Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-10 Thread Kevin Kraly
die Kiste box, case, chest, crate I guess this one would work for the Sprinter, and when she gets old, die alte Kiste would work. Kevin in Portland, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula 2006 Sprinter PV 1.6Kmi, die neue Kiste ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-10 Thread andrew strasfogel
@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 Here's the latest news on the accelerated melting of the polar ice caps but not to worry, every word is probably a lie: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-10 Thread LWB250
Glaziers? Guys who hang glass are melting? This is the first I've heard of this... grin Dan --- andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yea, the glaziers are melting. Wonder why quite a few are expanding?

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Hendrik
what is the German word for Box?) Sprinter Kevin Kraly wrote: SNIPPED Kevin in Portland, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula who got dropped off at MBI today for much needed attention 2006 Sprinter PV 1.6Kmi, The Box (what is the German word for Box?) ___

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Mitch Haley
E M wrote: I kind of had my eye on a small displacement Lambo LM002, it's only 5.2litres. Mind you, those 12 cylinders do burn through that 76 gallon/ 290 litre tank of premium gas kind of fast. hee hee. Hmm, maybe a diesel conversion project?? :-) Now that might be interesting. Know

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-08 Thread LarryT
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Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Kevin Kraly
Now that's quite funny saying that Sprinter is the German word for box! At least the nose has some curvature to it. We hauled the boat behind it for the first time the other day, and it did well. It isn't the powerhouse that the Cummins was, but that's fine with me. Kevin in Portland, OR

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Mitch Haley
Kevin Kraly wrote: 2006 Sprinter PV 1.6Kmi, The Box IIRC, The Box was the actual name of a 1970's kit car. It was shaped like a shoe box with a wedge shaped nose, open wheels, four wheel steering via a foot operated handlebar (hydraulic), and hand throttle. I can't remember what powered it.

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Curt Raymond
you are... Etc. The irony is when you remember I work in the television industry... -Curt Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:35:52 +0930 From: Hendrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Curt Raymond
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed heck no, if you have a need for a big vehicle for hauling, then by all

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:53:04 +0930 Hendrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is the German word for Box?) There are several, with different shades of meaning: die Schachtel box, package der Kasten box, chest, bin, hutch showcase die Kiste box, case, chest, crate das Behältnis

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Frederick Moir
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is ZERO personal accountability in the world today. -Curt Amen to that!! With the possible exceptions of the people on this list and a few saints. Fred Moir Lynn MA Dieselitis Maximus - Looking for a deal?

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Jim Cathey
There is ZERO personal accountability in the world today. With the possible exceptions of the people on this list... Whatchew mean, Willis? There's no accounting for me at all! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Frederick Moir
Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is ZERO personal accountability in the world today. With the possible exceptions of the people on this list... Whatchew mean, Willis? There's no accounting for me at all! -- Jim As you well know, James, you are in both categories! Fred Moir Lynn MA

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread E M
I love this post!! :-) hee hee Ed 300E On 08/09/2007, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter what anybody says people are, deep down, inherently greedy horrible little bastards. How some people manage to rise above it and collaborate on anything is one of the amazing mysteries of

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread OK Don
And that is the premise and major point of Al Gore's recent book - The Assault on Reason. On 9/8/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TV is the real enemy, people get seated in front of that idiot box and I swear it literally sucks their brains out through their eyes. -- OK Don, KD5NRO

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
with 12 volts applied they should hold vacuum at the vacuum port with the out port plugged OK Don wrote: And that is the premise and major point of Al Gore's recent book - The Assault on Reason. On 9/8/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TV is the real enemy, people get seated in

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: Well, all they are required to do is see your license to purchase refrigerant. They do not need a business license. What you do with it is none of their business either. Parts stores usually want my business (sales tax) license # before giving me a

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Mitch Haley
Hendrik wrote: Well yes there are still cars in Oz with R12 in the system but it is now unobtanium and releasing it into the atmosphere is against the law. Releasing R12 can win us a USD10,000 fine. What's it cost down under, or do they jail you? We pay the same fine if we release R134a,

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
PROTECTED] To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 It is also illegal to release here and legal purchase is very difficult. There are two parts houses in town that still sell R12 the last time I

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
06, 2007 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 Kaleb, Actually, there is proof that R12 damages the ozone layer the scientists understand exactly how the process occurs. They have even sampled found R12 in the stratosphere. R22 would also damage the ozone layer if it reached

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
, September 07, 2007 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: Well, all they are required to do is see your license to purchase refrigerant. They do not need a business license. What you do with it is none of their business either. Parts stores usually

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Bob DuPuy
You pablum eater and kool aide drinkers crack me up. Ozone is continually created in the upper atmosphere in vast quantities by sunlight acting on the gases present. It is the height of hubris to think mans puny efforts even if they were intentional could have a significant effect. R12 was banned

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:25:09 -0500 Bob DuPuy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You pablum eater and kool aide drinkers crack me up. Ozone is continually created in the upper atmosphere in vast quantities by sunlight acting on the gases present. It is the height of hubris to think mans puny efforts even

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread John Robbins
LarryT wrote: At last, the voice of Reality!! DuPont got the Ozone scare started when everybody and their brother was making it in garages and little factories all over the world. And DP didn;t get a penny from it - which was the whole problem. Now, as Bob so eloquently stated, DP

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread LarryT
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Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread andrew strasfogel
Here's the latest news on the accelerated melting of the polar ice caps but not to worry, every word is probably a lie: The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than previously thought, and it will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Mitch Haley
andrew strasfogel wrote: NOAA oceanographer James Overland and agency meteorologist Muyin Wang based their calculations on the carbon dioxide that is in the atmosphere. That pollution will greatly diminish the ice by 2050, regardless of future curbs on emissions, Overland said. That's not a

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 Here's the latest news on the accelerated melting of the polar ice caps but not to worry, every word is probably a lie: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Tom Hargrave
List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: 9/7/07 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:25:09 -0500 Bob DuPuy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You pablum eater and kool aide drinkers crack me up. Ozone is continually created in the upper atmosphere in vast quantities by sunlight

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Barry Stark
Kaleb - I thought that I heard that the Northern areas are receding and the south pole is expanding. Barry yea, the glaziers are melting. Wonder why quite a few are expanding? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Tom Hargrave
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The scientists don't understand why either but they do measue traces of R12 in the stratosphere. The other issue is that the free chlorine acts as a catalyst to break down ozone. Thanks

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion Tom www.kegkits.com Original Message From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09/07/07 02:36 PM To: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Trampas
:31 PM To: 'Craig McCluskey'; 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 The scientists don't understand why either but they do measue traces of R12 in the stratosphere. The other issue is that the free chlorine acts as a catalyst to break down ozone. Thanks, Tom 256-656

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
actually, that is not true either, that is, well, I guess, an urban legend of sorts. Trampas wrote: What happened is Dupont's patent expired then the scientists found the problem. Luckly Dupont had the solution in R134 which they have a patent on... Trampas -- Kaleb C.

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread John Robbins
Trampas wrote: What happened is Dupont's patent expired then the scientists found the problem. Luckly Dupont had the solution in R134 which they have a patent on... http://www.imcool.com/articles/aircondition/refrigerant_history.php ___

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
OK, we are waiting. Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: and Im sure I can find out just as much proof to the contrary. In other words, who knows. --- Kaleb C. Striplin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread thargrav
:31 PM To: 'Craig McCluskey'; 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 The scientists don't understand why either but they do measue traces of R12 in the stratosphere. The other issue is that the free chlorine acts as a catalyst to break down ozone. Thanks, Tom

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
And you're evidence is? It is all very nice to try and discredit things we don't particularly want to hear but once all the polar bears have drowned it will be you and your super consumer mates who will have to try and explain that this is all part of a natural cycle. All I want is the truth,

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread OK Don
Carbon tetrachloride is not freon. R12 Freon is CCl2F2 or diclorodifluoromethane. The boiling point of diclorodifluoromethane at -29.8 °C vs. 1465 °C for sodium chloride might explain why it's not found much in the stratosphere. FTR, the molecular weight of R12 is 121, and salt is 58, not that it

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
I believe you are able to correct wikipedia articles if you feel that they are not accurate. However make sure that you have references (no, using okiebenz listers as references is not going to work) and list them at the end of the article. Perhaps you and the 'everything is sweet' crowd can

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 9/7/2007 4:35:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone who does not believe that R12 is bad for the ozone layer needs to read this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion Tom and all, People who write for Wikipedia are not

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread OK Don
And that's the problem we have - too much science is based on a priori knowledge - like that excess stomach acid makes stomach ulcers. Finally someone had the audacity to culture one and found that they are bacterial infections. The scientists had known that bacteria couldn't live in the stomach

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
well you will be waiting a while then. Hendrik wrote: OK, we are waiting. Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: and Im sure I can find out just as much proof to the contrary. In other words, who knows. --- Kaleb C. Striplin ___

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Many of the scientists who supported this so called global warming problem are now backing down. All this supposed research started when, in the 80's? That is not long enough to see the big picture. I guess our R12 and big SUV's are also warming up Mars too. Wow, we really do polute alot,

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Jim Cathey
This is just another myth. Dupont's Freon patent ran out in the 1950s, long before the ozone problem was discovered and they do not have a patent on R134a. There are 5 major manufacturers of R134a Dupont is just one of them. A patent holder may choose to license the patent to other

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread OK Don
Correct. Wikipedia is a community project. Those with the knowledge are supposed to write, edit, and correct the information. In my book, that makes it common knowledge - which is what the stomach ulcer episode I mentioned a few minutes ago in the Fix or Sell? killer R12 thread was - common

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Jim Cathey
I'm not sure the state of all research into this topic, but I've always wondered how carbon tetrachloride (freon) with a molecular weight of 152 would be more prevalent in the upper atmosphere than the vastly more available sodium chloride (in sea water) which has a molecular weight of

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread archer
In a message dated 9/7/2007 4:35:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone who does not believe that R12 is bad for the ozone layer needs to read this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion Tom and all, People who write for Wikipedia are not

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread OK Don
I asked the same question a while back and a local atmospheric scientist told me that no - the two never meet. Maybe we need a match maker. There is supposed to be an ozone shortage at high altitudes yet ozone is a major constituent of air pollution: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/aq/ Does this

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
Nobody wants to be the 'boy who cried wolf' but I guess we can wait till we have conclusive proof that we are damaging the environment and then perhaps think about ways we could possibly perhaps maybe reduce emissions by .0008%. Perhaps instead of buying that 7 liter SUV to ferry the kids to

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
Apart from everything else, what do you think would happen to DuPont if they where found out to be deliberately using the global warming issue to increase profits? Probably nothing in the US (well they would get a medal from the Prez for being outstanding corporate citizens) but in the PC EU

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread Hendrik
From my understanding wikipedia works like an online forum, people write stuff and then other people can correct that if they feel they need to. Also you will note that citations and references are required to substantiate what you wrote. In regards to the banning of R12, we cannot stop

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 20:42:11 -0500 OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Carbon tetrachloride is not freon. R12 Freon is CCl2F2 or diclorodifluoromethane. Oops. You're right, CCl2F2, not CCl4. The boiling point of diclorodifluoromethane at -29.8 °C vs. 1465 °C for sodium chloride might explain

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12/Wickapoodia (my spelling)

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I think they are 2 different things, seems I heard that. archer wrote: In a message dated 9/7/2007 4:35:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone who does not believe that R12 is bad for the ozone layer needs to read this article.

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
heck no, if you have a need for a big vehicle for hauling, then by all means, have it. Just to drive around in is stupid. Everyone should be more efficient, but I do not think they should be forced to. Its up to the individual. Hendrik wrote: Nobody wants to be the 'boy who cried wolf'

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread Kevin Kraly
Perhaps instead of buying that 7 liter SUV to ferry the kids to soccer, we'll opt for the 6.8 liter and get that warm, fussy feeling that we have personally saved the planet from becoming a hot house. In my family fleet, there have been quite a few changes in vehicles over the past couple

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-07 Thread E M
I kind of had my eye on a small displacement Lambo LM002, it's only 5.2litres. Mind you, those 12 cylinders do burn through that 76 gallon/ 290 litre tank of premium gas kind of fast. hee hee. Hmm, maybe a diesel conversion project?? :-) Ed 300E On 08/09/2007, Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Tom Hargrave
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This is another good example of why the US should not be in charge of the world, just about every civilized nation has banned R12 due to it doing nasty things to the ozone but h

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Hendrik
Well obviously according to those scientists, there is in fact no ozone layer and all the pollution we are producing is actually good for the environment. And if those scientists are wrong, what are you gonna do? After all they have cashed their cheques and are now living somewhere in the

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Hendrik
Well yes there are still cars in Oz with R12 in the system but it is now unobtanium and releasing it into the atmosphere is against the law. Tom Hargrave wrote: Manufacturing new R12 has been banned in this country but there is still old stock around, plus re-cyclers are re-processing stock.

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Tom Hargrave
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09/06/07 11:08 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= propaganda. In fact, there is no real proof that r12 does damage to the ozone. Hendrik wrote

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
propaganda. In fact, there is no real proof that r12 does damage to the ozone. Hendrik wrote: This is another good example of why the US should not be in charge of the world, just about every civilized nation has banned R12 due to it doing nasty things to the ozone but h no not you and

Re: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12

2007-09-06 Thread Tom Hargrave
: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? killer R12 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well yes there are still cars in Oz with R12 in the system but it is now unobtanium and releasing it into the atmosphere is against the law. Tom Hargrave wrote: Manufacturing new R12 has been banned in this country but there is still