Re: [MBZ] 115 parts car

Man!  You are getting lazy in your old age! Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote on 1/26/20 2:21 PM: I just didn’t feel like loading it up then unloading it when I got home. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Andrew Downer I had that happen once with the vw Diesel.   The guy I paid to put a new head on the wabbit got mad because he wanted me to pay him to rebuild (screwup) the block.  I told him no, just put the head on.   He kept saying that putting on a new head would cause it to loose

[MBZ] Bosch Fuel Injection catalog

This catalog for Diesel fuel injection has part numbers for injectors, heat shields etc.   MB Cars are maybe 1/3 down.   Pisten Bully is in there somewhere, at least by engine typ. I didn't look through it as well as I did the alternator catalog.

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

I think it does, need to learn my way around this engine. No idea where that is, beyond somewhere on the engine, front or rear. Fuel pump relay / fuel pump is another possibility. I think that relay is behind the battery? Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 26, 2020 7:43:42 AM Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

> Ice at ballistic speeds aimed at the incoming airplanes With an additional 1G in the downward direction it seems unlikely to me that it'd choose to let loose above the horizontal. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] 560SL looks nice but crackish price

I think it gets listed occasionally each time with a higher price but I might be wrong https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mount-pleasant-1989-mercedes-benz-560/7062781209.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Possible Kleb Car

That's because it came out as "Flawriddah Cah" --FT On 1/26/20 1:06 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: I never heard that. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 8:46 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Did you folks know that in New England a woman

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Plugged fuel filters. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 26, 2020 2:15:34 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes : > What's the most obvious yet least costly diagnosis for "doesn't run"? > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 2:13 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > He is

[MBZ] 115 parts car

I just got done looking at this. Sat in a field for at least the last 15 years. Floor board rusted out. Fenders rusted. I thought about picking it up to add to okie acres for a parts car as it’s worth it for the tranny. Engine might be good who knows. I just didn’t feel like loading it up then

Re: [MBZ] In the mean time this is what is available semi close to me

Left rear fender will have to be buffed out. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 4:04 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1996 Mercedes Benz > > > https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/d/euless-1996-mercedes-benz/7063407890.html > > > Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] In the mean time this is what is available semi close to me

Looks decent but price seems maybe a little high. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 4:04 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1996 Mercedes Benz > > > https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/d/euless-1996-mercedes-benz/7063407890.html > > > Sent

Re: [MBZ] 115 parts car

I guess so. If the engine was good it would be worth it for sure but I really don’t know what I would do with it. The guy already sold the fog lights, hub caps, and radio off it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Man! You are

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:59:20 + (UTC) Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > Thanks Curt, that's a simple test. I don't have any starter fluid, have > to buy some. Yes, you may use starting fluid on a gasoline engine ... I was going to suggest testing for spark as well -- it used to be easy to

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Inline spark tester is a beautiful thing. I don't remember what I paid for mine but it's absolutely worth it. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 6:57 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:59:20 + (UTC) Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Or with a healthy dose of realism (pessimism0 - low compression due to a tired engine. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 5:02 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > tank fulla slime, filters plugged. > > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > > January

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

I've seen those for conventional spark plugs.  Evan have one somewhere, but I don't see how do you use then for the COP system? You could test for the current going  into the coil.  Wouldn't a bad coil show a code? Curt Raymond via Mercedes January 26, 2020 at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Or 1082.675 ft/second. If a rotor has 125' blades and say 2' from center to the base of the rotor, the circumference would be πD or  254π = 797.964 ft.    So if the rotor made one revolution per second, the tip would be traveling at 798 FPS.   (Subsonic) If the rotor was 300' Dia.  then

[MBZ] In the mean time this is what is available semi close to me

1996 Mercedes Benz https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/d/euless-1996-mercedes-benz/7063407890.html Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Easy to test the fp though, shoot a little go juice in, if it fires it's probably a fuel issue. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I think it does, need to learn my way around this engine. No idea where that is, beyond

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

The obvious solution is what is done on leading edges of those big old airplanes. Use a good de-icer before take off, then have the expansion doohickey engage when ice builds up. Shed chunks at speed. I wonder just how far you could fling a one pound chunk of ice off the end of a 130 foot

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Calculation could get complicated, once you factor in release point for greatest distance and trajectory vectors. However, it sounds like some nice "math fun"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mAIy_TUuHk This link will take you to a youtube video of some folks throwing things with things that

[MBZ] Bosch Catalog list

This is the listing I found the catalogs from. https://ua.bosch-automotive.com/en/repairs_and_services/catalogues/catalogs_1 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

[MBZ] Bosch Starter/alternator part numbers

FIle was too big.    Here's the URL https://aa-boschap-ua.resource.bosch.com/media/__ua/parts/repairs_and_service_1/catalogs/rm_spares.pdf Found this trying to find rotor/stator part numbers for BMW R75.   It should be useful.   It has supercede charts for 10 digit numbers, predecessor charts

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

tank fulla slime, filters plugged. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes January 26, 2020 at 1:14 PM What's the most obvious yet least costly diagnosis for "doesn't run"? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Bosch Starter/alternator part numbers

Found this trying to find rotor/stator part numbers for BMW R75.   It should be useful.   It has supercede charts for 10 digit numbers, predecessor charts for 10 digit numbers, 10 digit to typ number, parts breakdown for starter 10 digit numbers, giving you the 10 digit part number for each

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Thanks Curt, that's a simple test. I don't have any starter fluid, have to buy some. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 26, 2020 4:50:38 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes : > Easy to test the fp though, shoot a little go juice in, if it fires it's > probably a fuel issue. > > Curt > > Sent from

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Carb cleaner works too, or brake clean.WD40 used to work but is non flammable these days. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 4:59 PM, Max Dillon wrote: Thanks Curt, that's a simple test. I don't have any starter fluid, have to buy some. Max Dillon Charleston

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:09:25 -0900 Clay via Mercedes wrote: > The obvious solution is what is done on leading edges of those big old > airplanes. Use a good de-icer before take off, then have the expansion > doohickey engage when ice builds up. Shed chunks at speed. I wonder > just how far

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

that would be a glorified trebuchet. G Mann via Mercedes January 26, 2020 at 10:00 PM Calculation could get complicated, once you factor in release point for greatest distance and trajectory vectors. However, it sounds like some nice "math fun"...

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

same for fuel pump relay Same for battery, even though i t turns the engine over. KISS:   Fuel, air, compression, ignition, and fast enough cranking speed. Dan Penoff via Mercedes January 26, 2020 at 6:42 AM Crankshaft position sensor if it has one. Cranks but no

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recy

I have avoided this discussion but i live 5 miles from the HQ of Deepwater Wind & I go deep sea fishing near the Block Island wind farm. Over the last 10 years lots of news & views in local media but never a mention of freezing. FWIW. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 11:55 AM

Re: [MBZ] Boost drama on 123 FB group

Link? Rick   Original Message   From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: January 26, 2020 9:17 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] Boost drama on 123 FB group Harry Cannonball got pooferated. It’s pretty funny.

[MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

What are the most common causes of a no-start condition? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Crankshaft position sensor if it has one. Cranks but no start. -D > On Jan 26, 2020, at 7:21 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > What are the most common causes of a no-start condition? > - > Max > Charleston SC > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] Possible Kleb Car

Did you folks know that in New England a woman who has only ever had one boyfriend is often refered to as a "Florida Car?" Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 10:22 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It’s Floriduh, man! No rust! Just toasted interiors and paint

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

In support of warming the blades. https://www.windpowerengineering.com/the-cold-hard-truth-about-ice-on-turbine-blades/ Michael E. Esh > On Jan 26, 2020, at 8:38 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > Somebody already mentioned it: heat the wind turbine blades to keep ice from >

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Yeah I sent the guy a msg, will see what he says.  If the engine is crap I could do some swapping around with the smashed one. I'm going in the morning with the trailer to get that white one, $500, I'm guessing it is some simple problem. --FT On 1/26/20 1:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recy

When wind speeds exceed 55 mph the blades "feather" so they don't catch the gusts and cause damage. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 12:58 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have avoided this discussion but i live 5 miles from the HQ of Deepwater > Wind & I go deep sea

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

He is collecting them for y'all though, when you need a cheap reliable Benz --R On 1/26/20 2:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Floyd is becoming the Kleb of the Low Country. -D On Jan 26, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Yeah I sent the guy a msg, will see what he

Re: [MBZ] Cheap 280SE 3.5 W111 coupe on BAT

Now $8100!! On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 8:01 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > How much? I purchased a rusty example in way better condition but still > rough about 30 years ago for $2,800. > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 1:16 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I actually

[MBZ] Boost drama on 123 FB group

Harry Cannonball got pooferated. It’s pretty funny. --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Dang need to jump on that. Looks too nice to part out Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I could use this one to get the other one I smashed sorted out, same color. > h > >

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Yep Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Floyd is becoming the Kleb of the Low Country. > > -D > >> On Jan 26, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Yeah I sent the guy a msg, will see what he says. If the

Re: [MBZ] Possible Kleb Car

I never heard that. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 8:46 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Did you folks know that in New England a woman who has only ever had one > boyfriend is often refered to as a "Florida Car?" > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail

Re: [MBZ] 560SL looks nice but crackish price

Knock the price back to $14K, run it through the car wash, and sell it on BAT for $25k. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 1:19 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I think it gets listed occasionally each time with a higher price but I > might be wrong > > >

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

What's the most obvious yet least costly diagnosis for "doesn't run"? On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 2:13 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > He is collecting them for y'all though, when you need a cheap reliable Benz > > --R > > On 1/26/20 2:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

If you get that, I'll buy the muffler system if it is not rusted out. I'll also buy the injectors and the starter, maybe the mono-valve. Well maybe I should buy it then sell you the body. Can I store it on your land? Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 26, 2020 1:21:24 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Possible Kleb Car

Wow, that is pretty nice.  Could probably buy that kind of stuff and haul it up here and sell it. --FT On 1/26/20 7:27 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, a lot of that. It’s amazing to me how much (old) furniture comes up on the local FB marketplace. I realize it’s just a sign of the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...

The ball is analogous to the farthing-pence-shilling-pound-guinea currency system that was in effect at the time... On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 1:57 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > They used that eccentric ball in lawn bowls at the ex pat cricket club in > Suva (Fiji) when it was still a crown

Re: [MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...

They used that eccentric ball in lawn bowls at the ex pat cricket club in Suva (Fiji) when it was still a crown colony. On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 4:35 PM Frederick Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Mitch. > Thanks! > I have never played indoor bowls nor crown bowls. > The ball

Re: [MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

Floyd is becoming the Kleb of the Low Country. -D > On Jan 26, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yeah I sent the guy a msg, will see what he says. If the engine is crap I > could do some swapping around with the smashed one. > > I'm going in the morning with the

Re: [MBZ] Boost drama on 123 FB group

Ditto. I could use some drama. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 2:23 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Link? > > > > > Rick > > > > Original Message > > > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: January 26, 2020 9:17 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Humidity is a big issue in homes like this, even in places like AK where there is no humidity. We built a home with this kind of technology for the time in 1990/91 in WI and we had to use an air to air heat exchanger and dehumidifier. Our house had 6” exterior walls with a Tyvec barrier wrap.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Somebody already mentioned it: heat the wind turbine blades to keep ice from forming. Easy solution. Next problem? Max Dillon Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

Oh, yeah, I always forget about the FPR. I be.ieve it’s under the right rear seat. -D > On Jan 26, 2020, at 8:23 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I think it does, need to learn my way around this engine. No idea where that > is, beyond somewhere on the engine, front or rear. > >

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

That’s what happens when you rely on memory. Wrong!! https://www.benzworld.org/threads/94-e320-fuel-pump-relay-location.2500681/ -D > On Jan 26, 2020, at 9:09 AM, dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > Oh, yeah, I always forget about the FPR. I be.ieve it’s under the right rear > seat. > > -D

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recy

I've never seen the ones near us stop except when there is no wind. They're near to see in the snow... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:13 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Yet, there are thousands of them out there operating in icing conditions today - On

[MBZ] It's raining cheap diesels

I could use this one to get the other one I smashed sorted out, same color.  h https://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/d/summerville-1997-mercedes-benz-300d/7063123593.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Possible Kleb Car

Yeah, a lot of that. It’s amazing to me how much (old) furniture comes up on the local FB marketplace. I realize it’s just a sign of the (millennial) times, but there’s simply no demand for these big dining room sets with big tables with leaves, china cabinets, sideboards, etc., etc. I’ve seen

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Having experienced ice release on propellers while flying, I can attest that when a chunk of ice hits the airplane and opens a hole in the cockpit behind you it is a near panic event.. Ice does not accumulate in smooth layers. It depends on the droplet size of the moisture, cooling, and other

Re: [MBZ] Boost drama on 123 FB group

I can't figure out how to copy a link to a post but just look for this one.  You commented on it --FT Raymond Ashton Dise