Re: [MBZ] sls

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I paid $130 with my MB Club discount... On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Rick Hawkins Java wrote: > Andrew > > i've speculated about blackness in the sls oil > > i have it but don't worry about it > > the black could also come from the deteriorated hose > > you can change the

Re: [MBZ] '85 123 vacuum system

2015-09-02 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
he is not getting the 20 psi to restore all functionality. Atmospheric pressure is less than 15psi. Vacuum is customarily measured in inches or mm of mercury, not (negative) PSI. Your guy's being pretty sloppy with his terminology. Perhaps that's not all that is sloppy? -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Short of parking in a hermetically sealed garage, how does one keep vermin from eating your car? Cats. Specifically, _hungry_ cats. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Did the cow give up the steak willingly? If you eat you are endorsing killing, something died to feed you. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Sent:

Re: [MBZ] 300SDL?

2015-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
If you don't buy it I might be interested. It's not a rod bender, it's a head cracker. Make sure it does not have #14 head. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 2, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > The guy I got my 1994 S420 has a 300SDL he’s looking to

Re: [MBZ] 300SDL?

2015-09-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
For the short while I owned an SDL, it was a real blast. If the car is in very good condition, then I would jump on it. Not a rodbender, and upgrades from the early w126. Lots of leg room, land yacht feel, but the OM603 puts out enough power to get it moving. No slower in my seat of the

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the carrying capacity was of the largest glder? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived >> the

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What's the BB value? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:53 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah, that sounds pretty puffyshirt to me... > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Sure sounds like it > > > > Sent

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2015-09-02 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
That's a 30K car as it sits. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What's the BB value? > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:53 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, that sounds

[MBZ] This could have been a decent car

2015-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] 300SDL?

2015-09-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You gonna unload the S430? --R (sent from my miniPad) On Sep 2, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The guy I got my 1994 S420 has a 300SDL he’s looking to get rid of. Like the S420, he poured far more money into it than he did driving time, and it was

[MBZ] Wtf is this guy thinking?

2015-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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[MBZ] 300SDL?

2015-09-02 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The guy I got my 1994 S420 has a 300SDL he’s looking to get rid of. Like the S420, he poured far more money into it than he did driving time, and it was supposedly as nice or nicer than the S420 when he bought it a few years ago. This isn’t the rodbender, is it? What should I look for/ask

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
The most widely-used US glider in WWII was the Waco CG-4 with 15 seats. The larger CG-10 could carry almost 11K lb of cargo (like two howitzers). These were basically one-time-use throw-away aircraft, a far cry from today's sail planes. I am surprised that any American did not know about this

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
"I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains much." Scott Ritchey I nominate that for the okiebenz hall of notable quotes. (or is that quotable notes?) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
A solitary rabbit that eats almost anything will survive just fine in a park-like setting. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Not a bad idea. A couple years ago I caught a ver small mouse sitting on > top of the trap eating the cheese

[MBZ] Pelican Parts

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I just placed my first order from the online Pelican catalog. Very pleasant experience! Easy to find my parts. Prices are comparable to Autohaus, and free ground shipping takes just 4 days as opposed to 7. Check it out. 2 Febi Bilstein nitrogen chambers @ $93/75 2 liters Febi Bilstein sls fluid

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
So this means I have to kill things with my own hands to become pure? No, to understand. To become real. Confucius say: I hear and I forget I see and I remember I DO, and I UNDERSTAND! Until you kill your own food, you do not understand. When you don't understand, you dont appreciate what

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Who says I don't understand? Are bunny killers more real than someone who humanely traps them? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So this means I have to kill things with my own hands to become pure? >> > > No, to understand. To become

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with gliders, plus, the Duke... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I just don't enjoy killing things. Does this mean I can't drive a Mercedes or eat the occasional steak? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Short of parking in a hermetically sealed garage, how does one keep vermin >> from eating your car?

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
There must have been a lot of gliders if all that's all they could carry. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem >> with gliders, plus, the Duke... >> -Curt >> > > > ooh!

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
My uncle was killed in one in Belgium. Great soaring museum near big flats NY has one on display. Big wooden hulk. On Sep 2, 2015 2:50 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the > carrying

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
So this means I have to kill things with my own hands to become pure? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Did the cow give up the steak willingly? > If you eat you are endorsing killing, something died to feed you. > -Curt > > From:

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2015-09-02 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
What's the BB value? Same as a KBB value BB value is the weight of BBs the vehicle displaces. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

2015-09-02 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with gliders, plus, the Duke... -Curt ooh! Good movie, but I like the Quiet Man and McClintock better. BTW: go see the new John Wayne Birthplace Visitors Center! Way cool! ___

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You keep using the word humane but I don't think you know what it means.What you're really doing is live trapping a rabbit that will die later as a result of your actions. If its lucky it'll get hit by a car and killed cleanly. Much more likely it'll starve to death because it can't access food

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/09/2015 3:37 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: I had a different problem this year. The rustbucket SDL has been parked for the summer. Behind the driver's side headlight, around the A/C pressure switch/drier there was a bunch of grass and mud. No mouse nest, but it looked like

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Not a bad idea. A couple years ago I caught a ver small mouse sitting on top of the trap eating the cheese without setting it off... -Curt From: Randy Bennell To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent:

Re: [MBZ] OT (?) Mice eating the wiring

2015-09-02 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 01/09/2015 3:36 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Bunnies eat mint leaves? I've been using almond slivers for the chipmunks. Walnuts probably attract them better but I have a bag of stale almond slivers and they glue onto the trap really well. -Curt Fellow out at the lake suggests

Re: [MBZ] Holy mother of crack

2015-09-02 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On September 1, 2015 at 9:18 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > > That should be a capital offense. If Elvis were alive today, I doubt that he would do THAT to a Grosser. (Elvis once owned a Grosser, along with many garishly decorated automobiles) Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Holy mother of crack

2015-09-02 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> If Elvis were alive today, I doubt that he would do THAT to a Grosser. > (Elvis once owned a Grosser, along with many garishly decorated automobiles) > > Mitch. > Now why did I type THAT? Of course it's a W109 6.3, not a 600. Don't know if Elvis owned one of those, but he and Priscilla

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2015-09-02 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Yeah, that sounds pretty puffyshirt to me... On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > Sure sounds like it > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I thought