Re: [MBZ] 1987 300SDL Swap

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

Yes, many years ago; 'don't remember a lot of it.
'Oughta read it again.

Wilton


Cap'n Eddie the race car driver never had a driver's license, even in 
the 60s.   Before WWI (the war to end all wars) no DL was needed 
Afterward,  he was so famous.  He said if he got stopped he pulled 
out the gold 'Merkun Legion membership card the Legion had given him 
and showed it to johnny law.  Johnny, on reading the name on the 
card, would strike up a conversation with the war hero driver/pilot 
and never ask for a real driver's license.


It is a great book!

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Re: [MBZ] Independent shop in Pensacola?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Check the repair shop forum on Benzworld. Might be something there, as it's 
organized by geographical areas.

Dan

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> anyone know of a reliable MB shop in Pensacola, FL area?
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[MBZ] Independent shop in Pensacola?

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

anyone know of a reliable MB shop in Pensacola, FL area?

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Re: [MBZ] Max's bandaids Was: Prepping for the Q.

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

My '84 190D had more repair than original pipe. I had already replaced the 
section with the mufflers but the section from the manifold to the mufflers was 
just tinfoil. When I started I'd wrap it with some thin metal and weld that on. 
By the end I bought repair pieces from FLAPS and welded them in. I finally got 
tired of it and replaced the pipes when it failed 3 times in one week each time 
just beyond where I had put in my last repair...
I've got a snowmobile muffler I've been repairing for years, a replacement pipe 
is more expensive than the whole machine. Once the snow flies this year that 
one is for sale, I've already got its replacement.
-Curt
  From: Curly McLain via Mercedes 
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Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 11:46 PM
 Subject: [MBZ] Max's bandaids Was: Prepping for the Q.
   
>This is when a lift would be nice to have.  My '95 sedan front 
>exhaust pipe also cannot be removed from under the car without a 
>lift.
>
>The White Whale ('87 wagon) seems to have developed an exhaust leak 
>in the last couple weeks, I need to make some time to diagnose that 
>and either replace the rusty components or patch.  Lowes has a 
>muffler patching tape with an advertisement I could not resist, I 
>may try that.
>--
>Max Dillon
>Charleston SC
>'87 300TD
>'95 E300

Being a Diesel, you can bandaid and scab away with abandon, no carbon 
monoxide concerns.

My rusty 240D has lotsa banaids and hose clamps.  So many that I had 
to use coathangers to hold it up in the middle.  It would sag between 
the bandaids and hang down and scrape the pavement.

I need a new front section some year  if the car lasts that long.

On my 110s, the vibration would crack the pipe in front of the 
muffler, sometimes ruining the muffler.  At the time, welch's grape 
juice came in a 6 oz. smooth side steel can.  Those made perfect 
bandaids for the small OM621 exhaust pipe.  I got to where I'd never 
try to have the pipes put together  as designed.  I'd use the can and 
2 hose clamps to make a "flexible coupling" and never again had a 
muffler ruined.



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Re: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

I like the Sears Diehard.  Even though two of them went south on me within
2 years, they were easy to exchange under warranty.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Not really relevant to me this week. I have a bad battery in the 4matic
> but I'm
> just going to use the 2003 Johnson/Autozone from the 300SD, but is this a
> good
> deal?
>
> Exide group 49 Global Extreme, 40 month free replacement warranty, $115 at
> Menards through Sept 27th:
> http://www.menards.com/main/p-2783768-c-9100.htm?tid=8507614064172518297
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Re: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Mitch,

That looks like a great price.  I think Wal-Mart sells a group 49 for about 
$125.
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Re: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes]

Been around since 1888, so they must have SOMETHING on the ball.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
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> Not really relevant to me this week. I have a bad battery in the 4matic
> but I'm
> just going to use the 2003 Johnson/Autozone from the 300SD, but is this a
> good
> deal?
>
> Exide group 49 Global Extreme, 40 month free replacement warranty, $115 at
> Menards through Sept 27th:
> http://www.menards.com/main/p-2783768-c-9100.htm?tid=8507614064172518297
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Re: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

If thats a good battery (IIRC Exide are Johnson Controls so as good as 
anything) thats an excellent price. I paid $125 2 years ago for the Group 47 in 
my Jetta. That was at my local Car Quest and was $25-$50 less than Autozone and 
Advance.
-Curt
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 Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 2:53 PM
 Subject: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?
   
Not really relevant to me this week. I have a bad battery in the 4matic but I'm
just going to use the 2003 Johnson/Autozone from the 300SD, but is this a good
deal?

Exide group 49 Global Extreme, 40 month free replacement warranty, $115 at
Menards through Sept 27th:
http://www.menards.com/main/p-2783768-c-9100.htm?tid=8507614064172518297

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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was an incorrect 
fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will overnight the correct one for 
tomorrow. Still some hope for making the Q on Saturday!

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:56 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes  
wrote:

>> My only currently "running" Benz is the pagoda so that's what I plan on 
>> taking to the Q on Saturday. When I parked it last October, I knew in 
>> advance that it would need a tune up- distributor cap, rotor, points, 
>> condenser so I purchased the parts last fall to have ready to install when I 
>> got it going again. I also knew in advance that the car would need a new 
>> exhaust.
>> 
>> So yesterday, I start it up after almost one full year in hibernation and I 
>> notice a massive fuel leak. Turns out the braided rubber hose with a fitting 
>> on one end which feeds fuel from the electric fuel pump to the engine has 
>> rotted. It's only 8 yrs old! I order the part from classic center and turn 
>> my attention to the exhaust.
>> 
>> I currently don't have the $1000 in my budget for a new stainless exhaust so 
>> I decide to repair the old one. Both pipes are rotted through where they 
>> attach to the back of the muffler so I figure I'd unclamp the muffler, cut 
>> out the rotted sections of pipe, weld it back together and re-install.
>> 
>> I crawl under the car and come to the grim realization that the entire 
>> exhaust is welded together in one piece!  So I unbolt the headers from the 
>> manifold- not fun. While I'm there I notice that a clamp on a coolant hose 
>> has rusted all the way through! Wow, the hose was attached by friction and 
>> goo alone! I could have blown the engine on the way to the Q!
>> 
>> Anyway, while trying to negotiate the exhaust out from under the car I 
>> realize that it will not come out in one piece so, I cut one of the headers 
>> off and slide it out. The plan is to reattach with some sort of clamp system.
>> 
>> As of now I cut out the rotted pipes and welded back to muffler.
>> 
>> Hope no more snags!
> 
> Waytago!The Welding GURU welds again!
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

This is very interesting. So the hose slides onto a pipe and is secured by a 
ferrule?

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes  
wrote:

>> Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was an 
>> incorrect fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will overnight the 
>> correct one for tomorrow. Still some hope for making the Q on Saturday!
> 
> Herr Welding GURU:
> 
> Don't sweat the fuel line.   Cut off, grind off, or pull apart the ferrule on 
> the old hose, then remove the hose.  Take the hose to FLAPS and get the right 
> length and type of hose and a hose clamp. Put it together.  Run the car.
> 
> I have pulled apart the ferrules with grinder, dremel, vice grips and a 
> screwdriver, pliers and a screwdriver, 2 screwdrivers...well, you get the 
> idea.  a spiral grind with an electric tool is fast and easy. THen you just 
> peel it open and pull off the hose and ferrule.
> 
> 
> Or once you get it apart, take the fitting and hose to a hose shop and have 
> them crimp on a nice new ferrule.  You may even be able to get real brass, or 
> SS ferrules if you ask.
> 
> Don't miss the Chowder or the Q over a lil hose!
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

That is awesome, it looks like an old mic cable...
-Curt


  From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes 
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Cc: Jaime Kopchinski  
 Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 8:14 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.
   
I do the same on some fuel hoses that are NLA... cut off the ferrule, clamp
on some new hose.

I had to do this on the original (and awesome) fuel hose on my ponton two
weeks ago:
http://images.jaimekop.com/2015_05_15_Mercedes_219/large-65.html

I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
use of clamps.

The classic center has some really lovely fuel hose, BTW.

Jaime



On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  wrote:

> This is very interesting. So the hose slides onto a pipe and is secured by
> a ferrule?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >> Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was an
> incorrect fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will overnight the
> correct one for tomorrow. Still some hope for making the Q on Saturday!
> >
> > Herr Welding GURU:
> >
> > Don't sweat the fuel line.  Cut off, grind off, or pull apart the
> ferrule on the old hose, then remove the hose.  Take the hose to FLAPS and
> get the right length and type of hose and a hose clamp. Put it together.
> Run the car.
> >
> > I have pulled apart the ferrules with grinder, dremel, vice grips and a
> screwdriver, pliers and a screwdriver, 2 screwdrivers...well, you get the
> idea.  a spiral grind with an electric tool is fast and easy. THen you just
> peel it open and pull off the hose and ferrule.
> >
> >
> > Or once you get it apart, take the fitting and hose to a hose shop and
> have them crimp on a nice new ferrule.  You may even be able to get real
> brass, or SS ferrules if you ask.
> >
> > Don't miss the Chowder or the Q over a lil hose!
> >
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[MBZ] 2002 C320 headlight cover

[G. M. Brown via Mercedes]

Is there anyone on the list who may know if the plastic headlight covers on a 
2002 C320, which tend to degrade and fog up with age, are replaceable as I only 
seem to be able to find the complete headlight assembly availables?  TIA.

G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC   
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was 
an incorrect fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will 
overnight the correct one for tomorrow. Still some hope for making 
the Q on Saturday!


Herr Welding GURU:

Don't sweat the fuel line.   Cut off, grind off, or pull apart the 
ferrule on the old hose, then remove the hose.  Take the hose to 
FLAPS and get the right length and type of hose and a hose clamp. 
Put it together.  Run the car.


I have pulled apart the ferrules with grinder, dremel, vice grips and 
a screwdriver, pliers and a screwdriver, 2 screwdrivers...well, you 
get the idea.  a spiral grind with an electric tool is fast and easy. 
THen you just peel it open and pull off the hose and ferrule.



Or once you get it apart, take the fitting and hose to a hose shop 
and have them crimp on a nice new ferrule.  You may even be able to 
get real brass, or SS ferrules if you ask.


Don't miss the Chowder or the Q over a lil hose!

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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

I do the same on some fuel hoses that are NLA... cut off the ferrule, clamp
on some new hose.

I had to do this on the original (and awesome) fuel hose on my ponton two
weeks ago:
http://images.jaimekop.com/2015_05_15_Mercedes_219/large-65.html

I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
use of clamps.

The classic center has some really lovely fuel hose, BTW.

Jaime



On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  wrote:

> This is very interesting. So the hose slides onto a pipe and is secured by
> a ferrule?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >> Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was an
> incorrect fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will overnight the
> correct one for tomorrow. Still some hope for making the Q on Saturday!
> >
> > Herr Welding GURU:
> >
> > Don't sweat the fuel line.   Cut off, grind off, or pull apart the
> ferrule on the old hose, then remove the hose.  Take the hose to FLAPS and
> get the right length and type of hose and a hose clamp. Put it together.
> Run the car.
> >
> > I have pulled apart the ferrules with grinder, dremel, vice grips and a
> screwdriver, pliers and a screwdriver, 2 screwdrivers...well, you get the
> idea.  a spiral grind with an electric tool is fast and easy. THen you just
> peel it open and pull off the hose and ferrule.
> >
> >
> > Or once you get it apart, take the fitting and hose to a hose shop and
> have them crimp on a nice new ferrule.  You may even be able to get real
> brass, or SS ferrules if you ask.
> >
> > Don't miss the Chowder or the Q over a lil hose!
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

Yes the hose they mistakenly sent me had some cool braided pattern. Too bad it 
was the wrong one!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 16, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> That is awesome, it looks like an old mic cable...
> -Curt
> 
> 
>  From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes 
> To: Mercedes Discussion List  
> Cc: Jaime Kopchinski  
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.
> 
> I do the same on some fuel hoses that are NLA... cut off the ferrule, clamp
> on some new hose.
> 
> I had to do this on the original (and awesome) fuel hose on my ponton two
> weeks ago:
> http://images.jaimekop.com/2015_05_15_Mercedes_219/large-65.html
> 
> I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
> use of clamps.
> 
> The classic center has some really lovely fuel hose, BTW.
> 
> Jaime
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes > wrote:
> 
>> This is very interesting. So the hose slides onto a pipe and is secured by
>> a ferrule?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
 Got exhaust all welded up. Will install tomorrow. Today's snag was an
>> incorrect fuel line sent to me by classic center. They will overnight the
>> correct one for tomorrow. Still some hope for making the Q on Saturday!
>>> 
>>> Herr Welding GURU:
>>> 
>>> Don't sweat the fuel line.  Cut off, grind off, or pull apart the
>> ferrule on the old hose, then remove the hose.  Take the hose to FLAPS and
>> get the right length and type of hose and a hose clamp. Put it together.
>> Run the car.
>>> 
>>> I have pulled apart the ferrules with grinder, dremel, vice grips and a
>> screwdriver, pliers and a screwdriver, 2 screwdrivers...well, you get the
>> idea.  a spiral grind with an electric tool is fast and easy. THen you just
>> peel it open and pull off the hose and ferrule.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Or once you get it apart, take the fitting and hose to a hose shop and
>> have them crimp on a nice new ferrule.  You may even be able to get real
>> brass, or SS ferrules if you ask.
>>> 
>>> Don't miss the Chowder or the Q over a lil hose!
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

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> On September 16, 2015 at 8:14 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
> I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
> use of clamps.


Turn to the yellow pages of the local phone book and look for Hydraulics?

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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

Haha. Cool category!
So what's on the menu this Saturday? I'm trying to convince Kari's landlord who 
is a Mercedes buff to come. He owns a 62 220SE coupe and his son in law a 71 
280SL. Both are in sorry shape!

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> 
> Well Dimitri  this,is encouraging. Yes the most repairs,award is a  new one
> for you. Prize is some broken 123 parts I have here that you can
> refabricate. Got couple hundred  freshly dug  clams sitting here waiting
> for  transport in a MB to the Q.
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

This can be dangerous! Another excuse to buy a tool!

http://acehose.com/brass-hose-fittings-couplings.htm

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> On Sep 16, 2015, at 9:02 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
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> 
> 
>> On September 16, 2015 at 8:14 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
>> use of clamps.
> 
> 
> Turn to the yellow pages of the local phone book and look for Hydraulics?
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

I do the same on some fuel hoses that are NLA... cut off the ferrule, clamp
on some new hose.

I had to do this on the original (and awesome) fuel hose on my ponton two
weeks ago:
http://images.jaimekop.com/2015_05_15_Mercedes_219/large-65.html

I'd love to find a source for new ferrules and a crimp die set to avoid the
use of clamps.

The classic center has some really lovely fuel hose, BTW.

Jaime


Grainger USED to have a ferrule crimper that would do fuel hose, air 
hose up to garden hose.  You had to buy each size ferrule separately. 
I had one in Hawaii that I used to make up air hoses to the correct 
length for each application, and sometimes fix a water hose.


I wish I had brought it along.  Grainger does not sell them and I 
can't find any place that does.  It is almost a "must have" around a 
food plant.  I did notice the local shop that makes up hoses also has 
one (manual) in addition to the hydraulic one they use for hydraulic 
hoses and larger low pressure hoses.


it has an upper and lower half with several different sizes, and a 
handle that squeezes the two crimper halves together to crimp the 
ferrule.


One of them would be very handy for someone like you Jaime, or kleb 
that has a lot of cars.  Mine are functional only, so I don't care if 
they have SS worm clamps.  For me it is a lot easier to open the worm 
clamp to change the hose the second or third time.  (one car I have 
had for almost 45 years, another for 20 etc.)


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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

This is very interesting. So the hose slides onto a pipe and is 
secured by a ferrule?


Yes,  the ferrule is just a permanent clamp that won't skin your 
knuckles (in theory)


Take it off, replace the hose and put on a clamp.  The fitting is all 
that is important.


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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Well Dimitri  this,is encouraging. Yes the most repairs,award is a  new one
for you. Prize is some broken 123 parts I have here that you can
refabricate. Got couple hundred  freshly dug  clams sitting here waiting
for  transport in a MB to the Q.
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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

This can be dangerous! Another excuse to buy a tool!

http://acehose.com/brass-hose-fittings-couplings.htm


Wow!  $300 for the crimper for small hose?  We need to get HF to make 
in China for $39 with a starter set of ferrules.  None of these are 
as good as the Grainger one.  It had more sizes and was about $125 in 
1990 or so.


But it is wonderful to have one. 40-50 years ago a lot of FLAPS and 
hose shops had them and it was not expensive to have the ends crimped 
on.  Now, thanks to the walton mentality, it is all about selling you 
a $15 hose in place of a buck hose and a buck fitting and providing 
the service of crimping on the fitting with a ferrule.


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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

Dwight sez:  Well menu has Karen's famous,clam chowder  as usual & 
Curt's chicken & his

beef. New this year will be steamed, hardshell clams. Tell him we don't
judge on car  condition.   Also veggies & fruit  & the longest  running MB
informal gathering  in New England. And MOST IMPORTANTLY - nice people  who
love Benzes.


Unfortunately I won't be there this year.  Sounds like good food and 
good fun.  I am intrigued about this sentence:  MOST IMPORTANTLY - 
nice people  who love Benzes.  Are ya importing some Southerners or 
Westerners?  Where are these Nice people coming from?


I thought y'all noreasters there were either feisty, terse, 
curmudgeonly or some other form of social misfits.  (Just teasin)


Best wishes for your event!  Too bad Lt don went AWOL.  I'd a liked 
to see his Q be an annual thing.  Not as much list member density 
around him though.


Maybe next year you can take it on the road and venture further south 
and west to allow more "nice" folks time to get there.


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Re: [MBZ] Prepping for the Q.

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Well menu has Karen's famous,clam chowder  as usual & Curt's chicken & his
beef. New this year will be steamed, hardshell clams. Tell him we don't
judge on car  condition.   Also veggies & fruit  & the longest  running MB
informal gathering  in New England. And MOST IMPORTANTLY - nice people  who
love Benzes.
On Sep 16, 2015 9:17 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> Haha. Cool category!
> So what's on the menu this Saturday? I'm trying to convince Kari's
> landlord who is a Mercedes buff to come. He owns a 62 220SE coupe and his
> son in law a 71 280SL. Both are in sorry shape!
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> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well Dimitri  this,is encouraging. Yes the most repairs,award is a  new
> one
> > for you. Prize is some broken 123 parts I have here that you can
> > refabricate. Got couple hundred  freshly dug  clams sitting here waiting
> > for  transport in a MB to the Q.
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[MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Not really relevant to me this week. I have a bad battery in the 4matic but I'm
just going to use the 2003 Johnson/Autozone from the 300SD, but is this a good
deal?

Exide group 49 Global Extreme, 40 month free replacement warranty, $115 at
Menards through Sept 27th:
http://www.menards.com/main/p-2783768-c-9100.htm?tid=8507614064172518297

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Re: [MBZ] Are Exide batteries any good?

[Curly McLain via Mercedes]

I like the Sears Diehard.  Even though two of them went south on me within
2 years, they were easy to exchange under warranty.



Thus the name Die EASY  Those are crappy batteries.  They were crappy 
batteries and died easily 40 years ago.  No snears anywhere around to 
replace the dead ones either.


Exide should be fine.  There is a group 93(?) that is interchangeable 
with the same CCA, but they are cheaper.  Advanced auto website will 
give you both choices.  So you can find the group number that way.


For a group 49, that is a good price.  the 93 should be about $20 cheaper.

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Re: [MBZ] Max's bandaids Was: Prepping for the Q.

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> WILTON wrote:
> 
> In about '84, I was cruising along at about 60mph one
> evening in my '80 240D with 40 kmi when suddenly what I
> first thought might have been the sound of an R4360 recip
> erupting around me.  Exhaust system had broken in two at
> front wall of muffler!

Heh.  It is rather amazing how loud a little diesel can be
without a turbo or muffler - or even a long pipe - to quiet
it.


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