If it can't pick up a GPS signal, the all-new S-Class can
actually determine where it is based in part on the sun's
position in the sky. Now that's a bright idea.
Learn more in our S-Class app: http://shout.lt/h1hs
--R
OK, I saw the key two words the second time I read it - in part. Sun can
give you only ONE line of positions (LOP) - a huge circle on the earth; ya
gotta know about where ya are for this info to be any good, i. e. - dead
reckoning (RD), for example - projecting info from last known position to
Well, I MEANT dead reckoning (DR). It really comes from deduction
reckoning and should be ded reckoning, but everybody calls it dead,
and, of course, it nearly is with all of the equipment these days carrying a
running fix. ;)
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: WILTON
'Can't get site to open. 'Wonder if I can find the app?
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 10:27 AM
Subject: [MBZ] I think I need this
If it
WILTON wrote:
OK, I saw the key two words the second time I read it - in part. Sun
can give you only ONE line of positions (LOP) - a huge circle on the
earth; ya gotta know about where ya are for this info to be any good, i.
e. - dead reckoning (RD), for example - projecting info from last
Just downloaded sun surveyor lite (free), one of 22 apps -others up to $20,
etc. Shows position of sun based on PP (present position). Easy for it to
do inverse based on possible position - info since last fix (known
position).
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: WILTON
Yes.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I think I need this
WILTON wrote:
OK, I saw the key two words the second time I read it - in part. Sun
We are considering options for heating/cooling at least part of our 700 sq.
ft. guest house. It's now heated by an open flame propane heater, and
cooled by a small window unit A/C.
The current units are in/on the west side, the living/dining area. They
don't do a good job of heating/cooling the
OK Don wrote:
We are considering options for heating/cooling at least part of our 700 sq.
ft. guest house. It's now heated by an open flame propane heater, and
cooled by a small window unit A/C.
The current units are in/on the west side, the living/dining area. They
don't do a good job of
Through-the-wall heat pump with electric backup/emer heat.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:43 AM
Subject: [MBZ] OT - window/wall heat pumps
We are considering options for
I agree with Mitch. I put in a 4-unit mini-split heat pump/AC system in
my addition, my HVAC guy is supposed to be coming sometime this week to
get the lines connected and leak tested, and when I get the new power
line run I can power it up. Mine is a 36k BTU outdoor unit with 2-9k
and 2-12k
Cooled air is heavy, so AC unit should be mounted as high as possible. High
discharge of cold air will disperse across the area and displace warm air
as it falls to the floor. The warm air will be vented by the return air for
the AC unit. Your system effective cooling will be more satisfactory.
Cooled air is heavy, so AC unit should be mounted as high as possible.
But if it also heats then the opposite is true. I suggest a ceiling
fan, which will take care of wrong-sex air. A low-mount wall pump would
be more aesthetic, heat would be good as-is, and a ceiling fan, even on
its own,
Rich Thomas wrote:
I ran a calculation on the new addition (required to
get my permits) that came up with an 18k load on the hottest/coldest day
If your manual J calc (a conservative calculation) came up with 18k, why did you
install 36k? Seems like an outside unit that can put out 18-24k at
Thanks to all for answers to my windshield condensation question.
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Now for another, more serious situation - the A/C in my '91 300D is not
holding a charge very long. I had it filled last year and it lasted all
season but
Jaime wrote:
It's possible the gauge is actually a fancy idiot light. That
is, it stays in the middle after normal operating temperature is
reached and doesn't increase anymore until some defined too hot
point is reached.
Modern cars are funny like that.
Wow. The disadvantages of a
Larry,
The W140 chassis cars were also plagued with the dreaded evaporator leaks as
well.
I believe that Tarek, the former owner of my S500, had leak sealer used by his
mechanic to seal up the system on the S500. I know Tarek is around but not sure
if he can shed any light on this.
Suffice
I like to have some margin. Plus the way these things are set up for 4
head units you can get a smaller outdoor unit. And the space is such
that I think having the 2 big units for the loft (which is open to the
kitchen below) and the kitchen, where I am going to put a big cooktop
in, ovens
Put in a small can of UV dye and get a UV light and the yellow glasses,
and see if you can see any apparent leaks around all the fittings and
stuff that is visible.
--R
On 6/30/13 2:27 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Larry,
The W140 chassis cars were also plagued with the dreaded evaporator leaks
CAN'T
--R
On 6/30/13 3:25 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
I like to have some margin. Plus the way these things are set up for
4 head units you can get a smaller outdoor unit. And the space is
such that I think having the 2 big units for the loft (which is open
to the kitchen below) and the
There are lots of things that can leak on that system besides the
evaporator (which is the part inside the dash). Have some do a proper
leak check with dye and see what they find.
Changing the evaporator is a 16 hour job by the service book, and it
took me longer the first time. If you
Just sent you write-up of evapectomy on my '87 300D in Jun '08.
I think stealer wanted $2600 (may have been $2300) or so to do it. I'll try
to find it in archives. My local A/C guy wouldn't do it. Parts, including
evaporator, expansion valve, dryer, hoses, vac actuators/modules, (probably
Well, I tried to send it, anyway, to 102tur...@comcast.net
Got undeliverable msg - Not our customer.
WT etc?
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 AC
WILTON wrote:
Well, I tried to send it, anyway, to 102tur...@comcast.net
Got undeliverable msg - Not our customer.
WT etc?
Wilton
- Original Message - From: Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net
You must have typed instead of cut and paste.
That's el zero two turner, not one zero 2 turner.
Yep. Thnks. ;)
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 AC Problem -- '91 300D 2.5T
WILTON wrote:
Well, I tried to send it, anyway, to
Yep; little el works better. Thnks.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 AC Problem -- '91 300D 2.5T
Yep. Thnks. ;)
Wilton
- Original
Can also read running commentary from me and others daily (and many times
daily) during my evapectomy in archives starting about 1 Jun '08.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 4:20
I rec'd it so you either figured out the problem or the error note you
rec'd was incorrect (which happens)
usually people use a numeric 1 for the 1st letter when it is actually a L.
Wow! Over $2k! that means I do it myself or it won't get done. When
did they find a fix? I could get a 95-98
Wilton,
re the thread -- great idea to review those emails -- i'll go through
them and save the ones of value to a newbie to evapectomy's.
;-)
Larry
On 6/30/2013 4:59 PM, WILTON wrote:
Can also read running commentary from me and others daily (and many
times daily) during my evapectomy in
Larry T wrote:
Wow! Over $2k! that means I do it myself or it won't get done. When
did they find a fix? I could get a 95-98 300D and be better off with
new (er) technology...
Yes, I think it's cheaper when the front springs fall off your W210 than when
your freon leaks out of your W124.
Did we decide that the paint on the new discs gets to stay on or should
come off? The 42-0220 instructions say, Replacement brake discs are
protected against corrosion with nitro-cellulose paint. For this reason
the corrosion protection on these discs must be removed and the discs
degreased
I did mine yesterday morning and went right out and bedded the pads (sure the
locals liked me doing 60 mph down our streets.) Stuff came right off with no
indication that it gummed up the pads.
For that matter, bits of it came off just from handling the rotors during
installation. It wasn't
Hide in the crowd, eh?
This picture was taken with a camera 70,000 x 30,000 pixels.
Place the cursor anywhere in the multitude and left double click a couple
times. It will
Please do a proper and complete leak leak before getting into it - make sure
ya really hafta do it. ;)
It is NO SMALL matter. Well, it is LOTSA small stuff/steps, but it's no
small project.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Yes - a ceiling fan is part of the equation - mixes all that air together
and provides surface cooling on the skin.
Lowes has a cheap window AC/Heat pump/elect. strip heat unit for $435 now
that is big enough - might try it.
This was stitched together from photos taken over a 15 minute period. It
is not one big picture from one big camera, it is a bunch of pics put
together to seem like one shot. There are a ton of errors where they
stitched them together if you zoom in and look for them. Parts of people
missing,
Since acetone didn't tough it, try B12 Chemtool, or charcoal lighter fluid,
etc. Some solvent will get it
Or grind it off with the pads :-)
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
I did mine yesterday morning and went right out and bedded the pads (sure
the
Um... no.
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
If it can't pick up a GPS signal, the all-new S-Class can
actually determine where it is based in part on the sun's
position in the sky. Now that's a bright idea.
Did you make this up or did they really write that somewhere?!
Jaime
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
If it can't pick up a GPS signal, the all-new S-Class can
actually determine where it is based in part on the
Nitrocellulose paint?? Should burn nicely. Hit it with a blowtorch?
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
Did we decide that the paint on the new discs gets to stay on or should
come off? The 42-0220 instructions say, Replacement brake discs are
protected against
Is there anyone on the list with MS Outlook Email who is having the same
problem I'm having attaching files to Email notes? This was not a problem in
Hotmail. It seems to work periodically but not consistently and there appear
to be numerous complaints on the I-net about this and MS doesn't
If it's nitrocelluose (or celluose acetate) lacquer thinner is the
solvent you need.
Peter
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Did you mean to say heat pump? Looks like a window AC with a built in
cheap electric heater to me. Or is that what you want?
Mike
On Jun 30, 2013 6:44 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes - a ceiling fan is part of the equation - mixes all that air together
and provides surface cooling on
Michael Canfield wrote:
Did you mean to say heat pump? Looks like a window AC with a built in
cheap electric heater to me. Or is that what you want?
It does look that way, doesn't it?
If it is just an A/C with strip heater, I'd much rather have this:
It states on the box (which you can't see on the web site) that it's a heat
pump, and on the FAQs there are a couple of answers stating that it both
reverses as a heat pump, and has a 3500W strip for below freezing temps.
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Michael Canfield
I don't know if this link will work for you, but all these are stitched
together from several photos. Some are 360 degree panoramas. The
size/resolution is limited on-line, but the original composit images are
quite large and you can zoom in on some fine detail. I have some 7 and 8
foot long
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:32:20 -0400 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
Hide in the crowd, eh?
Well, there is one guy towards the back where the crowd starts to thin
out, to the lower right of the left Richards St. sign, that is dressed in
white which covers all of him except for a pair
It's hockey, maybe there weren't enough fights on the rink - the fans had
to improvise
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
BEFORE THE RIOT???
http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigapan-canucks-g7.html
Craig
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OK Don
2013 F150, 19 mpg
2012 Passat
Thanks Wilton (and others) -- I will definitely do as suggested and have
a full leak test done to be sure the problem is actually behind the
dash. A couple of years ago my technician found a loose Schraeder
valve was the cause of my loss of Freon. That was a easy problem to
find and just
If you pull the car apart, make sure to replace the AC pods, they fail
and some you have to pull the dash to replace.
Hendrik
who has a failed pod under the dash
On 01/07/13 10:00, Larry T wrote:
Thanks Wilton (and others) -- I will definitely do as suggested and
have a full leak test done to
How old is that MB advice?
New rotors should come with instructions, follow them, not a 20 year old
instruction.
Hendrik
who has not remove anti corrosion stuff for a while
On 01/07/13 08:36, Peter Frederick wrote:
If it's nitrocelluose (or celluose acetate) lacquer thinner is the
solvent
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote:
If you pull the car apart, make sure to replace the AC pods, they fail and
some you have to pull the dash to replace.
Yup. I bet there's no 124 out there that doesn't have at least one leaky
pod, except Wilton's and
http://www.ate-brakes.com/generator/www/com/en/ate/ate/themes/10_products/10_friction-parts/10_brake-discs/download/service_info_en.pdf
On 01/07/13 08:36, Peter Frederick wrote:
If it's nitrocelluose (or celluose acetate) lacquer thinner is the
solvent you need.
Peter
Don't know if files will work the same, but I put pictures in Picasa and
click the email button. The email form comes up and the jpg line is on the
bottom of the header. Then I paste the note over from OE or simply type it
on the bottom of the Picasa email. Picasa is available from Google.
If the ALDA was not shimmed properly I suppose there could be too much
fuel? But timing would also be suspect.
On Saturday, June 29, 2013, OK Don wrote:
Since this problem started with the installation of another IP, and
persists with a second IP, I would be very suspicious of the installer -
On Jun 30, 2013, at 7:03 PM, G. M. Brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote:
Is there anyone on the list with MS Outlook Email who is having the same
problem I'm having attaching files to Email notes?
In general, or to this list? I'm usually using my phone for email, but I will
be more than happy
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