So with 269000 miles does that mean the engine has outgrown its Rod bending
phase?
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Doesn’t look bad aside from being white
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NO LOBALLERS I NO WHAT I GOT
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Bloomfield. That explains a lot right there.
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Could be a good deal.
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Oh it’s a zero turn- never mind!
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>> On May 3, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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>> I got that JD z425 that my mo
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On 2021-05-03 18:54, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
Or get a steering wheel knob?
ZTs control speed and direction with two big handlebars.
Kaleb is death-gripping his, trying to do precision edging while
learning to drive the thing.
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He needs a Ron Beer!
https://fb.watch/5giYdKULzD/
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You might be surpised, old cars and mowers don't have any "always on"
electronics so seems like the batteries can sit a long time and not
discharge.
My Cub Cadet started right up after sitting since last October.
Allan
Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes writes:
> I need to get my little riding mo
I don't think that will do any better at mowing.
Allan
Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes:
> I got that JD z425 that my mother gave me. I have mowed with it twice and
> while I somewhat got the hang of it, when mowing around delicate edges such
> as around cars, I still have not mastered that
That car looks decent but those mowers go for more than that
--FT
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I need to get my little riding mower started, I’ll give it a try tomorrow. I’m
sure the battery is dead as I have not used it for awhile
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> On 2021-05-03 18:25, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
>> Th
Steering wheel knob?
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> On May 3, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
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> Or get a steering wheel knob?
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>> On May 3, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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>> I got that JD z425 that my mother gave me
Or get a steering wheel knob?
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> On May 3, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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> I got that JD z425 that my mother gave me. I have mowed with it twice and
> while I somewhat got the hang of it, when mowing around delicate edges such
> as around cars,
On 2021-05-03 18:25, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
This thing came I have it charging (USB cable) so will give it a try
on something. It’s really small, smaller than a paperback book. It
amazes me these things can put out that much juice to spin an engine.
It has some other ports to use f
I got that JD z425 that my mother gave me. I have mowed with it twice and while
I somewhat got the hang of it, when mowing around delicate edges such as around
cars, I still have not mastered that. I’m just not sure I’m ever going to get
used to it or like it. One thing is my hands start getting
This thing came I have it charging (USB cable) so will give it a try on
something. It’s really small, smaller than a paperback book. It amazes me these
things can put out that much juice to spin an engine. It has some other ports
to use for charging and powering things.
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I bought another hard top off a guy for $200, seems as his neighbor had an SL
that got wrecked and the top sat in the owner’s garage for some years until
this guy I bought it from got it somehow, I think when the neighbor moved or
something.
He and I lifted it up onto the roof of the Suburban
Yet again, I am impressed with the driving skills of the general public.
After watching this video, I am now fully committed to installing a siren
and lights on my vehicles.
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 3:00 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> Anyone else run into issues af
Anyone else run into issues after watching this video?
My computer screen suddenly announced that it was locked up because I
was on some site that was used for identity theft etc. It did not want
to let me loose. I tired to shut that program down in task manager but
it did not appear to be ther
*Weekly Focus – Think About It*
“I am not more gifted than the average human being. If you know anything
about history, you would know that is so – what hard times I had in
studying and the fact that I do not have a memory like some other people
do…I am just more curious than the average person an
I often wondered why the newer cars don't have automatic solar cooling.
I bought a solar car fan from the Despot at least 15 years back. It fits
into the gap between the top of a window glass and door frame. Still works!
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 4:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
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If it still has a nice interior then it might be worth a long term
drive-while-you-restore project (provided it starts and runs, as they say).
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 3:54 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> Depending on what the lines and such look like that could be a
On 2021-05-03 14:48, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, but it doesn’t have “solar battery charging”. The solar panels
power fans for cabin ventilation while the car is parked should the
interior temperature go above a certain level. They have nothing to do
with battery charging.
-D
Saab put
Depending on what the lines and such look like that could be a decent
deal if you want a project, maybe offer $1k
--FT
On 5/3/21 1:18 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
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On 5/3/21 3:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
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Yes, but it doesn’t have “solar battery charging”. The solar panels power fans
for cabin ventilation while the car is parked should the interior temperature
go above a certain level. They have nothing to do with battery charging.
-D
> On May 3, 2021, at 3:46 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wro
On 2021-05-03 14:42, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
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Is that the Panorama Roof Option?
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I would first rip off that stupid 3rd break light. Give me a brake.
With 315K it probably needs at least a valve job, plus new paint. Add a
fresh coat of paint and you have a $7k car. Not worth it.
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:19 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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More power, Scotty!
She's giving us all she's got, Captain!
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Well, that explains why 9 of my neighbors to the town property have had
their cats cut out in the last 2 weeks.
Apparently, the cat thieves work between 1 AM and 5 AM... according to the
video camera footage I've seen.
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Correction 1997.
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Interesting. I’ll check and see if there is any froth.
--FT
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I thought about pull up the epc for different cars and seeing if anything pops
up on that site.
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> On 2021-05-03 10:47, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> This is the one I was looking at. The guy I tal
On 2021-05-03 10:39, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
The seats aren’t working on the car, I never moved them once I set
them when I got it. Have not looked at it yet, maybe just the fuse.
The PS seems to have mostly resolved itself which is weird. The pump
is still whining a bit but it is w
On 2021-05-03 10:47, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
This is the one I was looking at. The guy I talked to said something
about hauling them to Kansas City.
https://www.scrapcatprices.com/shop/
Thanks. I see a 126, a 210, and a couple 140 part numbers in the mid
five hundreds.
It'd he ni
I have the padded straps and the Harbor Fright electric hoist, but the top is
so rarely removed I didn’t go to the trouble of installing it at the new house.
With the eldest boy we can lift it off in a short minute and put it on the
minimalist aluminum top cart a guy gave me a couple of years ag
This is the one I was looking at. The guy I talked to said something about
hauling them to Kansas City.
https://www.scrapcatprices.com/shop/
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> Link to price lookups?
> Mitch
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>> On 2021-05-02 22:25, K
> I need to get a hand to take off the hard top from the SL600
I really like those hardtop hoists. I bought the strap-only kits and Harbor
Freight
electric hoists. You can also remove a 107 hardtop by hand, crouching in the
back
like Atlas and lifting it straight up, then walking it out of the
The seats aren’t working on the car, I never moved them once I set them when I
got it. Have not looked at it yet, maybe just the fuse. The PS seems to have
mostly resolved itself which is weird. The pump is still whining a bit but it
is working ok.
--R
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Link to price lookups?
Mitch
On 2021-05-02 22:25, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
After I figured out what numbers they are looking at I looked them up
and he is correct. I looked up the one off the 124 and it was worth
nearly $600.
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I need to get a hand to take off the hard top from the SL600 then try
the soft top and see if it works. I never have. I'm guessing there are
cylinders leaking as I found an o-ring kit in the trunk when I got the
car. There might be a bad switch or two as well, the light is always
blinking li
Speaking of convertibles, I took the hard top off Mrs. Dan’s SL500 this
weekend.Put the soft top up and let it sit in the sun for a day, then folded it
back up for another 6 months/year of non-use.
Also took the opportunity to remove the headliner from the hard top so I can
have it recovered by
Most fun topless cruising I ever had was in that cheap-cheap-cheap 380SL I had
for
awhile. Never worried about that car. Caught in a rainstorm? Meh! It was
all about
the low price. The game on that car was to not spend too much, while fixing it
up a bit.
(It got parted out a few owners afte
> I have always struggled with backing a trailer.
Shorter is harder. I was the best backer-upper in the family,
back on the farm. I learned on the Farmall 200, which has the
tricycle configuration. (The front wheels will turn completely
sideways. Crank the wheel and stomp on one brake and spin
It would be a fun summer cruiser I guess, go topless on a nice summer
evening. Hell maybe just some more black duct tape and call it good
--FT
On 5/3/21 10:24 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Figure between $700 and $1200 for the top depending on material. The originals
were Sonnenland can
Low miles, wonder what the story is. Someone thought they were ready to be a
nomad, just one short trip convinced them otherwise?
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
May 3, 2021 10:08:23 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes :
> No a fan of the white but this looks like a very nice build. I like the
> Sprinte
Knutsack is real hung up on these right now. He just paid $8k for one I
believe. His is a 430 though.
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> Figure between $700 and $1200 for the top depending on material. The
> originals were Sonnenland canv
In the area I grew up around hay bales were hauled on big flatbed trucks
loaded by high school kids much younger than the trucks.
For the home gamer a really good way to practice is with a garden cart behind a
lawn tractor. The hitch is pretty sloppy so you get maximum delay, the lawn
tractor p
Figure between $700 and $1200 for the top depending on material. The originals
were Sonnenland canvas which is the cheapest. You have to use the existing
window. You can get one with the window installed, but it will set you back
another $150 over the price of the top.
It’s a crap class. It’s b
This.
(-D who backed a lot of hay wagons)
> On May 3, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
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> If you learn by backing up hay wagons, everything else is easy.
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>> My
I got $3k for the 1999 E320 4Matic with 140k on the clock. Very clean,
everything worked, front diff was a little sloppy but I made it very clear to
the buyer and it was easy to avoid if you managed it through driving technique.
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What does a new lid cost? Could be reasonable.
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If you learn by backing up hay wagons, everything else is easy.
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> My farming cousin, who has been reversing all manner of heavy equipment
> since he was about 6, still holds the course record for rev
No a fan of the white but this looks like a very nice build. I like the
Sprinter RVs. If I was getting one I would go with 4WD
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A guy came to look at my 99, just like this except not 4M, I sorta knew
the guy told him I would let it go for $2200. He passed, but now I'm
thinking I need to put it up at like $2800
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Short trailers are really a pain. My snowmobile trailer is mostly invisible
behind the truck, I can really only see the snowmobiles.
One trick my uncle gave me is to twist back and forth, in my case I go one way
until I just spot the corner of the trailer, then cut back the other way before
I'm
My farming cousin, who has been reversing all manner of heavy equipment
since he was about 6, still holds the course record for reversing a semi
through the final test course at the Army transportation training center in
Cape May (I think). It was essentially reversing a semi truck through a
bunch
That will be a landmark paper. Nature is one of the top journals in
biology.
On Mon, May 3, 2021, 5:40 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
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> A study that appears in Nature concludes that 81% of the population have
> pre-existing immunity to the virus.
>
> "T cell immunity
This is exactly correct. Put your hand on the bottom of the wheel and the
bottom of the wheel goes where you want the back of the trailer to go. Use your
mirrors or turn around and look out the back, either way. Makes it easy, no
thinking involved.
My 96 Chebby truck has a large turning radius
A study that appears in Nature concludes that 81% of the population have
pre-existing immunity to the virus.
"T cell immunity is central for the control of viral infections. To
characterize T cell immunity, but also for the development of vaccines,
identification of exact viral T cell epitopes is
On 2021-05-03 02:48, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
If you can, look out the back window of the tow vehicle and focus on
the
rear of the trailer, then simply drive the rear of the trailer where
you
want it to go... Your eye hand coordination will happen better that
way.
You are "driving the traile
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