Re: [MBZ] Hey... We’re all upside down!

> G wrote: > ...fill me in, what are you driving and fixing. Oh Grant, you should look back a couple messages and read his sig. :) > > Euan > > 1985 W123 300TD 5-spd manual > > 223K miles > > Christchurch, NZ I betting that '85 is just fine - I'm sure not fond of the MBUSA 1985 models!

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

> OK wrote: > ah, grasshopper. Did no one teach you to drive a manual without > a clutch?? > You have to "match shift" going up and down the gears - match > the engine speed as closely as you can to the next gear - With the synchromesh it's easy. The shifter won't move into the next gate until

Re: [MBZ] Hey... We’re all upside down!

U... actually, more likely it is British Standard, or Whitworth. In any case, Euan, good to hear from you. We Yanks are an odd lot when it comes to politics, so thanks for your patience. Since we have no King, we have to make our own way and that always leads to discussion and of course, who e

Re: [MBZ] Hey... We’re all upside down!

That's metric spelling, Andrew. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes writes: > If you want to play in our sandbox again you'll have to learn how to spell > "tires". > > On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 4:55 PM Euan Kennedy via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> LOL, no, our tyres are just as good

[MBZ] Forget About an AMG E60 or the Like, Kaleb

Do this to your E320 CDI: https://youtu.be/cjIYsfKEYKM -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Covid. was: THe Bug

2 weeks although that may also be a premature conculsion On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 10:45 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is a very good writeup IMO. > > Do you or anyone else know how long after symptoms of covid subside that > patients are no longer infectious? >

Re: [MBZ] Hey... We’re all upside down!

If you want to play in our sandbox again you'll have to learn how to spell "tires". On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 4:55 PM Euan Kennedy via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > LOL, no, our tyres are just as good as yours. > > This north is up and south is down thing is just a mental construct. It

Re: [MBZ] 1955 Mercedes-Benz 180D for sale #2401588 - Hemmings Motor News

I like that Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 7:18 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz/180d/2401588.html?refer=alert&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-05-15 > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wick

[MBZ] Covid. was: THe Bug

This is a very good writeup IMO. Do you or anyone else know how long after symptoms of covid subside that patients are no longer infectious? Thanks, Gerry Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > Actually, isolation is the only way to stop the s

[MBZ] 1955 Mercedes-Benz 180D for sale #2401588 - Hemmings Motor News

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz/180d/2401588.html?refer=alert&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-05-15 Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ar

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

> learned to drive without a clutch - just in case. I've done it, in the Falcon. Also learned to drive without brakes! (That one, 'live'.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

PS - all my kids who learned to drive a manual tranny (3 of the 4) learned to drive without a clutch - just in case. No sense being stranded somewhere because you don't know how to drive it ... On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 6:51 PM OK Don wrote: > ah, grasshopper. Did no one teach you to drive a manua

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

Last time a 240D didn’t switch into gear for me it was a slave cylinder. Cheap and easy repair. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yea but in this case noting does happen, can’t shift it into gear. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Ma

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

ah, grasshopper. Did no one teach you to drive a manual without a clutch??? It can be done, but requires a good battery and starter. You basically start the car in gear - 1st of reverse as desired. You can pop it out of gear with little throttle applied, and stop with the brakes as usual. You have

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

So basically I need to get under the car and open the bleed screw while having somebody push the pedal to see if I get pressure? I assume it I do then they points to dead slave cylinder. If not then dead master cylinder? Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Max Dillon via Mercede

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

Yea but in this case noting does happen, can’t shift it into gear. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > When the clutches are really good, pressing the pedal does feel like > nothing is connected. If the pedal comes back up when you p

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

When the clutches are really good, pressing the pedal does feel like nothing is connected. If the pedal comes back up when you push it down, that’s a really good sign. Jaime On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 5:07 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Got this 81 240D moved int

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

I'd guess the slave cylinder is dead.  When you press the pedal in, do you get pressure (fluid output) at the slave bleeder?  If yes, the slave cylinder is probably dead. Max Dillon Charleston SC May 16, 2020 5:07:28 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes : > Got this 81 240D moved into the shop

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

I don’t have much experience with Mercedes clutches, but if the pedal moves up and down without resistance I would assume the clutch cylinder is toast. -D > On May 16, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Btw I saw no evidence of any leaks either. > > Sent from my iPho

Re: [MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

Btw I saw no evidence of any leaks either. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote: > > Got this 81 240D moved into the shop and jacked up. I examined the underside > and discovered it’s going to need all the typical 123 front end work. Will > need ball joint

[MBZ] 240D rehab/clutch

Got this 81 240D moved into the shop and jacked up. I examined the underside and discovered it’s going to need all the typical 123 front end work. Will need ball joints, tie rods, and control arm bushings for sure. Have not looked at the upper control arms yet. Basically I probably need to just

[MBZ] Hey... We’re all upside down!

LOL, no, our tyres are just as good as yours. This north is up and south is down thing is just a mental construct. It’s kinda handy to get our puny human brains organised around viewing the planet that way. Otherwise we’re all clinging to a round rock floating in a universe which doesn’t have

Re: [MBZ] 210 E320 rear end howl

Scott Ritchey via Mercedes writes: > Never had a wheel bearing fail on a MBZ but did on my 2008 Outback. > It sounded like gear noise that got worse over time. The temperature > method was not conclusive for identifying which rear bearing was bad. > So I got someone else to drive as I crawled ar

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT hard ice cream vs soft

Ah memories of childhood. I remember as a kid always getting carsick in my friends' cars. The sweet smell of upch*ck never goes away... On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 1:05 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > > > My parents, for reasons u

Re: [MBZ] this could be a H of a deal

Floyd could trade his SL for the 600 coupe. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 12:16 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Or you could buy this: > > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/tampa-mercedes-benz-cl600-cl-amg/7125123830.html > > Something’s up with this car, I think. No

Re: [MBZ] swuade Interior E55

What's the catch? On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 11:52 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/272395353901628 > > 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 55 AMG Sedan 4D > $5,600 > Vehicles

Re: [MBZ] This will definitely buff out

The front half was sacrificed in an action movie. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 11:42 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/237479007348466 > > W220 MERCEDES S430 > $1 > Listed 2 weeks ago in Savannah, GA >

Re: [MBZ] OT hard ice cream vs soft

Jeopardy: "We've had one of these scoops that has some sort of mystery juice inside of it for years." Answer: What is Prestone antifreeze On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 8:31 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Also, propane-powered refrigerators (RV's, etc.) use an > ammonia/w

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT hard ice cream vs soft

Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > My parents, for reasons unclear, bought this little travel trailer > that was parked at a campground at the lake, and never used it except > to go there and sit and watch TV occasionally. It had a little > dorm-sized fridge in it and the whole trailer stunk of

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

What is "fake news"? On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 12:25 AM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Nope - fake news. > > https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/hiv-prevention/potential-future-options/hiv-vaccines > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:56 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] this could be a H of a deal

Or you could buy this: https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/d/tampa-mercedes-benz-cl600-cl-amg/7125123830.html Something’s up with this car, I think. Note the panel match between the hood and the right front fender and headlights. Looks like maybe the front got pranged and poorly fixed. They’v

[MBZ] swuade Interior E55

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/272395353901628 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 55 AMG Sedan 4D $5,600 Vehicles Listed a day ago in Charleston, SC About This Vehicle… D

[MBZ] This will definitely buff out

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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT hard ice cream vs soft

My parents, for reasons unclear, bought this little travel trailer that was parked at a campground at the lake, and never used it except to go there and sit and watch TV occasionally.  It had a little dorm-sized fridge in it and the whole trailer stunk of ammonia, I guess it had a slow leak or

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Actually, isolation is the only way to stop the spread. This is an unusual virus in that it's possible to actually stop the spread, difficulty is that it can have a long incubation period with virus shedding going on for some days before symptoms get bad enough to send someone in for testing.

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Have they ever come out with a vaccine for the cold? Nope. Guess what causes the cold? Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2020, at 10:45 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > No news on the AIDS vaccine yet. I do recall all the misinformation coming > from the “Authorities” and very expensive but

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT hard ice cream vs soft

My grandpa had one with the coils on top when I was a kid. I recall it failed and there was a smell of ammonia. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 8:56 PM To: Mercedes Disc

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

I'm with Floyd on the 12, but am a Remy kinda guy. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Floyd Thursby via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 7:29 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Floyd Thursby Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re:

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Mr. Mossberg would have something to say about that, in a size 12 On 5/16/20 8:39 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: ...I'm coming to you this fall, and I'm going to punch you in the head... I would begin training... I would also consult Mr. Colt and his friends on this matter. A defense in

[MBZ] this could be a H of a deal

or not, not that I have the dineros... but oh my would I love to drive this car https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1904960082969622 2005 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class CL 600 Coupe 2D $8,750 Vehicles Listed 20 hours ago in Myrtle B

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

The problem with isolation is the 2 week waiting period, it's very hard to know who to isolate until it's too late  Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 9:08 PM, OK Don wrote: From what I understand (which isn't much), Covid-19 is in the same virus family as the c

[MBZ] It is safe to assume that the seafood is doing its job

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Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

> ...I'm coming to you this fall, and I'm going to punch you in the head... I > would begin training... I would also consult Mr. Colt and his friends on this matter. A defense in depth is more reliable, hence that thing about eggs and baskets. I'm sure the same applies here. > It's about min

Re: [MBZ] OT hard ice cream vs soft

Also, propane-powered refrigerators (RV's, etc.) use an ammonia/water/hydrogen mix as the refrigerant. The one in my parents' camper failed. An overstuffed freezer was thought to be the cause. Apparently pounding on the coils with 1# hammers while running down bumpy roads is not good for them.

Re: [MBZ] OT hard ice cream vs soft

Artisanal, grass fed, free range, antibiotic free ice cream? We've had one of these scoops that has some sort of mystery juice inside of it for years. It cuts through the hardest ice cream like buttah. All sorts of warnings about not putting it in hot water or the dishwasher. Maybe it would exp