Re: [MBZ] Bi-turbo V12

2019-02-24 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
> > Two bits sez the speedo, tach et cetera don't work worth shit. -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Euroiffic

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Does anybody recall seeing John Lennons TD on BAT? I am reading the December issue of Sports Car Market. It sold for $31.900 at Worldwide Auctioneers in Auburn IN 9/1/18. 13x k miles on a taxi yellow rig clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what

Re: [MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
Curley, Peter. The Neutral Safety Switch has a setting hole for a drill blank to line-up the switch and selector position. When you look at it, it will be obvious how it goes. Cannot remember off-hand if it is Park or N position for alignment. Replacing the bushings moves the lever in relation to

Re: [MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Ok, thanks!  I guess I need one.  I can't see how putting a bushing in the shift lever could have screwed up the backup light switch.   Maybe it did. Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote on 2/24/19 10:03 PM: Neutral lockout switch contains the contacts for the back-up lights, just one swtich,

Re: [MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Neutral lockout switch contains the contacts for the back-up lights, just one swtich, one connection. It's on the side of the transmission, prevents starting in gear AND turns on the back-up lights in reverse. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Who is in CA...Paperwork

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I had issue with a Kali car almost 30 years ago. Somehow that state wanted money for me to purchase the car from an Oregon seller who had not titled the car properly. That was a giant PITA because on the way home with the car, I caught the attention of the local WA Mounties who gave me a

Re: [MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
same as which switch? neutral lockout? Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote on 2/24/19 9:14 PM: It’s the same switch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

[MBZ] Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind and Solar Energy

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Carbon and renewables seem not to make sense to the almost richest man in the world. That may point to just how much magical thinking is going on in the marketing of these products to the public clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm >

Re: [MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
It’s the same switch. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2019, at 9:10 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was under the impression that a switch on the back of the auto transmission > turned on the backup lights when the trans was shifted to R. What I am > reading says that the

[MBZ] W124 backup light switch

2019-02-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I was under the impression that a switch on the back of the auto transmission turned on the backup lights when the trans was shifted to R.   What I am reading says that the neutral lockout switch also is the reverse switch.  Anyone know for sure where the switch is for the backup lights?

Re: [MBZ] 129 SL Code reader

2019-02-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
We read the codes on the 124 gassers by the flashes and/voltmeter.  I don't remember how many pins the connector had, but #1 daughter figured them out, so I would read the flashes or voltage per pin and she would read the "code" meaning to me.  We made a good team. Thanks for posting this

Re: [MBZ] 129 SL Code reader

2019-02-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 2/24/19 5:21 PM: organized in those square plastic jars rice comes in. Sheesh!   "plastic jars rice comes in"??? We usta buy Riceland rice in 100 lb bags.  Now the biggest I can find is 25 lb. But the best buy now is when the LA rice harvest comes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Pilot asleep at controls of 747

2019-02-24 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbj9uvYL8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMhYl74vw2c --FT On 2/24/19 6:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, excitement is NEVER something to hope for. On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 5:08 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

[MBZ] 129 SL Code reader

2019-02-24 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This afternoon I made a code reader for the SL http://www.mercedes.gen.in/mercedes-older-series-diagnostic-fault-code-reading-w124-r129-others/ (BTW this page is a PITA, you can't copy anything from it, I had to "print" it as a pdf then I could print out certain pages of the pdf that I

Re: [MBZ] OT: Pilot asleep at controls of 747

2019-02-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Yeah, excitement is NEVER something to hope for. On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 5:08 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:28:45 -0500 > "arche...@embarqmail.com" wrote: > > > Pilot asleep at controls of 747. > > > >

[MBZ] OT: Pilot asleep at controls of 747

2019-02-24 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:28:45 -0500 "arche...@embarqmail.com" wrote: > Pilot asleep at controls of 747. > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHB1AyHpUM/ > Gerry wrote: I don't see how airline pilots stay awake on long flights with the autopilots flying the plane. Do they take turns napping? Read

Re: [MBZ] Bi-turbo V12

2019-02-24 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Ha! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On February 24, 2019 10:43:53 AM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >This is the antidote for those SBC's installed in W123's: >https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/check-out-this-buick-regal-powered-by-a-biturbo-mercedes-v12/ar-BBTYTJV#image=BBTYW1t|1 > >

Re: [MBZ] Bi-turbo V12

2019-02-24 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Ha! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On February 24, 2019 10:43:53 AM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >This is the antidote for those SBC's installed in W123's: >https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/check-out-this-buick-regal-powered-by-a-biturbo-mercedes-v12/ar-BBTYTJV#image=BBTYW1t|1 > >

Re: [MBZ] Finnie Fun!

2019-02-24 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Do you take a wire brush to it (hand, drill, or angle grinder) and go at the rust to get it down to cleaner metal?  Or just let the chemicals do work? --FT On 2/24/19 12:20 AM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: While not strictly necessary, I find that a POR-15 repair lasts longer if the rust is

Re: [MBZ] M112/W210 Water Pump

2019-02-24 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Thanks, guys. I’ll be getting an MB rebuilt pump from the stealership tomorrow, since they’re only about $150. Anything else to watch out for? My crank pulley seal leaks, too, so this might be a good time to do it. Anyone know if I need a puller to get the crank pulley off? -D > On Feb 24,

Re: [MBZ] M112/W210 Water Pump

2019-02-24 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
It’s super easy on a non fan clutch one. Should be easy after pulling the fan and clutch Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Anyone done one of these? Are they a PITA or not bad? > > And this would be on my 1998 wagon, so there’s a fan

Re: [MBZ] M112/W210 Water Pump

2019-02-24 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I did the water pump on the $500E300, I took out the radiator to have some room to work.  had to take the fan off too.  It wasn't a terribly bad job, just annoying to have to take out other stuff to get to the WP, which it turned out was OK, it was that stupid alternator clutch pulley. 

[MBZ] M112/W210 Water Pump

2019-02-24 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Anyone done one of these? Are they a PITA or not bad? And this would be on my 1998 wagon, so there’s a fan and fan clutch involved. Thanks, -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Bi-turbo V12

2019-02-24 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
fun times!  Wonder how he got the tranny to work without all the MB nannies keeping track of everything.  The engine management was probably an interesting challenge too. --FT On 2/24/19 10:43 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: This is the antidote for those SBC's installed in W123's:

[MBZ] Bi-turbo V12

2019-02-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
This is the antidote for those SBC's installed in W123's: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/check-out-this-buick-regal-powered-by-a-biturbo-mercedes-v12/ar-BBTYTJV#image=BBTYW1t|1 -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it