I strongly suggest you use tape and plastic sheeting to protect any areas
you don't want to ruin the paint on... Once sprayed the adhesive will melt
into the paint by design to achieve adhesion. It's worth the extra effort
also to drape the engine and wheelwells, fenders, etc.
FWIW,
Grant...
No greasy hands, no beer for you!
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On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:45 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Having recently completed a flawless R/R of a pair of spheres/ balls/
accumulators on my 1985 300TD wagon, I feel qualified at the very least to
share a beer with
I don't hear too much complaining about Daimler shipping jobs overseas...
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
relng...@aol.com writes:
Daimler has said that it will further expand its US plant in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. From 2015, an
I tried that.
The pad disintegrated after a year or so.
The glue bead is still there.
Maybe the pad was 30 years old in the box.
Car runs fine without.
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Or Liquid Nails.
--R
--
Hans Neureiter, Katy,
How much is the gummint subsidizing this expansion?
--R
On 10/24/11 12:20 AM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Daimler has said that it will further expand its US plant in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. From 2015, an entirely new - unidentified - Mercedes-Benz model will
roll off the production line as its fifth
I hate these Zuendfolge engines.
--**--**
Mercedes Zunfolge Engine
Date: 2011-10-22, 4:32PM
Have Mercedes Zunfolge Engine 153624.
Ran well when last hooked up to battery in 2006.
Need truck to haul it off.
If you
I am going to try to find or make some hooks and glue them in with JB
Weld. Actually just a flat S shape made of sheet metal might work
OK... maybe microwave metal would do the trick after all.
JB is not flexible, and is a poor choice for gluing plastic
panels. I'd suggest Shoe Goo in this
Agree with Peter's comments about Liquid Nails.
Brian
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
3M 8090 (or 9080, I can never remember). The regular super trim adhesive
won't handle the heat.
Don't use liquid nails -- the next time the pad falls apart (in
What if Andrew buys the beer? Can he consume without greasy hands then?
Mike
On Oct 24, 2011 7:51 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
No greasy hands, no beer for you!
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On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:45 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
wrote:
Having
Sure. As long as it's cold and cheap!
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote:
What if Andrew buys the beer? Can he consume without greasy hands then?
Mike
On Oct 24, 2011 7:51 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
No greasy
I guess I was recalling some discussion of this in the past, and LN was
a suggested adhesive. The 3M spray contact stuff is readily available
too, is that recommended?
--R
On 10/24/11 10:35 AM, Brian Toscano wrote:
Agree with Peter's comments about Liquid Nails.
Brian
On Sun, Oct 23,
Yes 3M make the recommended product.
LN will hold, but it makes a terrible mess for whoever changes the hood pad
next.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I guess I was recalling some discussion of this in the past, and LN was a
The 3M stuff is by far the best way to go. As mentioned previously, just be
sure to cover all painted surfaces, as it will damage paint it comes in contact
with.
Dan
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I guess I was
Rusty's website says the fuel filters are the same so I'd guess (just a guess
of course) that the housings are all the same.
Assuming thats true I've got one on my '83 240D that didn't leak when the car
died... I'll make you a good price. The car has only a couple more weeks before
it goes the
The 3M number is 8090. 3M Super Trim Adhesive.
Dan
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
The 3M stuff is by far the best way to go. As mentioned previously, just be
sure to cover all painted surfaces, as it will damage paint it comes in
Get a video camera, sit in the back seat with said camera on while somebody
else turns a hose on the sunroof, document zero water intrusion. Bring said
video to the shop, point out how easily that video could end up on Youtube...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:45:31 -0400
From: Bill Ringgold
The super adhesive works great, I *think* its #90 but I could be wrong.
Maybe thats what I'll do with the rest of my day, need to go pick up a plastic
scraper for the remains of the old one.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:32:26 -0400
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To:
I wish the 201 had armrests in the door like the 123. My sharp elbow digs a
dent into the soft pressboard armrests in the 201.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:36:21 -0500
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] door liner hooks
Well the 201 is cheap compared to a 123
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I wish the 201 had armrests in the door like the 123. My sharp elbow digs a
dent into the soft pressboard armrests in the 201.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 23 Oct
Take the armrests out of your 123 junker before it goes. I bet you
can take off the 201 armrests and replace them with the 123 armrests
if you drill pilot holes for the big screws. Worst case, put a wood
or metal strip in where the screw hits if it currently a hole. Just
so the strip comes
Sounds like the hooks on the 201 panels. I made some out of bent over nails and
epoxied them into place.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:12:34 -0400
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] door liner hooks
Message-ID:
On Monday, October 24, 2011 11:05 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I guess I was recalling some discussion of this in the past, and LN
was a suggested adhesive. The 3M spray contact stuff is readily
available too, is that recommended?
Picked up a can of the 3M
I completely covered with a painter's cloth/sheet any part I didn't want
adhesive on.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] good adhesive for hood
From an old post I saved from M. Booth: Put mine on with 3M 'Super Trim
Adhesive' Part Number 051135-08090
I've done both my '84 300D and '85 300TD with this stuff which is available at
NAPA.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
And a final question... the pad has a smooth side and a dimpled side,
which side gets the glue? I'm assuming the smooth side.
Allan
On Monday, October 24, 2011 1:26 PM, glenn brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote:
From an old post I saved from M. Booth: Put mine on with 3M 'Super
Trim Adhesive'
Allan Streib wrote:
And a final question... the pad has a smooth side and a dimpled side,
which side gets the glue? I'm assuming the smooth side.
I assume so. Don't the turbo pads have a shiny side that goes towards the
exhaust manifold?
___
The turbo pads used to have a foil area above where the turbo was located, but
that might only be on the OE pads.
Rusty probably knows...
Dan
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
And a final question... the pad has a
My pads have a shiny patch on underside above the turbo.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] good adhesive for hood insulation
Allan Streib wrote:
My replacement one from Rusty has the foil area.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] good adhesive for hood insulation
The turbo pads used to have a
Can't, 201 arm rests are molded into the door panel, anything added looks like
a big lump added onto the door...
Best I ever managed was to glue a wooden strip underneath and even that was at
best a stop-gap measure.
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:01:02 -0500
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
My pad is a Febi, the dimpled side does have a round smooth area about
My pad is a Febi. The dimpled side does have a smooth area about the
size of a salad plate about where the turbo might be. No foil on it
though. Since I have the spray adhesive, I could put a piece of
Reynolds Wrap there
I second Curt's recommendation- 3M's Hi-Strength 90 Spray Adhesive.
Held my pad real well. Spray both sides well and wait about a couple
minutes,then apply pad
Bob
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And when you touch the two surfaces together, ya better have it where ya
wanted it.
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- Original Message -
From: rdeaf...@aol.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:34 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Subject: Re: good adhesive for hood insulation
I second Curt's
It's far more likely that the State of Alabama has offered some sweet
incentive...
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
How much is the gummint subsidizing this expansion?
--R
On 10/24/11 12:20 AM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Daimler has
Poor sod, if only he knew the derision he generated...
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
I hate these Zuendfolge engines.
--**--**
Mercedes Zunfolge Engine
Date:
It would need to be delivered in individual paper bags since all work is
being done in a public space...
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote:
Sure. As long as it's cold and cheap!
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Michael Canfield
Well the housing is NOT cracked (I was looking at the seam at the top), but
my cloth/rubber injector lines were gushing fuel all over the place (in
addition to the fuel filter mess). So I replaced the injector lines with
NEW hose and installed two washers on the bolt that holds down the fitting
I have some nice palomino and blue W123 door panels if anyone needs them.
Buy two and I will throw in an engine.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Can't, 201 arm rests are molded into the door panel, anything added looks
like a big lump added onto the
No; he does not know.
A friend tried to sell a T-Bucket for cheap.
Local paper ad said among other features:
blown 427 motor
Caller asked why he wanted so much for a car that needs a new motor?
derision what's that?
ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the
audience.
If
where is the misspell, other than the 'umlaut' ?
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:56:49 -0400 Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net
wrote:
Wow! A genuine Zundfolge engine! Imagine that!
Indeed, and he even misspelled it.
--
Hans
Kinda reminds me of somewhere some guy suffered derision for putting
cat poop on 'is dermaders.
Poor sod, if only he knew the derision he generated...
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
I hate these Zuendfolge engines.
I actually emailed him and asked what he's selling.
Which reminds me, we just came back from a cruise on the Norwegian Star, one of
the main restaurants is Versailles. We had lunch with a couple from the ship
while we were in Belize and asked where they'd eaten and my jaw about hit the
floor
Is it really considered public? It's in a privately owned driveway off a
public alleyway. But we could drink it in paper bags anyway just to add to
the urban hobo effect.
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:06 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
It would need to be
IT IS NOT the glue.
And the 1/2 sheet of open cell polymer foam really does not do anything.
(Creates a bad image when sitting crumbled on top of the motor after the
hood is opened)
Do you all know why there ar rubber gears used in the speedo?
MB's answer to catch up with the Bentley 1960's sense
Hey Bill. Nothing you will ever proof.
Common sense vs. Shops, Dealers + Lawyers will always succumb, unless you
have bunches of $$$'s.
Make deal.
--
Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX
'82 300SD
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semi=public?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote:
Is it really considered public? It's in a privately owned driveway off a
public alleyway. But we could drink it in paper bags anyway just to add to
the urban hobo effect.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct
Geez, I wish I had a way to come take that engine off your hands. Been
trying to get to a certain manual shift 240 that is about to go to the
crusher and every time I think I can make the trip something else messes me
up. So frustrating trying to keep a truck running lately.
Mike
On Oct 24,
installed 'new' PB unit.
What a difference.
Fan ramps up and down with temp. setting.
Took the old unit apart: some ssolenoid contacts burned, some coils
discolored.
So much for 1970's electronics, bought from Chrysler,
--
Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX
'82 300SD
What? Are we all supposed to know French and German?
Hahahaha.
Mike
On Oct 24, 2011 8:15 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I actually emailed him and asked what he's selling.
Which reminds me, we just came back from a cruise on the Norwegian Star,
one of the main restaurants is
Let's do the paper bags! Gael being French will have no comprehension for our
stupid American alcohol laws. It will be funny.
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:43 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
semi=public?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Dimitri Seretakis
Usually there is enough incentive in the fact that Alabama isn't full of a
bunch of tax hungry gubbermint crooks.
Mike
On Oct 24, 2011 7:05 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
It's far more likely that the State of Alabama has offered some sweet
incentive...
On Mon, Oct 24,
That's what I used on both my 124s - worked great. I only covered the engine
and fenders with a sheet of plastic, then sprayed away. Yes, the pads for
the 2.5 turbos had the foil patch. the pad for the '87 300D did not. Go
figure.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com
Alabama has a history of paying manufacturing giants hundreds of millions of
dollars in incentives to locate in their state.
However, I'm not sure if any incentives were part of this plant expansion.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote:
Usually there is
They were from Indiana where it is indeed Versails. Don't need none a
that dam furrin talk there, specially freench.
-R
On 10/24/11 8:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I actually emailed him and asked what he's selling.
Which reminds me, we just came back from a cruise on the Norwegian Star, one
In Houston when we finished playing Ultimate at the local high school
field and at the park we would sit out between our cars on the street
and have a few pops. The cops when they drove by would just wave. Then
we went to play in the fancy burbs and could not drink anywhere near the
school
Well they just passed some stiff anti-illegal immigrant laws so the
Deutschelanders better have their papers in ordnung!
--R
On 10/24/11 9:07 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
Alabama has a history of paying manufacturing giants hundreds of millions of
dollars in incentives to locate in their state.
That system wasn't the Chrysler system.
It's more like... not bad for 30 years old!
When properly rebuilt, the last a long time and work very well. Its a good
investment.
Jaime
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
installed 'new' PB unit.
What a
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:40:22 -0700 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
I strongly suggest you use tape and plastic sheeting to protect any
areas you don't want to ruin the paint on... Once sprayed the adhesive
will melt into the paint by design to achieve adhesion. It's worth the
extra effort
...derision what's that?
ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the
audience.
If the Zuendf... guy meant that. his IQ is squared his foot size + waist.
Kindly cease misspelling zundfolge.
RLE
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--R wrote:
Well they just passed some stiff anti-illegal immigrant laws so the
Deutschelanders better have their papers in ordnung!
Yup.
I'm a gonna start waving the suthren flag - gonna go git me a job
pickin' sweet potatoes plantin' whatever - what was the crop in the
news today...
mao
Mercedes recently announced that a fifth model will be produced in the
Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant, the MLC SUV Coupe. The MLC SUV Coupe is expected to
be a rival of the BMW X6 and the Acura ZDX.
The MLC will blend the sporty styling of a coupe with the stance and
all-wheel-drive traction of an
This young lady I community agitate with told me of a friend of hers,
Beau, who eschewed the traditional work world after graduating the
local university, to go be a farm hand for the guy across the road,
farming and picking and whatnot. I saw him a coupla weeks ago, a white
boy with dreads
Supposed to be a huge magnetic storm creating Aurora Borealis(sp?) that can
be seen from the northern USA. Look north. Pictures on the net from Ohio
are very cool.
Mike
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Time to tighten up your perspective.
--R
On 10/24/11 8:25 PM, Hans Neureiter wrote:
We are loosing the perspective.
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Taters?
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB to produce another model at Tuscaloosa
--R wrote:
Well they just passed some stiff
Jaime, don't take this personally, because it is not. It is just a
(hopefully humorous) rant about building something just because we
can. That is a very serious and common malady among programmers,
but it applies to the automotive area also.
rant
As for the ACC: Bah Humbug! Give me 2
Aurora so bright several times directly overhead in Greenland that I could
see a printed page well enough to read it.
They looked liked multiple, thin shimmering veils waving in a breeze. An
amazing sight.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com
To:
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:57:30 -0500 Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com
wrote:
where is the misspell, other than the 'umlaut' ?
He spelled it 'Zunfolge'
Craig
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:56:49 -0400 Fred Moir
Glad to hear that, hope it didn't cost you too much.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
installed 'new' PB unit.
What a difference.
Fan ramps up and down with temp. setting.
Took the old unit apart: some ssolenoid contacts burned, some coils
Kaleb The pricing guide you are referring to is the N.A.D.A. C.P.I. (cars
of particular interest)
Here in Rhode Island it is what the registry uses to rape you on sales tax when
you purchase a vehicle from a private party. Thanks Ron Courcy A regular
list lurker
How drearily unimaginative. Why not a clean diesel?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:45 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Mercedes recently announced that a fifth model will be produced in the
Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant, the MLC SUV Coupe. The MLC SUV Coupe is expected
to
be a rival of the BMW X6 and
I have all that up here, plus taxation without representation.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
This young lady I community agitate with told me of a friend of hers,
Beau, who eschewed the traditional work world after graduating the
Those are bad for you.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:09 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Taters?
Wilton
- Original Message - From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB
Yes 3M make the recommended product.
They also make a lot of non-recommended product.
Just make sure you use the right stuff. 3M makes
spray 77 too, for example. I use that to hold on
the vapor barriers in the doors. Hood pad? Makes
it into an engine cozy...
-- Jim
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