I haven't looked at my W126, but I assumed that it was similar to the W123.
I could remove the lower dash panel, reach up from the bottom and push the
cluster out with my fingers. I'm going to need to troubleshoot and repair
the dash lights.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
Jim all an excellent buy.
when do you go next?
regards
mak
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 8:26 AM
Subject: [MBZ] U-Pullery
Score! The U-Pull had in a 190E 2.3, so I
Spent some time staring at the brake sensor yesterday and couldn't figure out
how the heck the thing worked. Today looking at the DIY on MercedesShop I
realize its because the sensors are actually missing. The plastic junction
block whatsis is there but the sensor wires are not. They $1.50 from
The sensor system is quite simple -- the sensor is a plastic coated
wire. When the pads wear down enough, the plastic rubs off on the
tip of the wire and the wire contacts the disk. On the other end of
the wire is a lamp and 12V, so when the wire contacts the disk, the
lamp comes on.
The Patriot Act violates the Constitution in many ways MORE than a 401k
confiscation. Please do NOT get me on my soap box about this Daddy got
his ass kicked and I want revenge war. I said it was stupid and simply
about revenge to MANY college friends the moment it was announced by
this
We're talking about an '85 300D, California model. A few days ago, I
noticed that the blower was working intermittently, and mostly not at
all. So, I removed it, cleaned it, removed and resoldered its amp,
and put it back together. Now it works well enough that I have heat
and defrost and
So yesterday I tried installing one of the new brake hoses I'd bought. You're
supposed to use a flare wrench on the hard light yeah? I need to get one of
those...
Anyway the male end at the calliper doesn't screw all the way in. About oh 5mm
of threads are left hanging out. The hose is
Not many of these in New England that I can see. This is a bush machine I'd say
with that small bed. I like Jim Cathey's better.
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ctd/910573264.html
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Curt Raymond wrote:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ctd/910573264.html
Cute. But $24k in a recession for a vehicle that can't be financed?
Good luck.
Mitch.
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Typically the blower will come on at the lowest speed only except on
defrost of if you have the high speed button pushed. It will then
adjust to the correct speed for the required conditioning, usually
after 10 or 15 seconds.
I think this is supposed to do two things -- prevent a blast of
Anyone have experience with these small units? I see them for ~$150, 2000
watt, both 2 and 4 stroke.
I have a 4500 watt that handles the fridge, TV and lights. That's all I really
need down here in the south.
However, I would like to have a back up for the back up that would be small
For settings other than defrost and high, a temp sensor determines how much
air is needed to satisfy what you're asking for, then it turns the fan on
very low or higher depending on how close the temp in the car is to what
you're asking for. Usually, if there's a wide difference between temp in
Who would finance a 30 year old vehicle? I know my banker would laugh.
Ed
300E
2008/11/8 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Curt Raymond wrote:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ctd/910573264.html
Cute. But $24k in a recession for a vehicle that can't be financed?
Good luck.
Mitch.
that stormfront website of yours is really great! I can see why you go
there every day!
they are stupid, they hate obama and they are built up into a frothing rage
by the AM radio. they are bad losers. do you know that there is a plan
circulating to have the supreme court disqualify obama and
First off, why is it being called a confiscation? It isn't. They only
talked about REMOVING the tax exemptions on 401ks.
Secondly you need the whole story, which is this was one plan that was
reviewed by the house committee out of some 20 plus other options.
I am sick and tired of this
Got the passenger side all pulled apart. Much quicker this time except the
caliper fought me bad. I probably should have budgeted for new calipers or at
least for rebuilding, oh well...
I'll tell you what though, when you live a mostly sedentary life as a computer
fixer this is hard work, I
Not many of these in New England that I can see. This is a bush
machine I'd say with that small bed. I like Jim Cathey's better.
I like mine better too, if I only had time/energy to dive
in and fix the axle. Seems to me that the short bed on mine
was actually a Doka bed, so this Doka really
Anyway the male end at the calliper doesn't screw all the way in.
About oh 5mm of threads are left hanging out. The hose is definately
seated all the way though. So I put the old hose back on and while
there isn't as much left out there's a good 3mm of threads exposed.
Normal?
I'd say so.
operation or an anomoly. On defrost and high, the blower starts
immediately, which is what I would expect. On low, automatic, and with
the heat on any setting other than defrost, there is a delay between
my pushing the button and the fan coming on. This delay, which seems
quite regular, really
chromed hub caps - 'left inner circles unpainted, i. e., stainless steel
unpainted like those on my two wheel utility trailer. Wheel covers from
salvage yard with original color on inner circles removed and left
unpainted.
Wilton
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From: Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 09:13:29 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll tell you what though, when you live a mostly sedentary life as a
computer fixer this is hard work, I ache all over...
Tell me about it.
Nearly there though, my cheater bar has gotten a workout. Sears is gonna
The Pick-n-Pull/U-Pick-It prices here (Kansas City) are about
300% higher. Where the hell do you live?
Spokane, WA. I like to check out with one of the girls,
the total bill generally seems to be less with them. The
guys write down everything, whereas the girls pass over a
lot of the fiddly
Good, the other side is exactly the same...
--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake hose
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 1:06 PM
Anyway the male
So the inner puck on the caliper WILL NOT retract... Dag.
Advance Autoparts can have 'em for my tomorrow if I order by 7pm for $75 apiece
for Bendix, Bimby wants $92 and of course it'll be Tuesday.
ATE are more money $91, and they can't have them until Tuesday. Bimby doesn't
list reman ATE.
Busting loose the nuts that hold the hub to the rotor. The only 10mm driver I
could find was 3/8 drive and strangely using a 1/2 to 3/8 adapter seems to
rob me of torque. Even though my 3/8 wrench and cheater are the same length as
the 1/2 driver I can put more force on the 3/8...
-Curt
---
Yeah replying to my own post.
I decided to order the Bendix, near as I can tell (after a search on
MercedesShop) it doesn't matter as long as I keep 'em in pairs...
Sorry Rusty, I should have looked farther ahead. I'll make it up to you on my
next order, maybe I'll finally replace the fan
E M wrote:
Who would finance a 30 year old vehicle? I know my banker would laugh.
That's what I meant. Who's got $24k in cash sitting around to pay for a 4x4 toy,
and wants to spend it on a 30 year old truck that can't go hwy speeds?
That's a very limited market these days. Meanwhile, I can
yea, you can change brands if you replace both of them.
Curt Raymond wrote:
So the inner puck on the caliper WILL NOT retract... Dag.
Advance Autoparts can have 'em for my tomorrow if I order by 7pm for $75 apiece
for Bendix, Bimby wants $92 and of course it'll be Tuesday.
ATE are more money
Curt Raymond wrote:
Advance Autoparts can have 'em for my tomorrow if I order by 7pm for
$75 apiece for Bendix, Bimby wants $92 and of course it'll be
Tuesday. ATE are more money $91, and they can't have them until
Tuesday. Bimby doesn't list reman ATE.
When I was getting replacement calipers
Craig McCluskey wrote:
I just re-enabled my Mercedes list email delivery after turning it
off to drive to Oregon in August.
Welcome back! Have a good trip?
John
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:22:04 -0600 John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig McCluskey wrote:
I just re-enabled my Mercedes list email delivery after turning it
off to drive to Oregon in August.
Welcome back! Have a good trip?
Thank you. And yes, I did (as good, at any rate, as going
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a hood
star. How do I transfer the hood star from the dented grill to the good one?
Its raining and there isn't enough space to fit the ass end of the car into the
garage to work on the rear brakes without getting wet so its
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a
hood star. How do I transfer the hood star from the dented grill to the
good one?
If you raise the hood and look at the underside of the
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a
hood star.
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house nigger?
clay
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I
need and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:38:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
U I don't know.
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uh, wrong list dude.
Redghost wrote:
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house xxcx?
clay
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I was trying to get a rise out of you.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:38:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
U I
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:57:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I was trying to get a rise out of you.
I guess you succeeded! :-)
Craig
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Try North Korea. They might have some left over parts cheap.
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 2:39 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
I need to build a
I could tell ya, but I'd probably get government quarters at Fort
Leavenworth, KS, as payment, and I'm not that fond of government housing.
Wilton
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08,
Redghost wrote:
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house nigger?
Wrong list. Besides, Barry Soetoro, the president-elect, is only slightly more
Negro than I am. Assuming his momma is straight Caucasian, Barry is 1/2
Caucasian, 3/8 Semitic/Arab, and 1/8 Negro.
Mitch.
So the inner puck on the caliper WILL NOT retract... Dag.
I've rebuilt these before. I use a grease gun filled with
water to pump out the offending puck(s). Off the car.
New calipers is much easier, though much more expensive.
-- Jim
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I got one for a friend at Meijer supermarket last spring. Regularly $150, paid
$90. Two stroke, runs on premix, Rated 1000W instantaneous, 850 continuous.
Harder to start than I expected. Weighs 40-45lb, if you just pull the starter
rope you yank it right off the ground, so you have to hold it
my 2 cents here is to get new ones or have someone you know and trust do a
quality rebuild. no one likes this advise as it costs like 400 bucks to get
new ones.
i would not mess with advance for this sort of part.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:21 PM, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curt
Yeah I intend to rebuild these after the fact and keep 'em as spares.
-Curt
--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] STUPID )*%^#@ caliper!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Saturday,
penn state and the phoney big ten goes bye bye!!
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Gary Hurst wrote:
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
The people who came up with that theory seem less sure of themselves than you
do.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/10/31/roosevelt.polio.reut/index.html
I've had it (very minor) as long as I can remember, but I'm starting to lean
away from the polio
Well said, Hendrik. Thank you.
Wilton
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From: Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
No I don't think he accidentally
Gary Hurst wrote:
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw.
So what put him in the chair, if not adult polio?
shouldn't we all be rooting for him to do a good job rather than just be
hating on him?
I reserve the right to hate racist pricks on principle. Especially if they are
socialists with a
No I don't think he accidentally posted it to the wrong list, personally
I don't like that type of language on a semi-civilized chat list. Also
this is not the first time this sort of thing has come from this
individual and he was asked to not use those racial slurs, as it offends
and drags
he might be less black than you are
you know the story of the two professors, one black and one white, who were
doing genetics research in pennsylvania? turns out the black professor had
less subsarahan and more european dna than the white guy.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw.
as for the obama hate, it's pretty stunning. he did the better job and won
the election. whether you supported him or opposed him, he is now YOUR
President elect. let's give the man a chance and then judge him on his
performance.
shouldn't we all be rooting
What did he have, then?
Wilton
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From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw.
as for
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What did he have, then?
Wilton
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From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:22 PM
That's related to what I have - Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
Polyneuropothy (CIDP).
Wilton
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From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the
Hi, Curt et alles.
Curt, you were looking for a 190D.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
190D 190 D Merceds Benz great condition 5 Cyl Diesel 1987
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Date: 2008-11-08, 12:23AM
Merceds Benz 190 D Diesel 1987. this is a very low mile Mercedes
benz 190d it
What about your Ford Futura?
Peter
On Nov 8, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I
don't expect
I agree completely. I find this sort of thing vile, personally offensive and
insulting. I think posting dreck such as this a waste of space and further, I
have to wonder what motivates the individual.
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Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I don't
expect anything to come of it for the next 40 (or 400 for that
matter) years.
The only technology that MIGHT be real here is thermocouple pile
generators,
I'm gonna put one in my 240D!
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Rich Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and
Man. Sometimes I wonder what you smoke. I can't tell half the time which
way you are going :D.
-Rolf
Gary Hurst wrote:
that stormfront website of yours is really great! I can see why you go
there every day!
they are stupid, they hate obama and they are built up into a frothing rage
by the
very low prices. certainly makes the trips good
mak
The Pick-n-Pull/U-Pick-It prices here (Kansas City) are about
300% higher. Where the hell do you live?
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I have a 1/2 driver from HD, 1/2 Breaker from HF, 1/2 stubny U join
driver, 1/2 socket set from HF that goes from 10mm-21?mm that has a
nice metal box. Add on your basic wrench set and I can do 90% of the
work on these cars. The best time saving device is the cordless drill
witch socket
I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I don't
expect anything to come of it for the next 40 (or 400 for that matter)
years.
The only
WOW. Did Ok St. show up tonight?
Luther
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This was on Drudge tonight and the whole article can be gotten there. $250 is
one months power bill for me, HEY, sign me up.
Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes
will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US
government
I went to this fundraiser thing Thursday evening, and someone there had
a sweet red 190SL, top down, parked out front. I don't care what anyone
says, that was one gorgeous car.
---R
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Only $92 at Bimby? That's a STEAL! I paid around $400 ea. for my new
calipers for the 115 many years ago.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So the inner puck on the caliper WILL NOT retract... Dag.
Advance Autoparts can have 'em for my tomorrow if I order
So there is this car in OKC on craigslist. I email the guy a few times,
then tell him I can come Saturday (today) to pick it up. He first wants
to meet me before 8am. I tell him that is too early since I have a 2
hour drive. He then wants me to meet him at 6pm. I didnt really want
to be
I don't usually praise stuff from Redmond, but this is one cool tool --
http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/ice.html
It works far better than CS2 - it took a series of photos that I could
not get both the foreground and the background to line up (didn't
rotate on the lenses nodal point), and MICE
i just think you did good job on your website i'm not saying i agree with
your content, just that it's a nice piece of work on your part.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Man. Sometimes I wonder what you smoke. I can't tell half the time which
way you are going
i'm more sure that it isn't polio than anything else. my issue is that
everyone makes this polio claim. if you go to hyde park, all they do is
talk about his polio. obviously, he suffered from a disabling malady, but
to just keep repeated was polio doesn't seem right to me.
on a side note, i
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 22:56:08 -0600 OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Only $92 at Bimby? That's a STEAL! I paid around $400 ea. for my new
calipers for the 115 many years ago.
Ah, yes, but they're rebuilt, not new. The new ones are $200+.
Craig
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I know baloney when I see it, and in this case there is a precedent.
In the dawn of the civilian nuclear Golden Age (which never actually
occurred), electricity from nuclear reactors would supposedly be too cheap
to meter. We all know how that turned out...
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:31 PM,
I have one of the four stroke 2000w models and I love it. It runs the sump
pump and lights very well if the power goes out. It will start the fridge
sometimes but it doesn't like it. Power is not very clean or steady. I
wouldn't suggest one for running a pc as it makes terrible interference
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