Here are the diesel generators I would love to play with:
http://utterpower.com/listeroi.htm
http://utterpower.com/
Chris K
Cayce, SC
www.hardydiesel.com
Murphy Switch
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel Thingummybobs
Wow, compared to this one I got the deal of the century on Zedic's wagon.
Ralph W.
'83 300CD '82 300TD (2 parts wagons)
'90 300D '01 E320 Wagon
'87 300TD
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From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December
Yeah, all the junkyards in Awa used to be filled with rusty ol cars in the
70s and 80s All the 115s around here rusted away along ago. the 65 190Dc
I drove as a winter car in the 80s was worse than that. I still have that
car as a parts car, although other than the trans and diff, I am not su
Kaleb,
Have you never been to a Michigan junk yard? That's all there is!
Mike
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From: "Kaleb C. Striplin, Cox Auto Trader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: [MBZ] WOW, I dont think I have seen a 115 this
Do the females in your life slam car doors much harder than needed, as the
ones in mine do? Never did understand that.
Yes something about a car door people think they are closing a 300 lb door
on a ship, never understood the need to SLAM A CAR DOOR
Tom
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From: "C
Larry,
John Peterson and I changed the rear pipe muffler combo on my 90 330D 2.5
about a year ago and it was an easy job. There was just a tiny hole at end
of muffler with soot and minimal noise. Werner is right-the donuts were
tricky-but I was used to them from my 240D.
HTH
Dwight
Dwight E. G
hahahahaha
Loren Faeth wrote:
Klebie,
For that subject line, I am going to send you pictures of the 76 I am
scrapping. The one you refer to is pristing in comparison. When i drove
it home, the LR fender was flapping in the breeze and every time I went
over a bump, pieces fell off. I dro
Nothing tricky if you have bled brakes before. I'd replace the hoses,
flush out the fluid and consider using silicone fluid. I know the purists
will flame me for the heresy. I have silicone in 3 or 4 MBs for 5-6 years
with no problems or complaints. If you use DOT4 fluid, be sure you don't
Jim Cathey wrote:
>
> Yes. This fellow had a 220V generator that did _not_ have a center
> tap, which meant that unless the two 110V sides of the home's wiring
> were _exactly_ balanced as to load (and they never, ever are) one
> side was going to see more than 110V, and one less. Up to and
>
I didn't think it was possible to take that many photos of one car.
That must be "the one" people lust over.
Bob R
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From: "TimothyPilgrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Holy Photos Batman!
http://www.mercedes30
Argh -- screwed up my "from" email address on that last post.
Corrected now...
Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Long time since I posted -- been busy, occasionally glancing at the
> digests
>
> Anyway, I just got a quote from my mechanic for about $1,400 for
> complete brake replace
Mileage 239 K
Asking price is $9750
Patrick is the sales rep
No records
There will be a hole in the RR window when the car phone antenna is removed.
On 12/21/06, Frederick W Moir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you have to ask, you can't afford it!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
>great photos - no p
Steve MacSween wrote:
> on 12/20/06 11:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>> Of course there is, and it doesn't make any difference in incidents like this
>> one. Once the normal sequence of things in an approach to landing has been
>> interrupted by something, a minor dist
Larry - My car's exhaust consists of 3 pieces - front pipe, mid pipe and
resonator, and rear pipe and muffler. The front pipe (engine to mid-joint)
ends in a flare, that connects via a donut to the mid section flare end that
includes a resonator (or first muffler). The flared joint is clamped
Jim C. et al.
Thanks for the reply. Time to go out and brave the winter weather (50
degrees F ),
Fred Moir
190DT etc
I think I'll put on something by The Doors.
> 87 190Dt. Passengers side inside door lock button just stopped
I'm thinking that a new
> vacuum pucky is necessary. Wisdom pleas
If you have to ask, you can't afford it!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
great photos - no price?!
On 12/21/06, TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.mercedes300tdw124.com
>
> Tim
> 1982 300TD (still for sale)
> 1991 300TE 4Matic
>
Sunil Hari
1992 300D 2.5T - 290Kmi.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
513
www.hardydiesel.com
Murphy Switch
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel Thingummybobs
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
At 11:03 AM 12/21/2006, you wrote:
great photos - no price?!
On 12/21/06, TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.mercedes300tdw124.com
>
> Tim
> 1982 300TD (still for sale)
> 1991 300TE 4Matic
>
> ___
on 12/20/06 11:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Of course there is, and it doesn't make any difference in incidents like this
> one. Once the normal sequence of things in an approach to landing has been
> interrupted by something, a minor distraction for example, then all the
great photos - no price?!
On 12/21/06, TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.mercedes300tdw124.com
Tim
1982 300TD (still for sale)
1991 300TE 4Matic
___
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.co
Gee, thats funny. Guess what mine did about 10-15k mi ago?
The pipe itself is not stainless and totally rusted through all around where
the muffler was welded to it. You could probably fill it in with enough
material, but I'd think it would rust through pretty quickly now that it is
already wea
It doesn't even have a "tittle".
On 12/21/06, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Klebie,
For that subject line, I am going to send you pictures of the 76 I am
scrapping. The one you refer to is pristing in comparison. When i drove
it home, the LR fender was flapping in the breeze and ev
That's 6 300SDs if Kaleb were buying.
On 12/20/06, kevin kraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's an ad for a 1970 220D for $3200. for that price, it sure does need
lots of work.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/251587390.html
I could buy nearly 3 of my 300SD's for that!
Kevin in Hills
I hate it when they want top $$ (firm!!) yet are too cheap to post even one
photo
On 12/20/06, kevin kraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's an ad for a 1970 220D for $3200. for that price, it sure does need
lots of work.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/251587390.html
I could buy near
Sweet car! [drool]
I remember shopping for a W115 300D back in 1983 and how many of these cars
were already crapped out at that time. This will be in great demand one day
(to the extent a sedan can ever achieve collector status). The lack of
exterior rust and interior ooginess is truly amazing.
The Becker Grand Prix in my 91 300D 2.5T doe the same thing - the radio
normally turns on/off with the ignition switch. But it can be turned on
with the Power button on the radio - it must have more than one power wire
hooked up -
It's actually pretty handy like that - and the 30 min time lim
Werner,
I need to replace the rear 1/2 of my exhaust system - rec;d the replacement
from Rusty yesterday - had plannned to take it to a shop & have them replace
it -- it sounds like it may be so easy that I should try it? You didn;t
have trouble breaking it loose from the front half? I alw
Does anyone know offhand what type of wire I should use for mig
welding the factory exhaust? This is on the 99 E300 at the rear
muffler. No rust, it just cracked off. Probably a bad weld to begin
with.
Thanks
-Dave Walton
82 240D, 87SDL, 94S350, 99E300
"the exact temp"? surely you jest,...
would that be in the sun, or in the shade? overnight, or midday? i
didn't plot the temps for the entire weekend it was parked and noticed
frost on standing water in shaded places at the same time there wasn't
frost in others,... so, it was "around freezing"
Klebie,
For that subject line, I am going to send you pictures of the 76 I am
scrapping. The one you refer to is pristing in comparison. When i drove
it home, the LR fender was flapping in the breeze and every time I went
over a bump, pieces fell off. I drove it 750 miles that way. I was
On my 1999 E300Dt, you can turn the radio on with the key out/off but it will
only stay on for 30 mins at a clip.
-j.
-- Original message --
From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I think Jim was describing a radio that shuts itself off with the key,
> > but you can
I think Jim was describing a radio that shuts itself off with the key,
but you can turn it back on without the key.
Exactly. You have to act to kill your own battery. Unless the
thing is broken and has a mind of its own, which may describe the
original poster's.
-- Jim
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
>
> The problem there is you might turn the radio down while you are driving and
> then forget to switch it off. End result = dead battery.
>
I think Jim was describing a radio that shuts itself off with the key,
but you can turn it back on without the key.
A lot of lat
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
> The problem there is you might turn the radio down while you are driving and
> then forget to switch it off. End result = dead battery.
>
BTDT -- I've had a few VWs, none of which had the radio wired into a
keyed circuit. It's surprising how long it'll run before the
The problem there is you might turn the radio down while you are driving and
then forget to switch it off. End result = dead battery.
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From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
Jim Cathey wrote:
> Undervoltage will kill motors, though well pumps these days
> usually have some solid-state protection circuitry located at
> the bore head.
I had a motor/generator repairman tell me of the time a contractor
killed "every appliance in the house" when he had a non-center tappe
Could have been worse, could have been hit by a truck without crumple zone.
Ohh what a feeling, squashed like a bug.
Anyway the weights:
C = 1500kg
E = 1650kg
S = 1950kg
Toy Cory = 1200kg
Those are kerb weights.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, Decembe
S Class is about 3800 lbs, plus occupants and luggage -- that's what
the SDL is listed for, the new ones won't be any heavier.
Not a Suburban.
Peter
I already know my genny won't kill the well pump. If you use the wrong
genny (maybe Jim Cathey can tell us why) the well pump is the most
expensive thing you could fry, so it's a bad place to start.
Undervoltage will kill motors, though well pumps these days
usually have some solid-state protect
87 190Dt. Passengers side inside door lock button just stopped
working normally. The system works as normal on "lock" from the
drivers and passenger sides and all the locks except pass, lock. On
unlock the right button is still down and resists being pulled up, as
though there is still "down" vacu
Yeah, the junk yard. Although I won't be replacing them until I am gonna
sell it.
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From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] correct name?
BTW, have you found a supplier of re
off w. ign. sw. off???; i thought that these radios were wired to only
work when key is turned on??? anyone heard of this before;
A nice thing about the semi-stock Becker I put into the 190D is that
it'll come on, key off, just by pushing the ON button again. They're
wired to run off of either
Depends on mood, not to worry the 123 loves having it's doors shut firmly.
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From: "Chris Kueny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] correct name?
Do the females in your life slam car doo
I have a 3700 watt generator, but don't quite know of a simple means
to tie
into my home circuitry to run all my essentials (well, h2o heater,
A male-to-male 'pins-o-death' (as I call it) cable you make up
yourself. I usually just pick up a dryer plug that mates with
a handy one and flange on
You guys need this:
http://www.zillerelectric.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=28
Hey I just said it looks like a S Class.. didn't say it was
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
72 350SL 118,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB e
<< Does anyone make a retro-kit to tie directly into a preexisting fuse box?
Of course, this includes turning off the main breaker, so the power doesn't
feed back and torch those dudes who will eventually get to fixing my service
when they're damned good and ready.>>
I was just today discussin
> <>
>
How many times do I have to tell you it's a C-Class W203?
RLE
Just from the angles I'm seeing here that looks like a S Class Benz which would
probably weigh close to 2 1/2 tons. That Toyota didn't even have a chance
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
72 350SL 118,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
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From: [EMA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Of course there is, and it doesn't make any difference in incidents like this
> one. Once the normal sequence of things in an approach to landing has been
> interrupted by something, a minor distraction for example, then all the
> warning horns and lights don't seem
Mitch Haley wrote:
> What I do (not NEC approved) is wire up a patch cord with a dryer plug
> on one end, and a plug that fits the 240v socket on the generator on the
> other end.
Boy, did I forget something. First test the genny, to make sure it
has two good 120v sides on the 240v circuit. A l
<>
Of course there is, and it doesn't make any difference in incidents like this
one. Once the normal sequence of things in an approach to landing has been
interrupted by something, a minor distraction for example, then all the warning
horns and lights don't seem to get through to the crew.
I
I want the exact temp, not some "around freezing". Above or below? Most BioD
should be good to about 15F, any higher and it's not high quality.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:40:36 -0600, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well - that's what I get for scanning for a numerical format number --
> betwe
Zeitgeist wrote:
> I have a 3700 watt generator, but don't quite know of a simple means to tie
> into my home circuitry to run all my essentials (well, h2o heater,
> dishwasher, etc.).
What I do (not NEC approved) is wire up a patch cord with a dryer plug
on one end, and a plug that fits the 24
Well - that's what I get for scanning for a numerical format number --
between chemistry in college, and working stations around the globe
and exchanging local weather conditions, I'm now conversant in either
F or C!
Seems that Luther missed the temperature reference as well - must be a
ham thing
What was the cold temp?
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:51:57 -0600, ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi!
>
> did a little experimenting recently and thought i'd share some of
> the observations for the benefit of any/all.
>
> firstly, Helga is an '85 300D with almost 160K miles, and
Follow up: It's been nearly a week and we're still without power. The nice
folks all around me have power, but for some reason I live on a cursed
circuit, which is tied to the worst of the storm damage nearly a mile from
here. I'm already thinking of ways to create alternatives for powering all
My 220D had holes rusted through the tops of the front fenders - water
poured up through them when we drove through puddles - the kids loved
it back then! It didn't have much rust on the bottoms of the doors -
but I did abandon it due to the rusted frame. It did it's first 100k
miles as a daily dr
Well it is from Northern MA. There and upstate NY use a lot of salt. Roads
are white all winter-not from snow but salt.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
Bissell Cove
Wickford RI 02852
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On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin, Cox Auto Trader
Wow! the correct tool makes all the difference between frustration, failure
and success!
The 6 bolts that hold the half shaft to the differential on this '90 124
definitely are TriSquare recessed heads; trying to use a Torx will NOT
work - only a 10mm TriSquare bit will grab the bolt head and pe
hey Don!
i've seen this show up on both these lists now and i'm sure i said
"near freezing"; would you like that converted to Celsius, or
Fahrenheit? ;-)
cheers/73!
e
n6zes
> And tell us at what temperature this experiment was conducted at --
>
> On 12/20/06, TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTE
Hendrik wrote:>
Howdy -
My wife does that too - but usually, the belt twists and hangs looking
funny. Fortunately the se
I looked for something similar - the problem was finding one that could
handle DC amps up to around 30 or so. Most could handle AC amps to several
hundred but not DC -
Sears had empty spots on the wall that appeared to have what I needed -
perhaps that's what you found?
I wanted one to test m
Do the females in your life slam car doors much harder than needed, as the
ones in mine do? Never did understand that.
Chris K
Cayce, SC
Talking about breaking things, within a week of me having the 230E the
Missus had smashed both seat belt buckels. How you ask? Well she has a
female way o
And tell us at what temperature this experiment was conducted at --
On 12/20/06, TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:51:57 -0800
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From: "Dwight E. Giles, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'"
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:13 PM
Subject: [MBZ] correct name?
What do you call the compartments on the fron
Thanks E.!
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hella Head Lights
hi Tom!
i'd suggest starting with a good set of H4 'euro-code' lamps; truly
good quality li
Don't you think she meant "mental"?
Randy
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