Re: [MBZ] Parts/hoarding/picking through the floor sweepings

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Well, just this week, as I contemplated throwing out things like used 
brake pads, fate struck.   The RR brake on the 240D was scraping steel 
on steel.  While I waited for parts from crockauto, I scrounged around 
and after I gave up because I only found used Front brake pads, I went 
hunting again, and found a set if rear brake pads.   I took one set and 
put them in the RR caliper, so have been able to keep the car on the 
road for a week until the transfer pump crapped out.


Then there is the transfer pump.  I had the 3 cyl OM616 that came out of 
the Mojave 240D, and the one I   traded Mike Ward for that was supposed 
to be good, but I don't trust.  I gave him a sweet running OM617 for 
it.  He got by far the better deal.  I tried the Mojave transfer pump 
first, and was thinking the other engine did not have one, as the IP had 
been messed up.  After I found the mojave pump did not work, I gave up.  
Later I decided to go LOOK at the Mike Ward engine, and it DID have a 
transfer pump that works.


So the Parts/hoarding/picking through the floor sweepings paid off to 
the tune of $174 or so just in the last week.


Today I went to the lumberyard and got 63 pieces of treated lumber, from 
5/4 decking to 2 x 12s for $63.  Enough to build a fairly elaborate 
deck, if only I buy 4x4s for posts.  I will not use some of it for the 
deck, but at $63 for a trailerload, if I only use 10 pieces, I come out 
ahead.  Some of it is even rated for ground contact.   THere are 
benefits of hoarding

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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Yes, Herr DIllon, You will COMPLY or be BANNED FOREVER!  Now buy a new 
car and send us money.


Well, when they were $25, it was not a bad option.  At 160 to $300, it 
is not an option.  If you have wrenches to take em apart, I'll send ya 
2.  They are put together with some serious torque.  AFIK,  there are no 
kits.  If I COULD get one of the blasted things apart, maybe some 
hydraulic parts might fit.


On the one in the car, when I unscrewed the hand primer, (after the 
engine was running, but no fuel drawn into the prefilter) there was 
serious vacuum pulling the plunger back in.  Seems like maybe a stuck valve?


On the second one, I think disassembly, cleaning and reassembly might 
make it workable.


I have found a good used one, and as soon as I get some blue goo, it is 
going in.  The old Tex will be worth twice as much when he comes out of 
the horspital.  different transfer pump, different PS pump, new 
calipers, rotors, hoses, brake fluid, and pads.  (and new fuel and PS 
hoses) I patched the brakes up with used parts I had, and he is drivable 
as soon as he get fuel,  but, it is time to get him ready for the next 
35 years, (As if I would last that long)





Max Dillon via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 9:32 PMvia Postbox 

Eerrr, did I get subscribed to the Ritter/Easly list by some 
twilight-zone worm hole?


Buy a new lift pump? Sheesh, why not buy an entire injection pump!

In your shoes, I'd get a rebuild kit for the lift pump, or maybe take 
it apart and see what has worn out broken and replace that

Curley McLain 
June 4, 2016 at 6:22 PMvia Postbox 

the transfer pump has a plunger that runs on a camshaft in the IP to 
run the pump.  You have to have the transfer pump off the IP to push 
the plunger manually.


Looks like $160 at autohaus in the arid zone.  For that much money, I 
think I will put on an electric fuel pump.  $30-35 should buy an 
electrik pump.


Last one I bough about 10 yrs ago was under $30 from the stealer.  MB 
South atlanta wants $305.



Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 6:17 PMvia Postbox 


ok that part about pushing the plunger got me

--JC




Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 5:52 PMvia Postbox 


You mean the primer pump?

--R




Curley McLain 
June 4, 2016 at 5:50 PMvia Postbox 



It appears that for the second time in 40+ years, I am going to have 
to replace a transfer pump.  Took the car out last night and it was 
down to 1 or 2 cyl at times, sometimes 3 cyl.  Got it running enough 
to finish the 2 mile R/T.


Changed the fuel lines and prefilter today.  It started right up, but 
no fuel at all in the new filter!     Fuel tank screen plugged?  
  Took off the new fuel line, installed 4' of fuel hose and tried 
sucking first.  got fuel easily.   So, no need to drain the tank and 
clean the screen.


Has anyone bought a new transfer pump lately?  what is the best source?

I pulled one off a spare engine, but when I pushed in the plunger, it 
stuck.  Not a good sign.  so snagging a used one is probably out.


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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Eerrr, did I get subscribed to the Ritter/Easly list by some twilight-zone worm 
hole?

Buy a new lift pump?  Sheesh, why not buy an entire injection pump!

In your shoes, I'd get a rebuild kit for the lift pump, or maybe take it apart 
and see what has worn out broken and replace that
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'95 E300
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Re: [MBZ] Computers

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The second MacPro 1,1 has been finished, and is now in use.  (By me.)
This one got a firmware upgrade and two 'new' 5365 "Big Jim" SLAED
CPU's, along with a flashed PC 1G 4870 video card and some cast-off
FB-DIMMS.  Screams along with 8x3.0GHz with 11GB of ram, using a
120GB SSD for the El Capitan OS, and a 1TB Barracuda for user files.
Almost a complete duplicate of my wife's computer, but with a bit
less RAM.  I'm into this one around $150, all told --- under half
what hers cost.  The very worst thing was soldering in a new coin
cell battery holder, the PO was ham-handed and broke the old one.
(They get weird without a PRAM battery, though can still be used
that way.)  The Googletubes were entirely focused on repairs that
involved gum, tape, wires sticking out of the case, etc.  Cripes,
what a bunch of lame-o's.

My repair is indistinguishable from stock.

The PPC G5 quads are going into storage, as of today.  I kind of
hate to see them go, I dislike Intel so much, but these things were
starting to piss me off, and the MP's run _sweet_.

You have to spend some serious coin at the Apple store to get
something that's any faster than these things, at least for
non-gaming use.  The 4870's are a bit underpowered (though not
electrically), but work perfectly, even on 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Not sure newer/faster video cards would do that.  We have 10.6
for Rosetta, 10.7 for a fallback/patch OS, and 10.11 for regular
use.  Chances are good that 10.12 will also be happy on them.
The plan is that these serve for at least five years.  Not
bad for 2006 computers!

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Muhammad Ali Had A Ridiculously Amazing Bejeweled Mercedes-Benz 220S

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

As Ian Flemming might say, Chitty Chitty Bling Bling.Mitch. 
 

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[MBZ] Muhammad Ali Had A Ridiculously Amazing Bejeweled Mercedes-Benz 220S

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

http://jalopnik.com/muhammad-ali-had-a-ridiculously-amazing-bejeweled-merce-1780542557


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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

Lift pump is a Limey term.  technically, it is a low pressure fuel 
pump.


Maybe, but that's what is always talked about on the Cummins
engine in my Dodge.  And ol' Clessie weren't no Limey!

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Lift pump is a Limey term.  technically, it is a low pressure fuel pump.


Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 6:23 PMvia Postbox 



Is in the thing that the primer pump screws to.  The
transfer pump is also known as the lift pump.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Yep

I tried to disassemble, but can't get any wrench to stay on the thin 
nuts.   I was always told not to try to take em apart.  But if it is 
toast, I will not be hurting anything.


Hand primer pump is good.  Last one of those I bought was scary 
expensive.  With a 'lectrik pump, no primer is needed, just juice.



Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 6:07 PMvia Postbox 


No he means the transfer pump, or the fuel pump which pumps fuel to the ip

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June 4, 2016 at 5:52 PMvia Postbox 


You mean the primer pump?

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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

the transfer pump


Is in the thing that the primer pump screws to.  The
transfer pump is also known as the lift pump.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

the transfer pump has a plunger that runs on a camshaft in the IP to run 
the pump.  You have to have the transfer pump off the IP to push the 
plunger manually.


Looks like $160 at autohaus in the arid zone.  For that much money, I 
think I will put on an electric fuel pump.  $30-35 should buy an 
electrik pump.


Last one I bough about 10 yrs ago was under $30 from the stealer.  MB 
South atlanta wants $305.



Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 6:17 PMvia Postbox 


ok that part about pushing the plunger got me

--JC




Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 5:52 PMvia Postbox 


You mean the primer pump?

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[MBZ] OT MA remembrance

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

When I was 14 or we were driving to visit my grandparents, or maybe 
coming home, whatever. We stopped at a "Big Boy" restaurant near 
Indianapolis to have some lunch. There was a purple Cadillac with gold 
trim bits parked in the lot, I remarked on that as it was quite unusual 
and I really liked it. We go inside to sit down, walk over to our table, 
right past a youngish black man and very attractive black woman sitting 
at a table (this was still somewhat unusual in 1968 or so, given the 
yet-prevailing attitudes, but no one was paying them much attention)


We sit down and my dad looks over and says "That's Cassius Clay." (He 
might have been Muhammad Ali at the time, but was still well known by 
his given name). Shonuff it was. I was awestruck. A few people walked by 
and said hello, he was very low-key and polite, thank you, sir, almost 
shy, quite different from his public shtick. They got up and left before 
we did, he was a pretty big guy. (Might have been why no one gave him 
any shit for being in the restaurant, plus the fact that he was a 
champion(?then) heavyweight...) They got into the purple Caddy and drove 
off. The woman was not his wife...


--JC

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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

ok that part about pushing the plunger got me

--JC


On 6/4/16 7:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

No he means the transfer pump, or the fuel pump which pumps fuel to the ip

Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 4, 2016, at 5:52 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
wrote:

You mean the primer pump?

--R



On 6/4/16 6:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:

It appears that for the second time in 40+ years, I am going to have to replace 
a transfer pump.  Took the car out last night and it was down to 1 or 2 cyl at 
times, sometimes 3 cyl.  Got it running enough to finish the 2 mile R/T.

Changed the fuel lines and prefilter today.  It started right up, but no fuel 
at all in the new filter!     Fuel tank screen plugged?    Took off the 
new fuel line, installed 4' of fuel hose and tried sucking first.  got fuel 
easily.   So, no need to drain the tank and clean the screen.

Has anyone bought a new transfer pump lately?  what is the best source?

I pulled one off a spare engine, but when I pushed in the plunger, it stuck.  
Not a good sign.  so snagging a used one is probably out.

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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

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No he means the transfer pump, or the fuel pump which pumps fuel to the ip

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 5:52 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You mean the primer pump?
> 
> --R
> 
> 
>> On 6/4/16 6:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>> 
>> It appears that for the second time in 40+ years, I am going to have to 
>> replace a transfer pump.  Took the car out last night and it was down to 1 
>> or 2 cyl at times, sometimes 3 cyl.  Got it running enough to finish the 2 
>> mile R/T.
>> 
>> Changed the fuel lines and prefilter today.  It started right up, but no 
>> fuel at all in the new filter!     Fuel tank screen plugged?    Took 
>> off the new fuel line, installed 4' of fuel hose and tried sucking first.  
>> got fuel easily.   So, no need to drain the tank and clean the screen.
>> 
>> Has anyone bought a new transfer pump lately?  what is the best source?
>> 
>> I pulled one off a spare engine, but when I pushed in the plunger, it stuck. 
>>  Not a good sign.  so snagging a used one is probably out.
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Re: [MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

You mean the primer pump?

--R


On 6/4/16 6:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:


It appears that for the second time in 40+ years, I am going to have 
to replace a transfer pump.  Took the car out last night and it was 
down to 1 or 2 cyl at times, sometimes 3 cyl.  Got it running enough 
to finish the 2 mile R/T.


Changed the fuel lines and prefilter today.  It started right up, but 
no fuel at all in the new filter!     Fuel tank screen plugged?  
  Took off the new fuel line, installed 4' of fuel hose and tried 
sucking first.  got fuel easily.   So, no need to drain the tank and 
clean the screen.


Has anyone bought a new transfer pump lately?  what is the best source?

I pulled one off a spare engine, but when I pushed in the plunger, it 
stuck.  Not a good sign.  so snagging a used one is probably out.


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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

It has a yorkie


Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 3:42 PMvia Postbox 

What's that on the front left though, that box.  79 didn't have a 
turbo engine, right?  My 79 is NA and doesn't have all that stuff on 
it, whatever it all is.  Might it actually be a gasser?  I don't know 
but it doesn't look like either a NA or turbo, maybe not even a gasser.


--R




Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 3:10 PMvia Postbox 

Really, what is that?  Looks like a plastic valve cover and is that a 
distributor or something on the LF of the pic?


--JC






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[MBZ] OM616 transfer pump

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

It appears that for the second time in 40+ years, I am going to have to 
replace a transfer pump.  Took the car out last night and it was down to 
1 or 2 cyl at times, sometimes 3 cyl.  Got it running enough to finish 
the 2 mile R/T.


Changed the fuel lines and prefilter today.  It started right up, but no 
fuel at all in the new filter!     Fuel tank screen plugged?    
Took off the new fuel line, installed 4' of fuel hose and tried sucking 
first.  got fuel easily.   So, no need to drain the tank and clean the 
screen.


Has anyone bought a new transfer pump lately?  what is the best source?

I pulled one off a spare engine, but when I pushed in the plunger, it 
stuck.  Not a good sign.  so snagging a used one is probably out.


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Re: [MBZ] Cheap eBay ac compressors

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Is that shiny stuff oil leaking from the front shaft seal?
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'95 E300

On June 4, 2016 4:26:55 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
 wrote:
>I bought a cheap eBay compressor from the same seller for both my 97
>e300 and my ml320. The e300 has been off the road so I can't speak to
>that. The ml worked fine then got to where you had to rev up the engine
>a bit to get it to start cooling. Then won't cool at all. We had not
>been driving it but since the tires on the R320 got slashed the wife
>drove it yesterday. I thought maybe the expansion valve was sticking so
>I ordered a new one. I was checking it out just now and below is the
>result of my investigation.
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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Fred Moir via Mercedes]

Kaleb.
Homemade adapter for a non-standard throttle cable?
LF is York compressor for AC.

Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.


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Subject: Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

The valve cover has been painted but I am trying to figure out what that 
bracket looking deal is sitting over the metal fuel lines

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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

YMMV.  I have never had issues with PW in any of my cars.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:26 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
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> Yup - that's what I thought, until I actually owned several MBs with
> electric windows. I had to do more repairs on the crank up windows than I
> ever did on all the electric windowed MB afterwards. Progress can be a good
> thing.
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> > Channeling my inner Trump... Yes,, something that is dependable and
> > actually works is so anti progressive.. how disgusting..
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> > > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

That’s the dreaded Chysler climate control servo.  It’s up front because there 
isn’t enough room for it closer to the firewall.

Dan

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> What's that on the front left though, that box.  79 didn't have a turbo 
> engine, right?  My 79 is NA and doesn't have all that stuff on it, whatever 
> it all is.  Might it actually be a gasser?  I don't know but it doesn't look 
> like either a NA or turbo, maybe not even a gasser.
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> On 6/4/16 4:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> The valve cover has been painted but I am trying to figure out what that 
>> bracket looking deal is sitting over the metal fuel lines
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

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What's that on the front left though, that box.  79 didn't have a turbo 
engine, right?  My 79 is NA and doesn't have all that stuff on it, 
whatever it all is.  Might it actually be a gasser?  I don't know but it 
doesn't look like either a NA or turbo, maybe not even a gasser.


--R


On 6/4/16 4:28 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

The valve cover has been painted but I am trying to figure out what that 
bracket looking deal is sitting over the metal fuel lines

Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 4, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
wrote:

Really, what is that?  Looks like a plastic valve cover and is that a 
distributor or something on the LF of the pic?

--JC



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1979 MERCEDES 300D 4 DOOR
http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/5546415193.html

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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

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The valve cover has been painted but I am trying to figure out what that 
bracket looking deal is sitting over the metal fuel lines

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
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> 
> Really, what is that?  Looks like a plastic valve cover and is that a 
> distributor or something on the LF of the pic?
> 
> --JC
> 
> 
>> On 6/4/16 12:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> 
>> 1979 MERCEDES 300D 4 DOOR
>> http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/5546415193.html
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] I want one

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Yup - that's what I thought, until I actually owned several MBs with
electric windows. I had to do more repairs on the crank up windows than I
ever did on all the electric windowed MB afterwards. Progress can be a good
thing.

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> Channeling my inner Trump... Yes,, something that is dependable and
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>
> > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
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> >
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Re: [MBZ] Friendly Bear

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Oh I thought you were talking about the kid's mother

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On 6/4/16 4:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

I suppose gorillas aren't apes.  What are they - humanoids?

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
> wrote:


Or the gorilla either

--JC



On 6/4/16 4:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

If it were my kid I'm not sure I would have trusted that hairy
ape.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:

Andrew wrote:

ROFL.  Thanks for sharing.  If she had been doing tai
chi the bear would
have ate her up.

Just like the gorilla at CinnOH eating a 3-year old?
I doubt it.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Friendly Bear

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I suppose gorillas aren't apes.  What are they - humanoids?

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
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> Or the gorilla either
>
> --JC
>
>
>
> On 6/4/16 4:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> If it were my kid I'm not sure I would have trusted that hairy ape.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> Andrew wrote:
>>>
 ROFL.  Thanks for sharing.  If she had been doing tai chi the bear would
 have ate her up.

>>> Just like the gorilla at CinnOH eating a 3-year old?
>>> I doubt it.
>>> mao
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story -- RE

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Have you ever eaten commercial Pemmican from a tiny gourmet cat food-sized
can?  It feeds a dozen people and tastes DISGUSTING.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Joel Cairo 
wrote:

> And sometimes a bit salty
>
> --JC
>
> On 6/4/16 1:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
> I wish I could narrate like you.  Your prose is like pemmican - all
> nutrition, no filler.
>
> This is meant to be a compliment, BTW.
>
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> When we bought our house in Melrose (outside of Boston) it was a complete
>> wreck.  The old Irish couple had 9 or 10 kids of their own and had kept
>> 20some foster kids over the years.  They were all pretty much losers.  4 or
>> 5 of them were still living in the house with them, 18-31yo.  The daughter,
>> who was a real prize, lived in an upstairs back bedroom with a piece of
>> plywood hinged at the top for a door, like a dog door.  Ol Frank had warned
>> us she was up there when we went to look at the house, "She's a f'n pig"
>> was how he described her.  Nice. (He was correct BTW)
>>
>> So anyway we buy the place, I knew what I was getting in to, would be a
>> good fixer-upper, good price for the town and neighborhood.  So we do the
>> closing one afternoon, it is a stormy day, thunderstorms and raining hard.
>> Frank tells us that one of the kids left some furniture on the front porch,
>> will pick them up in a day or two.  Fine.  Frank and his prize wife (who
>> could peel paint with her screeching) got a small apt nearby, out from
>> under the kids finally after 35 years or whatever.
>>
>> So we get to the house, raining like hell.  Walk onto the (closed-in)
>> front porch, and there is a kid passed out on a couch.  h.  So I go
>> over and kick the couch, trying to stir him up, no motion.  Do that a
>> couple more times, shake him by the shoulder, nothing.  Holy shiite we are
>> thinking the kid has ODed and is dead or something but he finally starts to
>> stir, his eyes open and the pupils are blown, very clearly high as a kite.
>> We keep trying to stir him, he finally sits up and looks around, kinda
>> woozie and unstable, then manages to stand and stumble out into the storm
>> and off down the street.  OK, Frank left the youngest there, no place to
>> go.  Nice.
>>
>> We go inside and some of his crap is in there, sleeping bag and a few
>> clothes and a candle, he had managed to climb into a window and was camping
>> out.  I put all of it on the porch, I guess they came and got it the next
>> day or two.  Never saw that kid, but Frank had owned the cab company in
>> town for quite awhile until the kids ran it into the ground (and took a
>> brand new cab to a lake in NH to go ice fishing, the cab crashed through
>> the ice and sunk), but the oldest one, who was actually sorta decent, still
>> drove a cab and he would take me to the airport occasionally and I would
>> get stories about Frank and the fam from him which were always
>> entertaining.  He had no idea what had happened to the one left behind.
>>
>> --JC
>>
>>
>> On 6/4/16 9:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>
>>> The only thing I see that could have been a problem is letting the buyer
>>> store their cars there. It can be a bad idea to let buyers move stuff in
>>> before closing because in general you would be responsible for their items.
>>> Most common thing is buyers will sometimes want to store furniture or
>>> something in the garage before close. Probably not a problem most of the
>>> time but could potential turn into one.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Craig via Mercedes <
 mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

 On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
  wrote:

 Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually
> 6% here.
>
 Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
 $364,500.

 The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
 saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
 presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
 quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
 related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
 husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
 contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
 sell to him.

 The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
 put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
 three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
 walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
 the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told 

Re: [MBZ] Friendly Bear

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

Or the gorilla either

--JC


On 6/4/16 4:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

If it were my kid I'm not sure I would have trusted that hairy ape.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Andrew wrote:

ROFL.  Thanks for sharing.  If she had been doing tai chi the bear would
have ate her up.

Just like the gorilla at CinnOH eating a 3-year old?
I doubt it.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Friendly Bear

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

If it were my kid I'm not sure I would have trusted that hairy ape.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Andrew wrote:
> > ROFL.  Thanks for sharing.  If she had been doing tai chi the bear would
> > have ate her up.
>
> Just like the gorilla at CinnOH eating a 3-year old?
> I doubt it.
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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

Even old ones that aren't so tarted up are going for stupid money.  I 
wonder if you could find one old enough in yurp to bring over without 
all the hassles, a diesel G stripper model, ex military or something, 
and use it as intended.  Didn't they have 617s in them?  There is a 
pretty good availability of moggies, why not Gs?


--JC


On 6/4/16 2:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

I see $150k+ Gwagens at the stealership all the time.  Saw an AMG one a few 
weeks ago, I think the window sticker said something stupid like $180k for a 
price.

I just chuckle as I drive by all of these new fangled cars in my W126 diesel.

Dan



On Jun 4, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
wrote:

Andrew sez:


‎have made it abundantly clear >draw the line at crank windows, >particularly 
in a luxury car..

The G-Wagon was not intended to be luxurious went it was conceived. ‎The 
marketing and accounting departments at D-Bag turned it into one.

So D-Bags would buy them.

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story -- RE

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

And sometimes a bit salty

--JC


On 6/4/16 1:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I wish I could narrate like you.  Your prose is like pemmican - all 
nutrition, no filler.


This is meant to be a compliment, BTW.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes 
> wrote:


When we bought our house in Melrose (outside of Boston) it was a
complete wreck.  The old Irish couple had 9 or 10 kids of their
own and had kept 20some foster kids over the years. They were all
pretty much losers.  4 or 5 of them were still living in the house
with them, 18-31yo.  The daughter, who was a real prize, lived in
an upstairs back bedroom with a piece of plywood hinged at the top
for a door, like a dog door.  Ol Frank had warned us she was up
there when we went to look at the house, "She's a f'n pig" was how
he described her.  Nice. (He was correct BTW)

So anyway we buy the place, I knew what I was getting in to, would
be a good fixer-upper, good price for the town and neighborhood. 
So we do the closing one afternoon, it is a stormy day,

thunderstorms and raining hard.  Frank tells us that one of the
kids left some furniture on the front porch, will pick them up in
a day or two.  Fine.  Frank and his prize wife (who could peel
paint with her screeching) got a small apt nearby, out from under
the kids finally after 35 years or whatever.

So we get to the house, raining like hell.  Walk onto the
(closed-in) front porch, and there is a kid passed out on a
couch.  h.  So I go over and kick the couch, trying to stir
him up, no motion.  Do that a couple more times, shake him by the
shoulder, nothing.  Holy shiite we are thinking the kid has ODed
and is dead or something but he finally starts to stir, his eyes
open and the pupils are blown, very clearly high as a kite.  We
keep trying to stir him, he finally sits up and looks around,
kinda woozie and unstable, then manages to stand and stumble out
into the storm and off down the street.  OK, Frank left the
youngest there, no place to go.  Nice.

We go inside and some of his crap is in there, sleeping bag and a
few clothes and a candle, he had managed to climb into a window
and was camping out.  I put all of it on the porch, I guess they
came and got it the next day or two.  Never saw that kid, but
Frank had owned the cab company in town for quite awhile until the
kids ran it into the ground (and took a brand new cab to a lake in
NH to go ice fishing, the cab crashed through the ice and sunk),
but the oldest one, who was actually sorta decent, still drove a
cab and he would take me to the airport occasionally and I would
get stories about Frank and the fam from him which were always
entertaining.  He had no idea what had happened to the one left
behind.

--JC


On 6/4/16 9:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

The only thing I see that could have been a problem is letting
the buyer store their cars there. It can be a bad idea to let
buyers move stuff in before closing because in general you
would be responsible for their items. Most common thing is
buyers will sometimes want to store furniture or something in
the garage before close. Probably not a problem most of the
time but could potential turn into one.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via
Mercedes"
> wrote:

Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings
there?  Its usually
6% here.

Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on
Zillow for
$364,500.

The first agent who brought someone by started her
presentation by
saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She
ended up
presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who
needed to move in
quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The
things she
related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated.
Then the
husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me
directly. His
contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did
not want to
sell to him.

The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by
the sign I had
put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came
through the house
three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The
  

Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

Really, what is that?  Looks like a plastic valve cover and is that a 
distributor or something on the LF of the pic?


--JC


On 6/4/16 12:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:


1979 MERCEDES 300D 4 DOOR
http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/5546415193.html

via cPro for Craigslist
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Re: [MBZ] 1991 300e Parts

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On 6/4/16 11:51 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes wrote:

Not mine, no interest in it. But for $600, the interior looks pretty good, plus 
probably other parts as well.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/5619134396.html

This is close to a Kaleb price.
Best Wishes,
Roger
Roger Hale
Dinnerware Classics, Inc.
Monroe, Ga.
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Re: [MBZ] OT Sam & Ella Warning

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Curley wrote:
> Backyard poultry linked to 7-state salmonella outbreak

I say RONG!
Too much anti-whatever stuff has lowered well cultivated human
immunities to you-name-it outbreak.
We need more immune challenges (and death) to overcome outbreak as we
develop higher personal defences, i.e. evolve.
We have weakened our systems with all the anti-viral jazz.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Friendly Bear

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Andrew wrote:
> ROFL.  Thanks for sharing.  If she had been doing tai chi the bear would
> have ate her up.

Just like the gorilla at CinnOH eating a 3-year old?
I doubt it.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Andrew & Grant wrote:
> Channeling my inner Trump...

Automatic transmission in G is DISGUSTING and STUPID.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] OT any bicycle mechanics on board?

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Curley wrote:
> Good writeup!  Bt remember the left pedal...

The crank on Raleigh is flat face pin but petal will be left thread
and need thin raunch.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] OWC Garage Sale

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

You’re welcome, Craig.

OWC has been around for years as the prime supplier for Mac related stuff.  If 
you sign up they will notify you of the garage sales when they occur.  You get 
advance notice so you’ll get the best deals before they post it on their web 
site.

Dan

 
> On Jun 4, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 09:03:43 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
>> For all you Mac (and non-Mac) folks, Other World Computing's monthly
>> garage sale is on:
>> 
>> https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/garage_sale/?APC=READERSPC=Clear16June=ReaderCL06.16
> 
> Thank you, Dan, for posting this.
> 
> I was able to get a 12 V 5 A power supply for $9 and $4.82 shipping, a
> much better deal than elsewhere.
> 
> 
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Hear Hear!   (whapping can on wood floor for emphasis)


rogerhga--- via Mercedes 
June 4, 2016 at 8:24 AMvia Postbox 

Guys, please stop with the bleeding hearts for the Mexicans. Have you 
calculated what they cost taxpaying citizens of the USA?
1. They use the emergency room and get free health care, while you 
wait for them to get treated.
2. Our schools, gov't. , etc. have to print signs, paperwork, 
interpreters, etc. to have Spanish available because unlike decades 
past, they don't want to assimilate.
3. Their illegal activities tie up our law enforcement, court systems, 
and prisons. Not to mention our weak INS.
4. They claim 8, 10, 12 dependents so they pay little or no taxes. 
I've seen it.
5. They undercut pricing for jobs taking them away from US citizens, 
especially in construction, lawn care, etc. I've seen this firsthand 
as well.

6. I could go on.
So, if you want to bleed your heart about something, bleed it for the 
US taxpayers who have supported all of these free loading, law 
breakers for decades now and watched our society go to crap. If the US 
gov't. wanted to do something, it would send drones into Mexico to 
wipe out the drug cartels. Then, Mexicans could feel safe to stay home 
and support their own economy.

Just my .02, as always, you can have your .02.
Best Wishes,
Roger
Roger Hale
Dinnerware Classics, Inc.
Monroe, Ga.
770-267-0850
www.dinnerwareclassics.com


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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[WILTON via Mercedes]

A 126 does make ya feel good, doesn't it?  I'm still in mourning - double 
mourning now, for a 124 AND a 126.


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" 

To: "Mercedes List" 
Cc: "Dan Penoff" 
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one


I see $150k+ Gwagens at the stealership all the time.  Saw an AMG one a few 
weeks ago, I think the window sticker said something stupid like $180k for 
a price.


I just chuckle as I drive by all of these new fangled cars in my W126 
diesel.


Dan


On Jun 4, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes 
 wrote:


Andrew sez:

‎have made it abundantly clear >draw the line at crank windows, 
 >particularly in a luxury car..


The G-Wagon was not intended to be luxurious went it was conceived. ‎The 
marketing and accounting departments at D-Bag turned it into one.


So D-Bags would buy them.

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OWC Garage Sale

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 09:03:43 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
 wrote:

> For all you Mac (and non-Mac) folks, Other World Computing's monthly
> garage sale is on:
> 
> https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/garage_sale/?APC=READERSPC=Clear16June=ReaderCL06.16

Thank you, Dan, for posting this.

I was able to get a 12 V 5 A power supply for $9 and $4.82 shipping, a
much better deal than elsewhere.


Craig

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[MBZ] OT Sam & Ella Warning

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Backyard poultry linked to 7-state salmonella outbreak

Don't raise backyard poultry if you are germ phobic.

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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I see $150k+ Gwagens at the stealership all the time.  Saw an AMG one a few 
weeks ago, I think the window sticker said something stupid like $180k for a 
price.

I just chuckle as I drive by all of these new fangled cars in my W126 diesel.

Dan


> On Jun 4, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Andrew sez: 
> 
>> ‎have made it abundantly clear >draw the line at crank windows, 
>> >particularly in a luxury car..
> 
> The G-Wagon was not intended to be luxurious went it was conceived. ‎The 
> marketing and accounting departments at D-Bag turned it into one. 
> 
> So D-Bags would buy them. 
> 
> Rick 
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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Andrew sez: 

>‎have made it abundantly clear >draw the line at crank windows, >particularly 
>in a luxury car..

The G-Wagon was not intended to be luxurious went it was conceived. ‎The 
marketing and accounting departments at D-Bag turned it into one. 

So D-Bags would buy them. 

Rick 
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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

My point exactly.  It's like buying Kobe beef ground into hamburger for
$50/lb and making sloppy joes.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Karl Wittnebel 
wrote:

> I guess that is sort of the point; this gwagen is not a luxury car.
> On Jun 4, 2016 10:29 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> You haven't been paying attention.  I am a jalopinist at heart but have
>> made it abundantly clear draw the line at crank windows, particularly in a
>> luxury car..
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> > That surprises me as cheap as you are I figured you would love crank
>> > Windows.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > > On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
>> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
>> > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509
>> > >>
>> > >>
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Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Runs fine - what's to question?  Could be flipped if it has all the paper
work.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
>
> 1979 MERCEDES 300D 4 DOOR
> http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/5546415193.html
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story -- RE

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

I wish I could narrate like you.  Your prose is like pemmican - all
nutrition, no filler.

This is meant to be a compliment, BTW.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> When we bought our house in Melrose (outside of Boston) it was a complete
> wreck.  The old Irish couple had 9 or 10 kids of their own and had kept
> 20some foster kids over the years.  They were all pretty much losers.  4 or
> 5 of them were still living in the house with them, 18-31yo.  The daughter,
> who was a real prize, lived in an upstairs back bedroom with a piece of
> plywood hinged at the top for a door, like a dog door.  Ol Frank had warned
> us she was up there when we went to look at the house, "She's a f'n pig"
> was how he described her.  Nice. (He was correct BTW)
>
> So anyway we buy the place, I knew what I was getting in to, would be a
> good fixer-upper, good price for the town and neighborhood.  So we do the
> closing one afternoon, it is a stormy day, thunderstorms and raining hard.
> Frank tells us that one of the kids left some furniture on the front porch,
> will pick them up in a day or two.  Fine.  Frank and his prize wife (who
> could peel paint with her screeching) got a small apt nearby, out from
> under the kids finally after 35 years or whatever.
>
> So we get to the house, raining like hell.  Walk onto the (closed-in)
> front porch, and there is a kid passed out on a couch.  h.  So I go
> over and kick the couch, trying to stir him up, no motion.  Do that a
> couple more times, shake him by the shoulder, nothing.  Holy shiite we are
> thinking the kid has ODed and is dead or something but he finally starts to
> stir, his eyes open and the pupils are blown, very clearly high as a kite.
> We keep trying to stir him, he finally sits up and looks around, kinda
> woozie and unstable, then manages to stand and stumble out into the storm
> and off down the street.  OK, Frank left the youngest there, no place to
> go.  Nice.
>
> We go inside and some of his crap is in there, sleeping bag and a few
> clothes and a candle, he had managed to climb into a window and was camping
> out.  I put all of it on the porch, I guess they came and got it the next
> day or two.  Never saw that kid, but Frank had owned the cab company in
> town for quite awhile until the kids ran it into the ground (and took a
> brand new cab to a lake in NH to go ice fishing, the cab crashed through
> the ice and sunk), but the oldest one, who was actually sorta decent, still
> drove a cab and he would take me to the airport occasionally and I would
> get stories about Frank and the fam from him which were always
> entertaining.  He had no idea what had happened to the one left behind.
>
> --JC
>
>
> On 6/4/16 9:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> The only thing I see that could have been a problem is letting the buyer
>> store their cars there. It can be a bad idea to let buyers move stuff in
>> before closing because in general you would be responsible for their items.
>> Most common thing is buyers will sometimes want to store furniture or
>> something in the garage before close. Probably not a problem most of the
>> time but could potential turn into one.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually
 6% here.

>>> Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
>>> $364,500.
>>>
>>> The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
>>> saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
>>> presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
>>> quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
>>> related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
>>> husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
>>> contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
>>> sell to him.
>>>
>>> The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
>>> put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
>>> three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
>>> walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
>>> the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
>>> if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
>>> used an agent, I would require $340,000.
>>>
>>> Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
>>> plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.
>>>
>>> The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
>>> plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
>>> light 

Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes]

I guess that is sort of the point; this gwagen is not a luxury car.
On Jun 4, 2016 10:29 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> You haven't been paying attention.  I am a jalopinist at heart but have
> made it abundantly clear draw the line at crank windows, particularly in a
> luxury car..
>
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > That surprises me as cheap as you are I figured you would love crank
> > Windows.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
> > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509
> > >>
> > >>
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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

You haven't been paying attention.  I am a jalopinist at heart but have
made it abundantly clear draw the line at crank windows, particularly in a
luxury car..

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> That surprises me as cheap as you are I figured you would love crank
> Windows.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509
> >>
> >>
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[MBZ] freeware video editors

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Is there a free windows video editor that does a good job of stabilizing a hand held video so the fixed objects remain fixed and the moving stuff moves normally?Mitch
 

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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 09:02:32 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes
 wrote:

> ATTABOY!
> 
> Wilton

Thank you, Wilton.


Craig

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[MBZ] What is the deal with the engine?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

1979 MERCEDES 300D 4 DOOR
http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/5546415193.html

via cPro for Craigslist
iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice
Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android


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[MBZ] 1991 300e Parts

[rogerhga--- via Mercedes]

Not mine, no interest in it. But for $600, the interior looks pretty good, plus 
probably other parts as well. 

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/5619134396.html 

This is close to a Kaleb price. 
Best Wishes, 
Roger 
Roger Hale 
Dinnerware Classics, Inc. 
Monroe, Ga. 
770-267-0850 
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

Yeah your write.  I think Jabba is half honest so that is why I got 
stuff from him, though he is also just fronting some parts supplier so 
who knows. But he is responsive and tries to make things right, so 
there's that.


--JC


On 6/4/16 11:14 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I had that same problem with rusty and ball joints. I think he sent me uro and 
I broke a tool trying to press them back off after they got stuck trying to get 
them on. This was on a 210. Toward the end he seemed to be shipping a lot of 
crap parts

Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
wrote:

I got some BJs from Rusty back many years ago for the TD.  Took them and the knuckle to 
an Indy to get pressed in using the proper device.  First one the flange snapped off and 
the old German mech stopped and said he couldn't use them.  Said he had broken his tool 
($600) on cheap BJs before.  Rusty had sent something not Lemforder (which I think was/is 
OEM, who knows now if they are the "real" deal) so I sent them back and he sent 
some Lemforders, they pressed right in no problem.

I think the ones I got from Jabba for the SD front rebuild were Lemforders, I 
can't remember but they were in MB bags so that's probably what they were.  
There is a very tiny brand mark on them that is hard to see, which of course 
could be cheepchineecounterfeits so who knows.

--JC



On 6/4/16 9:45 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote:
Dr B favoured Lemforder or OE.
Have you changed your FUSES?

Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.


From: Mercedes  on behalf of Mike Esh via Mercedes 

Sent: 04 June 2016 12:49
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Mike Esh
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer.
Both prices include shipping charges.
Thanks,
Mike
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story -- RE

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

When we bought our house in Melrose (outside of Boston) it was a 
complete wreck.  The old Irish couple had 9 or 10 kids of their own and 
had kept 20some foster kids over the years.  They were all pretty much 
losers.  4 or 5 of them were still living in the house with them, 
18-31yo.  The daughter, who was a real prize, lived in an upstairs back 
bedroom with a piece of plywood hinged at the top for a door, like a dog 
door.  Ol Frank had warned us she was up there when we went to look at 
the house, "She's a f'n pig" was how he described her.  Nice. (He was 
correct BTW)


So anyway we buy the place, I knew what I was getting in to, would be a 
good fixer-upper, good price for the town and neighborhood.  So we do 
the closing one afternoon, it is a stormy day, thunderstorms and raining 
hard.  Frank tells us that one of the kids left some furniture on the 
front porch, will pick them up in a day or two.  Fine.  Frank and his 
prize wife (who could peel paint with her screeching) got a small apt 
nearby, out from under the kids finally after 35 years or whatever.


So we get to the house, raining like hell.  Walk onto the (closed-in) 
front porch, and there is a kid passed out on a couch.  h.  So I go 
over and kick the couch, trying to stir him up, no motion.  Do that a 
couple more times, shake him by the shoulder, nothing.  Holy shiite we 
are thinking the kid has ODed and is dead or something but he finally 
starts to stir, his eyes open and the pupils are blown, very clearly 
high as a kite.  We keep trying to stir him, he finally sits up and 
looks around, kinda woozie and unstable, then manages to stand and 
stumble out into the storm and off down the street.  OK, Frank left the 
youngest there, no place to go.  Nice.


We go inside and some of his crap is in there, sleeping bag and a few 
clothes and a candle, he had managed to climb into a window and was 
camping out.  I put all of it on the porch, I guess they came and got it 
the next day or two.  Never saw that kid, but Frank had owned the cab 
company in town for quite awhile until the kids ran it into the ground 
(and took a brand new cab to a lake in NH to go ice fishing, the cab 
crashed through the ice and sunk), but the oldest one, who was actually 
sorta decent, still drove a cab and he would take me to the airport 
occasionally and I would get stories about Frank and the fam from him 
which were always entertaining.  He had no idea what had happened to the 
one left behind.


--JC


On 6/4/16 9:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

The only thing I see that could have been a problem is letting the buyer store 
their cars there. It can be a bad idea to let buyers move stuff in before 
closing because in general you would be responsible for their items. Most 
common thing is buyers will sometimes want to store furniture or something in 
the garage before close. Probably not a problem most of the time but could 
potential turn into one.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
 wrote:


Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually
6% here.

Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
$364,500.

The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
sell to him.

The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
used an agent, I would require $340,000.

Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.

The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
light sleeper and the forced-air heat system made too much noise, so they
would have to change it to a hydronic system, which would cost more than
$25,000. She really tried to put a guilt trip on us. Note, though, that
the house is built on a slab. We again said, "NO!"

A few months later, an older couple stopped by to inquire about the
house. When I showed them around the house, the husband remarked how
quiet the 

Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I had that same problem with rusty and ball joints. I think he sent me uro and 
I broke a tool trying to press them back off after they got stuck trying to get 
them on. This was on a 210. Toward the end he seemed to be shipping a lot of 
crap parts

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I got some BJs from Rusty back many years ago for the TD.  Took them and the 
> knuckle to an Indy to get pressed in using the proper device.  First one the 
> flange snapped off and the old German mech stopped and said he couldn't use 
> them.  Said he had broken his tool ($600) on cheap BJs before.  Rusty had 
> sent something not Lemforder (which I think was/is OEM, who knows now if they 
> are the "real" deal) so I sent them back and he sent some Lemforders, they 
> pressed right in no problem.
> 
> I think the ones I got from Jabba for the SD front rebuild were Lemforders, I 
> can't remember but they were in MB bags so that's probably what they were.  
> There is a very tiny brand mark on them that is hard to see, which of course 
> could be cheepchineecounterfeits so who knows.
> 
> --JC
> 
> 
>> On 6/4/16 9:45 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote:
>> Dr B favoured Lemforder or OE.
>> Have you changed your FUSES?
>> 
>> Fred Moir.
>> Lynn MA.
>> Diesel preferred.
>> 
>> 
>> From: Mercedes  on behalf of Mike Esh via 
>> Mercedes 
>> Sent: 04 June 2016 12:49
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Cc: Mike Esh
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D
>> 
>> Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
>> AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
>> Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer.
>> Both prices include shipping charges.
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Yup.  One of the last things I got from Rusty before the Trent debacle were a 
set of “Lemforder” motor mounts for the S500.  When I went to install them a 
few months later I discovered they were cheap chinee stuff in Lemforder boxes.

Dan


> On Jun 4, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I got some BJs from Rusty back many years ago for the TD.  Took them and the 
> knuckle to an Indy to get pressed in using the proper device.  First one the 
> flange snapped off and the old German mech stopped and said he couldn't use 
> them.  Said he had broken his tool ($600) on cheap BJs before.  Rusty had 
> sent something not Lemforder (which I think was/is OEM, who knows now if they 
> are the "real" deal) so I sent them back and he sent some Lemforders, they 
> pressed right in no problem.
> 
> I think the ones I got from Jabba for the SD front rebuild were Lemforders, I 
> can't remember but they were in MB bags so that's probably what they were.  
> There is a very tiny brand mark on them that is hard to see, which of course 
> could be cheepchineecounterfeits so who knows.
> 
> --JC
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

I got some BJs from Rusty back many years ago for the TD.  Took them and 
the knuckle to an Indy to get pressed in using the proper device.  First 
one the flange snapped off and the old German mech stopped and said he 
couldn't use them.  Said he had broken his tool ($600) on cheap BJs 
before.  Rusty had sent something not Lemforder (which I think was/is 
OEM, who knows now if they are the "real" deal) so I sent them back and 
he sent some Lemforders, they pressed right in no problem.


I think the ones I got from Jabba for the SD front rebuild were 
Lemforders, I can't remember but they were in MB bags so that's probably 
what they were.  There is a very tiny brand mark on them that is hard to 
see, which of course could be cheepchineecounterfeits so who knows.


--JC


On 6/4/16 9:45 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote:

Dr B favoured Lemforder or OE.
Have you changed your FUSES?

Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.


From: Mercedes  on behalf of Mike Esh via Mercedes 

Sent: 04 June 2016 12:49
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Mike Esh
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer.
Both prices include shipping charges.
Thanks,
Mike
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I just ordered that part and when all the way to the process of entering 
credit card info and it worked fine for me.  If you go to the main site 
you have 3 catalogs to choose from, the direct link to the one you want 
is importecautoparts.com.  If that is the one you were in, must be 
something on your end maybe.  They also have a closeout or special 
catalog.  If you go there and put your vehicle in, you can see what 
closeouts or specials they have for that car sort of like rock auto.  I 
saw some good deals in there.


On 6/4/2016 9:06 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

The place you linked to.

If I enter all of my billing/shipping information, the next page that gives 
“Shipping Methods” errors out with a bunch of php errors.

I did get the little shipping estimator to work.  Ground shipping was $0.00, 
whatever that is, so they are cheaper there.  The cheapest (paid) shipping was 
$12.85.

Dan



On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Who's site crashes?

Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 4, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
wrote:

I just bought a Behr/Hella fan clutch for the 1994 S420 from FCP Euro.  $114.00 
shipped.  These guys have the same for $104.00, but their web site crashes when 
you try to get shipping costs.

Not good.

Dan



On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

iI have found a different place to order from that my last order was about 
40-50 less for the exact same parts from autohaus. I ordered on Wednesday with 
free shipping and fedex delivered my stuff Saturday. Wow.  It's Importec.com.

Sent from my iPhone


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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Minimum 90 days, they told us.  It went just about to that point.  The whole 
thing cratered because the seller had a renter in the house on a handshake 
deal, and she lawyered up and refused to move.  In Florida that’s a minimum 45 
days before anything can happen.  She tried to extort $5000 from us to move.  
We told her to piss off.

This was also a classic example of why we hate real estate agents.  The 
seller’s agent tried to pull dual agency on us.  It’s legal here, but frowned 
upon.  She slipped a buyer’s agreement into the paperwork to sign for the 
purchase contract.  When we refused to sign the buyer’s agreement she refused 
to speak to us after that and would only talk to our attorney. Had we not read 
the paperwork and seen what she was trying to do (snag both sides of the 
commission) we would have ended up paying her fee even though we were buyers.

Another reason why a real estate attorney is crucial when buying real estate.  
He caught it as well.  His fee was far, far less than the buyer’s commission 
would have been.

Dan



> On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:04 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Trying to buy s short sale can't be a bitch. It's all up to the banks and I 
> have seen them take months to decide if they want to take your offer, then 
> they may take it and all the sudden change their minds right at the end. 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

The place you linked to.

If I enter all of my billing/shipping information, the next page that gives 
“Shipping Methods” errors out with a bunch of php errors.

I did get the little shipping estimator to work.  Ground shipping was $0.00, 
whatever that is, so they are cheaper there.  The cheapest (paid) shipping was 
$12.85.

Dan


> On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Who's site crashes?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 4, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I just bought a Behr/Hella fan clutch for the 1994 S420 from FCP Euro.  
>> $114.00 shipped.  These guys have the same for $104.00, but their web site 
>> crashes when you try to get shipping costs.
>> 
>> Not good.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> iI have found a different place to order from that my last order was about 
>>> 40-50 less for the exact same parts from autohaus. I ordered on Wednesday 
>>> with free shipping and fedex delivered my stuff Saturday. Wow.  It's 
>>> Importec.com.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Trying to buy s short sale can't be a bitch. It's all up to the banks and I 
have seen them take months to decide if they want to take your offer, then they 
may take it and all the sudden change their minds right at the end. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> We had just come off a failed short sale when we made the offer on this 
> property.  We were so wiped out/pissed off over the short sale that we pretty 
> much because ruthless as we looked for the next property.  Our attitude was 
> to “take no prisoners”, and since it was a buyer’s market, we knew we had the 
> upper hand.
> 
> It’s totally opposite that around here now.  Places that are priced fairly 
> are sold the first few days they’re on the market.  To make things worse, 
> there are a lot of institutional investors still in our market, buying up 
> homes to turn them into rentals.  They’re paying market prices and in cash, 
> so “regular” buyers get shut out of the market in short order.
> 
> It really sucks for the average homeowner, as the range where the majority of 
> people would buy in is getting vacuumed up by institutional investors and 
> people can’t buy homes.  If you want to buy a home in the $250k or lower 
> range, you’re going to have a really tough time.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Yep, once you have a fully executed contract the seller can't just walk 
>> away. At that point the only thing that could kill the deal is if it was 
>> being financed and the loan fell thru. The seller has no right to the buyers 
>> appraisal and not being able to see it is not a reason to breach the 
>> contract and back out. The deal could also fall at least here the buyers 
>> have 10 days to do inspections, and if any repairs are needed they can 
>> either take it as is, or ask the seller to repair and the seller could then 
>> say yes or no. If they say no then the deal could fall. Usually when a buyer 
>> writes a contract they usually put in x amount of dollars for repairs, 
>> usually anywhere from 1-2k. So then if seller accepts offer with that amount 
>> of repairs and when inspections come up with something that needs to be 
>> repaired, seller is on the hook to pay for it up to that point. If repairs 
>> exceed that amount then seller can go ahead and pay it to save the deal, or 
>> buyers can pay for the difference above the repair amount, or let the deal 
>> fall. As far as appraisals go, they always appraise for about 10-20k above 
>> contract price, at least around here. The appraisal companies do that for 
>> financing purposes. So if you bought a house and the appraisal came in 20k 
>> over, I guess at least on paper you have an instant 20k in equity, but in 
>> the real world no way would you be able to instantly put the house back up 
>> for sale and sell it for 20k more. 
>> 
>> 
>> For my next house I would like to buy a foreclosure. I have seen several I 
>> would have loved to buy but when we bought this house since we were also 
>> keeping our old house we had to go fha. These houses would not pass fha 
>> standards because they were usually missing things like the appliances, 
>> bathroom fixtures, kitchen counters sometimes, mainly cosmetic stuff. There 
>> was this one house for sale that was like this that was about a 6k sqft 
>> house on 10 acres for something like a little over 100k. Wow. It may have 
>> needed a ton of money though replacing all that stuff. There was another 
>> house we liked that was not a foreclosure but the owner was about to be 
>> foreclosed on. It needed some deferred maintenance and exterior paint but 
>> would not have passed fha because of that. It was around 3500 ft, had shops, 
>> a huge in ground pool, and was cheap. 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Who's site crashes?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I just bought a Behr/Hella fan clutch for the 1994 S420 from FCP Euro.  
> $114.00 shipped.  These guys have the same for $104.00, but their web site 
> crashes when you try to get shipping costs.
> 
> Not good.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> iI have found a different place to order from that my last order was about 
>> 40-50 less for the exact same parts from autohaus. I ordered on Wednesday 
>> with free shipping and fedex delivered my stuff Saturday. Wow.  It's 
>> Importec.com.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

We had just come off a failed short sale when we made the offer on this 
property.  We were so wiped out/pissed off over the short sale that we pretty 
much because ruthless as we looked for the next property.  Our attitude was to 
“take no prisoners”, and since it was a buyer’s market, we knew we had the 
upper hand.

It’s totally opposite that around here now.  Places that are priced fairly are 
sold the first few days they’re on the market.  To make things worse, there are 
a lot of institutional investors still in our market, buying up homes to turn 
them into rentals.  They’re paying market prices and in cash, so “regular” 
buyers get shut out of the market in short order.

It really sucks for the average homeowner, as the range where the majority of 
people would buy in is getting vacuumed up by institutional investors and 
people can’t buy homes.  If you want to buy a home in the $250k or lower range, 
you’re going to have a really tough time.

Dan



> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Yep, once you have a fully executed contract the seller can't just walk away. 
> At that point the only thing that could kill the deal is if it was being 
> financed and the loan fell thru. The seller has no right to the buyers 
> appraisal and not being able to see it is not a reason to breach the contract 
> and back out. The deal could also fall at least here the buyers have 10 days 
> to do inspections, and if any repairs are needed they can either take it as 
> is, or ask the seller to repair and the seller could then say yes or no. If 
> they say no then the deal could fall. Usually when a buyer writes a contract 
> they usually put in x amount of dollars for repairs, usually anywhere from 
> 1-2k. So then if seller accepts offer with that amount of repairs and when 
> inspections come up with something that needs to be repaired, seller is on 
> the hook to pay for it up to that point. If repairs exceed that amount then 
> seller can go ahead and pay it to save the deal, or buyers can pay for the 
> difference above the repair amount, or let the deal fall. As far as 
> appraisals go, they always appraise for about 10-20k above contract price, at 
> least around here. The appraisal companies do that for financing purposes. So 
> if you bought a house and the appraisal came in 20k over, I guess at least on 
> paper you have an instant 20k in equity, but in the real world no way would 
> you be able to instantly put the house back up for sale and sell it for 20k 
> more. 
> 
> 
> For my next house I would like to buy a foreclosure. I have seen several I 
> would have loved to buy but when we bought this house since we were also 
> keeping our old house we had to go fha. These houses would not pass fha 
> standards because they were usually missing things like the appliances, 
> bathroom fixtures, kitchen counters sometimes, mainly cosmetic stuff. There 
> was this one house for sale that was like this that was about a 6k sqft house 
> on 10 acres for something like a little over 100k. Wow. It may have needed a 
> ton of money though replacing all that stuff. There was another house we 
> liked that was not a foreclosure but the owner was about to be foreclosed on. 
> It needed some deferred maintenance and exterior paint but would not have 
> passed fha because of that. It was around 3500 ft, had shops, a huge in 
> ground pool, and was cheap. 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone


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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Amen

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> On Jun 4, 2016, at 8:24 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Guys, please stop with the bleeding hearts for the Mexicans. Have you 
> calculated what they cost taxpaying citizens of the USA? 
> 1. They use the emergency room and get free health care, while you wait for 
> them to get treated. 
> 2. Our schools, gov't. , etc. have to print signs, paperwork, interpreters, 
> etc. to have Spanish available because unlike decades past, they don't want 
> to assimilate. 
> 3. Their illegal activities tie up our law enforcement, court systems, and 
> prisons. Not to mention our weak INS. 
> 4. They claim 8, 10, 12 dependents so they pay little or no taxes. I've seen 
> it. 
> 5. They undercut pricing for jobs taking them away from US citizens, 
> especially in construction, lawn care, etc. I've seen this firsthand as well. 
> 6. I could go on. 
> So, if you want to bleed your heart about something, bleed it for the US 
> taxpayers who have supported all of these free loading, law breakers for 
> decades now and watched our society go to crap. If the US gov't. wanted to do 
> something, it would send drones into Mexico to wipe out the drug cartels. 
> Then, Mexicans could feel safe to stay home and support their own economy. 
> Just my .02, as always, you can have your .02. 
> Best Wishes, 
> Roger 
> Roger Hale 
> Dinnerware Classics, Inc. 
> Monroe, Ga. 
> 770-267-0850 
> www.dinnerwareclassics.com 
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I just bought a Behr/Hella fan clutch for the 1994 S420 from FCP Euro.  $114.00 
shipped.  These guys have the same for $104.00, but their web site crashes when 
you try to get shipping costs.

Not good.

Dan


> On Jun 4, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> iI have found a different place to order from that my last order was about 
> 40-50 less for the exact same parts from autohaus. I ordered on Wednesday 
> with free shipping and fedex delivered my stuff Saturday. Wow.  It's 
> Importec.com.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

The only thing I see that could have been a problem is letting the buyer store 
their cars there. It can be a bad idea to let buyers move stuff in before 
closing because in general you would be responsible for their items. Most 
common thing is buyers will sometimes want to store furniture or something in 
the garage before close. Probably not a problem most of the time but could 
potential turn into one.

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> On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
>  wrote:
> 
>> Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually 
>> 6% here.
> 
> Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
> $364,500.
> 
> The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
> saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
> presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
> quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
> related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
> husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
> contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
> sell to him.
> 
> The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
> put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
> three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
> walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
> the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
> if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
> used an agent, I would require $340,000.
> 
> Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
> plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.
> 
> The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
> plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
> light sleeper and the forced-air heat system made too much noise, so they
> would have to change it to a hydronic system, which would cost more than
> $25,000. She really tried to put a guilt trip on us. Note, though, that
> the house is built on a slab. We again said, "NO!"
> 
> A few months later, an older couple stopped by to inquire about the
> house. When I showed them around the house, the husband remarked how
> quiet the heating system was. They lived down the mesa about a mile from
> us and were scouting for their daughter and son-in-law. The son-in-law
> was possibly going to get a job offer from the Lab, thus needing to move
> from Texas, and they were scouting for them. The older couple were quite
> taken with the house and the remodel I had done and said they would tell
> their son-in-law and daughter about it.
> 
> A while later I got a call from the daughter. She said her husband had
> gotten the job offer and that the Lab wanted him there quickly, so he was
> going to come look at houses the next weekend.
> 
> He was brought to our house by his mother-in-law. As I was showing him
> around the house and the 0.6 acre yard, the mother-in-law sat at the
> dining room table and talked with Shirley. She told Shirley her
> son-in-law had another house to look at, but that she was going to push
> ours.
> 
> A couple of days later, I got a call from the son-in-law. He wanted to
> come over and talk with me about making an offer. When he came over, we
> discussed whether he should use an agent, since it was his first time
> buying a house. I told him we had done it many times and that the title
> company was the center of the transaction. He agreed to not use an agent
> and offered $335,550. Shirley and I accepted.
> 
> The next day, he and I met at the lobby of the local bank and walked into
> the title company's office. Motioning to him, I told the lady there,
> "This young man wants to buy my house." She responded, "And you're here
> because you don't know what to do ..." I replied, "Yes, it's not like we
> do this every day." She said, "Well, we do do this every day and we will
> help you through the process."
> 
> She was true to her word. She got us a contract form and, with her
> guidance, he and I worked through each item of it, haggling about who
> would pay what and coming to agreement.
> 
> It was such a pleasure working directly with the buyer! At one point in
> the process, he remarked that it was a pleasure working directly with the
> seller. For example, he and his family arrived in Los Alamos about a week
> before closing (staying at her parent's house). He was having some cars
> shipped from Texas to Los Alamos and called up to ask if he could have
> them put out of the way at the back of our lot before closing. I said,
> "Sure, no problem." I found out they were not going to move into the house
> until two days after closing, so I asked him 

Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

iI have found a different place to order from that my last order was about 
40-50 less for the exact same parts from autohaus. I ordered on Wednesday with 
free shipping and fedex delivered my stuff Saturday. Wow.  It's Importec.com.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Mike Esh via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
> AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
> Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer. 
> Both prices include shipping charges.
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> Michael E. Esh
> m...@barr.com
> michael...@mac.com
> (C) 231.894.5505
> 
> On May 26, 2016, at 01:25 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> If your joint is making noise, the boot probably failed long ago. Visual 
> inspection of the boots is easy. Take a look at the steering joint boots and 
> guide (brake) rod mount while you are underneath. The job requires 
> considerable disassembly so it may be worth replacing other failing rubber at 
> the same time.
> 
> The actual ball joints are cheap, good ones are only like $30 ea. The 
> required labor is not cheap. I think my last ones (for W126) were TRW and 
> they are fine. Replacing them requires removing all the brake stuff and then 
> removing the steering knuckle, which requires a couple cheap presses. Most 
> folks beat out the old knuckle with a big hammer (4 lb min). Pressing in the 
> new one requires a special press tool (like $300+) although there is a 
> cheaper and effectie "pipe-like" tool (available on ebay) that you use with a 
> 12-20 ton press. A few folks have reported success using a standard C-clamp 
> ball-joint kit but I'm skeptical that this would damage the new joint. I did 
> the job without using spring compressor (although I have one); the shock and 
> wood block (under the LCA) held the lower control arm while the knuckle was 
> removed. But replacing most of the other rubber (except upper control arm) 
> will require a good spring compressor.
> 
> Scott
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Esh via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:28 AM
> To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List
> 
> Cc: Mike Esh 
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D
> 
> Thanks fellas,
> I'll take it in have it checked. Then the appropriate parts from NorthLake.
> Mike
> 
> Michael E. Esh
> m...@barr.com
> michael...@mac.com
> (C) 231.894.5505
> 
> On May 24, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Rusty used to sell a front suspension kit, do it all at once for several 
> hundred
> bucks and then you're done with it for another 20 years.
> I'd think the handling would get very scary before it wore enough to come
> apart catastrophically.
> If you plan to keep it for the rest of your life, starmarked is probably the 
> best,
> unless you can buy the OEM part made to the same specs as the ones they
> ship to MBZ.
> Northlake has two very different front suspension drawings on their web site,
> is this the right one? (1163330927)
> 
> http://mbnorthlakeparts.com/parts/1985/Mercedes-
> Benz/300D/index.cfm?action=partDetail=FRONT%20SUSPENSION
> roup=WHEELS%20%26%20FRONT%20SUSPENSION=FRONT%20SU
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Fred Moir via Mercedes]

Dr B favoured Lemforder or OE.
Have you changed your FUSES?

Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.


From: Mercedes  on behalf of Mike Esh via 
Mercedes 
Sent: 04 June 2016 12:49
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Mike Esh
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer.
Both prices include shipping charges.
Thanks,
Mike
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Yep, once you have a fully executed contract the seller can't just walk away. 
At that point the only thing that could kill the deal is if it was being 
financed and the loan fell thru. The seller has no right to the buyers 
appraisal and not being able to see it is not a reason to breach the contract 
and back out. The deal could also fall at least here the buyers have 10 days to 
do inspections, and if any repairs are needed they can either take it as is, or 
ask the seller to repair and the seller could then say yes or no. If they say 
no then the deal could fall. Usually when a buyer writes a contract they 
usually put in x amount of dollars for repairs, usually anywhere from 1-2k. So 
then if seller accepts offer with that amount of repairs and when inspections 
come up with something that needs to be repaired, seller is on the hook to pay 
for it up to that point. If repairs exceed that amount then seller can go ahead 
and pay it to save the deal, or buyers can pay for the difference above the 
repair amount, or let the deal fall. As far as appraisals go, they always 
appraise for about 10-20k above contract price, at least around here. The 
appraisal companies do that for financing purposes. So if you bought a house 
and the appraisal came in 20k over, I guess at least on paper you have an 
instant 20k in equity, but in the real world no way would you be able to 
instantly put the house back up for sale and sell it for 20k more. 


For my next house I would like to buy a foreclosure. I have seen several I 
would have loved to buy but when we bought this house since we were also 
keeping our old house we had to go fha. These houses would not pass fha 
standards because they were usually missing things like the appliances, 
bathroom fixtures, kitchen counters sometimes, mainly cosmetic stuff. There was 
this one house for sale that was like this that was about a 6k sqft house on 10 
acres for something like a little over 100k. Wow. It may have needed a ton of 
money though replacing all that stuff. There was another house we liked that 
was not a foreclosure but the owner was about to be foreclosed on. It needed 
some deferred maintenance and exterior paint but would not have passed fha 
because of that. It was around 3500 ft, had shops, a huge in ground pool, and 
was cheap. 


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> On Jun 4, 2016, at 7:00 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Selling/buying a house is no different than selling or buying any other 
> commodity.  You have to go into the transaction knowing what your price is 
> and be willing to walk away/turn people down. I agree that in some cases real 
> estate agents have value, but the majority of what they do is easily provided 
> by others at little to no cost, such as title companies.
> 
> When we bought the house we are currently living there was minimal back and 
> forth.  The market was lousy (3rd quarter of 2011) and the property had been 
> on the market nearly a year with no takers.  The seller bought it as a flip, 
> but got caught by the market and was now upside down on the house.  He was 
> angry.
> 
> It had started out listed over $200k.  It was now down to $189k.  We offered 
> $180k.  Seller’s agent told us she was afraid to present the offer because 
> she knew the seller would be angry about it.  We told her, “Too bad.” Legally 
> she had no choice but to present it, and we knew this.  We also told her 
> there would be no response to a counter offer.  It was “Take it or leave it”. 
>  We had cash in hand and could close in 10 days or less.
> 
> So now it’s down to, “How badly do you want to be able to walk away from this 
> place?” for the seller.
> 
> She calls our attorney up about two hours before the offer expires.
> 
> “The seller isn’t going to accept - “  He cuts her off.  “No conditions, no 
> terms, or no deal. Sorry.  And we wants a contingency that the home will 
> appraise at or above the selling price.”
> 
> “OK, we can do that.”
> 
> So we get an accepted offer at our offer price.  A couple of days later, the 
> appraiser gives our mortgage broker his report.  They call our attorney, who 
> calls me.
> 
> “Hey, guess what?  You’ve got instant equity!”  The home appraised $10k above 
> our offer.  We released the contingency.
> 
> Our attorney calls the seller’s agent and releases the contingency. A couple 
> hours later, he gets a nasty phone call from the seller, who wants to see the 
> appraisal.  Nope, not going to happen unless he pays for it, since we had to 
> pay for the appraiser.  He starts to threaten that he’s going to walk away.  
> Our attorney suggests that it would cost him far more in litigation than the 
> home is worth if he chose to go down that path, and we’ve got nothin


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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

That surprises me as cheap as you are I figured you would love crank Windows.

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> On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[rogerhga--- via Mercedes]

Guys, please stop with the bleeding hearts for the Mexicans. Have you 
calculated what they cost taxpaying citizens of the USA? 
1. They use the emergency room and get free health care, while you wait for 
them to get treated. 
2. Our schools, gov't. , etc. have to print signs, paperwork, interpreters, 
etc. to have Spanish available because unlike decades past, they don't want to 
assimilate. 
3. Their illegal activities tie up our law enforcement, court systems, and 
prisons. Not to mention our weak INS. 
4. They claim 8, 10, 12 dependents so they pay little or no taxes. I've seen 
it. 
5. They undercut pricing for jobs taking them away from US citizens, especially 
in construction, lawn care, etc. I've seen this firsthand as well. 
6. I could go on. 
So, if you want to bleed your heart about something, bleed it for the US 
taxpayers who have supported all of these free loading, law breakers for 
decades now and watched our society go to crap. If the US gov't. wanted to do 
something, it would send drones into Mexico to wipe out the drug cartels. Then, 
Mexicans could feel safe to stay home and support their own economy. 
Just my .02, as always, you can have your .02. 
Best Wishes, 
Roger 
Roger Hale 
Dinnerware Classics, Inc. 
Monroe, Ga. 
770-267-0850 
www.dinnerwareclassics.com 


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Re: [MBZ] Maybe I should mess with this.

[WILTON via Mercedes]

"JC," you sure you didn't get buggered again on that trip to Peru?

'Hard to hide, isn't it?

Wilt

- Original Message - 
From: "Joel Cairo via Mercedes" 

To: 
Cc: "Joel Cairo" 
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Maybe I should mess with this.


What's with that interior?  Looks like a redneck Earl Scheib seat cover 
kind of job, plus all the stuff missing.  I like that color though.


--JC


On 6/3/16 6:16 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:


1985 Mercedes 300 turbo diesel
http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/5618139333.html

via cPro for Craigslist
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Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Lemforder should be fine, IMHO.

Dan


> On Jun 4, 2016, at 8:49 AM, Mike Esh via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
> AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
> Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer. 
> Both prices include shipping charges.
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> Michael E. Esh
> m...@barr.com
> michael...@mac.com
> (C) 231.894.5505
> 


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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[WILTON via Mercedes]

But they'll work.

Wilton

- Original Message - 
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Cc: "Andrew Strasfogel" 
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want one



To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:



http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509


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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[WILTON via Mercedes]

ATTABOY!

Wilton

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On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
 wrote:


Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually
6% here.


Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
$364,500.

The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
sell to him.

The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
used an agent, I would require $340,000.

Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.

The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
light sleeper and the forced-air heat system made too much noise, so they
would have to change it to a hydronic system, which would cost more than
$25,000. She really tried to put a guilt trip on us. Note, though, that
the house is built on a slab. We again said, "NO!"

A few months later, an older couple stopped by to inquire about the
house. When I showed them around the house, the husband remarked how
quiet the heating system was. They lived down the mesa about a mile from
us and were scouting for their daughter and son-in-law. The son-in-law
was possibly going to get a job offer from the Lab, thus needing to move
from Texas, and they were scouting for them. The older couple were quite
taken with the house and the remodel I had done and said they would tell
their son-in-law and daughter about it.

A while later I got a call from the daughter. She said her husband had
gotten the job offer and that the Lab wanted him there quickly, so he was
going to come look at houses the next weekend.

He was brought to our house by his mother-in-law. As I was showing him
around the house and the 0.6 acre yard, the mother-in-law sat at the
dining room table and talked with Shirley. She told Shirley her
son-in-law had another house to look at, but that she was going to push
ours.

A couple of days later, I got a call from the son-in-law. He wanted to
come over and talk with me about making an offer. When he came over, we
discussed whether he should use an agent, since it was his first time
buying a house. I told him we had done it many times and that the title
company was the center of the transaction. He agreed to not use an agent
and offered $335,550. Shirley and I accepted.

The next day, he and I met at the lobby of the local bank and walked into
the title company's office. Motioning to him, I told the lady there,
"This young man wants to buy my house." She responded, "And you're here
because you don't know what to do ..." I replied, "Yes, it's not like we
do this every day." She said, "Well, we do do this every day and we will
help you through the process."

She was true to her word. She got us a contract form and, with her
guidance, he and I worked through each item of it, haggling about who
would pay what and coming to agreement.

It was such a pleasure working directly with the buyer! At one point in
the process, he remarked that it was a pleasure working directly with the
seller. For example, he and his family arrived in Los Alamos about a week
before closing (staying at her parent's house). He was having some cars
shipped from Texas to Los Alamos and called up to ask if he could have
them put out of the way at the back of our lot before closing. I said,
"Sure, no problem." I found out they were not going to move into the house
until two days after closing, so I asked him if we could stay until then.
He said, "Sure, no problem." Can you imagine the difficulty of getting
those things done with going through two agents?

Anyway, that's how it went ...


Craig





On 6/3/2016 9:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 20:49:16 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
>> This is also why, for many years, we have often forgone the use of a

Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

[Mike Esh via Mercedes]

Is Lemforder a quality replacement for the lower Ball joint.
AutoAZ wants $32.00 for Lemforder
Northlake wants 57.00 and doesn't indicate manufacturer. 
Both prices include shipping charges.
Thanks,
Mike


Michael E. Esh
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(C) 231.894.5505

On May 26, 2016, at 01:25 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
 wrote:

If your joint is making noise, the boot probably failed long ago. Visual 
inspection of the boots is easy. Take a look at the steering joint boots and 
guide (brake) rod mount while you are underneath. The job requires considerable 
disassembly so it may be worth replacing other failing rubber at the same time.

The actual ball joints are cheap, good ones are only like $30 ea. The required labor is 
not cheap. I think my last ones (for W126) were TRW and they are fine. Replacing them 
requires removing all the brake stuff and then removing the steering knuckle, which 
requires a couple cheap presses. Most folks beat out the old knuckle with a big hammer (4 
lb min). Pressing in the new one requires a special press tool (like $300+) although 
there is a cheaper and effectie "pipe-like" tool (available on ebay) that you 
use with a 12-20 ton press. A few folks have reported success using a standard C-clamp 
ball-joint kit but I'm skeptical that this would damage the new joint. I did the job 
without using spring compressor (although I have one); the shock and wood block (under 
the LCA) held the lower control arm while the knuckle was removed. But replacing most of 
the other rubber (except upper control arm) will require a good spring compressor.

Scott

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Mike Esh via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:28 AM
To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List

Cc: Mike Esh 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ball joint(s) 1985 300D

Thanks fellas,
I'll take it in have it checked. Then the appropriate parts from NorthLake.
Mike

Michael E. Esh
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On May 24, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
 wrote:


Rusty used to sell a front suspension kit, do it all at once for several hundred
bucks and then you're done with it for another 20 years.
I'd think the handling would get very scary before it wore enough to come
apart catastrophically.
If you plan to keep it for the rest of your life, starmarked is probably the 
best,
unless you can buy the OEM part made to the same specs as the ones they
ship to MBZ.
Northlake has two very different front suspension drawings on their web site,
is this the right one? (1163330927)

http://mbnorthlakeparts.com/parts/1985/Mercedes-
Benz/300D/index.cfm?action=partDetail=FRONT%20SUSPENSION
roup=WHEELS%20%26%20FRONT%20SUSPENSION=FRONT%20SU
SPENSION=Lower%20ball%20joint=1163330927
ehicleid=90672=217496
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Selling/buying a house is no different than selling or buying any other 
commodity.  You have to go into the transaction knowing what your price is and 
be willing to walk away/turn people down. I agree that in some cases real 
estate agents have value, but the majority of what they do is easily provided 
by others at little to no cost, such as title companies.

When we bought the house we are currently living there was minimal back and 
forth.  The market was lousy (3rd quarter of 2011) and the property had been on 
the market nearly a year with no takers.  The seller bought it as a flip, but 
got caught by the market and was now upside down on the house.  He was angry.

It had started out listed over $200k.  It was now down to $189k.  We offered 
$180k.  Seller’s agent told us she was afraid to present the offer because she 
knew the seller would be angry about it.  We told her, “Too bad.” Legally she 
had no choice but to present it, and we knew this.  We also told her there 
would be no response to a counter offer.  It was “Take it or leave it”.  We had 
cash in hand and could close in 10 days or less.

So now it’s down to, “How badly do you want to be able to walk away from this 
place?” for the seller.

She calls our attorney up about two hours before the offer expires.

“The seller isn’t going to accept - “  He cuts her off.  “No conditions, no 
terms, or no deal. Sorry.  And we wants a contingency that the home will 
appraise at or above the selling price.”

“OK, we can do that.”

So we get an accepted offer at our offer price.  A couple of days later, the 
appraiser gives our mortgage broker his report.  They call our attorney, who 
calls me.

“Hey, guess what?  You’ve got instant equity!”  The home appraised $10k above 
our offer.  We released the contingency.

Our attorney calls the seller’s agent and releases the contingency. A couple 
hours later, he gets a nasty phone call from the seller, who wants to see the 
appraisal.  Nope, not going to happen unless he pays for it, since we had to 
pay for the appraiser.  He starts to threaten that he’s going to walk away.  
Our attorney suggests that it would cost him far more in litigation than the 
home is worth if he chose to go down that path, and we’ve got nothing else to 
do so we’re more than happy to pursue the matter if necessary.

He hangs up.

We have a walk through the property for a final inspection scheduled the day 
before the closing.  The seller refuses and says the alarm is set and if we 
enter the house (there’s a lockbox on it) he will press charges for 
trespassing.  We get a walk through the day of the closing a few hours prior.  
The place is in good shape so we’re fine with closing.

Seller and his wife are at closing but won’t come in the room with everyone 
else, so the title company puts them in a little office down the hall and 
shuttles the paperwork back and forth.  Whatever.

I always say you forget what a PITA selling/buying a house is until you do it 
again….

Dan



> On Jun 4, 2016, at 12:08 AM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
>  wrote:
> 
>> Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually 
>> 6% here.
> 
> Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
> $364,500.
> 
> The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
> saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
> presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
> quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
> related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
> husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
> contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
> sell to him.
> 
> The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
> put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
> three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
> walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
> the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
> if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
> used an agent, I would require $340,000.
> 
> Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
> plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.
> 
> The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
> plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
> light sleeper and the forced-air heat system made too much noise, so they
> would have to change it to a hydronic system, which would cost more than
> $25,000. She really tried to put a guilt trip on us. Note, though, that
> the house is built on a slab. We again said, "NO!"
> 
> A few months later, an older couple stopped by to inquire 

Re: [MBZ] Mexicans -- story

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Selling/buying a house is no different than selling or buying any other 
commodity.  You have to go into the transaction knowing what your price is and 
be willing to walk away/turn people down. I agree that in some cases real 
estate agents have value, but the majority of what they do is easily provided 
by others at little to no cost, such as title companies.

When we bought the house we are currently living there was minimal back and 
forth.  The market was lousy (3rd quarter of 2011) and the property had been on 
the market nearly a year with no takers.  The seller bought it as a flip, but 
got caught by the market and was now upside down on the house.  He was angry.

It had started out listed over $200k.  It was now down to $189k.  We offered 
$180k.  Seller’s agent told us she was afraid to present the offer because she 
knew the seller would be angry about it.  We told her, “Too bad.” Legally she 
had no choice but to present it, and we knew this.  We also told her there 
would be no response to a counter offer.  It was “Take it or leave it”.  We had 
cash in hand and could close in 10 days or less.

So now it’s down to, “How badly do you want to be able to walk away from this 
place?” for the seller.

She calls our attorney up about two hours before the offer expires.

“The seller isn’t going to accept - “  He cuts her off.  “No conditions, no 
terms, or no deal. Sorry.  And we wants a contingency that the home will 
appraise at or above the selling price.”

“OK, we can do that.”

So we get an accepted offer at our offer price.  A couple of days later, the 
appraiser gives our mortgage broker his report.  They call our attorney, who 
calls me.

“Hey, guess what?  You’ve got instant equity!”  The home appraised $10k above 
our offer.  We released the contingency.

Our attorney calls the seller’s agent and releases the contingency. A couple 
hours later, he gets a nasty phone call from the seller, who wants to see the 
appraisal.  Nope, not going to happen unless he pays for it, since we had to 
pay for the appraiser.  He starts to threaten that he’s going to walk away.  
Our attorney suggests that it would cost him far more in litigation than the 
home is worth if he chose to go down that path, and we’ve got nothing else to 
do so we’re more than happy to pursue the matter if necessary.

He hangs up.

We have a walk through the property for a final inspection scheduled the day 
before the closing.  The seller refuses and says the alarm is set and if we 
enter the house (there’s a lockbox on it) he will press charges for 
trespassing.  We get a walk through the day of the closing a few hours prior.  
The place is in good shape so we’re fine with closing.

Seller and his wife are at closing but won’t come in the room with everyone 
else, so the title company puts them in a little office down the hall and 
shuttles the paperwork back and forth.  Whatever.

I always say you forget what a PITA selling/buying a house is until you do it 
again….

Dan



> On Jun 4, 2016, at 12:08 AM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:41:24 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
>  wrote:
> 
>> Holy crap, what is the commission rate on listings there?  Its usually 
>> 6% here.
> 
> Commission rate here is 3%/3%. We had the house listed on Zillow for
> $364,500.
> 
> The first agent who brought someone by started her presentation by
> saying, "You're not going to be happy about this." She ended up
> presenting an offer for $310,000 from some people who needed to move in
> quickly so they could get set up to foster children. The things she
> related they said just didn't make sense, so we hesitated. Then the
> husband of the couple who wanted to buy it contacted me directly. His
> contacts put us off even more. We finally told him we did not want to
> sell to him.
> 
> The second couple who wanted to buy our house found it by the sign I had
> put out in front. They were a Chinese couple who came through the house
> three times with her parents, who spoke no English. The four of them
> walked through the house jabbering to each other in Chinese. One time,
> the husband asked me what was the lowest price I would take. I told him
> if they didn't use a real estate agent, I would require $330,000. If they
> used an agent, I would require $340,000.
> 
> Their agent brought their offer over for $310,000, with a 3% commission,
> plus the gross receipts tax on top of that. We said no.
> 
> The couple came over again, this time to present their sob story and
> plead with us to sell it to them for their price. The wife said she was a
> light sleeper and the forced-air heat system made too much noise, so they
> would have to change it to a hydronic system, which would cost more than
> $25,000. She really tried to put a guilt trip on us. Note, though, that
> the house is built on a slab. We again said, "NO!"
> 
> A few months later, an older couple stopped by to inquire 

Re: [MBZ] Mexicans

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Right after our house was closed up and “secured” they put all the appliances 
in.  The night after they did it someone backed up to the house in a pickup 
truck (you could see the tire tracks) and loaded everything up.  They even tore 
out the lavatories from the bathroom counters.  No forced entry, so I’m 
wondering who could have done it?

Hmmm.

Dan

 
> On Jun 4, 2016, at 5:14 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> "Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
>> While we were in OKC with my dad for a heart procedure the R320 was parked 
>> at his house for 3 days. In the lot next door there is a pack of Mexicans 
>> building 2 duplexes. The house has been in my family for almost 50 years and 
>> we have not had any trouble in the neighborhood.  Now that Mexicans are 
>> working next door all the sudden the tires on the R were slashed. H. 
>> Apparently my dad had raised some hell with them about their loud music at 
>> 7am and such. Maybe they decided to get revenge. Wonder how mani are 
>> actually legal. Rant over.
> ~~
> If it is the construction crew playing the loud music, and if they are the 
> ones who slashed the tires, there may not be any more problems after the 
> buildings are finished. When building was booming around here a few years 
> ago, people near the construction sites had to be careful and alert because 
> so many on the crew were ex-convicts. They would come back at night and steal 
> anything that wasn't nailed down. After the houses were finished and the 
> crews left, there were no more problems.
> Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] Mexicans

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

"Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
> While we were in OKC with my dad for a heart procedure the R320 was parked at 
> his house for 3 days. In the lot next door there is a pack of Mexicans 
> building 2 duplexes. The house has been in my family for almost 50 years and 
> we have not had any trouble in the neighborhood.  Now that Mexicans are 
> working next door all the sudden the tires on the R were slashed. H. 
> Apparently my dad had raised some hell with them about their loud music at 
> 7am and such. Maybe they decided to get revenge. Wonder how mani are actually 
> legal. Rant over.
~~
If it is the construction crew playing the loud music, and if they are the ones 
who slashed the tires, there may not be any more problems after the buildings 
are finished. When building was booming around here a few years ago, people 
near the construction sites had to be careful and alert because so many on the 
crew were ex-convicts. They would come back at night and steal anything that 
wasn't nailed down. After the houses were finished and the crews left, there 
were no more problems.
Gerry


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[MBZ] 300sel

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

At the local indy there is a 300sel with headlight wipers that looks like it 
might be a long version. I would guess that it is a 1980s model since it looks 
something like my '83 300D with the same or similar radiator grill.
Looking at it at night, the outside appears to be in good shape.
The price at $5000 is more than I would pay, but it is "OBO" so the owner might 
come down quite a bit since it's been sitting there a long time.

If anyone is interested, I'll check it out next week.

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Re: [MBZ] I want one

[Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes]

The gwagen power window lifts are nothing but trouble. The plastic cable
rollers fail and they cost 600/copy to replace. They often last less than
40,000 miles. Manual actuators would save owners thousands. The 05 I had
with less than 50k needed three of them.
On Jun 3, 2016 9:30 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> To channel my inner Trump - crank windows are DISGUSTING and STUPID.
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-g-wagen-is-back-to-crank-windows-and-cloth-1780135509
> >
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