More than HP difference Dave.
560SEL came equipped with rear SLS, heated seats front and rear and reclining
rear seat along with some other goodies that the 420SEL didn't have. And yes,
the 420 engine has proven to be somewhat of a less than desirable lump.
John
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 21,
The Goon Show! I'd forgotten all about that. Of course, I'm too young to have
heard the original broadcasts, but it was re-broadcast well into the '80s.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/downloads.asp
Have to share this with my brother.
-Max
From: Fred Moir
Larry,
You've got a receive problem on your end, list has been very active. Check
your junk mail filter?
-Max
From: l02tur...@comcast.net l02tur...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 6:50:19 PM
Glad to hear that it's working again! I'm wondering if the output of your pump
is sufficient - maybe the system is occasionally starving for pressure, so
either one end or the other will work, but not enough pressure for both?
-Max
From: Alex Chamberlain
We'll be eagerly awaiting your results - I REALLY wish I hadn't thrown out the
bad struts from my '87 wagon two summers ago.
How did you already get the old apart?
-Max
From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
The 87 TD struts are different and I have been told by several
different authoritative sources that they are not rebuildable. It
hurt badly to throw out the terribly leaky struts from the 88TE,
after I had to pay for new struts. But I looked over the greasy
hulks and did not see any way to
Fmiser wrote:
No. Nearly all http servers are set to resume. Usually I run
into trouble with the ones that are not http but use some sort
of database backend. php, javascript, etc.
The commercial file exchanges, like hotfile, fileserve, filesonic, megaserve,
etc, where I go to download
Fmiser wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
Or magazine people. I can name one magazine (Vintage Truck)
dedicated to vehicles not from the LA area...
What about Automobile? Based in MI. But it's mostly about new
cars.
When I subscribed to Autoweek, it was published from Michigan. Don't know about
How did you already get the old apart?
Snap rings hold it [strut] together.
You need two thin wrenches to get the
ball joint off the bottom.
-- Jim
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OK, didn't realize there was a difference between 126 struts and 124.
-Max
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Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 9:04:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 560 SEL
The 87 TD struts are
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
That's the one!
I'm glad laserdisc won out, or we'd be in the stone age still... Was all
before my time, but it helped shape life as I know it.
I've toyed with the idea of using a record cutter as a way to hide data in
plain sight, dump a low-baud modem into it, dump the
Allan Streib wrote:
he's asking 4000, not 400.
I noticed.
But it's worth closer to 400.
Mitch.
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The 87 TD struts are different and I have been told by several
different authoritative sources that they are not rebuildable.
Did you see:
http://bmwe32.masscom.net/gavin/LAD_strut_rebuild.htm
Does that crimped-on cap look anything like your strut?
Mine doesn't have that.
-- Jim
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
The 87 TD struts are different and I have been told by several different
authoritative sources that they are not rebuildable.
Did you see:
http://bmwe32.masscom.net/gavin/LAD_strut_rebuild.htm
That page agrees with
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
The Goon Show! I'd forgotten all about that. Of course, I'm too young to
have
heard the original broadcasts, but it was re-broadcast well into the '80s.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/downloads.asp
Thanks for the
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I'm wondering if the output of your pump
is sufficient - maybe the system is occasionally starving for pressure, so
either one end or the other will work, but not enough pressure for both?
Another good suggestion.
I have a really old hydraulic floor jack with a leaky cylinder, have
thought for some time to try to rehabilitate it. Are those similarly
arranged? Parts available? Or should I take it off and take it to a
shop and have them deal with it?
--R
On 12/22/2010 9:37 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
The
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:53 -0600, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Even on the West Coast it is definitely a seller's market for
nice used Vanagons. Tremendous GVWR, more room inside than a
Suburban, and very maneuverable. The only weakness is the
engine and
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
I've toyed with the idea of using a record cutter as a way to hide data in
plain sight, dump a low-baud modem into it, dump the data(with some ecc) to
it, then frame it on the wall.
You'd have an easier time doing
Have you gone back and watched some of the Tom Baker stuff? Pretty primitive
considering it was post-Star Wars. BBC sci-fi shows were notorious for their
small budget but carried largely on strength of story, The Tripods was a good
example where they worked around budget issues but had a very
Have one of those dead floor jacks also, I have to say that I've lost
confidence
in the thing at this point and I'm not sure I'd want myself or anyone else to
use it.
-Max
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Rich Thomas wrote:
I have a really old hydraulic floor jack with a leaky cylinder, have
thought for some time to try to rehabilitate it. Are those similarly
arranged? Parts available? Or should I take it off and take it to a
shop and have them deal with it?
Hydraulic cylinders are usually
When did the 116 actually start? I know the diesels were only '79 and '80...
A friend has a couple 116 300SDs and they fantastic road cars. Roomier than a
123 with road gripping weight but not ponderous like a Cadillac from the same
period. I had one of his for a weekend (while he got stuck
Why 'zat?
I've had a couple v6s and while I find them generally uninspiring I can't think
of anything to really dislike them for.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:35:56 -0600
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel SL Was:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
A few people have put VW TDI engines in. Still probably not reliable
by Mercedes diesel standards.
The TDI's a great engine, if you change the timing belt on schedule
and use a good synthetic oil. Of course both of
So the one I've been discussing does sound like the harmonic balancer is loose.
Does that really mean a new crankshaft? Or can the bolt be drilled,
re-tapped/chased, and just bolt the balancer back on?
If the car really is rust free, and doesn't need the engine torn open, I might
consider
Curt Raymond wrote:
When did the 116 actually start? I know the diesels were only '79 and '80...
1972 elsewhere, 1973 here.
I once drove way too far to look at three 1972 SEs and SELs. Turned out to be a
W108 long, a W108 short, and a W114. Could have had all three for $500-600, and
they
Thats a good one! You should submit it. Actually I've got enough contacts in LA
it seems like I ought be know somebody that works on the show...
I think Chrysler in the '80s and '90s was the worst for this sort of marketing
malarky. Another good one might be American 4cyl Turbo. My wife had a
Okay Sounds great whats our location for filming and what are the tests.
I recommend a completely different test. One where the Mom\Wife drives the
car for a week getting kids in and out running into small objects, ignoring
the temperature gauge and such and not checking any fluid. The car
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:18 -0800, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
A few people have put VW TDI engines in. Still probably not reliable
by Mercedes diesel standards.
The TDI's a great engine, if you
Or a battle of the K Car knockoffs???
Remember the Dodge Omni GLH? That was actually not a bad little car.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Thats a good one! You should submit it. Actually I've got enough contacts
in LA it seems like I ought be know
Put in a 4BT and watch the nose head for the sky...
How big is a Thermoking reefer engine? I don't think a 616 would work but it
might have enough oomph. Maybe as a mind engine? ;)
-Curt
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:53:05 -0600
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Is it? To think I get that magazine too...
Last summer Jet Blue was converting to a new points system and as I didn't have
enough points to get a free flight they let me convert them into magazine
subscriptions. So I get Motor Trend, Automobile, Outside and Cycle World, each
for 3 years...
It
Last night I watched the UK top gear episode where they go to Miami, buy three
cars for $1000 each, and then drive to New Orleans. Another hysterically
funny episode.
Allan
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:23 -0800, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Thats a good one! You should submit it.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:26 -0800, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Put in a 4BT and watch the nose head for the sky...
How big is a Thermoking reefer engine? I don't think a 616 would work
but it might have enough oomph. Maybe as a mind engine? ;)
Unfortunately there's really not room
Hey - I have seen 3 american top gears so far. 1 was filmed I beleive alot
at an Arizona airforce base, one at the proving grounds in Michigan, one in
alabama or some other southern moonshine state maybe Georgia. One segament
about the truck vs. the skydiver was filmed in New Mexico I think.
Think so? I was under the impression the generally accepted comparison was
Laserdisc was about the same as VHS. DVD has twice the vertical lines of
resolution. Digital compression throws a monkey wrench in to but I generally
prefer DVD for quality.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:06:32 -0500
Allan Streib wrote:
So the one I've been discussing does sound like the harmonic balancer is loose.
Does that really mean a new crankshaft? Or can the bolt be drilled,
re-tapped/chased, and just bolt the balancer back on?
If the key is messed up, replace the key.
If the keyway in the
I did a 4.154 Perkins diesel conversion in one many years ago. It helped to
have a friend who was a machinist - he was able to make the flywheel housing
adapter and flywheel for me.
The worst part was having to tweak the rear suspension to compensate for the
added weight of the diesel engine.
These were the main reasons I shied away from buying a VW for my last car
purchase. Without some sort of maintenance records available the cars are a
ticking time bomb.
That and the cost of OE parts - VW parts make MB OE parts look cheap.
Dan
--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Alex Chamberlain
Ugh, the 400 with the horrible membrane keyboard...
I had an Atari 130XE which was the last of the 8 bit breed. I even had 128Kb of
RAM, less floppy disk switching that way.
My first computer was a TI99/4A which I still have and used audio tapes with,
which I still have. I've toyed with the
You get the cars and bring 'em to southern New England, I'll arrange a crew and
we'll shoot.
Seriously, I have the technology for the shoot... ;)
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:24:09 -0600
From: Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re:
Peter Hertzing wrote:
Or a battle of the K Car knockoffs???
Remember the Dodge Omni GLH? That was actually not a bad little car.
The L body was pretty good. Better than an Escort, anyway. Predated the K-body
by three years, so wasn't a K-derivative like all the other FWDs of the mid 1980s.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yuck!
When I was over in '88 it was Neighbors, I can still remember the theme
song. I was 13 and HATED the show but everybody was watching it.
-Curt
If I remember correctly, the Queen herself was in the series finale
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I've never had opportunity to get into Black Adder although I hear good
things...
-Curt
Black Adder is interesting in how each season is a distinctly different
series. Each season shift forward in time a bit. Until
Good points, Jaime, and ones I had not considered.
In my case, the W116 chassis cars are one model I skipped ownership of. The
ones I have seen or worked on have been less than ideal examples, which has, no
doubt, colored my opinions of them.
The body style never appealed to me, and many of
My Mom had a 4 door Omni with a stick and the wood grain trim (contact paper!)
Dad bought one of the TC3 Turismo models later on. Sort of a cool car for the
time (I recall it having one of the first moon roofs I had ever seen) but
still a Dodge/Chrysler product.
He regained his senses after
The 05 Sedona is the second gen body of the vehicle. My wife drives the
first gen version, and we've been happy with it. Some of the trim pieces are
fairly flemsy plastic, though, so care must be used. Can't beat on them as
much as, say, a W123.
Just so you know, for comparison of options
Not knock-offs so much as derivatives...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:26:34 -0600
From: Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] American Top Gear
Message-ID:
aanlkti=12b0urua01lkkrawafvef=wvyboa4lxmio...@mail.gmail.com
Where is the studio? Where is the test track? Honestly I figured the HALO jump
was in in the desert east of LA. It seems like 90% of car shows are centered
around How cool is it to go out into the desert east of LA and x?
BTW I think you'll find many folks in LA who think Nevada, Arizona and
When I bought my '03 Ranger a friend bought an '01 Jetta 1.8T, we both paid
about $10k. I thought (and still think) he was crazy as my truck had 1/3 the
miles @25k. Neither came with any maintenance records.
So within a year I had to dismount the pickup bed and weld in a patch to fix a
rust
One thing about a VW, unless it's one of the older 1.8l 8 valve
(non-interference) is that if you don't have PROOF of timing belt maintenance,
CHANGE IT NOW.
Allan
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:46 -0800, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
When I bought my '03 Ranger a friend bought an '01
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:52 -0500, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
If the key is messed up, replace the key. If the keyway in the
balancer is messed up, replace the balancer and key.
How much for a new balancer? Rusty? Kaleb?
talking about a W116 300SD.
Allan
--
1983 300D
My grandfather had a portable record-maker. He bought it in the 40s
or 50s. When he died in 1959, my aunt appropriated it, and it was
never seen again. About 10 years ago, a cousin sent my dad a
cassette recorded from a record my Grandpa sent to his mother back
when. It was great! Grandpa
I don't remember what theTD struts looked like. I threw them out
years ago. I read that article when you posted it the first time.
With that info, it might be possible to do a Catheyesque repair on
them.
The 87 TD struts are different and I have been told by several
different
Yup. It amazes me they use a belt. Of course they must make some money on the
service...
Bryan had warning, he took the car in for the shocks and a couple other little
things I don't remember, the mechanic said When was the timing belt last
changed? Bryan didn't know. The mechanic said to
Good points, and ones that I heard far too many times when researching my last
used car purchase.
I saw a LOT of nice used VWs in Florida. I was especially enamored of a Passat
(gas) wagon that had the AWD option and the V-6. The things that killed that
deal were a lack of maintenance
I had a '91 Jetta. I never had trouble getting parts or thought they
were unusually expensive. I used German Auto Parts as my main supplier
back then. Things may have changed since then.
Paying a dealer for work on a VW has always been expensive. And for
some reason, many VW dealers have very
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
But Dan, they were such a huge jump from the 108/109 cars. They
established the classic layout of instruments and controls that were
used for many generations of cars.
That's an important point. One of the things I
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why 'zat?
I've had a couple v6s and while I find them generally uninspiring
I can't think of anything to really dislike them for.
Bah! A V-6 is an engineering solution in search of a problem.
They're inherently
Tell me about it
The wife drives a Mazda6, which has a transverse V-6 in it. The spark plugs
should be changed at 80k. You have to remove the (plastic) intake manifold to
access the plugs on the bank closest to the firewall. I think flat rate time
is a couple of hours for the job, which
I had similar sentiments, until I bought the ML - that 320 V6 is sweet. The
advantage is more room under the hood. The I6 in the 300E was really crammed
in there. No room at either end of the engine. The M112.942 engine seems
fine to work on, even in the squashed nose of the ML. I don't know what
Ok, watching this, I want an old SL!! 280 was the one to have, right? The
wagon and G Wagon kinda do it for me too!
Funny, watching this, almost makes me wish for snow. Of course, the reality
of snow AND salt is much different here! I've washed the daily driver
minivan THREE times this week.
LWB250 wrote:
Tell me about it
The wife drives a Mazda6, which has a transverse V-6 in it. The spark plugs should be changed at 80k.
Transverse V-6 are horrible, but I bet a transverse V-8 is worse.
I do prefer a straight 6 for its simplicity and inherent lack of vibration.
That said,
Hmm - maybe we need to brush off the Prudhoe bay trip with our old Mercedes
- film it, and sell it to one of the shows. Rules - nothing younger than 20
yrs old, at least 100k miles already on the clock.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
You get the cars
And then there are those of us who think that LA is the desert west of the
mountians ---
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Where is the studio? Where is the test track? Honestly I figured the HALO
jump was in in the desert east of LA. It seems like 90%
I haven't done the chain on the W124 yet, but everything else has been a
snap with that engine. After working on the 911, and a few GM cars that
have had their engines in sideways and upside down, the Benz I6 almost
allows me to stand in the engine bay while working on it. hee hee.
I think the
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Transverse V-6 are horrible, but I bet a transverse V-8 is worse.
Luckily no one builds cars with transverse V-8s any more except the
loonies at Cadillac. I think Volvo has them too, in their biggest
cars and SUVs, but that's
That one thing I hate about the W163 - the controls are ALL in the worng
places! Head lights are twisting the turn signal stalk! A travesty! If I hit
a bump while resting my hand on the shifter - I downshift a gear!
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
Laserdisc blew away VHS and Beta. I haven't seen it side-by-side with DVD,
but I expect that it will hold it's own. I'll verify next time I'm at my
brother's house - he still has both.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Think so? I was under the impression
I don't think Ferrari have mad any transversely mounted V8s for a few models
now. You still have to take the engine out of the car to check the oil
level though. ;-) hee hee My Ferrari friends are going to jump all over me
for that one!
Ed
300E
On 22 December 2010 16:13, Alex Chamberlain
You need to try an old Porsche 911. You'd have a good laugh with it!! lol
Wipers are on the stalk. Intermittent speed control for the wipers is a
turn switch, scattered across the dash somewhere with a bunch of other
switches.
Ed
300E
On 22 December 2010 16:13, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Luckily no one builds cars with transverse V-8s any more except the
loonies at Cadillac. I think Volvo has them too, in their biggest
cars and SUVs, but that's all I can think of. Ferrari, maybe (do they
still make anything mid-engined?), but if you own a Ferrari
My first MB - the '70 220D - had no labels on the controls - at all. You
were expceted to have read the manual and learned them before driving the
car.
When I first drove it, it was still my Grandfather's. He let us take it into
Minneapolis one afternoon. It was dark when we left to return, and we
Which reminds me that I need to sell the Plymouth mini van before it needs
another set of plugs - and buy one that has just had the plugs changed!
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Luckily no one builds cars with transverse V-8s any
Help me Volvoers
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/2119701865.html
Bob R
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Sounds like my first time in the 911. Hot humid day, and it started to
rain. The windows all steamed up. I had to pull over to read the manual to
figure out how the climate control switches, levers, and buttons all
worked. I made it home ok, but I'm still not sure I know all the various
levers
its easier to work on an inline engine
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For the 'Merican 4 cyl Turbos, I'll put my bet on the granddaddy,
the scout 800 turbo. about as indestructible and unstoppable as
anything.
Thats a good one! You should submit it. Actually I've got enough
contacts in LA it seems like I ought be know somebody that works on
the show...
I
LWB250 wrote:
I did a 4.154 Perkins diesel conversion in one many years
ago. It helped to have a friend who was a machinist - he was
able to make the flywheel housing adapter and flywheel for me.
The worst part was having to tweak the rear suspension to
compensate for the added weight of
Fmiser wrote:
No. Nearly all http servers are set to resume. Usually I
run into trouble with the ones that are not http but use
some sort of database backend. php, javascript, etc.
Mitch Haley wrote:
The commercial file exchanges, like hotfile, fileserve,
filesonic, megaserve,
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Allan Streib
str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
A few people have put VW TDI engines in. Still probably not
reliable by Mercedes diesel standards.
The TDI's a great engine, if you change the timing belt on
schedule and use a good
Curt Raymond wrote:
Ooo, what about American car makers ruined: where they show
off a classic American car and then show the monstrosity it
spawned. Show a classic Mustang next to a 4cyl automatic
Mustang from about 1984...
'84? They were getting good again by then. The Mustang II
from
Curt Raymond wrote:
Think so? I was under the impression the generally accepted
comparison was Laserdisc was about the same as VHS. DVD has
twice the vertical lines of resolution. Digital compression
throws a monkey wrench in to but I generally prefer DVD for
quality.
Curt! You're a video
*nods* If I had the money I might dabble with a brand new -under warranty-
model but I don't think I'd mess with a used one.
Of course I'm still keeping an eye out for an old Scirocco, they're pretty cool.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:29:58 -0800 (PST)
From: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com
To:
All wheel drive lets you GO better but you can't stop any better. The
guy in the ditch is saying, But Honey, we have FOUR WHEEL DRIVE!
--R
On 12/22/2010 4:04 PM, E M wrote:
Ok, watching this, I want an old SL!! 280 was the one to have, right? The
wagon and G Wagon kinda do it for me too!
Ahh. I get it. Transverse engines should only ever be 4cyl for obvious
reasons...
I had a v6 (2.8l no less) in my '88 GMC Jimmy, like a 240D it was adequate but
had no extra. Got reasonably good economy for what it was, 25mpg...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:32:23 -0800
From: Alex
Sort of like the Gall boys but vintage MBs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk6KJXeOM0kfeature=related
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:07:10 -0600
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] American Top Gear
Message-ID:
Interesting, I played with LaserDisc vs VHS at one point and could not detect
much advantage in LaserDisc beyond not needing to rewind. Having to flip the
disk of course was a major disadvantage although some players could get around
that.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:18:18 -0600
From: OK
Build quality was getting marginally less awful but they were still pretty poor
cars...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:01:50 -0600
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] American Top Gear
Message-ID:
What's the old saying, 4 wheel drive just lets you get stuck deeper, and
further from home. hee hee
Ed
300E
On 22 December 2010 17:39, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
All wheel drive lets you GO better but you can't stop any better. The guy
in the ditch is saying,
Spam program might have done the same for me.
Gerry
---
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
Gmail stuck the original in the spam bucket for me - which I emptied.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Gerry Archer
arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
Hmmm. I didn't receive the
4 or 5 years ago we drove the 4WD Suburban from Houston to Colorado to
go skiing, on the way back we got stuck in Pueblo due to a severe
snowstorm, hung there for 2-3 days until the interstate east from Denver
opened (barely). So we decided to drive back to Denver then east then
south to get
E M pokieba...@gmail.com writes:
Sounds like my first time in the 911. Hot humid day, and it started to
rain. The windows all steamed up. I had to pull over to read the manual to
figure out how the climate control switches, levers, and buttons all
worked. I made it home ok, but I'm still
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
From what I've heard (including Dan from this list), A VW TDI in
a Vanagon does not hold up. I want the durability of a Cummins
or OM617, not a 50,000 mile wear item.
They will hold up decently if you don't flog them. Most people don't
have the patience not to.
sounds like a $200 car.
On 12/21/2010 7:48 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplinka...@striplin.net writes:
That is great news, I hope it holds true. I have a whole bunch of
116's sitting around that I am thinking about sending to the crusher
as nobody wants 116 parts. Right now it
ML is a 'merican Mercedes, not a real Mercedes it seems.
That one thing I hate about the W163 - the controls are ALL in the worng
places! Head lights are twisting the turn signal stalk! A travesty! If I hit
a bump while resting my hand on the shifter - I downshift a gear!
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010
Have you changed the plug wires yet? that is worse than changing the
plugs. I don't mind changing the plugs in the 3.3 in the 96-2000
body now that I know how to do it. but you need a comfortable shop
and you have to be able to raise the front end and back end, so it
takes 4 jack stands.
Dieselhead wrote:
ML is a 'merican Mercedes, not a real Mercedes it seems.
Real Mercedes can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmwGNoXcvuo
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On 12/22/2010 9:16 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
When did the 116 actually start? I know the diesels were only '79 and '80...
A friend has a couple 116 300SDs and they fantastic road cars. Roomier than a
123 with road gripping weight but not ponderous like a Cadillac from the
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