http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/2735887852.html
If the idiot can't even spell the name of the car, much
less the town he lives in And how would he even know
the enjuion numbers match, without also knowing that
potential buyers might just want to know exactly what
enjuion it had, or
That price seems high to me, but maybe not if everything
works and is in good order.
Any problems unique to these models to look out for?
Suspension may be shot. Ours was. Truly the most weird
scary thing I ever drove until it was sorted out. HVAC
flakey, perhaps. Seems to be a lot of
We got rid of all our obsolete HP equipment a couple years ago. Not
cost effective to keep it running, let alone being left hanging if
something croaks at an inconvenient moment. That is to say nothing of
the fact that current production stuff is just one heck of a lot
better that the stuff
What are the bleeder screws actually made of? Brass? Steel? Do they
so
often get stuck due to galvanic action between dissimilar metals or
simply rusting?
Brake fittings are hollow steel, thus somewhat weak, and they rust.
There's a lot of heat and water down there, not to mention road salt.
I took this to mean test/measurement stuff. Who would spend money
to keep an HP/compaq PC working?
I see them as a source to repair old tektronics O-scopes that many
people here have and as a potential source to reverse engineer MB
electronics, if we generate enough interest to be worth the
When we first began to purchase used Mercedes in northern VA and then
suburban MD, it seemed like 90 percent of the sellers were Iranians. I
have a pretty good ear for their pronunciation and syntax, and this CL post
sounds like a literal spelling of Iranian-pronounced English. What might
have
I forget what the Frankenheap is. A '70s model 200D?
Seem to recall that someone on the list had problems
with blown head gaskets and warped heads on a 190D.
Called the dealer who has them but there was no answer.
Recession is bad here on the Florida west coast and many
businesses have
On 03/12/2011 4:57 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I have neither of those...
We have hot water baseboard, I actually prefer my parent's setup, they have
nice big cast iron baseboard heaters, they heat up nicely and hold heat well
radiating it over time. The only thing I like better is radiant floor
On 04/12/2011 2:47 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Dan Penoff wrote:
My last house (4500 sf) had a 400 amp service, for what I
don't know.
Theater lights?
A really, really big welder?
-- Philip
Grow Op??
Randy
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Gerry Archer wrote:
Wikipedia says the first and second of that engine series
were the same bhp; that MB increased displacement on the second in order
to meet emission requirements.
Looking around the web, both 2.2 and 2.5 stickshifts are claimed to get
similar mpg; roughly 35/45 mpg.
I
Monday night the HWT gave it up (and was documented here) and Saturday
night the Dishwasher did too!
Cannot complain too much. A fairly basic Sears Kenmore likely made by
Whirlpool if the internet is accurate and we think we got it in about 1998.
One repair in the interim but it was minimal. A
On 03/12/2011 7:10 PM, Craig wrote:
On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:57:22 -0600 Fmiserfmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Scott and Gwen Ritchey wrote:
A 200 amp service entrance is pretty-much standard so that's
probably what you have.
Standard as of when? Not everyone lives in a15 year old house.
--
On 03/12/2011 6:57 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Scott and Gwen Ritchey wrote:
A 200 amp service entrance is pretty-much standard so that's
probably what you have.
Standard as of when? Not everyone lives in a15 year old house.
-- Philip, in a house that was old when it was electrified.
On 03/12/2011 3:06 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
--R wrote:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2011/12/01/salvaging-the-mythology-of-man-caused-global-warming/
Very reasonable article - thanks.
However, it fails to address the issue of individual action.
The article intends to rebut the
Hmm. Hadn't thought about that one...
Dan
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 04/12/2011 2:47 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Dan Penoff wrote:
My last house (4500 sf) had a 400 amp service, for what I
don't know.
Theater lights?
A really,
Gerry Archer wrote:
Wikipedia says the first and second of that engine series
were the same bhp; that MB increased displacement on the second in order
to meet emission requirements.
Looking around the web, both 2.2 and 2.5 stickshifts are claimed to get
similar mpg; roughly 35/45 mpg.
Turns out the coupe was 3.46 and the sesan was 3.07. With the 205 tires I
have been running the speedo is right on the money according to gps. Very
odd indeed.
Mike
On Nov 30, 2011 3:56 PM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote:
Arg. That is what I was afraid of. I really don't
But gas is cleaner than electricity if coal is burned to make the power...
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 03/12/2011 3:06 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
--R wrote:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/**peterferrara/2011/12/01/**
You will LOVE your new Bosch dishwasher. :)) Ours is quiet and does a
miraculous job cleaning everything (well, 99 percent of all items), load
after load - PROVIDED you clean the cleverly designed food trap every 5 or
6 loads.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
Ah but you missed the reference to Hydro Electric Power and Dams!
We have or at least did have a thermal power generating station or two
somewhere in the province but for the most part our power comes from
rivers north of us.
Randy
On 05/12/2011 1:06 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
But gas
I fear that is one thing we did not do with the old one. I don't believe
we ever attempted to clean it out. It just did its thing.
Randy
On 05/12/2011 1:14 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
You will LOVE your new Bosch dishwasher. :)) Ours is quiet and does a
miraculous job cleaning everything
The £2.5million motorway smash involving 8 Ferraris, 3 Mercedes, a Lamborghini,
a Skyline and a humble Toyota Prius (which was in the wrong place at the wrong
time)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070046/8-Ferraris-3-Mercedes-Lamborghini-Skyline-2-5m-Japan-motorway-crash.html
P.S.
In that case no contest - electricity wins.
On 12/5/11, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
Ah but you missed the reference to Hydro Electric Power and Dams!
We have or at least did have a thermal power generating station or two
somewhere in the province but for the most part our power
The beauty of the Bosch is that it's so EASY to clean out the trap
it's almost fun.
On 12/5/11, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I fear that is one thing we did not do with the old one. I don't believe
we ever attempted to clean it out. It just did its thing.
Randy
On 05/12/2011
I hope so!
Randy
On 05/12/2011 1:49 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
The beauty of the Bosch is that it's so EASY to clean out the trap
it's almost fun.
On 12/5/11, Randy Bennellrbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I fear that is one thing we did not do with the old one. I don't believe
we ever
Gerry Archer wrote:
P.S. Contacted the used car lot owner. The 190Ds were both automatic
transmissions; 26/30 mpg.
Gerry
According to the EPA, 1985 2.2 was 30/33 with A4 and 31/39 with M5.
1986 2.5 was 30/34 with A4 and 29/37 with M5 transmission.
1987 2.5 Turbo (look for louvers on right
And one can run chilled water through copper lines (slightly
larger) just as easy as freon but with a lot less loss due to gas
leaks. That's why I don't like using freon as a distribution
medium. Look at any specification for a central AC system and you
will see a specified loss of freon of as
I recently saw an ad for a nice sturdy mount for my Escort radar detector in
the back of Autoweek magazine, contacted the company as their website
(http://www.blendmount.com/escort.html ) indicated that it was incompatible
with M-Bs, and I've found that it (BlendMount BBE-2000) does indeed fit
I did the impeller/seal replacement once on a Kitchenaid, it did not
work well after and still leaked a bit. A cheap floor model from the
local discounter's (dickered down on price) served for another coupla
years, and did no worse than the expensive KA.
--R
On 12/5/11 12:37 PM, Randy
How 'bout an '06 or '07 E350?
Wilton
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Gas chromatography gear, also GC/ Mass spectrometers. The new stuff
is lightyears ahead of the old stuff, particularly the Mass Specs.
The old ones were horrible to keep running (and I'm good at it, far
better than average).
Only problem I ever had with an HP computer was new software, I
I have replaced numerous appliances that worked fine. Their only
flaw was that they were not stainless. This whole stainless thing is
a bit silly but tenants pay more rent with updated kitchens! Funny
thing is my tenants get the granite and stainless and I get the dated
laminate and old
But you get the Benz and the money to keep her going.
I say, fair trade. ;)
Walt
On Dec 5, 2011 6:46 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have replaced numerous appliances that worked fine. Their only
flaw was that they were not stainless. This whole stainless thing is
a bit
What's a HTW?
Hot water tank, maybe?
I hate acronyms (WTF = where to file - former office clerk wrote this
on documents she brought back to me).
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
Monday night the HWT gave it up
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Funny
thing is my tenants get the granite and stainless and I get the dated
laminate and old appliances in my house!
I just can't understand the granite fad. The tile countertop fad
was goofy, but to replace that with a piece of rock with porosity is
nuts to me. The requirement that
The 84 only had 14 and no
Egr, after that they had Egr
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Gerry Archer wrote:
Wikipedia says the first and second of that engine series
were the same bhp; that MB increased displacement on the second
Yeah. It's silly, it's expensive, it requires more maintenance, but it looks
good. Stainless steel counters are probably the best overall.
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Funny
thing is my tenants get the granite and stainless and I get
On 05/12/2011 5:45 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
I have replaced numerous appliances that worked fine. Their only
flaw was that they were not stainless. This whole stainless thing is
a bit silly but tenants pay more rent with updated kitchens! Funny
thing is my tenants get the granite and
Nukes!
(Some day we put it in roller scates).
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.
-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
On a more serious note; ever since we went away from muscle power, we
got fatter and dumber.
And now we are stymied slugs.
Gravity is a
All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot.
Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add).
By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in
northern VA) or Mercedeses or Mercedi?
Fungus - Fungi
Virus - Viruses
Bacteria -Bacterii
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:14 AM,
I work in an office that is part of a data center (our cubicles are part of an
old tape library vault) that is covered by a gas discharge fire protection
system.
It was Halon at one time, but I believe it is now charged with CO2 or some
other inert gas that is not a fluorocarbon.
I walk by
And patiencently applied skill.
Remember, soft steel (hex rounds off) and hollow (shears at the weak
pont = end of threads).
If all fails, Easy-Out. No drilling! Tapered seat below.
Brake fittings are hollow steel, thus somewhat weak, and they rust.
There's a lot of heat and water down there,
Jim,
I think your 2.5 manual is geared wrong, I still say you should pull the diff
from the 2.2l which would make 5th gear worth having. I find my 2.2l auto a
nice car to drive.
So I've had 2 2.2l, a 5spd and an auto. The 2.5 will be an '86, 2.2 was
'84-'85, 2.5 was '86 until I think '88
The 60x engines are aluminum heads and will not tolerate abuse like a 61x will
but are otherwise quite robust.
45mpg would be dreamland, long trip, 62mph on the dot (the sweet spot on a 5spd
anyway) for hours with a tailwind. Best tank I ever did was 42mpg.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011
The York compressors aren't that much more expensive (Rusty's website has gone
dumb but I looked into this last summer when I thought the compressor in my
240D had gone south) than the other type and when you add in the conversion kit
and consider the amount you run the car the York is probably
Administrivia? What the heck?
-Curt
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Date: Monday,
Glen,
How do you like the Escort?
--
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
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In the mids of a loosing battle to get a spare key from other sources
than a Stealer, I learned this from a friend:
Hans, I think VW does this due to US insurance laws -- pretty much any
modern car is like that nowadays.
The downside of this is that when a modern car is stolen, the insurance
Randy wrote:
Ah but you missed the reference to Hydro Electric Power and Dams!
A recent story told about how Washington state is dismantling several
hydroelectric dam installations.
Of course, these are in the migration paths for salmon spawns, so
dismantling them is a plus for that industry.
Yorks are bullet proof. bonus of not needing oil circulating in the
system, so better cooling! ;)
Walt
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
The York compressors aren't that much more expensive (Rusty's website has
gone dumb but I looked into this last
They also make decent air compressors for trail rigs.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
Yorks are bullet proof. bonus of not needing oil circulating in the
system, so better cooling! ;)
Walt
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Curt Raymond
Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
What's a HTW?
Hot water tank, maybe?
I hate acronyms (WTF = where to file - former office clerk wrote this
on documents she brought back to me).
No no no, we all know that WTF is the acronym for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, which
is a Navy short-hand code
Goose-Geese
Mercedoose-Mercedes :. (therefore) Mercedes is plural
All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot.
Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add).
By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in
northern VA) or Mercedeses or Mercedi?
Fungus -
Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com writes:
And patiencently applied skill.
Remember, soft steel (hex rounds off) and hollow (shears at the weak
pont = end of threads).
If all fails, Easy-Out. No drilling! Tapered seat below.
And if you think you're in a fix when the bleeder shears off, just
Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com writes:
The downside of this is that when a modern car is stolen, the insurance
companies consider it an inside job and the owner of the car is at fault
until he proves he didn't give his key to someone. You need to have every
single key for your car in your
SWMBA was involved in that mess.
The reason the dams are gone is that the state decided, along with federal
idiots to impose crippling requirements for relicensing of the dam. Utility
could have swallowed hard and tossed several billion in cash at the issue to
move fish and upgrade all
And salmon sex...
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:01:09 -0600
From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Andrew and global warming
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Mercedes is also the plural, IMHO.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
All I can say, this CL Idiot does not mean to be an Idiot.
Give him an E for effort (he put pictures in the add).
By the way, is it Mercedes (began to purchase used Mercedes in
It's only a loosing battle if your shorts don't fit. Otherwise, it's a
LOSING battle.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
In the mids of a loosing battle to get a spare key from other sources
than a Stealer, I learned this from a friend:
Hans, I think VW
Agree. Much to be said for good old Formica. That's what we used when we
redid the kitchen. Also ran it up the walls from backsplash to cabinets for
a smooth, hard, easy-clean setyp.
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From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf
oops, that was supposed to say: The requirement that everything in food
plants/restaurants/lockers has to be stainless steel is goofy too.
Agree. Much to be said for good old Formica. That's what we used when we
redid the kitchen. Also ran it up the walls from backsplash to cabinets for
a
Remember, soft steel (hex rounds off)
I used a 6-point box-end. It's what I use exclusively
_unless_ I don't have enough swing room and need a 12-point.
Much less likely to round off the flats.
-- Jim
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I forget what the Frankenheap is. A '70s model 200D?
Yep, 115. See: http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/frankenheap.html
similar mpg; roughly 35/45 mpg.
45? Dream on.
-- Jim
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I thought the singular was bacterium and the plural was bacteria.
Jerry
82 240D
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