[MBZ] 123 FB

2023-11-24 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/groups/W123NA/permalink/6865417423524938/?mibextid=W9rl1R --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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2019-11-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I agree, just quit facebook and be done with it. Otherwise, I don't know enough about the GLs and modern MLs to offer an opinion. I do know that the first gen ML was a truck - really sturdy. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:54 AM ROGER HALE via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Gee guys, if

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2019-11-04 Thread ROGER HALE via Mercedes
Gee guys, if you don't like 123 FB, then simply don't read it. It does get weary reading all the disparaging remarks. How about some positive remarks for issues normally discussed on this list? So, to get your minds of 123 FB, which is better, a GL350 or a ML 350? And are the Bluetec

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2019-11-04 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Are they going ice racing this winter? For that is the only sane reason not to have the exhaust under the car. When (not if) you slide off the race course and over a snowbank, it's easy to damage the exhaust. And you don't want to do exhaust work on race day on a windy frozen lake when it's

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2019-11-03 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Pierre's a better mechanic than all the collective brainpower of all the FB fools. Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 11/3/19 9:03 PM: Mitch, This is the twisted logic that permeates this group of people. There’s no rational explanation for the things they say or do. That’s why it’s such a

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2019-11-03 Thread Michael Esh via Mercedes
That’s funny. I like him a little bit more for that comment. > On Nov 3, 2019, at 9:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Check out Pierre's comment. I wonder if he will get the boot? > > > Rick > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search

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2019-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Mitch, This is the twisted logic that permeates this group of people. There’s no rational explanation for the things they say or do. That’s why it’s such a sh*tshow. I kid you not, there is something seriously wrong with a lot of people in that group. Maybe too much soot has cut off the O2 to

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2019-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
WOW. That’s pretty raw. I’m surprised Pierre would waste his time on these idiots. -D > On Nov 3, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Kaleb says: >> Pierre is on there? I can’t believe he would put up with the mass amount of >> stupidity there > > Well, he's not a

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2019-11-03 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Pierre's a "shit-talking hack of a mechanic"? Is that what you call a "personal attack"? I thought a hack was the sort of moron who cuts a hole in their Mercedes hood to put a soot outlet in front of the windshield... Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

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2019-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Well, at least they put a rain cap on it. -D > On Nov 3, 2019, at 9:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Check out Pierre's comment. I wonder if he will get the boot? > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

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2019-11-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Pierre is on there? I can’t believe he would put up with the mass amount of stupidity there Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Check out Pierre's comment. I wonder if he will get the boot? > > > Rick > >

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2019-07-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just watch out for all those punks hanging around. -D > On Jul 12, 2019, at 4:45 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Go to the Smithsonian museum of Art and Industry, they have some amazing > machinery in there from the Age of Steam > > --FT >

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2019-07-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Go to the Smithsonian museum of Art and Industry, they have some amazing machinery in there from the Age of Steam --FT On 7/12/19 4:31 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: 15 7/8" bore X 20" stroke X 8 ... I'm betting it could "roll coal" in your converted 240D on Facebook group, ;)) With a

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2019-07-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
15 7/8" bore X 20" stroke X 8 ... I'm betting it could "roll coal" in your converted 240D on Facebook group, ;)) With a hood stack, of course... [sarcasm folks... ;)) ] On a more serious note, the mechanical development during that era was truly amazing. There were some giants of mechanical

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2019-07-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:31:51 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > Easy answer:  Tell them to buy a Page oil engine.  That'll keep em busy > for a while.   And when they figgerout it weighs a ton, they can start > trying how to fit it in and how to beef up the suspension...

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2019-07-12 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Or, how about a nice Lister Diesel? On 12/07/2019 8:31 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Easy answer:  Tell them to buy a Page oil engine.  That'll keep em busy for a while.   And when they figgerout it weighs a ton, they can start trying how to fit it in and how to beef up the

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2019-07-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah that’s my fakefakebook acct --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 11:09 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just signed back up to watch the show and I see one of you asked about > filtering used oil > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 12, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Floyd

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2019-07-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I just signed back up to watch the show and I see one of you asked about filtering used oil Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just signed up to the page under my fakebook name so will start posting > some stuff like that > > -_FT >

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2019-07-12 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Funny that you mention this - I saw a “for sale” listing on PP (I think) yesterday for a complete “bagger” system for a W126 chassis car. The guy apparently bugged the heck out of a manufacturer to make a system for the W126, which after some time they did, and this guy apparently bought one.

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2019-07-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I just signed up to the page under my fakebook name so will start posting some stuff like that -_FT On 7/12/19 10:09 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote: Another one: Has anyone tried putting in a centrifugal oil cleaner from a large truck? That one should get them thinking. MG Floyd Thursby via

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2019-07-12 Thread MG via Mercedes
Another one: Has anyone tried putting in a centrifugal oil cleaner from a large truck? That one should get them thinking. MG Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I think we ought to start posting a bunch of nonsense stuff and asking for "advise" It could be mildly entertaining. First idea:

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2019-07-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Could I bag it and put on bigger wheels and tires --FT On 7/12/19 9:31 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Easy answer:  Tell them to buy a Page oil engine.  That'll keep em busy for a while.   And when they figgerout it weighs a ton, they can start trying how to fit it in and how to beef

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2019-07-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Those are great ideas! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 8:14 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think we ought to start posting a bunch of nonsense stuff and asking for > "advise" > > It could be mildly entertaining. > > First idea: Has anyone tried re-refining their

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2019-07-12 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Easy answer:  Tell them to buy a Page oil engine.  That'll keep em busy for a while.   And when they figgerout it weighs a ton, they can start trying how to fit it in and how to beef up the suspension... Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote on 7/12/19 7:57 AM: Let me guess, they are talking

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2019-07-12 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Hmm. I haven’t noticed that - yet. I’ve been pretty outspoken about a few things while acknowledging that others have their approach as well, and that seems to keep things somewhat defused. That being said, I haven’t seen a lot of overt instances of denigration. That guy who posted the crappy

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2019-07-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I think we ought to start posting a bunch of nonsense stuff and asking for "advise" It could be mildly entertaining. First idea:  Has anyone tried re-refining their used motor oil like through a filter or something to save on oil changes? Second idea:  Could I reuse the motor oil from my

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2019-07-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On July 12, 2019 at 9:01 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > > The members you speak of with the inversions seem to be the ones running the > group and the ones giving the advice. Sounds like it. And if you disagree with them they go all snowflakey and ban you? Mitch.

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2019-07-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
The members you speak of with the inversions seem to be the ones running the group and the ones giving the advice. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 7:59 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > From what I’ve gleaned during my short tenure in the group, it would appear > that there is

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2019-07-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It comes up about every other week. I have already given them the facts on that many times. Soon we will see posts about engines with no compression suddenly. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yeah, I saw that. I refrained from commenting,

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2019-07-12 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
From what I’ve gleaned during my short tenure in the group, it would appear that there is a small subset of members who have serious rectal-cranial inversions, while the rest of the members are pretty decent, rational folk. -D > On Jul 12, 2019, at 8:57 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >

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2019-07-12 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Let me guess, they are talking about that again. Morons. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2019, at 5:37 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is there groups for how to convert used motor oil into fuel for these old > engines... I have a supply greater then my demand and totally

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2019-07-12 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Yeah, I saw that. I refrained from commenting, as I figured I would get in trouble. -D > On Jul 12, 2019, at 6:37 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is there groups for how to convert used motor oil into fuel for these old > engines... I have a supply greater then my demand and

[MBZ] 123 FB list

2019-07-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Is there groups for how to convert used motor oil into fuel for these old engines... I have a supply greater then my demand and totally able to take as much or as little as I need ... just need to make it safe to burn ... also if anyone has knowledge on this I would love to hear about it .. all