Sorry Roger, Chairman Mao beat you by 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Anyway enjoy all the car care products Santa will leave in the boot of
the C300.
Hendrik
who needs to help Santa finish wrapping a couple of things
On 24/12/12 15:51, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Just a warning: most body shops deal with collision and paint. They usually
don't know or care to know how to repair rust correctly.
You need to find someone that specializes in rust repair or restoration.
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On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:10 AM, r...@rhonald.me wrote:
Mitch, I only
Ok, D, that is good info. I have the guy I would use, and he is a
specialist; but for the e-bay buyer protection and consumer protection
agencies they need at least two estimates.
Thanks
R
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So seeing as how my 240D is down for the count can I swap the alternator into
my 190D?
I'd have to swap the pulley of course but at a casual glance the wiring appears
to be the same...
-Curt
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Mountain Man, thanks for the link. Awesome!
R
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From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
Date: Sun, December 23, 2012 10:09 pm
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Dan, I will find out this week. I was told by someone that using Bondo
was not correct.
R
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need Good Body Shop Recommendation in Northern VA-DC
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From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
Date: Sun, December 23, 2012 11:13 am
To: Mercedes
So seeing as how my 240D is down for the count can I swap the
alternator into my 190D?
I'd have to swap the pulley of course but at a casual glance the
wiring appears to be the same...
-Curt
As long as the plug on the back is the same, and you can get the
right pulley on it, yes. That
Very true. A competent professional will use very little, if any, bondo or
filler. In most cases they use it to simply clean up a line, not to build up a
damaged area. If they are replacing metal, there should be no bondo on the new
metal.
I had the jack points rebuilt on my former 1979
Bondo and duct tape are the glues of civilization.
--R
On 12/24/2012 8:56 AM, r...@rhonald.me wrote:
Dan, I will find out this week. I was told by someone that using Bondo
was not correct.
R
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I know somebody on here has some experience with Volvo diesels...
With my 240D down for the count one of my options is to buy a new car. I seem
to do reasonably well with $1500 cars if I plan to keep them in the 30-40,000
mile range.
I found:
I don't have any direct experience, but I did a lot of research on them before
I bought my first MB, a 1979 300TD
Swedish Bricks http://www.swedishbricks.net/ is a really good forum for Volvo
owners if you're looking to get the skinny on these cars. The only significant
issues I recall
What Dan says.
Also, Bondo is not waterproof and will allow the underlying metal to rust. I
use All Metal instead of Bondo-like stuff.
My $0.02 worth
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I know somebody on here has some experience with Volvo diesels...
Not diesel, but I enjoyed my '92 940 - it was comfortable and easy to
repair. Interior/exterior was pretty good, and mine had been rolled by the
PO!
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:37:33 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
With my 240D down for the count one of my options is to buy a new car.
So, what's wrong with your 240D that cannot be fixed?
If you put the amount of money into it that it will take to buy a new
car, will it be
A 740TD turbo is a nice car -- 31 mpg on the highway 29 in town,
wonderful to drive, dead reliable (although mine has been out of the
count for a while, fuel problems).
Weak points are the injection pump (Bosch distributor single piston
type) that does NOT like ultra-low sulfur fuel (use
You would have never been treated badly by jabba?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
I don't have any direct experience, but I did a lot of research on them
before I bought my first MB, a 1979 300TD
Swedish Bricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSgnWYlUtj4feature=youtu.be
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That is pretty cool.
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http://www.kidston.com/kidston-news-item/152/Driving-The-Worlds-Most-Valuable-Car:-The-Mercedes-Benz-300SLR-'Uhlenhaut'-Coupe
RLE
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The block heater was just for insurance, there was some anti-freeze in the
system and it wasn't all that cold. I didn't want to wait up for the car to
cool off, I was beat after our adventure.
I'm assuming that the lack of power and the valve clatter are both signs of a
failed headgasket...
Its a vw, so beware the timing belt. If it was changed on time, it
is about due for another. Can the PO show you a receipt for the last
timing belt? Otherwise, change it soon. Failure means trashed
valves and possibly head.
Also has the vw single plunger IP, nowhere near as reliable as
The block heater was just for insurance, there was some anti-freeze
in the system and it wasn't all that cold. I didn't want to wait up
for the car to cool off, I was beat after our adventure.
I'm assuming that the lack of power and the valve clatter are both
signs of a failed headgasket...
Iron butt saturday (another 1000+ miles in one day)
Benzin 2.89 to 3.19 most around 2.95 to 2.98. That was a welcome
relief from the last year. Highest prices nearest the LA (Loosianna,
not lalaland) refineries
Diesel 3.59 to 4.05 Mostly 3.69 to 3.79
HOT today! Feels like over 80,
Does anybody know of a program (prefer free) that will test all
the hardware in a PC? Memory, MB etc? I got a laptop that will
randomly shut off with no warning. Not sure if its a memory
problem, getting too hot or something else.
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Fuzz in the fan?
Brand and type of laptop?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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Does anybody know of a program (prefer free) that will test all the
hardware in a PC? Memory, MB etc? I got a laptop that will
randomly shut off with no warning. Not sure if its a memory
problem, getting too hot or something else.
memtest will test memory
the mfgr may have a diagnostic
Thats what I thought, I have the cover off now, blew the fan out.
Running memtest on it now and it will shut down while that is
running. Its a Lenovo.
On 12/24/2012 4:04 PM, Frederick Moir wrote:
Kaleb.
Fuzz in the fan?
Brand and type of laptop?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
Yes, thats what I am running, and it always shuts off before it
finished. May swap ram and see what happens.
On 12/24/2012 4:22 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Does anybody know of a program (prefer free) that will test all
the hardware in a PC? Memory, MB etc? I got a laptop that will
randomly shut
Grndson's '85 Bimmer 318i speedo doesn't work. Anybody know good tips site for
it, or do we have a resident expert right here amongst us?
Wilton
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:25:12 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
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Yes, thats what I am running, and it always shuts off before it
finished. May swap ram and see what happens.
memtest will test memory
the mfgr may have a diagnostic or at least a temp monitor
available.
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Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volvo diesel?
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
wrote:
I know somebody on here has some
I have a friend that eats, breathes, and sleeps BMW. I will contact him.
Rick
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 4:32 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Grndson's '85 Bimmer 318i speedo doesn't work. Anybody know good tips site
for it, or do we have a resident expert right here
Download a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD. We use this at work all of the time.
Lots of good diagnostics on it.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Dan
On Dec 24, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Does anybody know of a program (prefer free) that will test all the hardware
in a PC?
...Sorry Roger, Chairman Mao beat you by 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Anyway enjoy all the car care products Santa will leave in the boot of
the C300
Fine with me. Coincidentally, I received a $100 gift certificate from
Griots's for Christmas and don't need anything right now so I think I'll
On Dec 24, 2012, at 4:32 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Grndson's '85 Bimmer 318i speedo doesn't work.
Speedo or just the odometer?
Rick
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 5:21 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Kneeling on the concrete floor is no(t) working for me.
Welcome to maturity.
Rick
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..I seem to recall reading that Volvo used Audi diesel engines and that
the
engines tended to be troublesome.
Gerry
VW truck engines, i do believe. Very noisy. Audi diesels are inline 4s or
V-6s which are now very good.
Some friends have a new Porsche Cayenne diesel which uses the Audi
I will check, or download a program to monitor it. What is a good temp range?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:25:12 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Yes, thats what I am running, and it always
Ok thanks will give it a shot
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Download a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD. We use this at work all of the
time. Lots of good diagnostics on it.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Dan
On Dec 24, 2012, at
Yes, thats what I am running, and it always shuts off before it
finished. May swap ram and see what happens.
That sounds like an indication to me! You might try reseating the
mem or try other memory. Memtest is slow as molasses, and may take
longer than the battery will last, but if the
On Dec 24, 2012, at 4:32 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Grndson's '85 Bimmer 318i speedo doesn't work.
Speedo or just the odometer?
Rick
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If it is the Odo, there is a guy who sells the gear sets on fleabay.
I posted his fleabay ID about a year ago, regarding the
I have a widget that sits on the desktop that tells me how hard the CPU
is working, as well as how much RAM is being used and if it goes into
swap. Right now the CPU is sitting on 1% and goes to 6% as I type, RAM
is at 34% and swap is 0%.
My guess would be flaky motherboard, all the problems I
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:33:35 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I will check, or download a program to monitor it. What is a good temp
range?
The lower the better. 50 deg.C is OK, 70 deg.C is not.
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VW Diesels actually. I think after owning a Mercedes Diesel to will be
disappointed in the Volvo. I like the Volvo 240 gassers a lot but not the
Diesels. 740 is a lot nicer.
Mike
On Dec 24, 2012 6:01 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
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If you were having temperature problems they wouldn't show up like that. You
have a problem with memory, I'm betting.
I've said this before, but I was amazed when I started getting into servers and
desktops more how many times faulty memory can cause problems
Got any memory you can swap
Kneeling does me in, too. When I have to work on a server at work that's below
about section 22/24 in a rack I get a step stool to sit on. If I don't my
right knee will remind me what I had been doing for a day or two afterwards.
I was amazed that the two or so hours I spent on a creeper the
Kaleb wrote:
Does anybody know of a program (prefer free) that will test
all the hardware in a PC? Memory, MB etc? I got a laptop
that will randomly shut off with no warning. Not sure if
its a memory problem, getting too hot or something else.
Dan Penoff wrote:
Download a copy
I found it most helpful when I was working out in the schools and some kid
would bugger up the admin account trying to get into the machine. It has a
very good DOS based utility for resetting the default Admin account in Windows.
Some of the hard drive utilities are a little dated, but still
..Kneeling does me in, too. When I have to work on a server at work
that's below about section 22/24 in a rack I get a step stool to sit on. If
I
don't my right knee will remind me what I had been doing for a day or two
afterwards.
Following the big knee injury, the right one is now
Surprisingly, when I started this job I did the stairs up and down several
times a day (four floors w/two flights each). That gave me heck with right knee
after a few days.
I can walk all day and cycle, but anything that puts stress on the right knee
seems to make it unhappy.
Growing old can
Hendrik,
How Christmas shaping up so far?
Just wanted to get an idea of what to expect.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas!
Dan
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Son said entire unit is inop. I asked about cable; he doesn't know. Is it
mechanical much like my now deceased '80 240D?
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 6:24 PM
If you have bad knees (like I do) but are not ready for replacement surgery,
injections of synthetic synovial fluid in the knees can really help. I had
a series of 3 shots (one each week for 3 weeks) in both knees in June this
year. It allowed me to stop the Aleve I had been taking twice a day.
It's just got one 2 gig stick in there, I will pull one out of another computer
and see what happens
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
If you were having temperature problems they wouldn't show up like that. You
have a problem with memory,
Clean the socket/contacts with de-oxit while you're swpaing the memory
bad connection account for a LOT of computer hardware problems.
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
It's just got one 2 gig stick in there, I will pull one out of another
Makes one long for the days when life was (just) a pain in the ass!
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 19:53, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Surprisingly, when I started this job I did the stairs up and down several
times a
If I don't stress the right knee it's fine for daily use - no pain, no
complaints. It's when I do any heavy lifting to repetitive motion, like
climbing up stairs a lot that it bothers me.
Thanks,
Dan
On Dec 24, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote:
If you have bad knees (like I do) but
+1 on the de-oxit!
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Clean the socket/contacts with de-oxit while you're swpaing the memory
Which model Lenovo? Which GPU (Intel or ATI)? Some surface mount GPUs fail
eventually on some models caused by MoBo flexing. This will show those
symptoms.
Greg
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Striplin
Sent: Monday,
These are x100e with amd processor. They are field rep computers that are
carried around from car to car on a car lot
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
Which model Lenovo? Which GPU (Intel or ATI)? Some surface mount GPUs fail
Well here the Sun is shining and a lovely 22 degrees C, son is pretty
excited but daughter is being a teenage grinch.
Family is starting to drop in and I am thinking about cranking the BBQ
and obviously need a beer whilst working the hotplate, it's the usual
stuff really.
Santa left me a new
I'm not familiar with that model, but you can test for this type of failure
by pressing on the palmrest where the GPU is located. This should tell you
whether the PU is making intermittent contact. I would think that Lenovo
had corrected this engineering problem by the time the x100e had come
My gl has everything including the backup camera
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Hendrik and fay heni...@gmail.com wrote:
Well here the Sun is shining and a lovely 22 degrees C, son is pretty excited
but daughter is being a teenage grinch.
Family is starting to drop in and
What is the GPU? You talking about the processor?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
I'm not familiar with that model, but you can test for this type of failure
by pressing on the palmrest where the GPU is located. This should tell
Graphics Processing Unit...I guess some now have it all in the CPU?
Greg
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Striplin
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 7:09 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] hardware testing
What
GPU = Graphics Processor Unit.
In other words, the processor that runs the display. It's a separate processor
(from the main processor) in most laptops and desktops.
Dan
On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:08 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
What is the GPU? You talking about the processor?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 7:01 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Son said entire unit is inop. I asked about cable; he doesn't know. Is it
mechanical much like my now deceased '80 240D?
From my BMW affectionado Pete;
Odometers go out more often
On Dec 24, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
I was amazed that the two or so hours I spent on a creeper the other night
while replacing the transmission cooler lines on the eldest's 300E didn't
seem to affect me that much. I was expecting to be in marginal shape the
next
What model Lenovo is this? I might have some known good memory I could
ship for a respectable price.
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 Max (159,xxx mi)
On 12/24/2012 7:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
It's just got one 2 gig stick in there, I will pull one out of another computer
2nd Ultimate Boot. It rocks.
Kaleb, look for a hardware stress test program. I've used
http://www.inquisitor.ru/about/
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 Max (159,xxx mi)
On 12/24/2012 5:20 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Download a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD. We use this at work all
I've got 2 1GB sticks of known good memory that will work for the x100e.
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 Max (159,xxx mi)
On 12/24/2012 8:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
These are x100e with amd processor. They are field rep computers that are
carried around from car to car on a
When you boot up the lappy do you feel any air coming from the exhaust port?
If not then the fan is clog.
I replaced the fan in a HP lappy with the same processor a few weeks ago.
Unit would power up then shut down after a min or two. Out came the
canned air. Blew out the
fan intake ans exhaust.
Ok got ya
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
Graphics Processing Unit...I guess some now have it all in the CPU?
Greg
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X100e. While we are on the topic, I got another one of these, runs fine, but
when you pull the charger it immediately turns off, it does not appear to be
seeing the battery. Wonder what that could be?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 9:36 PM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote:
I have that other machine that does not see the battery that I can pull out of.
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote:
I've got 2 1GB sticks of known good memory that will work for the x100e.
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320
I blew out th fan, it's turning and blowing good.
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:10 PM, Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net wrote:
When you boot up the lappy do you feel any air coming from the exhaust port?
If not then the fan is clog.
I replaced the fan in a HP lappy with the
A bad battery, or more likely in a Powerbook or Macbook, a damaged DC
in board. Works fine on the charger, but will not charge the battery,
so the battery is too low all the time to power the computer.
Peter
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Bad battery. Seems to be a common problem with the chineeBMs
X100e. While we are on the topic, I got another one of these, runs
fine, but when you pull the charger it immediately turns off, it
does not appear to be seeing the battery. Wonder what that could be?
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IME sometimes a bad battery can prevent a laptop from working properly.
Greg
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