On Aug 3, 2015 11:22 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
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>
> A Washington Porst reporter binge-read ALL of Trump's books over a single
> weekend! His observtions are worth noting, since he is the likely R
> standard bearer.
I'm just curious if "hire an assistant"
On Aug 4, 2015 12:26 PM, "WILTON via Mercedes"
wrote:
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> I vowed to return and do the tour by myself, but have never returned.
The older Cub Scouts here (central NC) go annually, well worth the trip. I
think we've aged out of the trip, at least until the baby is in Webelos.
To the original q
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It apparently got stuck on last night, I woke up this morning to 67 in the
house. The electric bill is probably not going the be pleasant.
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It apparently got stuck on last night, I woke up this morning to 67 in
the house. The electric bill is probably not going the be pleasant.
Welded contacts are not all that rare, if it's built with the
tech that is susceptible to that. Not all that hard to patch,
either. Or to cure.
-- Jim
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Wife is calling home warranty people today to see if they fix it, if not I
guess I will dive into it
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On Aug 7, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
wrote:
>> It apparently got stuck on last night, I woke up this morning to 67 in the
>> house. The electric bill is pro
New Moog tie-rod ends installed yesterday evening, they have a lifetime
warranty.
I have the MB special tool (201 589 13 33 00, see picture procedure
46-6177) for removing the outer tie-rod end, works like a champ. Inner,
not so good. The tool orientation on the inner end puts the tool nut up
in
New Moog tie-rod ends installed yesterday evening, they have a lifetime
warranty.
I have the MB special tool (201 589 13 33 00, see picture procedure
46-6177) for removing the outer tie-rod end, works like a champ. Inner,
not so good. The tool orientation on the inner end puts the tool nut up
in
I used to work for this guy who had a townhouse in Alexandria when CP
was Chairman of the JCOS, and quite married. Many evenings a black Town
Car would pull up to a woman's town house across the street and CP would
get out and go in, car would leave. Car would show up the next morning
early a
I've never had the tool. I just back the nut off to flush, then pop
it with a short handle 2 pounder. That is done from the bottom, so
no clearance problems Clarence.
If one is really bad, i've used the pickle forks, but both of mine
are gone now, so I just use the LFH.
You can adjust toe
I always try a few blows with a regular hammer, I think only once have I
gotten lucky.
This tool was about $50 or so, bought back when Rusty was in business, and
I really like it. Position, tighten up a bit and check to make sure it's
holding, crank it down nice and snug (three or four white knuc
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From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes"
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Cc: "Meade Dillon"
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] This is bad
New Moog tie-rod ends installed yesterday evening, they have a lifetime
warranty.
I have
2 lb at HF is maybe $6 and well worth it for tie rods and ball
joints, etc. Mine is maybe 12" over all, so it is easier to
maneuver than a claw hammer and has twice the clout.
TO take out the tapered bolts on IH H, they say to whack the side of
the yoke while applying pressure. I used a cro
Claw hammers are for driving nails, machinists hammers are for machines... I
think mine is a 3# hammer but it gets used for basically everything except
driving nails.
Shoulda seen my father-in-law last week when I was unloading my house jacking
tools, 5# hammer, 12 ton jack, 4x4 post. If you're
A 12 ton jack is a small tool.
RB
On 07/08/2015 10:31 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Claw hammers are for driving nails, machinists hammers are for machines... I
think mine is a 3# hammer but it gets used for basically everything except
driving nails.
Shoulda seen my father-in-law last
She was younger so obviously had to be his niece.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I used to work for this guy who had a townhouse in Alexandria when CP was
> Chairman of the JCOS, and quite married. Many evenings a black Town Car
> woul
I know, I was embarrassed to have to bring it but I forgot the 20 at camp...
-Curt
From: Randy Bennell
To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] This is bad
A 12 ton jack is a small tool.
RB
On 07/08/2015 10:31 AM, Curt
When I jack the cottage to level it, it makes the 20 ton jacks work.
Last summer I bought a bunch of the big old screw jacks. 6 of them are
about 2 feet tall and I think I have 6 that are about 1 foot or a bit
more and thenI have 3 or 4 smaller ones.
The idea with these is that you can leave the
Well it's supposedly fixed. They sent somebody out. It had some wires that were
shorting out so it was not reading the thermostat or something. I am not sure
what wires as I was not there.
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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 8:25 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Wife is c
Well Wilton I would rush to buy that book. Don't think you need to
remember it all to make your point. One of my good friends in my 20's &
30's was a WWII Marine vet who taught me a lot of the BS from them. SOSDD
On Aug 6, 2015 10:57 AM, "WILTON via Mercedes"
wrote:
> Well, the absolute biggest
Umm. I'd submit that either you don't have a very good jack (you're sure its a
20 ton and not a 2 ton? 2 ton bottle jack is maybe 3" in diameter, 20 ton is
more like 6") or you've got a very heavy cottage.
Maybe 13 years ago the floor in my grandmother's house was sagging really bad
under the fr
On 07/08/2015 2:26 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Umm. I'd submit that either you don't have a very good jack (you're sure its a 20 ton and
not a 2 ton? 2 ton bottle jack is maybe 3" in diameter, 20 ton is more like 6")
or you've got a very heavy cottage.
Maybe 13 years ago the floor in m
On 07/08/2015 2:26 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Umm. I'd submit that either you don't have a very good jack (you're sure its a 20 ton and
not a 2 ton? 2 ton bottle jack is maybe 3" in diameter, 20 ton is more like 6")
or you've got a very heavy cottage.
Maybe 13 years ago the floor in m
Its hard to judge how hard the jack is working other than how effectively its
trying to bury itself in the ground. Often when jacking a house like my
grandmother's that doesn't have a foundation we'll have a tough time since we
need to dig down to get the jack under somewhere. I've got a couple
FTE master cylinder arrived last night about 8:30 p.m., I had half a day
off so I installed it after lunch. Did not bench bleed it, just used the
power bleeder and pushed fresh fluid out to all four wheels.
Pedal feel is exactly like before (mushy) but it has always been mushy on
that car. I may
On 07/08/2015 2:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Its hard to judge how hard the jack is working other than how effectively its
trying to bury itself in the ground. Often when jacking a house like my
grandmother's that doesn't have a foundation we'll have a tough time since we
need to di
On 07/08/2015 3:33 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
FTE master cylinder arrived last night about 8:30 p.m., I had half a day
off so I installed it after lunch. Did not bench bleed it, just used the
power bleeder and pushed fresh fluid out to all four wheels.
Pedal feel is exactly like befor
FTE master cylinder arrived last night about 8:30 p.m., I had half a day
off so I installed it after lunch. Did not bench bleed it, just used the
power bleeder and pushed fresh fluid out to all four wheels.
Pedal feel is exactly like before (mushy) but it has always been mushy on
that car. I ma
6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
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passed to fail
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On 8/7/15 6:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
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Or failed to pass...
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On August 7, 2015 6:19:16 PM EDT, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
wrote:
>passed to fail
>
>--R
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>
>
>On 8/7/15 6:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
>> 6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
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6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
FAILing6:35 pm CDT, but it has been in the inbox an hour and a half or so.
Timestamp: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:04:41 -0700 (PDT)
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The list continues to be unresponsive. I'm getting notices from Verizon the
it's not getting responses from the list server and that retries are timing out
after several hours.
Kaleb, you need to get on someone's ass about this. It's been going on for a
week.
Dan
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On Aug 7,
I did not get the ticket submitted like I thought, it is now. I will soon know
if it is a Verizon issue like I suspect.
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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>
> The list continues to be unresponsive. I'm getting notices from Verizon the
> it's not getting respon
Came thru right away from the list to me.
On 8/7/2015 5:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
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> On August 7, 2015 at 8:31 PM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
> wrote:
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>
> Came thru right away from the list to me.
Me too, was in my inbox within 30 seconds after I sent it.
Mitch.
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It looks like it arrived a minute before you sent it at this end.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
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> 6:05pm EDT, 8-7-15
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and probably full of asbestos, too.
Dan
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> On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Ahh the workday. By the time you wrote I'd already been at work for nearly 2
> hours inflicting knowledge on the unsuspecting...
> I spent most of yesterday jac
Probably.
I'm not sure how the heat factors into it, but a lockup in one wheel is usually
a hose whose internal lining has failed and swelled.
Dan
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> On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Bob via Mercedes wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago I mentioned I broke down on the way to my shorehouse
That will be my legacy for the boys
Hopefully they'll be able to cash in on it.
Dan
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> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
> Many years from now a used Mercedes with documented "Dan Penoff" provinence
> will be worth BIG $$s.
>
>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2015
If you want to go on the cheap with some organic pads, check out Rock Auto.
They have had some seriously good deals on close outs for brake pads of late. I
just picked up a set of domestic organic pads for the 98 S420 last week for $6.
Dan
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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Meade
Since many of you have been having Heating/AC problems this year, may
someone is interested in a new thermostat. These guys have been
sending me a lot of deals for air cond. Sounds like Kleb is fixed up
again, but someone else may be down.
Happy DIYing!
Click on the "click here" link belo
The Panhandle has seasons, as does places as far south as Jacksonville. That
would eliminate Pensacola and Panama City. These areas can have temperatures
as low as the 30s and 40s in the winter months, so you wouldn’t be gaining much
unless you’re coming from the Great White North.
I would su
Not even close, thank goodness.
He’s in South Florida living with his mom. His daughter attends Florida
Polytechnic in Lakeland, FL, which is about halfway between Tampa and Orlando.
He was trying to find a way to live in Lakeland when his daughter first got
accepted to Florida Poly.
Dan
>
How do organic pads compare to ceramic?
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'95 E300
On August 7, 2015 10:06:33 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
>If you want to go on the cheap with some organic pads, check out Rock
>Auto. They have had some seriously good deals on close outs for brake
I don’t know if the OBDII thing had anything do do with the facelift in 1996,
as all of the information was already there - they just weren’t making it
accessible via the OBDII standards.
We haven’t topped off from the drive back from Mobile, but should be in the
next day or two. I’m intereste
I haven’t noticed if Costco sells propane here. I’ll be interested to see what
Andrew finds out.
Dan
> On Aug 4, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> That's sick. HD charges more than triple what you pay. I'll check at the
> Pentagon City Costco when I go there la
If I watch TV at all tonight, as I rarely do, it will be to see the latest
episode of "Rick and Morty" on Adult Swim.
Another really awesome series on AS is "Mr. Pickles". I highly recommend it,
although you better be up for some really off color, raunchy and moderately
violent stuff presented
DO you want or care about clean wheels?
Ceramic will keep your wheels cleaner. I've had very good luck with
cheap pads from oreely. They do make your wheels dirty. I just
clean and paint the wheels every few years with a rattlecan. Unless
you are driving on a race track, the cheap (organic
FWIW: I have never had ceramic pads on an MB. ALL stop well, no
problems with fade, etc with the cheap or midrange pads. The very
cheapest pads are ok, they just make your wheels dirtier. Midrange
are a little less dirty for the wheels.
OE on the MBs were organic or asbestos, depending on
So now we have an approved repair facility we can rely on if we're passing
through northern New Jersey?
I tried sending this when you originally posted, but the OkieISP must have been
on the blink. There is a forum on Benzworld listing repair facilities all over
the U.S. By region and city.
h
Jaime writes:
> I rebuilt the pump... he had the >kits in the trunk oddly enough. The >new
> diaphragm tore nearly >immediately. The kits were made >in Taiwan.
>
> So now Gary has to find me >quality parts so I can get this thing >fixed and
> out of my garage this weekend!
>
I have had good lu
I saw there was a bunch of stuff from you in the approval queue last night so I
released it.
I'm still getting time outs to the list from my ISP.
Dan
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> On Aug 6, 2015, at 8:13 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Messages from both my old account and the new acct I se
One thing I learned from my dealer parts guy is that the EPC will often show a
part to be NLA when it's really not. He says there is another system they used
called "Paragon" which is the determining source as to whether or not a part is
still available.
He urged me to always check with him on
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