[MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This place just got zoning approval not far from where I live: https://themotorenclave.com/enclave-tampa-fl/ For people with more money than….? -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Seriously? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > This place just got zoning approval not far from where I live: > > https://themotorenclave.com/enclave-tampa-fl/ > > For people with more money than….? > > -D >

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Like summer camp for spoiled adults. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 9:51 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Seriously? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > This place just got zoning

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Haha. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:55 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That means you are drifting around while you drive and have a hard time > staying in your lane > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Mar 5, 2021, at 9:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I don’t see what’s wrong with it. People with like interests co-mingling. I have to pull teeth to find anyone around here to share my Mercedes passion. ChowdahQ is all I have. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Like summer camp for

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
I just ordered a 1/2 chicken in Missoula last weekend, and, of course, they were out of it. Ended up with 1/2 duck instead. That shortage was written on the little chalkboard near the register, but you have to be familiar enough with the place to know to look there. -- Jim

[MBZ] Fwd: 1986 Mercedes V8 Thread

2021-03-07 Thread Jon Kanas via Mercedes
That turquoise is actually worse than what was on my 1937 Buick prior to restoration... -- * Best Regards, Jon B Kanas Email: ka...@qadas.com Website: http://www.2experts.org Longmont, Colorado; Cultural Center of the Universe* To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
If the price was the same you came out ahead. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 9:37 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I just ordered a 1/2 chicken in Missoula last weekend, and, of course, > they were > out of it. Ended up with 1/2 duck instead. That shortage was written on >

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
It is sad, and a sad commentary on our educational system that the hows, whys, and solutions to the Great Depression are not taught. If they were we wouldn't have stuff like BitCoin and the GameStop stock fiasco, people would know better. The WPA helped feed my Mom growing up, my Grandpa

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
That means you are drifting around while you drive and have a hard time staying in your lane --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 5, 2021, at 9:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Has anyone seen the coffee cup nanny? I test drove a 2011 Blue Tech sedan > today that had a little

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
And many of the infrastructure projects people enjoy today that make up our National Parks wouldn’t exist, either. Trails, roads, overlooks, etc., many of which were built by the WPA. Youngest son volunteered with a program called “ACE” (https://www.usaconservation.org) that provides (free)

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Reverse on manuals doesn't seem to be standard. I've seen it top-left, bottom left, or bottom right at least. Anyone remember the Top Gear where James was driving a (I think) 190E 2.3-16 that had the dogleg 1st gear? He kept putting it in Reverse to start off from a stop (though I'm sure that was

Re: [MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Be sure to have a charger on the battery when you’re using the STAR system. Low voltage will cause it to do all sorts of hinky stuff. You might also get an error or alarm about voltage being low. There should be a little “dot” in the upper right corner of the screen with battery voltage listed

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-03-07 17:23, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: No that is actually it, it measures lane drift and steering wheel inputs and I don't know what else to discern that you are getting sleepy and drifting out of your lane. Can it discern whether you're tired or just a lousy driver?

Re: [MBZ] 1991 500SL $11,000 and 1974 VW Thing $13,000

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That Acapulco might become a cult car before too long. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 5:46 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Interesting combination. > > > https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/wonder-lake-1991-mercedes-500-sl/7284581195.html > > Allan > >

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Friend who works at a local nursing home, 68 residents, they all got the vax last month and 7 died.  I would expect a certain number of them to be passing over the bar from 'old age' but this friend says that was a pretty high number of deaths for a typical month.  She was not privy to the

Re: [MBZ] The 97 e300

2021-03-07 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
That’s a random thing to be missing, no? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Got home with it a little while ago. Look a look under the hood and the > throttle position sensor is gone, as in removed. I assume it probably won’t > start

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Not easily, this bathroom is 1st floor, 2nd floor has a bathroom directly above this bathroom, then attic is above that. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 7:20 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > You could vent it up through the ceiling into the attic? > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Like a smoked half duck? I've never heard of such a thing. How was it? I'll have to ask my buddy with the BBQ truck if he would do one for me. -Curt On Sunday, March 7, 2021, 9:37:39 AM EST, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: I just ordered a 1/2 chicken in Missoula last weekend, and, of

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I can smoke 8 chickens at a time in my smoker, and will usually do so when the mood strikes. We’ll eat one for dinner that evening and freeze the rest. Smoked chickens are yummy and i doesn’t take long to do them. -D > On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > We smoke whole

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration Rick Original Message Show Details From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: March 7, 2021 3:49 PM To:

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Maybe need an adjustment to the meds? - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:55 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That means you are drifting around while you drive and have a hard time > staying in your lane > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > >

[MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Wife got her shot today, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. J vaccine which does not need a booster. The National Guard was running the operation and it was like clockwork. You drive in, are directed into one of half a dozen lanes marked out by orange traffic cones, check in, and then drive some

[MBZ] not looking for low ball offers - 2004 E420, 197k miles - $2, 000

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"Needs a little tlc" https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/aurora-2004-mercedes-e320/7287603591.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] well maintained until 10 years ago

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Extra 0 in the price --FT On 3/7/21 5:57 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/chicago-1982-mercedes-300sd/7286894241.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

[MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I messed around with the "new" $500E420 today trying to determine why it wouldn't light off.  It will crank fine but no joy. I studied a bit about the K40 relay (it actually has 5 relays for different things, one of which appears to be the horn and another the air pump (I guess that is what

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yeah, it occurred to me that you also might have the possibility of getting smells from the garage into the bathroom, too. Hmm. -D > On Mar 7, 2021, at 6:04 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > It might be a code violation to have any kind of vent passage between > garage and living

Re: [MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I put the charger on it but maybe it was a bit low.  I have not noticed the battery voltage on the screen but I will look for it tomorrow. Yeah I'm going to order a filter so that should deal with that aspect then I will have to figure out why the pump doesn't keep running.  I need a helper

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-03-07 18:15, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Back when I was working in a foreign car shop in college, we frequently replaced transmissions in spritgets (AH Sprite, MG Midget) due to reverse being to the right of 4th gear - shifting from third to reverse and letting the clutch out threw

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We don't have any sidewalks or road surfaces left from that era, the frost has ripped them all to pieces. That said we do have a lot of buildings and other structures like dams from them. -Curt On Sunday, March 7, 2021, 1:38:39 AM EST, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: My neighborhood

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
90% survival rate. If you're not a man over 80, those aren't good odds. https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/18/covid-infection-fatality-rates-sex-and-age-15163 Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: March 7, 2021 8:23 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc:

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Maybe advertise it as a green vacation Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 9:12 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > LOL, Angie and I have been joking about getting tourists to come to Maine > for a "real farm experience!""Mow the grass, pull the weeds,

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Well i think it has been done b4. You won't get me to work. Been there done that. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 9:12 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > LOL, Angie and I have been joking about getting tourists to come to Maine > for a "real farm

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-03-07 17:17, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Reverse on manuals doesn't seem to be standard. I've seen it top-left, bottom left, or bottom right at least. Anyone remember the Top Gear where James was driving a (I think) 190E 2.3-16 that had the dogleg 1st gear? He kept putting it in

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
"Speed shifting" is how they explained it. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 6:38 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2021-03-07 18:15, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > Back when I was working in a foreign car shop in college, we frequently > > replaced transmissions in spritgets

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
No that is actually it, it measures lane drift and steering wheel inputs and I don't know what else to discern that you are getting sleepy and drifting out of your lane. --FT On 3/7/21 9:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Haha. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:55 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
If it’s just a half bath I can’t see an issue with it venting into the garage. It’s not like the air would have a lot of moisture as if it was a bath with a tub or shower. Only smells. I presume the garage does not get conditioned air? Again, this shouldn’t be an issue as far as I could

[MBZ] Some ML320s....

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
2002 runs excellent, No service issues, No engine lights, 200K miles, $2800 OBO. https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/chicago-2002-mercedes-ml320/7287337655.html = 2001 Clean and reliable SUV in excellent condition. Everything works, no mechanical problems, looks great. 91k miles,

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-03-07 19:15, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Not easily, this bathroom is 1st floor, 2nd floor has a bathroom directly above this bathroom, then attic is above that. Can you run the pipe from the first floor through the closet on the 2nd floor?

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
LOL, Angie and I have been joking about getting tourists to come to Maine for a "real farm experience!""Mow the grass, pull the weeds, shovel poop, live like a real farmer!" Get some rubes to pay us to come do heavy labor... ;) -Curt On Sunday, March 7, 2021, 9:56:59 AM EST, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It's a nursing home though. Good bet just about everybody there is over 80 and has serious co-morbidities. Otherwise they wouldn't be in a nursing home. Healthy people don't go there... -Curt On Sunday, March 7, 2021, 9:31:16 PM EST, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: 90% survival

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Williams Paving and Asphalt? - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 1:38 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My neighborhood is full of sidewalks and curbing that was laid by the WPA. > Every time I walk past one of these impressions in the concrete, I

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > At least it didn’t have the pushbutton start and shutdown at stops > like some modern cars have. Both of those make me crazy. I don't like the stop/start either. Seems to me it would put much more wear on the starter over time. I generally disable it when I

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yep. They should still have a WPA going for all the folks who want money but can’t find a job. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 10:50 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > WPA used public funds to produce public projects that made life better for > the nation, while paying a wage [a

Re: [MBZ] not looking for low ball offers - 2004 E420, 197k miles - $2, 000

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Spend an hour or two to clean it out a bit --FT On 3/7/21 5:48 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: "Needs a little tlc" https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/aurora-2004-mercedes-e320/7287603591.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
We smoke whole ducks, never just a half, usually two at a time. Great eating! On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:00 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Like a smoked half duck? I've never heard of such a thing. How was it? > > I'll have to ask my buddy with the BBQ truck if he

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
LOL, I need Billy Crystal to come out. A couple years ago on my annual Vegas trip a couple guys were talking about going to the thing where they let you drive a bulldozer or excavator or whatever. It was like $100 for 20 minutes. I said "Hell, come out to the farm, its $400 to rent an

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
If they were already infected would the vaccine have helped? On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 9:44 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It's a nursing home though. Good bet just about everybody there is over > 80 and has serious co-morbidities. Otherwise they wouldn't be in a

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I don't think that will meet fire code -- garage walls are usually thicker sheetrock and a fire door, you put a penetration in there and if a car catches fire  or something, you have a problem --FT On 3/7/21 6:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, it occurred to me that you also might

Re: [MBZ] not looking for low ball offers - 2004 E420, 197k miles - $2, 000

2021-03-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
It's back. I guess he never sold it. Interior is trashed. I looked at it. It's been listed a couple times. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: March 7, 2021 4:49 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: astr...@indiana.edu Subject: [MBZ] not looking for low ball

Re: [MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Just jumper across the correct two socket terminals for the relay to run the fuel pump full time. Then see if it starts. That relay is ONLY there to stop the fuel pump if it thinks the engine is not turning over, for fire prevention in a crash. Don't crash it while playing in your garage and

[MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I've got a downstairs half-bath (toilet and a sink) right off the kitchen, and the vent fan is a ductless that simply recirculates the air through a charcoal filter. I'd really like to make this a vented fan, but there are no exterior walls nearby, but it would be relatively easy to vent into my

[MBZ] 1991 500SL $11,000 and 1974 VW Thing $13,000

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Interesting combination. https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/wonder-lake-1991-mercedes-500-sl/7284581195.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] well maintained until 10 years ago

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/chicago-1982-mercedes-300sd/7286894241.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Well that is encouraging!  Was a beautiful day out. Max Dillon Charleston SC Mar 7, 2021 6:07:18 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes : > I messed around with the "new" $500E420 today trying to determine why it > wouldn't light off.  It will crank fine but no joy. > > I studied a bit about the K40

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
You could vent it up through the ceiling into the attic? On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:37 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OK thanks all, I hadn't thought about that code thing. Wouldn't want to > create a hazard. Glad I asked the question. > - > Max >

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Like a 2021 version of City Slickers? AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:12 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > >  LOL, Angie and I have been joking about getting tourists to come to Maine > for a "real farm experience!""Mow the grass, pull the weeds, shovel poop, >

[MBZ] The 97 e300

2021-03-07 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Got home with it a little while ago. Look a look under the hood and the throttle position sensor is gone, as in removed. I assume it probably won’t start with that missing. Not sure if it wasn’t until it was removed that it quit starting or if was removed after. I took the key apart and the

Re: [MBZ] The 97 e300

2021-03-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
That’s likely a problem. Good find with the key --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Got home with it a little while ago. Look a look under the hood and the > throttle position sensor is gone, as in removed. I assume it probably won’t

Re: [MBZ] W116/W126 300SDs

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That would be a great feature to have. Since I wasn't driving erratically at the time I wonder how useful it really is. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 7:31 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2021-03-07 17:23, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > > No that is actually it, it

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
A woman I know/knew died last week from covids on her 76th birthday after being in hospital for 2 weeks. Only person I know who has had it and it didn’t end well for her. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:23 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Friend who works at a local

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
It might be a code violation to have any kind of vent passage between garage and living space. My parent's house had heat/air vents in the garage but someone told me that is no longer permitted on new construction. Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > If it’s just a half bath I can’t see an

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
OK thanks all, I hadn't thought about that code thing. Wouldn't want to create a hazard. Glad I asked the question. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Back when I was working in a foreign car shop in college, we frequently replaced transmissions in spritgets (AH Sprite, MG Midget) due to reverse being to the right of 4th gear - shifting from third to reverse and letting the clutch out threw the idler gear out the side of the case. On Sun, Mar

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-03-07 18:19, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: You could vent it up through the ceiling into the 2nd floor bedroom? FIFY. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] $500E420 (97) work today

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The K40 relays, depending on the model and year, can be pretty cheap. I think I bought one for my S210 and it was like $90 from the stealership. Aftermarket wasn’t much cheaper, so why not go with OE? If it’s had gas sitting in it for more than 6-8 months, I would highly advise pumping or

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
No, don't see any easy way to run a duct inside the ceiling other than out into the garage, but maybe I could go through the ceiling over the garage to the outside wall.  The issue there is that would be the front of the house, so aesthetically that would be a challenge. Max Dillon Charleston

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
So duct out to the garage, then up to its ceiling, and inside that go to wherever? If you're willing to peel open the wall, go up _inside_ the garage wall? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Like a smoked half duck? I've never heard of such a thing. How was it? I assume they started with a whole duck. It was tasty, but the skin was very tough when compared to a chicken. I think I would have preferred chicken, but that was not to be. My family had the brisket, which was

Re: [MBZ] 1976 Mercedes-Benz 4s,$500

2021-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What are the hubcaps worth? On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:26 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1077677636070801/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search > > -- > --FT > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
So this in an interesting concept -- buy a largish property, build a track and landscaping, etc, build a bunch of metal buildings (pretty cheap) and let the buyers/owners build them out as they see fit.  Basically a "barndomium" concept but oriented around a race track.  Similar things are

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
WPA used public funds to produce public projects that made life better for the nation, while paying a wage [a small one at that] to those who did the work, at a time when "you could not buy a job" in the words of my Father, who was a young man during that era. The guiding principle at that time

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
The curbs are really cool. Most are stamped with “1937” in addition to the WPA impression. They are all in perfect condition. My grandfather did a little WPA work in Central Illinois before he landed his Caterpillar job. AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:08 AM, Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Rare 66 250SE mercedes

2021-03-07 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Good eye, Jaime. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 5, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > I bet this car has a 280SE engine in it. Oil cooler is just hanging out > there. 250SE should have a water-oil cooler on the left side engine mount > arm. > > Jaime > > >> On

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Most are stamped with “1937” in addition to the WPA impression. They are all > in perfect condition. They probably didn't have enough union concrete* available to meet the increased demand, and had to use fresh. * You know, the stuff with the extra meat and bones mixed in... -- Jim

[MBZ] No title no title no title 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK 430 Cabriolet 2D, $1, 500

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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[MBZ] 1976 Mercedes-Benz 4s,$500

2021-03-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Over the Top?

2021-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
i don’t think it’s a bad thing, but considering the socio-economics of the people able to afford such a setup I doubt there will be much co-mingling. Can you imagine? A Porch person next to a BMW owner and a Corvette owner on the other side? Automotive snobbery at it’s best. Look at some of the

Re: [MBZ] O.T. How Soon We Forget

2021-03-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I was not a fan of FDR's job's program, but it beat what we did in 2008-2009 and 2020-2021 by a WIDE margin. Paying unemployed people to work beats paying them to not work, or paying failed banks to buy other failed banks because the banks are already considered too big to fail so it's worth