archer writes:
It's only logical that with nearly all cars being automatic
nowadays, the brake should be operated by the left foot and the
accellerator by the right foot. Trying to both stop and go with one
foot is what confuses people who aren't mechanically inclined.
Yeah, I hate those idiotic behaviors you describe. But they're caused by
inept, careless driving by inept, careless drivers - not by
left-foot-braking.
Brian
On Dec 21, 2007 9:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/21/2007 8:21:53 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL
My theory is that, like every other nitrogen-charged springing device,
it is reliable and related systems do not leak UNTIL the nitrogen
charge dissipates,
I do not believe that there is a nitrogen charge in there at all,
sorry. That crap came later. I can't believe that a car with
grease
Chuck, from an island, told Mr. Jim:
Be back in Phoenix mid January..
Will give you a call then..
Let me know too. It would be nice to see your faces.
Bob R.
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This is getting silly.
Nobody ever suggested that you Rest your left foot on the brake
pedal. You pulled that out of the air.
Drive with 2 feet, your choice.
Choose to follow me and I have better reaction times because I often
brake with my left foot, the choice of lawyers will be mine.
--
Absolutely, a wonderful skill when used in the right venue.
Not something useful in rush hour traffic.
The famed Jimmy Clark always had a car w/automatic for city use.
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Regards,
Peter T. Arnold
2007 HHR, 2.4L/Auto, LT2, 19Kmi, No problems!
1987 300SDL 286 KMI Now lives with Dave
On Dec 22, 2007, at 3:15 AM, archer wrote:
What about all the ladies (and some men) with poor mechanical
aptitude who
would have less accidents if all they had to remember was that the
right
foot made the car go and the left foot made the car stop?
Honestly? I think if their motor
Timothy Robinson wrote:
The only exception unfortunately is computer hardware. I won't even rant at
how the moment you buy something it's planned obsolete.
So you would prefer computing tech to stop advancing?
This is why you don't buy the leading edge. For an amount of
horsepower you can
If having to decide what pedal to push confuses anyway, just park it and
take the bus.
Ed
300E
On 21/12/2007, archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As much as women vehemently insist on enjoying the status as drivers
equal-to or better-than than men, it just
You should have had him buy the one I was selling, it would not have had
that problem.
Luther wrote:
A friend of the family's 420SEL lost brakelights and the dash
(speedo/temp/oil etc) is inop. The only things that work in the dash are the
clock and the economy gauge. What do I need to
You have to have a drive shaft basically custom made for it.
OK Don wrote:
If you drove it like you do a 240D (floored, and shift at red line),
it wouldn't drop off the boost curve, and would be even MORE fun :-).
There is more space between the rear of the 616 block and the firewall
than
Why dont you just use it for free online?
OK Don wrote:
The copy of the EPC that I was using has decided that it can't find
the database anymore, for no apparent reason. I also can't find the CD
I installed it from. So, I did search on eBay for it, and came up
with these tow likely
Anytime you have to downshift is the right venue. If you don't do it,
you're only doing half your job and not matching engine speed to trans and
road speed.
Ed
300E
911SC
On 22/12/2007, Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Absolutely, a wonderful skill when used in the right venue.
Not
If you're putting your trust in your reaction time by left braking alone,
you're already off the road and in the ditch. Think ahead and start
reacting before you need to.
I'd even dare to say, brake pressure if more important that that first
reaction time. You can get on the brakes as fast as
FWIW, my linux server is 6 years old.
This Mac G3 is probably older than that, and was given to us free.
A whopping 233 MHz, yet it serves just fine. I don't need much,
really.
-- Jim
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Nobody ever suggested that you Rest your left foot on the brake
pedal. You pulled that out of the air.
I know there are a lot of left-foot brakers out there.
How? Because of the number of cars with brake lights on
when they're obviously not decelerating, either steadily
or intermittently.
I prefer the older stuff too, especially if it can be rebuilt, or worth
rebuilding. I'm the kind of guy who would buy an older car I like, and in
the next 10 years, spend enough money keeping it nice a I would spend to buy
a new car. There's a certain pride and pleasure that comes with using a
One from a 240D should work.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
You have to have a drive shaft basically custom made for it.
What about the tranny mount crossmember? Do you need to get
one from a 300D euro manny? (BTW, I'm pretty sure the euro/manny
driveshaft would work a
I hate the idea of left foot braking with a passion
Chuck,
I did start out by saying I hate left foot brakers, then I changed it to
avoid personal connotations. My daughter is a left foot braker, as are most
type A personalities, some of whom, I actually like!
Ya, we definitely
And the Diesel contact to this flame trap would be??
--
Regards,
Peter T. Arnold
2007 HHR, 2.4L/Auto, LT2, 19Kmi, No problems!
1987 300SDL 286 KMI Now lives with Dave Walton, Cleveland Ohio
1995 F-250 PowerChoke 199Kmi
1954 Metropolitan Convertible, Hanger Queen
Wife has a Cruizer, 87
Get central vac and never buy another vaccuum again. Even without a beater bar
out central vac is the most effective vac I've ever used.
The hose is way lighter than any portable.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:41:12 -0500
From: Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] completely
Not meant as a flame or insult to any who use their left foot, I do too at
times. But not for reaction time. I don't know of any driving instructor
who would suggest using your left foot to brake, in the real world, would
increase you safety or braking time in anyway.
As far as I know, even
I was thinking to install one when I had the house rewired, but a few ppl
told me the long hose can chew up the corners of the walls as you round them
going from room to room?
Ed
300E
On 22/12/2007, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Get central vac and never buy another vaccuum again.
This guy has an 84 190d manny nice in/out yellow beige but clutch pedal is
siesed, can't push in pedal even with full force, runs great been sitting 3
years just jumped it and started right up no smoke 220k. it was in the
previous owners garage 2 years, his daughter brought it home that way,
Get central vac and never buy another vacuum again.
Right on, Curt! I've used ours a few times and love it too. I had a small
corded hand vac with a rotating brush that i **USED** to use for the stairs,
but the central vac in the new house came with a mini powerhead which does
such a fine
We got a Roomba, loved it so much we got a Scooba, loved it so much we got a
Dirt Dog. Our central vac stays idle most of the time.
I turn the Dirt Dog loose when I'm working in my shop area and he keeps
things pretty well picked up.
Harry
On Dec 22, 2007 12:26 PM, E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed,
Then there is always powershifting... (no clutch at all!)
Chuck
On Dec 21, 2007, at 8:16 PM, E M wrote:
Chuck,
Once you get heel and toe down, you'll wonder how you ever drove a
stick
without using it. Go into a corner and get it all just right, and
it gives
a smile no paddle
Bob,
You will get a call...
Chuck
On Dec 22, 2007, at 1:52 AM, Robert Rentfro wrote:
Chuck, from an island, told Mr. Jim:
Be back in Phoenix mid January..
Will give you a call then..
Let me know too. It would be nice to see your faces.
Bob R.
Possibly the clutch master cylinder has corroded/seized, or the same
with the slave cylinder.
On Dec 22, 2007 12:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This guy has an 84 190d manny nice in/out yellow beige but clutch pedal is
siesed, can't push in pedal even with full force, runs great been sitting
Hi,
I have to admit that a couple of times stopping in the 16V 5 speed, I
have just depressed the brake pedal, forgetting to depress the clutch
also.. Chatter, chatter, chatter OH, Stupid --- Depress the
clutch!
On the other hand, in the 500E w/automatic, I have (once or twice)
Hello All,
I'm trying to track down some oil leaks in my 87 300TD. This is the wagon I
bought from Jeff Zedic about a year ago. I think one leak may be from the
vacuum pump. Jeff had recently replaced this and perhaps the gasket was
installed incorrectly. Can the vacuum pump be a significant
No, its not a diesel list.
E M wrote:
Not meant as a flame or insult to any who use their left foot, I do too at
times. But not for reaction time. I don't know of any driving instructor
who would suggest using your left foot to brake, in the real world, would
increase you safety or braking
Ralph,
I've always suspected the injection pump to be producing a leak on the
engine. Also, yes full disclosure, the vacuum pump gasket is not 100% seated
correctly. I didn't notice this until AFTER everything was re-installed and
running!! At the time it was not leaking so I just left it and
Yes, I concur. It's more than likely the injection pump as the source on
the driver's side--and it's more than likely the bottom gasket, which is a
real PITA to replace in situ.
On Dec 22, 2007 12:06 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've always suspected the injection pump to be
... And on occasion am trying to learn heel
and toe braking technique on the 5 spd 16V
Chuck
Once you get heel and toe down, you'll wonder how you ever drove
a stick without using it. Go into a corner and get it all just
right, and it gives a smile no paddle shift
Hey Jeff,
Nice to see you're still on the list. I hadn't seen you post in a while so I
wondered if you were still around. Sounds like I have one source of leakage
tracked down to the vacuum pump. I don't think that it is the major source
however. I had powerwashed the engine last week and put
Leak sources I know about on OM603s:
Turbo pressure line -- this fouls the passenger side.
Valve cover gasket -- can leak anywhere.
Bad oil filler cap. If there is oil standing in the drip groove
around the cap, it's leaking. Only does so at above idle rpms, and
will dump copious oil down
Oh man, yet another mechanical malady...
It would appear my '96 Dakota won't get out of first gear. It'll wind right up
to 30mph but won't ever shift. Well sometimes but then if you slow down it goes
back and the game resets.
At first I thought it was slipping into neutral but thats not the case
Anytime you have to downshift is the right venue. If you don't do it,
you're only doing half your job and not matching engine speed to trans and road
speed.
Now, you are talking about double-clutching, not heel and toeing which are
not necessarily used in combination. Certainly in everyday
Make sure the kickdown rod is working (if this is still like the old
Toqueflight and has mechanical throttle position sensing). Stuck at
wide open, it won't let the tranny upshift. You may need to pull the
pan to verify that the lever isn't broken inside.
Otherwise, if it's electronically
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:05:48 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
You have to have a drive shaft basically custom made for it.
What about the tranny mount crossmember? Do you need to get
one from a 300D euro manny? (BTW, I'm pretty sure the euro/manny
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:35:54 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
If one was to undertake this conversion, and given a suitable donor
car, wouldn't the drive shaft be the only custom modified part?
Probably. And maybe not even that. The engine 'grows' towards
the front, usually.
Oh man, yet another mechanical malady...
It would appear my '96 Dakota won't get out of first gear.
It'll wind right up to 30mph but won't ever shift. Well
sometimes but then if you slow down it goes back and the game
resets. At first I thought it was slipping into neutral but
thats not the
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:03:36 -0600 Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The flywheel is the tough part. Since the OM617 is _not_
internally balanced and the OM616 _is_, the right way to do the
job is to have non-balanced flywheel that compensates for the
engine imbalance.
Mathieu J. Cama and
My daily driving allows me to use enough brake force that heel and toe
downshifts are always used. Even when using moderate brake force, I can
blip the throttle and keep pretty even pressure (not threshold) on the
brakes. I make double-clutching part of the process, though many don't.
The double
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:20:50 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't driven a manual diesel in a long time but it seems to me that
heel-and-toeing one would be a waste of time becuse of the slow throttle
response.
Our '72 220D/8 (OM615) had a throttle plate setup and dreadful slow
throttle
heel and toeing saves your engine, and trans. The whole idea behind heel
and toe is to match engine, trans and wheel speed. As speed increases, it
pays in other ways too, as you heel and toe gives you a nice stable
platform, and you can then seperate different parts of the car and allow
them to
Probably true. You'd want to have enough ports so that you'd never need to
really yank on the hose to clean a room. In our little house we're fine with
just one port.
I try to be careful going room to room not to drag the hose against the corners.
Still, you gotta try one, even if it ment
The problem if you let your wife or girlfriend see you heel and toe is,
they'll ask why you're so good dancing on the pedals, and yet always pass up
the chance to dance at weddings, claiming to have two left feet. ;-)
Ed
300E
On 22/12/2007, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22
On Dec 22, 2007 7:56 AM, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know there are a lot of left-foot brakers out there.
How? Because of the number of cars with brake lights on
when they're obviously not decelerating, either steadily
or intermittently.
I've made the same observation, although
Hi Peter,
Its a '96 and Haynes seems to indicate its all electronically controlled.
Even if it weren't theres only controls, one is a throttle lever, the other the
gearshift lever.
I verified that the throttle cable to the trans moves at the engine. I guess I
should crawl under the truck and
The last house we built in Wisconsin was over 3,000 sf
and two stories. There was no way we were dragging a
vacuum around the house, so we put in a central vac
system. Definitely worth every penny, for a number of
reasons.
And yes, I too only had to empty the drum about
once/twice a year.
Hi Everyone,
A friend just stopped around with an early Christmas gift. A bottle of wine
and Jackie Stewart's bio, Winning Is Not Enough. I was watching the YouTube
vids yesterday of Sabine Schmitz and it mentioned in one of them, Steward
named the Ring, the Green Hell. I think he really gave a
My daily driving allows me to use enough brake force that heel and toe
downshifts are always used. Even when using moderate brake force, I can
blip the throttle and keep pretty even pressure (not threshold) on the
brakes.
So you drive the 911 every day, then. And you wait until the very last
I have a question pertaining to motor sports. I know many on the list drive
diesels. Are those of you who do mostly interested in them as daily
drivers, or do you follow diesels in motor sport as well? I know Mercedes
isn't overly involved at the moment, well, not to my knowledge anyway, but
On 22/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My daily driving allows me to use enough brake force that heel and toe
downshifts are always used. Even when using moderate brake force, I can
blip the throttle and keep pretty even pressure (not threshold) on the
brakes.
So you
I gotta toot my horn on this one, after a couple days of crushing defeats on
the automotive front (190D needs an alternator, not a whopping surprise) I
bodgered together lights for my new-to-me snowmobile by stealing some wiring
from a non-runner and a taillight bulb from my wife's motorcycle
'Been using Pullman central vac system everywhere I've lived, except
Thailand and Greenland since 1968. 'Made a shop vac about 15 yrs ago using
a plastic bucket and a vac motor/turbine left over from a system I designed
and installed in IBM's first circuit chip lab at NC's Research Triangle Park
Ed, don't do it until you at least try a Roomba. I'm telling you, the
other vacuum systems won't be used much when you have one. Our first was in
operation during Thanksgiving 2006. We had it running on the last day as
our guests (mostly family) were leaving for home, its hard not to watch it
Hi Harry,
I wasn't sure what a Roomba was, so did a search. Looks cool, the cats
would love it. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0NsPNkyf0
Ed
300E
On 22/12/2007, Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed, don't do it until you at least try a Roomba. I'm telling you, the
other vacuum
We bought a top line Roomba when I saw my cousin's. We kept it for a few weeks
and returned it. Perhaps it was just our house, but it kept getting stuck
under counter edges and binding up on rugs. It also tended to get lost under
our living room furniture. Others seem happy with them, but
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:25:38 -0600 Richard Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/20/07, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, I also confirmed the wiring between amp and GPs was good
using the WSM method.
Sorry to ask a dumb question, but what is the WSM method?
Yes, indeed, what is the
LWB250 wrote:
Had the builder for this house not been such a putz
about us doing our own stuff to the house I would have
put one in here as well.
Reminds me of something I read once. The client wanted sprayed in
place foam insulation, and he knew the insulation contractor he
wanted. The
Curt Raymond wrote:
Hi Peter,
Its a '96 and Haynes seems to indicate its all electronically controlled.
When the connector corroded on the vehicle speed sensor on a friend's
Corolla, the car would grab 1st gear (at any speed) when the sensor
cut out. If you stopped and restarted with the
Do NOT get the spring kit! The car is too nice and deserves an OEM rear
axle compensator. It won't even cost you that much more. Look for a good
used one on ebay.
On 12/22/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My theory is that, like every other nitrogen-charged springing device,
it is
What happens with your vac if you accidentally grab a plastic grocery bag?
One was on the floor while vacuuming, so I thought I'd try it. Just as
yours did, ours gobbled it right up. I pulled off the cannister, and sure
enough, there it was. The first time I used it, I wanted to check and
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:17:07 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill wrote:
And buy something nice for one of your MB's.
How heavy is four-ought? If it's manageable, I'd be tempted to make
myself a new set of welding cables instead of selling it.
They just finished filming
If you are driving any Mercedes diesel prior to 98, the brake will win
if you press it at the same time as the accelerator. Even if you floor
it - especially if you floor it.
In the 99 E300, the electronics interpret a sudden brake effort and/or
pressing both petals at once as a panic situation
It is only a 20 foot hose. It does not really go that far, so most
folks will have a few outlets space to allow full coverage. I have
two upstairs to hit all the floors. For some reason the floor plan
on the main floor is able to suffice with only one port, as does the
down stairs.
It seems than at Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:17:07 -0500, Mitch wrote:
How heavy is four-ought? If it's manageable, I'd be tempted to
make myself a new set of welding cables instead of selling it.
Like in pounds or kilograms?
Or as in current capacity?
Current capacity in a 60 deg C raceway is 195
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