[MBZ] Suspension Pump Repair

2007-06-16 Thread Trampas
I finally order the correct O-ring for my leaking suspension pump on the 1991 560SEL. I took some pictures and wrote a how to that I have sent to Kaleb such that he can post it somewhere. Note I called a couple of different Mercedes experts and none of them knew anything about the hidden

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes rust proofing

2007-06-16 Thread LarryT
Eastwood sells them for car applications - great way to prevent cylinder damage - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info

Re: [MBZ] Any aspiring Jim Cathys?

2007-06-16 Thread LWB250
It's an assembled unit (not made by a major manufacturer) consisting of a Wisconsin VD4D (I think) diesel engine and an unknown alternator. Wisconsin engines are pretty bulletproof, so it's probably a good deal for someone if they can get it on the cheap. Probably no larger than 10-12kW, based

Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage

2007-06-16 Thread Curt Raymond
Caribou, from Bangor you get on 95 and drive north for about 2 hours until 95 turns to go into Canada. Then you get on rt 1 and drive north for an hour. I was there 3 weeks ago, the week before you were around elsewise I would have arranged for a meetup. -Curt Date: Sat, 16 Jun

Re: [MBZ] selling cars on ebay

2007-06-16 Thread Tom Hargrave
Sunil, You'd think so but it's not quite true. With home sellers, those who sell a few items: Even eBay has limits to what they can charge before they chase off customers. Plus there are other on-line auction sites that are just waiting for eBay to stumble and some of these sites process a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Dipping My Toe in the Pool of Technology

2007-06-16 Thread ernest breakfield
Fusion has been working well for me on my MacBook (and is still a free Beta); especially the new version with Unity, where you can have your Windows applications running in windows that are intermingled with your Apple aps,... pretty slick, except that you have to remember to 'speak' Windows

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Dipping My Toe in the Pool of Technology

2007-06-16 Thread LarryT
If you could carry a hidden camera you could probably win one of those $1 best video prizes! That sounds so cool. We should all do that - you know, freak out the salespeople who walk up to us with questions like: Person: I will clean 3 rooms of carpet for $50! Me (you) - Great! Can you

Re: [MBZ] selling cars on ebay

2007-06-16 Thread LarryT
Hi Kaleb, Speaking of selling cars - do you ever sell cars at local auctions? We have a auction 2x a week not far from here - there's others in the area also - but this one is open to the public and I expect a lot of local used car dealers buy cars there. Any experience there? I have a Van

Re: [MBZ] MBZ 87 300D Turbo Idle/Smoke Problems

2007-06-16 Thread Doug Quance
I ran my car with clean deisel and then ran with an added deisel injection cleaner. It still is smoking very heavy (white/grey thick smoke) and idling very rough. There are no fuel leaks and the camshaft timing is good. I don't have a vac guage to check the vac pump but I do feel suction with

[MBZ] O.T. Dipping My Toe in the Pool of Technology

2007-06-16 Thread Royce Engler
I bought a used Dell C400 on eBay in 2003...it has been a trooper. I've worn out 3 hard drives, a battery, added memory, and multiple docking stations (one at the office and a couple around the house...don't ask) upgraded from W2K to XP (it still has the sticker on it that says Designed for XP),

Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage

2007-06-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I didnt go that far north. Basically I was in Bangor, the family lives up in Lagrage/Milo area. Drove down to Bar Harbor, then down the coast to Belfast, then on down to Portland and then back up 95 back to Bangor. Curt Raymond wrote: Caribou, from Bangor you get on 95 and drive north for

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Dipping My Toe in the Pool of Technology

2007-06-16 Thread Gary Thompson
I beat the crap out of an IBM T-series laptop, doing over 250K airline miles going back and forth between Dallas and Tokyo over a 1 year period. Loved that laptop. Can't seem to keep a Dell going for more than six months these days, and that's without all the travel. I've told our IT guys over and

Re: [MBZ] headlights query

2007-06-16 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 6/15/2007 6:06:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 'Hot' bulbs have short lives. There's some nasty power (mathematical) function at work there. The brightness goes up a lot, but the life goes down a lot faster. 'Standard' bulbs are standard,

Re: [MBZ] headlights query

2007-06-16 Thread ernest breakfield
Jim, i think if you look into it further, you may find that while HID lights are legal in all states as installed by the vehicle manufacturers, there are no HID 'upgrade kits' that are legal in any state. that said, most of the H4 Q-H lights aren't legal either, but that's due more to

Re: [MBZ] Commie Cars, was Re: well they showed up with the bags

2007-06-16 Thread Hendrik Riessen
In Saigon you can visit the presidential palace and in the basement there is a finnie, which was used a staff car. There is also a Huey parked on the roof which was used by the then president to go for rides around the place. Also there is a couple of T 56 tanks parked in the garden, not the