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-Curt
--- On Tue, 9/2/08, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:33 PM
My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know
if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like
a Diesel MB, except that you can't
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from
curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under
power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too.
If you have a big enough hill, you can do it with an automatic
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away
from
curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away
under
power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too.
The diesel will be a bit more reluctant, though, that whole glow
plug thing. I did the
Not enough hills around tere.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:10 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever
Often
It seems than at Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:34:57 -0400, Wilton wrote:
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill;
pull away from curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch
out; voila - drive away under power. 240D with manual tranny
oughta do it, too.
Wilton
It can - if
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Often started my '31 Model A Ford by parking on slight hill; pull away from
curb, let it roll coupla feet, let the clutch out; voila - drive away under
power. 240D with manual tranny oughta do it, too.
Only opportunity I've ever had to do that trick was on a
(Why is a car with nonfunctional power steering so much harder
to steer than one with no power steering at all? Parasitic
drag, so to speak, from the hydraulics?)
Some, but I'd bet more is because the system is designed
for assist, and so has a smaller steering wheel and/or
higher gearing in
Jim Cathey wrote:
Some, but I'd bet more is because the system is designed
for assist, and so has a smaller steering wheel and/or
higher gearing in the steering box, making for 'more
responsive' steering. So long as the boost is there.
IME, a power rack and pinion without hydraulic pressure
My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know
if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like
a Diesel MB, except that you can't kick start the MB.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did I mention fixing the
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