Re: [MBZ] Carfax

2022-06-28 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Cool. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 28, 2022 5:23 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; davesl...@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: [MBZ] Carfax We got our integration with carfax fixed. Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] 2011 S550 - 88k miles - $19,500

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yes very much so --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 3:32 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Overpriced? > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/bridgeview-mercedes-550/7502362871.html > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list

Re: [MBZ] W210 Instrument Cluster Rebuild

2022-06-28 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> I found a place in Idaho called “Module Master” https://modulemaster.com and > sent it to them for a rebuild. In 2020 I used MVKMimi1 in Littleton, Colorado. (odo-pro.com) $107.02, plus shipping (in) one-way. It's still working. -- Jim ___

[MBZ] 2011 S550 - 88k miles - $19,500

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Overpriced? https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/bridgeview-mercedes-550/7502362871.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Carfax

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
So we don’t have to keep paying the rooshans? --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 5:24 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > We got our integration with carfax fixed. > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search

Re: [MBZ] Hey Andrew

2022-06-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Rick Ellinger RC Imports. 301 762-4205 in rockville. MD On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 5:56 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Who's your indy mechanic in Maryland? > > https://m.facebook.com/groups/W123NA/permalink/5229279433805420 > > > Rick >

[MBZ] Why is diesel price not dropping?

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
87UL is back down to $4.99 here today, diesel is still $6.09 as it has been for a few weeks. Whats's the deal? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
when I started driving Gulftane (panther piss) was 14.9. I remember the crank pumps & sight glass but not with little balls in it. On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 1:02 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right? > >

Re: [MBZ] Why is diesel price not dropping?

2022-06-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
It's more viscous than gasoline so takes longer to flow downhill. On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 11:39 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 87UL is back down to $4.99 here today, diesel is still $6.09 as it has > been for a few weeks. Whats's the deal? >

Re: [MBZ] W210 Instrument Cluster Rebuild

2022-06-28 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
sounds like a good deal. On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 4:00 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > With BBA Reman recently going out of business and needing the instrument > cluster for my 1998 W210 wagon rebuilt due to the pixels in the LCD getting > wonky, I went on a search

[MBZ] Carfax

2022-06-28 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
We got our integration with carfax fixed. 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] Hey Andrew

2022-06-28 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Thanks. I posted it. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 28, 2022 8:21 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: astrasfo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hey Andrew Rick Ellinger RC Imports. 301 762-4205 in rockville. MD On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 5:56 PM Rick

[MBZ] W210 Instrument Cluster Rebuild

2022-06-28 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
With BBA Reman recently going out of business and needing the instrument cluster for my 1998 W210 wagon rebuilt due to the pixels in the LCD getting wonky, I went on a search for a rebuilder to sort things out. I found a place in Idaho called “Module Master” https://modulemaster.com and sent

[MBZ] You can't find one like this online - 2007 ML63 - $5,000

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
And yet, here it is. https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/d/homewood-2007-mercedes-benz-ml63-amg/7502511843.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Hey Andrew

2022-06-28 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Who's your indy mechanic in Maryland? https://m.facebook.com/groups/W123NA/permalink/5229279433805420 Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Yay me

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I’m thinking he might not frequent the areas we were in --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > You should've said hi to The Donald Snook. > He's in the Memphis area. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: June 28, 2022

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
In the south it’s “y’alls dowyen wun” --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:38 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yeah but you'd always end up getting your oil overfilled by the kid with a > quota telling you "yer a qwaart low" > >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 12:24 PM, Rick

[MBZ] Vacuum hose for 123

2022-06-28 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks What’s the diameter for connector hose for 300d …. 123 cars ….. I’ve been using soft silicone rubber hoseIs it 3 mm ID or??? I know you experts know Thanks Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
?? On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 2:40 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In the south it’s “y’alls dowyen wun” > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:38 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah but you'd always end up

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-06-28 13:24, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: They used to check more at a fuel stop than most people check ... EVER. https://youtu.be/f984Pt8tmms Batteries took more water back then but I don't think I'd want somebody unscrewing the caps 2-4x a month.

Re: [MBZ] 1997 Mercedes Benz S320

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
$500 and a flex disk or two --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 11:54 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > “Drive shaft broke”…oh my. > > https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/phoenix-1997-mercedes-benz-s320/7499976437.html > Sent from Mail for Windows > > > AZBob >

Re: [MBZ] 1997 Mercedes Benz S320

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Anyone else alarmed by the size of the ratchet straps used to secure the car on the trailer? On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 11:57 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > $500 and a flex disk or two > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Jun 28, 2022, at 11:54 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >> wrote: >>

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Tried to sell me a new tire too but all they had was some recaps --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:02 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right? > > Remember the gas pumps that had the sight glass with the little

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
If you look at this old Texaco pump you can see the sight glass at the top right, just above and to the left of the nozzle. https://blog.retroplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Texaco-Tokheim_zm.jpg They could have little “vanes” in them that turned as the gasoline went through, or 2-3

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Tokheim pumps were made in my old home town Ft Wayne at a factory across from the airport. That guy invented the “automatic” pump. I think it might still be there. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:15 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > If you look at this old Texaco

Re: [MBZ] In praise of mechanical diesel injection

2022-06-28 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
This episode demonstrates my pet peeve which is just how vulnerable we have made ourselves to EMP. Almost everything we use today from credit cards to card readers to gas pumps and cars and houses loaded with electronic devices [don't forget our smartphones] is not hardened to survive a

[MBZ] Yay me

2022-06-28 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
On a road trip. Went to Graceland Sunday. Monday morning headed down the Blues Highway. Memphis LKQ right on the way, they had a S550 so I popped by to see if it had the distronic mount I need. Shonuff!!! Woman charged be warranty fee and I didn’t catch it. But $19 and last part I need. Yay

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yeah but you'd always end up getting your oil overfilled by the kid with a quota telling you "yer a qwaart low" On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 12:24 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > They used to check more at a fuel stop than most people check ... EVER. > > https://youtu.be/f984Pt8tmms > > > Rick

[MBZ] 78 240D on eBay

2022-06-28 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
I’ve never seen a luggage rack on a 240! Seller says 400K miles and has trouble going over 60 mph. Salina isn’t far from my old stomping grounds. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Mercedes-Benz-Other-/265754670959?mkcid=16=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286=711-127632-2357-0 Donald H. Snook

Re: [MBZ] Yay me

2022-06-28 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
You should've said hi to The Donald Snook. He's in the Memphis area. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 28, 2022 12:33 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] Yay me On a road trip. Went to Graceland Sunday. Monday

[MBZ] 1997 Mercedes Benz S320

2022-06-28 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
“Drive shaft broke”…oh my. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/phoenix-1997-mercedes-benz-s320/7499976437.htmlSent from Mail for Windows  AZBob  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] 1997 Mercedes Benz S320

2022-06-28 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I’m betting on a failed center bearing carrier or rear flex disk. If you are going down the highway and one of those let go, it would be ugly. -D On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:53 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: “Drive shaft broke”…oh my.

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right? Remember the gas pumps that had the sight glass with the little colored balls that rolled around when the gas was pumping? Or am I dating myself? -D heading out to yell at the kids on my lawn… On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:55 PM,

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I don't remember the sight glass but do remember mechanical pumps that had to be scrapped when the price per gallon topped $1.00. For a while they would set the price in the pump at 1/2 the actual price, and then double the total when you paid. On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 12:02 PM, dan

[MBZ] 2007 CLS550 - 136k miles - $9,500

2022-06-28 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Drivers seat will need recovering. https://springfieldil.craigslist.org/cto/d/springfield-mercedes-benz-cls550/7502281273.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal

2022-06-28 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-06-28 13:05, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I don't remember the sight glass but do remember mechanical pumps that had to be scrapped when the price per gallon topped $1.00. For a while they would set the price in the pump at 1/2 the actual price, and then double the total when you

Re: [MBZ] 2007 CLS550 - 136k miles - $9,500

2022-06-28 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Another “What’s that color” car. -D > On Jun 28, 2022, at 1:08 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Drivers seat will need recovering. > > https://springfieldil.craigslist.org/cto/d/springfield-mercedes-benz-cls550/7502281273.html > > ___ >