Re: [MBZ] OT: Breaking into a Linux box to reset the password

2014-06-30 Thread Tim Crone
On Jun 29, 2014 2:02 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: In my experience CentOS/RedHat does not require a password. But you are right about needing to fsck and remount the root partition; I forgot that it is mounted read-only by default in single user mode. Craig, I'm sorry about

Re: [MBZ] OT: Breaking into a Linux box to reset the password

2014-06-30 Thread Dan Penoff
I have everything documented in a Field Notes notebook. It's in a fire safe with a checklist of what to do after my demise. Same thing for the spouse. Dan On Jun 30, 2014, at 6:38 AM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Jun 29, 2014 2:02 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: In my

Re: [MBZ] OT: Breaking into a Linux box to reset the password

2014-06-30 Thread Jim Cathey
no way I'm giving a lawyer my email password... Considering that lawyers _invented_ email spam, I can see that. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201_nkw=1983+300D+mercedes+fuel+sender_sacat=0 Scroll down. Gerry ... On 6/29/2014 11:44 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: hi Kaleb! i've sent him an e-mail directly, even though it didn't appear on

[MBZ] W124 Wanted

2014-06-30 Thread LarryTurner
When ordering a gasket from the dealer the parts tech I spoke with said he was in the market for a w124 - even a fixer-upper. He was a MB tech before moving into the parts room so he can work on them. If anyone knows of one let me know I'll provide a name phone number. LarryT

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
my wood dowel was only 19.99 On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:28 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201_nkw= 1983+300D+mercedes+fuel+sender_sacat=0 Scroll down. Gerry ...

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread ernest breakfield
hi Gerry! saw that, thanks; that's the record for the worst price so far. cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 08:28, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201_nkw=1983+300D+mercedes+fuel+sender_sacat=0 Scroll down. Gerry

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
it's german wood from the back forest On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:10 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi Gerry! saw that, thanks; that's the record for the worst price so far. cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 08:28, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Since you didn't want to clean yours (which is pretty simple), I thought you were rich. (grin) Gerry hi Gerry! saw that, thanks; that's the record for the worst price so far. cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 08:28, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
they are another part the is NLA and none of my suppliers still have any $200+ on ebay seems the option at hte moment, or just keep looking till one shows up cheap On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:50 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Since you didn't want to clean yours

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread astrasfogel
I can do better. Stay tuned.,. -- Sent from myMail app for Android etter Monday, 30 June 2014, 00:10PM -0400 from ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org: hi Gerry!  saw that, thanks; that's the record for the worst price so far. cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 08:28, 

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread ernest breakfield
dunno' where you got either of those ideas! neither is true. (did you perhaps not read the e-mail you responded to?) cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 10:50, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Since you didn't want to clean yours (which is pretty simple), I thought you were rich. (grin) Gerry hi Gerry!

Re: [MBZ] W124 Wanted

2014-06-30 Thread WILTON
$500 or less, or does he wanta pay real money for a nice one? Just made a mighty fine 130-mile cruise to Raleigh and back on one not for sale. AC blowing ICE COLD, too. 'Only 28 years old and 137 kmi. No dents, scratches, dings, nicks, etc. Wilton - Original Message - From:

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread WILTON
FANTASTIC!!! Wilt - Original Message - From: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:31 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT war birds I believe one or two here enjoy planes with pistons and propellers.

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread Russ Williams
You Said it!! On 6/30/2014 15:08, WILTON wrote: FANTASTIC!!! Wilt - Original Message - From: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:31 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT war birds I believe one or two here enjoy

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread WILTON
'Reminds me: On a Sunday afternoon in summer of 1961, SWMBO, the two children and I went out to an air port near Mercedes, Texas, in the lower Rio Grande Valley, to check on some WWII war birds I had heard about. As we approached the airport, I heard the unmistakable and musical roar of a

[MBZ] Any chance of finding

2014-06-30 Thread John Reames
A w123 package shelf and first aid box lid? Palomino preferred Cut for factory speaker holes is fine too. Thanks much -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT:illegal Yellow jacket nest in the roof soffit

2014-06-30 Thread Mountain Man
henifay wrote: End of the day if you're happy to coexist with nasty bite bite creatures... I try not to coexist with bite bite, but... in theory, they have place... someplace here on this terrestrial. Similar to waste, pest (perhaps) can be conceived as resource out of place. The smart might

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread Mountain Man
Gary wrote: $200+ on ebay seems the option at hte moment, or just keep looking till one shows up cheap My son made one out of leather for me, colored dark blue. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread Mountain Man
I was driving by the dealer and I had a few dollars in my pocket so I stopped. Donuts for exhaust. He said there are two types. For the rear by the muffler, and then another type for the middle under the car. Who would have guessed that. mao ___

Re: [MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas
I need to wire up the mufflers on the SD as the donuts keep breaking. Maybe I need the higher-powered donuts, the ones that are iron-fortified. I don't want to loose my mufflers if the donuts brake. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jun 30, 2014, at 8:58 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com

Re: [MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
i used to use stainless steel wire. expensive but really nice On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I need to wire up the mufflers on the SD as the donuts keep breaking. Maybe I need the higher-powered donuts, the ones that are

Re: [MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread LarryT
Garden Shops often have SS wire for flower arrangements and such. Hardware stores have less strong (and cheaper) carbon steel wire sometimes used to tie rebar.I have used hose clamps in a pinch... snug them down so there's no rattling .. LarryT On 6/30/2014 9:07 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: I

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread Meade Dillon
The Carolina Wing is not too far from you Wilton, Southern Pines NC. Often in the summer I see a few fly over the beach here in Charleston. No acrobatics, just a nice slow pass, a few thousand feet up. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] W124 Wanted

2014-06-30 Thread LarryT
re w124 - I was planning on sending him all offers and letting him decide. He didn't really tell me how much he was looking to spend - but he mentioned he'd be willing to replace sheet metal if needed. Glad to hear your AC is blowing cold your 124 is running strong! Now that i've got a

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread Meade Dillon
I really wonder how one acquires an expensive piece of military property, for private ownership. I know there are programs for donating military hardware for museums and static displays, but generally those are none-operational examples. Do (did) people buy these at DRMO auctions? Max Dillon,

Re: [MBZ] fuel T'Stat O-Rings

2014-06-30 Thread LarryT
Ha! typucal WSM! ;-) Larryt On 6/29/2014 11:17 AM, John Reames wrote: I can assure you the new manuals are LOVELY; the om606 manual admonishes the the mechanic to remove the cam bearing caps in the reverse of installation sequence, but the sequence is nowhere to be found. (Nor is the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Breaking into a Linux box to reset the password

2014-06-30 Thread Craig
On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:38:17 -0400 Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Jun 29, 2014 2:02 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: In my experience CentOS/RedHat does not require a password. But you are right about needing to fsck and remount the root partition; I forgot that it is

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread Mitch Haley
Meade Dillon wrote: I really wonder how one acquires an expensive piece of military property, for private ownership. In the 40s and 50s it was all scrap metal to be sold at auction, just like JimC's big generator. I can remember an old coot on the tractor pull circuit, he'd bought several

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread G Mann
At the close of WW2 there were acres of warbirds, and new spare parts, some of the airplanes only had ferry time on them from the factory to the storage facility. They were sold for scrap. One of the fellows I flew charter with was of that era, upon discharge he bought a P 51 to fly in the Bendix

Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?

2014-06-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
A fuel sender made out of leather? How so? On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: $200+ on ebay seems the option at hte moment, or just keep looking till one shows up cheap My son made one out of leather for me, colored dark blue. mao

Re: [MBZ] OT:illegal Yellow jacket nest in the roof soffit

2014-06-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. They forage all day for what? On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: henifay wrote: End of the day if you're happy to coexist with nasty bite bite creatures... I try not to coexist with bite bite, but... in theory, they have

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread Scott Ritchey
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. Thomas Jefferson -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G Mann Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 11:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

Re: [MBZ] OT: Yellow jacket nest in the roof soffit

2014-06-30 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
All of us WASPS don't belong to country clubs. Some of us; especially DIYers with old Mercedes; don't have time. [:o). Gerry On 6/29/2014 10:19 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: I can see where the country club set could get ugly, especially if you wore dark soles on the yacht, or failed to wear tennis

Re: [MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread Jim Cathey
There's the chain-filled ones that look like 8, and the regular ones that look like O. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread OK Don
In the early '60s, my Dad went to the Yukon, OK aircraft salvage yard and bought two Twin Beech fuselages to make a camper for his pickup. While he was negotiating those, I was crawling around a scrap P-38 - minus the engines (which were in another pile). I pestered Dad to buy it for my birthday,

Re: [MBZ] W123 donuts

2014-06-30 Thread OK Don
I got tired of replacing those donuts, and replaced them with coat hanger wire first, but that rattled - very un-Mercedes like. I then started using Dacron cord, ~ 1/8th inch, IIRC. It doesn't rattle, doesn't melt, and doesn't stretch. It is sold to the ham community for guying antenna masts. On

Re: [MBZ] OT war birds

2014-06-30 Thread G Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJk1jqzjYU Here is a video that gives some idea of where all the flying WW2 warbirds came from... so few survived. The last 20 seconds of the video show ingots of aluminum the size of pickup trucks and stacks of broken up bombers behind the smelter.. waiting..