Re: [MBZ] Interesting Cargo Van

2013-11-03 Thread dseretakis
Front looks like a Ford. I'm not surprised as I don't really expect any creativity on the part of a Japanese auto manufacturer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Saw one of these on the interstate yesterday. Sort of weird looking, but cool:

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Cargo Van

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
It just sort of jumped out at me as I had never seen one before. Weird shape, like a full size Nissan pickup with a box on it. Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:30 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Front looks like a Ford. I'm not surprised as I don't really expect any creativity on the part of a

[MBZ] 300CD Stick for youse East Coasters

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1775041-fs-1981-300cd-turbo-diesel-w.html#post6397257 Looks pretty decent and the price isn't outrageous. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Cargo Van

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I see those around here all the time. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 3, 2013, at 7:30 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Front looks like a Ford. I'm not surprised as I don't really expect any creativity on the part of a Japanese auto manufacturer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 2, 2013, at

[MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Well, I decided to go all in on the door closing assist issue today. Earlier in the week I bought a used door latch on eBay for $30 shipped that had the suspect microswitch. I got the latch unfastened and dropped down into the door, but without taking the rear window slide out, it's not

[MBZ] Mercedes in partial solar eclipse photo

2013-11-03 Thread OK Don
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/03/21297121-rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse-wows-world?lite It's the fifth photo down on the page --- -- 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

Re: [MBZ] 300CD Stick for youse East Coasters

2013-11-03 Thread Dwight Giles
Tempting but I think I have to stay at one CD. On Nov 3, 2013 9:53 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/1775041-fs-1981-300cd-turbo-diesel-w.html#post6397257 Looks pretty decent and the price isn't outrageous.

Re: [MBZ] 300CD Stick for youse East Coasters

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
My 84 300CD was a blast to drive once it was all tweaked up. I can imagine a stick would actually make this car a lot of fun to drive. Might even be able to give some vergassers a run for their money up to about 30 or 40. Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: Tempting but I

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Done. Had to really fight to get everything back together. Reassembled twice and the mechanism locked up. Figured out that the pin from the back of the door handle lock cylinder wasn't getting where it needed to be, and was pressing up against the mechanism and locking it up. Once I got

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up Done. Had to really fight to get everything back together.

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Thanks, Wilton. (To me) there is nothing more rewarding than: 1.) Fixing something that would cost the average consumer a heck of a lot of money for very little (MB microswitch = $140, used microswitch plus other parts that came with the latch assembly = $32), and; 2.) Having everything on

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Rich Thomas
Feed it beer --R On 11/3/13 4:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Last thing I have to deal with is the lumbar bladder. Not sure why it doesn't inflate, but I'll be finding out. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Hmm. I'll have to try that. Any particular kind? Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 5:17 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Feed it beer --R On 11/3/13 4:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Last thing I have to deal with is the lumbar bladder. Not sure why it doesn't inflate, but I'll be finding out. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
When you do let me know the ones in my 92 do not inflate either Sent from my iPhone On Nov 3, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Thanks, Wilton. (To me) there is nothing more rewarding than: 1.) Fixing something that would cost the average consumer a heck of a lot of

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Have you tried resetting the pump? That's the first step. Since both don't work my first suspicion would be the pump. If one doesn't work then there is most likely a leak or the adjustment thing is leaking. Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: When you do let me know

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No, how do you do that? On 11/3/2013 5:38 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Have you tried resetting the pump? That's the first step. Since both don't work my first suspicion would be the pump. If one doesn't work then there is most likely a leak or the adjustment thing is leaking. Dan On Nov 3,

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset he timer is to remove power from the system, e.g., pull the fuse or

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset the timer is to remove power from the system, e.g., pull the fuse or

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I will try that On 11/3/2013 6:05 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset he timer is to

Re: [MBZ] OT but important

2013-11-03 Thread clay
Hard to say. The medical idiots identified an adenoma in my dads gut, but doctors ignored it for four years. Then they were all surprised that the mass was cancerous and stage four. This is ObamaCare en-utero folks. Lose your plan, get the new expensive one, and the bone saws will still pay

[MBZ] Fuel Cell Toyota

2013-11-03 Thread Gerry Archer
Toyota has developed a new long-range electric vehicle powered entirely by a cutting-edge fuel cell. The project represents a dramatic departure from the goal of developing a mass-produced, effective, battery-driven electric car. But what does it mean for our future?.snip At this year's

Re: [MBZ] Fuel Cell Toyota

2013-11-03 Thread Allan Streib
I think it makes a lot more sense. Two problems with batteries: they don't store a lot of energy per mass unit compared to other chemistry such as hydrocarbons, and they take a long time to recharge. On Sun, Nov 3, 2013, at 08:39 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: Toyota has developed a new

Re: [MBZ] OT but important

2013-11-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
If Romney had won the election and repealed Obamacare, whom would you have blamed? On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:47 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Hard to say. The medical idiots identified an adenoma in my dads gut, but doctors ignored it for four years. Then they were all surprised that

[MBZ] CC Kids: Jeff Dorman with “Finnie” and other Mercedes Trailer-Haulers

2013-11-03 Thread Craig
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-kids-jeff-dorman-with-finnie-and-other-mercedes-trailer-haulers/ Craig -- Present:'95 E320Sebastian 124 kmi '94 E420Oskar 127 kmi (awaiting parting out) '82 240D/3.0Bluebell 267

Re: [MBZ] OT but important

2013-11-03 Thread clay
I have the butt doctors calling me up cold. I should put the notes on the wall and toss a dart at it to see who I go with. clay On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Well for some reason my dr sent me to get scoped about 5 years ago. That was fun I tell you. I got a letter

Re: [MBZ] OT but important

2013-11-03 Thread clay
OsamaCare. It happened during the anointed ones guard, and the people in my neck of the woods were ardent bho adorationist. Now there is an up-swelling of angered liberals claiming to no longer support Osama due to the fiasco that ACA has been on their insurance budgets. Lost plans, massive

Re: [MBZ] M(ac)B question

2013-11-03 Thread Brian Toscano
Why should apple support things for decades like Microsoft? A lot of things in windows should've been killed years before they were. Computers are replaced because they no longer current software that the user wants. If you're happy with snow leopard on your old machine keep running it. Snow