I've got 4G-LTE through Big Red, and I get 14Mb down, 5Mb up.
That's indoors on the edge of service (1 bar, can't find a REAL dB value...).
I've tethered on 3G since before android was born, and it was ok, just
not as fast or useable as cable is.
The big issue is ping time and delay, or dropped
My opinion: start simple and work to complicated. When you've fixed what you
know needs fixing, and completed all the simple and easy repairs, start working
up to complex.
Primer pump is toward the simple end, delivery valve seals toward the complex
end. Fuel tank strainer is toward the
What's funny? It's right on - BTDT! I have found that rubbing fresh
parsely helps the remove the Diesel smell - if that's something you'd want
to do :-)
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
ROFLMAO!!! This is hilarious; a keeper.
Gerry
Dimitri
Jack up car so fuel tank strainer side is higher up. Less fuel spilled on
you that way. With an oil drain pan and a little patience the fuel tank
strainer is very easy to do and not really all that messy. Use rags to
hold it and unscrew so the rag catches the fuel.
Heck, on a 123 it is almost
Diesel, garlic, what's the difference:)
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:35 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
What's funny? It's right on - BTDT! I have found that rubbing fresh
parsely helps the remove the Diesel smell - if that's something you'd want
to do :-)
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012
Yes, I agree. That will be my plan of action. Replace, glow plugs, replace
primer pump, drive her hard, re-assess situation.
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
My opinion: start simple and work to complicated. When you've fixed what
Thanks. These tips are all very helpful!
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote:
Jack up car so fuel tank strainer side is higher up. Less fuel spilled on
you that way. With an oil drain pan and a little patience the fuel tank
strainer is
Garlic causes gas. Diesel causes headaches and divorce.
Mike
On Sep 12, 2012 9:48 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Diesel, garlic, what's the difference:)
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:35 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
What's funny? It's right on - BTDT!
I would also replace fuel lines before next test run. Or simply attach a
small motorcycle tank or the like under the hood and take it for a spin.
If the problem goes away then you know it is before the primer pump. If it
persists then it is at or after the primer.
Mike
On Sep 12, 2012 9:51 AM,
..Remove as much fuel as possible. The
strainer is at the very bottom and any left in the tank will run out
onto the ground - or you. Find the bottom of the fuel tank. Remove the
hose from the hard line going forward. Have a container to catch some of
the fuel you
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
I've got 4G-LTE through Big Red, and I get 14Mb down, 5Mb up.
That's indoors on the edge of service (1 bar, can't find a REAL dB value...).
Network signal widget.
Best,
Tim
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Uh, no. Sparks and such from the sucker (if electric-powered) might not
play nice with diesel fuel. One of those cheap hand-powered siphon
pumps would be fine.
--R
On 9/12/12 10:55 AM, Randy Bennell wrote:
..Remove as much fuel as possible. The
strainer is at
Uh, no. Sparks and such from the sucker (if electric-powered) might
not play nice with diesel fuel. One of those cheap hand-powered
siphon pumps would be fine.
AC vacuum pumps (Robinaire, etc.) don't spark. Actual piston/diapragm
vacum pumps don't spark. Only a shop-vac vacuum source
Diesel, garlic, what's the difference:)
One repels blood-sucking parasites. The other repels vampires!
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There are a coupla white ones listed too
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On 9/12/12 11:16 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
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Vampirettes?
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Diesel, garlic, what's the difference:)
One repels blood-sucking parasites. The other repels vampires!
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For new and
The question regarded the $2 sucker, which is (at least for mine)
powered by a shop vac. The extraction fumes go through the vac, and
that would be a bit of concern, to me at least.But YMMV.
I recall my boss when I worked at the FBO summers, telling me about an
experience when he was
I would be very worried about using a shop vac..run car til almost out
of fuel first so what is left can be caught in a large drain pan when you
pull off the hose. It is still running and doesn't stumble at highway
speed so I am betting the fuel strainer will let all of the fuel out when
you
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:15:46 -0400 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com
wrote:
Another option is a long piece of fuel line into a can beside the car.
Unhook stock line, slip long one in its place and swap fuel cans as they
get full.
You can use a pair of vise-grips and a couple of washers (to
I don't think I would be too worried about the vacuum cleaner setting
off diesel fuel.
Gasoline, might make me more cautious.
Randy
On 12/09/2012 10:02 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Uh, no. Sparks and such from the sucker (if electric-powered) might
not play nice with diesel fuel. One of those
All this could very well just be a bad hose at the tank. Few people
change those, except the folks on this list. I have ended up
changing that on almost every MB I have owned somewhere around the
20-25 year old range. On #1 daughter's gasser, I paid rusty big
bucks for the OE hose to and
I will bow to more experienced folks. I don't have a $2 oil sucker or a
car that it would work on so I have not used one.
I have a $150 sucker that uses the air compressor to create a vaccum in
a tank that is then used to withdraw oil but it is for the boat.
Would not have to worry about it
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:46:48 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
wrote:
I don't think I would be too worried about the vacuum cleaner setting
off diesel fuel.
It's true one can put out a match in a container of diesel, but the
vacuum cleaner would be dealing with diesel vapors, which
That would work very well for the job. Diesel sure isn't going to hurt
that.
Mike
On Sep 12, 2012 12:56 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I will bow to more experienced folks. I don't have a $2 oil sucker or a
car that it would work on so I have not used one.
I have a $150 sucker
I bought a simple had crank pump from Ace Hardware a number of years back
that work well for this type of work. The suction tube has a screened
weight at the pickup end that drops into the tank, crank away. It will
syphon once it's going.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Craig
I will bow to more experienced folks. I don't have a $2 oil sucker
or a car that it would work on so I have not used one.
I have a $150 sucker that uses the air compressor to create a vaccum
in a tank that is then used to withdraw oil but it is for the boat.
Would not have to worry about it
Black/black; hafta let it go.
Wilton
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From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] who wanted a 96 SL?
There are a coupla white ones
Michael Canfield wrote:
Another option is a long piece of fuel line into a can beside
the car. Unhook stock line, slip long one in its place and
swap fuel cans as they get full.
Except if the strainer is plugged, it still won't empty the
tank. The fuel will stop running out when the level
Reminds me: In about '69, 'needed fuel one day to finish cutting grass in
yard; in too much of hurry; knew that fuel was high in tank in left quarter
panel of '65 Pontiac; easy to siphon; didn't need much; stuck small tube in
tank with gallon can ready; sucked lightly on tube by mouth to
What? You don't have a Mercedes at all?
Wilton
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From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: The Joy of Mercedes Repairs
I will bow to more
Well, what I have is a 115 and it is not really set up for the $2 oil
sucker change. I still have to crawl under to pull the filter so I just
pull the drain plug too.
Got a filter setup from a 123 from a good fellow on the list here but
have not got to swapping it in as yet. Maybe one day I
Invest in an electronic fuel pump from your local FLAPS. Low pressure cheap
one is good enough, a few feet of fuel hose, tap into the fuel delivery
hose from the tank where it comes out in engine bay. 12V pump will run on
your battery charger [you have one don't you?] plug it all together, put
the
IIRC Mythbusters sucked up a half gallon of gas into a shopvac, and
left it run for quite a while without any boom.
Diesel, being harder to ignite due to the vapor pressure difference,
should at least be as safe.
Still gives me the heebie jeebies thinking about sucking that stuff up though...
Porches?
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh lord, won't you buy my Mercedes Benz :)
My friends all drive porches, I must make amends
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Sprang? I think you mean sprung.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Today I ordered four glow plugs and a primer pump from Rusty. While I wait
for those I'll look for fuel line leaks under my car. This reminds me that a
steel fuel line sprang a
Remember - if this works, since this was my idea I get at least 50
percent of the credit.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Dimitri Seretakis
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Thanks! Sounds like a dirty job!
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On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:14 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
It SPRANG a leak coupla years ago, but maybe it had SPRUNG a leak before.
;)
Wilton
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From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Removing glow plugs
If it works, how would I repay you? I'm tomato poor:)
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:08 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Remember - if this works, since this was my idea I get at least 50
percent of the credit.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Dimitri Seretakis
Maybe I'm developing a southern twang?
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:12 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
It SPRANG a leak coupla years ago, but maybe it had SPRUNG a leak before. ;)
Wilton
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To: Mercedes
Ugly design, must pass.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Black/black; hafta let it go.
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
IIRC Mythbusters sucked up a half gallon of gas into a
shopvac, and left it run for quite a while without any boom.
I personally know someone who used a car wash vacuum cleaner to
clean up a gasoline spill in the truck. It exploded. No one
was seriously injured, but the
I was on the fence over which to use. I chose sprang. Grammar was
never my forte! Now I know.
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:07 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
wrote:
Sprang? I think you mean sprung.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Dimitri Seretakis
Actually, in the context of this Discussion Group sproing is also correct.
I grow tomatoes, you harvest lobsters. Even trade.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Maybe I'm developing a southern twang?
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:12
I was trying to tell you, You got it right. It SPRANG in the past, but it
HAD SPRUNG before that.
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Re:
Prefer Lindt Sprungli to any of them.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Removing glow plugs for
Well thanks. Guess I'm not an illiterate fool after all!
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On Sep 12, 2012, at 5:28 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
I was trying to tell you, You got it right. It SPRANG in the past, but it
HAD SPRUNG before that.
Wilton
- Original Message - From: Dimitri
I have a suction kit I made with a boat squeezebulb primer and 2 lengths of
hose, works sweet, dip one end in the fuel, one end in the can, squeeze the
bulb a couple times, wait for the suction to do its thing.
They sell one as a set at Tractor Supply but its not as good because my model
has
I was trying to tell you, You got it right. It SPRANG in the
past, but it HAD SPRUNG before that.
Wilton
Spring, Sprang, Sprung
Sproing was the sound the spring made when it sprung from the spring
perch on my rusty 210. Fortunately, the spring was not sprung. I
sprang out of my seat
Well the junk sale has some tektronics T 922 oscilloscopes for sale
at $20. Seems like a deal, but for the few times I think one would
be handy, I am not sure it is worth the time and space it would take
up. I'd probably have to spend $40 or more for some leads. What do
you all think of
Who is it that's into old printing presses? They will enjoy this article:
http://printmag.com/Article/Death-of-a-Pressman
Dan
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Dieselhead wrote:
Well the junk sale has some tektronics T 922 oscilloscopes for
sale at $20. Seems like a deal, but for the few times I think
one would be handy, I am not sure it is worth the time and
space it would take up. I'd probably have to spend $40 or
more for some leads. What do
It SPRANG from the spring perch on my rusty 210.
Wilton
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From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Removing glow plugs for compression test
I was trying
Cheap enough. What does one of those things weigh? Where do you live?
--R
On 9/12/12 9:18 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Well the junk sale has some tektronics T 922 oscilloscopes for sale at
$20. Seems like a deal, but for the few times I think one would be
handy, I am not sure it is worth the
What's funny is the tent in the back yard. You had to do that?
Gerry
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
What's funny? It's right on - BTDT! I have found that rubbing fresh
parsely helps the remove the Diesel smell - if that's something you'd want
to do :-)
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Gerry
No mention was made of bedding the brakes in?
Recently put some ATE ceramics pads on the rear with new rotors,
instructions for bedding in brakes where very specific and lenghty,
typical German style.
Hendrik
who took the car for a trash around the block to get some heat in the brakes
On
Well, it was threatened anyway --- My clothes did stay in the backyard
through a few rain storms before they found their way to the laundramat -
they were not welcome in the wife's machine.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
What's funny is the tent in
A friend of mine nearly died from inhaling diesel fuel into his lungs.
Apparently there is no way for the doctors to clean it out of your lungs
and the algae and bacteria the diesel contains are the actual risk rather
than the fuel so his doctor told him. Doc said as far as he knew no one
who
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