Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

I was here at the old nuke plant somebody has a chrome wrapped brand new stingray, and someone else has a matte olive drab Helcat of some sort. Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2019, at 9:08 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > THe local toada stealer wrapped a toada van in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Weird weather factoid

Anyone else notice that since Al Gore has not been speaking in public, the temperatures have dropped to record lows? On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:45 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Climate change is making a statement about how things remain the same. > Looks like a

Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

THe local toada stealer wrapped a toada van in chrome.   It was VERY annoying on sunny days. the sun shining off it could blind you unexpectedly.   You could have the first chrome MB. Craig via Mercedes wrote on 2/5/19 9:38 PM: On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 18:55:13 -0700 Bob Rentfro via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 18:55:13 -0700 Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > All my younger work associates say buy it and get it wrapped. You could use something like Eastwood's Elastiwrap or the Duplicolor equivalent (which might be better). Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

All my younger work associates say buy it and get it wrapped. Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2019, at 6:18 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Buff it out & drive it like you stole it. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > >> On Feb 5, 2019 8:10 PM, "Bob Rentfro via Mercedes" >> wrote: >>

Re: [MBZ] 1984 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon Crack??

Looks real nice. Needs a hood pad. Makes you wonder what else was overlooked. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 5, 2019, at 4:28 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes > wrote: > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Weird weather factoid

Climate change is making a statement about how things remain the same. Looks like a maybe repeat of 1978/79. That was when we worried about the impending ice age. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. >

Re: [MBZ] Not Benz but beautiful

Yep!  Hey Kaleb!   Crack open the quotes vault and put Clay's velveeta in there!  That is where it belongs! G Mann via Mercedes wrote on 2/5/19 7:29 PM: Well said !!! Wind tunnel Velveeta , and inspires the same level of excitement, regardless of brand.. Bla.

Re: [MBZ] Not Benz but beautiful

That or jellybeans. When I go to the MB dealer it’s a lot full of jellybeans. I’m amazed at how many of the soulless, plain non-descript GL whatevers they sell. -D > On Feb 5, 2019, at 8:29 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > Well said !!! Wind tunnel Velveeta , and inspires the same level

Re: [MBZ] Dehumidifier

Ship them to Arizona, build a storage barn here. No rust. Way cheaper than trying to store them is rust infested, damp, eastern seaboard. On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 5:53 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You would need to create a climate controlled warehouse for it to

Re: [MBZ] Not Benz but beautiful

Well said !!! Wind tunnel Velveeta , and inspires the same level of excitement, regardless of brand.. Bla. On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 5:46 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > All the consumer cars looks like melted blobs of Velveeta. Variations on > the theme of wind

[MBZ] 1984 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon Crack??

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Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

Buff it out & drive it like you stole it. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 5, 2019 8:10 PM, "Bob Rentfro via Mercedes" wrote: > I’m struggling with that. > > Bob R > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 5, 2019, at 5:22 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >

Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

I’m struggling with that. Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2019, at 5:22 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > As long as you know it is just a junker car, the clear should not bother you. > I got Allen (SD) for free and the flaking paint drove me nuts within a week > > clay

Re: [MBZ] Dehumidifier

You would need to create a climate controlled warehouse for it to be effective. Maybe less expensive will be to put some dri-Z-air calcium carbonate product in each vehicle. Or get a giant shop fan to exhaust the humid air to set up a positive air pressure inside the shop clay monroe > I

Re: [MBZ] Not Benz but beautiful

All the consumer cars looks like melted blobs of Velveeta. Variations on the theme of wind tunnel cheese food product. Post 1995 the ability to identify cars by brand on sight became a real challenge. I am at a loss to get excited to own, be seen, or drive a car that new. Even looking at a

Re: [MBZ] Sherman tank - Mercedes 300D

As long as you know it is just a junker car, the clear should not bother you. I got Allen (SD) for free and the flaking paint drove me nuts within a week clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 2,

[MBZ] OT: Weird weather factoid

Washington is the snowiest big city between Richmond and Boston so far this winter Washington has seen more than five times as much snow as Boston

Re: [MBZ] A copart 2008 MERCEDES-BENZ GL 320 CDI

On approval Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > There has to be a reserve price + a fee, right? > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2:41 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> $225 bid >> >> this car does not

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

I never paid for firewood in Bethesda when I ran two fp inserts full time. I merely listened for the sound of chain saws, then told the crew I would save them a trip to the dump if they cut the trees (usually oak) into 18" lengths and unloaded them on my driveway. I then proceeded to split them

Re: [MBZ] A copart 2008 MERCEDES-BENZ GL 320 CDI

There has to be a reserve price + a fee, right? On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2:41 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > $225 bid > > this car does not look too bad > > https://www.copart.com/lot/23763609 > > -- > --FT > > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

In the “Momolith”, the 4,000SF behemoth we lived in in Indianapolis, it had an 80% efficient gas furnace and our worst month was about $200. Lots of open space in that place, too, that was a waste to heat. Best thing in that place were the heated tile floors in the bathrooms. They had timers on

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

We have a Jotul insert that I burn on days below freezing, which means in the winter it will run for many days consecutively, which was as early as November this year. It does quite a good job heating nearly the whole house thanks to the chimney being in the center. After about two days of

Re: [MBZ] Uhhh, check out this copart car

Trashed 560SL up the road.  Could get that engine for my fleet of 560SECs! https://www.copart.com/lot/24687099 --FT On 2/5/19 2:21 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:15:52 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: https://www.copart.com/lot/25589329 The page says,

[MBZ] A copart 2008 MERCEDES-BENZ GL 320 CDI

$225 bid this car does not look too bad https://www.copart.com/lot/23763609 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Uhhh, check out this copart car

On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:15:52 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > https://www.copart.com/lot/25589329 The page says, "Primary Damage: FRONT END" Sure doesn't look damaged to me! Current bid $650, 19 days to go in Dallas, Texas. Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] OT Scout for big money

haha yeah there's that aspect too... they were not very well protected in that regard --FT On 2/5/19 1:52 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: If you'd kept them you'd have just a big pile of rust now... -Curt -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

Err- a chimney fire in the chimney I had not cleaned in awhile-cold winter, icy roof, busy etc etc, Fortunately we had no fire extension into the surrounding walls. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:38 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 13:28:26 -0500

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

I had a wood stove in my old Victorian in the Boston area, burned it constantly through the winter, had a pretty low oil bill.  I dropped the chimney flue (I put a new stainless flue in the old brick chimney that served the kitchen cook stove or heat stove back when) down into the basement

Re: [MBZ] OT Scout for big money

If you'd kept them you'd have just a big pile of rust now... 266 V8 is, AFAIK, one of the least desirable engines, the 304 was tougher and is now easier to get parts for. I don't think the 345 was an option until the Scout II. There was one of these for sale up the road last year. I'd love got

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

Some jobs really are worth hiring someone to do them is the lesson there. They clean our oil furnace chimney from below but it is only one storey. (British spelling) Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:32 PM Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > I did that job once but from

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

The flue fire he had as a result of not cleaning it, I’m sure. We had one in our first house, which had a wood burning insert in the brick fireplace. Previous owner said they had it cleaned before they sold the house. One of many lies they told us, but it was our first house and we were

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 13:28:26 -0500 Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > Yes, I used to clean out our chimney a couple times a season with > constant wood burning in our Vermont Castings. (6-7 cords a season) > Then there is the time I didn't and had to call my fellow firefighters. > How

[MBZ] OT Scout for big money

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-international-harvester-scout-800-7/ There was a Harvester plant in Ft Wayne IN where I grew up, err spent my first coupla decades, our neighbor across the street worked there and always had a Scout, changed them out every coupla years.  On cold (and it

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

I hadn't thought of the mess, partway down I started thinking I might have wanted to try this from the bottom, glad I didn't. I couldn't have fit this brush up through the clean-out anyway. I was smart enough to lay down some paper before I opened the clean-out. Very little mess scooping out

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

I did that job once but from below. Same screw together type brush. I went 40 feet to top of chimney. I covered everything in the room with plastic and wore a respirator. I have little desire to do it again. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote:

[MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

We supplement our oil heat with wood, usually about 2 cords a year, through a Jotul 118 stove in the basement. In a pinch the stove is enough to keep the house comfortably warm without the furnace,its good backup. Normally we get the chimney cleaned every 2 years, I discussed this with our

Re: [MBZ] OT: A reminder that we can't do all the things

Yes, I used to clean out our chimney a couple times a season with constant wood burning in our Vermont Castings. (6-7 cords a season) Then there is the time I didn't and had to call my fellow firefighters. How embarrassing. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:24 PM Curt

Re: [MBZ] 1983 300SD Turbodiesel W126

I like it. Looks much like my SD would had it led a less frantic life. If all the systems check out, the price is on the higher side. That would sell in a heartbeat up PNW. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall

Re: [MBZ] I posted this in BW but maybe y'all have an idea -- SL600 suspension

There used to be rebuild kits for the rear valves in the SLS systems. I wonder if they were the same? PM me your VIN and I’ll look it up in the EPC. -D > On Feb 5, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > Apparently 2 valves, one for front and one for rear, it would appear

Re: [MBZ] I posted this in BW but maybe y'all have an idea -- SL600 suspension

Apparently 2 valves, one for front and one for rear, it would appear the front valve has failed (or nearly so as it drops slowly).  tophydraulics want $500 for a rebuild.  I have to research some more, see if it is DIYable.  Saw a chinesium valve for like $450 "new." --FT On 2/5/19 9:52 AM,

Re: [MBZ] I posted this in BW but maybe y'all have an idea -- SL600 suspension

I haven’t, and as a result my understanding of this system is limited. Are there two or more valves, or just the leveling valve in the rear like on two wheel SLS? And if there is only one valve in the rear, where are the front spheres connected in the system relative to the leveling valve? If

Re: [MBZ] I posted this in BW but maybe y'all have an idea -- SL600 suspension

I did indeed, educamated me immensely; hence, my logic, flawed as it might be. --FT On 2/4/19 2:51 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: This is the four wheel version, not rear wheel SLS. Floyd, have you read the ultimate ADS thread on BW?