There is a procedure on the 124 CD, it calls for lifting the engine with a
hoist at one point. I hope this doesn't turn into a nightmare.
Max
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Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I looked at the 05 section (timing chain)
I've probably done about 8 or 10 long highway trips, so I know that 31 is about
average.
Max
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Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Can't really compare any 2 tanks anyway, theres just too many variables.
How much
WHOA... with the amount of money this guy has spent on tools, he could have
stocked several new transmissions just in case. Wow!
Jaime
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
http://www.benzworld.org/**forums/w210-e-class/1474216-**
That is 01-210. You lift up the front of the engine to get out the
pan bolts that go into the chain cover.
There is a procedure on the 124 CD, it calls for lifting the engine
with a hoist at one point. I hope this doesn't turn into a nightmare.
Max
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:05:49
He also said that a trans swap would cost him $5000. I'll stick with
Rusty if I ever need a trans. But when you evaluate tools VS cost of
paying someone for the work, using stealership or higher prices can
justify fancy tools.
Looks like his garage is bigger than most people's house.
I'm a firm believer in that, but that guy had some REALLY expensive tools.
Everything was Hazet, Stahlwille, etc.
Jaime
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
He also said that a trans swap would cost him $5000. I'll stick with Rusty
if I ever need a trans.
Anybody got a spare 14 hubcap for 123 etc.? I'd really like to find
one that is Midnight blue. Thanks.
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Well, I do have a really nice hoist that a friend loaned me. My work for the
day is set. I'm going to take a really hard look to make sure this banana rail
needs replacing or not.
Max
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
That is 01-210. You lift up the front of the engine to get out the
I knew that, if I were to keep them long enough, somebody would finally
want one. 'Had 5 or 6 extras 'til about 5 years ago; 'tried to get somebody
to take 'em; nobody wanted them; 'finally laid 'em out by the street; 'gone
within an hour. When I got the ivory '81 300D eleven years ago, I
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:28:55 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Anybody got a spare 14 hubcap for 123 etc.? I'd really like to find
one that is Midnight blue. Thanks.
This one is even the right color.
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/for/2505146404.html
Craig
WOW! What luck!
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 14 hubcap
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:28:55 -0500 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Anybody got a spare 14 hubcap
You should be able to put a block under the pan and jack up the
engine. I am not convinced that this is the ONLY way to get those
bolts out either. But you can tell when you crawl under and look.
Well, I do have a really nice hoist that a friend loaned me. My
work for the day is set. I'm
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok so they replaced the plate, did they reset the computer? A regular obd tool
won't cut it.
Will this do it?
From Benzworld:
Have you tried the FREE method?? (ie. Resetting the Tranny Computer??)
Turn key to position 2
Hold gas pedal to floor for 5 seconds
Release
Dieselhead wrote:
Anybody got a spare 14 hubcap for 123 etc.? I'd really like to find
one that is Midnight blue. Thanks.
I think two of these might be that color:
http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/2537783505.html
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A tear-down of Philips new dimmable 12.5W LED bulb. After my disastrous
experience with CFLs I can only hope these are better, since the choice
to use regular incandescents seem to have been legislated away.
Never heard that one, worth a try though
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok so they replaced the plate, did they reset the computer? A regular obd
tool won't cut it.
Will this do it?
From Benzworld:
Have
Yes, I know that, but the
difference in what I hoped would be
getting the car within a few hours
for more money and a further delay
seemed a warranted tradeoff. I'm
going up to chat with them tomorrow
and will be taking your info.
Bill R
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2025575/Kanye-West-Jay-Z-destroy-Maybach-Otis-music-video.html
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:48:32 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
A tear-down of Philips new dimmable 12.5W LED bulb. After my disastrous
experience with CFLs I can only hope these are better, since the choice
to use regular incandescents seem to have been legislated away.
I'm pretty sure that step won't apply, the idea there is too loosen the oil pan
so there is room to get the case out. I have the head off, plenty of room for
the case to come up and off.
Max
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Dieselhead wrote:
Anybody got a spare 14 hubcap for 123 etc.? I'd really like
to find one that is Midnight blue. Thanks.
Can't help with the Midnight blue - but I'm sure I have a one I
can spare.
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Well, the rail has some play at the top, so I'm convinced that the right
thing to do is replace it. Failure of this rail would probably destroy the
engine.
Does anyone have the locking tool for the starter ring gear? I need that to
secure the crankshaft so I can remove the crank balancer.
Max Dillon wrote:
I'm pretty sure that step won't apply, the idea there is too loosen the oil pan
so there is room to get the case out.
The front pan bolts don't go into the timing case?
Mitch.
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I was more successful! I used the Irwin extractor and a right angle
chuck adapter from harbor freight. The back one I had to do blind but
managed to get it right on in the middle.
-Rolf
On 8/12/2011 5:34 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Drill and use an extractor, the broken ones on our two 603's
I have been doing a fair amount of research on these lamps for a couple of
weeks in anticipation of relamping all the fixtures in the house we are hoping
to close on in a month or two.
Many of the newer homes down here like ours use a boatload of recessed
lighting, which is not only
They do, but they are not blocked, easy to access.
Max
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Max Dillon wrote:
I'm pretty sure that step won't apply, the idea there is too loosen the oil
pan so there is room to get the
Rolf, you asked about oil jets for piston cooling in the NA Om606. The
Introduction to service book says it does. I finally had time to look at the
book today.
Max
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Rolf r...@winmutt.com wrote:
I was more successful! I
What is a heat pump water heater?
Max
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LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have been doing a fair amount of research on these lamps for a couple of
weeks in anticipation of relamping all the fixtures in the house we are hoping
Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net writes:
What is a heat pump water heater?
Not sure but I do remember that at the first place I worked (McDonalds)
they used the waste heat from the ice maker and drink chiller condensors
to make hot water. That was back in the 1980s, so it must have been
Max Dillon wrote:
What is a heat pump water heater?
Reverse air conditioning, except instead of heating your house, it heats your
water.
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'Can use heat from refrig/freezer to heat water, too.
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Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: LED bulb tear-down
Max Dillon wrote:
What is a
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Understand that he was also at the auction to buy cars for commercial buyers,
and these are issues relevant to them as customers. They want iron they can
move, not something that will sit on the lot for months.
So is that an
I have seen those advertised but it is unclear if the heat exchanger is
located inside or outside the house. If it is inside I suppose it would
be good in the summer, but in the winter you are using your furnace (or
whatever) to heat your water.
I am going to be putting in a mini-split heat
A lot of the geothermal heat pumps have water-heating built in or as an add-on.
On the topic of the subject, I have had very good success with
Philips-brand CFLs from Sam's Club, for both quality and longevity. I
have not had good success with
Exactly there are brokers/wholesalers that buy cars at auction and sell to
dealers, they find cars for dealers who do not have time to do their own buying
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On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Dan
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:
Further, I have always taken any late-model car sold at auction to be
ipso facto garbage. If it weren't, it would have been traded in at a
new-car dealer and put on their lot directly.
Not always, e.g. a dealer may already have a surplus of
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I am going to be putting in a mini-split heat pump in the new
addition, that thing could have a tap for a water heater easy enough.
Please post updates. I'm considering converting to like that if/when we
need major central HVAC repair.
Well I got the stub of the crank bolt out today, finally. I think my
left-hand drill bit had dulled to the point of ineffectiveness, so I
switched to a right-hand bit and the stub immediately turned in. I
jammed a screwdriver into the drilled-out center of the stub and was
able to back it all
There are a bunch of manufacturers, I think I am going with an LG unit,
36k BTU and 4 head units (2x 9k and 2x 12k). Cost for that package will
be about $4k (probably will be more by the time I get around to buying
and installing it -- sh*t it has already gone up!!!).
Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu writes:
Now, any tips on R/R of the front crank seal? I have a new seal and
spacer from Rusty. Should it just pry out or do I need some kind of
puller?
Well it does pry out easily enough. I am glad Rusty sent a new spacer,
the one that was there was
Does it cool the interior of your house, or only pump heat from exterior into
the water heater?
Max
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Max Dillon wrote:
What is a heat pump water heater?
Reverse air conditioning, except
That sounds like an efficient way to do it, wonder why it is not more common?
Max
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WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
'Can use heat from refrig/freezer to heat water, too.
Wilton
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http://www.geappliances.com/heat-pump-hot-water-heater
It dumps cold air into the room. If I had this in a garage it would be quite
nice.
Dan
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
What is a heat pump water heater?
Max
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What is the longest run possible between inside unit and outside? I suppose if
you increase the copper line diameter you could go at least 75 feet.
Max
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Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
There are a
That would be very cool, I wonder how cold it would make my garage here in the
South Carolina summer...
Max
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Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
http://www.geappliances.com/heat-pump-hot-water-heater
It dumps cold air into
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:44:19 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
Book says to lube the crank bolt and torqe to 270 - 330 NM. I had been
thinking of using blue loc-tite on that bolt since it came loose once
before, but guess not?
Blue Loctite, I'm fairly sure, won't work with
If google the product name and review you'll fond a number of sites where
actual owners from all over the US give their opinions.
I doubt it would produce enough cold air to be effective, but down here
anything to take the edge off temperature-wise would be nice.
Between the tax credit and
It transfers the heat normally radiated from the condenser coil at your AC
system [the outside part of the unit, normally setting on the ground in a
split system] into the water heater via a heating coil so your cold water
becomes the cooling agent instead of atomosphere. Thus, you make warm
Craig diese...@pisquared.net writes:
My torque wrench only goes to 200 NM. Should I get one that will go
higher or just go to 200 and finish with a breaker bar and guess?
That spec is 199 - 243 ft-lbf. Since you have had problems with it
before, I would not take the chance and guess. Can
I think it is 75ft per head unit. The limiting factor is probably the
amount of charge in the system and various losses from pumping stuff
further.
--R
On 8/13/11 6:06 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
What is the longest run possible between inside unit and outside? I suppose if
you increase the
Max Dillon wrote:
What is a heat pump water heater?
A water heater that is about 200% efficient.
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I may be a bit out of the norm, but i'd say your old bolt did not
back out, but broke. I would lube with neverseize and put the bolt
in. I have always cranked on them until the engine just starts to
turn, then repeat 3-4 times. I have never had one back out.
Allan Streib
So it appears the shutting down problem was the XP hard drive itself.
If I have power plugged into it, vista drive starts up and shuts down
the computer off. Sometimes it will try to run a scan disk on the 2nd
drive and it starts it but gets part way thru and shuts down. If I
leave power
USB adapters and external drive boxes are cheap (don't get the really
cheapo ones, I had one that lasted all of 5 minutes once).
That should keep it from being a boot device, but won't fix a virus
or software scramble problem.
Or install it in a Mac.
Peter
Not mine, etc.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Nor this one neither.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
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Subject:1995 300d mercedes(crashed) - $999 (boston)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:22:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: fred.s...@yahoo.com
To: fred.s...@verizon.net
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I guess anti-sieze would be the thing to use when it says to lubricate
the bolt.
The 6 bolts that hold the pully and vibration damping disc in place had
anti-sieze on them, is that correct? Again my gut would have been to
use loctite on those.
Allan
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes:
I
Sigh.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
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Subject:1987 mercedes SDL parts car - $600 (So. Otselic)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
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Rear window regulators and the simple tranny work we've been discussing?
Would make a good $2000 car if it's that simple.
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Not far from me.
Too bad I am broke.
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On Aug 13, 2011 9:28 PM, Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Sigh.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
Dang!!! I was JUST there!! I might have to go back for this one.
Fred Moir wrote:
Not mine, etc.
Fred Moir
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:
I always said that if you could efficiently manage the thermodynamics
in a bakery, you could make a fortune. Refrigerators and freezers
for ingredients and display, air conditioning for
danish/croissant/cake decorating rooms, heat and humidity for
proofing, and more heat for baking.
Std.
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Is there some sort
of cable adaptor you can buy to hook an internal drive
externally to a USB port and maybe I can try it that way?
Yup.
I have - and use - both SATA or PATA to USB adapters.
They work fine. I would try putting the troublesome drive in
the freezer.
In this part of the country, a heat pump water heater makes a lot of sense,
since water heaters are typically installed in the garage, which, even in the
coldest months, is well above 60F (or more.) Right now, with ambient temps in
the mid 90s, it's not unrealistic to expect temperatures in
We use the Mitsubishi split units at work for data frame/server room retrofits.
We'll add servers and/or a data frame to an interior room, usually a small
closet or equipment room, and the heat load from the hardware will quickly
overpower whatever airflow is available. We can go far enough
I'm still not 100 % that's the problem because it did shut down once on boot up
with the drive unhooked. Now with this vista when I start it up I can get on
the inernet. After a few minutes it won't load a web page but still sends and
receives email. What's the deal with that? I hate vista.
Kaleb, et al.
How dusty is the CPU fan/heatsink?
How much fuzz is in the P/S Louvers?
Sounds to me like a dying power supply.
YMMV
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
On 8/13/2011 10:41 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I'm still not 100 % that's the problem because it did shut down once on boot up
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:41:54 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I'm still not 100 % that's the problem because it did shut down once on
boot up with the drive unhooked. Now with this vista when I start it up
I can get on the inernet. After a few minutes it won't load a web page
You need an external drive box, check Newegg, you can find them pretty
cheap. I have a bunch for IDE drives, just bought 2 for SATA drives and
stuck a dying drive in there and it works find now. hmmm. the fan in
the drive box probably has something to do with it, I think when the
drive was
If you want to WOW! people, do like we did and install under-cabinet LED
lighting.
If you don't mind DIY, it's quite cheap to do and can look VERY profesional.
Walt
On Aug 13, 2011 12:53 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:48:32 -0400 Allan Streib
You know not that much, I figured it would be bad but it wasnt
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Kaleb, et al.
How dusty is the CPU fan/heatsink?
How much fuzz is in the P/S Louvers?
Sounds to me like a dying power supply.
YMMV
Fred
We refer to those as Hitler mustaches.
When you crack open HP notebooks and pull the fans, you often find a
rectangular piece of fuzz about 1/2 by 1-1/2 inches.
Dan
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Kaleb, et al.
How dusty is the CPU
The Christian Sci Monitor, normally a somewhat unbiased rag did an
article about the food at the straw poll. See
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0813/Forget-about-votes-at-the-straw-poll.-Who-had-the-best-food
Bachman did a good job of providing appropriate fare. Corndogs and
Hot
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:14:43 -0400 Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com
wrote:
If you want to WOW! people, do like we did and install under-cabinet
LED lighting.
If you don't mind DIY, it's quite cheap to do and can look VERY
profesional.
Being in the midst of a project to remodel our
Hit fleabay and snag a cheap chinese case. I hate wasting cash and
have had great success with these things. Pay maybe $5 and get it
shipped in a week or so. I have a dozen housing all sorts of old
drives I keep my pr0n on. Nothing like 40 gig of various hackintosh
distros or linux.
Today I heard the onset of a very prominent whining noise in my 300TD that
gets louder under load. Seems to come from the rear but not 100 percent
certain. It gets VERY loud going up hills, accompanied by an ominous
grinding sound under load while driving uphill. The whining varies in pitch
The rear end is worn out
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:37 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Today I heard the onset of a very prominent whining noise in my 300TD that
gets louder under load. Seems to come from the rear but not 100 percent
certain. It gets
Yes - I bought one from NewEgg a couple of years ago.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
So it appears the shutting down problem was the XP hard drive itself. If I
have power plugged into it, vista drive starts up and shuts down the
computer off.
Figure out what the moment arm is for your weight to generate between 200
and 240 lb. ft., position yourself at that point on a breaker bar, and lean
on it till your feet come off the ground.
Dad used tp torque the prop bolt on the radial engine by having me do a chin
up at three feet out on the
SWMBO is right.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
The rear end is worn out
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On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:37 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
wrote:
Today I heard the onset of a very prominent whining noise in my 300TD
Is there some sort of cable adaptor you can buy to hook an internal drive
externally to a USB port and maybe I can try it that way?
http://m.tigerdirect.com/m/http/www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=USB+drive+adapter
Rick
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andrew strasfogel wrote:
Today I heard the onset of a very prominent whining noise in
my 300TD that gets louder under load.
The whining varies in pitch that
roughly matches engine/car speed.
Which one. If it matches the car speed, then it's after the
transmission or the transmission
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