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Just Curious. Where do the so called grey market cars come into the USA
from?
mak
yes, it is a grey market car
Craig McCluskey wrote:
grey market car. The VIN is WDB1241251A055017, which does seem to imply
it
wasn't sold in the US.
Is the 2.5 engine the same one used in the early
Did these cars have a front bumper?
Hank
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From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Diesel List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:29 PM
Subject: [MBZ] 1952 MERCEDES BENZ 170D
Henry Kolesnik wrote:
Did these cars have a front bumper?
It HAD a chrome bumper in the style of the rear bumper - though at least
some had a right and a left half with nothing in the middle (where the
crank would fit).
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh
Luther,
The sunroof on my CD has been giving me alot of grief as well. I had to
replace the gear which engages the cable connected to the roof. It is some
sort of composite material and can strip. It seems that if you can open the
roof manually than the gear should be okay. I've had my roof
firestone is full of shit, the wheel is the same as all the others.
Christopher McCann wrote:
a real spare...
what is that, exactly? My friend's 64 Olds JetStar 88
has as a spare a real fifth wheel - you rotate it
with the others, etc. A real wheel with real tire.
FIRESTONE (this could be
if you want to stop them from breaking, next time one breaks, save it.
Drill a hole in the side of the air cleaner next to valve cover, mount
the broken mount to the air cleaner so the rubber is jammed between the
cleaner and valve cover, and it keeps it from vibrating as much and
makes them
you probably need to adjust the clutch.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
The sunroof on my CD is inop. The motor is turning, but when it turns
the gear mechanism, the roof won't operate. You can open and close it
manually with a screwdriver. Is the gear box bad? I tried to take the
box off, but
Hi all,
I finally fiddled with the full load fuel delivery (and max RPM) on my injection
pump this afternoon. Details are here:
http://buymbparts.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2262posted=1#post2262
Short version is that it worked OK, there's more power, but EGT's increase too
much with extended
Or how about a 240D with a Buy It Now of $15,900.00?
What an ugly color!
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I have a complete set of doors and trunk lid for one of these things. Not
something you see very often these days.
My 85 300D Euro was brought in country by a Paraguayan diplomat. The DOT
conversion requirements are twelve pages and cost him $4800 to get the work
done by Tyson's Motors in Vienna, VA. He bought the car new for $44,437
from Stuttgart and had it delivered to Alexandria, VA.
Harry Watkins
86
The interior is trashed too. How can he expect more than $1,000 for this POJ?
On 6/24/05, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It will likely only be cheap until you go to fix the AC.
Lee
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Hell, buy 'em both!
On 6/25/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don, would you look at the $1300 one for me? Dad might be interested in
it.
Tnx, Luther
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:48:37 -0500, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oklahoma city paper today - no association, etc.
Badgeless pig in a poke with a flexible radio antenna that he left
stuck in the tailgate. Oddly, I kind of like the wheel covers. The
manual rear windows are a safety hazard if you're driving solo and
want to open them while moving down the road...
On 6/26/05, Dwight E. Giles, Jr. [EMAIL
Thistle green is a light green IIRC.
On 6/27/05, Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure glad I moved back to CA. Sales tax would be about 1,100 and 80
bucks registration fees and no smog test or inspection fees.
I think the color is called Thistle Green.
John
On 6/26/05, redghost
there is really no telling. I turn up on the msn search.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:43:20 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
starting to get spammers trying to send spam to the lists, boy that sure
didnt take long.
So how did they find out about the
you just tighten the nut on the outside of the motor in the trunk.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
how do you adjust the clutch? Is this in the service manual?
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:04:09 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you probably need to adjust the clutch.
--
Kaleb C.
Saw this and just had to pass it on
inline: Image015.jpg
He used a nice silver paint and I am guessing a THICK brush. There is
no way any rust is ever going to escape. And to get in, there must be
a layer millimeters deep to traverse
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D
What is a B class -- looks like a small SUV? Kinda cool.
--R
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Yes. But if your belts all need to be replaced, just cut them off so you
can replace the alternator/water pump belts with minimal trouble. Once you
get home, you can figure out how to do the other ones at your leisure.
Good idea, and that's exactly what I did. Only
The eBay ad calls the color Mango Green.
Chuck
On Monday, June 27, 2005, at 06:21 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I happend to like that rich pea soup green. Anyone know what's it
called?
This baby is MINT, and fully loaded with PWs and a power s/r. Well
worth the BIN price, IMO.
On
andrew strasfogel wrote:
The
manual rear windows are a safety hazard if you're driving solo and
want to open them while moving down the road...
So is talking on a cell phone (whether driving solo or not)! You could
of course pull over and position the windows to your liking! Most people
did
You don't have the B Class down there?? We have it here apparently(I
don;t keep up with the junky gas powered stuff)
Go to: http://www.mercedes-benz.ca/index.cfm?id=2921 and read all about it.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
83 300D
Seriously:
Soybeans and corn replace some petro-based products
In Nebraska, Cargill Inc. has become the first company to
commercialize a technology that turns raw corn kernels into white
pellets that can be spun into fabric or molded into plastic. The
materials look like traditional polyesters
Seriously:
Soybeans and corn replace some petro-based products
In Nebraska, Cargill Inc. has become the first company to
commercialize a technology that turns raw corn kernels into white
pellets that can be spun into fabric or molded into plastic. The
materials look like traditional polyesters
OK Andrew,
But, you didn't have to say it twice...
Chuck
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From yesterday's Sunday Times of London
How about I add the article this time!
Diesel does it for new Jaguars
By Vaughan Freeman
Our correspondent says the prestige car-makers have two new models that
can prise buyers from rivals
A NEW Jaguar for the price of a new Ford? Dealers selling the Blue Oval
cars must be
just trying a new email.
you got C- on your test
On 6/27/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just trying a new email.
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For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com
No, not in the US, apparently the euro/$ exchange rate is not such they
can make money on them here, but if that changes, then they might sell
them here. There are 2 diesel versions, not sure if they are being sold
in the norte lands or not.
--R
Jeff Zedic wrote:
You don't have the B Class
No, we only have the crappy gas stuff here except for the Smart car and
the E320 CDI. We still have the US market exerting too much influence on
our models, unfortunately.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
83 300D
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
Old news. :) I've heard about veggie-plastics for a number of years. A
prof at my university was researching converting garbage into a fuel.
Damn, I should look him up and see what he's doing now. My question is
has anybody found a way to de-polymerize a plastic back into a
Tim,
I'll bet we can but there would be a net energy loss in the process.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
83 300D
Hello All,
I was reading about belt repair and I noticed a special tool to set the
belt tension. Do you need the special tool or if not how do you go about
getting the right tension ?
TIA,
Dan Elliott
82 300D-T 81kmi
p.s. This is great ! : ftp://Diesel:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ it
smokes the
I caught last night's episode of The West Wing where there is a White
House meeting with representatives from different sectors of
alternative energy sources. It was sparked by the damage control team
when a White House official running over at Prius with an SUV.
I saw hybrids, wind, solar,
do they think more black smoke translates into more power?
Dave M. wrote:
Sweet! Thanks for the link. I wonder why those guys play with 201's
instead
of 124's? I love the trailer hitch on the black car, lol...
:-)
-dm
That's some serious turbo whistle!
you failed
Luther Gulseth wrote:
just trying a new email.
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To
Mine didn't DL properly. It got to 95% and then hung.
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 6/27/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
do they think more black smoke translates into more power?
was that a rerun or has the new season started up yet?
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
I caught last night's episode of The West Wing where there is a White
House meeting with representatives from different sectors of
alternative energy sources. It was sparked by the damage control team
when a White
Jason Brown wrote:
Where there is smoke, there is power and clearly those cars have more
power then my nearly smoke free 300Ds have.
Ever see semi truck drag racing? The exhaust coming out of those stacks
has so much soot in it, you could chop it up and sell it as charcoal
briquettes.
I believe it's a rerun for you guys down south. I'm told our network
CTV which carries WW up here decided to put it on hiatus while
American Idol was running, which it also carries. Then when Canadian
Idol started, it changed the tiem slot and threw it on Sundays. Put it
this way, the previous
1972 220D/8 I had had no clearcoat and even thirty years later it's
paint would shine up nicely.
So why do cars now have clearcoats?
Are the paints different, such that they would not shine up as well or
last as well?
Metallic paints used for the last 25 years or more are two step paints. The
Usually the SUVs run amok by themselves, evil beasts that they are,
crushing small cars and innocent bystanders and human companion
animals, as reported in the breathless media. I'm surprised there was
actually someone driving this one, well in the story anyway. Was the
driver and R or D?
Yes there is a tool that measures the tension and I'm sure MB has a
tension specification, but I just used the reasonably taut standard
and I think I am fine.
Allan
--
1983 300D
1966 230
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Hello All,
I was reading about belt repair and I noticed a special tool to
My thanks to all who had diagnostic suggestions re: this problem, and
to Mich, who kindly offered his personal help. I've been offline for
a couple days, but meanwhile, the problem has mysteriously fixed
itself. Shifts fine. I don't think my accelerator linkage lubing or
contact cleaning had
Rich Thomas wrote:
Usually the SUVs run amok by themselves, evil beasts that they are,
crushing small cars and innocent bystanders and human companion
animals, as reported in the breathless media. I'm surprised there was
actually someone driving this one, well in the story anyway.
What
Jason Brown wrote:
Where there is smoke, there is power...
Not even hardly - the instant there is smoke - power has dropped below
maximum - the unburned fuel (that makes the smoke) lowers the combustion
temps and that drops power!
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth (who doesn't
Maybe the overfuelling is how they keep their EGT's low enough to not
melt stuff.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
83 300D
Hi,
Noticed sometimes when my 1990 350 SDL ( No wisecracks please, Sunil ) with
244,000 miles cranks but does not start, or starts and barely runs*, that
the stop lever on the IP is about midrange in it's swing. If I move the
lever to it's uppermost position and then try to start the car, it
I suspect it's just a simple case of overfueling and using
dumb-pumps that lack the computer controls necessary for varying
incremental amounts of fuel per throttle position/load in a more
controlled manner. Those pumps have more than doubled the volume of
fuel injected per plunger stroke over
My mechanic said that the most likely reason for failure of the aux.
cooling fan in our 1985 300CD is a blown fuse. The fan blade spins
freely so the motor isn't seized. He says the fuse is located
separate from the fuse box but didn't tell me where. Can someone
help, or is he incorrect?
Jeff Zedic wrote:
Maybe the overfuelling is how they keep their EGT's low enough to not
melt stuff.
By george, I think he's got it. Makes more sense than thinking every
builder of competition diesel engines doesn't know how to tune an IP.
I'm reasonably certain that the vast majority of
Isn't there a thermal switch somewhere too that turns it on/off? I
don't know where the fuse would be but seems like if you follow the
power wire you should find it.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
My mechanic said that the most likely reason for failure of the aux.
cooling fan in our 1985
Zeitgeist wrote:
I suspect it's just a simple case of overfueling and using
dumb-pumps that lack the computer controls necessary for varying
incremental amounts of fuel per throttle position/load in a more
controlled manner. Those pumps have more than doubled the volume of
fuel injected per
Knock ya' I was born in that damn stinking nasty town!
On Monday, June 27, 2005, at 05:49 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Don't knock us if you can't spell our Potomac River properly.
On 6/24/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050623_125410.html
nope,
ANGELO GIAIMO wrote:
Hi,
Noticed sometimes when my 1990 350 SDL ( No wisecracks please, Sunil ) with
244,000 miles cranks but does not start, or starts and barely runs*, that
the stop lever on the IP is about midrange in it's swing. If I move the
lever to it's uppermost position and then try
I was at the Home despot and came out to this blazing away in the
parking lot. It is a 45 footer. Get any closer and the topography of
the paint pops right out and offends the eye. I had to get really
close to make sure I was not seeing things. Yep, the paint is THICK.
Not sure if the
andrew strasfogel wrote:
My mechanic said that the most likely reason for failure of the aux.
cooling fan in our 1985 300CD is a blown fuse. The fan blade spins
freely so the motor isn't seized. He says the fuse is located
separate from the fuse box but didn't tell me where. Can someone
help,
And the ButterBall turkey folks are using thanksgiving dinner to make
#2 fuel. Along with laser toner, and other goodies.
I think the return to technologies discovered early in the past century
can only be good. Now that imported petro is not as cheap as food, we
can regionalize the
There are LOTS of reasons for the aux fan not running besides a bad
fuse. Open windings occasionally occur. Brushes DO wear out. The fan
should only be on when refrigerant high side temperatures exceed about
65 deg C (that occurs when refrigerant pressure gets above about 275
psi) so it cycles
yes. Turkey plant in MO is using the process on offal, but works the
same for old computers, coffee makers, little tykes toys. Fellows in
PA have a RD company trying to get the factories out there to
de-polymerize lots of stuff. Changing World Technologies
On Monday, June 27, 2005, at
Does that mean that you also are a mutant D.C. organism GRIN
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of redghost
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 4:27 PM
To: andrew strasfogel; Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re:
It would harm the desert tortoise and scare the greenies to actually
use the desert or high plains for energy. New twist is to use the left
over stalks and plant waste to make ethenol. Much more energy in the
feed stock.
On Monday, June 27, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Usually the
More like Reflective roof coat?
On Monday, June 27, 2005, at 12:50 PM, John Ervine wrote:
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
Did you see it in person and take the pic? That silver isn't too far
off from the light blue of my wagon. What's the name for my blue
anyway?
Royce,
In more ways than one. Was back there with the family last summer.
The wife got caught up in the power oozing around the town. I was just
happy to go home to seattle. Nice to hit the historic spots with the
kids. Not so great to have the full cavity search at street corners,
and
My daughter lives and works in London, and told me yesterday that she got a
promotion that includes a company car. Sshe trotted right down to
the M-B dealer and picked out a C class gasser. All that training and
indoctrination growing up that diesels are better apparently didn't sink
Clay said...
Changing World claims an 80% efficiency. The nat gas produced in the
process is used to power the next cycle, since the cost to transport
the gas is not cost effective
- Ah, yes, the age old problem with natural gas. One solution we came up
with while I was at Amoco was to build
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Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
Yes, that's what I'm saying. Our market is too small to get what the
rest of the world gets. And because we're next to the US, it's cheaper
and easier to give us the same models. I'd be happy if we could even get
a manny tranny here! For whatever reason, MBUSA thinks we're all too
lazy and
You failed... I hate yahoo email. 1k spams a day.
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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From: Luther Gulseth
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: [MBZ] test
just trying a new email.
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