Re: [MBZ] Great, All Original

Safety too I think. Its difficult to make glass structural. -Curt On Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 12:37:13 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 15/05/2024 8:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2024 15:13:21 -0400 Allan Streib via Mercedes >   wrote: > >> Yeah

Re: [MBZ] Nice -- 1967 Mercedes-Benz 250s,$9,000

The YouTube tuner community is heavily into the Holley Sniper setups. Not cheap but reports are that driveability is high... -Curt On Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 10:36:04 PM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: Yeah that’s basically like a TBI I guess, if it can be tuned to work

Re: [MBZ] Great, All Original

I don't have a handle on how big those cars are. Are they about the same size as a 123? I feel like the 1.9l VW TDI is an excellent modern diesel to transplant. Its smaller, lighter, and with minor mods more powerful than a stock 617 turbo. They also start a heck of a lot better when cold...

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD with rare Inca Red paint

The color is gross. I don't dislike that radio... -Curt On Friday, May 10, 2024 at 11:44:58 AM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Very attractive and original, save for the aftermarket radio in the dash... https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-mercedes-benz-300sd-38/

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

You don't lose it, you're just not using it right now. You can charge to 100% whenever you want. Lets be honest though, everybody knows the stated range is a lie. Just like stated horsepower on gas engines is a lie... The same is true for your phone BTW. If you charge your phone to 100% every

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

, at 16:09, Curt Raymond wrote: > I had to look up the Bolt, interestingly it was to be discontinued at > the end of 2023 and then strangely met its sales goals so they've > un-discontinued it and claim it'll keep going into 2025 at least. > > If I were going to get an EV its t

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

FBMP has several new-ish Chevy Bolts for under $20k, the depreciation on them seems pretty brutal, theres a 2019 for $13k. Down more than half in 5 years. I haven't driven one yet, ought to. I suspect GM discontinuing them was hard on the value, I bet a lot of people saw them getting

Re: [MBZ] Need a key everything works good , As is car 1998 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 500 Roadster 2D, $4, 500

Is there no tuner community for MB? In the VW world I can contact Malone and have the "tune out" the immobilizer for my car if I so desire. This is done mostly to allow transplanting the engine into a non-VW chassis like putting a TDI in a Jeep, but AFAIK can be done for any VW. I can also buy

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

What is the efficiency of the fuel supply? Gotta include the transportation costs there too, every gallon of diesel burned hauling fuel counts there. I'm not saying its worse or better, I'm curious about it... -Curt On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 02:30:51 PM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

I've used it, "autopilot" is a really stupid name, you're right, adaptive cruise control with a little extra. I drove in Burbank, CA, heavy Saturday afternoon traffic on the 5 freeway, barely any lane markings. It held station just fine for the couple miles I tried it. Pretty amazing actually

Re: [MBZ] OT - Looking for a Chainsaw?

We've got the regular charger but I think only small-ish batteries. The picture I had posted isn't clear, that might be the small battery too. I think the small one we have is 2ah, the "big" one is maybe 4. I'd like a 5, the 4 cuts out just short of when I'm tired. The charge time on the

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

Grant, point 3 is wrong, there are giant battery shredders that automatically separate batteries into their separate components. They do it inside of a magic fluid so the lithium doesn't catch fire as would like to do. I feel like a lot of the arguments against electric cars are "humans are too

Re: [MBZ] Electric Vehicles

I had to look up the Bolt, interestingly it was to be discontinued at the end of 2023 and then strangely met its sales goals so they've un-discontinued it and claim it'll keep going into 2025 at least. If I were going to get an EV its the one I'd look for, starting price $27k, listed range 259

Re: [MBZ] ** THIS IS NOT A MERCEDES ** 1959 Mercedes-Benz m-class, $33, 990

"I want top dollar for my gorgeous car but I'm not smart enough to use Facebook." On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 10:30:34 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I'm confused https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1110071633548736 -- --FT ___

Re: [MBZ] OT - Looking for a Chainsaw?

We do an awful lot of trimming but the trees are alive and I'd like to keep them that way. The value of the lumber goes down if they're damaged. The electric saw makes it easy to take limbs off right up to the trunk... -Curt On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 01:59:08 AM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT - Looking for a Chainsaw?

The trick to keeping a 2 stroke engine running is the canned gas from the hardware store, it lasts indefinitely, doesn't gum up in the carb. I need to break out the brush cutter (think string trimmer with a metal blade) to clear some trails on the great northern estate. Last year I burned a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Looking for a Chainsaw?

Honestly I'd suggest Harbor Freight. I've got the cheapo Bauer trimming saw that punches way above its weight: https://photos.app.goo.gl/p62DUZYds2BFJ7cp8 Its been the primary firewood getter at camp for the last couple years. I've fallen behind so this year I'll break out my Husky and do some

Re: [MBZ] Interesting but I think price is too high

We get that in New England too, especially in the farm county up north. -Curt Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:45 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: I guess a lot of people who haven’t grown up in the Midwest don’t understand the thrill of sitting out

Re: [MBZ] Jetta TDI 5 speed wagon on BAT

Same year as Angie's Golf although hers has the BEW "Pump deuce" engine and I think this is an older VE type. I prefer the older engine although I guess the BEW can make more serious power. In any case a stage 1 tune takes it to 110hp for about $300. Totally worth it, it's the tune the Euro

Re: [MBZ] Happy Birthday, Kleb!

024, at 6:07 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > Really? I had assumed you were the youngest on the list. I've got another > other year of my 40's, guess that makes me the youngest... > > -Curt > > > > > On Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 04:43:42 PM EDT, Kale

Re: [MBZ] Happy Birthday, Kleb!

Really? I had assumed you were the youngest on the list. I've got another other year of my 40's, guess that makes me the youngest... -Curt On Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 04:43:42 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: This is my last year in my 40s. Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: [MBZ] More C

Those Saab wagons are cool. I drove one once where I realized I had no idea how to drive a column shift manual. It was a short ride, I found 1-3 eventually. Never did find reverse. Had to get out and push to get turned around. Fortunately its a light car. -Curt On Saturday, April 20, 2024 at

Re: [MBZ] OT: TDI brakes

re in the AZ. > > AZBob > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 18, 2024, at 12:50 PM, Michael Esh via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Nice Work!  Brake work is satisfying and I always feel safer doing it >> myself.  >> >> >> >

[MBZ] OT: TDI brakes

So my 2015 Jetta TDI has needed brakes for awhile now, they were pulsing something terrible. I'd blamed it on Angie's riding the brakes. She does but in this case I think it was actually my fault. The pins on the front brakes had very little grease left. Pads looked fine but I think the rotors

Re: [MBZ] 300D Manny

From: Mercedes on behalf of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:47 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D Manny I was astonished when I started driving a TDI and finally had a turbo that's spooled

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

bought a nice M18 Milwaukee one. Cut through stuff like buttah, and flush, too! Just used it again last week. Why didn’t someone think these up years ago? Even a corded one would be nice. -D > On Apr 18, 2024, at 12:09 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > I forgot about my reci

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

of weeks ago and it did great. So nice to get it out after a winter > and not deal with mixing 2-stroke fuel and trying to get it started. > > I have had to return one or two of their ratchet wrenches, but never a > problem exchanging them. > > >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, at

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

them. On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, at 09:56, Curt Raymond wrote: > I was telling a friend last week that Harbor Freight tools have really > improved in the last 10 years and I think the electric tools are where > the real improvement has taken place. > > I've got one of the very cheap C

Re: [MBZ] BAUER 5.7 Amp, 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander for $39.99

I was telling a friend last week that Harbor Freight tools have really improved in the last 10 years and I think the electric tools are where the real improvement has taken place. I've got one of the very cheap Central Electric angle grinders, I think it was $20 or less, that I bought to cut

Re: [MBZ] 300D Manny

I'd always assumed a 240D 3.0 would be an "adequately powerful 240D".  As somebody who lives where its kind of hilly a 240D with its 50mph max sustained hill climbing speed was a drag. I used to hit some hills at 70mph so I could crest at 55. A 190D has the same power but a little less weight

Re: [MBZ] 300D Manny

I was astonished when I started driving a TDI and finally had a turbo that's spooled and working at 900 rpm. The turbo is so much more effective on those cars. I've never driven a newer MB diesel, I'd hope the turbo gets going sooner... -Curt On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 02:51:17 PM EDT,

Re: [MBZ] EV AMG

It's time to give up on the idea of EVs as economy cars... Curt Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 2:09 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: I got all my chores done, so I sat down to watch The Masters, which is being brought to me by Mercedes. They just had a

Re: [MBZ] The eclipse

You bet. I saw 3 or 4 last year. Coulda shot one but I didn't have a bear permit. -Curt On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:33:07 AM PDT, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Any black bears to attract/eat tourists? On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > LOL, >

Re: [MBZ] The eclipse

, Curt! I can just see the listing: “Rustic Rural Retreat!” -D > On Apr 11, 2024, at 12:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Similar in Maine, they were worried about huge crowds overwhelming > facilities, apparently the reality was fairly mild. > > I'm a little d

Re: [MBZ] The eclipse

t;> it's totally obscured. >> >> Got lucky and had a cloud-free afternoon. >> >> >>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, at 13:08, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >>> I'm teaching in Las Vegas, we got maybe 1/3 to 1/2 eclipse here. One of >>> my fri

Re: [MBZ] National Propaganda Radio reporting we will have to live with inflation for a while longer

I don't expect substantial rate cuts any time soon. 0% interest is not reasonable... -Curt On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 07:18:15 AM PDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: Still waiting for those rate cuts, guys… Interestingly, I got a notice from a credit card provider of a change

Re: [MBZ] The eclipse

I'm teaching in Las Vegas, we got maybe 1/3 to 1/2 eclipse here. One of my friends had eclipse glasses so we got a pretty good look. Sadly the great northern estate was right in the path of the totality. Wish I'd been able to be there. A bunch of my family went... -Curt On Monday, April 8,

Re: [MBZ] Eclipse

Sadly no. I've got to be in Las Vegas... Apparently most of my family is going to be there.  The estate is mostly ready to go except the well pump needs a new pressure switch. It looks like the one on there is original. Jim Cathy said the pump looked to be 100 years old. Pretty good service...

Re: [MBZ] Green/green coupé 1980 Mercedes G-Wagon 300GD, $18,500

We saw a newish G500 in Caribou the other day. I opined that I'd like one of these old ones. I think MB USA really missed out by not having them available... Curt Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: That is very cool.

Re: [MBZ] Milan brown W116 300SD on BAT

Cool car, terrible color... -Curt On Friday, March 29, 2024 at 11:03:54 AM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Might be able to snag it for cheap. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-300sd-31/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] VW squareback getting a lot of attention on BAT

What a beauty! Too bad its such a boring color. VWs of that era had an exciting color palette, sad that this one didn't use that... -Curt On Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 11:59:48 AM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT How stupid am i? Hot Tub,$300$400

. Or a wood-fired boiler even better! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Mar 24, 2024, at 9:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hmm, I was just thinking, dangerous I know. > > Our house in Maine has a hybrid water heater. That's basically a heat pump > water heater. Su

Re: [MBZ] OT How stupid am i? Hot Tub,$300$400

Hmm, I was just thinking, dangerous I know. Our house in Maine has a hybrid water heater. That's basically a heat pump water heater. Supposed to be way more efficient than resistive heating. I wonder if anybody makes a hybrid hot tub... -Curt On Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 09:00:00 PM EDT, G

Re: [MBZ] OT - Biometric Firearm Safes

Mar 22, 2024, at 11:03 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: >> >> LPL doesn't hate them... https://youtu.be/7ArvsOvBBLw?si=WHzrDTWoPFLGiQHC >> >> Really says a lot.. >> >> -Cut >> >> >> On Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 03:35:41 PM EDT, dan penoff.com

Re: [MBZ] OT - Biometric Firearm Safes

LPL doesn't hate them... https://youtu.be/7ArvsOvBBLw?si=WHzrDTWoPFLGiQHC Really says a lot.. -Cut On Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 03:35:41 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: Looking at Vaultek smart safes: VAULTEK®

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Boy, Don't See These Everyday

I'd love to have a Type III, my mom had one when I was born. The ones up here all rusted out long ago... -Curt On Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 01:25:45 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: One of the few types I never owned. This and Type 4, or the 411, and the Karmann Ghia, my

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

-to-point solutions that can go miles. I’ve used their stuff and it’s awesome. Just trying to think out of the box… -D > On Mar 20, 2024, at 11:31 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I'm fighting at the great northern estate to get internet service. Spectrum > is the local cable provider but th

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

> On Mar 20, 2024, at 10:43 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > It wouldn't be all that hard to make the store into a Faraday cage that > effectively blocks cell signal. A little would still sneak in through the > doors and maybe if they didn't bother to coat the glass. > > Back in 2001

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

asfogel via Mercedes wrote: Aldis.  I prefer the shopping experience at Lidl but they don't have self checkout. On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I love the self checkout at Aldos.  Sure beats the endless lines. On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:48 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes &l

Re: [MBZ] Blue Benz antifreeze at El Mercado de Wal

I've stopped checking out my own groceries, even if it means I have to wait longer. I hate how they record me and treat me like a criminal. Apparently some places have stopped self checkout because of theft. Whoda thunk? -Curt On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 06:26:29 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via

Re: [MBZ] Time v Mileage

A 1 year limit is usually advised by the manufacturer. This is, at least in theory, based on the acid buildup in the oil. IIRC acid buildup is controlled by TBN (total base number) in the oil. You could get oil analysis to check and see if TBN has fallen to the point that engine damage could

Re: [MBZ] If you are into vintage computers

Commodore is pretty widely regarded in the community as having made the best monitors.  That's a bonkers price for something that had literally no value 20 years ago... -Curt On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 09:11:08 AM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT The Light Dawns

I took Angie's '05 Golf in for a new timing belt the other day. My TDI guy is an hour and a half away so rather than arrange for somebody to go with me I just rented a tow dolly. Backing up to a tow dolly is always hard because they're so small, I figured the backup camera on the '18 RAM 1500

Re: [MBZ] W124 delivery valve leak

Dang, it would appear I did not order those o-rings from McMaster-Carr. I was hoping I did and I still had a big bag of them on the shelf so I could give them to you and get them out of my garage... I remember doing the job on my '84 190D after my mechanic had screwed it up on my '85 190D. It

Re: [MBZ] W124 delivery valve leak

I think I bought the last ones I used from McMaster Carr. Remind me tomorrow and I'll see if I can look it up for you. That was for a 601 engine but I bet they're the same. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: The

Re: [MBZ] 1986 190E 2.3 16V Cosworth

A properly sorted 201 is fun to drive, they're quite whippy. -Curt On Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 12:09:11 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Nothing more enjoyable than a zippy nimble car with a manual transmission. I presume that is the allure, though I've never driven one

[MBZ] Another hood stack moron

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Re: [MBZ] Make your own path. Boom  2002 Mercedes-Benz G-Class · G 500 Sport Utility 4D,$31,500

All of its off pavement driving has been a gravel driveway... -Curt On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:47:17 AM EST, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: No pavement, no problem.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3720726574864893 -- --FT

Re: [MBZ] OT - Taco Tuesday?

Funny you should mention it, I made goose tacos today: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GkjifDDb7FXeu3iJ9 The meat went into the crock pot at 8am on the 10 hour setting with a barbacoa spice packet. I turned then at the 4 hour mark and pulled at 9 hours. It shredded up nice:

Re: [MBZ] O.T. The Fastest Possible Way to Spend/Lose Money

On 15/02/2024 12:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > I don't think it stops at the drive train. IIRC everything about that car is > "special" like the window winders, door closers, brakes, etc on and on and on. > > I've also read, but never had confirmed, that working o

Re: [MBZ] O.T. The Fastest Possible Way to Spend/Lose Money

I don't think it stops at the drive train. IIRC everything about that car is "special" like the window winders, door closers, brakes, etc on and on and on. I've also read, but never had confirmed, that working on the wiring on those is a nightmare because when a design change comes through they

Re: [MBZ] '83 Saab worth more than almost any Mercedes

assume the free wheel device is the clutch? Randy On 13/02/2024 10:12 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Au contraire, you needed to know about the freewheel device which would > prevent engine braking and allow the engine to just idle while you terrified > your p

Re: [MBZ] '83 Saab worth more than almost any Mercedes

Au contraire, you needed to know about the freewheel device which would prevent engine braking and allow the engine to just idle while you terrified your passengers with the uncontrolled downhill... -Curt On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:05:40 AM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] '83 Saab worth more than almost any Mercedes

Saab had the key switch between the seats for a long, long time. When I was shopping TDIs back in 2013 I drove one. I think it was one of the GM made models, probably early 2000s. It drove well, felt like a Saab but missed that special something of Saabness. Got it back to the little dealer

Re: [MBZ] 1976 Mercedes Benz 450SLC

Hmm, interesting, MA has the same rule about 15 years. It was fun, back when I was driving diesel MB's to see the inspection guy pull out the OBDII cable and look for a port. I'd say "yeah there isn't a computer" but it was apparently really important that he at least TRY to plug in the

[MBZ] OT: Another win for synthetic oil

I don't know if you guys remember the ASV snowmobile trail grooming machine. This little fella: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FeHCrBiQsoafrPZD8 It's always been a struggle to get it started when its cold out. Best bet has been the block heater but sometimes thats not practical. Well last fall we

Re: [MBZ] 240D engines

Did you need a different controller for pencil plugs or could you just rewire them? When I bought Dwight's '78 240D it had been cleverly converted to pencil plugs by installing pencil plugs and adding a button on the dash that triggered a Ford starter solenoid. Unfortunately whoever had wired

Re: [MBZ] TIG welding exhaust pieces.

The AC ones are still pretty cheap, and AC/DC one is usually 3-4x the price of AC only. -Curt On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 03:42:08 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: They have gone up a lot in recent years too. Randy On 05/02/2024 2:19 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote

Re: [MBZ] TIG welding exhaust pieces.

Last spring I welded up the hitch plate from our 1952 Farmall Super M. The hole the pin goes through had gotten wallowed out from 30 years of mowing. The mower would hit a bump and the pin would fall out. My buddy has a Lincoln tombstone style welder but his, excitingly is AC and DC. I'd only

Re: [MBZ] 1994 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class · SL 320 Roadster 2D $1000

"Stolen from a former employer" doesn't really sell it either. -Curt On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 08:32:01 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: "I got it from a job that I did" sounds shady --- like a line from Goodfellas or something. On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, at 20:27, Buggered

Re: [MBZ] TIG welding exhaust pieces.

Its not the HF welders, its their crappy rod. I've got a 110v buzz box welder from HF, one of the best repairs I've ever made was with that welder. The seat bracket on the 1952 Farmall Super M failed dang near pitching me into the mower. After a couple passes the weld I made is very nearly

Re: [MBZ] TIG welding exhaust pieces.

Definitely not an appropriate amount of rust... -Curt On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 02:05:27 PM EST, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: That's no exhaust pipe, the color's all wrong!  :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT - Now THAT is a Tailwind!

It looks good to "arrive" early.The problem is that they get to count that as early even if passengers have to sit on the plane until the actual arrival time... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 10:40 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 00:36:37

Re: [MBZ] 2013 GL350 BlueTec - 144k miles - $12,450

Do the photos ever actually show up? I've seen "photos coming" so many times but never see the photos. -Curt On Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 12:59:35 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Biege Interior. Photos coming soon.

Re: [MBZ] Potential Okiebenz promotional vehicle

Theres a gellato stand in Aruba setup in a double decker bus. The bottom is the gellato, upstairs is seating. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g147249-d3841444-Reviews-Gelatissimo_Bus-Palm_Eagle_Beach_Aruba.html -Curt On Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 10:58:55 AM EST, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] 2022 Sprinter passenger van - 21k miles - $59,000

MB says the 2.0l engine is 188hp, 258lb/ft. I suspect that'll limit top speed but for commercial vans it probably doesn't matter. That torque number is actually pretty impressive for a small engine... -Curt On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 10:37:50 AM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Black, Sticky, Impervious Something Something

Is it where you're supposed to stash your Roscoe? -Curt Clearly reading a 1940s detective novel... On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 06:58:00 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, I just got a kick out of how they named it “locking safe” or something like that. I think I had

Re: [MBZ] Leather in the W163

His YouTube show got picked up by a network, turned into a "real" slickly produced piece of crap. I liked watching Jay talk about a car and then take it for a ride. It was fun seeing his real enthusiasm for the car. As soon as it became his job it became way less interesting because it was

Re: [MBZ] Battery Conservation Convenience Functions Not Available

My dad got some electric wheelchair batteries from someplace to put on our solar power system at camp. They're like 30ah. They were too small to be suitable on the camp but they make sweet lawnmower batteries. I don't even remember how long we've had them, 5 or 6 years maybe and they just keep

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > > How deep can a Ditch Witch go? The best I can find from Google is a 7.5' > (90") frost line for Caribou. I'd been under the impression we could do the > horizontal piping at 10' but now I'm thinking maybe 12... > > -Curt

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

Our water table is real high. For reference our well pump is a piston pump located in the basement of the house. I posted a picture one time, Jim Cathey figured the pump to be from the '20s. The pump sits maybe 8' below ground, so the well can't be more than like 30 feet from the surface...

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

+ (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > How deep can a Ditch Witch go? The best I can find from Google is a > 7.5' (90") frost line for Caribou. I'd been under the impression we > could do the horizontal piping at 10' but now I'm thinking maybe 12... I have had the attached

Re: [MBZ] I figured out why the 642 was so hard to start, surprised it even started

I was thinking about this very subject the other day, I've had it happen 3 times. Once in a 190D I hauled north from New Jersey that probably hadn't been driven since summer. Once with the VWs when we had a cold snap and the fuel hadn't been treated properly (Cumberland Farms gave me a free

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

How deep can a Ditch Witch go? The best I can find from Google is a 7.5' (90") frost line for Caribou. I'd been under the impression we could do the horizontal piping at 10' but now I'm thinking maybe 12... -Curt On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 04:32:13 PM EST, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

I can rent an excavator for $360/day delivered. Actually that one probably can't dig deep enough, $660 for the next size up which would do the job, probably could do all the digging in 2 days or less. That said I've been really eyeing the little 12hp Chinese made excavators. $6000-7000 but

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

Most modern air source heat pumps are rated down to at least zero F. How much time do you spend below that? We hit -9F last year once overnight. Most units have some kind of resistive electric for backup. I don't consider a heat pump to be a good primary heating system because they don't last

Re: [MBZ] New heat pump

I've been considering ground source on the great northern estate. We still might but the upfront cost is crazy, like $40,000 instead of a $6,000 oil furnace. The feds will pay 30%, efficiency Maine will give another $3,000 but I might have to live there for a year to get it which wouldn't be

Re: [MBZ] KLEB CAR!!!!

Hideous. Everything that was wrong with American cars during the malaise era. -Curt On Friday, January 12, 2024 at 03:54:03 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 12/01/2024 2:34 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > There is really nothing at all redeeming about a Fairmont in

Re: [MBZ] KLEB CAR!!!!

My dad and my uncle were cursing how expensive cars are today and how things were better "back in the day." I pointed out that any cheap crap car you buy today will last 10 years and 200,000 miles with just basic maintenance while "Those good cars" were junk at 5-7 years. For example, my

Re: [MBZ] KLEB CAR!!!!

A friend of a friend had a Pinto back in the day. The story goes that it was the most gutless, slowest piece of trash he had ever driven. So the day comes to replace it, the dealer won't take the Pinto on trade so he decides to junk it. On the ride to the junkyard he decides, since its being

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

, 2024, at 15:10, Curt Raymond wrote: > The Edison guys talked about the fundamental problem with electric > busses in one of their videos. This would particularly apply to school > busses. > > School busses run on a fixed schedule, they pretty much all head out > and return at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

They also don't go very far or terribly fast in most cases... Its the charging that would be an issue. -Curt On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 03:18:37 PM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: That’s sort of unexpected for a school district in IN… That said, think about the vehicle - a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

The Edison guys talked about the fundamental problem with electric busses in one of their videos. This would particularly apply to school busses. School busses run on a fixed schedule, they pretty much all head out and return at the same time. So plug in all those busses, with their great big

Re: [MBZ] OT: Okie EVs

The article suggested they were around $40k apiece which is expensive for what is essentially a mini-van but not completely absurd considering today's absurd vehicle market... -Curt On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 02:13:22 PM EST, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: It would be

Re: [MBZ] OT: This Company Plans To Make Diesel-Electric Conversion Kits for Old Pickups

I've been watching them on YouTube. Cool guys, loggers who decided that if Tesla wouldn't make them a truck they'd make their own. Never underestimate the power of a man (or men) in a shed... -Curt On Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 02:56:31 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] 1970 Mercedes-Benz s-class,$1,234

Dual zeniths are there and full of mouse crap. Thats a $500 car, as in you'd have to pay me $500 to even think about my getting into the cabin... -Curt On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 11:56:00 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: While the car appears solid, the cosmetics alone

Re: [MBZ] What is the photographic trick? 2011 Mercedes-Benz e-class, $7, 000

Angie has a D3300, IIRC mine is a 5600. -Curt On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 05:13:18 PM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: I have a Nikon D3300 with an Arsenal “camera assistant” that might be able to do it. But this looks processed. -D > On Jan 4, 2024, at 1:53 PM, C

Re: [MBZ] What is the photographic trick? 2011 Mercedes-Benz e-class, $7, 000

You can but those pictures are processed, the halo around the car is a giveaway. I find DSLR cameras annoying when trying to mess with depth of field, at least the lower end ones I've played with. Ideally you'd close the aperture to stretch the depth of field. In practice the camera picks an

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

Combo convection oven/microwave seems odd to me because the operations are so different. You're essentially talking about a combo toaster oven/microwave. We have a combo toaster oven/convection oven/air fryer. The air fryer part is pretty garbage, it works okay but is too small to cook a

Re: [MBZ] OT- microwave ovens

My grandmother had coffee cups that had a metal accent. Whatever that metal was it was enough to smoke several microwaves. My grandfather finally got rid of those mugs... -Curt On Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 05:05:53 PM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: It's amazing how

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