Check fuse 13, and for a short or bad switch on the trunk lamp.
You also need to check the relay for the safety belt sign, it goes bad
and pulls about an amp.
Both of these ran the battery down on my brother's SDL.
Peter
"Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote:
>
> Looking for one of those big 100 gal or so fuel tanks that fit in the
> back of my truck bed.
Is 74 gallons enough?
http://www.mytscstore.com/detail.asp?pcID=3&paID=1022&sonID=758&page=1&productID=9611
I'm a little unclear as to the capacity of this one. I never
Zoltan Finks wrote:
>
> Yeah, I've heard the clutch is quite easy, being right up front there. Does
> the radiator have to come out, or any radiator hoses or anything? I don't
> spend much time under the hood.
It's been over 15 years, so the memory is a bit fuzzy, but I
think you can do it by r
What do you think about that price? Seems high.
Brian
On 12/15/06, kevin kraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just spotted this one on Craigslist Portlend Oregon.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/249130187.html
I've always wondered why the diesel engine wasn't put into this car from
the
Yeah, I've heard the clutch is quite easy, being right up front there. Does
the radiator have to come out, or any radiator hoses or anything? I don't
spend much time under the hood.
Brian
84 Saab 900
On 12/15/06, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Zoltan Finks wrote:
>
> Makes me think
Ok, there we go
Marshall Booth wrote:
Black, Waylon wrote:
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
They are not even close.
SORRY, I thou
Black, Waylon wrote:
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
They are not even close.
SORRY, I thought you meant a 606 engine. A 603.96 or .97
The EPC says the timing covers are the same.
Marshall Booth wrote:
Black, Waylon wrote:
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
They are n
Looking for one of those big 100 gal or so fuel tanks that fit in the
back of my truck bed. Local farm place has several, but nothing that I
really like. I have the short bed so all the ones that are big wont
fit, and all the ones that will, the biggest I can get is 50 gal. I
would prefer so
Black, Waylon wrote:
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
They are not even close.
Would really like to drive this 5-speed version.
I co
Yes, they are the same cover.
Black, Waylon wrote:
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
Would really like to drive this 5-speed version.
I
Lines, pump, or box.
Sunil Hari wrote:
What's the most likely source of a power steering fluid leak in a 92 300D?
I went outside, saw a small puddle, and checked all the reservoirs, and the
PS reservoir is near empty.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
(2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89
Well I tore into the 2.5 turbo to replace a couple of glow plugs, but
have not got it back together yet. No bid deal, I will just drive the
SDL to work tomorrow. I decided to make sure its not dead just now and
sure enough it is. Battery dead. Wierd. Battery is brand new, I have
not had any
I guarantee when you post to one of those lists, you are getting your
email address on spam lists. Yoohoo doenst just give away hosting
mailing lists for free you know.
Steve MacSween wrote:
on 12/15/06 12:02 PM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To IMPROVE the chances that every
Ahh yes the boy who cried wolf. However we must keep an open mind about our
future and just because the things that past doomsday sayers have gone on
about have not happened, does not mean the things we are currently fretting
about about will not have an affect.
It would not harm us to use up le
Zoltan Finks wrote:
>
> Makes me think of my current tranny situation in my Saab 900.
>
> I'm having a battle between making the brakes last as long as possible by
> using the tranny more, and making the clutch last longer by using the brakes
> more.
Fortunately for you, the clutch is almost a
I just picked the Alternator from the repair shop. He charged me $20.00.
He replaced the regulator that I replaced about 3 months ago.
Additional information - the repaired alternator came out of a an 81 300SEL
and #'s on it are: K1 14v 70A20. The Regulator I ordered from Rusty was for
the a
Also need front sheet metal for a 380/500/560 SEC.
Parts are hard to find and big - may have to sell this good looking
2 door 126.
Thanks,
Waylon Black
Little Elm, Texas
Marshall Booth wrote:
>Not surprisingly all oil, conventional and synthetic, has increased in price
>as the price of >crude had doubled.
I still believe the Delvac 1300S provides a significant cost benefit over the
M1.
G. M. Brown
Rochester, NY
Need front timing cover and oil pan from a 1984-1985? 2.2 190D.
Found someone local who can get a timing cover from a 3.5? MB diesel
six(1988?).
Are they the same or would they interchange?
Would really like to drive this 5-speed version.
I could have the pan welded but the cover has the tensio
I should have said this earlier, but if you unplug the coolant temp
sensor, it should stay in open loop mode. It will run a little
rich and retarded timing that way, but it won't pour 1/2 tank
of gas into the catalytic converters in 30 miles.
Mitch.
Last one bought was a 1982 Rampage.
Been finding better deals on Craigslist or the back lots of repair
shops/used car lots.
Oh, don't forget ebay. Seller sent some really nice pics.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=
140061760341
Going to pick-up Sun. AM
A
Sunil Hari wrote:
What's the most likely source of a power steering fluid leak in a 92 300D?
I went outside, saw a small puddle, and checked all the reservoirs, and the
PS reservoir is near empty.
The hoses can leak, the pump seal can leak and the steering box can
leak. You need to find where
I just spotted this one on Craigslist Portlend Oregon.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/249130187.html
I've always wondered why the diesel engine wasn't put into this car from the
factory! I've often thought of replacing a blown gasser with a diesel since
my sister had a brand new one i
What's the most likely source of a power steering fluid leak in a 92 300D?
I went outside, saw a small puddle, and checked all the reservoirs, and the
PS reservoir is near empty.
--
Sunil Hari
1992 300D 2.5T - 290Kmi.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
513-205-7474
The main thrust of climate change (as opposed to "global warming") is wacky,
wild, and unseasonable weather where and when you least expect it! This
could mean November freezes in FLA orange country, January ice-free lakes in
Minnesota, a snowstorm in Seattle followed by 10" of rain over a few da
We purchased a 1976 Chevette without even bargaining. The salesman was so
greateful that he threw in free undercoating without my even asking for it.
Cost all of $3600 and ran until we sold it in 1983 for $300 to the garbage
man. By not trading it in, we were able to afford our first Mercedes (a
Middle of
December and the temp in Toronto is the same as Arizona??
I thought you guys would be totally iced over by now! Here in NW Oregon,
it's about 45 deg F. I'm sure it's gonna rain any minute (big surprise).
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 265K miles, Ursula
People want the 60's and 70's Mopars, because they were "good cars" meaning
they have forgotten all the problems and remember their parents driving
them. These cars had tons of problems but people remember only the good
things.
Basically any car with good maintenance can run forever, for example
We in Minnesota have been in the 40s for many days in a row now. It's
freaky! Love it! Unfortunately, where we're going to move, WA is having some
terrible weather lately.
I bet the recent WA weather is being interpreted as climate change. I must
say I wonder myself.
Brian
On 12/15/06, Jeff Zed
30 years ago it was called Global Cooling and Limits to Growth, some guy
who used to show up on Johnny Carson all the time told us we were all
supposed to be starving in the cold dark by now, with all the oil gone,
no food to eat, mass starvations, commies taken over everywhere, the
country gon
Glad to see you back, Waylon! Been to any of the CAN auctions lately?
Gary Thompson
Georgetown, TX
1995 E320
On 12/11/06, Black, Waylon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not really a 'newbie'.
I had a chevette (shove-it) as my friends called it. had it 10 years, salty
winter and put about 120,000 kms on it. No mechanical problems at all, and
hardly any rust. sold it to a friend who put another 150,000 kms on it, and
didn't like the white colour, so painted it black, with a brush!! ha
Makes me think of my current tranny situation in my Saab 900.
I would probably burst a blood vessel or two if my wife were to drive the
car. She is the typical type that plops down in the seat, slams the door,
jams in and twists the key in one swift, forceful motion, drops it in gear
before the s
oopsmy badI'm outside the loop you knowI missed that memo!
It's called CLIMATE CHANGE now, Jeff.
On 12/15/06, Jeff Zedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nice to know that there's no such thing as global warming. Middle of
December and the temp in Toronto is the same as Arizona??
Wow!
Sunny and "warm" (for us)
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
___
Now you're speaking my language! I hate being tied to a mechanic just as I'm
tied to the plumber or the dentist. Bikes free me of that feeling.
So does cutting my own hair. Take that Cost Cutters! $13 plus tip every few
months - dont think so.
Brian
Who just took his two bike wheels into the sho
VWs are off the list just because I don't get the attraction:
everyone I know who has one, is always fixing some dumb sh*t or other.
If you have a Chevette or a K-Car for sale, you can do really well around
here. They were laughed at in the day, but now people want them back.
That says somethin
Glenn M. Brown wrote:
I've recently noticed some on the list remarking about the increasing cost of synthetic
oils (e.g., M1). I've been using Delvac 1300S in both my '76 450SL & '84 300D at the
suggestion of a fellow who used to be on the original MBCA E-list who had retired from one
of the
I've recently noticed some on the list remarking about the increasing cost of
synthetic oils (e.g., M1). I've been using Delvac 1300S in both my '76 450SL &
'84 300D at the suggestion of a fellow who used to be on the original MBCA
E-list who had retired from one of the major oil companies. I
Right-o, my 190D gets nothing but M1 15w50. The 10w30 is for my Dodge gasser
pickup and Cub Cadet tractor.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:59:03 -0500
From: Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] M1 or Amsoil prices
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Co
Have you run analysis on the "regular" M1?
I'm reasonably sure that extended performance is just a way to extract a couple
extra bucks from your pocket...
I've run the "regular" M1 in my Dakota up to 8k but at that point its fuel
dilution that makes me change it.
Probably can go longer now that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<>
What I want to know is why you found it necessary to quote the whole damned
thing over?
RLE
To IMPROVE the chances that everyone was as pissed off by the post as I was!
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Curt Raymond wrote:
I find this interesting...
The Wal-Mart in Rindge, NH has all the Mobil 1 anybody could want for
less than $6/qt. Its cheaper per quart if you buy the 5 quart jugs.
IIRC its like $5.80/qt in qt bottles and like $5.20/qt or so in the 5qt jugs.
10w30 is the easiest to get of a
There are actually a number of cars still on the roads (that is, speaking of
the rust belt) that represent amazing transportation value. My wrench
operates what could be described as a downbeat shop, so he is somewhat of an
authority on this as he caters to a lot of working poor, single moms, etc.
The battery meter I used does a load test - that is what indicated to
charge
the battery.
Sounds better than some. The real testers smoke and sizzle!
(Carbon pile with a tensioning knob to adjust the load.)
That's what mine does, will go up to about a 500A load.
Anything less than what the car
The battery meter I used does a load test - that is what indicated to charge
the battery.
Dave Wakin
left. (It declines with age.) A real battery tester puts a
several-hundred amp load on it and looks at the voltage then.
Nice to know that there's no such thing as global warming. Middle of
December and the temp in Toronto is the same as Arizona??
Wow!
Sunny and "warm" (for us)
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Curt,
Is that the extended performance 10-30 or the regular M1? I run the
extended performance so I don't have to do an oil change every 2 weeks or
so.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Diesel List"
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:36 AM
Subj
I have a '94 Sunbird as "mall car" to save the porsche. Had it from new,
200,000 kms, almost 13 salty winters. I refused to pay the extra for rust
protect (above what the factory did on the line) and the car has lived
outside. It's had a new alt, couple of batteries, rad, and a few hoses
change
I bet most of yous guys would love to be able to go out right now and work on
your rides and have it be 47 degrees in you driveway. I'm sitting here thinking
how I wish it'd warm up a few degrees first (it's 47 here) then a I though of
you poor, freezing dudes. It appears I evolved into a Nancy.
I disagree somewhat. American made CARS are crap. Trucks are a different story.
Witness my Dodge Dakota, 1996 196kmi. Biggest repairs have been the waterpump
and radiator, oh and a starter.
Other than that its been brakes, exhausts (killed by my wife's 4 mile daily
commute), tires
and 2 batteri
I find this interesting...
The Wal-Mart in Rindge, NH has all the Mobil 1 anybody could want for
less than $6/qt. Its cheaper per quart if you buy the 5 quart jugs.
IIRC its like $5.80/qt in qt bottles and like $5.20/qt or so in the 5qt jugs.
10w30 is the easiest to get of all in my experience.
3 or 4 yr old, it's dead, Jim.
--R
Dave Wakin wrote:
I think the original battery is going in our 03 Yukon XL - It sat for a few
weeks, and the battery did not have enough power to start the truck - put it
on the charger overnight, and was fine for a few weeks. I hooked XM radio up
to it the
I think the original battery is going in our 03 Yukon XL - It sat for a few
weeks, and the battery did not have enough power to start the truck - put it
on the charger overnight, and was fine for a few weeks. I hooked XM radio up
to it the other night, which required the radio to be on for about
There are at least four head designs installed on the 615, and not all
heads are compatible with all blocks, and I believe there are several
head gaskets as well.
My 200D has, I believe, a 240D head.
-- Jim
Which hose?
Peter
Yup. Starting in the late 60's, Benz took over design and production
of their cylinder heads from the company they had been buying them
from. It seems they were quite rude about it, and the original design
stayed with the original company, and cooperation was, well, mostly
non-existant.
The
Gens,
I have found a fuel pressure regulator hose nearly broken, and it drops
a very few amount of fuel too. The car is a 300E/91 and the fuel
pressure regulator itself it's a US$ 450,00 parts price! How can i
replace only this leaking hose?
Thanks,
RSalles
I posted this earlier this year, but since no one commented, I'll just post
it again.
One the senior techs at my dealer told me that when 220Ds were new, they were
replacing cylinder heads by the carload. And that may have been in the day of
the five-foot five-minute warranty period. At Porsche
> <>
>
What I want to know is why you found it necessary to quote the whole damned
thing over?
I knew it was going to be unworthy when I read the sender's name, Osmond. No
parent in any culture anywhere would name their new male child "Osmond".
RLE
I'll note he (Mr DieselGiant) has a number of videos on YouTube now.
On Dec 14, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
Black, Waylon wrote:
http://dieselgiant.com/mercedes_diesel_maintenance_tips.htm
There's some useful information there, but remember, he's selling
stuff
so some of the r
kevin kraly wrote:
> When the flooding occurs, it's INSTANT, and when it's not flooding, the
> engine runs perfectly. It's like someone turns on a switch, and BAM! Would
> I be able to figure out what's going on based on trouble codes?
>
They might point you in the right direction. I would
I recommend doing an oil analysis for a couple oil changes on that
engine if you want to switch to Mobil 1 -- they tend to accumulate soot
much faster than later diesels, and you may not be able to run 6000
miles before you go over the soot limit.
Peter
I've been running it on dino oil but will switch to
Mobil 1 once I finish its partial body restoration.
Been working on it for a year now. Can't wait to
finally drive the thing again.
Dimitri
--- Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> one or two rebuilds in 800,000 miles isn't bad, I
> woul
I put it in the "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" file. Unfortunately I missed and
it went in the bit bucket which I had to empty promptly; the message had
so little information that all those zero bits were overflowing!
> You're right! :)
one or two rebuilds in 800,000 miles isn't bad, I wouldn't expect an
engine run on dino oil to do better than that. Run on Mobil 1 or
similar synthetics, maybe once instead of twice.
Peter
My 73 220D has better than 800,000 miles on the clock.
Engine rebuilt once or twice since new per original
owner. Don't know the extent of the rebuild(s).
Maybe they fixed things in 1973.
Dimitri
> > Peter Frederick wrote:
> >> Marshal:
> >>
> >> Concerning rebuilds and factory engines on
You're right! :)
Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote:
I hate to say it-but it resembles some of the previous rants on this list.
No flame, etc. (Tomorrow is Moose Day)
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
Bissell Cove
Wickford RI 02852
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ohh
Ralph W wrote:
Jeff Zedic's '87 diesel wagon.
Ralph W.
'83 300CD '82 300TD (2 parts wagons)
'90 300D '01 E320 Wagon
- Original Message -
From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: R
Black, Waylon wrote:
http://dieselgiant.com/mercedes_diesel_maintenance_tips.htm
There's some useful information there, but remember, he's selling stuff
so some of the recommendations MAY BE BIASED.
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
[EM
Jeff Zedic's '87 diesel wagon.
Ralph W.
'83 300CD '82 300TD (2 parts wagons)
'90 300D '01 E320 Wagon
- Original Message -
From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Posted my wagon
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