[MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
*_Warning_* contains scantily clad women but no politics I think, or religion but does have white man rap, so that could offend, if not sure don't watch, perhaps watch a John Wayne movie or Fred Astaire musical or read the latest edition of Gun Polishers, I hear they have a special feature on

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: You have to stay ahead of the pain. Follow the doc's orders as to how often and how much. If you don't take the meds the pain will get a LOT worse then you will be playing catch-up which is not pleasant. After the pills wore off, I found out that hydrocodone

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes wrote: On 10/6/2014 8:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: (snip) In the interest of full disclosure, my oldest son's 300E 2.6 still has R12 in it, and I have a can on the shelf. It could probably stand to be topped off, but I don't have a manifold gauge

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: G Mann: Frost this morning. You don't need any AC Save the money. 44 lb of propane/butane could make a nice weinie roast out of your bus. You can't put 44lb of propane/butane in a 44lb R12 system. More like 15lb, but that's about what some of the less

Re: [MBZ] The first car in the shop

2014-10-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nice! Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
My wife's '96 Infiniti I30 has about 227k miles now, we may be nearing the end for this car. Rack and pinion steering needs about $800 in repairs, mostly labor. Engine and five speed manual transmission are great, body finally staying to show a little rust, interior is holding up exceptionally

Re: [MBZ] Convoy

2014-10-07 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
Plenty of options here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_7?url=search-alias%3Delectronicsfield-keywords=walkie+talkiessprefix=walkie+%2Caps%2C169rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Awalkie+talkies On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:03 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Better yet.. spend the few

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
but laughter is the best medicine! --R On 10/6/14 7:27 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Coughing? No no, laughter is what REALLY hurts recovering from that surgery. Been there twice, brother. First time was full deal, gave me a nice long zipper scar. Took a couple three days to feel

Re: [MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That blond girl is kinda chunky --R On 10/7/14 3:40 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes wrote: *_Warning_* contains scantily clad women but no politics I think, or religion but does have white man rap, so that could offend, if not sure don't watch, perhaps watch a John Wayne movie or Fred

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: but laughter is the best medicine! Found out this morning that Max was right, laughter hurts much worse than coughing. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
just put it into the system after you let it fill to atmospheric pressure with air. No way. El stupido, just like leaving it with N2 in it. Feed into a vacuum, accept no substitutes! He also told me that it doesn't form acids if there is a bit of humidity in there with the air. Probably,

Re: [MBZ] OT: CB Radios

2014-10-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
You can be out of range before the car is out of sight. The same can be true of CB if you don't have the antenna-age right. We also use them between the truck cab and camper. Rarely is anybody riding back there, though. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What is the common name for hydrocodone ? Is it Percocet?? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: You have to stay ahead of the pain. Follow the doc's orders as to how often and how much. If you don't take the

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Put it this way - one never hears anything these days about cars kicking the bucket at 100k miles. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My wife's '96 Infiniti I30 has about 227k miles now, we may be nearing the end for this car. Rack and

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car. It has nothing to do with mercedes, other than she sold the E300 and got this, and I want to put the R107 in the garage instead of the korean car. Two months this thing has been taking up space. Constantly renewing CL

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What year and model korean car is this?? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:44 AM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car. It has nothing to do with mercedes, other than she sold the E300 and got this, and I want to

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Oxycontin (aka hillbilly heroin) or in a mix with acetominophen, APAP. Percocet might also be some compound of it, I don't recall. --R On 10/7/14 11:33 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What is the common name for hydrocodone ? Is it Percocet?? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:56 AM,

Re: [MBZ] [ADMIN] List Content (Dan Penoff)

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 06/10/2014 4:26 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: AST wrote: I've been away for a few years, so am wondering what ever happened to the Ritter/Easley List? Alive, thriving. mercedeslist.com I believe this response will not make it to okiebenz - I am probably being moderated... ma

Re: [MBZ] OT: CB Radios

2014-10-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
And the distance between 'em remains constant? ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: CB Radios

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
'Reminds me: In summer of '79, after my assignment as a civil engineer in Greenland, I back to flying B--52's here at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, and SWMBO had been trying for several months to sell the house (so small we called it The Cabin in quaint village of Wrightwood in San Gabriel Mtns.

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 11:33:54 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What is the common name for hydrocodone ? Is it Percocet?? First, descriptions of the base medicines: OxycodoneDerived from the highly addictive narcotic drug opium, it is a

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
It's a Korean car. It was worthless when new. It could not have possibly appreciated from worthless now that it's used. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 7, 2014, at 11:44 AM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car.

Re: [MBZ] The first car in the shop

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Is that an original color? RB On 06/10/2014 9:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: It's a 115 Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 07/10/2014 2:40 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes wrote: *_Warning_* contains scantily clad women but no politics I think, or religion but does have white man rap, so that could offend, if not sure don't watch, perhaps watch a John Wayne movie or Fred Astaire musical or read the latest

[MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Who was it that was talking about plug in modules that feed to a phone or laptop a while back? Did you buy one and how does it work? I have a basic scan tool but would like a better one that would give data while the engine is running and not just scan for codes when the CE light come on.

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That was great, Craig - thanks. I remember the first time I took Percocet - the pain ended so quickly, replaced by euphoria, that I was floating on a cloud. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to realize that anything this GOOD has to be BAD. Therefore, I attempted to limit my usage to the

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 14:56:15 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: That was great, Craig - thanks. You are welcome. I remember the first time I took Percocet - the pain ended so quickly, replaced by euphoria, that I was floating on a cloud. Fortunately, I had the presence of

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 07/10/2014 2:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Hyundai is a pretty good brand, I am told. Certainly much better than it once was in any event. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Put it this way - one never hears anything these days about cars kicking the bucket at 100k miles. In the 70's, 100,000 miles was big deal, but my dad sold a good running 1977 Nova with 144,000 miles and nothing but brake, exhaust and suspension work done

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The first car my Dad owned after leaving General Motors in 1969 was a 1969 Dodge Monaco. He drove the heck out of that car but babied it as far as maintenance. He ended up selling it in 1973 or 4 with over 250k. That was pretty much unheard of at the time from what I recall. I don't know what

Re: [MBZ] heating season

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Maybe the black foamy stuff on the air doors that breaks down over time? Put a tissue over one of the vents and put the fan on high. See if there's anything on it after a minute or two, as a lot of that stuff will become airborne as it breaks down. Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2014, at

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You lost me, Dan. Rollers on a radio? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The first car my Dad owned after leaving General Motors in 1969 was a 1969 Dodge Monaco. He drove the heck out of that car but babied it as far as maintenance. He ended

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Think sideways knobs RB On 07/10/2014 2:34 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: You lost me, Dan. Rollers on a radio? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The first car my Dad owned after leaving General Motors in 1969 was a 1969 Dodge

[MBZ] what's the scam here?

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
How do you profit from making people call an Alabama number trying to buy a tractor for 1/3 of its value? http://annarbor.craigslist.org/grq/4703800989.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I found a couple of ways to do this, and there are probably more: First you need a dongle, either Bluetooth or WiFi. This is usually determined by the device you're going to run the software on. I use an iPad, so I went WiFi. These can be found in all sorts of configurations on places like

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Thumbwheels appear to be the proper terminology: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Dodge-Fullsize-Monaco-Polara-Thumbwheel-AM-Radio-Serviced-Plays-Good-/221559503639?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessorieshash=item3395f9bb17vxp=mtr Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
clay via Mercedes wrote: I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car. I listed a pro quality contractor's generator on CL, price new, $2800. Mine is about ten years old, looks like it was used by a cement contractor for a couple of years, because it probably was

Re: [MBZ] what's the scam here?

2014-10-07 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
That is a simplified version of the one from several years ago. I am in the (branch of military) and I am being shipped to Iraganistan and have to sell my (car, truck, van) immediately. Bla bla bla The scam is to get you to send money, then there is no vehicle. or to send money to hold

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So oxy is your excuse? --R (sorry, you just left that opening so wide) On 10/7/14 1:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: The narcotics (oxycodone and hydrocodone) caused me such severe constipation that I REALLY wanted to get off them. ___

Re: [MBZ] what's the scam here?

2014-10-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:19:21 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That is a simplified version of the one from several years ago. I am in the (branch of military) and I am being shipped to Iraganistan and have to sell my (car, truck, van) immediately. Bla bla bla

Re: [MBZ] Surgery

2014-10-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:32:34 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: On 10/7/14 1:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: The narcotics (oxycodone and hydrocodone) caused me such severe constipation that I REALLY wanted to get off them. So oxy is your excuse? --R (sorry,

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oh that is so cool - and I have never seen one before! On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Thumbwheels appear to be the proper terminology:

[MBZ] OT: Transferring long videos from my Android cellphone to computer

2014-10-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have some awesome videos on my LG Optimus phone that I cannot transfer via email attachment, unless I break them into bits, because hey exceed 1 minute. There has to be a way to do this via USB cable. Anyone BTDT? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I am lost on the WiFi issue. Do I have to stay close enough to have a connection to something? The Bluetooth setups that will run with an Android phone I understand but how does the other WiFi set up connect to an iPad or iPhone? RB On 07/10/2014 2:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I

Re: [MBZ] We are ***!!

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 07/10/2014 3:00 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: clay via Mercedes wrote: I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car. I listed a pro quality contractor's generator on CL, price new, $2800. Mine is about ten years old, looks like it was used by a cement

Re: [MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It's very similar to a Bluetooth connection. The dongle, when powered up, is a little WiFi access point broadcasting it's own SSID. You go to the device you're using (iPad, phone) and connect to the dongle's WiFi just like you would if you went into a Tim Horton's for a cup of coffee and a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Transferring long videos from my Android cellphone to computer

2014-10-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
USB will do it, plug one end into phone and the other into your computer, then via the computer you should be able to move the movies off the phone and into a folder on your computer. Using a flavor of Windows, I use Windows Explorer to move the files. Max Dillon, Charleston SC

Re: [MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
the danes are not swayed by canadian branding clay On Oct 7, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 07/10/2014 2:40 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes wrote: *_Warning_* contains scantily clad women but no politics I think, or religion but does have white man rap, so that

Re: [MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Ok, so it creates its own WiFi. That makes sense. RB On 07/10/2014 4:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It's very similar to a Bluetooth connection. The dongle, when powered up, is a little WiFi access point broadcasting it's own SSID. You go to the device you're using (iPad, phone) and

Re: [MBZ] OBD2 scan tool

2014-10-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Exactly. On Oct 7, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Ok, so it creates its own WiFi. That makes sense. RB On 07/10/2014 4:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It's very similar to a Bluetooth connection. The dongle, when powered up, is a little WiFi access

Re: [MBZ] OT: Transferring long videos from my Android cellphone to computer

2014-10-07 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
On some phones you get an option when you hook up USB of charge only vs. connect as external drive. Once you can see the storage of the phone you can transfer files. OR you can do a file transfer via Bluetooth. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes

[MBZ] canola/rapeseed (was: Re: One for the greasers without heart conditions)

2014-10-07 Thread ernest breakfield via Mercedes
not exactly; in places politically correct and otherwise, Canola is an engineered plant developed in Canada from the Rapeseed Plant. reference from people that might know: http://www.uscanola.com/what-is-canola/ cheers! e On 07/Oct/14 11:44, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Interesting

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread ernest breakfield via Mercedes
we had campers (Volkswagen and Chevy) back in the '70s that we put a couple hundred thousand miles on; i think it's got a lot to do with how people used and maintained their equipment, but my dad grew up playing with powerboats, and being an Engineer, kept things in good trim. now, our

Re: [MBZ] canola/rapeseed (was: Re: One for the greasers without heart conditions)

2014-10-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
From my foggy old memory banks, the canucks had this great stuff to compete with soy oil. Rape was not going to fly and the marketing boys decided that Canadian Oil, would be more to the liking of moms. Along the lines of marketing safflower oil, being labeled Saffola. Rape-ola was not a big

Re: [MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
No shots of the passenger side fender I could spot, it'd have to be a turbo to smoke the tires, unless maybe they greased the pavement... -Curt From: Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent:

Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

2014-10-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Can't buy much car for $800. In fact $800 is only around 2 payments on a $25,000 car... -Curt From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 300td travel

Re: [MBZ] One for the greasers without heart conditions

2014-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: No shots of the passenger side fender I could spot, it'd have to be a turbo to smoke the tires, unless maybe they greased the pavement... The brake-torque tire smoke got my attention too. Turbos were only 1987s, unless the car is modified. No plastic cladding

Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134

2014-10-07 Thread MG via Mercedes
Mitch, it was a guy who answered the phone that is posted on this website. http://autorefrigerants.com/co00033.htm Manfred Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:31:32 -0400 From: Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com If it was ES that told Manfred to fill an AC system with air, those idiots need to go

[MBZ] 123 parts needed

2014-10-07 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Hi everyone. I need a midnight blue hubcap and a fuel gauge sender for a 123. Hubcap fits many other types too with 14 wheels. 107, 108, 114, 115. Anyone have some spare parts? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 123 parts needed

2014-10-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 23:11:42 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hi everyone. I need a midnight blue hubcap and a fuel gauge sender for a 123. Hubcap fits many other types too with 14 wheels. 107, 108, 114, 115. Anyone have some spare parts? Kaleb, who runs the

Re: [MBZ] OT: CB Radios

2014-10-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
And the distance between 'em remains constant? ;) Generally! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: