Same here.
Wilt
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:05:50 -0500 Mountain Man via Mercedes
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mao wrote:
> ...I just wanna s
"It's the best oil for your Mercedes"
http://www.walmart.com/browse/motor-oil,-transmission-fluid-car-lubricant/motor-oil/mobil-1/91083_1104294_1072084/YnJhbmQ6TW9iiaWwgMQieie?_refineresult=true
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Says out of stock online
About what I'm paying for Car Quest full synthetic 5w40 which carries the VW
spec the Jetta wants. I've more or less standardized on that for most
everything although the 190D is still running M1 since I had a gallon at its
last change interval.
-Curt
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I have struggled with hit or miss stock on the 15W-50 around here. I have
gotten into the habit of checking the two "Supercenters" in the area online
about once a week, and when they have it I buy a couple of jugs.
With three MBs running the stuff I can't afford to run out.
Dan
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How often are you changing? I'll probably change the Jetta at the end of next
week which will be right around 250,000 miles with maybe 10k OCI. I should
probably take a sample and see how things are inside.
The 190D gets 10k changes, the Ranger 8k because it does mostly short trips.
-Curt
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Did you know that stuff is not really synthetic anymore, it's just group 3 base
stock. Better off using delvac 1 Dino because you should not go extended oil
changes with m1 anymore
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> On Jul 16, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> How often are you cha
I change every 5k.
Yeah, I know, I know. Cheap insurance and we're typically talking about twice
a year for each car if that.
Since the climate down here is nasty a good part of the year, I'm sure the oil
takes a beating as it is. I'm sure I could go longer, but every six months is a
good int
How about the European formula? Isn't that still full synthetic?
Greg
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:41 PM
To: Curt Raymond; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
Have you done any analysis? If you could go 10k that'd be once a year.
The "cheap insurance" argument is BS, underusing your oil means its actually
more abrasive, theres loads of info out there suggesting that oil "wears in"
and is actually more protective after its been used some. Larry gets $6
I'm gonna call shenanigans. Nobody has ever been able to prove that anything
has changed with M1. The samples I took last year look just like the ones I
took in 2006 and say the oil is good to at least 10k in my 190D.
Loads of people are running extended changes with M1, you want to spend a whol
Does anyone have a clue where to get steel reproduction floor and body panels
for coupe and sedan 123's?
Jaime?
Jabba?
Rick
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dickarde would always tout some "SKS" place or something like that, but i'm
pretty sure those aren't the 3 initials as that is a chinese rifle
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
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> Does anyone have a clue where to get steel reproduction floo
I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfectly happy with that. If the oil
hasn't "broken in" (and I would like to see the citations for these claims) by
then it's not going to.
For almost 25 years I worked with industrial diesels with 1000s of HP that had
sumps well beyond 100 gallons. Al
Wasn't there a place in Cleveland that made all sorts of replacement panels for
cars? Did they have MB stuff?
It's these guys:
http://www.tabcobodyparts.com/html/table_of_contents.htm
Looks like they just have repair panels, not complete fenders.
Dan
On Jul 16, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Gary Hurst
Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short run times?
Caterpillar has a super aggressive program of analysis that helps them keep
machines running for way longer than ever before and lowers maintenance costs
by allowing fluids to run longer. If I had an engine with a sump th
And the pilot was Bang Ding Ow
--R
On 7/15/14 10:43 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:
More on this story:
"..A passenger reported the takeoff appeared normal initially
until the aircraft began to rotate, the nose lifted up, however,
nothing happened. The nose dropped again, then rose
Hey, I remain impressed by the fact that the plane flew well enough to
land it without any further problems and
amazed that with all of the technology available today, that there is
not something that essentially prevents the pilot from doing that.
Randy
On 16/07/2014 4:47 PM, Rich Thomas via
One last thing and I'll shut up, the analysis is so easy the "hassle and
expense" is laughable. Remember you do it 3-5 times which shows you the
duration that the oil is viable.
You contact Larry and give him $60, he sends you 3 bellows bottles. You put the
tube down the dipstick hole, crush all
Did you see the pics of the plane where the whole dang top ripped off? This
damage is minor in comparison. The only person that died in that one was a
stewardess that was standing up. Imagine riding back to the airport in a
convertible...
-Curt
From: Randy Be
Second officer was Wi Tu Lo
Dan
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> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> And the pilot was Bang Ding Ow
>
> --R
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>> On 7/15/14 10:43 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:
>> More on this story:
>>
>> "..A passenger reported the takeoff ap
I think that one went to his pay portal.
clay
On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Meade Dillon wrote:
> Kent Bergsma had a you tube video "how to" for valve adjustments that I
> can't find now. He showed how the big nut should be turned until the
> largest gap is found, and then you adjust the gap to s
That was the Hawaiian 737? Lotsa cycles on those, updownupdownupdown...
all day long. Salt air too. I guess it was a testament to the airplane
that it held together.
--R
On 7/16/14 5:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Did you see the pics of the plane where the whole dang top ripped
Thanks. No aux fan. That was introduced later in the year. Hoses are a year
old and holding well. It was the visco clutch that failed. Replaced it Monday.
I was a retard and took the car for a 8 hour drive around Mt. Rainier over the
weekend. It did fine, though did get hot
clay
On Jul 11
In the 2 190Ds I've had neither had a properly working fan clutch (the 190Ds
are electric) and as long as the car is moving it doesn't really matter. Its
puttering along in heavy traffic that gets ya.
-Curt
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The issue is sort of resolved now. The vicious fan had died, and paired with
the screw up job the shop did trying to remove a backfire, the thing now runs
way to rich and is all out of whack. I real D-jet mechanic will have to
"De-tune" the tune up and fiddling to get it back to proper, but I
yes. Detergent flush, then citric, finally full tap water flush. Buttoned
back up with new hoses and water pump.
clay
On Jul 11, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
> I forget, have you given it a citric acid flush?
>
> -- Jim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:38 PM, clay wrote:
>
>> F
So clearly the money for fixing everything will come when your solicitor calls
shop A right?
-Curt
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hot under the collar
The issue is sort of res
I picked up a pair of front calipers from a 95 S500 thinking that they would
fit in a 92 300SE. The things are universal fit for 95-99 W140. Lucas, in
very good shape and include nearly new brake pads. Ship from 98105 with UPS
Ground. Does $200 sound like too much?
clay
> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short run times?
Mostly. Because of the typical short cycle times, the oil is often contaminated
by condensation in the engine. This is exacerbated by the engines r
Probably not the solution you desire, but I found out you can use coil cleaning
spray product to dislodge the built up snot on the condenser and it does
increase the cooling effect. I gave it a shot on my S430 and what was once
blackened became silvery once more. The warm weather had been taxi
Not sure I understand. Every industrial engine sampling program I ever ran was
sampled on a regular schedule.
I understand the baseline concept, but in the programs I worked with we would
sample several times a year to determine the oil condition to determine when it
was exhausted and should be
My experience with Caterpillar is limited to earthmovers where everybody does
the samples. They sample hydraulic fluid too, a breakdown at a job site is way
more expensive than pulling samples.
I was under the impression over the road truckers were doing it too, another
case where a breakdown s
Aloha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
The plane had about 90K cycles which was 2.5 times the number it was
designed for according to the article.
On 16/07/2014 5:10 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
That was the Hawaiian 737? Lotsa cycles on those,
updownupdownup
Since my '84 300D may very well be my last car and I didn't want to take a
chance on used fenders from a junkyard, I obtained a couple fenders from the
Classic Center in CA. As I recall, the price wasn't too exorbitant and the
fellow ( jon.sigg...@mbusa.com ) I dealt with was very helpful. Goo
Yeah I vaguely recalled something like that. I guess Boeings are sorta
the Mercedes of airplanes, but the German airplanes (and French etc.
Airbuses) not quite.
--R
On 7/16/14 6:48 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Aloha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
The plane had about 90K
200 for the pair? they are new or rebuilt? what is the last 7 of your VIN?
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, clay via Mercedes
wrote:
> I picked up a pair of front calipers from a 95 S500 thinking that they
> would fit in a 92 300SE. The things are universal fit for 95-99 W140.
> Lucas, in v
It was a club event that introduced the troublesome shop. They were having a
great savings deal if you scheduled a procedure. I went with the oil change.
And for them to look into the back firing issue. They found many issues I knew
of, as well as some that had been addressed, and they wante
The earthmoving equipment side of Cat is a totally different animal compared to
their Power Systems business. The earthmoving guys have totally brainwashed
the customers that the only service they can use is Cat, and to do anything
that isn't recommended by the factory is heresy and can result
Depends on what you're looking for. If the idea is just to figure out a safe
OCI you make a couple tests, like 5,000, 7,500, 10,000. If 10,000 looks good
its probably fine to repeat. If 10,000 looks marginal you could make another
run at it (I had to do that with my '85 190D, the previous owner
This SOP for industrial engines. You sample on a regular basis, after a few
samples you have a baseline and then you just compare each new one to determine
if there is excessive or unusual wear in a particular area.
Same thing for hydraulic fluids.
Your Cat buddies are watching for changes in
Dan wrote:
> Wasn't there a place in Cleveland that made all sorts of replacement panels
> for cars?
>
I thought it was a place in MI that sold panels and floors.
mao
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How about this thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzr313wSY_Y
mao
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--R wrote:
> "It's the best oil for your Mercedes"
nuttin' like an oil thread to spark more traffic
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It is my understanding that BIG Diesels have additional filtering that
removes soot from the oil but these soot filters are not cost-effective for
our little automotive Diesels. Obviously, a worn Diesel will allow a lot
more soot to get in the oil so maybe sampling would allow extended change
inte
For the most part large displacement stationary diesels have nothing more than
banks of large spin on or cartridge type filters, much like you would find on
your car engine. They're just larger and often in multiples in order to provide
a larger filter area for the much larger oil volume.
Some
Try K&K manufacturing. They used to make nearly all the body panels
for W115 and W109 cars, so it's possible they do W123s as well. Don't
know for a fact since it's been a while since I thought about
restoring one.
Peter
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All of my (previous) MB Diesels with at or over 200,000 miles were sampled,
and determined that at 15,000 mile change intervals they could go another
3-5k miles due to soot level. All other elements were in tolerance as well.
Bear in mind that they leaked enough oil that there were several quarts
a
Some prime power stationary diesels can have centrifugal filters as
well.
As do some small motorcycles!
-- Jim
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As did Fiats, Renaults, and Simcas in the '60s and 70's. It was in the
crank pulley. They did not have oil filters. You pulled the cover from the
crank pulley and dug out the compressed sludge.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
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> Some prime
yeah, that's the one dickarde always talks about
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
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> Try K&K manufacturing. They used to make nearly all the body panels for
> W115 and W109 cars, so it's possible they do W123s as well. Don't know for
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