anyone explain how these high-priced handsets are better than the econo models I

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I like it! Max Dillon Charleston SC Dec 22, 2019 11:15:51 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes : > There are multiple versions of Ghost Chickens in the Sky > The one I remember: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0M65i_D6w > > A chicken farmer went out on one dark and dusty day > And by the coop he

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
Messy but used engine oil is probably as good as any other fluid. I have my truck and her car sprayed with the Crown oil every fall. It smells a bit better than used oil.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-22 10:03 AM

Re: [MBZ] Cell phone update

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
They have a deal where I can trade it one of my old iPhones and get an 8, which works on all their bands and is free. Either that or I can trade in my current 7 and get $500 off a iPhone 11. Have not decided which way to go yet. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2019, at 10:38 AM, Max Dillon

[MBZ] Rust was:Re: W124 rear subframe

2019-12-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
That sucks. I thought that parts of WA are considered desert. Rick   Original Message   From: jim.cathey...@gmail.com Sent: December 22, 2019 11:57 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: rickkno...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: W124 rear subframe R pictures > Pacific Northwest

[MBZ] 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 500 4MATIC Wagon 4D

2019-12-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I wonder why it has been sitting.  Looks fairly nice, maybe a bit moldy, but not for $3500.  Would have to put the computer on it and see what is going on with it. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/496043154602120/ 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 500 4MATIC Wagon 4D Hilton Head Island,

[MBZ] 2002 C23 6spd stick???

2019-12-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Interesting, and cheap https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3137056779655714/ -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well the mystery deepens. Looking up a generic E300, instead of searching by VIN, a different monovalve comes up, and it is forward compatible with many later cars from 1995 up until 2011, including 210 E300 with OM606, both turbo and non-turbo. Looking at the 124 2.5 models, 1991 used a

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Pacific Northwest is optimal Eastern WA now uses salt. It was the death of the Frankenheap. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Peter, I don't know how a bypass would help that. Maybe it encourages a continuous flow through more of the hoses, keeping them warmer? I'm recalling that Curley's 124 2.5 also has a bypass, I need to see about the cost of that monovalve new and if it could fit my car. Max Dillon Charleston

Re: [MBZ] Cell phone update

2019-12-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, different phones are capable of different bands, so you need to compare the carriers bands to your phones capabilities. That's one reason I moved to this Moto G5+, it works on all the T-Mobile bands. I also am able to surf internet while talking on phone, on T-Mobile. I think you'll be

[MBZ] For Curley

2019-12-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Is this what you are looking for? Item 65? http://mb-teilekatalog.info/view_SubGroupAction.php?lang=E=BM=1=FG=15V=124128=42=045 Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
There are multiple versions of Ghost Chickens in the Sky The one I remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0M65i_D6w A chicken farmer went out on one dark and dusty day And by the coop he rested as he went along his way When all at once a rotten egg hit him in the eye It was the sight he

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Curly says: >The band from Mallas to hotlanta is a good place to hunt for cars I sure wish you spoke English :^) I pulled up the snow fall maps from some government website for like the last 50 years. If you draw a line from Washington DC to Nashville, then to Tulsa, you'd be pretty safe to

[MBZ] Cell phone update

2019-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I went ahead and moved my number over to T Mobil Friday to try it out before moving the other 3 lines over.  On the drive back from Arkansas it worked pretty good.  I only ran into 1 dead zone with lasted for maybe a mile.  Then ran into 2 more closer to home with are also about the same as we

[MBZ] Quite Random.....350GD SWB Mercedes-Benz G-Class 1991

2019-12-22 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
It’s a plain color and a pretty plain G-Wagon. All the hipsters won’t give it a second look. Bob R Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: nore...@craigslist.org > Date: December 22, 2019 at 8:24:09 AM MST > To: azbob...@gmail.com > Subject: 350GD SWB Mercedes-Benz G-Class 1991 >

Re: [MBZ] OT Chicken Attack

2019-12-22 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Might be related to the legendary chicken fairy. Lyrics Legendary chicken fairy big as life and twice as hairy In our windows you'll come creepin' Bringin' goodies while we're sleepin' When you wish upon a bird makes no difference how absurb The chicken fairy hears each word and all your dreams

Re: [MBZ] W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
My thought were essentially the same.  Wire wheel, paint, until I saw what is in 188.   I don't think anything would break or come loose.  The scale is just in a gusset and the metal between the hole and the subframe is passable. If the only other choice was to buy a new subframe, I'd reuse

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Since diesels produce very little waste heat at idle, I would suspect that there is a bypass to prevent loss of cabin heat under low load -- the water can cool off enough on the way from the head to the core enough to cause erratic heat. These are luxury cars, people complain of the heat isn't

Re: [MBZ] W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I have had the front springs break on the TE, replaced them a few years back. It was driven on the beach at some point -- tiny sea shells in the covers on the links :(. Up in Canada broken coil springs were common, along with severe body rot. I definitely would not use that subframe if you

Re: [MBZ] W124 rear subframe R pictures

2019-12-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I'm thinking "Scotchbrite rust and paint remover wheel, POR-15, paint, done" until I get to #188. 188 would bother me if it were mine. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] W124 rear subframe R

2019-12-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Karl, I have looked on several of the Stealer parts sites, and it appears MB has made a mess of them.   When I click on the link for "Brake" I get a diagram of the steering column, etc.  Under parking brake cable, there is a diagram that shows the "dust shield" but no way to get a part