Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations

2011-03-26 Thread Max Dillon
We bought our first Hoover at a local store; no bargaining, no haggling, just pay the man. I developed a rapport with the Hoover warranty/parts support branch for our region, and when the replacement self-propel transmission was too expensive, they offered to sell me a new machine. Their initial

Re: [MBZ] corruption?

2011-03-26 Thread Mountain Man
RLE wrote: Well, you are an Illinios voter. What have you done to improve the situation in your state besides bitch about it and predict doom tomorrow, daily. That... coming from a man who believes the lie, that a vote counts for something. There is *nothing* to be done in that type of

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-26 Thread Max Dillon
I used to own an '85 300TD which was a grey-market import. NA engine, manual heat control, no AC, five speed transmission. It had a manual sunroof, which was a real pleasure once I'd properly cleaned and lubed it. I would really like to have manual sunroofs in my 124 cars if they could also

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: So what is SC doing about the problem? Document the problem, then develop a plan. All I hear is innuendo and supposition followed by outrage that there is a problem. I was part of that crewe for a while. I don't join in the hollerin' anymore about this problem, because I

[MBZ] OT: Cheap Ford/International 7.3 turbodiesel

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Streib
http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2288019484.html Not running. I gather from quick web research that the turbocharged version of the 7.3 IDI does not have as good a reputation as the normally aspirated version. Still, dual tanks and fairly low miles, if it's an easy fix might be a good

[MBZ] Marshall does it again

2011-03-26 Thread Max Dillon
The high-beam flash function had not worked on my '95 E300 since I purchased the car, and recently the normal high-beam selection got flaky as well. Marshall often recommended De-Oxit electrical cleaner (as well as changing the fuses), so I started with new fuses but that didn't solve it.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap Ford/International 7.3 turbodiesel

2011-03-26 Thread Mitch Haley
How do you tell if a '94 is IDI or PSD? If it's an early PSD, CPS is a fairly likely problem. Some drivers keep a spare CPS in the glove box, use it more often than they would a spare tire. If it's the last of the IDIs, you would be filling those dual tanks too often for my wallet at $4 a

Re: [MBZ] One for Jaime to carry upstairs

2011-03-26 Thread Dieselhead
According to Mombusa, Max, you don't exist. Isn't that comforting! VW had manual sunroofs. push the button and crank one way for the tip up vent. Crank the other way to open the sunroof. I used to own an '85 300TD which was a grey-market import. NA engine, manual heat control, no AC,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap Ford/International 7.3 turbodiesel

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Streib
The ad says it has a 7.3 International Turbo Diesel so I was assuming it was the the last of that line, there was a turbo version that last year as the PSD was late. Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes: How do you tell if a '94 is IDI or PSD? If it's an early PSD, CPS is a fairly likely

[MBZ] Restored Adenauer [was: Re: One for Jaime to carry upstairs and engineer like nothing else]

2011-03-26 Thread Craig
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:41:31 +1030 Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: For your perusal http://weboldtimer.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=45Itemid=27lang=en I will draw your attention to the ashtray (yeah I know most of you wouldn't need that) and the suspension

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap Ford/International 7.3 turbodiesel

2011-03-26 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: The ad says it has a 7.3 International Turbo Diesel so I was assuming it was the the last of that line, there was a turbo version that last year as the PSD was late. I saw that, but figured somebody might say that about a 7.3 PSD too. I take it you're assuming that anybody

[MBZ] MIG 29 Fulcrum

2011-03-26 Thread RELNGSON
Visited the Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Museum Friday to take a look at a privately owned MIG 29 Fulcrum on display temporarily. Here's a video of it at Snohomish County Airport. The 747 plant is at the other end of the field. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltrgWXiQrgw RLE

[MBZ] rV's was Re: Sprinting

2011-03-26 Thread Kevin Kraly
RV travel is quite fun! My parents and I used to travel before their helt issues made it really difficult. It started with an 11' cabover camper on a 1994.5 Ford F350 PSD. That one averaged 11MPG. The Jamboree 454 Chevy powered 31' class C that replaced it was only good for about 7MPG, but

Re: [MBZ] Restored Adenauer [was: Re: One for Jaime to carry upstairs and engineer like nothing else]

2011-03-26 Thread Hendrik Fay
There is tons of stuff on that website, the auto box resto was cool, particularly that they build a gearbox tester http://weboldtimer.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=56Itemid=68lang=en Hendrik who gets scared just changing the oil and filter on an auto box Craig wrote: On Sun,

Re: [MBZ] back to gas??

2011-03-26 Thread Hendrik Fay
You should, as it is a indicator of what our future holds, these do gooders are a global network and whilst at this stage the UK and parts of Europe is their happy hunting ground, they will take the lessons they have learned there and apply them elsewhere. Australia is changing, our sense of

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