[MBZ] Good deal on W203 C7 Sport wheels

2006-03-14 Thread Dave M.
Not a bad deal... these are a perfect fitment on a W124: http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140699 I've got those exact wheels on my 1987 300D, with 225/45/17 tires. They are 17x7.5 ET37. Here's a photo of them on my car:

Re: [MBZ] Frappr - I'm the complainer and here's why

2006-03-14 Thread Zoltan Finks
My wife's with you on that. Fear the low rise jeans and g strings! Brian On 3/14/06, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, man, yer scaring me -- my son is at one a them Catholic U's, and you got me fearing for his unblemished purity... --R Zoltan Finks wrote: Yeah, if I want to see

Re: [MBZ] Frappr - I'm the complainer and here's why

2006-03-14 Thread John Berryman
On Mar 14, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Hey, man, yer scaring me -- my son is at one a them Catholic U's, and you got me fearing for his unblemished purity... I'd be more concerned with him getting hit on by priests. We loved it when the catholic school girls came over to our

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 82 300TDt

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Cathey
either which is one reason why we have not tried to sell it (since we really don't have much use for it now). If it were close enough we'd love to consider buying one. I was going to make one, the lack of safety features doesn't bother me, they'd be easy enough to add if necessary. We're in

Re: [MBZ] engine swap 83 617 to 80

2006-03-14 Thread Bob DuPuy
Oil filter canister huh, I hadn't thought about that one. You sure its different and not cross compatible? Bob DuPuy On 3/14/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yep, it will work just fine. You will have to swap the oil filter canister, linkage, motor mount arms and such but it

Re: [MBZ] Frappr - I'm the complainer and here's why

2006-03-14 Thread John Berryman
On Mar 14, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Zoltan Finks wrote: Sadly, soft porn is all around us in real life in the way the women dress. I find it refreshing not sad. I could do without the tattoo above the crack that is in vogue these days though. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am

Re: [MBZ] Frappr - I'm the complainer and here's why

2006-03-14 Thread BillR
Thanks, Chuck. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 'EM' 272k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Landenberger Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:11 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Frappr - I'm the complainer and

[MBZ] latest STAR MB Popemobiles

2006-03-14 Thread Christopher McCann
The latest edition of STAR has a great article on the history of all the MB's given to the Vatican. Pope Paul VI's awesome 600 Laundalet steals the show, of course and it now resides at the museum in Untertürkheim. Can't wait to see it in September. There is a great pic of Paul VI in a

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 82 300TDt

2006-03-14 Thread R A Bennell
Our unit is horizontal shaft. The reason why I was switching sprockets and chain is that the motor had managed to twist sideways a bit and the sprocket alignment was therefore out. It was permitted to run like that for a few years and wore the teeth on the sprockets to the point where it would

Re: [MBZ] motor mounts 82 300TDt

2006-03-14 Thread R A Bennell
Haunt the surplus places for a hydraulic cylinder, pump and control. That is mostly what you need apart from some steel. My father built this thing out of mostly junk he had around 25 years or more ago and it did work pretty hard at one time without much complaint. Its a bit rugged and has never

Re: [MBZ] Ot Need a favour in SF Bay area

2006-03-14 Thread Wakin's
No, I don't think they will box it, but you never know Dave - Original Message - From: Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ot Need a favour in SF Bay area Thanks for the idea Dave but

Re: [MBZ] latest STAR MB Popemobiles

2006-03-14 Thread andrew strasfogel
When I was in the Peace Corps in Fiji, The King of Tonga (a tiny and impoverished Pacific Islands nation east of Fiji) ordered up a Mercedes 600 Pullman despite the almost total lack of money in the Treasury. The best part of this story is that after they offloaded the beautiful limo onto the

Re: [MBZ] latest STAR MB Popemobiles

2006-03-14 Thread LT Don
If only he'd had Rusty's phone number ... ! Hello FedEx. On 3/14/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So there the 600 sat like a beached whale for TWO MONTHS until the factory delivered a replacement set of keys in the hold of the next steamer to visit Tonga from

Re: [MBZ] ...steaky never works for me!...using Firefox

2006-03-14 Thread Marshall Booth
Christopher McCann wrote: You'll be happy to know I'm using Firefox...any suggestions there? (I try to avoid the MS thing.) I use Firefox for everything EXCEPT the steaky and braingears Mercedes tech sites. IE navigates and brings up many more pages (but there are still a few pages that

Re: [MBZ] ...steaky never works for me!...using Firefox

2006-03-14 Thread Christopher McCann
The plot thickens. Since I use an MS OS at work, I have IE buried somewhere. Will dig it out for this purpose. Danke Herr Dieseling Doktor! Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: You'll be happy to know I'm using Firefox...any suggestions there? (I try to

[MBZ] FM10 water separator - new from Stanadyne thru MercedesSource - thoughts?

2006-03-14 Thread Christopher McCann
What do y'all think? Is it worth $120? Seems like these first 25 DON'T come with mounting hardware/brackets/etc. Chris Original Message Subject: FM 10 Diesel Water Separator has finally arrivedDate:

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