Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Only turbos 90-92or 93. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 4:04 PM Curt Raymond wrote: > Dang, that's cool. > Did all 124s have the gill on the rf fender? Doesn't that designate it as > turbo? > > -Curt > > On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 3:48:55 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
That car is an odd one. A US 250D turbo. I may have to go get it. Anybody got a headlight? https://www.lastvin.com/vin/YvV1rdZryBxdO3Zjl Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: July 22, 2021 4:31 PM To: curtlud...@yahoo.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: dwight.gi...@gmail.com;

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
There were no pics when I first posted it. I thought it was a pretty useless ad. Yeah that is interesting now that I can see what it is. The data card for the VIN says it has a 4 speed automatic transmission though, so this must be some kind of DIY install of a manual. VIN WDBEB28D7MB393748

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Hi All -     I have a question about installing a minisplit.  After watching a YouTube video of the Install, it looks pretty easy. Is that accurate?  We're considering one for our insulated (2") metal shop which is 20x35.  I was considering a 12,000 or 18,000BTU unit unless we could get along

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've never done one but IIRC some of them come "pre-charged" but I don't know how they handle evacuating air from the system after installation. Maybe you at least need a vacuum pump. Allan On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 3:30 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: > Hi All - > I have a question

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
In the US, at least where I live Staples will copy your vaccination card and make a laminated wallet size for free. I think it'd be only $6 if they actually charged which still seems pretty cheap. Angie got both of ours done a couple weeks ago. I had almost no reaction to the second dose. My

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
I know nothing about installation, but we had an 18000BTU Daikin minisplit installed in our upstairs bonus room. It is nearly the same dimensions as your shop, and the unit cools the space with ease. Both the indoor and outdoor units are very quiet. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter 3500mi,

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
That is very rare-diesel with Manny tranny. A 124? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 2:56 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Any questions? > > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/wheatfield-1991-mercedes-benz/7354590859.html > > Allan >

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Dang, that's cool.Did all 124s have the gill on the rf fender? Doesn't that designate it as turbo? -Curt On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 3:48:55 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: That is very rare-diesel with Manny tranny. A 124? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22,

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Apparently the delta variant is killing a higher percentage of young people now. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:40 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Correct, if you believe in evolution, then it should be easy to understand > that the virus will mutate (evolve) to become

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
You probably have T cell immunity from a previous cold. I could cite references, but I don't have the time. Previously having OC43 can provide immunity. There was at least one couple on the Diamond Princess cruise ship locked in their cabin. He got sick, she didn't. I would boldly assume that

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Geez I was thinking "Canada really got its act together, their percentage rose really fast." then I remembered that there are only 33 million people. Lots easier to get that percentage up when the numbers are smaller. Still, good job Canada! Actually, the US is only like 3 points behind with

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Got it at CVS "Minute Clinic." Honestly the clinician there said it was the first time she had done one and was reading instructions. She actually did the test twice. But it seemed pretty foolproof, looked basically like a home pregnancy test kit. Finger stick to draw a few drops of blood, the

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I installed a central air conditioning system in my home by myself years ago. It came with precharged lines and precharged A coil and compressor unit. When I tightened the fittings on the lines onto the fittings at the A coil in the furnace plenum and at the compressor unit it broke a seal in

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Mostly because they are the ones who get exposed to it, I would think. Don't know what the situation is in other countries but here in Manitoba, Canada, over 75% have had one dose of vaccine and over 55% have had 2 doses. Available now to anyone over the age of 12. Hopefully they will decide

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I am 69. I am a bit asthmatic and use a blue and an orange puffer. I have had flu shots for years and never had any reaction to them. I thought my odds were better with the vaccine than without it. I have had no adverse reaction to either shot of the vaccine. There are likely going to be some

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I'd think a headlight would be pretty easy to find. The fender looks intact, and not too badly damaged. Should be restorable with some hammer and dolly work, if one were so inclined. Allan On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > That car is an odd one. > A US 250D

Re: [MBZ] Lary T. Mini split

2021-07-22 Thread Ronald Courcy via Mercedes
Is your shop a free standing metal building with two inches of insulation? Where are you located? 12 to 14k of cooling sounds inadequate and the heating needs may not be met as well. Most min split systems come with adequate refrigerant in the outside unit for a 25 foot run of tubing. There are

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Are pre-facelift 124 headlights the same as 201? I might have one... -Curt On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 6:19:20 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I'd think a headlight would be pretty easy to find. The fender looks intact, and not too badly damaged. Should be restorable with

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The 2+ week lag is always interesting. I also find it interesting that they'll talk about the number of cases but "forget" to mention that the death rate is way down... -Curt On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 11:59:30 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1417952565686382592?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet due to gatherings on the 4th of July likely - up 52.5% from the previous week On 21/07/2021 6:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: The media is getting the fear going again and

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Nobody "forgets", Curt. They always emphasize that infections are less severe and the death rate remains low due to younger patients.. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:26 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It is impossible to contain a virus that has become endemic. The

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Correct, if you believe in evolution, then it should be easy to understand that the virus will mutate (evolve) to become (a) more infectious and (b) less deadly.  Killing the host is not a good way to spread, just want to reproduce and spread.  Survival of the fittest.  The first wave of the

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I do hope that you are correct. However, I would prefer not to be one of those who dies before it mutates into something less likely to kill me. On 22/07/2021 11:26 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: It is impossible to contain a virus that has become endemic. The OC43 coronavirus likely

[MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Any questions? https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/wheatfield-1991-mercedes-benz/7354590859.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] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
It is impossible to contain a virus that has become endemic. The OC43 coronavirus likely caused an epidemic in the mid 1800's. It is now a common cold. That's how coronavirus' work. If they killed their hosts, the virus would burn itself out (see "ebola"). They become easier to spread, but less

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
What did you do to get the antibody test? I've been curious about getting one. I've read that it's possible to fight off the infection strictly on T cells. So I guess it's possible that you've had it, fought it off, and never developed antibodies. -Curt On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 3:02:03

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Is it that it mutates into something less deadly or that human's develop antibodies (kind of a mutation in its own right) that better fight the virus? -Curt On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 1:07:40 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: I do hope that you are correct. However, I would

[MBZ] 2012 S600 V12 needs head gasket - $13,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/taylorsville-2012-mercedes-s600-v12/7354620819.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] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I was curious about it, since two people in my immediate household contracted COVID in November. I never had any symptoms. Also been going to the gym 4x week throughout the pandemic, very little mask-wearing there, never had any symptoms. A few weeks ago I got an antibody test, which was

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
The shifter is non MB. Definitely modified. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:52 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > > I don’t think those were available with manual tranny in the US. May have > been a swap. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:23 PM, dan penoff.com via

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes is 250D even a US model? I thought they were all 300D's? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 8:53 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don’t think those were available with manual tranny in the US. May have > been a swap. > > Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
They are 250D but called 300D in the us. Data card will always say 250D. This car is just a car that had a manny conversion done. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:38 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > It is a USA order Model 250 D TURBO according to the data card. > >>

[MBZ] Test

2021-07-22 Thread MG via Mercedes
I'm not getting any messages since the 19th. did the list crash? Manfred ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Since it's not a MB shifter I wonder what transmission it has in it? It looks like a VW shifter IMO. Allan On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > They are 250D but called 300D in the us. Data card will always say 250D. This > car is just a car that had a manny

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes. I saw that. Surprising to me Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 9:38 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It is a USA order Model 250 D TURBO according to the data card. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > > Yes

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
So it is an OM602 2.5t? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 9:46 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > They are 250D but called 300D in the us. Data card will always say 250D. > This car is just a car that had a manny conversion done. > > Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

2021-07-22 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yeah. Around here the highway patrol, fire and police are the good jobs. And LADWP. And the schools are teachers union first, kids second. I think 20% of the city budget goes to pay public employees' pension obligations. They way overcompensated the benefit program under Riordan before the dot com

Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

2021-07-22 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
That’s true in some states, but not all. In Florida, you’re vested in the pension plan after 8 years. The whole time you’re employed, you contribute 3% of your salary and your employer contributes 3%. My youngest son works for the City of Flagstaff and in Arizona you contribute 12% and your

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
W124 headlights are NLA unless you’re going aftermarket, like DEPO. And yes, I believe they are different between pre and facelift. -D > On Jul 22, 2021, at 4:57 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Are pre-facelift 124 headlights the same as 201? I might have one... > -Curt > >On

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I don’t think those were available with manual tranny in the US. May have been a swap. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:23 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > W124 headlights are NLA unless you’re going aftermarket, like DEPO. And yes, > I believe they are different

Re: [MBZ] 1991 ????? $1,000

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
It is a USA order Model 250 D TURBO according to the data card. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > Yes is 250D even a US model? I thought they were all 300D's? > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 8:53 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] 2012 S600 V12 needs head gasket - $13,000

2021-07-22 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Dreamer --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Test

2021-07-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Nope. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: July 22, 2021 9:09 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: afn47...@basicisp.net Subject: [MBZ] Test I'm not getting any messages since the 19th. did the list crash? Manfred ___

Re: [MBZ] 1987 300TD - 297k miles - $350

2021-07-22 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Or flies. But I did manage to find a decent deal on a 140 by surfing the comments on facebook posts. Everything for sale on barnstormers etc is just cuckoo asking prices. On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 4:24 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > From the news today, everything that rolls is heating up. > > On

[MBZ] MB to go all electric by 2030?

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/mercedes-benz-go-all-electric-2030-n1274708 Plans to invest more than $47 billion by 2030 to develop battery-electric vehicles, and be ready for an all-electric car market by 2030. Spending on traditional combustion-engine technology "close to zero" by

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yeah, I heard something about most of those getting hit with the delta variant were already jabbed, so the vax seems to be no good for it.  Anyone else hear that?  At first I thought I heard wrong, was some radio show. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 22, 2021 4:18:31 PM OK Don via Mercedes : >

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
There are some mild cases among those vaccinated but a small percentage. The unvaccinated will bear the brunt of the delta pandemic. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 11:10 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah, I heard something about most of those getting hit with the delta >

Re: [MBZ] Test

2021-07-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
If you receive this, you have not yet been banned for violation of community guidelines.. :)) If you do not receive this, listen for the jungle drums. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:09 PM MG via Mercedes wrote: > I'm not getting any messages since the 19th. did > the list crash? > > Manfred > >

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I have put in 3 systems with 8 head units. The install is easy. Just make sure the connections on your lines are all seated and tight and be careful about bending the lines. I hired my local AC guy to do the refrigerant (the units are all pre-charged) - doing nitrogen pressure test, then

Re: [MBZ] Red death

2021-07-22 Thread Clay via Mercedes
It does seem to be hitting the Olympic athletes really hard. Young, healthy and fully jabbed up. Daily news had stories of the poor kids falling like flies. Not dead, just yanked from being able to partake of the event and locked away or sent home. No mass condom dispensing either, so will

Re: [MBZ] Lary T. Mini split

2021-07-22 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I surprised myself assuming the indoor units on my LGs were low voltage…. Uh, nope… -FT Sent from my iPad > On Jul 22, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Ronald Courcy via Mercedes > wrote: > > Low voltage wiring between inside and outside units. install llneset tubing > in-between the inner band other

Re: [MBZ] MB to go all electric by 2030?

2021-07-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I hate to rain on the EV parade, but, who is going to invest the critical and much needed $400 Trillion in building new electrical generation and transmission lines to support all these new EV vehicles, in the next 9 years? Graphic example: California just ordered all EV vehicles NOT to charge,

Re: [MBZ] MB to go all electric by 2030?

2021-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Haven't you heard? Solar and wind, man. That will fix it all. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 11:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > I hate to rain on the EV parade, but, who is going to invest the critical > and much needed $400 Trillion in building new electrical generation and > transmission lines to

Re: [MBZ] Mini splits

2021-07-22 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I installed a 12,000 unit in my "barn" about 4 years ago. It was not hjard. My main problem was finding a mounting lication where the 2.25 inch hole (for wires and pipes) would not hit a stud. I mounted the outside unit on a wall bracket to avoid mowing debris and leaf piles. My building