On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:40:04 -0400 "Tarek Elshenawy"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all. I am going to change the fluid in my manual trans on my 240D.
> I noticed the owner's manual recommends 10W-20 motor oil for the trans.
Yes, or Mobil 1 ATF.
> Why not put gear oil like I'm used to?
NO
Hello all. I am going to change the fluid in my manual trans on my 240D. I
noticed the owner's manual recommends 10W-20 motor oil for the trans. Why
not put gear oil like I'm used to? In addition, isin't 10W-20 hard to find?
Thanks.
Tarek
Trampas wrote:
> Really depends on the fan clutch and other factors too. Personally my
> temperature gauges on the 300SD reads 120 when warm (sensor is bad). But
> before that the thermostat kept the temperature constant at 85-90C.
Mine runs anywhere from 83C when I'm driving around 45 mph to 95C
Constantine N. Polites wrote:
Suddenly, without any noise or warning the blower stopped running. The
blower does not function in heat, defrost or A/C mode.
I have not checked any fuse yet. Is there a dedicated fuse for the
blower anywhere, besides the fuse box? The illustrations on the CD are
Really depends on the fan clutch and other factors too. Personally my
temperature gauges on the 300SD reads 120 when warm (sensor is bad). But
before that the thermostat kept the temperature constant at 85-90C.
Regards,
Trampas
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Under black housing in front of fuse box it is a big 30A fuse
Regards,
Trampas
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On Behalf Of Constantine N. Polites
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] Re: 350 SDL, blower mot
If momma is not happy no one is happy.
Man that argues with wife during day gets no peace at night.
Regards,
Trampas
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On Behalf Of Don & Teresa Merriman
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 4:17 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
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Steve MacSween wrote:
> Okay, but I always understood that unless you think the coolant has
> completely leaked out, the best thing to do is to leave the car running,
> open the hood, and turn on the heater as high and hot as you can and try to
> lower the temps a bit before you switch off and try
Her's is a 420SEL
Regards,
Trampas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:57 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Damn women and the 300SDL
ignition coil? On a 300SD?
Trampas
Suddenly, without any noise or warning the blower stopped running. The
blower does not function in heat, defrost or A/C mode.
I have not checked any fuse yet. Is there a dedicated fuse for the
blower anywhere, besides the fuse box? The illustrations on the CD are
not very clear regarding loca
Bob,
If you think those numbers are high, I have an invoice from Mercedes-Benz of
South Atlanta dated April 22, 2004 which has a shop rate of $99.00 an hour.
It may even be higher now (don't know). It might not have been so bad if
they would have done a good job. They'll never touch another one
But you were
On 7/16/05, Trampas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I forgot one other time she had a problem with her car. I had windshield
> replaced and they did not put wipers on correctly and one popped lose,
> well
> it was raining and it got into other wiper and broke wiper assembly under
>
Maybe it's time for Kleb to give up?
http://tinyurl.com/dygzc
David Goldsmith wrote:
>
> Casey-
>
> Did you see how much that converted-to-diesel
> 280Z went for on Ebay some months back, something
> close to (or over) $13K I believe.
I've been thinking of making something in aluminum
and fiberglass, under 1500lb, maybe a replica of a 1960's
Ford G
In a message dated 7/16/2005 1:11:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I suggested a 1991 560SEL, but it looks like a minivan is in our future. I
> wonder how long it will take for her to remember that not all cars are
> W126's.
About as long as it takes to go to the used ca
In Fl Crown Eurocars and Maher Chevy get $80 per and indies get around $65.
Bob DuPuy
Tennessee Professional Engineering Exam
1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon
tree that will support a 10 pound possum.
2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest
when placed on blocks in your front yard? A.66 Ford
Fairlane: B. 69 Chevrolet Chevelle: C
We bought our 3rd MB, the 82 300TD in 2000 after having gone four
years since the 70 280se (108) and 10 years since the 230 (114). We
had an 85 Peugeot 505s wagon for a couple of years, but from 95 to
2000 drove a 90 crown vic. in 2002, the wife wrecked the CV, and we
bought a 84 300D, then my 30
Got a car in for a turbo replacement. Anybody know what the book time
is for this job? How much are dealers and/or independants charging per
hour these days?
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 81 300TD,
81 240D, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D,
Well I got it filled back up with coolant, drove it around for a bit and
the temp is staying where it should, no overheating etc. Guess she can
keep driving it till I get the 380 euro conversion project done.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D
ignition coil? On a 300SD?
Trampas wrote:
Well the ignition coil was my fault. I made an engine monitor which I hooked
up to her car to test. Thus I taped into the negative side of coil to
measure tachometer. Well the wires for engine monitor ran beside seat and
chafed such that the coil wire
I forgot one other time she had a problem with her car. I had windshield
replaced and they did not put wipers on correctly and one popped lose, well
it was raining and it got into other wiper and broke wiper assembly under
cowl. Needless to say wife was not happy.
Regards,
Trampas
-Origin
Dogs Write Letters Too
Dear God, How come people love to smell flowers, but seldom, if ever,
smell one another? Where are their priorities?
Dear God, When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it the
same old story?
Dear God, Excuse me, but why are there cars named after the ja
Well the ignition coil was my fault. I made an engine monitor which I hooked
up to her car to test. Thus I taped into the negative side of coil to
measure tachometer. Well the wires for engine monitor ran beside seat and
chafed such that the coil wire shorted to ground. This heated up coil and
caus
Why would the ignition coil fail on a 126?
The wife started out with our 89 560SEL, but she blew it up, so she has
had to go from car to car, blowing them all up as she goes, I cant keep
up with it all.
Trampas wrote:
New head is much cheaper than new wife.
Cars break and we love to fix t
New head is much cheaper than new wife.
Cars break and we love to fix them... Sometimes wifes do not understand the
love we have with the cars and why we want to drive them.
My problem is that my wife before we were married drove a Honda Accord, for
the last 5 years she has driven a W126. It wa
well the head is/was screwed anyways, no other problems though.
Steve MacSween wrote:
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried to explain how it was impossible for all the coolant to
have gone bye bye that quick without being spewed all over the ground.
There was none. Cant a
no, she claimed it was not hot and the coolant light was on, then
mysteriously it came on the second I looked at it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
don't tell me let me guess, she saw it was hot and "hurried home
before it overheated". BTDT,
Ken
In a message dated 7/16/2005 5:00:27 AM Pacifi
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried to explain how it was impossible for all the coolant to
> have gone bye bye that quick without being spewed all over the ground.
> There was none. Cant argue with a woman.
LoL, oh bless your soul for trying. But it can't be her fault, it'
I turned off the engine, let the pressure off, restarted the engine then
added the coolant. It was not pegged anymore but still running way way
too hot. It may not have been filled up all the way, I will mess with
it some more here in a little bit. She said the light was not on and
the temp
don't tell me let me guess, she saw it was hot and "hurried home before
it overheated". BTDT,
Ken
In a message dated 7/16/2005 5:00:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Damn women and the 300SDL
To: Mercedes mail
Joe, doesn't sound too bad a price. I think you will need the lugs for
the 8 holers though.
DWS
Joe Knight wrote:
About to head out to look at a set of 6 1/2 J X 15 H 2 8-holers to
replace the rather tired looking originals on the wagon. Assuming
good cosmetics with only the most minor curb
Sounds like a fair price Joe. At least, that's what I see on ebay all
the time. And you're saving 100 bucks on shipping costs.
Watch out that the ET is correct for the W124. Something like 45?
John
On 7/16/05, Joe Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> About to head out to look at a set of 6 1/2 J
About to head out to look at a set of 6 1/2 J X 15 H 2 8-holers to
replace the rather tired looking originals on the wagon. Assuming
good cosmetics with only the most minor curb rash on a couple of them,
Dayton tires @~60% tread, does $250 sound reasonable? I'll probably
be replacing the tires fa
A cross country drive at WOT may un-stick the piston rings from all the
carbon...
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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From: Curt Raymond
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Not Harry Potter cars
That one's a winner "could
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:36:37 -0700 redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would love to be able to Rory, but for some reason these are all
> metal with a slotted back(inside the tire) that may screw off? and
> there is a 13mm nut on the outside that may or may not hold down a
> stand-off. Rub
In a message dated 7/16/2005 6:45:57 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a couple of months ago the a/c on my '85 300TD stopped cooling...At first I
chalked it up to a stuck mono valve because if I "massaged" the mono valve it
would sometimes start cooling again, but
Well, my brake job just came to a sudden hault, the calipers are
FUBAR.
Have to wait for our Southern gentleman friend to send me a set.
11:00am, i guess I'll smoke some ribs.
--
Peter T. Arnold
Windsor, Connecticut
U.S.A.
1987 Mercedes 300SDL, 225 Kmi on Delvac1, changes when f-soot is 2
Yes, hub has to come off since the rotor is bolted to it from the back.
10mm allen driver, very tight.
Repack bearings while you are at it, using synthetic grease. McParts
will have the seal, bearings too if you need them (Timken).
Peter
My brother had a '60 beetle that he swapped a Porsche 356 1500S twin
carb engine and aluminum transaxle into back in the seventies. It was
a straight, bolt-in proposition and looked completely stock beetle
from the outside. He used to win drag races with (very surprised!)
Mustang IIs. It would
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-Duo-83-240D-84-300D-turbo-diesel_W0QQitemZ4561511804QQcategoryZ6329QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
No affiliation, ect.
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
Sick, sick, sick.
Wilton
91 350SDL, 87 showroom 300D (both all stock, even the wheels)
a couple of months ago the a/c on my '85 300TD stopped cooling...At first I
chalked it up to a stuck mono valve because if I "massaged" the mono valve
it would sometimes start cooling again, but after a while it stopped almost
completely. I took it to a local a/c guy rather than my indy, who is 20
Well cold coolant and hot aluminum is not a good combination, that is the
rapid contraction of the hot aluminum when cold water hits it might cause it
to crack.
If heater blows heat turn it on and then spray the radiator with water to
cause engine to cool off. If the heater does not blow heat the
You do have to remove hub to remove rotors. You should not need new seals
unless you monkey up the ones you have or want to repack bearings.
Remove center dust cap from hub.
Use allen wrench to lossen lock nut
Remove lock nut.
Remove hub and rotor assembly
Turn hub over.
Remove Allen screws a
Please cross post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] As I only get the digest.
Doing brakes on my car.
I cannot find a section in the damn CD manual.
I've got caliper off.
Do I have to remoce the hub to remove the rotor? Oh S&%t, I have no
new seals.
Please confirm or repute.
Regards
--
Peter T. Arnold
That one's a winner "could use a ring job to optimize performance", gee golly
with no compression I suppose thats probably true!
-Curt
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:01:56 -0700
From: redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Not Harry Potter cars
To: Mercedes list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID:
Casey-
Did you see how much that converted-to-diesel
280Z went for on Ebay some months back, something
close to (or over) $13K I believe. Granted, w/ 7+
more days to go, this car probably won't stay below
$2K, but you buy that car, put the engine in a sexier
body, and I bet you could at lea
--- David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 9:41:27 -0400, meadedillon wrote
> > I don't think that the estate engine was
> 'de-tuned' compared to the
> > sedan. True, the SLS pump would be a parasitic
> loss that the sedan
> > wouldn't have unless it had the SLS option.
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I glance
> over at the temp guage, the damn thing is pegged, the coolant light is
> on. CRAP. So I slowly let the radiator cap off, it pukes steam for
> probably 5 minutes before all the pressure is gone. Crap. Put more
> coolant in it, with ca
So regina gets home in the SDL that has a possible bad head/gasket as
it had coolant dissappearing somewhere, no overheating or anything. We
had to leave again right away, i get in and it smells hot. I glance
over at the temp guage, the damn thing is pegged, the coolant light is
on. CRAP. S
I would love to be able to Rory, but for some reason these are all
metal with a slotted back(inside the tire) that may screw off? and
there is a 13mm nut on the outside that may or may not hold down a
stand-off. Rubber grommet between the rim and the back side slotted
bit. May have some rubbe
Clay,
Once you have the tires off the rims, you can cut the inner portion of
the valvestem off with a razor blade. When you have your tires
remounted, the shop will replace the valve stems.
--
Rory Morrison
Oroville, WA
1985 300SD
1982 300TD
Lee Einer wrote:
> I believe those would have been the old 36hp engines. Later beetles put
> out 40hp or more.
>
> My 1960 Karmann Ghia would do up to 90mph on the flat- when I had enough
> time to get it there...
My '75 bus had a 2.0L engine, a transplant from a '77, that was
supposedly good for
http://seattle.craigslist.org/for/84770599.html --R-22
http://seattle.craigslist.org/for/84771010.html --R-12
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The monkeys in the back would be lucky to smell my exhaust if they were
behind me at a stop light--ain't no way they're touching my fine diesel
machine, no suh.
On 7/15/05, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You show up at the Bimmer dealer in that and scare the snot out of the
> monkeys i
You show up at the Bimmer dealer in that and scare the snot out of the
monkeys in the back if they had to work on it.
On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 10:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
43600 on the clock??? I believe BMW made these diesel engines to be
installed in Lincoln Contentinals back in
I believe those would have been the old 36hp engines. Later beetles put
out 40hp or more.
My 1960 Karmann Ghia would do up to 90mph on the flat- when I had enough
time to get it there...
Lee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
I owned two '56 Beetles and the
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/84715986.html --79 CD $400
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/84696164.html --80 240D $200
Maybe Jim needs to combine into one
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/84696960.html --70 220D $1500
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/84671165.html --85 SD $4k
Thanks - was looking to see if anyone has done the bunt type wheels - I
have a 94 S350 with checking in the clear coat. bill s
redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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07/15/2005 05:06 PM
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Zeitgeist wrote:
>
> How do you say Green Machine in Finnish?
>
> http://personal.inet.fi/cool/kos/pictures/MB/evo.jpg
>
Is that a real evo or a replica?
The only evo I ever saw had a much taller wing, but I think there
was more than one version.
I wonder if the suspension is correct, or if the
How do you say Green Machine in Finnish?
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/kos/pictures/MB/evo.jpg
On 7/15/05, Rick Knoble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Must be seen to be believed
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Mercedes-190e-Custom-Kit-Car-Wide-Body-Lowrider_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategor
Thank God it's a "one of a kind"
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Knoble
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:25 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: [MBZ] Huh?
Must be seen to be believed
http://cgi.e
This is after the paint is all gone and ready to begin
<>
Here is the primer coat
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and here is finished with clear coat
<>
What I get for using the cheap phone cam
On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 03:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any pictures of the finished project anyone??
thx bill s
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