Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
As far as I know the lifetime warranty was for Craftsman hand tools only. Power tools, and probably battery chargers would only have a limited time warranty (probably 1 or 2 years). On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, at 9:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > Take it to the local mall. Sears has a

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
My local TS does not sell ammo! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 10:12 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Where else can you get clothes, ammo, food and antibiotics for your domestic > animals? Woo-hoo! > > If you’ve never been in a TSC, you need to go just for the

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
When my fancy 5A charger doesn’t perform, I bring out my 10A brute force Brauer and put the clips to it. If that doesn’t get the electrons flowing, I know it’s toast. -D > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:17 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Very little to go wrong on one of those, it can be

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Very little to go wrong on one of those, it can be serviced and kept going indefinitely. Most likely problem is a bad connection, particularly inside the switch. (I.e. dirty switch.) It's nice to have a 'dumb' charger like this around, for when your newer, 'smarter' chargers simply refuse to

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Where else can you get clothes, ammo, food and antibiotics for your domestic animals? Woo-hoo! If you’ve never been in a TSC, you need to go just for the experience. -D > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is Tractor Supply as great as Jim Cramer says it

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Like the back seat of a W126 SEC? On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 10:08 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That seems likely. > > -D > > > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Maybe the front seats are different on

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Is Tractor Supply as great as Jim Cramer says it is? On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 9:53 PM Dwight Giles wrote: > I called our local Sears yesterday to get a battery charger & they said > they didn't have them anymore. guy said to go to evil W & get an Everstart. > my Sears one lastsed for 30 years.

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
That seems likely. -D > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Maybe the front seats are different on cars with the split rear seat, which > is very very rare. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:04 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >>

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Looks really nice too --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 10:05 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Maybe the front seats are different on cars with the split rear seat, which > is very very rare. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:04 PM, dan penoff.com via

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Our Sears got turned into a mega church set for that hbo show The Righteous Gemstones. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:54 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > I called our local Sears yesterday to get a battery charger & they said > they didn't have them anymore. guy said

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Maybe the front seats are different on cars with the split rear seat, which is very very rare. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:04 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Get/run the VIN and look at the option list. > > -D > >> On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:01 PM, Buggered Benzmail

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Get/run the VIN and look at the option list. -D > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:01 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Looks like the rears too although different . I wonder if it was customized > with them > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:52 PM, Kaleb Striplin via

Re: [MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Looks like the rears too although different . I wonder if it was customized with them --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 9:52 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > What’s the deal with the front seats? Those don’t look like any I have seen > in a sedan before. Look more like

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
I called our local Sears yesterday to get a battery charger & they said they didn't have them anymore. guy said to go to evil W & get an Everstart. my Sears one lastsed for 30 years. the one I have now is from Tractor Supply & is a free replacement for the first one I got from them & it STB. On

[MBZ] 560SEL 4 place seating

2022-04-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
What’s the deal with the front seats? Those don’t look like any I have seen in a sedan before. Look more like SEC seats. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2011769998984243/ Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I think all of them around here have closed. The one that was close to me just sort of faded away, there was never an announcement of the closing, just one day it was shuttered. The last time I went in there it was a sad place. I think I was looking for a tool of some sort and just happened to

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
We have them around here still. Not that I would ever shop there again... On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 9:10 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Good luck finding a Sears that’s open. They’re pretty much all gone. > > -D > > > On Apr 3, 2022, at 6:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Good luck finding a Sears that’s open. They’re pretty much all gone. -D > On Apr 3, 2022, at 6:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Take it to the local mall. Sears has a lifetime warranty on all their > tools. > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 6:05 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT Battery Charger

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Take it to the local mall. Sears has a lifetime warranty on all their tools. On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 6:05 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Some might recall I had this old Diehard battery charger that was inop. I > finally today opened it up to take a look at

Re: [MBZ] 2004 S500 4MATIC - 74k miles - $14,000

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Total crackhead. 4 lifts don’t cost $10k. Car is not worth $14k. You can buy a better newer W221 for that kind of money --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 5:41 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Gray/gray ... "all 4 hydraulic lifts replaced." > >

[MBZ] 2004 S500 4MATIC - 74k miles - $14,000

2022-04-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Gray/gray ... "all 4 hydraulic lifts replaced." https://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/d/saint-louis-2004-mercedes-benz-s500/7466403653.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Isn't there a procedure for narrowing down the possibilities by disconnecting fuses one by one? On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 5:26 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes, I would suspect the alternator or at least it would be the first > thing I would try to eliminate as the

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yes, I would suspect the alternator or at least it would be the first thing I would try to eliminate as the cause. On Sat, Apr 2, 2022, at 6:49 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > The w124 300D 2.5 sat for one week and battery is now dead (11.18v). > Battery is a few months old,

Re: [MBZ] Benzing yesterday

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I did that same job years ago and it was simple. Put on new (used I think I got from someone on the list like 20yr ago) hydraulic shocks too. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 3, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > You should trade it in for a W123 wagon. I

Re: [MBZ] Benzing yesterday

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You should trade it in for a W123 wagon. I changed my 300TD spheres and it was way easier. Lots of room and easy access. On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 3:18 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Getting things back together was a whole nuther story. > > IIRC the secret is to

Re: [MBZ] I can scrap it myself will not accept ridiculous offers. 2001 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Wagon 4D, $1, 200

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
2001 car is "not new by any means". Huh? On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 11:17 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/662369541525162 > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search

Re: [MBZ] Your next car purchase should be your last. Mercedes Benz 4 door 250 with 61971 original and A/C, automatics and 1972

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Arabian gray with a parchment interior? If so, that's a great combination. Same as my 1970 W108 280SE. On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 11:15 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is really nice > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/469063928338857 > > -- > --FT >

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Thank you. I had no idea that a voltage regulator could cause a parasitic drain. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2022, at 3:15 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > Remove VR. If parasitic drain of alternator goes down, it was > the VR. If it does not, it is the diodes. > > -- Jim >

[MBZ] Guess I’m going to have to replace the compressor after all and my AC machine

2022-04-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
You may recall a month or 2 ago I had an error for clutch coil on the 99 e300, coil was bad. I pulled one off a parts compressor and spent a good while swapping it out with the compressor in the car. Has been working fine since. Today it was cooling then noticed it wasn’t. Then later it went

Re: [MBZ] Benzing yesterday

2022-04-03 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Getting things back together was a whole nuther story. IIRC the secret is to get the flare nuts started (by hand) before you mount the spheres back. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Remove VR. If parasitic drain of alternator goes down, it was the VR. If it does not, it is the diodes. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] has i think camero frt.1934 Mercedes-Benz 500k,$7,500

2022-04-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Rust included on the camero front at no extra cost https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/339661884885440 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] I can scrap it myself will not accept ridiculous offers. 2001 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Wagon 4D, $1, 200

2022-04-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/662369541525162 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Your next car purchase should be your last. Mercedes Benz 4 door 250 with 61971 original and A/C, automatics and 1972

2022-04-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This is really nice https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/469063928338857 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Benzing yesterday

2022-04-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I have the SL600 in sick bay for various work.  It's up on blocks and jackstands with the wheels dangling. I decided yesterday to swap out the rear accumulators for the hydraulic suspension.  Watched some utuber vids and read some posts in BW, didn't look too hard.  I started about 11A

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Well under door lights (courtesy lights) work fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2022, at 9:06 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > I believe so. It’s been a while since I’ve dealt with this, One of the 400Es > I had experienced this issue. > > -D > >> On Apr 2, 2022, at 6:03

Re: [MBZ] Dead battery

2022-04-03 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
How do I diagnose faulty voltage regulator vs other issue such as diodes? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2022, at 9:07 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Nope. A couple of screws and the regulator comes right off the back. You > have to sort of “lever” or rotate it out of the

[MBZ] Happy Birthday Ludmilla

2022-04-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Car shake at start —FT Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com