Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-19 Thread ernest breakfield
yeah, well, we can imagine all kinds of things; anyone got something like real data? cheers! e On 18/Jul/13 13:00, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I would imagine that the W126 and w123 had the same updates for MY 1985 for all mechanical .systems but not for body details. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley
ernest breakfield wrote: yeah, well, we can imagine all kinds of things; anyone got something like real data? Who ended up with Marshall's collection of Technical Data Manuals? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I have the 1985 model yearbook that explains all the changes for each model On Jul 19, 2013 6:55 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: ernest breakfield wrote: yeah, well, we can imagine all kinds of things; anyone got something like real data? Who ended up with Marshall's collection of

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The trash man Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: ernest breakfield wrote: yeah, well, we can imagine all kinds of things; anyone got something like real data? Who ended up with Marshall's collection of Technical Data Manuals? Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-19 Thread ernest breakfield
perfect! can you share what it says for the W126? or perhaps post a link, or scan, or something? cheers! e On 19/Jul/13 07:26, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have the 1985 model yearbook that explains all the changes for each model On Jul 19, 2013 6:55 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net

[MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread ernest breakfield
hi all! i know the '85 W123 had a lot of things about it that made it 'special' compared to other years, but am looking at a '85 W126 now. did the W126 have the same 'specialness' about it that the W123 did? (FI pump, Trans, Final Drive, etc,...?) cheers! e

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Depends on whether you are referring to the 49 state or CA version. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:57 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! i know the '85 W123 had a lot of things about it that made it 'special' compared to other years, but am looking at a '85

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread ernest breakfield
nope. both Fed and Calif '85 W123s had things that made them different than all other years (some of which i listed already), not just the Particulate Trap Oxidizer that so many people seem to focus on. cheers! e On 18/Jul/13 11:25, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Depends on whether you are

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I would imagine that the W126 and w123 had the same updates for MY 1985 for all mechanical .systems but not for body details. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:33 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: nope. both Fed and Calif '85 W123s had things that made them different

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread Mitch Haley
ernest breakfield wrote: nope. both Fed and Calif '85 W123s had things that made them different than all other years (some of which i listed already), not just the Particulate Trap Oxidizer that so many people seem to focus on. Only the CA model gets the $80 (or is it $100 by now?) air

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
$50 for the CA version air filter from Autohaus AZ http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=iwvjhg451nwjxtyqy0hkyj45makeid=800016@Mercedesmodelid=1194049@300SDyear=1985cid=air@airgid=6192@Air On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: ernest breakfield

Re: [MBZ] '85 weirdnesses

2013-07-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: $50 for the CA version air filter from Autohaus AZ http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=iwvjhg451nwjxtyqy0hkyj45makeid=800016@Mercedesmodelid=1194049@300SDyear=1985cid=air@airgid=6192@Air I hadn't known that the California D,CD,TD, and SD all took the