Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread Curt Raymond
to be scared of. When I do the other side on the 190D I promise to take pictures and make a page. -Curt Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:00:59 -0600 From: harry watkins harry...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread harry watkins
Curt, I want you to know that I appreciate your sharing of information. You and a dozen or more other listers that will do the work and are able to provide a good write up is information not available anywhere else. I learn something new, or remember something old, or have something else to

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread Robert Massmann
: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I can now say with some athority that wheel bearings are nothing to be scared of. When I do the other side on the 190D I promise to take

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread Curt Raymond
highway miles are easier on the car. I do need to spend some time looking at each wheel though now that I'm taking responsibility for my vehicles... -Curt Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:15:55 -0600 From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off To: Mercedes Discussion

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I can now say with some athority that wheel bearings are nothing to be scared of. When I do the other side on the 190D I promise to take pictures and make a page. I hope you stick to that promise---I need to do front

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-17 Thread Curt Raymond
Monday at least. NOAA isn't giving an amount other than Friday's precipitation is 100% likely. Local stations are saying significant snowfall... -Curt Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:11:19 -0800 From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Allan Streib
Sounds like what happened on my old Toyota truck when a rusty brake line finally gave way. Not so much a bang as a sudden loss of brakes. And because it had only one reservoir feeding both circuits, brake fluid was rapidly depleted. I thought MB had a split reservoir, my 300D does, for example.

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
sounds like you have a POS there, I will give you 500 for it, if you deliver it. Curt Raymond wrote: So because of the ice storm gas is kind of precious, its not that theres a shortage but most gas stations weren't having power. (Problem solved as of yesterday for the most part. Pretend I

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Curt Raymond
did the other side (which had blown out) but I think I'll have him do it again just for grins... -Curt Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:20:20 -0500 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Curt Raymond
2008 09:32:35 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 4947ca13.4000...@striplin.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed sounds like you have a POS

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Robert Rentfro
Of Curt Raymond Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:09 AM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off So because of the ice storm gas is kind of precious, its not that theres a shortage but most gas stations weren't having power. (Problem solved as of yesterday for the most part

[MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Curt Raymond
So because of the ice storm gas is kind of precious, its not that theres a shortage but most gas stations weren't having power. (Problem solved as of yesterday for the most part. Pretend I was writing this Saturday...) The Ranger seems to have a small, maybe 19 gallon gas tank and at 17mpg

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread OK Don
I once ignored that brake pedal getting harder to push to stop the '76 300D. I also had a bang followed by no brakes. Seems the front pads had worn to paper thin, hit the inside limit of the caliper casting. When I mashed the brake pedal, I broke the caliper, allowing the piston out far enough to

Re: [MBZ] 190D is starrting to piss me off

2008-12-16 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:15:55 -0600 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: I once ignored that brake pedal getting harder to push to stop the '76 300D. I also had a bang followed by no brakes. Seems the front pads had worn to paper thin, hit the inside limit of the caliper casting. When I mashed the