1990 W126 350SDL Rodbender with only 289k? Gotta be worth some kind of award!
Angelo
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Overachiever award?
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Angelo Giaimo via Mercedes
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1990 W126 350SDL Rodbender with only 289k? Gotta be worth some kind of
award!
Angelo
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In Obamamerica, everyone gets an award!
--R
On 11/20/14 10:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Overachiever award?
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Angelo Giaimo via Mercedes
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1990 W126 350SDL Rodbender with only 289k? Gotta be worth some kind of
I am curious.
How much work has been done on it over time?
I sold a boat to a fellow who picked it up with a Chevy or GMC pickup
truck with a diesel that had about 800,000 Kil on it so about 500,000
miles but he acknowledged that it had had a lot of work over the years.
I communicated with him
At least a big ATTABOY!
BTW, I shoulda bought your FL friend's 126. 'Procrastinated too long.
Wilton
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1990
I might be toward the other end of that scale.
My 76 115 300D showed 990 miles on the odometer when I bought it in July
of 2005.
I have no way of knowing if that was just the beginning of the 2nd time
around or not but the car is tight and I would not be surprised if it was.
I know some of
Original Trans, too! Tick, tick, tick...
On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Overachiever award?
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Angelo Giaimo via Mercedes
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1990 W126 350SDL Rodbender with only 289k? Gotta be
Thanks, Wilton! Glad to see someone who appreciates good engineering,
persistence and a bit of luck, too!
Angelo
On Nov 20, 2014, at 12:33 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
At least a big ATTABOY!
BTW, I shoulda bought your FL friend's 126. 'Procrastinated too long.
Wilton
1990
http://jalopnik.com/this-puppy-sure-sounds-like-an-old-diesel-1661142097
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I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his
tools to an automotive repair shop.
The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with
Proto and Snap-On.
Has anyone heard of them before?
Thanks,
Craig
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Since the battery in our '82 240D/3.0 died last week, I went looking for
a replacement battery for it.
WOW! Have battery prices gone through the roof!
AutoZone wanted $150 - $175.
NAPA wanted $184.
Is that the case across the U.S.?
Thanks,
Craig
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Speaking of prices, gasoline prices have been dropping here, but diesel
has come down only a little.
Now, it's almost cheaper to drive our Big Red Van than our '82 240D/3.0!
Today at the Mobil station I have been tracking, I saw:
Regular 2.749
Mid
my 78 240D can still be driven any time. the only known problem which
might be considered serious is the broken parking pawl in the tranny..
Of course it has the typical rust on the floors and rockers and one hood
hinge has a screw missing. t has 330K mi.
our 91 300D is like new - just
IMO the w124s were easier to keep pristine - as yours and mine are. The
123's are great cars and very utilitarian but the rust bug loves them.
All the plastic on the 124s really keep the rust at bay.
The 124 is my wife's daily driver but she'd like something other than a
MB just as a change
Advanced auto with the online order and 20 - 30% discounts brings it
down to $125 or so.
Or, if you buy the other size (84 maybe?) it will be 80-90 wiht the
discount. Same CCA and it fits like a group 49. a couple mm
difference in the case, be WAY cheaper than a group 49.
Batteries and
Craig via Mercedes wrote:
I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his
tools to an automotive repair shop.
The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with
Proto and Snap-On.
Has anyone heard of them before?
Thanks,
Craig
I never heard of
Yep, and Mac
Mac was good, but I don't see them any more. I see Corny and snappy regularly.
Except for an occasional specialty tool, I still buy from HF. Much
better value.
I have a 3/8 drive, long 6mm ball driver from snappy for the intake
bolts on the OM603s.
Too expensive...
I was
Craig via Mercedes wrote:
Since the battery in our '82 240D/3.0 died last week, I went looking for
a replacement battery for it.
WOW! Have battery prices gone through the roof!
AutoZone wanted $150 - $175.
NAPA wanted $184.
Is that the case across the U.S.?
Yep.
You buy them online (store
Yeah, I paid $125 for a group 48 for the Jetta at Car Quest last year. If
you've got a Car Quest try them, my local Autozone wanted $150.
-Curt
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We're more like $2.89 for regular gas and $3.39 for diesel.
When I hauled Dimitri's new 240D north I put a tank of mid into the Dodge. It
seemed to like it better and returned 15mpg loaded which I thought was
fantastic. Overall on my trip of 1100 miles I averaged 18mpg which is pretty
good
Craig, et alloya.Just had to have Autozone put a new battery into the Jetta,
$159 plus $11 for the Guvnah. Started reluctantly this a.m. Though not a
surprise.I just stood there and watched, didn't have to touch it, less than 5
minutes and good to go.
Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
On Nov 20, 2014 2:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com.
Is that the case across the U.S.?
Sam's is still $120 with a three year warranty, at least here in NC.
Best,
Tim
Thanks,
Craig
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That sounds very good.
I do not think my F150 will match it.
In the summer, on the highway, I could get 20 to 22 mpg on my runs
from Winnipeg to the lake and back but I am talking about Imperial
gallons so deduct 20% for US gallons.
Not quite so good on my runs from Winnipeg to Grand Forks
Sounds like we're about the same. If I keep the speed down I've gotten as high
as 22mpg but like you as speed increases mileage goes down. You have to be
willing to make it all about the journey I suppose. Northern Maine is 75mph
speed limit so we really hustle...
I wonder about the effect of
I think I paid $135 at Sears for their largest Diehard; they also
collected the old battery.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes
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On Nov 20, 2014 2:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com.
Is that the case across the U.S.?
Sam's is
Rockville, MD Shell station has diesel for $3.25, credit card price. Time
for all you troglodytes to move to the Free State.
;)
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Sounds like we're about the same. If I keep the speed down I've gotten as
Nation's first large-scale renewable diesel plant reopens under new owner
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2014
The first large-scale renewable diesel facility in the United States is up
and running again, new owner Renewable Energy Group Inc. announced
yesterday.
REG marked the startup of
So, exactly what is meant by renewable?
Have they found a means of sucking up the soot that my diesel leaves
behind and converting it back into diesel fuel??
RB
On 20/11/2014 3:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Nation's first large-scale renewable diesel plant reopens under new
Another one Tyson screwed up
Tyson controls a lot of the chicken fat in the country, but 75
million gallons a year is a good portion of the chicken fat and
yellow grease total availability in the US. I forget the numbers,
but reported total sales of yellow grease in the US was somewhere
Any fumes?
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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Another one Tyson screwed up
Tyson controls a lot of the chicken fat in the country, but 75 million
gallons a year is a good portion of the chicken fat and yellow grease total
availability in
Last weekend, I bought a new group 49 for my w124 diesel
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Renewable is a manufactured happy word to impart the idea the fuel , or
energy source, doesn't come from nasty crude oil ... or God forbid, coal...
or, worst of all nuclear...
In the case of biodiesel, it's meant to impart the idea that it is taken
from a growing plant that can be regrown
Last weekend, I bought a new group 49 for my w124 diesel at Sears. Second best
model cost more than $180 with tax.
Ned
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On 20/11/2014 1:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
Since the battery in our '82 240D/3.0 died last week, I went looking for
a replacement battery for it.
WOW! Have battery prices gone through the roof!
AutoZone wanted $150 - $175.
NAPA wanted $184.
Is that the case across the U.S.?
Thanks,
Stumbled across this:
http://linuxcnc.org/
Ubuntu based CNC. Just add the machine tool and stir.
Price is right: free, for your time.
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WOW. Batteries have gone up more than my Obamacare insurance. I purchased
Bosch group 49 from PepBoys for both of my old 617s. They prorated one this
summer that my alternator ruined, so it must have been within their 3 yr
warranty and it was $109 or $119 when I purchased it. They are now
I suspect a good part of the increase in price WAS due to increased shipping
costs, batteries are heavy after all. It all makes me wonder if electric cars
have something to do with it but AFAIK they don't use lead acid batteries...
-Curt
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Lead cost? I understand that all US smelting was shut down in 2013 for
environmental reasons:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/16881-epa-closure-of-last-lead-smelting-plant-to-impact-ammunition-production
I guess lead has other applications (other than ammo). There is a
Bought a Cornwell tubing wrench for use on injector pump lines years ago. It
was too bulky and had to be ground down. Snap-on is, or was, the thinnest and
most rigid line of wrenches IMO. In my experience they do break more easily but
replacements are free. No experience with Mac or HF
For box end wrenches HF is impossible to beat. Their 9 piece sets are cheap
cheap and as near as I can tell indestructible. I've got 3 sets and have never
broken one. I have a couple of the 32 piece sets which are even cheaper per
wrench but stop one size short going up, I'd rather have a
When I was bench testing several alternators last summer, I put the shop
battery, a $29.xx 225 CCA garden tractor battery, in the '83 300D; drove to
town with A/C on, went to several stores, and drove home with no problem.
Thought about installing 2 in parallel ($58.xx) so car would still start
G Mann wrote:
It is not a perfect world... I discovered I have OCD ADD ... Everything
has to be exactly perfect.. but only for a minute... ;))
Grant...
How do they manifest themselves?
Gerry
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I recently had the WHOW what the heck is happening to battery cost
discussion with my supplier when I purchased a pair of 8D 1000 cca
batteries for my new [to me] Mercedes bus and discussed the purchase of 10
group 31 batteries to use as the solar battery bank.
The answers I got seems to make
Might work reasonably well when its warm out but 225CCA is 1/4 what a group 49
battery is capable of. Based on the price it sounds like capacity is sold
linearly...
-Curt
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I recently had the WHOW what the heck is happening to battery cost
discussion with my supplier when I purchased a pair of 8D 1000 cca
batteries for my new [to me] Mercedes bus and discussed the purchase of 10
group 31 batteries to use as the solar battery bank.
The answers I got seems to make
Billy Bob, a good comm.-er, ah, Demorcrap rapes women and it is He
He, tee he
Cos, may or may not have had sex, and it is Hang him! He dares to
speck the truth about race and gooberment.
Obviously NOT a good Party man
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I have had to buy 2 batteries in the last couple of weeks, had a couple sitting
around and now won't hold a charge. I bought mine at Walmart for about $125. I
need a couple more and will check SAMs also. Yes they seem to have gone up
quite a bit.
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:12
I see those trucks all over the place at the dealers etc here.
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Craig via Mercedes wrote:
I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his
tools to an automotive
What's the difference between a group 49 and the cheaper one?
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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Advanced auto with the online order and 20 - 30% discounts brings it down to
$125 or so.
Or, if you buy the other size
Well it says something when I can take dead batteries from parts cars down to
the crusher and they pay $15 each.
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 7:45 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I recently had the WHOW what the heck is happening to battery cost
discussion
Here you go, Jaime - a fixer-upper at an Okie Acres price:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/2135585-feeler-1991-560sel.html#post10017353
Dan
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What's the difference between a group 49 and the cheaper one?
Group 93 fits and can be the same CCA it is a couple mm different,
but a bunch cheaper the last time I bought one. No idea why there
are 2 sizes that are essentially the same, but one is 10-20% cheaper.
To me, the best manifestation of renewable is recycled/repurposed
materials. In other words, take a waste product with a high environmental
cost to dispose of up and transform it into usable fuel. Poultry fat, used
motor oil, and spent cooking oil all qualify under this definition, more so
than
If you are in Calif, maybe you can help me. I have a 240D that is in
good shape but has no title. It was abandoned in a storage unit in
Lancaster area. I have a form INF-70 from Cal DMV, and it asks for
permissible use of the form, but the instructions don't list trying
to trace a title as
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