Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

I wonder if someone replaced those bolts with 'merican hardware?  Jiffy lube?

Maybe that was Chrysler's contribution, same mount / transmission is used in a 
Chrysler product?
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On July 2, 2015 8:56:23 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
wrote:
>What I found weird was that the bolt
>heads for the two big bolts that go into the transmission case are
>5/8”, not 17mm like on every other MB I’ve ever done this on.  Strange.
>


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Re: [MBZ] WAS Sticker on Used MB NOW Vermin

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Where would the squirrels get the money, a grant from BLM?
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On July 2, 2015 10:23:40 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>The NRA would make big money with a program to teach squirrels to
>shoot.
>



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Re: [MBZ] Screw Emissions!

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Yay!
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On July 2, 2015 11:33:36 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes  
wrote:
>
>She ain't perfect, but she runs well now and will be getting fresh
>wires and the oil pressure looked at on another visit.

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Re: [MBZ] Pick and Pull, Anyone?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Sure it does, if it’s a W220 with the factory Motorola V60.  You have to add 
the Bluetooth “puck” to replace the phone, around $250 or thereabouts.  Do that 
and it works with a lot of modern phones.

Mine works with my iPhone quite well, even integrating its phone book into the 
COMAND and instrument panel display.

Dan


> On Jul 2, 2015, at 11:37 PM, clay via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> My car does not allow for new phones to connect to the in car system.  I 
> think the cutting edge for the W220 was a startak
> 
> clay
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I checked the threads.  They were metric.  The only thing I can think of is 
that the bolt head was 16mm, a size I have never seen, nor do I have a wrench 
or socket in my collection of 30+ years of tools in that size, either.

Dan


> On Jul 3, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I wonder if someone replaced those bolts with 'merican hardware?  Jiffy lube?
> 
> Maybe that was Chrysler's contribution, same mount / transmission is used in 
> a Chrysler product?
> -- 
> Max Dillon
> Charleston SC
> '87 300TD
> '95 E300
> 
> On July 2, 2015 8:56:23 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
>> What I found weird was that the bolt
>> heads for the two big bolts that go into the transmission case are
>> 5/8”, not 17mm like on every other MB I’ve ever done this on.  Strange.
>> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

If I did differentials enough I would - that’s a great idea!  I’ve already got 
one garden sprayer set up as a brake system speed bleeder.  While it’s really 
handy when I need it, it takes up a lot of storage space.

Dan

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> ‎Dan writes:
> ‎
>> I know there are hand pumps you >can do it with, but that seems >really 
>> messy and a hassle.  I would >be interested to hear if anyone >has a better 
>> method.
> 
> 1. Buy a garden sprayer.
> 2. Cut the nozzle off.  
> 3. Fill with gear lube. 
> 4. Pressurize sprayer. 
> ‎5. Squeeze trigger.
> 6. Fill differential.
> 7. Clean up. 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT:Schützenfest

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Like any social gathering in Wisconsin, I’m sure there was a fair amount of 
alcohol consumption involved.  Might ot have had any feathered hats, but I’ll 
bet there was just as much (or more) booze.

Dan

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:57 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> We called them "Turkey Shoots" in Wisconsin, didn't raise them to quite the 
> same art form / celebration.
> 
> Once when I was involved in a joint operation, on base there was a platoon 
> from some European country with feathered hats very similar to those on the 
> pictures.  We found them quite amusing, now I'll bet those hats are related 
> somehow to this Schützenfest.
> -- 
> Max Dillon
> Charleston SC
> '87 300TD
> '95 E300
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[MBZ] OT Old Aircraft pR0n

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

http://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-vulcans-retires-after-55-years-of-servi-1715162689

--R


 The Last of the Vulcans Retires After 55 Years of Service
 



On the 1st of July, 1960 
 
Avro pilot Tony Blackman  
climbed into the cockpit of a Hawker Siddeley Vulcan delta wing 
strategic bomber in order to deliver her from the aircraft manufacturer 
(A.V. Roe and Company, Avro) for Royal Air Force service. The British 
four-jet aircraft dressed in antiflash white–military serial XH558–was 
the 59th of the 136 Avro Vulcan medium range heavy bombers ever built. 
And this summer XH558, /The Spirit of Great Britain/, the last of her 
type is going to bid farewell to the skies.



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[MBZ] 606 belt tensioner

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

What the heck size Allen socket is needed to remove a 606 belt tensioner? The 
14mm used on the 603 style is not even close to big enough. 

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Re: [MBZ] 606 belt tensioner

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

It's something bigger than 14mm

--R



On 7/3/15 1:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

What the heck size Allen socket is needed to remove a 606 belt tensioner? The 
14mm used on the 603 style is not even close to big enough.

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Re: [MBZ] Pick and Pull, Anyone?

[clay via Mercedes]

I will need to look into that.  I was under the impression that the older w220 
was not blessed with access to the puck, only the newer (2003-05) had that 
ability

clay

On Jul 3, 2015, at 2:47 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

> Sure it does, if it’s a W220 with the factory Motorola V60.  You have to add 
> the Bluetooth “puck” to replace the phone, around $250 or thereabouts.  Do 
> that and it works with a lot of modern phones.
> 
> Mine works with my iPhone quite well, even integrating its phone book into 
> the COMAND and instrument panel display.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 11:37 PM, clay via Mercedes  wrote:
>> 
>> My car does not allow for new phones to connect to the in car system.  I 
>> think the cutting edge for the W220 was a startak
>> 
>> clay
>> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[clay via Mercedes]

I got a bottle of Castrol that came with a pump do-hickey so you just screw on 
the pump to a fresh bottle and feed the hose into the fill hole.  Pump away 
until you cramp up and stop when the goo begins to seep out the fill hole.  
This, after spilling more than I filled on a few previous cars.  I got it for 
Frosch three years ago.

clay

On Jul 3, 2015, at 2:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

> If I did differentials enough I would - that’s a great idea!  I’ve already 
> got one garden sprayer set up as a brake system speed bleeder.  While it’s 
> really handy when I need it, it takes up a lot of storage space.
> 
> Dan
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> ‎Dan writes:
>> ‎
>>> I know there are hand pumps you >can do it with, but that seems >really 
>>> messy and a hassle.  I would >be interested to hear if anyone >has a better 
>>> method.
>> 
>> 1. Buy a garden sprayer.
>> 2. Cut the nozzle off.  
>> 3. Fill with gear lube. 
>> 4. Pressurize sprayer. 
>> ‎5. Squeeze trigger.
>> 6. Fill differential.
>> 7. Clean up. 
>> 
>> Rick 
>> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Pick and Pull, Anyone?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Nope.  It goes back to 2000, I believe.

Contact this guy via email and ask him:

cell...@live.com

His name is Keith Valentine, and he is the guru of MB factory cell phones and 
retrofits.  He lives in the next town over from B1 (Bill Wachsmuth) in the 
mountains east of LA.  He is very helpful and really knows the ins and outs of 
doing this, as well as having a boatload of the parts necessary.  He’s been a 
cell phone guy since the days of analog phones in the W140 chassis cars, so he 
knows MBs well.

While I was able to source most of the major components on eBay for a minimal 
amount of cash, there were a few items such as the voice control lever and most 
importantly the fiber cable necessary to connect everything that were NLA from 
MB and near impossible to find in the aftermarket or P&P.

Keith took an inventory of what I had and filled in the gaps, boxed and packed 
it up and had it to me in a couple of days.  When I got it he insisted that I 
call him to review the documentation that he put in with the parts so I knew 
what I was doing.  I had already studied the MB bulletin for retrofitting he 
phone for my model year in great detail, but he certainly filled in some gaps I 
had as far as how things worked and where everything fit.

Depending on what PSE module you have, it’s possible that all you need is the 
Bluetooth “puck” and nothing more.  Keith can tell you for sure and even sell 
you a puck if you want one.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Dan

> On Jul 3, 2015, at 4:15 PM, clay via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> I will need to look into that.  I was under the impression that the older 
> w220 was not blessed with access to the puck, only the newer (2003-05) had 
> that ability
> 
> clay
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

16mm wrenches to exist, but try 5/8 in SAE.

> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 5:50 AM
> To: Okie Benz
> Cc: Dan Penoff
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks
> 
> I checked the threads.  They were metric.  The only thing I can think of is 
> that
> the bolt head was 16mm, a size I have never seen, nor do I have a wrench or
> socket in my collection of 30+ years of tools in that size, either.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > On Jul 3, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if someone replaced those bolts with 'merican hardware?  Jiffy
> lube?
> >
> > Maybe that was Chrysler's contribution, same mount / transmission is used
> in a Chrysler product?
> > --
> > Max Dillon
> > Charleston SC
> > '87 300TD
> > '95 E300
> >
> > On July 2, 2015 8:56:23 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> >> What I found weird was that the bolt
> >> heads for the two big bolts that go into the transmission case are
> >> 5/8”, not 17mm like on every other MB I’ve ever done this on.  Strange.
> >>
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I’m sure they do, and I did.  I mentioned that in my post.

Thanks,

Dan

> On Jul 3, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 16mm wrenches to exist, but try 5/8 in SAE.
> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
>> Penoff via Mercedes
>> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 5:50 AM
>> To: Okie Benz
>> Cc: Dan Penoff
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks
>> 
>> I checked the threads.  They were metric.  The only thing I can think of is 
>> that
>> the bolt head was 16mm, a size I have never seen, nor do I have a wrench or
>> socket in my collection of 30+ years of tools in that size, either.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 3, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I wonder if someone replaced those bolts with 'merican hardware?  Jiffy
>> lube?
>>> 
>>> Maybe that was Chrysler's contribution, same mount / transmission is used
>> in a Chrysler product?
>>> --
>>> Max Dillon
>>> Charleston SC
>>> '87 300TD
>>> '95 E300
>>> 
>>> On July 2, 2015 8:56:23 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
 What I found weird was that the bolt
 heads for the two big bolts that go into the transmission case are
 5/8”, not 17mm like on every other MB I’ve ever done this on.  Strange.
 
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Dan wrote:
> 
> The only thing I can think of is that the bolt head was
> 16mm, a size I have never seen, nor do I have a wrench or
> socket in my collection of 30+ years of tools in that size,
> either.

Must have a crummy tool collection. *smiles*  My flat wrench
set has a 16 mm, my 6 point deep socket set has a 16 mm, but
my short socket set does not.  As to how often I've used
them, I don't seem to retain that information.

But 5/8 inch is so close to the same size as 16 mm that for
anything but flare nut wrench they are effectively
interchangeable.  5/8 inch = 0.625 inch = 15.875 mm.

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Re: [MBZ] Today's Tasks

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

Parts needed:
Quart bottle of favorite gear lube
2 ft. of 5/16" or 3/8" copper tubing
1 "through-the-firewall" type grommet
Sharp drill bit of slightly less than the diameter necessary to fit the inside 
diameter of the groove in the grommet
Cheap coil type tubing bender to fit the copper tubing
Tapered reamer of size sufficient to ream out hole
Sharpie marker

Method:
Drill hole in screw top of gear lube bottle
Trim off burrs left by drill with file or knife
Fit grommet to hole using tapered reamer if necessary. You want a tight fit but 
no distortion of inside diameter of grommet
Cut "bottom of tube at 45 degree angle and file off sharp edges
Remove grommet and slip over copper tube
Put tube and grommet in screw top lid of grease bottle
If too tight, slightly enlarge with reamer
Push copper tube down into a narrow side of bottle (use empty bottle if 
possible)
Slip tube bender over protruding copper tube
Get under car and estimate how much curve you will need for tube to go into 
fill hole on differential at slight downward angle, and how much excess tube 
needs to be cut off. Mark bender at proper length of tubing (Sharpie).
Bend tubing and remove tubing bender. Transfer mark on tubing bender to tubing. 
Cut off excess tubing at mark you have made.
Check tubing for bits of copper and sharp edges.
Screw cap/tubing into bottle of grease, stick tubing in differential, squeeze 
bottle gently at first since grease can come out fast depending on size of 
tubing.
If curve on tubing is not quite right, slide tubing bender back on and correct 
it.
Slip piece of plugged rubber fuel tubing over end of copper tube to keep it 
clean.
I've had two of these for many years; one for diffs, and the other for manual 
transmissions.
Sometimes you don't get a tight fit the first time and have to do it over, but 
the parts are cheap and it's a useful maintainence-free tool.
Gerry
 

clay wrote:
> I got a bottle of Castrol that came with a pump do-hickey so you just screw 
> on the pump to a fresh bottle and feed the hose into the fill hole.  Pump 
> away until you cramp up and stop when the goo begins to seep out the fill 
> hole.  This, after spilling more than I filled on a few previous cars.  I got 
> it for Frosch three years ago.
> clay
> 
> > If I did differentials enough I would - that’s a great idea!  I’ve already 
> > got one garden sprayer set up as a brake system speed bleeder.  While it’s 
> > really handy when I need it, it takes up a lot of storage space.
> > Dan
> > 
Rick Knoble wrote:
> >> 1. Buy a garden sprayer.
> >> 2. Cut the nozzle off.  
> >> 3. Fill with gear lube. 
> >> 4. Pressurize sprayer. 
> >> ‎5. Squeeze trigger.
> >> 6. Fill differential.
> >> 7. Clean up. 
> >> Rick 

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