> Also, auto tranny fluid does not absorb water like brake fluid and it
> does not wear out.
It can get water in it, but unlike the brakes it's circulated,
heated, and vented.
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I can go 150 miles. Of course the tranny has 330,000 miles on it and
this is the same car I am
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On 9/14/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> These da
How many posts do we get a month where the answer is "change the tranny fluid
and filter"?
I don't generally pay attention but my cars are usually manuals.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:59:11 -0400
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> Also, auto tranny fluid does not absorb wate
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Block heaters work on gassers too.
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> When I got my 87SDL, it would not shift into 3rd, flared horribly
> going into 2nd, and shifted hard. When I drained the trans fluid, it
s
>> Radiator - 60,000 miles max but often needed service before 35,000 miles
>> Engine - Needed major service before 100,000 miles
>> Transmission - Needed major service before 100,000 miles
>>
>> These days, you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major
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When I got my 87SDL, it would not shift into 3rd, flared horribly
going into 2nd, and shifted hard. When I drained the trans fluid, it
came out looking like chocolate s
Tom Hargrave wrote:
> Also, auto tranny fluid does not absorb water like brake fluid and it
> does not wear out.
Last I checked you could overheat it.
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> Years ago, the manufacturers waffled between change and no change.
And the dipstick was eliminated because contamination from removing
and wiping the dipstick was considered worse than the rare times
that people found low fluid with the dipstick. (usually low fluid
level
this material settles in the bottom of the pan.
>
> Also, auto tranny fluid does not absorb water like brake fluid and it
> does not wear out.
>
> Thanks, Tom
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Yah right, I'm talking about the 60s.
Thanks, Tom
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i can't remember back to the
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Mercedes is in on the act: when picking up parts at the dealer, I
asked how often the transmission fluid should
Mercedes is in on the act: when picking up parts at the dealer, I
asked how often the transmission fluid should be changed on my 1999
E300. They said "Never - it's good for life.". Of course that's
bullshit. Never changing trans fluid just guarantees it will fail.
They even stopped putting a drain
Of OK Don
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t's a religious thing - not a rational thing. Some of us are just
addicted to the clatta clatta and the smell. A Diesel engine feels
more 'mechanical' a
On 9/14/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> These days, you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major
> service.
I'm not convinced this is always a good thing. You're talking about
average service lives of components. A significant part of the data
set is under the left half
before 100,000 miles
> >
> > These days, you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major
> > service.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom Hargrave
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d major service before 100,000 miles
>
> These days, you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major
> service.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
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Haley
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Tom Hargrave wrote:
>
> Block heaters work on gassers too.
I tried to order a Sunfire with block heater a couple of years ago,
right after Pontiac quit guaranteei
with no major
> service.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
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you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major
service.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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Tom Hargrave wrote:
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> Block heaters work on gassers too.
I tried to order a Sunfire with block heater a couple of years ago,
right after Pontiac quit guaranteeing the orders. Mine didn't go through,
probably would have been one of the last ten stick shift Sunfires made
if I had gotten it.
Th
were it only that simply, dude. once upon a time it was that simple, back
in the days of points. but when the "electronic engine management" starts
going skanky with the miles, all the plugs and wires in the world won't help
you.
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> Na, change the plug
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I think I'm at the bottom of the high mileage drivers ranks. I do about
20,000 miles a year (110 miles a day plus some other travel).
To match the 40+mpg my 190D get
Block heaters work on gassers too.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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Na, change the plugs and wires and forget about them for 25,000 kms.
27;t...
Plus theres just something about pulling up to the diesel pump. Threading my
way past the big rigs. Having the truckers ask me what mileage my go-kart gets.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:13:01 -0400
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gas W140? Was - ro
Na, change the plugs and wires and forget about them for 25,000 kms. :-)
Now, parking a diesel here in the dead of winter and not having access to an
extension cord for the block heater, that is somethign to worry about. hee
hee.
Ed
300E
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Yeah, I can buy that. :-)
Ed
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> t's a religious thing - not a rational thing. Some of us are just
> addicted to the clatta clatta and the smell. A Diesel engine feels
> more 'mechanical' and a gas engine --- maybe that's it.
>
> > I thought a
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Not having an ignition system to worry about is a big plus to me.
On 9/13/07, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> t's a religious thing - not a rational thing. Some of us are just
> addicted to the clatta clatta and the smell. A Diesel engine feels
> more 'mechanical' and a gas engine --- maybe th
t's a religious thing - not a rational thing. Some of us are just
addicted to the clatta clatta and the smell. A Diesel engine feels
more 'mechanical' and a gas engine --- maybe that's it.
> I thought a lot about a diesel car, and while I'd still like one in ways, I
> never really bought all the "
Hi Larry,
I thought a lot about a diesel car, and while I'd still like one in ways, I
never really bought all the "it will go a million miles" stuff. Just what
part will do a million miles anyway? The bodies are the same, trans last
about the same, from reading many posts here, heads don't seem
dave walton wrote:
>
> I'd like to hear from anyone who has done that kind of swap before.
Only in the back of my mind, but I'd use the motor mounts/arms from
the 350SD and an injection pump for a '86-87 603 engine, and splice
in enough wiring harness to make the glow plugs and idle circuit wor
LarryT wrote:
> Since the diesel W140s all have that pesky rod bending problem and the lust
> for a W140 is as strong as ever, what;s the longevity of the gas W140s -
> like the S320 perhaps? Seems like a lot around.
The engine in the S320 was the same engine in the E320. Nice engine, but
the
I'd like to hear from anyone who has done that kind of swap before.
-Dave Walton
On 9/13/07, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> LarryT wrote:
> >
> > Since the diesel W140s all have that pesky rod bending problem and the lust
> > for a W140 is as strong as ever, what;s the longevity of
LarryT wrote:
>
> Since the diesel W140s all have that pesky rod bending problem and the lust
> for a W140 is as strong as ever, what;s the longevity of the gas W140s -
> like the S320 perhaps? Seems like a lot around.
Who cares? When it's time for a valve job or an engine computer fails,
swap
Since the diesel W140s all have that pesky rod bending problem and the lust
for a W140 is as strong as ever, what;s the longevity of the gas W140s -
like the S320 perhaps? Seems like a lot around.
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