Mine also came with oil.
Used it ten or twelve times so far with no problem. It
also does an oil change much faster than a shopvac.
The motor on a shopvac seems to get quite hot when doing
oil changes. (Too hot?)
Autozone tools have been OK so far. (Sears is a long drive.)
Gerry
'83 300D
'83
Brian Toscano wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hand_Tools
In 1985 SK became part of Facom Tools.
So that's why I started noticing warranty trouble in the spring of 1986.
Just minor stuff, the girl at the hardware store, instead of handing me a new
tool, spent ten minutes looking the
Anyone have a good sunroof lid assembly for an 83 300TD? This is
the manual type. It seems the one on my 83 has a bit of a rust
problem at a couple of points so I figure that before I get it
painted I will put a good one in there. I'm sure that Mercedes
will want a pretty penny for all that
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will come with a
new
steel key.
Very respectfully,
/s/
Max Dillon
'87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!)
'95 E300 292k miles (daily driving duties)
'73 Balboa 20 (High dry until the head is back on)
Charleston SC
Max wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will come with a
new
steel key.
Yup. That is what I hope for. Perhaps I can get the valet key also. But first I
must get the trunk lid open...
Rick
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You may remember that my '95 E300 had begun to use more fuel per mile. I tried
changing the fuel filters, but that did not help (as I suspected).
A couple weeks ago, just once I could faintly smell diesel at the front of the
car after it had been driven, but didn't have time to
Max Dillon wrote:
While I was there I took a look at the EGR and associated workings. On this
car there is a butterfly valve just before the EGR which operates in concert to
restrict clean intake air so that exhaust gas flow from the EGR is increased
when called for. I wired the butterfly
Not an issue on this car, a small blessing; drove to work this a.m. just fine.
I have an app on my Android, RaceDroid, which provides a horse-power graph as
well as other data from a 0-60 run. Someday when I have time and an open road,
I'll gather some data, then re-enable the EGR and gather
As well you should be! That is very cool.
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On 9/18/11 11:51 PM, Hans Neureiter wrote:
I am proud of him.
http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/news/253
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Would an old sat TV dish basically do the same thing if you stuck the
transmit/receive antenna where the LNB goes?
--R
On 9/19/11 12:09 AM, Craig wrote:
A week or so ago, there was talk about using wireless computer
connections at distances. Today in my email I got a notice of a special
for a
On 9/18/11 11:51 PM, Hans Neureiter wrote:
I am proud of him.
http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/news/253
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Congratulations to both your son and yourself, Hans.
He did a great job and you did a great job raising him.
Gerry
'83 300D
'83 240D
More or less.
Not a lot of difference with the cantenna design using a Pringles or coffee
can.
Simple to construct and amazingly efficient if you follow the directions.
Dan
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Would an
Rich Thomas wrote:
Would an old sat TV dish basically do the same thing if you stuck the
transmit/receive antenna where the LNB goes?
http://www.skifactz.com/wifi/wifi_dish.htm
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Congrats, Hans!
Do you get to put it on your fireplace mantel for bragging rights?
Dan
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Never had that privilege.
Asked #1 to help me.
Called for a Phillips from underneath the car and got What's
I have the sliding plate (attaches to handle).
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:52 AM, MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com wrote:
Anyone have a good sunroof lid assembly for an 83 300TD? This is the manual
type. It seems the one on my 83 has a bit of a rust problem at a couple of
points so I figure that
I was wrong, owner's manual for a 123 says horizontal is normal position which
locks/unlocks with CLS. This is opposite from my '95 E300 (124).
Very respectfully,
/s/
Max Dillon
'87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!)
'95 E300 292k miles (daily driving duties)
'73 Balboa 20 (High dry until
Do to damage during transport I had to replace the sunroof skin on my 300SD. A
new skin wasn't that expensive, maybe $150 if that much from the dealer.
I suspect the W123 equivalent would be cheaper. And the dealer had it the next
day.
Swapping the parts over was not a big deal, either.
Dan
My motivation for going the FLAC route is to get uncompressed files. After
listening to compressed versus uncompressed I am convinced I can tell a
difference (FLAC vs. MP3, fir example.)
As for speaker impedance, the Magnepans are rated at 5 ohms, and The Fisher has
taps for 4 and 8 ohms, so I
Strange, 201 (at least early ones) works the same as 123. I guess when they
changed the naming scheme they figured they'd take everything sideways ;)
-Curt
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:04:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
On Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:44 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
In the PNW the full S-K line of hand tools is available at a chain
called Baxter's Auto Parts, but I have no idea how widespread they
are.
Here you can find Armstrong tools at Fastenal outlets. I've not
The trunk can be locked with the key, overriding the vacuum system. I
don't recall whether this is horizontal or vertical but I think it's
horizontal. In that case you are going to have to unlock it, you won't
be able to use the vacuum system.
How did you manage to break a steel key? Or was
The engine is worth 2x that!
On 09/17/2011 01:33 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
WILTON wrote:
Oh, Gosh! Mouth-watering tempting.
I don't think I'd pay $2.5k for a parts car, no matter how nice the
parts.
But the real problem is that if I find a W140 donor body to put the
parts in, there's at
Hahaha. Not quite but ya got the color right. Here is a shot of mine.
Mike
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On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will come with a
new
steel key.
This has not been my experience.
Allan
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Except that lambda on a diesel is only about emissions, not killing the
engine.
I would not remove the ALDA myself unless I was going for more than
16psi of boost. Adjusting it once all the other maintenance items are in
spec is not a bad idea.
-Rolf
On 09/14/2011 12:06 PM, Peter Frederick
The crush washer from the trans lines fit very nicely under there.
-Rolf
On 09/14/2011 01:37 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
Reminds me that I need to shim mine while I have the intake manifold off.
Max
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Wood is ok but missing metal backing. No clue if CC works, I'd toss it
in for free.
I am looking for a buyer for the flywheel/clutch before I commit to
parting the car. It was the biggest ticket item.
-Rolf
On 09/15/2011 11:26 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Let's try again - what do you want
Can you depress the button?
Wilton
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From: Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:46 PM
Subject: [MBZ] W123 Trunk Lock
I have a 1985 w123 sedan that SWMBO has been driving lately.
One exception of course :D
If I had a VNT/VGT turbo I would ditch the ALDA, no need for it...
-Rolf
On 09/19/2011 10:00 AM, Rolf wrote:
Except that lambda on a diesel is only about emissions, not killing
the engine.
I would not remove the ALDA myself unless I was going for more than
16psi
Wilton wrote:
Can you depress the button?
Yup. Unfortunately depressing the button does nothing.
Rick
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The motor on a shopvac seems to get quite hot when doing
oil changes. (Too hot?)
Shopvac motors are cooled by the airstream being sucked
through them. They're not intended to work into a vacuum
for long periods.
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If you order from Rusty, you get cyl and Key.
On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon
meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
If you order a new ignition cylinder, odds are good that it will
come with a new
steel key.
This has not been my experience.
Allan
Or was this a hardware-store brass copy?
Yes.
Oops.
Rick
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I bought a 15 dollar vacuum pump that connects to an air compressor from
Harbor Freight. No moving parts, just a venturi. Works great hooked to an
old air tank with a piece of nylon tubing for the oil sucker. Can't
overheat anything but your air compressor if you leave it on for hours.
Mike
On
Any tips for viewing the CD-ROM's in Linux?
Just open matrix6.htm in your browser. You might need to run
the fixlinks script before you can get far.
-- Jim
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On Monday, September 19, 2011 9:18 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
If you order from Rusty, you get cyl and Key.
Weird I didn't remember it that way, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
Allan
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How many times? I only have experience with one, and a new key came with the
cylinder for my '87 124 wagon.
Max
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Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
On Monday, September 19, 2011 4:44 AM, Max Dillon
Thanks! About how many turns of the screw does that equate to?
Max
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Rolf r...@winmutt.com wrote:
The crush washer from the trans lines fit very nicely under there.
-Rolf
On 09/14/2011 01:37 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
Reminds
Any tips for viewing the CD-ROM's in Linux?
-- Jim wrote back:
Just open matrix6.htm in your browser. You might need to run
the fixlinks script before you can get far.
Works like a charm.
Thank you,
Rick
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The engine is worth 2x that!
Really? You'd pay $5K for a low-mileage known-non-rodbender 3.5-liter
603? How much would you give me for my '87 with 220K on the block,
20K on the top end with a #22 head, 500E swaybars and CLK wheels?
I ordered mine at the local dealer, and the parts guy seemed pretty competent
then. He cautioned me that the new lock may or may not come with a key, he
said
that a key is required to test the lock prior to shipping, and normally the
tester will leave the key in the lock, but they don't
LWB250 wrote:
Right now I am busy replacing all of my low bit rate
compressed music with FLACs, bringing the uncompressed
bitrates up around 2000 kbps or more.
Philip wrote:
With ncompressed, bitrate is a meaningless number.
Unless you are looking at disk space.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Here you can find Armstrong tools at Fastenal outlets.
I've not been there myself, but one just opened in town and I've been meaning
to check it out.
Armstrong stuff is excellent and priced less than SK. I believe
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Brian Toscano wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hand_Tools
In 1985 SK became part of Facom Tools.
So that's why I started noticing warranty trouble in the spring of 1986.
That reflects rather badly on Facom.
Allan Streib wrote:
The trunk can be locked with the key, overriding the vacuum
system. I don't recall whether this is horizontal or vertical
but I think it's horizontal.
On a W123 sedan trunk, the default position is horizontal. Turn
it clockwise 90 deg to vertical to be always locked.
Brian Toscano wrote:
In 1985 SK became part of Facom Tools.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Mitch Haley
So that's why I started noticing warranty trouble in the
spring of 1986.
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
That reflects rather badly on Facom. They're supposed to be
the French
Now, now - MB still sells the E350 CDI in the US -- but they want
around
$60,000 for one
$50900 base.
RLE
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...The trunk would not open, and the key slot was horizontal...
Horizontal being the locked position. By a key.
RLE
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I've always gotten a key with the 4 or 5 new cylinders I've gotten.
Wilton
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 Trunk Lock
How many times?
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
That reflects rather badly on Facom. They're supposed to be the
French (Italian?) equivalent of Mac or Snap-On, absolutely the highest
pro quality (used by Ferrari's pit crews according to Richard Griot),
but if they give you trouble with warranty replacements...
On 19/09/2011 2:48 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
That reflects rather badly on Facom. They're supposed to be the
French (Italian?) equivalent of Mac or Snap-On, absolutely the highest
pro quality (used by Ferrari's pit crews according to Richard Griot),
but if they give you
Mitch Haley wrote:
Just the idea that my 'unconditional lifetime warranty' had suddenly
beome unconditional after ten years
Geez. Had suddenly become conditional, it should have said. The dealers had
received instructions not to accept items with suspicious scratches, like
wrenches and
On one of the last nights of winter I locked my computer in the trunk. Same
setup, wouldn't turn for anything. I sprayed lubricant and WD40 to no
avail. Eventually I manhandled it open but it was just luck I didn't break
the key.
The next day it was warmer, lock turned easily. I put in some
Time for the mity-vac...
IIRC you need only peel back the passenger side carpet and start applying
suction to the lines that head to the rear of the car. That way if something up
front leaks you can sneak by it to get the trunk open.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:19:47 -0500
From: Rick
Up here in the north we use methyl hydrate to unfreeze locks. Can
usually buy small squeeze bottles or aerosol spray cans at gas stations
here in winter. More than once I have been low on fuel and unable to get
the darned cap open to refill at the pump.
I think WD40 might prevent freezing but
Facom and SK have been divorced since the 1990's. SK tools was not doing well
and was recently purchased by another tool conglomerate maybe two years ago?
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Alex Chamberlain wrote:
That reflects rather badly on
Anybody here live in or near to Ft. Worth, more specifically, Stirrup, TX?
I am trying to get in contact with a former neighbor who lives there - I have
his address but can't find an email or phone number for him.
Drop me a note off list, please.
Thanks!
Dan
relng...@aol.com wrote:
...The trunk would not open, and the key slot was
horizontal...
Horizontal being the locked position. By a key.
No, not on a W123 trunk.
When vertical, the key can be removed and is in
locked-and-only-the-key-will-unlock mode.
Horizontal, the key can be removed
Just found out Sam Walton was originally from Claremore OK, home of Okiebenz.
Rick
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Well yes you did not know that? His wife was from here as well and her family
the robsons are big around here. We had one of the very first walmarts and one
of the first super centers when they came out with those
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On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Rick Knoble
Also if read up on him it says he got his start from a load from his father in
law, which are the big old money robsons around here
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On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
Just found out Sam Walton was originally from Claremore OK, home of
Mine too, both 123 and 201. I bet there was a year when this changed. Wish
somebody with an early '90s 124 would chime in.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:56:34 -0500
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] lockout
Message-ID:
The trunk opened this evening. Weird.
Anyway, I have no time to troubleshoot this until Wednesday or Thursday.
I think the vacuum lock on the truck latch is sticking. I printed out all of
the pertinent
PDF's and I will have Mityvac in hand. Lock cylinders are on order from Q so
all is well.
I don't think I ever got mine over 110. Yeah, it was a metallic paint.
Very pretty. Unfortunately we lived near the beach, and it was impossible
to keep up against the salt air. The rear shock towers went first, aided by
my driving too fast on a potholed road. My mechanical engineer brother
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2601763854.html
Anybody have experience with the slk? Title is not an issue to me. Gump was
never going to be perfect, so I am ok with a car with minor issues.
clay
1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and runs and runs
1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:59 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
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All I know about them is that the supercharged four sounds nice. Kind
of growly under load, almost like a diesel. And that an SLK is about
the only way you are going
Yeah, I had the lifetime warrenty snears Die-easy batteries back
when they had that warranty. They lasted from a day to a year, and
snears didn't want to see me coming back. The last time, they told
me they changed the policy, and that was the last battery I'd get.
Soon after, Penny's had a
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
The penny;s battery has been sitting dead for 21
years Some year I will sell it for scrap.
The car or the battery? Around here FLAPS will give you $10-$20 off
the price of a new battery if you bring in an old one,
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