Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
Not really. Nice old dry heart pine with the pitch that it has is a lot more flammable. Manfred Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:40:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy And incredibly flammable.

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
not if you put a layer of plywood and 2x planks on top of it to distribute the weight. Would make it more flammable though. How about a layer of plastic and then 2 of concrete on top. Would at least seal off the moisture coming up. Manfred Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:28 -0500 From: Randy

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
There are sparks and there are SPARKS. That would have to be a SPARK (lightning size). Really try to light some up some time. See how long it takes to light up with a lighter right on it. If there's a spark hefty enough to light foam board up then I'm out of there 5 min ago because

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread OK Don
I agree that if you have the time to, and interest in maintaining an older car like the 123s and 124s, etc., that's the most economical route. However, my interests are changing from cars to aircraft, and I don't want to be spending time working on a car that I can be spending on the airplane(s?).

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
With the exception of an electric (dang theres a lot of them now) I'd say just about ANY car on the market today could make 150-200k with minimal serious issues other than tinworm. I also don't expect our fueling choices to change much from current in the next 15-20 years... -Curt Date: Tue,

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Jim Cathey
With the exception of an electric (dang theres a lot of them now) I'd say just about ANY car on the market today could make 150-200k with minimal serious issues other than tinworm. Computer crap-out? That's plenty serious, likely, and it will be _the_ 'irreplacable part' that sends most to

[MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
Big story on NPR yesterday about the sinking price of natural gas due to ease of extraction what with fracking and how they'll extract nat gas to get to propane and such. I was reminded that there is apparently some process to turn natural gas into diesel fuel and made me wonder if a diesel

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
I have pine floors in my garage/barn! I take most of my welding projects outside. Always makes me nervous. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:24 AM, MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com wrote: Not really. Nice old dry heart pine with the pitch that it has is a lot more flammable. Manfred Date:

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dan Penoff
I think the 150k-200k car is pretty realistic from most new vehicles today. I have two Ford Focii (Focuses?) that are above 150k, a 2004 and a 2005. The 2005 has nearly 165k on it, and despite needing a few minor items and being a little rattly, runs just fine. The 2004, which is my car, just

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Fred Moir
Just make the bribe subtle and BIG enough, this is America after all. Cynical? Me? nah! Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred On 4/18/2012 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Big story on NPR yesterday . Fuel America with fuel from America. Gotta figure out how to get CARB on board... -Curt

[MBZ] Wood gas. was: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Gerry Archer
Speaking of heart pine, this months issue of Mother Earth has an article about a farmer in Alabama who is running 3 pickup trucks on wood gas. Mother Earth News April/May 2012 pp.56 He seems to have put together the simplest wood gas system I've read about so far. Unfortunately he doesn't

Re: [MBZ] 300D shutoff

2012-04-18 Thread andrew strasfogel
On 4/18/12, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: what year 300D is this? any chance it's an '85? cheers! e On 16/Apr/12 16:39, Tim C wrote: On Apr 15, 2012 11:49 PM, Craigdiese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:11:44 -0400 Tim Cbb...@crone.us

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
Didn't the Germans do that in WW2? The fuel part I mean, though they probably could have handled CARB as well. --R On 4/18/12 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Big story on NPR yesterday about the sinking price of natural gas due to ease of extraction what with fracking and how they'll extract

[MBZ] OT CL Idiot bad as stove

2012-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
http://charleston.craigslist.org/app/2964848477.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread G Mann
The real issue of concern is the dry heart pine doesn't emit deadly toxins when it burns on the scale the foam does. It is worth doing some research on just what foam does to humans when it burns. Not all foam is the same, so you have to be research specific but none of it emits good stuff. Some

Re: [MBZ] Wood gas. was: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread G Mann
A wood gas rig might work better as a trailer since you need the whole bed of the truck to fit all the bits. I can see it now, 100,000 cars at rush hour on the freeways of California with wood gas rigs steaming away, hahahhaha... a the wave of the future... talking on the cell, sipping your

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread G Mann
CARB is a sinking ship, let it sink and let's move forward. Grow a set America ! On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Big story on NPR yesterday about the sinking price of natural gas due to ease of extraction what with fracking and how they'll extract nat

Re: [MBZ] Wood gas. was: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
I saw that in Terminator --R On 4/18/12 10:59 AM, G Mann wrote: I can see it now, 100,000 cars at rush hour on the freeways of California with wood gas rigs steaming away, hahahhaha... a the wave of the future... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

[MBZ] Honey, I was thinking....

2012-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
to either buy another Benz or get into this sort of thing http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/04/video-pleasanton-man-flies-a-boeing-737-in-his-garage/9029/ Which would you prefer? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] Honey, I was thinking....

2012-04-18 Thread Dan Penoff
Tough call. That is pretty cool. Dan On Apr 18, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: to either buy another Benz or get into this sort of thing http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/04/video-pleasanton-man-flies-a-boeing-737-in-his-garage/9029/ Which

Re: [MBZ] tire changing struggles

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
I agree totally. If the vehicle was on a hoist and you could lift the tire up and hold it at waist height, it might be fairly easy with the smaller car tires but doing it at ground level makes it so much more difficult. Randy On 17/04/2012 7:43 PM, Craig wrote: On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:39:37

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
And then lift the whole garage to make up for it. The cars go in fine but there is not a lot of clearance to the overhead door with my F150 Supercrew. Randy On 17/04/2012 9:26 PM, OK Don wrote: Cover the existing floor with the foam boards, then pour two inches of concrete over that . . .

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
Maybe, but is the issue with the foamboard not more of a concern with the gases it gives off when there is a fire? Most plastics are not friendly to the lungs in a fire. Maybe wood smoke is not either, but I think I would rather take my chances with it than the plastic smoke. Randy On

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
On 18/04/2012 8:00 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: I think the 150k-200k car is pretty realistic from most new vehicles today. I have two Ford Focii (Focuses?) that are above 150k, a 2004 and a 2005. The 2005 has nearly 165k on it, and despite needing a few minor items and being a little rattly, runs

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread rogerhga
Guys, I've been preaching this for years. During WWII the Germans needed a source for diesel and couldn't get oil so they created diesel from natural gas. This was lost after the war and everyone could once again get oil. Then several years ago (6-10) one of the colleges on the Left Coast ran

Re: [MBZ] Honey, I was thinking....

2012-04-18 Thread OK Don
I'd rather put the effort into the real thing (and I am) -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittman_Tailwind and this will be next: http://www.doubleeagleairplane.com/ On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: to either buy another Benz or get

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
I think I want a diesel truck. I worry that I might be hard on it in the winter with short runs but I would really like to have one in the summer for the highway runs to the lake. So, educate me if you can. I think I want the Dodge with the Cummins. I know I don't want the Ford. I am not

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread OK Don
Which is why I'm leaning towards a new one - I know what I do to them, how I maintained them, etc. That reduces the work needing to be done during the cars lifetime. It is a consumable item, not an investment, but they're priced like investments! My observations of other's cars has been that the

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread OK Don
Yes, we should be doing this - a surplus of one resource, and a need for another - convert the gas to Diesel. However, the companies that will be doing this (unless the government nationalizes it) will be selling to the highest bidder - likely China, India, Brazel, etc. THERE IS NO US OIL - get

Re: [MBZ] Tire disaster

2012-04-18 Thread David Bruckmann
These are for W108, W115 and R107. I always install Michelin 205/70/14, which has roughly the same diameter (645mm) as the original 185HR14 (650mm) tires. I wish the MXV4 were still available in that size. They wore out very quickly, but what a great tire. Unfortunately they are only available

Re: [MBZ] 300D shutoff

2012-04-18 Thread Tim C
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:39 AM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/18/12, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: what year 300D is this?      any chance it's an '85? '77. My son observed that there was a little white smoke coming out the back, so I started

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dan Penoff
I can't say I baby my car, but it's pretty tough to drive a 4 cylinder car hard, I think. Dan On Apr 18, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 18/04/2012 8:00 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: I think the 150k-200k car is pretty realistic from most new vehicles today. I have

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Tim C
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: I think I want a diesel truck. I worry that I might be hard on it in the winter with short runs but I would really like to have one in the summer for the highway runs to the lake. We went through the same with the

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
It doesn't seem to happen though, at least not on lower end vehicles that I experience. My '96 Dakota had 222,000 when the tin worm got so bad I got rid of it. Dad's got a Jeep Liberty that has 160,000 on it now and I have to admit has been a pretty good vehicle although I still don't like it.

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
Sure, but I'd still argue any car of today even with ZERO maintenance (just put in gas and drive) would last 50-60k where one from 40 years ago MIGHT have made 10k. -Curt Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400 From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Wood gas

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
I looked into this a couple years ago to run a generator at camp since we've got lots of wood and it seems VERY complicated. The other issue is how much wood you can haul along on your trip. Wood is not energy dense compared to oil. -Curt Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:23:24 -0400 From: Gerry

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
I understand that but I think in the end I'd just prefer to not have the thing burn down... -Curt Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:43:39 -0500 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy Message-ID:

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Fmiser
OK Don wrote: If you were thinking about buying a new car, and expect to keep it for the next 15-20 years, which fuel do you think would be more readily available in the last five years of ownership, and why? Diesel is used in planes, train, ships, trucks, and tractors. In my opinion,

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
Easy, you don't want a diesel trunk... You don't drive enough, you don't tow enough, you don't work a truck hard enough. You're not going to be happy with the mileage, you're not going to be happy with the maintenance, you're not going to be happy with the cold starts, and you're not going to

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Curt Raymond
Incorrect measurement, bodies start to fall apart at 8-10 YEARS. Miles makes no difference to the body. Even then how you take care of it will make more difference. Undercoat with used motor oil and the vehicle will last much longer. -Curt Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:16:58 -0500 From: OK Don

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dave Walton
If you were thinking about running alternate fuels in your new diesel - don't. You cannot use any concentration of biodiesel in 2007 and later diesels unless you hollow out the particulate filter and modify the ECU to disable the purge cycle. I'm thinking that's probably a felony, although

Re: [MBZ] OM603 Turbo Install vs. Head Install

2012-04-18 Thread Max Dillon
OK, any special tricks or tips to getting the head/manifold to mate with the turbo/block? I do have a nice lift. Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!) '95 E300 292k miles (daily driving duties) '73 Balboa 20 (High dry until the head is back on) Charleston

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
Not to mention using untaxed fuel is cheating your fellow Americans. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote: If you were thinking about running alternate fuels in your new diesel - don't. You cannot use any concentration of biodiesel in 2007 and later

Re: [MBZ] Wood gas

2012-04-18 Thread Gerry Archer
If you get a chance, buy the magazine or look it up on the 'net next month since it might be there by then. This farmer seems to have simplified the whole process. The earlier versions turned me off too considering their complexity. He describes a fairly long trip he made and apparently took

Re: [MBZ] Happy day, installing head on wagon

2012-04-18 Thread Max Dillon
Dieselvolk, Yesterday I started with checking the valve guide work done by a local shop, to see how much radial play between valve stem and new guides. Removed the keepers and spring from one valve, pulled it out a short distance (didn't want to mess up the new seals), and smiled. It

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread G Mann
Not paying your fair share are you?? ... I'm ridden with guilt... yours, not mine, that is.. If you buy biodiesel at any pump as blended fuel tax has been paid, and you will pay that tax. If you make your own, be sure to report yourself and spend the next 5 lifetimes being investigated by every 3

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Well technically you are paying sales tax on the purchase of the materials used to make BD- vegetable oil, methanol and lye. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote: Not to mention using untaxed fuel is cheating your fellow Americans. On

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
Yeah, I know But, I like diesels. Randy On 18/04/2012 12:07 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Easy, you don't want a diesel truck... You don't drive enough, you don't tow enough, you don't work a truck hard enough. You're not going to be happy with the mileage, you're not going to be happy

[MBZ] Fuel Pump Not Delivering - Progress Report

2012-04-18 Thread Jerry Herrman
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Re: [MBZ] Fuel Pump Not Delivering - Progress Report

2012-04-18 Thread Randy Bennell
Let me preface this with the comment that I have never had a 390 cid engine apart - so take this for what it is worth. Howeve, I rebuilt a 302 Ford a few years back. The fuel pump eccentric bolted onto the front of the cam was a 2 part thing. There was an inner part and an outer part such

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Max
OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: If you were thinking about buying a new car, and expect to keep it for the next 15-20 years, which fuel do you think would be more readily available in the last five years of ownership, and why? Gas. Both will be sold, probably add natural gas to that list. I

[MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
OK the SD is all finished, I had to replace LF brake caliper as one piston was pretty much frozen. All new suspension and steering bits, an alignment done. Car drives well except there is still a fair amount of slop in the steering. The u-joint on the shaft just ahead of the box is fine, I

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Max
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Big story on NPR yesterday about the sinking price of natural gas due to ease of extraction what with fracking and how they'll extract nat gas to get to propane and such. I was reminded that there is apparently some process to turn natural gas into diesel

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net writes: Better plan would be convert our gas cars to run on CNG. Except that requires huge new infrastructure in fueling stations and delivery, not just producing the vehicles. Same problem with hydrogen-fueled cars. Diesel works in the pumps and delivery systems

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
I was referring to the people who make their own. In some states the fuel tax goes directly to the highway fund and that is the only source of the state highway fund. If you have a problem paying fuel taxes, don't drive. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
For sure that stuff is nasty. Only do the hole burning when the wind is blowing a bit to carry the fumes away. Sure don't want to breath that stuff. Manfred Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:53:14 -0700 From: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: abuse of cars 2ejuremy The real issue

Re: [MBZ] Honey, I was thinking....

2012-04-18 Thread Max
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: to either buy another Benz or get into this sort of thing http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/04/video-pleasanton-man-flies-a-boeing-737-in-his-garage/9029/ You could rent it out to the movie production folk, or sell tickets to Boeing

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com writes: Well technically you are paying sales tax on the purchase of the materials used to make BD- vegetable oil, methanol and lye. But not the road tax. -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca writes: I think I want the Dodge with the Cummins. I know I don't want the Ford. I am not sure about a GM product. GM is an Isuzu. Ford is their own, I think. Cummins is... well, Cummins. -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I need to come out and see your new place sometime. On 4/18/2012 7:41 AM, OK Don wrote: I agree that if you have the time to, and interest in maintaining an older car like the 123s and 124s, etc., that's the most economical route. However, my interests are changing from cars to aircraft, and I

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Max
OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, we should be doing this - a surplus of one resource, and a need for another - convert the gas to Diesel. However, the companies that will be doing this (unless the government nationalizes it) will be selling to the highest bidder - likely China, India, Brazel,

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes: I am thinking the steering box needs to be adjusted, but with all the scary stories about buggering the box I am reluctant to do that. I don't think there's any harm in adjusting it slightly, to see if you get improvement. Just don't

Re: [MBZ] Wood gas. was: abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
My Grandfather ran a 2 1/2 ton truck during the war on wood gas. The rig and wood was on the truck bed and the truck pulled a trailer to carry the cargo. The helper rode in the bed and put wood in the burner when it was needed. Putting the gas generator on a trailer wouldn't work very well as

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dave Walton
Then don't buy an electric or a hybrid. Those are cheating the system too. In fact, buying any high MPG vehicle means you are not paying your fair share of road tax. -Dave Walton On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote: Not to mention using untaxed fuel is

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
True. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:09 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com writes: Well technically you are paying sales tax on the purchase of the materials used to make BD- vegetable oil, methanol and lye. But not the road tax.

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
I suspect that natural gas prices will rise in the future. They won't stay low forever. For the longest time coal was one of the cheapest ways to make power, but with emissions controls costing billions, and cheap natural gas - it can be economical for new plants to use natural gas. And that's

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
We should all buy a big suv Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote: Then don't buy an electric or a hybrid. Those are cheating the system too. In fact, buying any high MPG vehicle means you are not paying your fair share of road tax.

Re: [MBZ] abuse of cars 2ejuremy

2012-04-18 Thread MG
I figure that if you aren't moving out by the time it gets that noticeable you may not make it out no matter what it is that's burning. With all the plastics and other man-made chemicals in todays houses, flashover happens a whole lot quicker then it used to even 40 years ago. Once the

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
They should make all electric vehicles pay their fuel tax based on the mileage driven. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: We should all buy a big suv Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote: Then

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
When I did my front end rebuild all was well except for the steering slop. I just tighten up the adjustment screw a bit and it eliminated the slop but the steering still doesn't feel quite right. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Ha. That is an excellent point! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote: Then don't buy an electric or a hybrid. Those are cheating the system too. In fact, buying any high MPG vehicle means you are not paying your fair share of road tax.

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
And those who ride bicycles and use the road? Shouldn't they be subjected to a road tax? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote: Then don't buy an electric or a hybrid. Those are cheating the system too. In fact, buying any high MPG vehicle

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
In some places bicycles need to be registered. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote: And those who ride bicycles and use the road? Shouldn't they be subjected to a road tax? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Dave Walton

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dave Walton
Oil prices are not market driven. Oil is not a free market. -Dave Walton On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, we should be doing this - a surplus of one resource, and a need for another - convert the gas to Diesel.

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering sloppy coupling

2012-04-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
Check the flex coupling, a couple of days ago it came up on the OzBenz forum that one of those had completely disintegrated on a 126. Rusty sells em for a 100 slides

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
True but they don't pay a road tax. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote: In some places bicycles need to be registered. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote: And those who ride bicycles and use

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas or bicycle?

2012-04-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
...and it should be against the law for middle aged men to wear lycra. Hendrik who does NOT wear lycra On 19/04/12 09:07, Brian Toscano wrote: In some places bicycles need to be registered. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering sloppy coupling

2012-04-18 Thread WILTON
I have some old 35mm slides here in my desk; I should use those next time I place an order with Q. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ]

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
There is supposed to be a little bit of play in the steering, over adjusting the steering box may well lead to premature wear and/or locking of the box at full turn. Proper alignment is important, to ensure the car drives straight with a slight movement to the right for you and left for us.

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas or bicycle?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Yeah but middle aged women might like seeing middle aged men in Lycra:) Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: ...and it should be against the law for middle aged men to wear lycra. Hendrik who does NOT wear lycra On 19/04/12 09:07, Brian

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread WILTON
Very little play in either of mine (124 and 126); 'trip to Raleigh and back on the 126 today; ever so slight pressure left or right on wheel at cruise puts it right where I want it. 'Feels much like flying. Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au To:

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
Its pretty straight forward to adjust the box... I do it all the time, as recently as last night on a 83 300D. Heres the method in detail: Start with a 19mm socket and a long set of extensions to reach the adjuster nut. Loosen the nut with a breaker bar or ratchet just a bit... maybe 1/4-1/2

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or LNG from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Hendrik Fay
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2011/2011-02-22-091.html Some buses around here have been running on LNG for a long time now. I guess it all depends on cost, can they buy nat gas, convert it to Diesel and sell it for the same price as dino Diesel? At this stage I would think perhaps not,

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
The registration money may be funneled to the DOT. It really all depends on how the state funds its roads, bridges, and overall transportation system. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote: True but they don't pay a road tax. Sent from my iPhone On

Re: [MBZ] Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Brian Toscano
Diesels are best for heavy towing and towing at high altitudes and over mountains. Isn't Manitoba mostly flat prairie? How big of a boat will you be taking to the lake? :-) On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca writes:

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread David Bruckmann
On a 126 SD, the box is self-adjusting. Are you absolutely sure the flex coupler is solid (ie. you need to check it with resistance, not with the front wheels in the air). Rich Thomas wrote: I am thinking the steering box needs to be adjusted ___

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
So when should a steering box be replaced? Is there a time when you just can't adjust out the slop? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:01 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: Its pretty straight forward to adjust the box... I do it all the time, as recently as last night on a

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
Yes, when you reach the point that the adjustment screw won't back out anymore, its time to rebuild/replace the box. I've only experienced this once after owning dozens of these cars. You can usually adjust it to be perfect or at least acceptable. There is a factory procedure for adjusting the

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Whoa! You replace the PS fluid at every oil change? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, when you reach the point that the adjustment screw won't back out anymore, its time to rebuild/replace the box. I've only experienced this once

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Dave Walton walton.d...@gmail.com writes: Then don't buy an electric or a hybrid. Those are cheating the system too. This will have to be addressed if/when plug-in electric vehicles begin to register in the total percentage of vehicles on the road. Now and for the foreseeable future there

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Allan Streib
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes: Proper alignment is important, to ensure the car drives straight with a slight movement to the right for you and left for us. Why a slight drift to one side? Don't you want it to track absolutely straight? Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Rick Knoble
On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: you will have to pay based on miles driven. They already floated a trial ballon, saying we will each have a GPS device in our cars to track miles driven.

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dieselhead
No! Fischer Tropf was coal to Dissel and gasoline. Crude from coal yields several fractions similar to petro crude. Didn't the Germans do that in WW2? The fuel part I mean, though they probably could have handled CARB as well. --R On 4/18/12 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Big story on

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Rick Knoble
On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote: Not to mention using untaxed fuel is cheating your fellow Americans. IIRC, you are allowed to make up to 400 gallons of alternative fuel without paying road taxes. Kind of like you can brew or distill 200 gallons of

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
Until it looks clean, yes... it takes some time to flush out 30 year old fluid! Jaime On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote: Whoa! You replace the PS fluid at every oil change? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Jaime Kopchinski

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread David Bruckmann
Versus the W123 (and prior) is NOT self-adjusting, hence the need to do so occasionally. I'd be careful with a 126. If it is loose, it is probably the coupler, or the box is shot. D. At 5:12 PM -0700 4/18/12, David Bruckmann wrote: On a 126 SD, the box is self-adjusting. Are you absolutely

Re: [MBZ] 300SD steering slop

2012-04-18 Thread Rick Knoble
Roads are crowned so water runs off. So your car will drift right in USA or left in OZ. Rick Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Why a slight drift to one side? Don't you want it to track absolutely straight?

Re: [MBZ] Diesel from Nat Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Fmiser
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Big story on NPR yesterday about the sinking price of natural gas due to ease of extraction what with fracking and how they'll extract nat gas to get to propane and such. Max wrote: Better plan would be convert our gas cars to run on CNG. You

Re: [MBZ] Crystal ball time - Diesel or Gas?

2012-04-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Yikees. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: you will have to pay based on miles driven. They already floated a trial ballon, saying we will each have a GPS device in

Re: [MBZ] OM603 Turbo Install vs. Head Install

2012-04-18 Thread Peter Frederick
It's easy to install the manifold and turbo onto the head with the head hanging on the lift. I had to do this when I replaced the head gasket on the old 300D as we found a broken manifold stud when we had the head off. Be VERY careful not to bend up the oil feed line when removing the

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