Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Heck that may work in my 2 car garage but would not be able to go up all the way though Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: There is a group buy being organized for the maxjax: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212083

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift (pit?)

2013-09-09 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
What about 110 vs. 240 volts for my lift? On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:56 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Thought I saw a double row of bricks, but I'm still concerned about the walls eventually bulging inward. Already collecting water in sump. Maybe, the sump'll keep water table around

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread Mitch Haley
Greg Fiorentino wrote: FWIW heres an example of a used Rotary FS in my area: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/tls/4056112510.html Why does that look like a 4 post drive on in a tire shop? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-09 Thread Mitch Haley
Jaime Kopchinski wrote: You can still get genuine body parts from MB for the W124... Do they have 90-93 300D right fenders? Last I knew, they didn't have 190D turbo right fenders. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift (pit?)

2013-09-09 Thread Mitch Haley
WILTON wrote: 'Thought I saw a double row of bricks, but I'm still concerned about the walls eventually bulging inward. Already collecting water in sump. Maybe, the sump'll keep water table around the pit low enough to relieve lateral loads on the walls sufficiently. Everybody I know (ok,

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift (pit?)

2013-09-09 Thread WILTON
I wouldn't feel comfortable in the brick-lined pit. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift (pit?) WILTON wrote: 'Thought I saw a

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread OK Don
So how do you work on wheels and suspensions when the car is lifted by the wheels? My hangar has four holes in the floor where a car lift was removed by one of the previous owners. Pipes were in the floor when it was poured. I don't like bolts into concrete, don't think they can be trusted. On

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well they have a jacking saddle or whatever you call it, it slides back and forth along the length of the car you can use to jack it up. Some of them I have seen in dealership service departments had jacks built in. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:07 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread Greg Fiorentino
This is the general type of inserts we installed to anchor tanks and pumps in the Roseton Generating Station (across the Hudson from West Point): http://www.confast.com/products/technical-info/drop-in-anchor.aspx Looking at the specs it looks like they have more than adequate strength to anchor

Re: [MBZ] My Wretched 240D

2013-09-09 Thread Bob Rentfro
This thing wouldn't start today in the rain after I had been in the dentist chair for 90 minutes. AAA jumped me, drove straight to O'Reilly's to get a quick and dirty alternator check. Voltage check with engine running, 11.0 volts. Sowhich is more that likely the culprit... alternator

[MBZ] OT: Syria, etc.

2013-09-09 Thread Scott Ritchey
This may prove instructive: In short, we must face problems which do not lend themselves to easy or quick or permanent solutions. And we must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient-that we are only six percent of the world's population-that we cannot impose our

Re: [MBZ] OT: Syria, etc.

2013-09-09 Thread Rich Thomas
OK, the creatures who are participating in the main problems these days have been at each other, in all their various flavors, and against everyone else too, for 1300+ years, based on various slights, and feuds among brothers, uncles, nephews, grandkids, and your random infidels. It's not

Re: [MBZ] OT - buymbparts is drinking tea and eating pancakes

2013-09-09 Thread Russ Williams
Curt Williams - Sonoma has these on sale http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/usa-pan-goldtouch-nonstick-loaf-pan/?bnrid=3102206cm_ven=E3cm_cat=EDMcm_pla=0909_BrevilleOven_HEcm_ite=bnr_1Ballcm_em=rawil...@gmail.com On 9/8/2013 10:56, Curt Raymond wrote: Hand kneading is too much like real

Re: [MBZ] Home garage lift

2013-09-09 Thread clay
Andrew, Costco sells a nice looking lift. Not going to be the full walk under sort, but seems to lift the car enough that you can use a cart to scoot around and wrench. If you want a full height lift, look at your local auction house. Around here, the auto shops and dealers are going bust

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-09 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 9, 2013 7:43 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Jaime Kopchinski wrote: You can still get genuine body parts from MB for the W124... Do they have 90-93 300D right fenders? Aw, just get a regular one and cut the slots with a Sawzall. Alex ___

Re: [MBZ] Bad Drivers

2013-09-09 Thread clay
I am not impressed with the driving ability of orientals. I am pretty sure the ones across the street are PLA spies. Been there two years and seem to get new high end cars every six months or so. First it was VW, then they moved to Benz, now it is BMW. I had a good snicker this past weekend

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