[MBZ] Sprinter Becker code

2021-06-18 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I solved the code problem Messaged the ebay seller and he said it’s your lucky day and gave me the code It’s 64211 if you want to steal my radio (I also wrote it in sharpie on the top of the unit. Well, it mounted perfectly, powered up and took the code. I eliminated the adapter

[MBZ] Becker radio codes

2021-06-16 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I am still alive on Tybee Island I bought a $25 sprinter radio ... Becker with of course no code I am told that there is a .pdf with all the serial numbers and codes, does anyone have that? I hope you are all well Thanks xx rick ___

[MBZ] This 190e cosworth

2021-03-30 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I posted about this car that I’m selling for a friend 1987 190e cosworth I never saw any comment ... I’m trying to get 14k for the car Here is some video I shot a few days ago https://youtu.be/XDTL5apnl6s In other news I still haven’t cleaned up the rust on the 2004 dodge sprinter

[MBZ] Selling this 1987 190e for a friend

2021-03-14 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/737708810248688/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner=messenger_banner What is it worth ... it’s not a car from the beach was in NC and Georgia previously I think Spent the day shuffling portable buildings with my rollback It’s finally sort

[MBZ] Sprinter breaks itself

2021-02-26 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, So the 2004 Dodge Benz Sprinter space hauler has been sitting for about two months With the windshield removed while I address the unsealed windshield and the associated Pennsylvania rust. Battery was dead so I charged it. I started it just now and I heard a screech and saw some

[MBZ] More rona

2021-02-24 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, We have had both doses of Pfizer Vaccine. Dose 2 was Thursday and I still feel pretty crappy... mostly just exhausted and achy I’m by Savannah Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] Covid and price of cars

2021-02-13 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks Whether you believe it or not, the price of ICE powered cars is really going to keep falling no one is driving much, they don’t have jobs to go to and I think electric cars will be super mainstream so quickly we will be amazed look at the price of fax machines! Our daughter

[MBZ] My first car

2021-02-03 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I learned to drive in a 1951 Plymouth about 1970 ... my father bought it new and I still have it in a field. It had normal theee on the tree manual transmission. My mother mostly, drove that car until probably almost 1980 ... she love hated that car. The first car that I bought was

[MBZ] Vw experience

2020-12-07 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, We had a vw repair shop that started in the same space as my print shop ... the print shop was the name of the printing and the bug shop was the name of the vw operation We ran that from about 1977 to probably the mid 90s but we were done with air cooled stuff probably by 1990. I

[MBZ] I seem to be unsubscribed

2020-11-13 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I seem to be unsubscribed since about 25 October Subscribe unsubscribe Link doesn’t want to go anywhere Maybe someone can fix it ... I was getting digests Thanks Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] New truck but not benz

2020-09-14 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
2020 18:43:38 -0400 Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles >> Photon via Mercedes wrote: >> >> I had a UD Rollback that I bought near Charleston, SC last fall with >> some problems and we could never find the correct exhaust manifold with >> the right angle for th

[MBZ] This is cooler

2020-09-14 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
> > Dan and folks This is a cooler engine kit https://wusaill.com/products/fuel-two-cylinder-four-stroke-nitro-rc-engine-model I believe it actually runs!! Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] 560sl spark plug wires

2020-06-06 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I’m sourcing some parts for a friend’s 1987 560sl ... he wants to replace a bunch of ignition parts I can’t seem to find Bosch plug wires Karlyn made in USA? Euro, China I assume? Who has Bosch?? I told him it was better not to change them, than put on some crap. I am messing

[MBZ] C41 processing

2020-03-20 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
These folks are great for cheap processing https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2006/color-neg-processprint.html They were the last Kodachrome processor For b these people do a grea t job and deliver HUGE SCANS ... big files for big prints VERY GOOD WORK And in 2020 $$ it is all very cheap

[MBZ] TYBEE ISLAND

2020-03-20 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, They want to close Tybee Island to residents only but have not ... the beach is closed Some bars etc are still open which maybe should not be Here is the official story https://www.cityoftybee.org/DocumentCenter/View/2009/Tybee-Emergency-Directive?bidId= Here is a more complicated

[MBZ] Cheap 240

2020-02-25 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
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[MBZ] This is cheap

2020-02-19 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Lead and CDL

2020-01-29 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Andrew, CDL is commercial as in semi truck license and also requires a medical Dan, the type lead we keep as type ... there is no great market for type so I hoard it up to use when I print something which I do sometimes As for the Linotype lead it sells for at least $2 a lb on ebay ... it is

[MBZ] Corona Virus and the price of diesel

2020-01-29 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks Last Thursday night I rented a Penske 2015 Freightliner 26 foot straight truck. I was going to rent the same truck from Enterprise, cheaper I think, but they wouldn’t take my paypal MasterCard also debit card (or cash)! So I went to Penske. So I loaded up my dog, Precious and a bunch

[MBZ] Sprinter key

2020-01-18 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, According to the sprinter forum with this Zed Bull device, you can clone your key to an ebay sprinter transponder key blank up to maybe 2008.

[MBZ] Keys Benz content

2020-01-14 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I lost the key to my 2007 Kia Sedona. And the remote. I screwed around and talked to some locksmiths etc who told me a bunch of lies and bullshit Anyway, with some difficulty I got the key code for free from Kia Country of Savannah Then I found a nearby locksmith who made me 2 keys for

[MBZ] Friend selling this in Athens

2020-01-06 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, a good friend is selling this one in Athens, ga It is his Girlfriend’s car and he is a straight shooter https://athensga.craigslist.org/cto/d/athens-2007-mercedes-benz-e320-bluetec/7050928201.html I’m just throwing it out to you guys Xx rick ___

[MBZ] Window seal wipes 240 300d etc

2020-01-03 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
> > There are lots of them on ebay Some $10 and some 4 for $75 etc Better than $100 each https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Mercedes+300d+window+seal&_sacat=0_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15 Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Mobil 1

2019-12-04 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I got my Walmart online ordered 4 x 5 qt Mobil 1 0-40 weight motor oil, yesterday and today they were saying 11 December delivery so I guess there is no shortage! Hey, I have a bunch of 123 cars, mostly wagons, ranging from rusted out hulks to a ratty limousine, stretched in

[MBZ] Mobil 1 shortage

2019-12-01 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
> > Folks I ordered some $20 Mobil 1 from Walmart free shipping to home they said not to expect it till maybe 11 December I can wait it is like 25 or $26 in the small Savannah walmart, in the store ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] Not too expensive

2019-12-01 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, https://savannah.craigslist.org/atq/d/glennville-1980-mercedes-benz-sedan/7001964607.html https://savannah.craigslist.org/cto/d/savannah-84-mercedes-diesel/7015532520.html And I have a spare car for a rear clip I think the value of these cars is often overstated Xx rick

[MBZ] Cars and trucks

2019-12-01 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
The $1500 sprinter looks like a deal with only 160k miles mine has almost 380k but the issue would be how much rust I hear the rear sprint hangers etc rust out and there is not much repair option for them ... so I hear Xx rick ___

[MBZ] And very cheap tractor?

2019-11-26 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
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[MBZ] This is pretty cheap

2019-11-26 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
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[MBZ] The list

2019-11-19 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks Am I still on the list? Or did y’all all die Thanks xx rick hawkins ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Dodge mercedes

2019-10-12 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, So far, the cheap rusty 377k miles 2004 Dodge Sprinter has been pretty perfect. I’ve probably driven it close to 2k miles Uses maybe a tiny bit of oil but that is about it. I replaced all of the rollers and brackets and the rear latch and the inside door handle for a total of about

[MBZ] It’s not a Benz but....

2019-10-12 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I just bought a new to me, Yale forklift ... $1250 in Beaufort, SC The seller is going to haul it over to me at my downtown Savannah warehouse tomorrow. It is pretty ugly but I think it will buff out. It runs well and there don’t seem to be any hydraulic leaks. The starter engages and

[MBZ] Coppertone

2019-09-21 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I had a 30 inch stove set up for propane (in coppertone) it worked well. After we replaced it with a Yellow Viking it took about 6 months on CL to sell the coppertone one for $125 Xx rick > On Sep 21, 2019, at 2:54 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote: > > Send Mercedes mailing list

Re: [MBZ] 722.3 trans B2

2019-09-18 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I replaces a B2 piston probably about 2009 with someone and I remember it being extremely hard to remove from the transmission ... this was with the transmission in the car I would do what it takes to remove and replace it since you are in so deeply Xx rick > On Sep 18, 2019, at 1:18

[MBZ] Glasses

2019-09-10 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I used to buy my reading glasses from the dollar tree ... then they go crappier and the don’t have my current # which is maybe 3.25+ for reading I bought 6 great pairs for reading with the spring year pieces that rarely break from amazon for probably $12 they are good I use zenni for

[MBZ] Dorian on tybee

2019-09-05 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks We survived Dorian on tybee island NO FLOODING!! Half the island is without power but we have it Still a good bit of wind. I walked the dog about 1 am. It was windy and I was worried kabout a tree falling on my head but we were ok I hope the storm goes out to see Xx rick

[MBZ] Rusty sprinters

2019-09-01 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I think that Boston $3k sprinter is more rusty than my Mennonite one. And mine has a tommylift big platform gate that is unfortunately only 1000 pound rated When I went to remove the Pennsylvania license plate, I got into a nightmare scenario It was attached with stainless steel

[MBZ] Rick dodge sprinter travels

2019-08-29 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I flew to Philadelphia yesterday and rode an Uber and a train to Lancaster and picked up the rusty sprinter from my friend. I drove to Winchester, va last night and slept at a rest area in the back. Today I drove from Winchester to tybee island and got home about midnight. The sprinter

[MBZ] 2004 mercedes sprinter

2019-08-27 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks, I just bought a 2004 mercedes sprinter with 377k miles on the clock and some Pennsylvania rIt’s, too actually it is a Dodge, but it is allegedly made in Germany. What motivated me to buy this one is that it has a hydraulic lift gate on the back and the price was $2850. Tomorrow

[MBZ] Michigan car hoarder

2019-08-11 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
Folks I have had towns breathing down my neck for the last 45 years I get hassles from compliance officers even in Athens every couple of years where I have heavy commercial zoning ( which is now in a bougie trendy area) and here on tybee island just for having stuff that people might not like

[MBZ] How long have I been here

2019-06-04 Thread Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes
> > Folks I am about to turn 65 this year and maybe don’t remember everything I suspect I bought my 1982 300td probably around 2000 or so That was after 20 years of driving Peugeots I do remember that my now 25 year old daughter and I attended a gathering north of Atlanta when she was a