Posting's gone, same day it went up... I guess someone's got themselves a
project...
At 10:54 PM -0800 1/1/11, David Bruckmann wrote:
This one actually looks like it could be worth saving... I'm not sure why he's
calling it a 300S... it's not...
New tires have decreased fuel economy? That's rather odd...
Walt, who's puzzled on this one...
On Jan 1, 2011 4:52 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I just put the Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position (195/65R15) on my
wagon, and so far (about 1000 miles including a lot of
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
New tires have decreased fuel economy? That's rather odd...
When I went from three half worn Discount Tire Mohave and one heavily worn
Goodyear LS-2 to four new Altimax HP, I lost several mph of velocity after
coasting 1/2 mile down a slight hill. I also lost more than
then its just a Claremore thing as I suspected
On 1/2/2011 10:39 PM, OK Don wrote:
They don't do that in Norman
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplinka...@striplin.netwrote:
So I got to know, down there do they make it a requirement that the kids
bring dry erase markers as
They do here. The kids need to bring in a pack of dry-erase markers, 2 packs
of printer paper, and 2 boxes of tissues for the classroom in addition to all
their personal supplies.
Allan
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:24 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
then its just a Claremore
Must be Gene Weingarten, who BTW went to Bronx HS of Science (my alma mater)
although it is NEVER a source of his humorous columns. I wonder why?
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:43 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Excellent! Thanks for sharing ---
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Gerry Archer
Here they also have to bring several boxes of snacks among other
ridiculous items. We refuse to send that stuff.
On 1/3/2011 8:33 AM, Allan Streib wrote:
They do here. The kids need to bring in a pack of dry-erase markers, 2 packs of printer
paper, and 2 boxes of tissues for the classroom
DE markers aren't in our list, but the list retail is $40+ here.
Paper, pencils, crayons, markers, notebooks, all of particular
brand/size; reams of paper, etc.; daughter brought in batteries, yarn,
a couple other oddities too this year. These all get put into the
general classroom bucket. That
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Here they also have to bring several boxes of snacks among other
ridiculous items. We refuse to send that stuff.
Any idea what their tax paid operating budget is?
I think it's about $8500 per student here, plus the millage to pay off the bonds
that paid for the
My kids school is the opposite. I would guess very few if any of the kids
there are on free lunch. When I drop my kids off in the 300D it looks like a
complete junker compared to nearly every other car there.
Nevertheless they ask us to pay for all those supplies. I don't particularly
mind;
Allan Streib wrote:
My kids school is the opposite. I would guess very few if any of the kids
there are on free lunch. When I drop my kids off in the 300D it looks like a
complete junker compared to nearly every other car there.
Nevertheless they ask us to pay for all those supplies. I
So I got to know, down there do they make it a requirement that the
kids bring dry erase markers as part of their required supplies every
year? I dont have a problem with the dry erase boards except for them
making the kids supply the teachers.
I seem to remember that we b[r]ought chalk, way
Hendrik
who is neither impotent or important
who doesn't really talk like that
Obviously, as one who did would know to use nor. :-)
-- Jim
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The 108/109 models did not have cruise control, including the 6.3. This
option was introduced in the 450SE in 1973.
Not sure when vacuum locks were introduced but I know they were installed in
my W115 1973 280 sedan though not in my European version W108 1970 280SE
sedan. I love those ebayers
I am cautiously optimistic about my laptop issues being resolved. Thank
you to all of those who responded to my earlier queries.
I ended up using a freebee software utility to wipe out the whole hard
drive and then re-installed Vista. Took the better part of two days for
it to download and
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
In addition,
http://yoni123.com/gallery1/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3678.JPG and
http://yoni123.com/gallery1/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3681.JPG show a
connecting rod with ball joints on both ends behind the differential, but
R A Bennell wrote:
Is there a built in means of making a recovery setup or should I use
something like Norton Ghost to do it?
Ghost would backup everything.
I think Wizzsta includes a utility that makes a system recovery disk that should
restore your operating system and maybe drivers.
I like the idea of it as a usage tax. I'm not opposed to paying for kids to go
to school, education is important but I figure people with kids should pay MORE
since they have kids...
My generation's non-breeders are going to come in conflict with the kid
wanters at some point in the relatively
On 3 January 2011 11:31, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I love those ebayers who brag on power seats and power door locks in
W111 coupes that had neither in any year.
They do have power seats, and door locks, they just leave out the small
detail that they both operate via human
I've been using Clonezilla to clone partitions so I can recover systems in my
classroom. Using a USB drive it takes about 15 minutes to pull or restore an
image. Using a Windows share its more like 2 hours but I can do a bunch at
once. There are other network options I haven't explored yet.
My
Curt Raymond wrote:
I like the idea of it as a usage tax. I'm not opposed to paying for kids to go
to school, education is important but I figure people with kids should pay MORE
since they have kids...
My generation's non-breeders are going to come in conflict with the kid
wanters at some
On the 87 ended up being the Febi balljoint. Rusty worked with me and
the said culprit is replaced and all is well!
PS - part of the debug I also replaced the shims, I recommend this on
any rebuild, it really softened up the hard bumps.
-Rolf
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i'm not sure it's rational to dismiss an entire brand of tire based
on experience with one set of one model.
i chewed up many sets of Yokohamas while racing autocross, many of
which also spent a lot of time on the streets and highway. in that time
i never had (or saw) a tire failure
andrew strasfogel wrote:
1985 300TD PO installed regular Bilsteins after removing the
hydropneumatic
struts - didn''t change the springs as far as I can tell.
Mitch Haley wrote:
So it sags like a S123 with a blown SLS control valve?
andrew strasfogel replied:
Nope - holds
Tim C wrote:
Full script below, but to duplicate Philip's idea, for future
reference, use @ (at) sign for % in these two lines (three
instances each):
find . -name \*.pdf -print | sed -e s%./%% $TMP
-e \$to =~ s%/%%g; \
sed doesn't really care what the delimiter is. Convention
Tried to start my old VW van today, nothing... not even a click. Battery
charge was good. Tapped the starter and solenoid with a hammer, tried again,
and started right up. Is this the starter, or solenoid?
Allan
--
1983 300D
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Normally that is the bendix not the solenoid
Rusty Cullens
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- Original Message -
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To: Mercedes
ernest breakfield wrote:
i got a set of (5) wheels that came with another model of
Wrangler (GSAs) on them that had a mixed tread that were
almost unused, and some of those tires were out of round while
others were out of true. while they would all balance up fine,
there was no way to
Allan Streib wrote:
Tried to start my old VW van today, nothing... not even a click. Battery
charge was good. Tapped the starter and solenoid with a hammer, tried again,
and started right up. Is this the starter, or solenoid?
Did you have warm rainy weather followed by an instant drop
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:51 -0500, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
Tried to start my old VW van today, nothing... not even a click.
Battery charge was good. Tapped the starter and solenoid with a
hammer, tried again, and started right up. Is this the starter, or
loud chuckling noises
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 January 2011 11:31, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I love those ebayers who brag on power seats and power door locks in
W111 coupes that had neither in any year.
They do have power
Perhaps, but to my untrained eye a spring is just a spring...
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
andrew strasfogel wrote:
1985 300TD PO installed regular Bilsteins after removing the
hydropneumatic
struts - didn''t change the springs as far as I
Curt wrote:
education is important...
I suggest you and all of us have been duped.
Try and justify as education the stuff that is accomplished in the
'education' profession these days. Here is an expose from 20 years
ago:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gatto/gatto-uhae-15.html
We saw this
Rusty wrote:
Normally that is the bendix not the solenoid
Is that the diagnosis for the Hendrick 240D? It has the same problems
- in the cold weather these days. A stout hammer on the starter /
solenoid allows start to proceed. Did you experience this, Hendrick?
Is bendix sold separately or
It can be purchased separately but is hardly worth it.
Rusty Cullens
BuyMBparts, Inc.
www.buyMBparts.biz
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- Original Message -
From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
To:
i suspect we have different definitions of what is a slipped belt;
it's a commonly misused term. i don't believe it's possible for a belt
to slip when it's molded into a tire, and as i understand it
manufacturing techniques for modern radial tires have made it unlikely
for many years that a
The problem is, that if it is 20 below, and windy, when it occurs
is too late. It is much more prudent in harsh conditions to take
precautions to prevent gelling/icing than to try to solve the problem
when it occurs.
I am not sure what the gummit says is the lifespan at -60 or so
windchill.
Some components are. Other components are not. Plungers and DV in
the pump and the nozzles are lubricated only by fuel.
MB injection pumps are lubricated by engine oil anyway, right?
Allan
Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net writes:
I don't buy the sulfur/lubricity argument, nor the
Not that much difference. Nothing will melt. #1 burns cleaner in a
heater and #2 burns with more smoke and soot. However, the ULSD
available now may be cleaner than the old high sulfur low sulfur
fuel.
I wonder if that is due to the energy content? #2 has more BTU than
kerosene (and
Not that I am aware of. There are markers supplied by the school district as
well as ones the teachers buy with lead (supply) monies they get at the
beginning of each school year.
Dan
--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
...Woger knows all, just ask 'im
AKIC, if woger hates Continentals, that is a ringing endorsement
I'm sure for your type of driving in the vehicles YOU have experience in,
Contis are, well, adequate. And cheap which is what really matters, I guess.
RLE
Ahhh! there it is! the
Down here, Alachua County, Fl. The list is a lot more then just
dry erase markers. Includes a big pack of toilet paper, two packs
of printer paper, a box of regular markers, big box of crayons,
box of glue stix, scotch tape, a folder, a bottle of hand
sanitizer and and and. Things change by
Hey, what Pooch arroganceit's only arrogance when it's an opinion, not
when you're right! ;-) hee hee
Ed
99-SC lol
On 3 January 2011 17:42, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
...Woger knows all, just ask 'im
AKIC, if woger hates Continentals, that is a ringing
LOL Henny racks up another 3 pointer!
Well he seems to know more than the idiots in Stuttgart, complete
morons for putting cheap crappy tires on Rogers car.
Hendrik
with budget tires on the bus
Dieselhead wrote:
Woger knows all, just ask 'im
AKIC, if woger hates Continentals, that is a
My only personal experience with what was referred to as slipped belts by
the mechanic, (and like you, I don't think a slipped belt was what was
really going on) was in several GM cars that came with General Tires. Not
the best roads around here, especially right after the winter, but I would
Do you have a tractor supply store nearby? They have a bulk tank and
will fill your bbq tank or whatever you have. Any propane suppliers
around? They will do it too, just charge by the pound. I was swapping
my tank at Lowes for like $17, but now that I discovered TS no more on that.
--R
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95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic,
91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro,
85 190D, 84 190D, 84
Propane suppliers are $16-17. Exchange is $20. The 100lb tanks are
over $100 from the propane guys.
Do you have a tractor supply store nearby? They have a bulk tank
and will fill your bbq tank or whatever you have. Any propane
suppliers around? They will do it too, just charge by the
As Philip said, you described slipped belts. Because the tires were
new does not mean they didn't have slipped belts. My New
jokohama that flew apart slipped a belt too. Only that one slipped
it clear off the carcass. The carcass still held air. Any tire that
wobbnles or sounds like a
Original Message
Subject:1986 Mercedes Benz 560 SEL (Independence, MO)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:48:06 -0800 (PST)
From: okieb...@striplin.net
To: okieb...@striplin.net
{email} has forwarded you this craigslist.org posting.
Please see below for more
http://www.use.com/showorig.pl?set=f8e5b24afb7b06f612dap=6
Somebody glued their fender washer collection to the fog lamps?
I've never seen THAT before.
Mitch.
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Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
Do you have a tractor supply store nearby? They have a bulk tank and
will fill your bbq tank or whatever you have. Any propane suppliers
around? They will do it too, just charge by the pound. I was
swapping my tank at Lowes for like
Who knows why I remember stuff like this but Buick named those things
Cruiseliner Ventiports
BTW, I was driving I-5 yesterday in the Seattle area and passed a Maserati
sedan...a rare enough sight. To my surprise the thing had Cruiseliner
Ventiports!
Greg
-Original Message-
From:
Try bringing it to the local welding gas place, some of them will
credit you for an old style tank.
Walt
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
Do you have a tractor supply store nearby? They have a
Dieselhead wrote:
She died in a cornfield. Freezing to
death in a cornfield is not my choice of how to go.
I dunno.
Au natural.
We all gotta leave sometime - cold, warm, bloody, all there - we gotta
go. And, when is not really up to us - we still go, somehow.
mao
Not mine, etc.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
Original Message
Subject:Mercedes 300D (5 cyl) diesel W124 - $975 (Slatersville, RI)
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:53:17 -0800 (PST)
From: fred.s...@yahoo.com
To: fred.s...@verizon.net
{email} has forwarded you
W115 anyone? (Michigan)
Not mine, etc.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
Original Message
Subject:Mercedes Benz 300D 1976 Very Clean - $695 (Genesee County)
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:58:10 -0800 (PST)
From: fred.s...@yahoo.com
To: fred.s...@verizon.net
What a moron. 3 on each fender is a 6 holer meaning a 6 cylinder.
The 560 V-8 is an 8 holer in bu-ick terminology.If you are
going to be moron enough to put brick holes on an MB, at least don't
be such a moron that you can't count holes. That is a double Moron.
Original
...Education is merely indoctrination - spit back what we told you and we
will let you out. There is zero innovation or invention nor science
and discover in what we call 'education' these days.
How is this different from home schooling? Your children become clones of
yourself, then. I'm
As an owner of almost the identical puke-green (Caledonia Green to be official)
W115 300D, I can't believe someone paid $4500 for that thing, with cracked dash
and door panels, split seat covers, etc. That means mine, completely rust-free
with lower mileage, original paint, and a completely new
Hey if they're already in that deep, why not go for 6 holes on each side,
and slap a V12 badge on the trunk while they're at it.
Ed
300E
On 3 January 2011 19:38, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
What a moron. 3 on each fender is a 6 holer meaning a 6 cylinder. The
560 V-8 is an 8 holer
Woger?
Who knows why I remember stuff like this but Buick named those things
Cruiseliner Ventiports
BTW, I was driving I-5 yesterday in the Seattle area and passed a Maserati
sedan...a rare enough sight. To my surprise the thing had Cruiseliner
Ventiports!
Greg
-Original Message-
Wow, that's not even $200 bucks per cylinder!!. What a deal. ;-)
Ed
300E
On 3 January 2011 20:03, Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Not mine, etc.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
Original Message
Subject:Mercedes 300D (5 cyl) diesel W124 - $975
I love a story with A HAPPY ENDING! Congratulations!
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:23 AM, David Bruckmann
bruckma...@transcontinental.ca wrote:
A few weeks ago I posted my suspicions re: the timing chain in my 300D.
Both before and after I installed a new chain, the cam was running about 18
More tread = more traction = more rolling resistance? They be even more fuel
economical once they wear down - at least it will be interesting to find out
(if we can remember that long) ---
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
New tires have
What about using an old propane tank for a topsider? If you burn out all
the propane that you can, then pull a vacuum, followed by filling with
water, would it be safe enough to drill/weld?
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
Try bringing it to the local
Allan Streib wrote:
Also if your tanks are old and don't have the government mandated
safety valve you can't get them refilled. I still have one tank like
that.
Walmart used to charge $4 extra to exchange those for tanks with OPV.
I don't know if they still do it that way, but it was lots
Supermileage vehicles all have very narrow tires. like 2 Very
small contact patch. 2-3 sq. in. per tire. You don't win mileage
contests with 215/55 of any brand.
Higher inflation = higher mileage
Higher inflation = smaller contact patch
More tread = more traction = more rolling
If you need to drill/ weld, yes.
I think you could just pull the valve, add a nipple and coupling and
other fittings. I think a jet pump fitting that has 1/8 tap lines
for pressure switch and gauge would work well. Problem would be to
get a dip tube from the oil inlet to the bottom of the
dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Dieselhead,
with all due regard, it sounds like what you're calling slipped
belts is actually separation or possibly even other issues. your broad
definition below of what you call a slip might account for at least some
of the reason that you're reported this happening so
Allan Streib wrote:
Tried to start my old VW van today, nothing... not even a click.
Battery charge was good. Tapped the starter and solenoid with a
hammer, tried again, and started right up. Is this the starter, or
solenoid?
If by old you mean air cooled VW, then there is no Bendix
David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes:
As an owner of almost the identical puke-green (Caledonia Green to be
official) W115 300D, I can't believe someone paid $4500 for that
thing, with cracked dash and door panels, split seat covers, etc. That
means mine, completely rust-free
Also if your tanks are old and don't have the government mandated
safety valve you can't get them refilled. I still have one tank like
that.
Allan
--
If you take the ones without the shutoff valve (the old ones) to
walmart, you can exchange them for a filled modern compliant tank for
...What a moron. 3 on each fender is a 6 holer meaning a 6 cylinder.
The 560 V-8 is an 8 holer in bu-ick terminology. If you are
going to be moron enough to put brick holes on an MB, at least don't
be such a moron that you can't count holes. That is a double Moron...
I guess I'm one,
RLE wrote:
How is this different from home schooling? Your children become clones of
yourself, then. I'm not sure this is a good thing.
You are not wrong.
However, 'education' today is attempted en masse rather than as Plato
tutored his subjects. There is a bit more tailoring in each
dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Ernie, or whoever you really are:
A tire wobbling sideways, as you described is caused by slipped
belts. You undoubtedly are used to living in your own little world,
so you can call it whatever you want. But the rest of the world call
belts that have slipped slipped
Beg pardon, weren't those holes originally where the exhaust come out
of the hood? Sure was a straight eight in there for a long time in
the 30's 40's!
All the holes were on one side in those days, and had an exhaust
header going through them, eh?
Peter
This one is just crying for Kaleb to rescue it -- I have NO interest.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/2141107195.html
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2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
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I'm using a plastic 2.5gal. gas can now, I drilled a hole for the dip
stick tubing, hot glued it in place, and just place the shop vac hose over
the spout threaded opening. It nearly flattens the can, but with two cycles,
I can suck the oil out. I used it yesterday at near freezing air temp -
And probably the most expensive way to accomplish mass education, plus the
variation in quality of the tutors --- there is some value in standarization
- the degree you receive is a measure of what you should have learned - so
your future employer has some idea of what you might be capable of. At
A collection of questions I've queued, sorry there are so many. I'm
sure a lot of them are common but I haven't found them for some reason
- lack of search creativity? Anyway any help is appreciated.
Car is a well-running '77 300D NA with about 15 years of appearance
neglect, and been in my
Tim C wrote:
1) Trunk lock: have to shake a bit to get the key in when
cold, but turns perfectly once the key is all the way in. I
WD-40'd it to get the key in tonight; however, I can't tell if
it's grabby because the key is old or because the pins don't
move properly. Do I replace the
when I am driving my MB from point A to B, I wear a heavy shirt and a
pair of jeans. That, plus a coat, hat and gloves will give you maybe
20 minutes out in the cold before you start loosing appendages to
frostbite.
The other day when we were stuck in that small blizzard that's
how we were
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