The old 911 needs the heavier M1 - 15W50 preferably. 0W40 works for
'90-present but before that the tolerances are just not tight enough. The M1
website recommends 0W40 for all the Porsches regardless of year.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments -
My question is, where does
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/car/301778505.html
Surely someone on this list needs this
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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April 12-20th. I dunno how my work schedule will go but drop me a note if you
can get out.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:56:32 -0700
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OkieQ Dates
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Taking Digest #129 as one glowing example, there were five posts out of
nineteen using the subject line OkieQ Dates.
Three by Rentfro, one each by Cathey and McCann. Not one of them had anything
to do with the subject line.
Tell me again how sorting these by any of the suggested methods would
So, my el cheapo '84 300D has become a hot commodity for our 21 yr old
daughter who recently had her parked Volvo 7-series totalled by an
inattentive driver down in San Diego. This car has been driven almost
daily by my wife, but has been severely neglected by me, due to its
unfortunate
By reading the posts in sequence, you see the topic change from the
date/location to when good food is available, to quantities of
tomatoes, etc. to which varieties to grow, back to holding the party
during harvest instead of early June, etc.
I guess the posts don't seem quite as random and
The old-Only needs a starter ploy
My .02
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1979 240D-250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t 135K miles
Wickford, RI
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LT Don wrote:
Don't even ask me about zucchini!
The late Erma Bombeck suggested having the kids play softball with
the excess zukes. (use the zukes for bats)
Mitch.
The vacuum diagrams in the shop manual (see 80-260 and 80-900/901) are
pretty good. Get a mitivac and a couple of golf tees. Then lift the carpet
under the passenger's feet and check the circuits one at a time against the
diagram. As I recall, all the circuits except the left rear door lock can
That's a STEAL! Fix/shine/clean it up and it'll bring 6k plus on ePay
Luther
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:16:13 -0600, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://columbus.craigslist.org/car/303218942.html
any takers? I'll check it out for anyone.
--
Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark
'87
There's still a lot of stud noise. I'm starting to wonder if it's
creeping in around the semi-loose window, or worse yet, channeling up
through the door to the window from the big rusty holes in the bottom.
Will try sealing the glass in its channel. But tomorrow is the last
day I can legally
Thanks Rick,
But those are the Engine Compartment Diagrams.
I need the one for the Cabin.
Russ W.
Rick Knoble wrote:
Hi Gang,
Anybody have the PDF of the Vacuum Diagram for the 123 body.
I'm try to track down a massive leak on a buddies 84 300D.
Yeah. Click this link and then click on
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:37:16 -0500 E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Everyone,
Was the crossmember under the front hood, on top of the rad factory
painted to match the exterior?
On every MB I've seen, yes.
Also, were the inside bolts holding on the finders painted over?
Yes.
The car
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:15:48 -0700 Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know it needs lots of front end work, 'cause it chews through tires at
an alarming rate (inners wear really quickly).
An alignment might help enough to make it tolerable.
Craig
10-4
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From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OkieQ Dates
April 12-20th. I dunno how my work schedule will go but drop me a note if
you can get out.
-Curt
Date: Fri,
I will make an effort to watch my subject line.
Rentfro
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] sorting by subject line?
Taking Digest #129 as one glowing example, there were five posts out of
Thanks Craig. I think the car may have had a little paint blow'n in to
cover some stone chips, but I can't find any sign of damage due to an
accident. I ended up buying it anyway. :-)
Ed
On 30/03/07, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:37:16 -0500 E M [EMAIL
That is in the air conditioning section, I think.
On 3/30/07, Russ Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Rick,
But those are the Engine Compartment Diagrams.
I need the one for the Cabin.
Russ W.
--
http://don.homelinux.net/~don/
Allan wrote:follow your owner's manual
recommendations -- not Mobil's -- for oil weight
Exactly Allan, well said - Mobil's priority is to sell oil not worrying
about old cars like ours.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
Test Results
A 79 would be non turbo-right? When was the first turbo CD?
This is tempting.
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1979 240D-250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t 135K miles
Wickford, RI
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Rick Knoble wrote:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/car/301778505.html
Wow. This car seems to be more black market than gray market.
Doesn't appear to have a DOT tag in the door jamb, metric
instrumentation, fire extinguisher still under the seat. Very cool.
Wonder what its story is.
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:58:44 -0600 Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I sent a ZIP file of all of my vacuum system information last night, but
since it's 607 k, it's awaiting Kaleb's approval.
Here is a diagram of the cabin vacuum system.
I just took a good look at it and noticed that
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Ich gehe auf eine Wassermelone Skiingreise zum Schwarzen Meer
This is perfectly correct. Ich gehe means simply I go and is not
specific whether I fly, drive, walk or whatever.
Or one could also say:
Ich werde auf eine Wassermelone Skiingreise zum Schwarzen Meer gehen
Now the verb is at the end.
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I don't have an internet link, but I saw on TV (Motorweek) in their news
segment that on the list of meanest (as opposed to greenest) vehicles
were the VW Taureg TDI as number 1, and a Mercedes SUV CDI as number 2. And
there were three other diesels in the top ten meanest, environment-hating
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:34:14 -0400 andrew strasfogel
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If Pismo were PISMO and was a DOD acronym, what would it stand for? LT
Don - any ideas?
Portable Information System, Man Operated
Craig
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:52:24 -0500 LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My weakness is green peppers and chili peppers -- I grew up in an
Italian neighborhood (coal miners) in WV.
How about Habañeros, which even Wal-Mart stocks here in New Mexico?
Craig
I really wonder too. I want it.
Is the 280 a 2.8 four cyl., or a six cyl.?
Did those come with a fire extinguisher under front seat in Europe, or did
someone install that?
Brian
On 3/31/07, tom savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick Knoble wrote:
Six, there was never, to my knowledge, a 2.8L four from Benz, 2.4 was
the largest, and only in a diesel.
Peter
Try here: http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/motornews.shtml
Notice it's a 'mercan group, still with their heads buried in the sand
about emissions. I would imagine that if the same study were done in the
UK or Europe, the results would be drastically different by their standards.
---Robert
The earth's PROTECTIVE ozone layer is thinning - this is a big problem
Ground level ozone (smog) is a BAD thing - burns the eyes, irritant, etc.
On 3/30/07, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey I'm not a chemist or whatever one might need to be, but don't they keep
telling us there is a
what i keep hearing is that there's a hole in the Ozone Layer; different
than Ground-Level Ozone described here.
what i'm still curious about is how GL Ozone would be involved in
the formation of Particulate Matter,...?
cheers!
e
R A Bennell wrote:
Hey I'm not a chemist or whatever
they all help to delete something disinteresting? ;-)
cheers!
e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Taking Digest #129 as one glowing example, there were five posts out of
nineteen using the subject line OkieQ Dates.
Three by Rentfro, one each by Cathey and McCann. Not one of them had anything
to
It causes smog -- that nasty soup of chemicals produced by the
oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons by ozone. Some of this stuff (if
not all), collects as water based microdroplets, and can also then dry
into particulate matter. Add in the soot from diesels and the dust
from gassers, fly ash
Ich gehe auf eine Wassermelone Skiingreise zum Schwarzen Meer
This is perfectly correct. Ich gehe means simply I go and is not
specific whether I fly, drive, walk or whatever.
Was this always true? Or is it language drift? I'm just
wondering where my teacher's STRONG opinion on this came
I'm pretty sure it was late '81 when MB added the turbo. Definitely
available in '82. I had an '81 parts coupe which I drove around a bit before
parting out. It actually wasn't too bad. Nothing like a 240! If this one is
rust free and has a straight body and the mileage is accurate it would be
My pump in the '83 coupe is leaking out the shaft. Anyone done this rebuild? Is
it as simple as getting a pully puller and pulling the pully and replacing a
seal. I have an old spare pump but this is the second leaky pump I've
encountered and would like a long term fix if it's easy to do. TIA
I know it needs lots of front end work, 'cause it chews
through tires at an alarming rate (inners wear really quickly).
The TD was doing this also, was one of those things I was gonna get a
round to. My son calls one day and says the front wheel fell off as he
was turning out of the school
Reminds me of Willie and Joe in More Mox Nix.. (that's dating
myself .. mid 50's...)
When they encountered einfahrt, durchfahrt, ausfahrt, etc.,
Willie or Joe commented... I don't know which way to fahrt
Just a Saturday Phriday Phunny.
Take care,
Chuck
On Mar 31, 2007, at 10:34
I think we need taller chimneys.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
The earth's PROTECTIVE ozone layer is thinning - this is a big problem
Ground level ozone (smog) is a BAD thing - burns the eyes, irritant, etc.
The original drawings of a lot of the Willie and Joe cartoons by Bill
Mauldin (sp?) are in the 45th, Infantry Museum in OKC - there's a
whole room full of them - great stuff.
On 3/31/07, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Reminds me of Willie and Joe in More Mox Nix.. (that's dating
I decided to surprise my wife by putting the portable CD player in her
car, currently the Chicken Wagon. (I bought her some books on disc
she might like.) When I put the cassette adapter into the Becker it
blew its fuse. Not the car's, but the one in the clip-on holder
behind the radio. When
I saw something recently about this sort of thing, I think on the Make
magazine website/blogs. The guy soldered in a connection on some part
of the board inside his player, and got it to work OK. That was with a
newer unit, so might not apply to vintage electronics.
I wonder if an old Benz version would be sufficiently artistic. I saw a
300D a coupla years ago done up for the art car parade that was covered
in little dolls and figurines and mirrors. An ignominious end to a good
car.
--R
Its 4' high by 50' by 18.
On 3/28/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I rent a 30 ton splitter once a year for $60 a day. Rent it Saturday
afternoon and have to return it Monday morning when they open. I can
split a
stack 4' high by 50' in the time I have the splitter.
So, would that
I did split some locust wood with it. sections that were 18 long and maybe
10-12 across. That is some tough wood! It split it with no problem, but you
had to run the splitter all the way throught it. That wood just does not
want to come apart. It sure burns good, hot, and long though.
Did not
Allan wrote:follow your owner's manual
recommendations -- not Mobil's -- for oil weight
Exactly Allan, well said - Mobil's priority is to sell oil not worrying
about old cars like ours.
Why not, if you believe that oil technology hasn't changed since the '70s.
RLE
Yep, that's just over 6 face cord.
Mike
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Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters
Its 4' high by 50' by 18.
On 3/28/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL
The straight grained locust splits nice. I will split that all day with a
maul...Knots, on the other hand usually get hacked up with the chain
saw. They suck.
Mike
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Might have to do with Anglo Saxon usage and the change of the form to
relate to distance, such that one would travel a great distance and
it would then be far. Where Gehe, is much closer to the short travel
of going to a location not so farhe away. Been more than 35 years
since I had to
RLE asked:where does this recommendation come from? Porsche issued a
service bulletin years ago recommending M1 0W40 in every one of their
engines
back to 1973.5.
Howdy,
Have been looking unsuccessfully for my source - basically it said the
engines of the '70s were not built to tolerences
Terry Geiger wrote:
This 500 SEC is gray market with 5 speed manual. I bet it likes fuel.
Drop a OM606 turbo in it. Could be the ultimate FrankenBenz.
Can't you just imagine a 450hp superturbo 126 coupe mit 5sp?
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:59:49 -0500 Russ Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi Gang,
Anybody have the PDF of the Vacuum Diagram for the 123 body.
I'm try to track down a massive leak on a buddies 84 300D.
I thought I had a diagram but can't find it. And the only CD
I have is for the 126
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