I wouldnt' mind having that guys number too, just in case one day. :-)
Ed
CIS x2 cars. :-)
On 10/07/07, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trampas -
before I found the real cause of my problems, I was pretty sure that my
fuel
dist. was the problem. With the help of another lister I found
I also thought that the fuel distributer was the problem on my SLC -
turned out to be ALL the rubber in the fuel and intake system was rock
hard and leaking, as well as all the bolts on the right side of the
intake manifold were finger loose --
On 7/10/07, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Might want to have them watch the DoveBid auctions and get a Frito Lay
vanWould work great for that and the Cummins powered ones get
close to 30MPG loaded.
Mike
Luckily, nothing has happened while people's personal vehicles have been
transporting gear and boats. However, up until
The first link is much more in line with what I am doing. The link I
posted for M-Series Rebuild and Repower shows what I dream of being able
to do with my M37.
Mike
It seems than at Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:09:43 -0500, OK wrote:
Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/
You ought to go over and get her to put a 3-pointed star on your
forehead, full-size.
--R
Robert Rentfro wrote:
While at the bike shop today, saw a ratty old '71 250 driven by a
tattooed/pierced woman with her tattooed/pierced skater/BMXer son in tow.
She gave me a hearty thumbs up when I
Hi - I'm still looking for a reasonably cheap vehicle for my daughter to
drive while awaiting the ability to buy Donald's 300SEL. A guy a few miles
South of me has a 1989 560SEL with 200,080 miles and 'needs some Freon'. I
know these can be expensive to get into decent shape if not cared for
When doing a citric acid cleanup of the cooling system should one place
a filter eg stocking to catch all the bricks that might get released
from inside the block ?
Peter
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Check for rust, auto tranny operation and how the engine starts cold.
A new seat base and window winder are small fry in the scheme of things. The
air con could be just a couple of O rings or more expesnive than that but no
way of telling until the
Tom wrotethere is fraud and the same is true for freon
You;re so right! I used to work for one of th 2 major chemical companies
who made Freon (so I used to hear about this stuff ) and other R12 products
with other names - just like smuggling cocaine, pot, etc, there's a huge
profit in freon
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:46:15 +0200 Peter Merle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
When doing a citric acid cleanup of the cooling system should one place
a filter eg stocking to catch all the bricks that might get released
from inside the block ?
No. They come out when you drain the block and when you
On 7/10/07, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's possible to buy a 12oz can and it be illegally imported
freon that's been repackaged - the smuggleing is very big business and if
they have to sell in cans that look new they will buy (or acquire) the
equipment needed to package it -.
This is
In the August issue of Car Driver, Csaba (Chubba) Csere, provides
interesting reading on how much it cost Daimler to own Chrysler for 7 years.
Having
paid 36 billion for Chrysler and then selling it for only 7.5 billion is bad
enough, but Csaba goes on to say that the 7.5 billion
LarryT wrote:
I believe the taxes make current legal prices around $850./ pound
Where on earth did you come up with that number? Is that how much it
would cost to buy new R12 manufactured in the US or something? That
certainly isn't the market price!
John
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/car/370634403.html
The magic words All service records...
No affiliation etc...
-Curt
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finding stuff like drugs, money and/or guns hidden within them.
Lawyers, guns, and money? Hey, if _I_ found guns and/or money
hidden inside then lucky for me. (I've no use for either of the
other two commodities.)
-- Jim
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i'd hit it for $5k.
On 7/10/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/car/370634403.html
The magic words All service records...
No affiliation etc...
-Curt
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Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
May I just say that I hope you never really need a lawyer.
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:32 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '89 560SEL
finding stuff like drugs, money
It seems than at Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:46:15 +0200, Peter wrote:
When doing a citric acid cleanup of the cooling system should one place
a filter eg stocking to catch all the bricks that might get released
from inside the block ?
Peter
The citric acid is to de-oil the system. It does little or
Fmiser wrote:
The citric acid is to de-oil the system. It does little or
nothing for scale, lime, rust, bricks, etc.
Isn't it the other way around? My understanding was that you have to
de-oil the system before you do a citric acid flush...
John
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Thanks Hendrik - I might discover a new way to live high on the hog If
I like it I will be taking it to my nephew to check out. That all depends
on IF this latest attempt [with an expanding ball] to clear my kitchen drain
works. My Darling wife dumped two quarts of leftover ham salad down
Actually it does not deoil the system, that is supposed to be done before
doing the citric acid. The acid gets rid of the deposits.
---
Kaleb C. Striplin
Cox Auto Trader
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From: Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Has anyone installed one of those Prestone backflush adapters on an
OM617? Where, exactly, should it be spliced in to the system?
Or is it not a good idea at all?
Allan
--
1983 300D
1966 230
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Might want to have them watch the DoveBid auctions and get a Frito Lay
vanWould work great for that and the Cummins powered ones get
close to 30MPG loaded.
Do you think one of these Cummins 4BT or 4BTA equipped vans could be fully
loaded and pull 6500# worth of boats behind it?
I think it's better to disconnect hoses and flush manually. This avoids a
potential failure/leak from the Prestone fitting. More important, it lets
you selectively flush the system as it is important not to flush debris into
the old Chrysler ACC servo (pre 1981, I think). The smooth ended hose
They are a Chevy one ton truck chassis underneath a big aluminum body and
a GVW of 14K. Not as powerful as your 06 but no slouch either.
Mike
Might want to have them watch the DoveBid auctions and get a Frito Lay
vanWould work great for that and the Cummins powered ones get
close
Fmiser wrote:
It seems than at Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:46:15 +0200, Peter wrote:
When doing a citric acid cleanup of the cooling system should one place
a filter eg stocking to catch all the bricks that might get released
from inside the block ?
Peter
The citric acid is to de-oil the system.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:30:01 -0400, you wrote:
Fmiser wrote:
It seems than at Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:46:15 +0200, Peter wrote:
When doing a citric acid cleanup of the cooling system should one place
a filter eg stocking to catch all the bricks that might get released
from inside the block ?
I love the Gaz d' Cathey method precisely because I can top-up R12
on-the-fly. I just did my once a year top-up in the Vanagon (~$7), and
recorded 33 degree vent temps in the front. Vanagons have the evaporator
hung from the ceiling in the rear, with a long channel of ductwork carrying
the cool
Do they still sell that stuff nowadays?
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730 PP Supervisor
- Original Message -
From: Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Citric acid cleanup
Yeah, but he is in Battle Ground. that is like West Virginia, so he
may not be expected to know better
clay
On Jul 9, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Kevin Kraly wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/370261500.html
Obviously, this guy was on some meds or maybe, he just happened to
have this
Battleground, wasn't that the site of a secret inbreeding experiment gone
awry, back in the late forties?
On 7/10/07, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, but he is in Battle Ground. that is like West Virginia, so he may
not be expected to know better
Casey
A web site that describes the pros and cons of old beater cars
takes on the MBZ 123:
http://www.beaterreview.com/botw/BeaterReview_botw_18.htm
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On 7/10/07, Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vanagons have the evaporator
hung from the ceiling in the rear, with a long channel of ductwork carrying
the cool air all the way forward.
Hey, my mom has a Vanagon with that system. I always thought that
even if it doesn't cool all that well, at
Those guys are on crack. If I knew where I could find a GTI 16V for
$1K I'd buy a cargo container full and resell them for five times
that.
On 7/10/07, Zach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not bad, aside from the nonsense about expensive parts
--- Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A web
There was a sister site as well up north. Presently a huge shopping
complex and native casino venture. The natives had nothing to do
with it, but those backwood inbred folks across the highway are a
wonder.
On Jul 10, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Zeitgeist wrote:
Battleground, wasn't that the
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of used diesel oil, and then rub them in dirt to completely
get the oil worked into my skin. Then, take citric acid and clean the
oil/sludge off of my hands faster and more completely than any other
Yeah, but that isn't Mobil1 diesel-rated oil (it doesn't matter which
flavor) -- it requires a special synthetic cleanser that costs a lot
more, and lasts much longer.
--R
Luther wrote:
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:57:06 -0700 Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I love the Gaz d' Cathey method precisely because I can top-up R12
on-the-fly. I just did my once a year top-up in the Vanagon (~$7),
and recorded 33 degree vent temps in the front.
With outlet temperatures that low, your
On 7/9/07, Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/370261500.html
Obviously, this guy was on some meds or maybe, he just happened to have this
engine/tranny lying around. How would a 616 or 617 fit into this chassis?
That's it! That's what I've been
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:22:40 -0500 Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been cleaning my hands with citric acid in full strength for
several years now. I have also used a diluted solution to clean oil
spots left on concrete after working on my cars. It's plain as day,
citric acid will cut
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:31:47 -0400 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A web site that describes the pros and cons of old beater cars
takes on the MBZ 123:
http://www.beaterreview.com/botw/BeaterReview_botw_18.htm
The bottom video was taken at Morro Rock at Morro Bay, California, on the
that explains quite a bit
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- Original Message -
From: Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Citric acid cleanup
Wow, I'm going to
Negative, sir. That is any oil you give me. Mobile 1 Diesel Truck, Delvac
1300, Delo400, or anyother lesser grade oil. You bring it, I'll clean it. I
even clean shop rags with the stuff.
Luther
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:39:11 -0500, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, but that isn't
ok - the jim c. method of blending on the fly - what would
I add to my R12 and how would I do it?
do I have to remove the r12 and fill with the other stuff?
It may be easier to go to the corner mechanic and have a can of R12 put
in --
BTW, I am getting my EPA certification so I can buy some
Hi John -
Had a brain hiccup - IIRC that's the price for a 30# tank making it closer
to $28/ pound
Is that closer?
Thx for keeping me straight!
;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
PORSCHE
Luther wrote:
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of used diesel oil, and then rub them in dirt to completely
get the oil worked into my skin. Then, take citric acid and clean the
oil/sludge off of my hands faster and more
I know I've posted about this before, but I want to make sure everyone has a
chance to hear about it. I have all the parts someone would need to change
the timing chain in a 617 engine. I bought them for a 1982 300SD
Turbodiesel that I had, but have since junked that car. These parts should
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:49:36 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther wrote:
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of used diesel oil, and then rub them in dirt to completely
get the oil worked into my skin. Then, take
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:23:34 -0500 Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you using a 5% solution, dry powder or a so called citric acid
cleaner?
Marshall
http://www.citra-solv.com/products/allpurpose.html They call it Super
Concentrated.
Uh ... that's not citric acid.
Craig
Luther wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:49:36 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther wrote:
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of used diesel oil, and then rub them in dirt to
completely
get the oil worked into my
Marshall Booth wrote:
Luther wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:49:36 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther wrote:
Wow, I'm going to disagree with MB's assessment of Citric Acid. I
could dip my
hands in a bucket of used diesel oil, and then rub them in dirt to
completely
get
Looks like some of you got good Vanagons. Mine was supposed to be a very
nice model, but quickly was named 'The Anti-Christ' and continued to earn
that name for the year I had it. I think the door handles worked pretty
well, but other than that about all I can say is it didn't kill me.
BillR
Yet another reason my diet is 99% vegetarian (non-meat but love that
seafood!).
On 7/10/07, BillR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My Darling wife dumped two quarts of leftover ham salad down the
sink [and we have had that discussion before]. All clear for the first
8',
the a 90 degree down to
Yeah well back then there was a frenzy of mergers with the thinking being
that volume and market share is more important than quality. As I don't have
shares in Daimler I couldn't give a rats.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, July
The problem is if the law finds it first.
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '89 560SEL
finding stuff like drugs, money and/or guns hidden within them.
ok - the jim c. method of blending on the fly - what would
I add to my R12 and how would I do it?
I have augmented a failing R12 system with propane. (I found
that the Schrader valve was loose, explaining the loss.)
do I have to remove the r12 and fill with the other stuff?
No. But you
For you, substitute celery stalks and other appropriate veggies that could
clog a drain.
A combination of a drain cleaner so strong that a couple of drops burned two
$.50 size holes in a shop towel, and the expanding ball insert directly off
the 220 pump finally opened it up. 3 hardware stores, 4
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:49:09 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall Booth wrote:
That's VERY different from a citric acid solution! Works rather
well, but ISN'T a citric acid solution (although there may be some
citric acid in it).
Ingredient list: D-Limonene (clear
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:23:59 -0700 Zoltan Finks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This should be an easy one:
When the 240D is not warmed up yet, and I try to take off on a hill, I
get this shuddering and it loses power. I am thinking it feels like
the clutch is slipping (but I thought clutch
WARNING - avoid cars from sellers who advertise ice cold AC. You know
they must be liars.
On 7/10/07, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i'd hit it for $5k.
On 7/10/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/car/370634403.html
The magic words All
LarryT wrote:
Hi John -
Had a brain hiccup - IIRC that's the price for a 30# tank making it closer
to $28/ pound
Is that closer?
Thx for keeping me straight!
Sounds much better!! ;-) Thats almost exactly in line with eBay prices
when you take into account shipping and that a can is
It seems than at Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:28:36 -0400, BillR wrote:
Looks like some of you got good Vanagons. Mine was supposed to be a very
nice model, but quickly was named 'The Anti-Christ'
Was that a reference to the Land Rover 88 in The Gods Must Be Crazy?
-- Philip Oye, yoy, yoy,
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