Thanks. Good to know - the car I was interested got sold, so no need at this
point.
Dan
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On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
yea I can run a carfax anytime, I have access to several dealer accounts.
On 11/29/2013 2:47 PM, Dan Penoff
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:37:56 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Looks like Mitch's mail account hiccuped. It's done this before.
Mitch's? Or Kalebs?
Must be K'leb's. I haven't seen squat. Poos, can you put the
On Dec 3, 2013, at 6:23 AM, M. Marmel marme...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:37:56 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Looks like Mitch's mail account hiccuped. It's done this before.
Mitch's? Or
You could wire up a glow plug light on your bicycle easily enough...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 22:09:51 -0500
From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What is difference in 617 Diesel Glow Plugs?
Message-ID:
I'll toss them in my Dropbox and post a link tonight. Might be a little while
as I have final in my Cisco class tonight.
It's pictures of a W109 going up in flames.
I had been talking to the owner about a possible purchase when it occurred.
Seems he replaced all of the flexible lines on the
On 03/12/2013 12:05 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Except that it took SO LONG when it was cold, and if one plug burnt
out,
they were all dead - series wiring. I was really glad to get a car with
the new style plugs.
Alligator clip jumper over the bad one, and go on?
Well, that was a problem with
It is easier to use a voltmeter on series plugs -- no voltage after
the dead one. You can use a screwdriver and short to ground as well
-- no spark means the next plug toward the rear is shot.
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poor old bicycle lives outside right next to salt water :(
i think my next going shopping bicycle will be built out of aluminum
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
You could wire up a glow plug light on your bicycle easily enough...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 2
I was thinking that was the total amperage draw on 5 GPs, in which case
the resistance would be 5x higher on each plug.
--R
On 12/2/13 6:50 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
They should show just a few ohms of resistance, like 3 or 4 if
I recall. Zero not good, infinite not good.
Room temperature resistance should be 0.7 to 0.8 ohm. It will go up
quite a bit as they heat, of course.
Peter
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Not much activity today.
Usually there is something new any time I check but today, not much.
Either those old MB's are running well, or you are out there swearing at
them and throwing wrenches.
Randy who ran the truck through the carwash today and filled with fuel
and that is about it for
Actually I was digging up grape vines and pulling (and setting) posts.
Never did get to the neutral wire repair on the garage, will do that
tomorrow evening I think.
Peter
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:08:40 -0600 Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
wrote:
Actually I was digging up grape vines and pulling (and setting) posts.
Never did get to the neutral wire repair on the garage, will do that
tomorrow evening I think.
Do you have some other source of light so you
Hi Gang,
I guess I wanted the block heater to help start the car so I could
avoid a proper fix. i broke down and replaced all 4 GPs ; (I had a new
set on the shelf in the garage - duh) Normally the Richmond Va area
doesn't get so cold to need a pre-heater (teens is about as bad as it
So, move the control the temperature at the top of the windshield where the
sensed air intake is to the drivers foot well.
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I am constantly running into situations where my feet are cold, but
because of New Mexico's abundant
I was busy dealing with some server issues at work, interviewing with the
County for an IT security position they have open (I'm not real confident that
they'll choose me) and taking the final written exam in my Cisco routing
protocols class, of which I got a 96/100.
And now that I'm home at
I no longer want to put any time / effort / money into my 240 D. I'm
thinking about getting a Hyundai Elantra to drive on my daily 85 mile round
trip commute. Very anal and analytical men at work who have bought one love
it. Someone please talk me off the ledge.
Bob R
Please don't get me started!:)
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On Dec 3, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote:
I no longer want to put any time / effort / money into my 240 D. I'm
thinking about getting a Hyundai Elantra to drive on my daily 85 mile round
trip commute. Very anal and
Oh geez
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On Dec 3, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote:
I no longer want to put any time / effort / money into my 240 D. I'm
thinking about getting a Hyundai Elantra to drive on my daily 85 mile round
trip commute. Very anal and analytical men at work
So buy a Jetta TDI.
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On Dec 3, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote:
I no longer want to put any time / effort / money into my 240 D. I'm
thinking about getting a Hyundai Elantra to drive on my daily 85 mile round
trip commute. Very anal and analytical
Well, since you asked, two points come to mind immediatly:
1) the Eleantra is NOT a Diesel.
2) the Elantra is NOT a Mercedes.
(from the guy who replaced his MBs with a VW and Ford - but at least one
is a Diesel, and both were assembled in the US).
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Kaleb C.
Either those old MB's are running well, or
As is the Frankenheap, which entered rotation again yesterday.
Aired the tires, plugged in the preheater system, and
started it and drove to work. No problemo.
-- Jim
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I was thinking that was the total amperage draw on 5 GPs, in which
case the resistance would be 5x higher on each plug.
No, the initial amperage is quite high. If the fuse were instant
reacting it'd probably blow every time.
-- Jim
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So, if we suspect a bad glow plug and want to use the alligator clip
method suggested above, is there an easy quick way to determine which
glow plug has gone bad?
The one with 12V across its two terminals.
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In Portland, ME for awhile they had cool clamshell things you could park your
bicycle in during inclement weather. This would have been back in the mid-'90s.
Would be just the trick...
Or just coat the whole bike with WD-40 a couple times a year. I coated my first
10 speed (a super cheap KMart
LarryT wrote:
...And it started _/instantly/_.
Eh...
Why wait for a big Wilton attaboy.
Attaboy!!!
mao
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I'm
thinking about getting a Hyundai Elantra to drive on my daily 85 mile round
trip commute.
Our very anal and analytical parts guy drives asian.
mao
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OK Don wrote:
...
(from the guy who replaced his MBs with a VW and Ford - but at least one
is a Diesel, and both were assembled in the US).
The crew car at APA yesterday was a newer BMW diesel. My son said it
was very fast. At stop light, it turns off. When light turns green,
press the go
Here are the links to the flaming W109 I tried posting last week under the
Crappy way to start your day thread:
Initial realization your car is going up in flames:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv4wb8u883gjwvk/image-1.jpeg
Aftermath before you commit hari-kari:
10 years ago when I started driving a diesel full time (actually it was 10
years ago next month) we had one of the coldest winters ever around these
parts, it hit -20F something like 5 mornings in a row which is unheard of.
After the second morning I had to roust Angie to drive the Dakota to
This mail server seems remarkably stupid in how it figures out what is spam...
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From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Slow list
We've had an early freeze here,
Gary wrote:
i think my next going shopping bicycle will be built out of aluminum
I am famous.
Here is a bicycle builder with my name:
www.bgcycles.com
That is my Dad's name.
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Do they still use Microsoft Sync? That should be enough to put you off right
there.
The nicest I can say is its more fun than a Corolla but thats it. I had one as
a rental and the Sync system which on that car controlled the radio only would
crash and the car would have to be restarted to
Curt wrote:
We've had an early freeze here, ground is hard frozen a good 4 inches down.
The center of the compost pile still steams when I open it to make an
addition though.
Not so much here in ChiTown.
Walks in the Forest Preserve is much mud and wet leaves to slip on.
Beautiful warm day
Probably not. You're most likely doing single stream recycling now.
Everything goes, the waste collectors sort and recycle. We just started it a
few months ago along with automated collection.
Dan
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On Dec 3, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Curt
If we get started around 4 it will be light enough, I think. Cable
from the house to the garage was hung improperly some decades ago, and
when a dead elm tree fell and snagged the wire this summer, it cut the
rest of the way through the neutral wire. Hence lightening down the
side of the
And they drive like log wagons. Can you say 2 degrees of caster?
Peter
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Nothing at all wrong with an Elantra so long as you lease it and get
rid of it at the end of the lease.
They are NOT 400,000 mile cars -- all the plastic in the interior will
fail after about 5 years, they look like crap and nothing works. Just
like a Toyota/Lexus.
Peter
Okay, okay. Even my wife is talking me out of it. She simply said, this is
so not you. My youngest daughter said, who are you and what have you done
with my father? Curt and Peter are exactly right.
Shipping a seat would be wicked expensive, no?
Bob R
Back to his senses
On Dec 3, 2013 6:59 PM,
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:11:52 -0600 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
So, move the control the temperature at the top of the windshield
where the sensed air intake is to the drivers foot well.
Actually, with the way a W124 system works, that won't work (besides
having to re-route the sampling
korean is the way to go. very sensible. ergonomics for fat american asses
(not applying to you, but to many)
the koreans keep it all in country and operate out of a standard parts
bin. the euros love the chinese parts more and more every day
they won't handle any worse than a w123 either, but
Yep; ATTABOY!
Wilton
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Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '78 240D Block Heater
LarryT wrote:
...And it started _/instantly/_.
Eh...
Why wait
this is more like it:
http://www.mercedesbenzofchandler.com/detail-2009-mercedes~benz-clk~class-clk350_2dr_cabriolet_3_5l-used-11331191.html
I will look at that tomorrow. Anyone with experience with these?
Bob R
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
korean
It seems the build quality has gone up in the recent past. They are by no
means a Mercedes, but will hold together for about five years before cascading
failures begin. SWMBA has an '09 korean car. She is thinking of losing it in
the next few months.
clay
On Dec 3, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Bob
Yup - I thought of that about 5 minutes after I hit send ---
Maybe you need to get that new job and move? :-)
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:11:52 -0600 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
So, move the control the temperature at the top
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 23:23:36 -0600 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
The problem is having cold feet while baking up top. The solution is
putting warm air in at the feet and cold air up top. W115 systems do
that wonderfully.
Folks
since i rebuilt a used lift pump and installed it on my 300td all of
my fuel supply problems have gone away.
I drove about 250 miles from athens to tybee island for thanksgiving.
Yesterday i drove from tybee to palm beach about 70 mph all the
way dragging a near empty
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