[MBZ] my kinda car
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I agree on both points. You say 1-2 business days. Is that with standard shipping? How do you accomplish this without using overnight delivery or priority which may be prohibitively expensive? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: two things in life often don't work out well: 1. rushing 2. cheaping out when you do either it generally ends up taking longer and costing more money, but we have moved to a society that values fast and cheap above all. in this case, we learn about rushing. you can't rush anymore as there is a lot of outright crap being sold as people enjoy making 500% margins while offering the lowest price at the same time. (in fact,THIS is the only road to success today, but that is a topic for another time). one simply cannot rush today and expect it to work out with any consistency. and there often isn't even that much of a delay as parts are often delivered in one or two business days. cheaping out is similarly problematic. penoff sent me a customer recently who wanted a deal on a water pump on a W115 300D. i told him that rather than search for a low price on the standard geba pump all the front end sites push, he ought to buy a hepu as those are MUCH better in this application than the mediocre geba and that i'd sell him one for like 10 bucks more than a geba. a few days later he emails to solicit advise as he is having fitment problems with the geba he bought from the low bidder. what did he save by cheaping out? the bottom line is that going and buying a pile of garbage at autohausAZ is not really the best value, sort of like buying shoes at walmart. sometimes it works out but often it does not someone was shocked today to learn that the bucket hat i wear all the time (yeah, i'm a fashion icon) cost over 60 bucks in a world where walmart and the flea market sell bucket hats for under 10 dollars all day long. i didn't care to explain it and just said man, did i get taken! but the reality is that it is hemp watership that has been worn pretty much daily by me for 4 years. it has been washed hundreds of times. it will probably last several years more and odds are the i will lose it before i wear it out. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 6:33 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: I finally finished the complete front brake job on the 240D today, but...it's still not braking quite right. On the highway, with hard braking, I get a pulsation. There is also quite a bit of squealing. Here's what I did good and bad: Good: I used genuine MB flexible hoses, grease seals, bearing grease, left front bearing set, left front steel brake line. I used scale to measure grease and dial indicator to set bearings. Bad: I used remanufactured calipers, duralast pads and duralast rotors. I did this in the interest of time. I should have been more patient and ordered the good stuff from Gary! I also did not torque the lug nuts but I did use the wimpy factory lug wrench which can't realistically apply too much torque. I also didn't step on it to tighten! I've never had an issue with this approach so I doubt that I warped the rotors but you never know. What could be going on? Literally everything was replaced! Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
Autohausaz gives free shipping for all orders over $50. They do offer some OEM parts but they offer no guidance. Not all OEM parts are equal. I don't always know which to pick. That's why I liked Rusty. He would answer all my questions and concerns and give me the best when I asked. He would also match AZ prices. I haven't ordered from Gary as of yet, but I anticipate the same level of service. This level of service cannot be accomplished by AZ. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Silly questions, that I would've asked off-list, but are pertinent to all I suppose. One, do you ship from a parts supplier nearest your customer if you can? Do you offer free shipping on orders over xxx dollars? Do you provide a tracking number? Do you provide an email invoice with orders? Thanks, Rick Unlike the baseless accusations made on this list, autohaus az does all that, except I am not sure about free shipping over X dollars. That was a perk offered by Rusty. OEM parts are available from autohaus az if you ask for them. NO problems so far. Since Q is no more, we are on our own, and I use several sources like I used to. FLAPS is good for some things, as Curt can attest. Dealers advertising in the Star for OE parts. AZ for the rest. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models. That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career. The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see 100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c: From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: Off with his head! On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit that thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway if you use only premium. No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory specs are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the fast end. It's actually a pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top speed is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you can push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you do (as in a couple runs). Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
it would be by shipping from a warehouse near you. generally, unless the item is heavy or rare, you are no more than 3 business days away as i will ship most of my cross country stuff on fedex 3 day as it isn't really much more than fedex ground unless heavy. but this also depends on where you live. if you live near large population centers, i usually have a number of warehouses nearby to ship from. if you live in wyoming, not so much but it also depends on what is where. a lot of warehouses have no abandoned OEM parts for all URO all the time as customers seem to just want cheaper and they make more money selling URO anyway. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:20 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree on both points. You say 1-2 business days. Is that with standard shipping? How do you accomplish this without using overnight delivery or priority which may be prohibitively expensive? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: two things in life often don't work out well: 1. rushing 2. cheaping out when you do either it generally ends up taking longer and costing more money, but we have moved to a society that values fast and cheap above all. in this case, we learn about rushing. you can't rush anymore as there is a lot of outright crap being sold as people enjoy making 500% margins while offering the lowest price at the same time. (in fact,THIS is the only road to success today, but that is a topic for another time). one simply cannot rush today and expect it to work out with any consistency. and there often isn't even that much of a delay as parts are often delivered in one or two business days. cheaping out is similarly problematic. penoff sent me a customer recently who wanted a deal on a water pump on a W115 300D. i told him that rather than search for a low price on the standard geba pump all the front end sites push, he ought to buy a hepu as those are MUCH better in this application than the mediocre geba and that i'd sell him one for like 10 bucks more than a geba. a few days later he emails to solicit advise as he is having fitment problems with the geba he bought from the low bidder. what did he save by cheaping out? the bottom line is that going and buying a pile of garbage at autohausAZ is not really the best value, sort of like buying shoes at walmart. sometimes it works out but often it does not someone was shocked today to learn that the bucket hat i wear all the time (yeah, i'm a fashion icon) cost over 60 bucks in a world where walmart and the flea market sell bucket hats for under 10 dollars all day long. i didn't care to explain it and just said man, did i get taken! but the reality is that it is hemp watership that has been worn pretty much daily by me for 4 years. it has been washed hundreds of times. it will probably last several years more and odds are the i will lose it before i wear it out. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 6:33 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: I finally finished the complete front brake job on the 240D today, but...it's still not braking quite right. On the highway, with hard braking, I get a pulsation. There is also quite a bit of squealing. Here's what I did good and bad: Good: I used genuine MB flexible hoses, grease seals, bearing grease, left front bearing set, left front steel brake line. I used scale to measure grease and dial indicator to set bearings. Bad: I used remanufactured calipers, duralast pads and duralast rotors. I did this in the interest of time. I should have been more patient and ordered the good stuff from Gary! I also did not torque the lug nuts but I did use the wimpy factory lug wrench which can't realistically apply too much torque. I also didn't step on it to tighten! I've never had an issue with this approach so I doubt that I warped the rotors but you never know. What could be going on? Literally everything was replaced! Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
they actually mostly don't offer OEM parts, which is at least part of how they achieve such fantastic prices. their catalogue is loaded up with chinese generic despite the general availability of the same part in OEM. getting back to the examples i cited recently: kaleb's front wheel bearings from AZ http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=2013300251 these are not OEM nor top quality. why not sell a OEM/quality brand such as SKF, FAG or even ruville? because those cost as much wholesale as these pex (the folks who bring you brake sensors. whatever might be in that box???) cost retail. this is an illusion of low prices, the same sort of thing you can find at walmart where there are genuine bargains in the aisles but mostly just chinese garbage of no value on the shelves. in fact, i'd say AZ's model is the most cynical of the walmart type and in the end will just load you up with garbage and not value. here is bill's expansion tank cap. http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=0005018215 a real one is made by blau and costs more than this chinese uro debacle. the price i pay for the uro is $8.38 on my screen from worldpac but i can probably negotiate that down to about 5 bucks. a huge outfit like AZ will be buying direct from uro and paying maybe 3 or 4 bucks for it. so it's a 4 or 5 fold markup and you've just been sold a POS. what have you accomplished here other than getting fleeced? but if i tell you that a real one costs 20 or 25 dollars, i am now expensive as AZ has the same thing for 15. only it's not the same thing! look at mike's AC compressor. http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=1021300615 like EVERYTHING at AZ, it's ON SALE. but is this chinese behr the unit to get? of the 3 widely distributed options, it is by far the worst choice but it is also the cheapest for AZ to buy, so it's the one they can sell most cheaply. i can't sell you a real one for that price, but 20% more, so i am expensive while offering all the value when it is a like item, i will sell it to you for 10% over AZ. i feel not ending up with a pile of crap is worth the premium. but it often or even mostly won't be a like item as AZ pushes the stuff i won't even sell On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:53 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Autohausaz gives free shipping for all orders over $50. They do offer some OEM parts but they offer no guidance. Not all OEM parts are equal. I don't always know which to pick. That's why I liked Rusty. He would answer all my questions and concerns and give me the best when I asked. He would also match AZ prices. I haven't ordered from Gary as of yet, but I anticipate the same level of service. This level of service cannot be accomplished by AZ. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Silly questions, that I would've asked off-list, but are pertinent to all I suppose. One, do you ship from a parts supplier nearest your customer if you can? Do you offer free shipping on orders over xxx dollars? Do you provide a tracking number? Do you provide an email invoice with orders? Thanks, Rick Unlike the baseless accusations made on this list, autohaus az does all that, except I am not sure about free shipping over X dollars. That was a perk offered by Rusty. OEM parts are available from autohaus az if you ask for them. NO problems so far. Since Q is no more, we are on our own, and I use several sources like I used to. FLAPS is good for some things, as Curt can attest. Dealers advertising in the Star for OE parts. AZ for the rest. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
sometimes it works out perfectly but all too often not. my ex wife used to boast about how some $7 pair of shoes were the best pair of shoes she ever had. great, but does this somehow mean $7 shoes are a good idea in general? some guys are ok with enduring multiple failures for the thrill of sometimes getting a bargain. i just want it right. i don't see the point in messing around with generic white box chinese stuff reboxed as pbr or ate: when i can have the real deal for roughly the same price. the china stuff might work super fine and dandy but why mess around with it when it so often doesn't? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I mostly agree, however I put PBR rotors on my '83 240D and it worked out perfectly for 25,000 miles. I forget the pads I used, I think ATE. I'm reasonably sure the rotors are less of a big deal than good pads. The fronts on my 190D are ceramic, I forget the manufacturer, Akebono apparently didn't have a listing. The rears irritate me with the occasional squealing even though they were the upgrade pads from CarQuest. I might buy some replacements... -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:22:52 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: CACioK3uCxD6SpbQCO=jnpymo2cqpgnrc+nszwwpdze1hvqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 two things in life often don't work out well: 1. rushing 2. cheaping out when you do either it generally ends up taking longer and costing more money, but we have moved to a society that values fast and cheap above all. in this case, we learn about rushing. you can't rush anymore as there is a lot of outright crap being sold as people enjoy making 500% margins while offering the lowest price at the same time. (in fact,THIS is the only road to success today, but that is a topic for another time). one simply cannot rush today and expect it to work out with any consistency. and there often isn't even that much of a delay as parts are often delivered in one or two business days. cheaping out is similarly problematic. penoff sent me a customer recently who wanted a deal on a water pump on a W115 300D. i told him that rather than search for a low price on the standard geba pump all the front end sites push, he ought to buy a hepu as those are MUCH better in this application than the mediocre geba and that i'd sell him one for like 10 bucks more than a geba. a few days later he emails to solicit advise as he is having fitment problems with the geba he bought from the low bidder. what did he save by cheaping out? the bottom line is that going and buying a pile of garbage at autohausAZ is not really the best value, sort of like buying shoes at walmart. sometimes it works out but often it does not someone was shocked today to learn that the bucket hat i wear all the time (yeah, i'm a fashion icon) cost over 60 bucks in a world where walmart and the flea market sell bucket hats for under 10 dollars all day long. i didn't care to explain it and just said man, did i get taken! but the reality is that it is hemp watership that has been worn pretty much daily by me for 4 years. it has been washed hundreds of times. it will probably last several years more and odds are the i will lose it before i wear it out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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give it time. back in the 80s, minis in england and bugs in CA would sell for a couple of hundred bucks in usable condition. both are worth real money today as i mentioned, toyota starlets and even chevettes are worth money today in a decade or two, the 300CD will be a valuable collectable and your dying words will be i coulda had one for 2 grand and it was nice too! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ceramic Brake pads
Ceramic pads made by whom? I put Akebono on the Ranger and they've been great. The Ranger rear brakes SUCK, when they're wet they're very grabby so its nice to have very good fronts... Rusty sold me some other brand (Wagner maybe?) for the fronts on my 190D when Akebonos weren't available. They've been great. Car Quest seems to have failed me on the rears. I may grease them again and see if it makes a difference, if not I'll be looking for something else. They only squeak when they're hot and just before the car comes to a stop, like when creeping along in heavy traffic... -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:03:35 -0500 From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] ceramic Brake pads Message-ID: a06240848ce467c2206df@[192.168.0.22] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ; format=flowed I got my first set if Akebono ceramic pads from Gary a couple of months ago. I have yet to need to clean my wheels, and they stop great. Wish I had done these a long time ago. I broke down and decided to try ceramic pads in the van about a year and a half ago. Nothing in the box about a required breakin procedure, and long before the breakin procedure discussion started here. The ceramic pads sometimes work fine and sometimes grab and jerk worse than anything. Brake pressure does not seem to be related. The brakes may be fine, or may be jerky on soft, moderate or hard braking. Very disappointing. Sometimes the jerking is so bad the front tire comes off the ground and it feels like something in the front end could break. Let up and hit the brake again, and it may be smooth, less jerky or bad. very disappointing performance. I am not sure if new rotors, and this breakin procedure would perform correctly or not. I don't think that if I spent the money for rotors that i'd want to spend the $$$ for ceramic pads again. What I do know is that the cheap pads from flaps are very good for normal use. They are dusty, but no jumping, and no ruining rotors. I am not impressed so far with ceramic pads. -1 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On 30/08/2013 12:01 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less practical, for $20K I bet I could find an absolutely mint VW Thing. Alex ___ We saw some of those Things when we were in Hawaii last winter. A good vehicle for that climate. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
We were just down to Fargo ND and I29 is 75 mph limit the whole way. I am amazed at how nicely my Supercrew rolls along at 75+ mph. At 75 mpoh it is under 2K rpm. Randy On 30/08/2013 12:01 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Depends on where you are. Head north of Bangor, Maine on I95 and the speed limit is 75mph, everybody is cruising at 85mph + -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:30:53 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 Message-ID: caciok3s5kooowptiuvg+uywl-4gkwoid7b5wfb_6lb6wyqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Bringing back the View Master
Darren wrote: Hey all, just wanted to share a little diddy we just launched. No doubt you're familiar with View Masters, the old school slide reel viewers--you probably had some Disney ones years ago... maybe still do. I've partnered up with a guy that used to shoot in stereovision, did all that fancy stuff for Spielberg back in the day... and well in the spirit of adorning the analog, I'm trying to get the new kids hooked back on these things. If I'm reading correctly, it looks like you are making 2D, mono-image viewmaster disks from users images. What if I have stereo-view pictures? Can those be turned into stereo-view viewmaster disks? -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
I couldn't agree more. When I get parts for the truck, I always ask if they have better ones available. So often the parts guys assume, that price is paramount. They are generally surprised when I ask if there are better ones one shelf. Usually, the price is not much more for the brand name than the house brand stuff. Usually, if you compare the 2, you can see the difference and would not buy the cheaper ones. Randy On 30/08/2013 12:21 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: sometimes it works out perfectly but all too often not. my ex wife used to boast about how some $7 pair of shoes were the best pair of shoes she ever had. great, but does this somehow mean $7 shoes are a good idea in general? some guys are ok with enduring multiple failures for the thrill of sometimes getting a bargain. i just want it right. i don't see the point in messing around with generic white box chinese stuff reboxed as pbr or ate: when i can have the real deal for roughly the same price. the china stuff might work super fine and dandy but why mess around with it when it so often doesn't? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I mostly agree, however I put PBR rotors on my '83 240D and it worked out perfectly for 25,000 miles. I forget the pads I used, I think ATE. I'm reasonably sure the rotors are less of a big deal than good pads. The fronts on my 190D are ceramic, I forget the manufacturer, Akebono apparently didn't have a listing. The rears irritate me with the occasional squealing even though they were the upgrade pads from CarQuest. I might buy some replacements... -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:22:52 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: CACioK3uCxD6SpbQCO=jnpymo2cqpgnrc+nszwwpdze1hvqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 two things in life often don't work out well: 1. rushing 2. cheaping out when you do either it generally ends up taking longer and costing more money, but we have moved to a society that values fast and cheap above all. in this case, we learn about rushing. you can't rush anymore as there is a lot of outright crap being sold as people enjoy making 500% margins while offering the lowest price at the same time. (in fact,THIS is the only road to success today, but that is a topic for another time). one simply cannot rush today and expect it to work out with any consistency. and there often isn't even that much of a delay as parts are often delivered in one or two business days. cheaping out is similarly problematic. penoff sent me a customer recently who wanted a deal on a water pump on a W115 300D. i told him that rather than search for a low price on the standard geba pump all the front end sites push, he ought to buy a hepu as those are MUCH better in this application than the mediocre geba and that i'd sell him one for like 10 bucks more than a geba. a few days later he emails to solicit advise as he is having fitment problems with the geba he bought from the low bidder. what did he save by cheaping out? the bottom line is that going and buying a pile of garbage at autohausAZ is not really the best value, sort of like buying shoes at walmart. sometimes it works out but often it does not someone was shocked today to learn that the bucket hat i wear all the time (yeah, i'm a fashion icon) cost over 60 bucks in a world where walmart and the flea market sell bucket hats for under 10 dollars all day long. i didn't care to explain it and just said man, did i get taken! but the reality is that it is hemp watership that has been worn pretty much daily by me for 4 years. it has been washed hundreds of times. it will probably last several years more and odds are the i will lose it before i wear it out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
On 30/08/2013 2:04 PM, clay wrote: I am using my mothers Corolla while she is out of town. I hate that car. It is buzzy and feels like it is made of tinfoil and chicken wire. You feel every ripple in the road and get whiplash when you strike an errant pebble. I drove it to Montana and back a few years ago. That was a mind rending experience. Eight plus hours of drone and skiffle about the roadway while your back and all ached from the poor support. IT does get wonderful mileage though clay I don't think it is intended for the highway. We had a rental Corolla once when we went to Victoria BC. Very smooth little car in city traffic. No real freeways there however. I did not come away wanting to own one, but it was better than I had expected. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the daily driver. I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not too much concern close by in the day time but leaving it out over night concerns me etc. If it were vandalized the insurance people would write it off in a minute. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:28 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
i agree with that. what makes a car really work long term is cheap and plentiful parts and ease of service. the reason you buy a ford is not so much that its the greatest car there is, but there are parts everywhere cheap and anyone knows how to fix it. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] New car expensive parts. was: my kinda car
What's the aftermarket parts situation on Japanese cars, Gary? Which model has the largest installed base? Camry? Accord? Civic? One disturbing factor about new and initially less troublesome cars is the cost of the electronic modules that seem to run everything; engine, transmission, etc., etc. If cheaper aftermarket modules were available for when the car gets a few years older, I'd probably buy a new, trouble free car primarily for the purpose of making out-of-county trips. These old Mercedes are great locally, but a breakdown on a long trip could get very expensive with days in a motel. Gerry From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com give it time. back in the 80s, minis in england and bugs in CA would sell for a couple of hundred bucks in usable condition. both are worth real money today as i mentioned, toyota starlets and even chevettes are worth money today in a decade or two, the 300CD will be a valuable collectable and your dying words will be i coulda had one for 2 grand and it was nice too! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3211/6122 - Release Date: 08/30/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
A Checker should have enough room to drop in a Cummins from a Dodge pickup truck. I remember when I was but a young fellow, I worked a couple of summers in a grocery store out at the lake. That would have been probably about 1965 and 1966 or maybe 1967. One of my jobs was to help pack food orders and then carry them out to the customer's car. One of the regular customers had a Checker sedan. Lovely big thing. No problem piling the grocery bags in the back seat of that thing. Randy On 30/08/2013 3:21 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
You might be able to get a paintless dent repair guy to work those creases out of the left rear quarter. They'll probably want you to agree that they might crack the paint and won't be responsible if they do. I've found that the older MB paint is pretty resilient. I had one of the classic dings in the top of the fender on a 108 taken out without damage. Worst case, the lines of the car are right and the paint has some cracks. That's easier to hide than the dings. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Here are some more photos of that 108 008.JPG005.JPG010.JPG009.JPG007.JPG006.JPG012.JPG011.JPGAttached Message Part.html___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
I noticed that and it appears like it has some surface rust under the trim on that back door on that side. In any case, $2700 is as low as the dude will go. On 8/30/2013 4:48 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: You might be able to get a paintless dent repair guy to work those creases out of the left rear quarter. They'll probably want you to agree that they might crack the paint and won't be responsible if they do. I've found that the older MB paint is pretty resilient. I had one of the classic dings in the top of the fender on a 108 taken out without damage. Worst case, the lines of the car are right and the paint has some cracks. That's easier to hide than the dings. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Here are some more photos of that 108 008.JPG005.JPG010.JPG009.JPG007.JPG006.JPG012.JPG011.JPGAttached Message Part.html___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6622 - Release Date: 08/30/13 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ceramic Brake pads
On Aug 30, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I put Akebono on the Ranger and they've been great. The Ranger rear brakes SUCK, when they're wet they're very grabby so its nice to have very good fronts... Curt, I put Wearever Gold (Advance Auto premium) shoes on my Ranger and they work great. My brakes were really grabby (nearly un-drivable in snow) and the problem I discovered after I changed the brake shoes was the emergency brake cables were worn and rusted and would not fully release. It stops WAY better now. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:19:21 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Here are some more photos of that 108 Nice looking car for its age. It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 I agree. That is the problem with phones that have 12 terapixel (I am being facetious) cameras. The inferior optics plus the over sized image sensor allow crappy pictures to be huge. There is a reason for Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, DropBox, etc. They are easy to link to, and you can post as many digital images as you like. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On Aug 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the reason you buy a ford is not so much that its the greatest car there is, but there are parts everywhere cheap and anyone knows how to fix it. I would argue the anyone knows how to fix it. Good independent shops are a dying breed. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
Now that was a car that was an example of a car that was a mistake to buy. Toad had it a long time, stores it inside so it could sit for a long long time. I do not have any indoor storage so it sat outside. And old car like that will ruin quick because they usually leak water. So that car filled up with water and got all musty and moldy inside. I ended up selling it for about $600. So that is what I would be worried about with this car. If and when I get a big shop build and can store cars inside, then I will think about it. I would still like to have one someday. It's bad enough leaving my 115s outside. As to more modern cars like a 124, you can leave them outside and they will not leak water etc like an old car Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
One other thing too, even though some folks like the 6 cylinder better, I still think I would rather have a v8. I have had a couple of 4.5s none drivable tough and ended up selling them before fixing them. Even had a 300sel once. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
The mother of this girl I worked with in Houston lived close to me, she had a Checker done up like an old taxi -- yellow with some sort of logo. It was her daily driver. I'd see her tooling around in it quite often, and see it parked on the street by her condo. --R On 8/30/13 5:25 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: A Checker should have enough room to drop in a Cummins from a Dodge pickup truck. I remember when I was but a young fellow, I worked a couple of summers in a grocery store out at the lake. That would have been probably about 1965 and 1966 or maybe 1967. One of my jobs was to help pack food orders and then carry them out to the customer's car. One of the regular customers had a Checker sedan. Lovely big thing. No problem piling the grocery bags in the back seat of that thing. Randy On 30/08/2013 3:21 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Bringing back the View Master
That's cool. Check this thing out -- I funded it for $60 or whatever and should be getting one before Christmas if their schedule holds. Should be fun. They were thinking about some way to print the photos too, maybe could be in a format for your gadget? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/935366406/poppy-turn-your-iphone-into-a-3d-camera-0 --R On 8/30/13 12:15 AM, Darren Marshall wrote: Hey all, just wanted to share a little diddy we just launched. No doubt you're familiar with View Masters, the old school slide reel viewers--you probably had some Disney ones years ago... maybe still do. I've partnered up with a guy that used to shoot in stereovision, did all that fancy stuff for Spielberg back in the day... and well in the spirit of adorning the analog, I'm trying to get the new kids hooked back on these things. If you're familiar with Instagram, you know it's the largest photo sharing community on the planet. We simply married the two. Site might still be a little buggy, but enjoy! http://reelagram.com Darren ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html Cute, but for $20K+, I think I can find lots of other vehicles I would prefer. It is sort of like a Miata. They look nice but I don't want one. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
My dying words will come in less than one decade if history serves correctly, and they will be more along the line of 'does anyone have a good microbrew handy?' .. From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car give it time. back in the 80s, minis in england and bugs in CA would sell for a couple of hundred bucks in usable condition. both are worth real money today as i mentioned, toyota starlets and even chevettes are worth money today in a decade or two, the 300CD will be a valuable collectable and your dying words will be i coulda had one for 2 grand and it was nice too! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
they were perceived as worthless. but they were GREAT cars On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote: A Checker worthless? I would love to have one of those ugly old things to cart my rugrats around in. Those things were Mercedes Diesel reliable and Chevy truck tough. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: give it time. That's the key, isn't it? Jaime keeps telling us to buy up 116s because they're becoming collectible. Living in the biohipster capital of the world I see lots of clapped-out 300SDs, so it's hard to take him seriously, but I bet he's right. I'm currently watching the prices of 300CE cabrios and Cosworth 190Es, trying to pick up a nice one near the bottom. I missed my chance on the E30 M3--I remember when they were going for under $10K. Not going to repeat that mistake if I can. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
Who in the world compares a 70s or 80s car to a 50s car? Besides which while the 300CD is a low production car the 300D and 240D and 300TD are not. Most people don't see the difference. There was no 4 door Jeepster variant to drive prices down. You want strange value price out a VW Caddy. -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:28:34 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car Message-ID: caciok3ubfkxg+x9xs1f00ze_hxnygrt_5dn67tkky+fm+qf...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 give it time. back in the 80s, minis in england and bugs in CA would sell for a couple of hundred bucks in usable condition. both are worth real money today as i mentioned, toyota starlets and even chevettes are worth money today in a decade or two, the 300CD will be a valuable collectable and your dying words will be i coulda had one for 2 grand and it was nice too! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
And I have a solid bodied 79 CD sitting on blocks in the back yard that I have been robbing parts from because no one wants to buy it. Terrible really. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 1:23 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com wrote: But in this line of thought, the MB 300CD was a collectible as well, only 5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a stable full. From: Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
You worry too much. Just drive it and hope for the best. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:33 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the daily driver. I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not too much concern close by in the day time but leaving it out over night concerns me etc. If it were vandalized the insurance people would write it off in a minute. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:28 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
That is what I am doing. It is not a show car. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:40 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: You worry too much. Just drive it and hope for the best. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:33 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the daily driver. I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not too much concern close by in the day time but leaving it out over night concerns me etc. If it were vandalized the insurance people would write it off in a minute. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:28 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:24:32 -0500 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 I agree. That is the problem with phones that have 12 terapixel (I am being facetious) cameras. The inferior optics plus the over sized image sensor allow crappy pictures to be huge. There is a reason for Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, DropBox, etc. They are easy to link to, and you can post as many digital images as you like. That's true, but the way it used to be, pictures over a certain size were saved to the server's disk and links added to the bottom of the email. That way an external picture site (which might require registration) isn't necessary. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Mercedes Vehicles Have Night Vision That Can Recognize Animals Now
http://gizmodo.com/mercedes-vehicles-have-night-vision-that-can-recognize-1226656905 And on another note http://gizmodo.com/5954322/girlfriend-body-pillow-update-now-12-still-terribly-sad/1226988398 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:04 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: give it time. That's the key, isn't it? Jaime keeps telling us to buy up 116s because they're becoming collectible. Living in the biohipster capital of the world I see lots of clapped-out 300SDs, so it's hard to take him seriously, but I bet he's right. I'm currently watching the prices of 300CE cabrios and Cosworth 190Es, trying to pick up a nice one near the bottom. I missed my chance on the E30 M3--I remember when they were going for under $10K. Not going to repeat that mistake if I can. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
another example of a simple and direct car that has become valuable. hell, even starlets and chevettes have become valuable! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less practical, for $20K I bet I could find an absolutely mint VW Thing. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
Depends on where you are. Head north of Bangor, Maine on I95 and the speed limit is 75mph, everybody is cruising at 85mph + -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:30:53 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 Message-ID: caciok3s5kooowptiuvg+uywl-4gkwoid7b5wfb_6lb6wyqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
checker had a wagon version back when they were still making passenger cars. i've always wanted one but never even seen one On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: My buddy in high school had a Checker cab his dad bought at a charity auction for $500. It had been cleaned up and painted baby blue. He gave everyone rides home in it, could get at least 8 or 10 kids in there with the jump seats that folded down in the back. He drove it for a coupla years then his sister got it and drove it through HS, I think it finally just died and they got a new Toyota Celica, the first one. The guy had told his dad it was sporty and could be driven hard. It was new one summer when he came home from college, he thrashed the hell out of the thing, being as it was sporty but it pretty much held up for a few years. --R On 8/30/13 4:21 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
Not glue, go back and read again, I wrote caliper grease: http://www.permatex.com/products-2/product-categories/specialized-maintenance-repair/brake-maintenance-repair/permatex-ultra-disc-brake-caliper-lube-24110-detail -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:02:30 -0500 From: Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: a8a915a2-1482-4843-9490-92f022486...@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes One way to eliminate the squeak is to stick with OEM pads, as they have the anti-squeal material bonded to the back of the pad. Cheap aftermarkets with plain metal backing plates (no layer of hard plastic on the piston side) will probably squeal no matter what you do, and glueing them to the rotors with Permatex is only going to make them very hard to remove. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On Aug 30, 2013 10:49 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: give it time. That's the key, isn't it? Jaime keeps telling us to buy up 116s because they're becoming collectible. Living in the biohipster capital of the world I see lots of clapped-out 300SDs, so it's hard to take him seriously, but I bet he's right. I'm currently watching the prices of 300CE cabrios and Cosworth 190Es, trying to pick up a nice one near the bottom. I missed my chance on the E30 M3--I remember when they were going for under $10K. Not going to repeat that mistake if I can. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet
Larry wrote: Is there any easy way to extend the rangeof my wifi - I' like to use my laptop downstairs at times... The easiest is a reflector for the antenna. http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/Ez-10/ There are other, more effective ways - but they all cost a _lot_ more. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
I mostly agree, however I put PBR rotors on my '83 240D and it worked out perfectly for 25,000 miles. I forget the pads I used, I think ATE. I'm reasonably sure the rotors are less of a big deal than good pads. The fronts on my 190D are ceramic, I forget the manufacturer, Akebono apparently didn't have a listing. The rears irritate me with the occasional squealing even though they were the upgrade pads from CarQuest. I might buy some replacements... -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:22:52 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: CACioK3uCxD6SpbQCO=jnpymo2cqpgnrc+nszwwpdze1hvqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 two things in life often don't work out well: 1. rushing 2. cheaping out when you do either it generally ends up taking longer and costing more money, but we have moved to a society that values fast and cheap above all. in this case, we learn about rushing. you can't rush anymore as there is a lot of outright crap being sold as people enjoy making 500% margins while offering the lowest price at the same time. (in fact,THIS is the only road to success today, but that is a topic for another time). one simply cannot rush today and expect it to work out with any consistency. and there often isn't even that much of a delay as parts are often delivered in one or two business days. cheaping out is similarly problematic. penoff sent me a customer recently who wanted a deal on a water pump on a W115 300D. i told him that rather than search for a low price on the standard geba pump all the front end sites push, he ought to buy a hepu as those are MUCH better in this application than the mediocre geba and that i'd sell him one for like 10 bucks more than a geba. a few days later he emails to solicit advise as he is having fitment problems with the geba he bought from the low bidder. what did he save by cheaping out? the bottom line is that going and buying a pile of garbage at autohausAZ is not really the best value, sort of like buying shoes at walmart. sometimes it works out but often it does not someone was shocked today to learn that the bucket hat i wear all the time (yeah, i'm a fashion icon) cost over 60 bucks in a world where walmart and the flea market sell bucket hats for under 10 dollars all day long. i didn't care to explain it and just said man, did i get taken! but the reality is that it is hemp watership that has been worn pretty much daily by me for 4 years. it has been washed hundreds of times. it will probably last several years more and odds are the i will lose it before i wear it out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
I tried to find a Checker when I was in high school, mainly for the interior size and significant number of bodies it could carry. I could never seem to find one when I was in the market, though. My second choice was a beautiful 1965 Cadillac hearse that my buddy's dad (local funeral director) was selling for $500. As one might expect, it was low miles and absolutely pristine. Dad said there was No way in hell you're parking a hearse in my driveway!! So I ended up with a 1960 barn door VW van. Der PartyVagon was airbrushed on the sides in Gothic looking type courtesy of a female friend who came over to the house on a regular basis to use our air system to do airbrush work. The van, especially after Jackie's airbrush work (which was very nice, I thought) pissed the old man off even more. Not long before he died we were reminiscing about the cars we had around the house over the years and he confided to me that he wished I had gotten the hearse instead Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: My buddy in high school had a Checker cab his dad bought at a charity auction for $500. It had been cleaned up and painted baby blue. He gave everyone rides home in it, could get at least 8 or 10 kids in there with the jump seats that folded down in the back. He drove it for a coupla years then his sister got it and drove it through HS, I think it finally just died and they got a new Toyota Celica, the first one. The guy had told his dad it was sporty and could be driven hard. It was new one summer when he came home from college, he thrashed the hell out of the thing, being as it was sporty but it pretty much held up for a few years. --R On 8/30/13 4:21 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
I got my first set if Akebono ceramic pads from Gary a couple of months ago. I have yet to need to clean my wheels, and they stop great. Wish I had done these a long time ago. On Aug 30, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: they actually mostly don't offer OEM parts, which is at least part of how they achieve such fantastic prices. their catalogue is loaded up with chinese generic despite the general availability of the same part in OEM. getting back to the examples i cited recently: kaleb's front wheel bearings from AZ http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=2013300251 these are not OEM nor top quality. why not sell a OEM/quality brand such as SKF, FAG or even ruville? because those cost as much wholesale as these pex (the folks who bring you brake sensors. whatever might be in that box???) cost retail. this is an illusion of low prices, the same sort of thing you can find at walmart where there are genuine bargains in the aisles but mostly just chinese garbage of no value on the shelves. in fact, i'd say AZ's model is the most cynical of the walmart type and in the end will just load you up with garbage and not value. here is bill's expansion tank cap. http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=0005018215 a real one is made by blau and costs more than this chinese uro debacle. the price i pay for the uro is $8.38 on my screen from worldpac but i can probably negotiate that down to about 5 bucks. a huge outfit like AZ will be buying direct from uro and paying maybe 3 or 4 bucks for it. so it's a 4 or 5 fold markup and you've just been sold a POS. what have you accomplished here other than getting fleeced? but if i tell you that a real one costs 20 or 25 dollars, i am now expensive as AZ has the same thing for 15. only it's not the same thing! look at mike's AC compressor. http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=pgl3la45vwlnyl55pfjruyrupartnumber=1021300615 like EVERYTHING at AZ, it's ON SALE. but is this chinese behr the unit to get? of the 3 widely distributed options, it is by far the worst choice but it is also the cheapest for AZ to buy, so it's the one they can sell most cheaply. i can't sell you a real one for that price, but 20% more, so i am expensive while offering all the value when it is a like item, i will sell it to you for 10% over AZ. i feel not ending up with a pile of crap is worth the premium. but it often or even mostly won't be a like item as AZ pushes the stuff i won't even sell On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:53 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Autohausaz gives free shipping for all orders over $50. They do offer some OEM parts but they offer no guidance. Not all OEM parts are equal. I don't always know which to pick. That's why I liked Rusty. He would answer all my questions and concerns and give me the best when I asked. He would also match AZ prices. I haven't ordered from Gary as of yet, but I anticipate the same level of service. This level of service cannot be accomplished by AZ. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Silly questions, that I would've asked off-list, but are pertinent to all I suppose. One, do you ship from a parts supplier nearest your customer if you can? Do you offer free shipping on orders over xxx dollars? Do you provide a tracking number? Do you provide an email invoice with orders? Thanks, Rick Unlike the baseless accusations made on this list, autohaus az does all that, except I am not sure about free shipping over X dollars. That was a perk offered by Rusty. OEM parts are available from autohaus az if you ask for them. NO problems so far. Since Q is no more, we are on our own, and I use several sources like I used to. FLAPS is good for some things, as Curt can attest. Dealers advertising in the Star for OE parts. AZ for the rest. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
those bin laden casios are usable watches for about 10 bucks On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Its a tough call. Mine was a $400 car which I put $300 of brakes into, I couldn't justify running it any higher. My Dad has never paid more than $10 for a watch. 20 years ago you could get a decent watch for $10, now he buys them 3 at a time. Seems to me he could buy a $30 watch and be better off but he likes having $10 watches. Couple years ago Angie bought me a $300 watch, best watch I'd had before that was $30. Is the $300 watch better than the $30? Not really, it tells time about the same. I have to be more careful about taking it off before I put my hand into a car engine... -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:21:36 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: caciok3st5bo0ffu+vlwy79ax7ghfck6bcd9vj0hn8vpbbar...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 sometimes it works out perfectly but all too often not. my ex wife used to boast about how some $7 pair of shoes were the best pair of shoes she ever had. great, but does this somehow mean $7 shoes are a good idea in general? some guys are ok with enduring multiple failures for the thrill of sometimes getting a bargain. i just want it right. i don't see the point in messing around with generic white box chinese stuff reboxed as pbr or ate: when i can have the real deal for roughly the same price. the china stuff might work super fine and dandy but why mess around with it when it so often doesn't? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet
Heh, if you had really high bandwidth stuff you'd be springing for 10Gb. Uncompressed HD video is around 150MB/s (thats mega BYTES). Wednesday we installed another 32TB enclosure in the classroom with a new 10Gb switch. Slightly overkill for the typical home user ;) -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:42:42 -0400 From: Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet Message-ID: 3B51C08C203946E2A9EFD467AD7966FC@ScottHPPC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This is what I did. The wireless router is at one end of the house with an access point (connected by Cat 5) is at the other end. The really-high bandwidth stuff (like 2 NAS units) is hard wired through a gigabit switch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco
Its a tough call. Mine was a $400 car which I put $300 of brakes into, I couldn't justify running it any higher. My Dad has never paid more than $10 for a watch. 20 years ago you could get a decent watch for $10, now he buys them 3 at a time. Seems to me he could buy a $30 watch and be better off but he likes having $10 watches. Couple years ago Angie bought me a $300 watch, best watch I'd had before that was $30. Is the $300 watch better than the $30? Not really, it tells time about the same. I have to be more careful about taking it off before I put my hand into a car engine... -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:21:36 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brake fiasco Message-ID: caciok3st5bo0ffu+vlwy79ax7ghfck6bcd9vj0hn8vpbbar...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 sometimes it works out perfectly but all too often not. my ex wife used to boast about how some $7 pair of shoes were the best pair of shoes she ever had. great, but does this somehow mean $7 shoes are a good idea in general? some guys are ok with enduring multiple failures for the thrill of sometimes getting a bargain. i just want it right. i don't see the point in messing around with generic white box chinese stuff reboxed as pbr or ate: when i can have the real deal for roughly the same price. the china stuff might work super fine and dandy but why mess around with it when it so often doesn't? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
True but with all that sound deadening and suspension isolation you don't realize the power. New powerful cars bore the crap out of me. A 100 hp BMW feels and sounds a lot faster than new stuff even though its a complete joke nt today's standards. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit that thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway if you use only premium. No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory specs are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the fast end. It's actually a pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top speed is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you can push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you do (as in a couple runs). Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Homebrew BioD
B20 made with BioD made from Algae has been commercially available at retail pumps down the street from me for some time now. i've been watching 'AlgaeDiesel' for several years now, and hope that it may come to fruition as a practical source for biofuels. (the commercial BioDiesel manufacturers in this area already can't get enough WVO to support the demand for BioD.) cheers! e p.s. if anyone near the SF Bay Area wants my old 'Appleseed BioD processor cheap, drop me a line off-list. my current situation makes it superfluous. On 29/Aug/13 15:01, WILTON wrote: Reminds me: Honors student grandaughter (senior) at NC State U is working in a lab on production of fuels from algae. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:48 PM Subject: [MBZ] Homebrew BioD Anybody in the chicago area that could process 500 gal a month or so of soy oil into BioD? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
Yep, I remember when they were brand new. Theater owner in my small home town in eastern NC bought a yellow one and kept it parked in front of the theater. Whaddya think it may have cost him then - $1200, maybe? Wilton - Original Message - From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less practical, for $20K I bet I could find an absolutely mint VW Thing. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
I am using my mothers Corolla while she is out of town. I hate that car. It is buzzy and feels like it is made of tinfoil and chicken wire. You feel every ripple in the road and get whiplash when you strike an errant pebble. I drove it to Montana and back a few years ago. That was a mind rending experience. Eight plus hours of drone and skiffle about the roadway while your back and all ached from the poor support. IT does get wonderful mileage though clay On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models. That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career. The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see 100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c: From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: Off with his head! On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit that thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway if you use only premium. No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory specs are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the fast end. It's actually a pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top speed is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you can push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you do (as in a couple runs). Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
the problems today is the penalty. what used to get you a warning or maybe a $100 fine today gets your car impounding, the night in jail and a 4 figure fine i remember the encounter with police that finally convinced me you can't drive fast anymore in the USA after decades of believing the driving time between fort lauderdale and naples is about an hour. it was about 3 years ago on I-85 in NC. i had been driving with another guy at about 120 but he turned off, so i slowed down to a comfortable cruising speed. about 5 minutes later the blue lights came on behind me. do you know why i pulled you over? yeah, you felt obliged to because of my speed 'do you know how fast you were going? like 85ish. maybe closer to 90 what?? why did you tell me that??? well, i mean, we both know how fast i was going, so why play games about it? do you know what i'm supposed to do now? well, judging by your tone, i am unaware i'm supposed to impound your car and arrest you. then, after you get out of jail, you'll have to return in person to stand trial what??? look, i'm writing you up for 79 in a 65. please be more careful in the future! so i heeded his warning and no longer drive fast. in fact, i mostly just ride a bicycle nowadays On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Depends on where you are. Head north of Bangor, Maine on I95 and the speed limit is 75mph, everybody is cruising at 85mph + -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:30:53 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 Message-ID: caciok3s5kooowptiuvg+uywl-4gkwoid7b5wfb_6lb6wyqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
i have the opposite outlook. i'd want one with the ancient continental truck engine they were worthless. i think the going rate for an ex NYC cab was 300 dollars. you'd buy one. drive it until something broke that cost over 50 bucks. then throw it away On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2013 10:49 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ceramic Brake pads
I got my first set if Akebono ceramic pads from Gary a couple of months ago. I have yet to need to clean my wheels, and they stop great. Wish I had done these a long time ago. I broke down and decided to try ceramic pads in the van about a year and a half ago. Nothing in the box about a required breakin procedure, and long before the breakin procedure discussion started here. The ceramic pads sometimes work fine and sometimes grab and jerk worse than anything. Brake pressure does not seem to be related. The brakes may be fine, or may be jerky on soft, moderate or hard braking. Very disappointing. Sometimes the jerking is so bad the front tire comes off the ground and it feels like something in the front end could break. Let up and hit the brake again, and it may be smooth, less jerky or bad. very disappointing performance. I am not sure if new rotors, and this breakin procedure would perform correctly or not. I don't think that if I spent the money for rotors that i'd want to spend the $$$ for ceramic pads again. What I do know is that the cheap pads from flaps are very good for normal use. They are dusty, but no jumping, and no ruining rotors. I am not impressed so far with ceramic pads. -1 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
My buddy in high school had a Checker cab his dad bought at a charity auction for $500. It had been cleaned up and painted baby blue. He gave everyone rides home in it, could get at least 8 or 10 kids in there with the jump seats that folded down in the back. He drove it for a coupla years then his sister got it and drove it through HS, I think it finally just died and they got a new Toyota Celica, the first one. The guy had told his dad it was sporty and could be driven hard. It was new one summer when he came home from college, he thrashed the hell out of the thing, being as it was sporty but it pretty much held up for a few years. --R On 8/30/13 4:21 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line, efficient, etc Mike On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless Alex wrote: Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a nice well-preserved one and do nothing to it except replacing the engine with a crate small-block, then use it as a daily driver. I'd put an OM617 turbo in it. _That_ would be special - and slow. So maybe a 4BT - but that would be rough. Ahh. A 6BT - that's what a Checker needs! -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
once you become a collector car, the cheap simple things goes away. at a certain point in history, though, this would be a car to buy and use. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/**pbc/ctd/3990826426.htmlhttp://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html Cute, but for $20K+, I think I can find lots of other vehicles I would prefer. It is sort of like a Miata. They look nice but I don't want one. Randy __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less practical, for $20K I bet I could find an absolutely mint VW Thing. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
I shoulda let my SDL go a year ago when it was vandalized and USAA paid me significant money for the damages. I wanted to let 'er go, but SWMBO thought differently, and you know how that went. Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] my kinda car That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the daily driver. I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not too much concern close by in the day time but leaving it out over night concerns me etc. If it were vandalized the insurance people would write it off in a minute. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:28 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:19:21 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Here are some more photos of that 108 Nice looking car for its age. It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:24:32 -0500 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 I agree. That is the problem with phones that have 12 terapixel (I am being facetious) cameras. The inferior optics plus the over sized image sensor allow crappy pictures to be huge. My Nikon Coolpix 775 has different sizes of pictures one can choose between. Do phones have the same capability? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
A Checker worthless? I would love to have one of those ugly old things to cart my rugrats around in. Those things were Mercedes Diesel reliable and Chevy truck tough. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for being worthless On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: give it time. That's the key, isn't it? Jaime keeps telling us to buy up 116s because they're becoming collectible. Living in the biohipster capital of the world I see lots of clapped-out 300SDs, so it's hard to take him seriously, but I bet he's right. I'm currently watching the prices of 300CE cabrios and Cosworth 190Es, trying to pick up a nice one near the bottom. I missed my chance on the E30 M3--I remember when they were going for under $10K. Not going to repeat that mistake if I can. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108 photos
Which is the simplest to join and use? Thanks, Gerry There is a reason for Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, DropBox, etc. They are easy to link to, and you can post as many digital images as you like. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet
I wonder how you use a reflector with one of the new flat box WiFi MIMO routers with no external antennas? I'm thinking trial and error now --- a quarter wave length is about 1.2 -- On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: The easiest is a reflector for the antenna. http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/Ez-10/ There are other, more effective ways - but they all cost a _lot_ more. -- Philip -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Bringing back the View Master
Totally, at http://reelagram.com we're catering specifically to the Instagram community--purely 2D. Our partner, Image3D, who makes all of this possible can work with you to create true stereo reels http://image3d.com Darren On Aug 30, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Darren wrote: Hey all, just wanted to share a little diddy we just launched. No doubt you're familiar with View Masters, the old school slide reel viewers--you probably had some Disney ones years ago... maybe still do. I've partnered up with a guy that used to shoot in stereovision, did all that fancy stuff for Spielberg back in the day... and well in the spirit of adorning the analog, I'm trying to get the new kids hooked back on these things. If I'm reading correctly, it looks like you are making 2D, mono-image viewmaster disks from users images. What if I have stereo-view pictures? Can those be turned into stereo-view viewmaster disks? -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
The local VW dealer has one in the show room, mostly restored. It's not for sale, and I don't think they drive it. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: We saw some of those Things when we were in Hawaii last winter. A good vehicle for that climate. Randy -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet
Just hang a piece of foil up behind it... Despite having internal antennas, most of these new encapsulated routers often have fittings for external antennas. You might also see what is available in the way of antennas for the endpoint. I have gone that route with some success on desktop machines. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 7:54 PM, OK Don wrote: I wonder how you use a reflector with one of the new flat box WiFi MIMO routers with no external antennas? I'm thinking trial and error now --- a quarter wave length is about 1.2 -- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet
Right, but you get interference patterns that cancel the signal in some places, and boost it in others without properly placing the reflector - On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Just hang a piece of foil up behind it... Despite having internal antennas, most of these new encapsulated routers often have fittings for external antennas. You might also see what is available in the way of antennas for the endpoint. I have gone that route with some success on desktop machines. Dan -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
Came across an article in Octane about this company doing resto-mods on older MBs. Very impressive MBs!! http://mechatronik.de/ Enjoy - Larry On 8/30/2013 9:01 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models. That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career. The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see 100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c: From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: Off with his head! On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit that thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway if you use only premium. No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory specs are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the fast end. It's actually a pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top speed is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you can push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you do (as in a couple runs). Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Quick 108 photos
Funny how when Klebby posts pictures, they get approved in a nano second, us peasants sit there for days/weeks/years waiting. Seriously though, my take is that a 108/9 is a car that is suited to an enthusiast who really loves these cars and is willing to put the effort into them. Unless you get lucky and find a minter for cheap (grandma selling off grandpas old car type of thing), there is not much money to be made. Parts for these things are getting rarer and rarer, most bits on the car are 40 years old and will need replacing sooner rather than later. Looking at those pics, the dash is cracked, the seats are cracked, the wood work is faded, the body is average and that's not even getting into the mechanicals. If the body was close to perfect on that car, I would say it would be a worthwhile proposition, insofar that you don't have to spend money on it and can focus on the interior and mechanicals. Hendrik who has a close to perfect body On 31/08/13 08:16, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: One other thing too, even though some folks like the 6 cylinder better, I still think I would rather have a v8. I have had a couple of 4.5s none drivable tough and ended up selling them before fixing them. Even had a 300sel once. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
I had a slightly different epiphany - when i was doing 90in my 911 I could see way in the distance a big Buick slowly pulling out in front of me. I thought - They have no idea how fast I am approaching as I got on the brakes and slowed dramatically. That was the last time i drove in Go to Jail Territory. It's just too dangerous. People just don't expect a road rocket to be heading toward them and the fast driver has _/all /_the responsibility to avoid the accident. Many people can't even see a small sports car several hundred yards in the distance much less estimate how fast they're approaching. BTW, i know I was being irresponsible by driving so fast on a public road and never drove that fast again... BTW, a few years ago the speed limits in Montana and N. Dakota were not enforced. I've even heard that people from Europe have brought their fast cars over specifically to drive on those interstates because the Autobahn was becoming so congested.That was on a program called /Modern Marvels - The Autobahn/ and included a great snip of a SL tumbling over and over from high speed then seeing the driver hop out and walk to the hill next to the highway. They said the Germans built cars that could survive and excel on the unlimited speed zones. It was pretty impressive. I believe it's still on Youtube in several parts BTW, there wasn't much left of that SL! Larryt 91 300D On 8/30/2013 1:41 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: the problems today is the penalty. what used to get you a warning or maybe a $100 fine today gets your car impounding, the night in jail and a 4 figure fine i remember the encounter with police that finally convinced me you can't drive fast anymore in the USA after decades of believing the driving time between fort lauderdale and naples is about an hour. it was about 3 years ago on I-85 in NC. i had been driving with another guy at about 120 but he turned off, so i slowed down to a comfortable cruising speed. about 5 minutes later the blue lights came on behind me. do you know why i pulled you over? yeah, you felt obliged to because of my speed 'do you know how fast you were going? like 85ish. maybe closer to 90 what?? why did you tell me that??? well, i mean, we both know how fast i was going, so why play games about it? do you know what i'm supposed to do now? well, judging by your tone, i am unaware i'm supposed to impound your car and arrest you. then, after you get out of jail, you'll have to return in person to stand trial what??? look, i'm writing you up for 79 in a 65. please be more careful in the future! so i heeded his warning and no longer drive fast. in fact, i mostly just ride a bicycle nowadays On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Depends on where you are. Head north of Bangor, Maine on I95 and the speed limit is 75mph, everybody is cruising at 85mph + -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:30:53 -0400 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 Message-ID: caciok3s5kooowptiuvg+uywl-4gkwoid7b5wfb_6lb6wyqv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 108
Speaking of little cars, every time I see a MB Smart Car I think, Geez, I'd hate to be in that thing when I was involved in a wreck! They look like they'd roll up like aluminum foil.. but hopefully I'm wrong - right? LarryT On 8/30/2013 3:04 PM, clay wrote: I am using my mothers Corolla while she is out of town. I hate that car. It is buzzy and feels like it is made of tinfoil and chicken wire. You feel every ripple in the road and get whiplash when you strike an errant pebble. I drove it to Montana and back a few years ago. That was a mind rending experience. Eight plus hours of drone and skiffle about the roadway while your back and all ached from the poor support. IT does get wonderful mileage though clay On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Rented a Toyota Corolla the other day for a trip while the wife's car was in the shop. It was one of the 'Sport' models. That thing was a rocketship compared to any older MB I've owned. Course most of my stuff was diesels, but did have a coupla M110 engines in my career. The little nippon car handled like it was on rails, and although it did not see 100 mph, it did see 40 mpg with great flair (c: From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 108 i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today which is odd as in much of the USA, driving fast is a thing of the past. gone are the days of getting clocked and triple digit speeds and paying 100 bucks for it On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: Off with his head! On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: compared to a modern powerful engine, they are all a joke On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes the 4.5 is quite the beast. My brother had a 280SE 4.5 and shit that thing was fast! Can even imagine what a 6.3 would be like. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: It's almost twice as big and gets about the same milage -- 3.23 gears instead of 3.88, uses less fuel. I suspect at 4.5 can be safely tuned to get around 18 on the highway if you use only premium. No comparison in terms of power, the 4.5 is a real beast. Factory specs are 9.5 sec 0-60, and most of that is on the fast end. It's actually a pain to drive on the open road, it keeps wanting to go faster and it's necessary to keep lifting your foot to stay near the speed limit. Top speed is 125 for the 4.5 and 118 for the sixes, although if you are brave you can push them faster. You will wear the cylinders out pretty fast if you do (as in a couple runs). Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Quick 108 photos
don't forget the W111 ;-) Awesome convertible... LarryT On 8/30/2013 8:32 PM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: Funny how when Klebby posts pictures, they get approved in a nano second, us peasants sit there for days/weeks/years waiting. Seriously though, my take is that a 108/9 is a car that is suited to an enthusiast who really loves these cars and is willing to put the effort into them. Unless you get lucky and find a minter for cheap (grandma selling off grandpas old car type of thing), there is not much money to be made. Parts for these things are getting rarer and rarer, most bits on the car are 40 years old and will need replacing sooner rather than later. Looking at those pics, the dash is cracked, the seats are cracked, the wood work is faded, the body is average and that's not even getting into the mechanicals. If the body was close to perfect on that car, I would say it would be a worthwhile proposition, insofar that you don't have to spend money on it and can focus on the interior and mechanicals. Hendrik who has a close to perfect body On 31/08/13 08:16, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: One other thing too, even though some folks like the 6 cylinder better, I still think I would rather have a v8. I have had a couple of 4.5s none drivable tough and ended up selling them before fixing them. Even had a 300sel once. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Quick 108 photos
don't forget the W111 ;-) Awesome convertible... LarryT The two MBZ I drooled over as a kid were the gullwings, the W198 (didn't everybody?) and the C111 (I was probably the only kid in town who'd heard of it). http://www.seriouswheels.com/mno/Mercedes-Benz-C-111-FA-Gullwing-Doors-1024x768.htm Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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It would have helped to have links to the pictures, or reasonable size pictures (say 1024x768) instead of the 2592x1936 (which is larger than my monitor at 1920x1200 Craig If I'd spent two hours downloading that 18mb message via dial-up I wouldn't be too happy. As it was, I logged in to learn I'd used 43% of my 50MB email storage and couldn't figure out why 160 messages would be that big. Mitch ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I still have to get around to installing my volunteer list admin, but have been too lazy to do it. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote: Funny how when Klebby posts pictures, they get approved in a nano second, us peasants sit there for days/weeks/years waiting. Seriously though, my take is that a 108/9 is a car that is suited to an enthusiast who really loves these cars and is willing to put the effort into them. Unless you get lucky and find a minter for cheap (grandma selling off grandpas old car type of thing), there is not much money to be made. Parts for these things are getting rarer and rarer, most bits on the car are 40 years old and will need replacing sooner rather than later. Looking at those pics, the dash is cracked, the seats are cracked, the wood work is faded, the body is average and that's not even getting into the mechanicals. If the body was close to perfect on that car, I would say it would be a worthwhile proposition, insofar that you don't have to spend money on it and can focus on the interior and mechanicals. Hendrik who has a close to perfect body On 31/08/13 08:16, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: One other thing too, even though some folks like the 6 cylinder better, I still think I would rather have a v8. I have had a couple of 4.5s none drivable tough and ended up selling them before fixing them. Even had a 300sel once. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Consider that you have a tendency to either flip stuff or sit on it for a while. It's not going to appreciate in value, at least not for some time. If you let it sit it's going to be problematic, as the fuel system won't like it. I think you would be wise to pass. At least until you find me a nice finnie like the one you bought cheap off of Toad. Dan On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I think I am going to pass on it as I do not have any other 108 parts cars and no telling what I would be getting involved with. Going to look at a ran when parked a year ago 87 300d for $1k only a few miles away Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Correct - you are wrong. They maintain their passenger compartment size/shape. However, the decelleration is rather fast - you might not survive the G-forces, even if you don't get crushed. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: Speaking of little cars, every time I see a MB Smart Car I think, Geez, I'd hate to be in that thing when I was involved in a wreck! They look like they'd roll up like aluminum foil.. but hopefully I'm wrong - right? LarryT -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Amen, brother - I worshipped the same two cars as a kid --- I've seen a couple of gullwings in person, but never a C111. The OKC stealership has a gullwing on the showroom floor, completely restored, looks like new. The price tag says $1,000,000. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:02 PM, m...@voyager.net wrote: The two MBZ I drooled over as a kid were the gullwings, the W198 (didn't everybody?) and the C111 (I was probably the only kid in town who'd heard of it). http://www.seriouswheels.com/mno/Mercedes-Benz-C-111-FA-Gullwing-Doors-1024x768.htm Mitch. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Gary Hurst wrote: i guess it is heresy, but cars are s powerful and fast today In 1987, Road and Track said a non-turbo Dodge Omni would do 0-60 in 10.2 seconds, same as a BMW 318i. That was considered fast for a basic $7000 hatchback. A 2.3-16v would do 0-60 in 7.8 and cost $35k. These days, the automotive press acts as if you're in danger of getting rear ended if you drive a car that's so underpowered it takes 8-10 seconds to get to 60mph. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] my kinda car
No problem piling the grocery bags in the back seat of that [Checker]. You can get 27 paper boxes (cases) into the trunk and back seat of the 126 long body. Front seats unimpeded. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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yeah, well, certainly you don't have to seek out a ford specialist at $125 an hour to throw 10 grand worth of parts at it hoping something sticks On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Aug 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the reason you buy a ford is not so much that its the greatest car there is, but there are parts everywhere cheap and anyone knows how to fix it. I would argue the anyone knows how to fix it. Good independent shops are a dying breed. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Why 50 mpg? It's a diesel, they're not quite as sensitive to RPM as a gasser. You can get a solid 25MPG in the truck if you keep it under 1800 RPM, which is (I've heard) its sweet spot. But 50? Also, do remember that at low RPM's the torque out of that engine is very 'lobey', it could beat your drivetrain to pieces. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: My Nikon Coolpix 775 has different sizes of pictures one can choose between. Do phones have the same capability? I have an iPhone 3GS (3 generations out of date) and I can't choose size. I have an ancient Sony Mavica Fd something and it has a setting to take an email size pic along with whatever size you are taking. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Do you not have the option to get it insured as a classic? That way you can set a good payout that would keep the vandals from killing it, as you will be able to fund a rebuild. The parts are shared with the R107, so you should have a reasonable source of parts for a long while. Not so lucky with sheet metal. You might need to found a 114/115 rescue club to scour PnP for high quality body panels. clay On Aug 30, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the daily driver. I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not too much concern close by in the day time but leaving it out over night concerns me etc. If it were vandalized the insurance people would write it off in a minute. Randy On 30/08/2013 2:28 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a tool. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of. It is a true collectors piece. Mike Maybe I have things backwards, but a rare car is the last thing that I want. When I buy parts, I like the vehicle to be as generic as it can be. The F150 is a good example. Generally, when I go to get parts, they have them on the shelf. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I disagree. I own nothing but Diesels of many types and every one but the Mercedes is very sensitive to RPM when efficiency is in mind. Only the Benz seems to like to rev and still get great figures. My Powerstroke will pull near 22 mpg if you never let it over 2000rpm while towing a 6500 pound truck. It gets 16 if you don't. My 6.2 will pull 25 empty @55mph but run 65 with no OD and it drops dramatically to 15. Google high mpg Cummins. There are trucks out there that will go like hell and are pulling 50+ empty. Mike On Aug 30, 2013 10:59 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol Why 50 mpg? It's a diesel, they're not quite as sensitive to RPM as a gasser. You can get a solid 25MPG in the truck if you keep it under 1800 RPM, which is (I've heard) its sweet spot. But 50? Also, do remember that at low RPM's the torque out of that engine is very 'lobey', it could beat your drivetrain to pieces. -- Jim __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Randy wrote: A Checker should have enough room to drop in a Cummins from a Dodge pickup truck. Minor point, the Cummins B-series, 6 cylinder, turbo (6BT) is used in Dodge pickups, but that's not the only place to find them. They were used in truck chassis up to class 6 at least. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Oversized email - was: 108 photos
Kaleb wrote: Here are some more photos of that 108 A 19 MB email??? I just had to download _19_MB_!!!???!! I don't mind an email of 1 MB. But bigger than that, I would _really_ prefer to have links to an image stored on the server. Mailman software can do this. Then I can choose to use the bandwidth if I want too. And I can use a download manager that will resume if interrupted. And uuencoding, which is how 8-bit data is sent over 7-bit email makes the actual download size almost 50% bigger! 19 MB *grumble, grumble* -- Philip, old and slow - the data connection, that is. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: That's true, but the way it used to be, pictures over a certain size were saved to the server's disk and links added to the bottom of the email. That way an external picture site (which might require registration) isn't necessary. Yes and the links are only good for x amount of days. Most folks tend to leave pictures on photo sharing sites indefinitely. I have emails in my archive going back nearly a decade. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: There is a reason for Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, DropBox, etc. They are easy to link to, and you can post as many digital images as you like. Rick Which is the simplest to join and use? Thanks, Gerry It depends. If you have a yahoo account, Flickr is yahoos photo site. If you have a google account, Picasa is theirs. They are pretty simple to use, a couple of mouse clicks and every thing gets uploaded. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
