Re: [MBZ] Travel funnies

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got home, and sure enough, it's dripping fuel from under the manifold -- #6 cylinder is dead and there is diesel fuel blown all over the place. Just a slow drip, so only dumped a gallon or so, and after wrestling around

Re: [MBZ] Travel funnies

2008-12-01 Thread Peter Frederick
Yeah, it is nice. Not expensive as a hotel, either. My college buddy's parents live in the Town House retirement place (I think it's on Washington Center Boulevard or something, same street as the GuestHouse). The ritzy section we toured is right off downtown along the river. Lovely

Re: [MBZ] Travel funnies

2008-12-01 Thread Peter Frederick
I was thinking that, as I sent the old worn but not leaking one to someone recently as a temporary fix. I will swap the #5 this weekend when I can see what I'm doing and get that blasted impossible to reach but totally vital clip back under the manifold and the lines all clipped down.

Re: [MBZ] Kinda OT Brake Pads

2008-12-01 Thread Ed Booher
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time for brakes on the Explorer. I want good stopping power and long life. I am either going with factory Motorcraft, heavy duty Motorcraft or ceramic Akebono. Opinions? Rick Knoble My opinion is as thus: Never buy

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 37, Issue 9

2008-12-01 Thread RELNGSON
...I'm not so sure about that. I don't think there ever were more cars on the market at one time that could 0-60 in under 7 seconds than there are today... Lots of cars can beat seven seconds these days. Getting under five is not quite so easy. RLE ** Life should be

Re: [MBZ] OT: small, non-geeky Linux distro -- is there one?

2008-12-01 Thread Jeff Zedic
You could also run MiniME from PCLinux which is very user friendly and works well.Simple install and designed for older machines. I ran it and it was perfect. Installed in 7 minutes Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] oh boy

2008-12-01 Thread Luther
That engine looks lonely in there with all that space... Luther Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-Has-350-tbi-Chevy-Engine-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ260324044117QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6330QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem -- Luther KB5QHUAlma,

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