Hey hey hey hey hey ...
That aren't THAT slow after they kick into 3rd gear -- in flat terrain.
On 12/13/05, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Didn't someone mention taking their 240D bracket racing, once?
Where is there drag strip with a sundial or an hourglass for a timer?
Rick Knoble
Wrong time to trip your posts. I'd have liked to have read what was said to
him.
On 12/13/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The vince dude wanted me to post this in reponse to the comments about
his 123 club.
Original Message
Subject: Re: Club 123D
Date: Tue,
David, you are right, a third party shipping company is needed (still goes
by train). Two were listed on the VIA Rail website. One has already given
me a quote of $957.65 CAD one way from Montreal to Vancouver.
Let's see2500 miles each way, that's 5000 miles. At $0.20 per mile for
fuel
LT Don wrote:
I'd have liked to have read what was said to him.
It started with the discussion of a car advertised through
the club web page (I think the stretch conversion 123) and
then moved on to discussion of the club, starting with there's
a 123 club? how come I never heard of it and
Yea, Mitch, I read all that. I was just wondering what Kleb said to him to
get that you guys don't pull any punches comment.
Not angry, just curious.
Don
Now this looks great! check these two sites out.
http://web.hulteen.com/eric/deadhorse.html
http://www.themilepost.com/
Chris
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I gotta get me wunna them for cruisin some of the less desirable areas
of town.
--R
G-Wagon beats Afghan bomb
4 lives likely saved by new,
Don; go racing with the K bike, and wear your steel armor.
On 12/13/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So ... if I decide to race my 240D into a stock car on the local 1/4 mile
dirt track, I should consider using this product? Maybe not a bad idea,
because the other drivers would be laughing
On a 1988 model there should be no problem to jumper the ignition and
starter solenoid directly from the battery. Airbags should be of no concern
here. A (mostly,noisy) problem could be the security system if it's
there.I tried
to look at the 126 CD, but there is no 500SE listed.
On 12/13/05,
This link has pictures:
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Dec05/13MercedesGSavesSoldiersLivesAgain.html
___
GG
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:03 PM
To: Mercedes mailing
You mean the air suspension that makes the thing go waddely-wap-yink-jank ?
--
Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82 300SD, '95 E300D
On 12/13/05, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...and slammed on fat tires with air
suspension, ...
That would some fine ride, klatta klatta.
--R
I would have responded to him but I just dont really have the energy
right now to come up with anything.
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
In regards to personal info, I only passed on what I found on a public forum
and I think what this list was trying to get at was wether the W123 club is
some sort
Possible, possibly not. I still don't think an event where the club
president does all judging is not for real.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Canfield
Sent: Tuesday, December 13,
No, I asked him about his club and invited him to join our group, he
must have read the archives.
Mitch Haley wrote:
LT Don wrote:
I'd have liked to have read what was said to him.
It started with the discussion of a car advertised through
the club web page (I think the stretch conversion
Yeah, Yeah. Most American cars have studs in the wheel hubs and the wheel is
held by LUG NUTS, correct?
In order to confuse you all, I called the stud a lug. Rhymed better too.
And everyone I know calls the things that hold the wheels on my Benz a LUG
BOLT. Why?
--
Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82
Read again the part that talks about 15 minutes of jiggling...
In fact when I first started jiggling the steering column wasn't even
locked...
Locking it didn't help a bit in case you're wondering...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:38:47 -0500
From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I suppose it would depend on what made it stick but... DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
When the lock my my 240D started getting sticky last year I did the same
thing but with carb cleaner. Seemed like it was all better for months until one
day I couldn't go to work...
Its your call but after getting
I'm going to try 20K. Will probably change it then, whether it needs
it or not. I don't have a good idea of where the other readings fall
relative to the soot - the lab gives you the numbers, and a pass/fail
grade.
I'll definitely change it before heading out for the ArticQ.
On 12/13/05, Kaleb
When you guys in WA start having to pay a State Income Tax, we might
start listening to the WA DMV sob stories. And then, you trek down the
road to Oregon to buy your big ticket items as to not pay any sales
tax.
You serve cheese with your whine?
On 12/13/05, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just ran three scenarios through MapPoint from my house (140 miles
from the OkieQ) to Deadhorse, AK (one way) -
Quickest trip - 4130.1 miles, 6 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes.
Shortest trip - 4121.9 miles, 6 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes.
Preferred roads - 4397.1 miles, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes.
Snow Tires for Sale:
I have 2 studded snow tires for sale
Cooper Weather master S/T
P197/70 R 14 M/S, These were used on my W126.
Tires have 96% original tread almost new ..$20 each
=
Also have extra wheel (15 hole) in New
Yea, Mitch, I read all that. I was just wondering what Kleb said to him to
get that you guys don't pull any punches comment.
The tone of the posts was nowhere as benign as Mitch claims. I read them all
and thought they were smartassed and uncalled for considering he is unknown to
all on this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The tone of the posts was nowhere as benign as Mitch claims.
I don't recall characterizing them as benign or inflammatory
(except for the part I was involved in concerning personal
info, which I do think was benign, as all I can remember being
mentioned was the fellow's
My light bulb underneath the gearshift lights went out and I bought a
new bulb to replace it. I need to remove the gearshift cover to get
to the bulbholder, but HOW does one remove the gearshift cover in an
84 300D? Can it be done without removing the ashtray?
Any suggestions are most helpful.
This is a route that avoids double backing for the most part, like a figure
8 between Wichita KS and Watson Lake with the cross over at Hinton/Jasper,
Alberta.
Distance and Times are according to MS Streets Trips.
Main Junctions on Route from Oklahoma City to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and back:
Read again the part that talks about 15 minutes of jiggling...
Only 15 minutes? Oh, you'll have to do better than that!
I put in a bunch of time on the 250C when it did it to me,
and then one mysterious day it just operated again. In fact,
I was so 'programmed' on the wiggle try that the
HOW does one remove the gearshift cover in an
84 300D? Can it be done without removing the ashtray?
I don't think so. Try removing the ashtray first, it's easy.
-- Jim
I always thought the term lug nut dated back to when wire wheels were
held on with one big center nut, which had lugs on the side so you could
whack it with a mallet to loosen it.
Those are called knockoffs. These days center-lock wheels (that's what they
are called) are held on by a large
In a similar vein, I wonder what people with cars listed on EBay would
think if they could see what is said about their pridejoy, and about
themselves,
on this list?
Yes, I wonder. It's similar in a way when ugly men in a group criticize a
passing female (what a pig, etc...) who may look
Who was looking for a nice 300CD? Your MB has arrived.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T52E31F4C
--
John Freer
Palm Springs, CA
1992 500 SEL 140K Stardust
1985 380SL 145K Blue Belle
Jim,
I think Howard Ginsberg just did this to the car I'm getting from
him on Saturday. You can email him directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Maybe just forward this email to him?
Best regards,
Tom Reynolds
Sand Springs, OK
At 08:29 PM 12/13/2005 -0800, you wrote:
My light bulb underneath
New transmission at less than 90K miles? Trailer hitch? Hmmm.
Chris K
Cayce, SC
- Original Message -
From: Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: kaleb list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:44 AM
Subject: [MBZ] 1985 300CD
Who was looking for a nice 300CD? Your
I replaced my monovalve, which was so easy to do, and it fixed my heating
problem. The heat would sometimes not work at all but always would not heat
after about 1/2 an hour on the road. The monovalve's rubber gasket was
completely torn all the way around. Thanks to the list for insight into
ohhh baby, I gotta change my underwear now
-Original Message-
From: Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Dec 14, 2005 2:44 AM
To: kaleb list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] 1985 300CD
Who was looking for a nice 300CD? Your MB has arrived.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T52E31F4C
--
where does it say they replaced the transmission?
-Original Message-
From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Dec 14, 2005 8:32 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD
New transmission at less than 90K miles? Trailer hitch? Hmmm.
Chris K
Cayce, SC
Ok, here's the deal on Water Wetter. It is most efficient when used
with water only and no coolant. The more coolant the less effective it
is. A lot of PCA members run straight Water Wetter in their 924's
944's when Club Racing. When used with no water or no coolant it is a
very worthwhile
Looks like a good route. Avoiding doublebacking is a very good idea.
I'll be stashing this post in the Arctic-Q file...which is becoming quite
big.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 144K
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list
'Star' (1988 300E) is for sale as a parts car, or possibly as a fix 'er up
project. See pictures at:
http://www.tomandkarenspage.com/cars/starspage.html
The engine starts and runs great, biggest possible problem is that although
the driver's door opens, there is a noise when so doing. More when
Doggoneit! Why'd ya have to crunch up the left front corner and hood? If
you had done in some other corner, I'd have bought it in a flash.
I still need a hood, grille and L headlight assy for the 124 Bambi altercation.
At 12:12 PM 12/14/2005, you wrote:
'Star' (1988 300E) is for sale as a
Sorry, that was the side the light pole jumped in front of me on, I should
have been in England, or Australia, or ...(RHD)
Tom
At 12:09 PM 12/14/2005 -0600, you wrote:
Doggoneit! Why'd ya have to crunch up the left front corner and hood? If
you had done in some other corner, I'd have bought
it is the money grubbing democrats who then pass on our hard earned
cash to some meth head ho with her crack baby
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 01:18 AM, Robert Tara Ludwick wrote:
WA state was bad 20 years ago, I can only imagine how bad it is now. I
was paying $165 a year for tags on a
Lee,
I did a google and I could not find it. Please point me in the correct
direction, as this would be a great tool for such instances as the one
just past.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 05:05 AM, Lee Levitt wrote:
Click Clack Tappet Brothers Light
Extinguisher
--
Clay
Seattle
vince needs to sign onto the stiplin list and we can then bash away
about what is the proper oil he needs to endorse, which tires are best
fitted to the w123, why the fuses are never changed regularly in that
model, and the virtues of turbo over non turbo models. Along with
California
she has not been able to
figure out how to start Gump, so I am safe enough. May get sucked into
being her driver for a while. Wonder if I can get more nookie that
way?
Oh, you dreamer you. No matter how she screws up, it will somehow be
ALL YOUR FAULT.
My wife refuses to consider driving
Chris,
hitting the Winnipeg junction would work well for you, no sense going
all the way out here to head north. For west coasties, we are best
positioned to meet in Prince George, Edmonton or Regina depending on
where we are heading north from. It would be around day five out of
Chris is right here in town and I have marveled at his work. Even buy
some fuel from him. will wander over and see what he thinks about
sponsoring. May need to take the car there a few times, just to seem
more a customer.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Christopher McCann
I thought about who to procure along the route. Maybe we call ahead to
the greasy spoons along the way and have them hold onto a quantity of
old fry oil for us to remove for them.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Levi Smith wrote:
Now, first off I think that would be cool. I
Depending on when we head out, I am sure you could snag some college
kid to drive it for you to a drop off point.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 10:44 AM, David Brodbeck wrote:
Chris Hoskin wrote:
I am in New England and am thinking driving to BC and THEN starting a
4000
mile run may be
That is where the support vehicle with onboard processing would be
handy. Take the WVO and toss it into a settling/separating tank and a
few hours later be able to dispense workable fuel. Take the real waste
gunk and make bear cakes for feeding the scraps to grizzlies
On Tuesday, December
The seats were removed but the rest of the car is intact.
What a relief! I like driving a seatless intact car!
On 12/13/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
even the engine looks like hell
-Original Message-
From: Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Dec 13, 2005 4:53 PM
Clay writes:
I did a google and I could not find it. Please point me in
the correct direction, as this would be a great tool for such
instances as the one just past.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 05:05 AM, Lee Levitt wrote:
Click Clack Tappet Brothers Light
Extinguisher
They
redghost wrote:
That is where the support vehicle with onboard processing would be
handy. Take the WVO and toss it into a settling/separating tank and a
few hours later be able to dispense workable fuel. Take the real waste
gunk and make bear cakes for feeding the scraps to grizzlies
The
Of course, everything is still up in the air, but my frybrid equipped 300D
coworker (Jason) will probably ride shotgun in my car (300SD), which is a
standard DinoD set up.
Logistics for the oil procurement is more than he wants to mess with. I
think he would rather enjoy the ride and
If a low milage 1979 240 D in comparable condition sold on ebay for
$13,500, what will this one get? It's a much nicer car model and far more
fun to drive. Any bets? My guess is $12,250.
On 12/14/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
where does it say they replaced the transmission?
Spend a week in Winnipeg - it's really a cool town.
On 12/14/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Depending on when we head out, I am sure you could snag some college
kid to drive it for you to a drop off point.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 10:44 AM, David Brodbeck wrote:
Chris
These are good ONLY until December 31st 2005 and they are VERY kick---
prices.
W123 FrontRear Brake Kit. Pagid Pads, Balo Rotors Sensors $150
W124 FrontRear Brake Kit. Pagid Pads, Balo Rotors Sensors $185 No
Wagons
W126 FrontRear Brake Kit. Pagid Pads, Balo Rotors Sensors $195
W201
That is a great price for the shocks. Shame that I have a spouse's birthday,
an anniversary and Christmas all in the same week.
On 12/14/05, Rusty Cullens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These are good ONLY until December 31st 2005 and they are VERY kick---
prices.
W123 FrontRear Brake Kit. Pagid
Surely she would like some shocks for one of those occasions?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LT Don
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:30 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Year End Specials
That is a great price for the
If I did, the gift would come as quite a shock to her.
On 12/14/05, Rusty Cullens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Surely she would like some shocks for one of those occasions?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LT Don
Sent: Wednesday,
More shock to the wallet and less shock to the road.
-Original Message-
From: LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Dec 14, 2005 3:42 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Year End Specials
If I did, the gift would come as quite a shock to her.
On 12/14/05, Rusty
The vacuum pump on the engine in my '86 300SDL has two ports; one is for the
brake booster, the other is a smaller port that appears to handle the
emission control system. Does the pump supply vacuum to both of these
ports? I have vacuum on the brake booster port, but not on the smaller
port.
Damnit... I just did my brakes. :)
Any chance you accidently forgot to list 124 chassis under the
Bilsteins on sale? ;)
J.B.
At 03:27 PM 12/14/2005, you wrote:
These are good ONLY until December 31st 2005 and they are VERY kick---
prices.
W123 FrontRear Brake Kit. Pagid Pads, Balo
They are on there, 2nd line.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J.B. Hebert
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:59 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Year End Specials
Damnit... I just did my brakes. :)
Any chance you
Rusty Cullens wrote:
They are on there, 2nd line.
What about us lowly w116 owners? ;-D
--
John L. Ervine
1981 240D 4-spd 268+kmi
1980 300TD 170+kmi
1980 300SD 277+kmi
1977 280S 4-spd 80+kmi
There was a similar 300CD advertised in the Nashville, TN paper last weekend
for $14,700.
Alan Duff
Knoxville, TN
From: andrew strasfogel
If a low milage 1979 240 D in comparable condition sold on ebay for
$13,500, what will this one get? It's a much nicer car model and far more
fun to
Bet she'd put some spring in your step! ;p
-Curt
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:42:55 -0600
From: LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Year End Specials
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
If I did,
The vacuum pump on the engine in my '86 300SDL has two ports; one is
for the
brake booster, the other is a smaller port that appears to handle the
emission control system. Does the pump supply vacuum to both of these
ports? I have vacuum on the brake booster port, but not on the smaller
port.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_Buried_Car.html
In 2007 Kaleb will have an opportunity to get a new car for maybe $500
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
What was the deal for Oregoonians? $10 to register the car? And
property taxes were killing you, so you voted to underfund the
schools? IIRC, no need to actually need to know how to drive down
there, just have to show proof of insurance to get a license.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at
Walt,
are those bundts?
I am headed up Thursday and may need some tires for Gump
On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 07:02 PM, W. Lasher wrote:
Snow Tires for Sale:
I have 2 studded snow tires for sale
Cooper Weather master S/T
P197/70 R 14 M/S, These were used on my
This seems to indicate the small port is plugged.
There is supposed to be an inline filter fitting where
the hose from the small port to the + connector to
intercept the dust/particle in the line. Without it
the small port will be clogged up over the time. The
small plastic inline filter (has mesh
Brian Smyla wrote:
The vacuum pump on the engine in my '86 300SDL has two ports; one is for the
brake booster, the other is a smaller port that appears to handle the
emission control system. Does the pump supply vacuum to both of these
ports? I have vacuum on the brake booster port, but not on
Wow! Anyone care to mimic this with an ol' 6.9...?
:-)
--
Dave M.
Boise, ID
1994 E500 - 95kmi (Q-ship)
1987 300D - 261kmi (Sportline)
-- Forwarded message --
From: Tim W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Dec 14, 2005 4:10 AM
Subject: Caddy
To: Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Our '87 190Dt started to make some noise from the back
of the car, more likely from where the rear end is.
When the car accelerate from standstill (for exmaplen
at a stop sign), the car feels being dragged, the
engine RPM goes up but the actual car speed does not
seem to go up and there is this
Tan Qu wrote:
Our '87 190Dt started to make some noise from the back
of the car, more likely from where the rear end is.
When the car accelerate from standstill (for exmaplen
at a stop sign), the car feels being dragged, the
engine RPM goes up but the actual car speed does not
seem to go up and
No Affiliation. But here is a 93 190E with only 103K with a buy it now
of $3500. I wonder what the reserve is. Was there some list member up
north? Do you want a gasser. It looks pretty nice.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Beautiful-1993-Mercedes-Benz-190E_W0QQite
Same engine in my 76 Eldo. Hmmm. Buddy in the hood is building a hot
rod truck with a 500 Cad engine, this might be his target!
--R
From: Tim W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Dec 14, 2005 4:10 AM
Subject: Caddy
To: Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.schwartzperformance.com/cadillac.htm
What could make a heater blow cold air on a 82 126 diesel assuming the
car is up to operating temperature?
Donald H. Snook
No, it's not. Either the port itself or the line is plugged, probably.
The hose coming up form the small port has a restriction in it (yellow
plastic connector) that you may need to remove to get vac at the five
way T connection.
If you have vac at the T with all the lines plugged, verify
Might be a good deal if anyone is in the area. The hard starting could
likely be easily remedied.
--R
http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=8979vType=1
Stock No: 15-43915
Lot No: 14
Year: 1985
Make: Mercedes Benz
Model: 300 sd
Color: Blue
VIN:
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