John M McIntosh wrote:
People mutter about safety, but they should see the videos of them
smacking e-classes, or the video of it hitting a concrete barrier at
70 mph
I think what the I want something bigger folks are thinking
of is getting hit by a 7,000lb truck with greenhouse high bumpers.
There are no seals in the turbo like you thinking. They dont dry up and
leak from sitting. What happens is you suck something in and the fins
get damaged, and cause the shaft to then be imbalanced, which wears
things out.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
seals start to go bad after they haven't
yes, the glass just pops right out. Pry it out from the outer edge. 2
second job.
Jerry Herrman wrote:
The glass is broken on the driver side mirror on my 82 240D (123 body
style). I have been told that I can replace the glass mirror without
removing the mirror housing. Is this true? Has
At 04:54 PM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:27:30AM -0400, J.B. Hebert wrote:
I am preparing to RR the suspension on my '95 E300D, and the only
tool I think I am missing to do the job is a sub frame bushing
tool. Does anyone have any experience with the Sir Tools
version?
People mutter about safety, but they should see the videos of them smacking
e-classes, or the video of it hitting a concrete barrier at 70 mph (mind they
admit the impact would have killed everyone (normally expected) before
mocking the safety features.
I have seen the video of a Smart vs a
A loaded semi is more along the lines of 34,000 - 100,000 lbs
depending on the number of axles. I don't think it really maters what
you are driving at that point.
-Dave Walton
87SDL, 94S350, 99E300
On 8/29/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John M McIntosh wrote:
People mutter about
Very cool. It didn't last long though -- hopefully the next iteration will.
On 8/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hardly a new concept:
http://www.autohistory.org/feature_6.html
Or just Google Lohner-Porsche
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the
Wasn't the first instance of not starting on a slope determined to be
a low oil level issue?
So there could be at least two causes ---
On 8/29/06, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 01:00:54PM -0500, Harry Watkins wrote:
With leaking delivery valves, a low fuel tank level
I have read about several that have been hacked to provide external charging -
On 8/29/06, Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
None of the current breed of Hybrids have any external battery
charging capabilities.
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the right thing...
rumor has it that dave wrote:
On 8/29/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John M McIntosh wrote:
People mutter about safety, but they should see the videos of
them smacking e-classes, or the video of it hitting a concrete
barrier at 70 mph
I think what the I want something
OK Don wrote:
Wasn't the first instance of not starting on a slope determined to be
a low oil level issue?
So there could be at least two causes ---
Oil has NOTHING to do with it! It's all a matter of air getting into the
fuel system and allowing the fuel to flow back toward the tank.
In a message dated 8/29/2006 8:42:46 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In looking through the papers that came with my 1985 300D I found the
original window invoice. It lists optional equipment, one of which is item
551, a Anti-Theft Alarm System. The cost was
So explain why the intake manifold was coated in FRESH oil when I removed the
original turbo. How does the oil get from the sloppy valve guides through a
fairly dry air filter housing to the dry turbo intake? Might I have just
gotten back to back bad turbos?
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:33:19
should there be any play in the turbo shaft when it's good?
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:57:44 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are no seals in the turbo like you thinking. They dont dry up and
leak from sitting. What happens is you suck something in and the fins
get
So you will deliver it when you are a goner and give me $4k (8 times
$500) H... Ok, I will wait till you are a goner!
At 04:32 PM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 04:20:38PM -0500, Loren Faeth wrote:
I'll take the car as is if you deliver and give me $500.
You can try
Luther Gulseth wrote:
should there be any play in the turbo shaft when it's good?
It's a hydrodynamic bearing, so without oil pressure it's not going to
behave like it does in use. I've heard some axial (in-and-out) play is
normal, but sideways play should be minimal.
Having spend half the day helping a friend with alternator troubles I would
not rule out a malfunctioning altternator. It may be putting out less than
what it is supposed too, easy to take out and have an auto sparky test.
Cough cough...clearing the throat for my solo number
In the Mercedes maintenance world usally the wheel bearings are cleaned,
inspected and if serviceable repacked with fresh grease when the rotors are
replaced/machined.
There is a method to the madness, then again if you are one those people
that believes in reactive maintenance perhaps a
Yes well but I would rather be in a Smart than some of these cheap Asian
cardboxes on wheels.
The human body can withstand a lot of G's but being crushed by cheap metal
it cannot.
On an unrelated safety note, while fixing the central locking in my 85 201 I
noticed that it is fitted with seat
dave walton wrote:
A loaded semi is more along the lines of 34,000 - 100,000 lbs
depending on the number of axles. I don't think it really maters what
you are driving at that point.
When I mentioned 7,000lb trucks, I was talking about modern everyday
commuter vehicles. (although most don't
Given the output of current solar cells and the area available on the
roof of a car, wouldn't you have to leave it parked in full sun for
about a month just to drive it a few miles?
-Dave Walton
On 8/29/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rapeseed is the predecessor name fro Canola
Did you properly seat (bed) the brake pads when you installed them? This
is an important procedure that is often overlooked. It is more important
for some types of pads than others.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=85
Tom Potter
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How does one jump (start) one of these little hermaphrodites?
Tom Potter
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To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT hybrids (was: Re: A little
In this case, yes - but I thought (could be wrong again -- ) that if
the oil level sensor think's you're too low, it prevents the starter
from turning on. ?
If so, when you're marginally low, and parked at the wrong angle, it
could prevent the car from starting.
On 8/29/06, Marshall Booth
The idea is for the solar cells to continuously recharge the batteries while
driving. This would extend the length of time the car can run on battery
power.
On 8/30/06, dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Given the output of current solar cells and the area available on the
roof of a car,
The 123 doesnt have an electric vacuum pump.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 8/29/2006 8:42:46 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In looking through the papers that came with my 1985 300D I found the
original window invoice. It lists optional
yea there will be a little bit of play, the play goes away when the oil
is pressurized, the shaft rides on a film of oil. If there is alot of
play, thats a different story.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
should there be any play in the turbo shaft when it's good?
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:57:44 -0500,
Curt wrote:
Interestingly I find that lawyers rarely drive 'em. ALL the lawers I
know (6 right now, met another yesterday) drive Audi. Most of the MALE
IT people I know drive pickup trucks. One guy I work with has a Dodge
2500 v10. The bed is pristine, never hauled anything.
Well
You have the makings of the next great reality TV show. Kansas City Law
I bet your company picnics could evolve into a WWF style free-for-all
with a little creative prodding. Maybe O.J. Simpson could host it?
-Dave Walton
On 8/30/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curt wrote:
Barry hit this one on the head. Turned out that the bolt holding the
battery ground was cross threaded and would not tighten properly. Tap and a
new bolt plus a through cleaning took care of that [at my nephew's shop] and
most electrical problems seem to have disappeared. Oil pressure still
Kinda useless for the most part. 400 to 500 miles of moderate driving
is fine, but if I need to use heavy braking - I wont have much of a
choice in the matter.
-Dave Walton
On 8/30/06, Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you properly seat (bed) the brake pads when you installed them?
Verry Carefully!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does one jump (start) one of these little hermaphrodites?
Tom Potter
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I just drove the 85 300D home yesterday as the temp gauge went quickly to
red hot but I didn't think the engine was getting hot. Put in a
replacement gauge yesterday and the temp is fine. Turns out I got it from
the original owner, he purchased it in Delaware and brought it to East
Tenn when
On an unrelated safety note, while fixing the central locking in my 85
201 I
noticed that it is fitted with seat belt force pre tensioners, wonder
wether
they still work?
One sure way to find out!
-- Jim
I'll take the car as is if you deliver and give me $500.
You can try prying it out of my cold dead hands for eight times that.
Everybody note: this is the response _before_ doing the job!
-- Jim
I have been told that I can replace the glass mirror without
removing the mirror housing.
Absolutely. The job is either trivial or merely easy, depending
on whether or not you have heated mirrors. (I think.) Some glass,
the heated kind I thought, is retained by a circular metal spring
clip
tool I am missing to do the job is a sub frame bushing tool.
I believe that you can do this job with big washers and spacers,
but with more fooling around. I did it on my wife's SL that way.
-- Jim
Dave Walton wrote:
You have the makings of the next great reality TV show. Kansas City
Law I bet your company picnics could evolve into a WWF style
free-for-all with a little creative prodding. Maybe O.J. Simpson could
host it?
The firm picnics/bar-b-Q/barn parties are always fun and
I want to be on your team!
I had been attending Oberlin for over a year before I realized they
had a football team. They were rather proud of their record - not a
single win in 5 years.
-Dave Walton
On 8/30/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Walton wrote:
You have the makings
My uncle played softball in Hilo, HI for years. They always had coolers
full of beer. After he got too old to play, they made him in charge of the
coolers, to be sure there was always ice and beeah! They never seemed to
care what the score was, or who won or lost, they were out to have fun!
I've just got one question for you; What's the matter with Kansas?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas
On 8/30/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are in Kansas - a solidly republican state, yet we have 7 democrats
and only one big truck .
Casey
Olympia,
In a message dated 8/30/2006 8:23:15 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where is the vacuum pump located? That is probably
the first place to look for the alarm problem.
Allan,
I assumed you had an electric vacuum pump as most all MB from about 82 on
have
I think the W123 did not have an electric vac pump, only started with
the W126 (in the trunk) and the W124 (under the rear seat).
On 8/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 8/30/2006 8:23:15 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where is the
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Alan,
I assumed you had an electric vacuum pump as most all MB from about 82
on
have them. Kaleb says no and he has a bunch of them.
It is a mechanical pump in the same place as all the other 123's I have had.
Alan
I think the W123 did not have an electric vac pump, only started with
the W126 (in the trunk) and the W124 (under the rear seat).
No electrics in 123 to my knowledge. The only car that I know of
to have both electric and non-electric vacuum systems was the 107.
So 114/115, 116, 107, and 123 go
My '95 E300D starts and runs for 15 to 30 seconds, then stalls. I suspect
algae or other debris in the fuel tank.
To remove and clean the screen inside the fuel tank of a 124 -
Do I have to remove the tank? Or can screen be removed from under the car?
How is it attached?
These things are not
Ned
If its like my SDL it has a plastic pre filter. Replace or bypass that for
a test drive.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
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From: ned kleinhenz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My '95 E300D starts and runs for 15 to 30
I just bought the car, so I did not install the pads/rotors.
Anyway not the end of the world, just one of lifes little annoyances.
Thanks for the link and I might give the brakes a bit of a work out to see
if it helps.
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From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
What, drive it into a wall?
Seriously I am interested to know how they function, are there sensors which
detect the crumple zone crumpling or is there a sensor in the seat belt
mechanism which can tell when an emergencey situation exists?
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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:47 PM
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I want to be on your team!
I had been attending Oberlin
My 83 300SD has been inclined to over speed when shifting from second
to third under light load when not fully warmed up. It has done this since
I got it about 30,000 miles ago. I have messed with the modulator
adjustment and tried switching to Mobil 1 ATF. Both these actions helped
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