I do not want or like too many surprises after having Gump. With the current
search for viable cabriolet fun, I take a ground cloth and ramps to every car I
look at.Good way to get underneath for a cursory peek for leaks and
weirdness. If it is good enough to pass that inspection, then I
I have the ramps and cloth, so all I have to do is convince someone to crawl
under after me to take a better look at the stuff I can't feel. There are
so many points for fluid leakage as wel like oil cooler ps and fuel hoses,
radiator hoses, etc that can really add up. And if one blows, it
That is an issue. I found a good UK book Essential Buyer's Guide on fleabay
for the w107. Make a long checklist and have a small kit with mirrors and
goodies to do a 1 hour inspection. I show up with my clipboard, mirrors,
magnets, and stuff. Most of the time they bug eyes and start to
Who found that car for you?
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On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:31 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
That is an issue. I found a good UK book Essential Buyer's Guide on
fleabay for the w107. Make a long checklist and have a small kit with
mirrors and goodies to do a 1 hour
On EBay no less. I remember. I almost bid on it.
Rick
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On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:31 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
Gump was a dumb luck find and worth every dollar paid to purchase. All $120.
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That is your damn fault, and I got you back by selling you the POS SDL. Never
will find a score like that again.
Why do people think their junk, delayed care convertible is worth the inflated
price they put on it? Looked at fleabay and the bulk of the w107 are right at
$5k if they sell.
The funny thing with Gump was the guy tried for months to sell it as a real car
for $5k IIRC. When it was posted as parts, she brought no real cash, but it
was a sale. Saying the blower motor is shot is a perfect way to have to put
the car as parts instead of real car. And still I got twice
clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net writes:
8 years of driving, 60k miles, a few $$$ on fixes and I think I am
making out better than folks buying new.
No doubt about that. Considering you lose thousands in depreciation as
soon as you drive off the lot, and thousands more in the first few
years,
Kevin,
I give you my greatest respect. As a young man I was apprenticed to a
blacksmith who was one of the best in the area, perhaps in the country, who
was blind since age 16. The man was a genius with hot metal. He taught me
even how to temper and weld from a forge to anvil. To this day, I'm
On 02/03/2012 12:57 AM, Kevin Kraly wrote:
Yes, I'm totally blind, 100%. I have pretty good luck with mechanical
things, but I haven't tried soldering or welding. Of course, I
couldn't see the color of the metal to determine if I was welding or
just blasting through something. It's too hot
That's a funny story! I would have seen the rust if I wanted to crawl
underneath on the muddy driveway. I probably wouldn't have bought it if I
had known what was under there. However, now that it's here, we're going to
have some fun with it. It also has a bitt of blowby pressure coming out
-0800
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I found some things that were better than expected, and a couple things that
were
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I found some things that were better than expected, and a couple things that
were a bit worse
Curt Raymond wrote:
This is a good excuse for you to weld.
That post was from Kevin. I know he is amazing - but welding
without being able to see would be quite a trick.
Kevin, if you _do_ weld - I'd sure like to know how you do it!
--Philip
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Curt Raymond wrote:
This is a good excuse for you to weld.
That post was from Kevin. I know he is amazing - but welding
without being able to see would be quite a trick.
Kevin, if you _do_ weld - I'd sure like to know how you do it!
--Philip
Now
Heat sensing?
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
This is a good excuse for you to weld.
That post was from Kevin. I know he is amazing - but welding
without being able to see would be quite a trick.
Kevin, if you _do_ weld - I'd sure
He must be able to see some, he runs RC cars doesn't he? I doubt he just fixes
and trades 'em...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:51:37 -0600
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D Update
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Curt Raymond wrote:
He must be able to see some, he runs RC cars doesn't he? I doubt he just fixes
and trades 'em...
I thought he was totally unresponsive to light, but I could be wrong...
Mitch.
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Yes, I'm totally blind, 100%. I have pretty good luck with mechanical
things, but I haven't tried soldering or welding. Of course, I couldn't see
the color of the metal to determine if I was welding or just blasting
through something. It's too hot to touch to try to find out where I would
I found some things that were better than expected, and a couple things that
were a bit worse. The sway bar link isn’t broken. The dragging sound was the
exhaust pipe rubbing on the axle. As a temporary repair, I replaced the
missing donut with a couple zip ties until I get the parts. The
: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D update
The Mustang did not fair well it had to be towed. :(
Douglas
Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My introduction into MB was a 1980 240D with the manual transmission.
I paid $2200 for it. It was from some
So today is my 4th day of commuting with my 240D so recently raised from the
dead.
I figure we've put something like 800 miles on it now which gets my price per
mile well UNDER $2. Although its probably worth $1000 now so if I sold it
that'd make things come out nice.
Yesterday I found out
My introduction into MB was a 1980 240D with the manual transmission. I
paid $2200 for it. It was from some guy of east Indian decent. There was
alot of things wrong with it, though through some junk yard time I have to
say it was a very nice car until I was rear ended on the freeway, by a guy
Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My introduction into MB was a 1980 240D with the manual transmission.
I paid $2200 for it. It was from some guy of east Indian decent. There
was alot of things wrong with it, though through some junk yard time I
have to say it was a very nice car until I was
The Mustang did not fair well it had to be towed. :(
Douglas
Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My introduction into MB was a 1980 240D with the manual transmission.
I paid $2200 for it. It was from some guy of east Indian decent. There
was alot of things wrong with it, though through some
Douglas wrote:
The Mustang did not fair well it had to be towed. :(
Did the pilot leave under his own power?
Mitch.
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Thanks Curt
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What was the part number? I'm having trouble matching up what you have.
Thanks
Harry
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Thanks Curt
Harry
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Curt
What was the part number? I'm having
with.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:25:20 -0400
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Peter, thanks. How long have you been using Viton
Curt
What was the part number? I'm having trouble matching up what you have.
Thanks
Harry
I got mine from McMaster Carr, they have an EXCELLENT website. Its like
being able to go to the best hardware store ever and putter around until you
find what you need.
The stuff I got is all
Got rained out before I could get too much done today.
Started on the injector return lines, got the long run from the first injector
to the filter and from the first injector to the second. Interestingly while I
think they were leaking the lines were bugger all to get off the car... The new
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Got rained out before I could get too much done today.
Started on the injector return lines, got the long run from the first
, mainly from Rusty.
Scott
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Got rained out before I could get too much done today.
Started on the injector
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We have Viton on both 300s -- my 300D and my brother's SDL. So far
they work great, and do not seem to petrify as badly as the OEM
stuff. The original material doesn't seem to work well with bio-
diesel or veggie oil blends, it get hard and shrinks
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Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1:37 PM
In my experience, the best way to remove old hardened return lines is to
pinch them with a regular
Just buy the dang thing and drag it home. If you get it to work, that
is cool, If not, offer it on CL PDX for a fortune and get twice your
investment back
On Oct 12, 2006, at 6:20 PM, kevin kraly wrote:
Well, I went down the street to look at the '81 240D. It's a STICK!
I took
my battery
on 10/12/06 9:20 PM, kevin kraly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The owner told me that the car will run when diesel
is misted into the intake, but it dies once you stop.
Careful there about what he's misting into the intake. Diesel does not
atomize, so either he means he poured some in, OR he
I used the word misted, but I really don't know what he was ACTUALLY
doing. I could feel a coating of some oily substance down the hole in the
air cleaner housing, and it appears to be diesel. The WD40 and pouring all
kinds of different oils down the intake scenario was most likely what
Just buy the dang thing and drag it home. If you get it to work, that is
cool, If not, offer it on CL PDX for a fortune and get twice your investment
back.
Great words of advice, Clay. That was my plan.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
Yeah, I read about him. He was trying to sell the cars up here in
Seattle. He would offer some VO system addition for mucho dinero, or
the base car. His stomping grounds were SD, LA, the OC and Riverside
for stock, then head up to SFO, PDX and SEA to unload them. I think he
found a hungry
I do have family in SoCal, so that could work. Regarding the current 240D,
I'm dealing with the owner as I type this. Hopefully, he'll bite on my
offer of $400 as she sits.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
What's PDX???
On 10/13/06, kevin kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do have family in SoCal, so that could work. Regarding the current
240D,
I'm dealing with the owner as I type this. Hopefully, he'll bite on my
offer of $400 as she sits.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
Funny, I was just going to ask the same question: What's PDX? I first heard
Clay mention it yesterday.
Brian
On 10/13/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's PDX???
On 10/13/06, kevin kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do have family in SoCal, so that could work. Regarding
Portland International Airport
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What's PDX???
On 10/13/06, kevin kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED
airport designation for Portland Oregon
On Oct 13, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Zoltan Finks wrote:
Funny, I was just going to ask the same question: What's PDX? I first
heard
Clay mention it yesterday.
Brian
On 10/13/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's PDX???
On 10/13/06,
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