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How about a picture of it open so we can see where the snaps are placed?
:) Thanks
Luther
Jim Cathey wrote:
After church I pulled the SL's combination switch out, and for the
first time tried to open one up. If you're careful you can release
the plastic snaps and it swings open, exposing
We are way undertaxed in IOUSA compared to other civilized nations.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Where did you get that idea - surely not from what I wrote. Perhaps it
makes you feel better about yourself to think/assume that anyone who feels
that tax rates are reasonable must be wracked by
Tom Hargrave wrote:
You can use 10W machine oil but do not use graphite lock lube. The graphite
is conductive can get into the switches cause all kinds of problems.
Thanks. I was drawing a blank on which one was a no-no.
Tom
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Hi Ralph,
My 1975 300D developed a serious knock a few years ago after I demonstrated
'hard acceleration in a diesel', by downshifting up a hill. As I crested the
hill, I heard this awful knock. I drove it directly home and parked it.
I had several consultations with friends, all of whom
Tyler wrote: I've never seen an 80s Volvo run well for more than a week with
Platinum plugs. Their fuel systems (especially on turbo or k-jet
models) tend to run rich, which fouls the platinum plugs. Maybe a late 80s
non-turbo model (lh 2.4 or newer) would run OK with platinum plugs. The Bosch
Ralph wrote: My '90 2.5L turbo is in serious need of a head gasket. It is also
making a distrubing knocking noise at idle from deep inside the engine. Since
I'm going to bear the brunt of the head gasket repair my Indy suggested
comparing the cost to an entire engine rebuild.
If it really has
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Not really, although if you provide some examples I could answer more
definitively.
You want me to tell you what countries you were talking about when you said the
USSA was undertaxed compared to civilized nations?
If a country has even more taxes than ours does, then
Don't you just love these concept cars? They are the greatest thing since
sliced bread but never seem to get produced commercially...
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Rich Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about a picture of it open so we can see where the snaps are
placed?
OK, I put one on my web site. See the (current) end of:
http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/JSL2log.html
-- Jim
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I don't feel that paying taxes to the government for services is an
unreasonable infringement of my freedom. I also don't mind that my tax
dollars are somewhat higher than they might otherwise be because
they help others less fortunate than I who aren't reached by private
charities. There are
TRANSPORTATION: Future motorcycles could drive on air (08/18/2008)
Taiwanese researchers are experimenting with a new vehicle that is propelled
by compressed air instead of traditional hydrocarbon fuels.
The current prototype has a 2.5-gallon tank for compressed air that could
carry a rider for
My recent experience with plugs is that one should buy from the dealer and put
back in what the factory installed.
I had no end of trouble with aftermarket plugs in our 4Runner and the advice on
the Ford forum indicates folks have
been happier with Motorcraft in the Ford trucks. My brother in
Andrew,
Thanks! No!
Chuck
On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:36 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Chuck's sparse narratives are an object lesson in how to write
clearly and
vividly with a minimum of wordy fuss. Chuck - did you ever consider
teaching creative writing?
Per request, I photographed the combination switch so as to highlight
the way it opens. On the upper sides of the plastic body are two
plastic bails that have to be bent away from the contact-carrying
plastic 'plug' more or less simultaneously. If you do this right and
the bails don't break, the
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When I first saw the picture, I thought of Mechanix Illustrated's trike from
the
late 1970's, but the pic of the frame looks like it's a new design. The MI car
had the back end of a
Thanks Tom I will keep your suggestion in mind regarding the injectors.
Probably will take them to the injector shop as part of the process. As far
as Donalds suggestion regarding a replacement engine, I'm wondering what
that might cost? I recall hearing prices for a crate engine at $6k and up.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
TRANSPORTATION: Future motorcycles could drive on air (08/18/2008)
I'd like to see what they do to the tank to make it fail soft in a crash. Any
commercially available tanks (think SCOTT or SCUBA) I can think of would fail
explosively, and the 20 mile range version
There are some people who believe it is right and just for the
government to take money in taxes from people who have more money, and
give it to those who have less money through various programs, grants,
tax breaks, whatever. That is their belief system.
There are some who believe it is
Rich wrote: So, these are 2 kinds of people who generally become polarized
around their valid belief systems, and neither kind is gonna change the minds
of the other though it does lead to lots of effort to try to do so. I have
thought a lot about why a person falls into one camp or the other
It's never too late...
BTW, I won a third place loser's trophy in the coupe category at the annual
GWS-MBCA picnic and Concours. Among other notables in attendance was
legendary restorer Bob Platz was there, who came along with his mind
bogglingly perfect restoration of a 1953 300C (?)
Donald, surely you jest! The Republicans WAY outnumber liberal Dems in
the filthy rich class, but they are generally a lot quieter about their
beliefs...
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rich wrote: So, these are 2 kinds of people who generally become
Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
(P.S. I am not really serious about not wanting to pay any taxes. I do
think we need schools, and roads, and bridges, and social services, But I
sure do wish I could pay less.
Many of these things you mention could be provided by the private sector
(or at
For my $.02:
870 is hard to beat.
I had a winchester 1200 from the late 60s. Everyone poo-pooed them
but I never had a problem.
Winchester Model 12 was always the standard of comparison, but they are pricey.
If I were going to buy a shotgun now, I'd buy an 870. Relatively
cheap and
What exactly is a third place loser's trophy? Are you saying all but the
winner are losers? If so, don't be so
hard on yourself.
Second Q - Was this with your garage queen or your wife's diesel?
Randy
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Bill Gates and his father are not poor or republican. They want to
do away with any sort of tax relief for those who they feel should be
returning the wealth to show gratitude for all they have been blessed
with.
What this does end up doing is killing the family business that now
has to
I guess the moral of that story is to smear the stub of the TC with
NeverSeez when you put one together.
Never have this problem with real (manual) transmissions!
Subject should be: Stupid Automatic transmissions!
Too bad the lords of Montvale never want to give us a choice!
At 09:14 PM
This was for my green 280SE 3.5 coupe, not Donna's 300CD.
Randy, I appreciate your concern. I honestly was quite happy to get a
bronze, because that was realistically the best I could have hoped for. The
gold and silver medalist in my concours category (he brought TWO old
coupes) was an
Hi, All.
The trans that was from the junkyard, for my (then) 190E '85 was an
absolute bear to get out from underneath. The T/C nose' was rust
welded into the crankshaft. This being a J/Y car missing a few bits
on top and in front of the engine, it was easy to remove an engine
mount bolt and
When I go to car shows, I like to see examples of vehicles that are actually
driven around and not just trailered
in for the event. If the vehicle is more perfect than when it left the factory
I have no interest in it.
However, I should probably wash my poor old red car. I took it to the lake
Donald Snook wrote:
There is a third category that I am included in.
I don't want to pay any taxes at all. NONE.
BUT, I also want every service the government offers.
I know I can't have it that way...
You aren't trying hard enough, because some people get all that you mention
above.
I'm in Canada where we are a fair bit more socialistic than the US of A. We pay
taxes beyond what most in the US do
and much more than we used to. I don't recall the exact numbers but I believe
the tax burden now is much greater
than it was in my father's time.
What really gets to me is what
My car is a 76 300D - so a 115 model.
I did a repair job on the driver's side seat base a year or two back that has
helped. I think I need to redo is
with some additional padding but all in all it turned out reasonably well and
slowed the damage that was happening
to the cover of the seat from
Loren said.
For my $.02:
870 is hard to beat.
I had a winchester 1200 from the late 60s. Everyone poo-pooed them but I
never had a problem.
Winchester Model 12 was always the standard of comparison, but they are
pricey.
If I were going to buy a shotgun now, I'd buy an 870. Relatively
Andrew wrote: Donald, surely you jest! The Republicans WAY outnumber liberal
Dems in the filthy rich class, but they are generally a lot quieter about
their beliefs...
I think you are incorrect about that. However, in the interest of being
accurate, I think it might be more accurate to say
In the interest of being accurate...
HAH!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Donald Snook
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:27 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Difference on Taxes
Andrew wrote: Donald, surely you jest! The
Mitch wrote: You aren't trying hard enough, because some people get all that
you mention above. Their financial standard of living is lower than yours, but
they don't have to actually do anything to maintain that reduced standard once
they get it set up. It's a lot harder than it was 30-40
I recently got something similar from a locksmith to use on my house locks. We
had a deadbolt that was not working
correctly. It was a good quality double cylinder lock but 20+ years old. I
wondered if it needed to be disassembled
and cleaned or if there might be parts that needed to be changed
I'll also vote for the Mossburg 500, I've got one too, I was 14 when I got mine
though. I got a slug barrel for mine, handy little gun.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:25:43 -0400
From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Shotgun Suggestions
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes
yea, Im going to loosen the motor mounts and see if that will let the
engine tilt back a little further.
Frederick W Moir wrote:
Hi, All.
The trans that was from the junkyard, for my (then) 190E '85 was an
absolute bear to get out from underneath. The T/C nose' was rust
welded into the
Andrew,
ROFLMAO!
But, a thought did flash through my mind that I might start
practicing on your email texts!
Take care,
Chuck
PS - On your loser's trophy comment - How many in your class? What
was your competition? Keep in mind that Bob Platz is a professional
restorer and own of
Andrew,
And your source for WAY outnumber and quieter is?
Chuck
On Aug 18, 2008, at 11:32 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Donald, surely you jest! The Republicans WAY outnumber liberal
Dems in
the filthy rich class, but they are generally a lot quieter about
their
beliefs...
If he sticks to 2 1/2 dram Trap loads flinch won't be much of an issue as
long as the gun isn't real light, especially in an over/under because it won't
be real light...
A 20ga with 3 dram loads will kick just as much or more than a 12ga with 3 dram
loads because the gun will tend to weigh
I HOPE I have finally resolved my truck issues. I should know right after
dinner as I intend to pop in another COP
that I bought this afternoon. I posted earlier about my issues with a code for
a bad coil on #2.
I assumed it might be related to the command start setup since I noticed a wire
The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer
bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now
it's more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like
meat, and they don't buy extras like ice cream anymore. Instead, they
eat a
I do believe there were more than three -- NASA owns one, or did --
refurbed by Tupolev a few years back and used for supersonic research
work. I believe it was taken out of service a few years later,
before the Concorde was taken out of service as well.
Quite a sight, one of those planes
Oh, and by the way, the one that crashed at the Paris Air Show
crashed not as a result of failure of the airplane, but as a result
of a deliberate incursion into the flight path by a French fighter.
NOT an accident, although I really don't think the fighter pilot
expected the TU-144 to
Anybody else notice that the number of listings on CL for cars has
vanished? Looking at what used to be hundreds of listings a day and
now there are two or three. What gives? FleaBay putting the screws
on them so that nobody sells cars on there anymore?
clay
I have not noticed, but if anything, I would think it woudl be the other
way aroud. Ebay screwing sellers so they list on CL
Redghost wrote:
Anybody else notice that the number of listings on CL for cars has
vanished? Looking at what used to be hundreds of listings a day and
now there
Well for the last several weeks, everytime I drive by the truck stops,
diesel has dropped another cent or 2. Now its down to 3.95 here. Still
WAY too high but a step in the right direction
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92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL,
87 300SDL
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL,
87 300SDL x2, 86 560SL, 86 300E, 85
What do Ebay and CL have to do with each other?
There are over 1400 listing in Atlanta on CL today.
Perhaps people are less inclined to buy new cars these days.
-Rolf
Redghost wrote:
Anybody else notice that the number of listings on CL for cars has
vanished? Looking at what used
Well, if people are pissed off at one or the other, they will list on
the one they are not pissed at.
Rolf wrote:
What do Ebay and CL have to do with each other?
There are over 1400 listing in Atlanta on CL today.
Perhaps people are less inclined to buy new cars these days.
Peter,
I defer to greater knowledge and did a google:
Results here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/
FS-062-DFRC.html A NASA website. 17 Tu-144's were built, 2 crashed.
Thanks for suggesting that I educate myself before I open my
email mouth
Take care,
Chuck
the compressed air car people are using carbon fiber for the tanks and they
claim that they split in a crash, not explode.
CM
Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: andrew strasfogel wrote:
TRANSPORTATION: Future motorcycles could drive on air (08/18/2008)
I'd like to see what they do to
Ebay owns 25% of CL. Some idiot sold his share to those evil bastids.
Not sure why all of a sudden the Seattle CL just dropped to a few
cars a day after Aug 1.
clay
On 18 Aug 2008, at 16:11, Rolf wrote:
What do Ebay and CL have to do with each other?
There are over 1400 listing in
If you are looking for a good auto loader than how about a Remington 1187. I
used a customized version of the 1187 when I worked armed security the nuke
plant. Smooth action and the kick wasn't to bad.
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Because they changed their setup. They decided to break out whether it's
by owner or by dealer in the link, which caused the links to change.
Update your bookmarks. And no, crazedlist hasn't updated this yet, but it
doesn't take a whole lot of thought to figure out a workaround.
On Mon, Aug 18,
Rich Thomas wrote:
Don't work, no money, get fat. Work hard, make money, stay skinny. What
a country!
We get a certain economic vigor from immigrants. They are more motivated than
the average bear, or they'd still be sitting in the same place they were born.
Unfortunately, at least with
You are correct. Manual trannys suffer from other stupid failures at the
input side that auto trannys don't suffer from, like worn out pilot
bearings and siezed throwout bearings and failed slave cylinders.
Thanks, Tom
256-656-1924
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From: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Redghost wrote:
Anybody else notice that the number of listings on CL for cars has
vanished?
I saw that a week or two ago, then after a few days I navigated through the
home
page and everything was fine. Turns out that the cars used to be in car, and
now are in cta. Compare these two
are you kidding? I had no idea. If so, pretty soon cl will be
charging, or out of business
Redghost wrote:
Ebay owns 25% of CL. Some idiot sold his share to those evil bastids.
Not sure why all of a sudden the Seattle CL just dropped to a few
cars a day after Aug 1.
clay
On 18
BTW, the www.PeterSchmid.com website seems to be missing. Isn't there a
'way-back machine' trick to bring up a cache of old webpages?
Like this one?
http://web.archive.org/web/20071214234944/http://www.peterschmid.com/
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
BTW, the www.PeterSchmid.com website seems to be missing. Isn't there a
'way-back machine' trick to bring up a cache of old webpages?
This is it now.
http://www.peterschmidtransmission.com/
HTH,
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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Allan
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I'll pass on the compressed air. It's just an energy storage
mechanism, probably less efficient than most and certainly quite
dangerous -- you thought the suspension springs held a lot of
energy...
I'm keeping a casual eye out for a good BMW R750. Saw one the other
day on the road and thought
Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well for the last several weeks, everytime I drive by the truck
stops, diesel has dropped another cent or 2. Now its down to 3.95
here. Still WAY too high but a step in the right direction
Oil has been coming down, a little over $110/bbl today I
Powdered graphite is the best lubricant for any type of locking mechanism,
provided that it does not have any sensitive electric circuitry (e.g. car
locks with alarm, ignition, etc.).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Allan Streib
Sent:
I can only think of one other car in the class- Larry Ledbetter's tunis
bronze 250SE C. Such a pretty car!
BTW, Bob Platz' car was in another class - a class by itself!
I really enjoyed perfectifying my car and was pleased with how it looked.
Incidentally, Bob Platz was also a judge so all my
Intuition and a life of observing! If you care to disprove my thesis have
at it!
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andrew,
And your source for WAY outnumber and quieter is?
Chuck
On Aug 18, 2008, at 11:32 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Donald,
i was in greensboro, nc in may with the family and figured a little bbq pork
was right for dinner. while i ordered the usual diet coke, light ice our
waiter suggested that the youngin might like some cheerwine. i said he
could give her any kind of win he wanted, but if the kid threw up in the
No, WD-40 is a water dispersant, and turns into rubber cement with
age. NEVER use it for lubrication, it's not a lubricant! It
consists of propane, light kerosene, and a few linear hydrocarbon
compounds and some ethers of some sort. Does a great job of removing
water from distributor
If I remember correctly the Russians actually put them in scheduled
service inside the USSR for a while. They were retired because they
burned too much fuel -- took a full 30 min of afterburner at full
reheat to get up to altitude and speed, and that shortened the range
too much (along
I paid $4.40 for the last tank of diesel at the small town Shell
station last week. Hopefully it will be lower yet this week, it was
$4.95.
Peter
On Aug 18, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well for the last several weeks, everytime I
mhmm, living the 21st century American Dream! This attitude is of my
generation
and was instilled in us by you old folk. We do the minimal amount of work to
sustain life. Way to be!
--
Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark
'87 300SDL (279,xxx mi)
'85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x59,xxx mi) BioBeast
'82
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