Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Almost runs as well as my two W210s. In fact, this is the first time in five years that it’s ever failed to start or do anything. It’s been a pretty bulletproof car. I bare,y do anything to it beyond regular maintenance. -D > On Jun 6, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Donald Snook wrote: > > You've

Re: [MBZ] 722.6's

2018-06-06 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > Sun Valley MB transmission.Call them! I did. A '99 ML320 tranny is not a substitute for a '00 E320 4wd tranny. Unless you take them apart and mix and match parts. If I was going to do that, I'd probably just rebuild it myself, which I am not going to do. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] South Carolina Get Together

2018-06-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 17:46:56 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > Being the $500 diesel back to OK with you I think you mean, "BRING the $500 diesel back to OK with you" Sorry, can't do; we left it on John's Island. Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-06 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
You've managed to keep one of these running still? Don Snook -Original Message- From: d...@penoff.com [mailto:d...@penoff.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 3:20 PM To: Mercedes List Subject: Re: [MBZ] This Blows R129/SL500 > On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] South Carolina Get Together

2018-06-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks for the update Craig! We really enjoyed meeting you and Shirley at Fat Hen (Much thanks to Rich for paying the bill!). HVAC blower fuse: Is the issue simply a shortage of the 30 amp strip fuse? - Max Charleston SC ___

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 13:32:32 -0700 Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: > The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) deals with all these > problems: It produces minimal and relatively benign waste products, can > "burn" and obtain energy from other nuclear waste, has a fail-safe > system to

Re: [MBZ] 190D clutch pedal switch, cruise control

2018-06-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 19:56:47 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > I discovered a switch on the clutch pedal that the top part of the > switch had detached itself from the plunger part of the switch. I had to add that switch to the '82 240D/3.0 when I converted it from automatic to

Re: [MBZ] General Automotive Question Or FORD OT

2018-06-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I like Max's theory, should be pretty easy to test too, if its running a little rough does it have good peel out power? If the fuel pump was getting weak or you had crud on the intake it should shudder and act bad on high demand... Based on my history with Ford I'm going to guess you've got an

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-06 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: > ...its easier to make energy where you use it than to string big heavy lines > all over. Yes!! Small local inefficient spent fuel processing generators and solve the spent fuel nemesis and generate new local jobs. LFTR sounds fine, but the *grid* and spent fuel seem more

[MBZ] OT - RoboCars

2018-06-06 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Speaking of which, I ran across this today - highlighting the potential, if they get them right. "In 2017 alone, upwards of 40,000 people lost their lives in automotive incidents which, for the most part, were entirely preventable—according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Re: [MBZ] General Automotive Question Or FORD OT

2018-06-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I would think that if you found an independent garage that works on Ford trucks, they can probably diagnose it or really narrow it down to a few possibilities simply by your description, and have you fixed and back on the road pretty quickly. - Max Charleston SC

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-06 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
An R129 is a fancy W124 - - with too many added moving parts. On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Almost runs as well as my two W210s. In fact, this is the first time in > five years that it’s ever failed to start or do anything. It’s been a > pretty bulletproof car.

[MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Does anyone have ideas about Mississippi? Somehow mid-state seems fascinating to me. I am probably wrong ethnicity? Thanks mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
There are a great many African-American people in that area, if that’s what you’re alluding to. However, the races are pretty evenly divided as I recall, so if you’re worried about “sticking out” I don’t see that as a problem. I had an offer to become a principal in a very profitable business

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
My father lives there. He has lived there for 30 years and loves it. But, he lives on the Coast. I lived there for a while and there are a lot of great things about the south. There are also some negative things. North Mississippi in the old Cotton areas is still pretty backwards. It is

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's not an ethnicity - it's a privilege. On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: > I was told once in East TN that I was the wrong ethnicity... Yankee > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jun 6, 2018 4:57 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I know the Jackson area, which I would consider mid state. Why? -D > On Jun 6, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Does anyone have ideas about Mississippi? Somehow mid-state seems > fascinating to me. I am probably wrong ethnicity? > Thanks > mao > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What's wrong with your ethnicity? Too ethnic? Not ethnic enough? On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I know the Jackson area, which I would consider mid state. > > Why? > > -D > > > > On Jun 6, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <

[MBZ] OT - Airbus vs B777

2018-06-06 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Interesting difference in design intentions: https://www.aerotime.aero/aerotime.team/21361-interview-would-air-france-f447-have-happened-with-boeing?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_campaign=would_air_france_f447_have_happened_with_boeing_aerotime_term=2018-06-01 tin

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is true, but more like the 400E than a 3.0 liter, since most have the M119 in them. I have likened our R129 to a W124 for a lot of reasons - handling, size, etc…. -D > On Jun 6, 2018, at 2:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > An R129 is a fancy W124 - - with too many added moving

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
I was told once in East TN that I was the wrong ethnicity... Yankee Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 6, 2018 4:57 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What's wrong with your ethnicity? Too ethnic? Not ethnic enough? > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Yeah, one of the things that really put us off of Jackson was how racist it was. Not even the slightest effort to conceal it, either. My potential business partner had two “boys” (his words) that kept the shop clean and ran parts. This is how he referred to them in forum. Yikes! And that was

Re: [MBZ] South Carolina Get Together

2018-06-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Being the $500 diesel back to OK with you Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > So in our road trip, we have made it to South Carolina. We had the A/C > blower fuse I rigged up in the engine compartment when I put the fan > speed on high and left it

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi

2018-06-06 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
-D wrote: > Yeah, one of the things that really put us off of Jackson was how racist it > was. Not even the slightest effort to conceal it, either. My potential > business partner had two “boys” (his words) that kept the shop clean and ran > parts. This is how he referred to them in forum.

Re: [MBZ] This Blows

2018-06-06 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Lots of parts in common or interchangeable. One of my 300D 2.5T's got a R129 rear axle, since Rusty had it in stock, and not the W124 at the time. On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is true, but more like the 400E than a 3.0 liter,

Re: [MBZ] General Automotive Question Or FORD OT

2018-06-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Fuel or ignition, so here's a couple general ideas, but I don't know anything specific about your model truck. If it has a distributor and coil, perhaps the coil got hot and wasn't putting out good spark? May the fuel filter(s) are due for a change, getting plugged up during the high fuel

Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids

2018-06-06 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Professional politicians are not really interested in solving problems. Problems are the working capital of the political aristocracy; why fix them? Long-standing problems are best because they can usually be blamed on someone else and, demonstrably, aren't fatal. The good intentions of