Check the engine ground strap, down under the firewall attaches
above/side of the transmission. Mine went loose at one time, sorta
acted like that, with some occasional fireworks at cranking. (I'm
presuming the 240 is like the 300 in that regard)
--R
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Car is a 1979
Larry,
To echo what John and Werner said. I use Mobil 1 ATF in my 240D and my 300D
2.5t. They both shift well in cold. On the 240D I had a before and after
comparison. On the 300D 2.5t, it's just smooth and no hesitation when
staring out on a cold RI morning. I don't know about the Dexron III
Going to look at a 200D fintail this week. Any
particular areas to pay special attention to?? Car
has some rust but I am not sure just how much. Is this
a model that once the rust starts it is pretty much
terminal in the sense that you can't really get rid of
it? Also wondering what to expect
eric peterson wrote:
Going to look at a 200D fintail this week. Any
particular areas to pay special attention to?? Car
has some rust but I am not sure just how much. Is this
a model that once the rust starts it is pretty much
terminal in the sense that you can't really get rid of
it? Also
haven't seen it yet but description was a spot or two
of rust on the hood, one under the front turn signal
and a spot on the door sill. so hopefully its not a
lost cause.
--- Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
eric peterson wrote:
Going to look at a 200D fintail this week. Any
I am intersted
Howard Fulford wrote:
On 16 Feb, Eric wrote :
Well I couldn't resist anymore and bought one of those reserve fuel cans
that fit inside the spare you see all the time on ebay. Now that I have it I
was wondering if someone could share the story behind them with me. This is
the
!!
The 200D is a 110.110. They are great fun. The rust question depends on
your tolerance. If you want a perfect car or a show car, the rust will be
quite expensive. If you want a car to drive, rust and all, the 110 can
look pretty bad and still be roadworthy. I drove a 65 190Dc for
Very likely problem. If that ground strap is loose, the current
usually returns via the shift or kickdown linkage, and causes problems
there, too.
Peter
Finally got to changing the head gasket on the 87 300D today, in hopes
that a new gasket will cure the oil collecting in the coolant tank
problem and that I won't discover a cracked head (yes, its a 14 head,
probably the original with 262,000 miles now).
Between tracking down my engine hoist
Want to do another one after you finish yours?
Mine's been leaking the last 150,000 miles.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Peter Frederick
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:01 PM
To:
Whoo, I think this one will be enough for me for a while!
My hands are gonna ache for days as it is, and I'm less than half done!
Peter
Don't fret too much Peter. I pulled the head from mine with a chain
winch suspended from a bit less than 8' ceiling in a too small garage.
Came out all right with the turbo exhaust manifold attached even
though I didn't have the winch very well positioned. Kinda resist the
temptation to put
I understand - that's why I've not done mine yet. My head gasket started
leaking 3.5 years ago, I put stuff in to keep it sealed decided that I'd
fix it when it gets worse. 150,000 miles later and the symptoms are covered
up as long as I keep stuff in the radiator. Maybe it will get bad enough
got an idea what POS means, am i correct???; looks like the exact same,
cheap paint color that Peach auto painting co. put on my 79 240D;
Zodiac blue; would look beautiful if they put it on thicker than an Onion
skin!!!; supposed to be sanded; yes they ALSO?!?!?sanded the alum.
trim around
Hello Everyone,
I'm asking on behalf of my friend who is considering becoming an MB owner.
He is looking at buying a 2000 C230, very nicely equipped with a several
fairly rare (in the W202) factory options. The car is coming from WI
Simonson (an MB dealership) in Santa Monica, Ca. The car is
Today went to start her and panel lights went for a second, a click
noise
and all went out when it was in the ignition all right position.
Absolutely classic symptoms of a bad battery connection. Check
them all, both ends, grounds included.
-- Jim
Today's Topics:
1. Re: POS SDL (BillR)
BillR: How much of a pain was it to have the rust cut out from under
your rear window on your '81 300SD? I have an '82 300SD that leaks in
the trunk and I'm sure the water coming from under the rear window sill
(looks like the rubber seal is badly
Peter - the 126's seem to have more than their share of water leakage
around the back window, especially on the left side. I'm told that it is
usually from a failed rubber gasket that leads to rust through of the metal,
all pretty well hidden from outside view.
The repair involves removing
Hi Peter - I share your pain. I was having the rear window replaced due to
a crack, and constant water problems in the trunk. When they removed the
rear window they could not install a new one as the rust was just to
extensive. I took it to a body shop I know [$37.50 / hour] and had the
A BP station near me just added a diesel pump. They switched all the handles
to black except the diesel, which is green. At another BP station in town with
diesel, all handles are green except diesel, which is black.
Chris
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City,
Sehr schone Hunde
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 167K
'87 Acura Legend 182K
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: [MBZ] nozzle observation (bad pun)
A BP station near me
Bob - Do you mean it never rains and you never wash your car? That is the
only source for rust down here - except for those who live several miles
nearer the ocean than I do.
BillR
- Original Message -
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Just shows that you can never have too many nozzle observations.
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1979 240D-250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t 135K miles
Wickford, RI
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Christopher McCann
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007
A '76 300D with minor issues...
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/280232970.html
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 167K
'87 Acura Legend 182K
Litchfield Park, AZ
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 19 17:50:48 2007
Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.178])
by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp
Yes I was my cars and yes it does occasionally rain.
I guess I've been lucky in the rust regard.
All I have is on little spot the size of a dime behind the right rear
wheel...and the spot has been dime-sized since I bought the car.
Bob R.
- Original Message -
From: BillR [EMAIL
What else could it be, other than a new engine? Not clear to me what he
thinks it needs.
Dwight
Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
Wickford RI 02852
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro
Sent: Monday,
Bob,
What did I miss? Babel Fish translates that as:
Much preserve dogs
Chuck
On Feb 19, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
Sehr schone Hunde
I'll give a cheer for that. Mine did spend a year in SC after a long life
in CA.
BillR
- Original Message -
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 15, Issue
OK, Bob - what happened to the umlaut in Schöne?
Werner
- Original Message -
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] nozzle observation (bad pun)
Sehr schone Hunde
Bob Rentfro
sehr schöne Hundevery beautiful dogs
It looks like I was umlaut challenged in the first post.
I am the worlds worst speller feller.
Bob R
- Original Message -
From: Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19,
I've forgotten how to do the umlautsI know we discussed that once at
length.
To get it to work on the previous post to Chuck, I had to do the translator
thing and then cut and paste.
Bob R.
- Original Message -
From: Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion
Add the umlaut and bablefish returns Very beautiful dogs. It took
me awhile to notice the sig line --
On 2/19/07, Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, Bob - what happened to the umlaut in Schöne?
Werner
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run
umlauted o = alt 148 (number pad) = ö
On 2/19/07, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've forgotten how to do the umlautsI know we discussed that once at
length.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just
sit there.
Will Rogers
'90
If that's a 4 band Becker radio in the photo and it works, you could
almost pay for the car with that part alone.
On 2/19/07, Dwight E. Giles, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What else could it be, other than a new engine? Not clear to me what he
thinks it needs.
Dwight
Bissell Cove Quahog Auto
Just type in alt 0-2-4-6 for ö; alt 0-2-5-2 for ü, etc. That will get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Werner
- Original Message -
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 1:32 PM
Subject:
Werner,
That's amazing - how did you learn this?
On 2/19/07, Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just type in alt 0-2-4-6 for ö; alt 0-2-5-2 for ü, etc. That will get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Werner
- Original Message -
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL
Yes, that also works, seems there's a series that uses 4 digits starting
with 0, and another with 3 digits. But the 3 digit ones don't seem to
work on this version of OE!
Werner
- Original Message -
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
I suspect that DG meant German brands (Beru/Bosch), rather than the
production source. I've had great luck with French-made Bosch plugs. In
fact, I've never had issues with any OEM French production parts...except
for the rear tail light lenses on Volvo 7-series wagons; those suck.
On 2/16/07,
Andrew - I just keep a list of the character codes for all the umlauts and
a few other things like ß, £, º, and ¢ on a sticky next to the monitor.
There's several sources for the codes, which are in the ASCII table, and in
MS Word, etc.
Werner
- Original Message -
From: andrew
öa I see!
now if I can remember it for more than twenty minutes...
Bob R
- Original Message -
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] nozzle observation (bad pun)
umlauted
Anyone have a picture of one of these reserve tanks? I would think that
there would be some safety concerns, especially is used in a gasser. Many
will say that carrying a can of gas in the trunk is akin to carrying around
an incendiary bomb. Diesel fuel isn't as explosive, so might be OK as
DITTO!
Chris
Andrew - I just keep a list of the character codes for all the
umlauts and
a few other things like ß, £, º, and ¢ on a sticky next to the
monitor.
Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew - I just keep a list of the
character codes for all the umlauts and
a few
Hi Werner,
There's a photo in the eBay advert - item # 4427103012543053 from my earlier
post -
it's an almost round/flat can which looks like ity would fit into the wheel
well. Wouldn't want that in the trunk during an accident - at least the gas
tanks of most vehicles are enclosed in chassis
Glenn Brown wrote:
The BP stations here have orange diesel pump coverings to distinguish them
from their green covered gas nozzles. I wish the industry would unite on
one color code.
I've written to BP several times suggesting a pump nozzle color standard
(as different BP stations are NOT
Andrew said
Looks pretty good considering all its ailments. I like the fact that
the hatch stays open in winter. My 123 300TD hatch struts are
degassed again. :(
Just replaced mine a few weeks ago for the second time ever. This time I
got a pair from Rusty, and I have to really
Come on north and be further confused. Here in Manitoba (can't recall if it is
the same in other provinces) the
diesel handles are yellow.
Randy
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:10 AM
To:
Minus 9 C here this morning. Amazing how much difference 10 degrees makes. If
this lasts, we will soon be
complaining that it is cold again. I guess it is a good thing that we adapt to
whatever comes.
Randy
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Well, my A/C compressor had well and truly killed itself. Indy says it
appears to have gotten a slug of liquid. He got the supplier to warrant it
and covered a new dryer himself. He thinks the cold weather caused it...he
put in an evaporator temperature sensor to shut down the compressor when
Royce Engler wrote:
Well, my A/C compressor had well and truly killed itself. Indy says it
appears to have gotten a slug of liquid. He got the supplier to warrant it
and covered a new dryer himself. He thinks the cold weather caused it...he
put in an evaporator temperature sensor to shut down
In the US, diesel CANS must be yellow. So that makes the most sense. (Blue for
Kerosene and red for gasoline).
Chris, who never saw a yellow diesel nozzle handle.
R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come on north and be further confused.
Here in Manitoba (can't recall if it is the same
50 matches
Mail list logo
