Re: [MBZ] 1982 300D - 229k miles - $1,000
It's the last of the pre Becker electronic radios. Very low tech. On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 1:53 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Radio doesn't look like a Becker to me. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 1:44 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Looks like it might have some rust in addtion to needing "breaks" but > > maybe could be a driver. > > > > Is that a factory radio? > > > > > > > https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/shelbyville-1982-mercedes/7345754961.html > > > > Allan > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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] 2006 ML500 - 172k miles - $6,200
Crappy pics. I guess I should throw a new trans in this one I just got and sell it for $5k --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 11:01 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/westmont-mercedes-ml/7345879460.html > > Allan > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
[MBZ] 2006 ML500 - 172k miles - $6,200
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Re: [MBZ] W124 window gremlins
Brings to mind also to check the rear window disable switch (child safety switch) that is in the center console, assuming the model in question has that. If that's gummed up with old soda and coffee spills, could cause the rear windows to not work. Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > You said the front and rear _switches_ for _a_ window are in series. > > Exactly. Twice the failure points for a rear window compared to a front. > > -- Jim > > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
> You said the front and rear _switches_ for _a_ window are in series. Exactly. Twice the failure points for a rear window compared to a front. -- Jim ___ 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] OT: Element dead again
Good feedback. Yes the other thought that occured to me since son wants to take the car to school in the fall is see if he's willing to help do the work and make it a learning experience. It is a 2006 Element, AWD. Transmission should be model MZKA. Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > Thoughts? > > You asked. In selling a car that is need of work, you are creating an > extremely small market for the vehicle. Selling it as is seems like an > invitation to prospective purchasers to beat you down on price mercilessly. > If you find a transmission that is used, install it, or have an Indy that > won't report it to carfax install it, drive it for a bit, change the trans > fluid again, and detail it, you can command a premium price. > > Those are my thoughts on the matter. > > BTW, Pick-n-Pull is having a 50% off sale this weekend. What year is the > Element? > > Rick > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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] OT: Element dead again
> Thoughts? You asked. In selling a car that is need of work, you are creating an extremely small market for the vehicle. Selling it as is seems like an invitation to prospective purchasers to beat you down on price mercilessly. If you find a transmission that is used, install it, or have an Indy that won't report it to carfax install it, drive it for a bit, change the trans fluid again, and detail it, you can command a premium price. Those are my thoughts on the matter. BTW, Pick-n-Pull is having a 50% off sale this weekend. What year is the Element? Rick ___ 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] Lb7 injectors
While I have the valve covers off I also need to adjust the valves. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Strong work. I'm proud of you. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: July 3, 2021 8:19 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; davesl...@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: ka...@striplin.net > Subject: [MBZ] Lb7 injectors > > About 7 hours in and old injectors are out. New ones go in tomorrow. > > [cid:858ada37-17ac-4300-a5ff-4f6e25328a4d@namprd17.prod.outlook.com] > [cid:e388f0f1-0dd4-4c08-9a2a-1964807c9928@namprd17.prod.outlook.com] > [cid:12af9468-1472-49f9-b94f-1f93209dcf88@namprd17.prod.outlook.com] > [cid:8f3c3c5e-949c-4934-b35a-5084a9c18505@namprd17.prod.outlook.com] > > > Sent from my iPhone > ___ > 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 > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] Lb7 injectors
Wow. Lot of work. Good job --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 9:19 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > About 7 hours in and old injectors are out. New ones go in tomorrow. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone___ > 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 > ___ 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] 2000 ML320 - 203k miles - $2500
Front star has red too. “Customized” Maybe the carpets are fresh cleaned and the towels are to keep them that way --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:47 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Wonder what's going on with the rugs under the floor mats? And the one red > spoke on each wheel? > > https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/paoli-2000-mercedes-ml320/7345913479.html > > Allan > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 9:28 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 8:32 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > In the computer-less windows the rear windows' door switches are in > > series with the front switches for same. > > Does that mean that you cannot operate the front and rear windows > simultaneously? Or in simultaneous but opposite directions? Not sure I've > ever tried it. Hm, never mind (I think). My first read of what you wrote was not actually what you wrote. I thought you were saying the front and rear windows were in series. You said the front and rear _switches_ for _a_ window are in series. Allan ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 8:32 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > In the computer-less windows the rear windows' door switches are in > series with the front switches for same. Does that mean that you cannot operate the front and rear windows simultaneously? Or in simultaneous but opposite directions? Not sure I've ever tried it. Allan ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
In the computer-less windows the rear windows' door switches are in series with the front switches for same. If EITHER switch is wonky then the window won't work right. There are only two wires to the motor. One ends up hot and the other ends up grounded in order to make the motor run. I.e., both wires are switched simultaneously. Ample opportunity for something to go wrong within either of the switches. IIRC the resting state of both motor wires is hot. If true, that's a good diagnostic step, though you have to disconnect the motor to prove that this is the case. (If you don't both sides will look hot even if only one is, because the minuscule metering current will run through the motor.) Rare that a wire goes bad, except for the ones going through the hinge. You have to look at a schematic in order to theorize what single failure could cause any observed symptoms. That and a multimeter and you should be able to figure it out. Barring trauma, it's one of: fuse, dirty switch, or broken hinge wire. At least, initially. It's also entirely possible to make things worse while trying to fix it. -- Jim ___ 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] OT: Element dead again
Checking sites like NADA, KBB, Edmunds, and local CL listings, setting aside the transmission problem I think I could get maybe $4K for mine given the miles and condition. Buddy of mine who is a factory trained Honda tech said that swapping a transmission is about 8-9 hours. That's for a pro, so it would no doubt take me a lot longer, and I don't have a lift so it would be a real PITA. He thought all-in for a rebuilt transmission such as from Jasper, plus labor and misc. I'd be in the ballpark of $5K. I'm seeing used transmissions on car-part.com for $600-700 for lower-mileage examples but more of a crap shoot on whether they are any good, so thinking of just selling it as-is to someone who is more enthused than I am about this project. Thinking I'd ask maybe $2,000, discounting for the cost of a used transmission and some room for profit for the buyer, and see if I get any bites. Thoughts? Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > That was the plan when Dan posted this > > https://www.benzworld.org/threads/for-sale-2000-mb-e-class-e-320-awd-wagon-4d.3074620/ > > Figured get what I can from the Element as-is, then fix up this one and > probably be at about even money with a nicer (if older) car. > > Seller never answered any of my inquiries though. > > I don't urgently need the car, but it would be a nice-to-have to let my kid > take to college in the fall. So replacing/repairing will probably happen > sooner or later. > > Allan > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 8:09 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > > Sell as is or fix and then sell and buy a real car like a Mercedes w123 or > > w124 or even a w211. If you need to haul stuff get a wagon version. Life is > > too short to drive garbage! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jul 3, 2021, at 12:10 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > > > wrote: > > > > > > Well that didn't last long. Element transmission quit on me again today. > > > Fortunately I was able to roll off the road in a safe place and call son > > > to come with the tow chain and pull me home. > > > > > > Now have to make that "fix it or scrap it" decision. I'm not crazy about > > > the car, but it is in pretty good shape otherwise. Engine runs well, AC > > > works well, in acceptable cosmetic condition, and it's a pretty useful > > > car as far as interior space and utility. 215k miles on it though. > > > > > > Allan > > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
I agree, that is my recollection of how the windows work, but like you I'm not certain. Checking for frayed or broken wires probably a good next step. Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 7:57 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > Can this be a wiring issue? > > Yeah. IIRC there is power to the window all the time and the switch is a > grounding switch, meaning the switch provides a path to ground for the window > motor to move one way or the other. If the down grounding wire is shorted to > ground in the door jam or something, yeah it's going down. > > I could be wrong about the whole thing. It's been a long while. Hopefully > Jaime or Dan or Kaleb will chime in. > > > Rick > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
> Can this be a wiring issue? Yeah. IIRC there is power to the window all the time and the switch is a grounding switch, meaning the switch provides a path to ground for the window motor to move one way or the other. If the down grounding wire is shorted to ground in the door jam or something, yeah it's going down. I could be wrong about the whole thing. It's been a long while. Hopefully Jaime or Dan or Kaleb will chime in. Rick ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
And the front console switch will not move the window either! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > Fuse was checked and replaced. No difference. To be clear, the old switch > also stopped working entirely before we replaced with new so I can’t fault > the new switch. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:39 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I'd first of all check the fuse, in case maybe there was a momentary short >> somehow caused in the process of changing the switch. >> >> Otherwise, sounds like the new switch is bad. Try to verify with an >> ohmmeter/test light? >> >> Allan >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >>> It doesn’t work at all. The window is stuck in the down position. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: When you say you replaced the switch "and nothing" you mean the window now doesn't work at all or it still winds down on its own? Allan > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- > that is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the > door panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the > window went up again after we actuated the switch but then went down > again on its own. We replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this > be a wiring issue? > > Sent from my iPhone >>> >> ___ >> 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 >> ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
Fuse was checked and replaced. No difference. To be clear, the old switch also stopped working entirely before we replaced with new so I can’t fault the new switch. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:39 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'd first of all check the fuse, in case maybe there was a momentary short > somehow caused in the process of changing the switch. > > Otherwise, sounds like the new switch is bad. Try to verify with an > ohmmeter/test light? > > Allan > >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >> It doesn’t work at all. The window is stuck in the down position. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> When you say you replaced the switch "and nothing" you mean the window now >>> doesn't work at all or it still winds down on its own? >>> >>> Allan >>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- that is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the door panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the window went up again after we actuated the switch but then went down again on its own. We replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this be a wiring issue? Sent from my iPhone >> > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
[MBZ] 2000 ML320 - 203k miles - $2500
Wonder what's going on with the rugs under the floor mats? And the one red spoke on each wheel? https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/paoli-2000-mercedes-ml320/7345913479.html Allan ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
I'd first of all check the fuse, in case maybe there was a momentary short somehow caused in the process of changing the switch. Otherwise, sounds like the new switch is bad. Try to verify with an ohmmeter/test light? Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > It doesn’t work at all. The window is stuck in the down position. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > When you say you replaced the switch "and nothing" you mean the window now > > doesn't work at all or it still winds down on its own? > > > > Allan > > > >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > >> My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- > >> that is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the > >> door panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the > >> window went up again after we actuated the switch but then went down again > >> on its own. We replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this be a > >> wiring issue? > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
It doesn’t work at all. The window is stuck in the down position. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > When you say you replaced the switch "and nothing" you mean the window now > doesn't work at all or it still winds down on its own? > > Allan > >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >> My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- >> that is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the >> door panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the window >> went up again after we actuated the switch but then went down again on its >> own. We replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this be a wiring >> issue? >> >> Sent from my iPhone > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] W124 window gremlins
When you say you replaced the switch "and nothing" you mean the window now doesn't work at all or it still winds down on its own? Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- that > is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the door > panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the window went > up again after we actuated the switch but then went down again on its own. We > replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this be a wiring issue? > > Sent from my iPhone ___ 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
[MBZ] W124 window gremlins
My brother has a 1989 300TE and the left rear window went down it’s own- that is the motor wound it down without actuating the switch. We took the door panel off and disconnected the switch and reconnected it and the window went up again after we actuated the switch but then went down again on its own. We replaced switch with a new one and nothing. Can this be a wiring issue? Sent from my iPhone ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
Berkshire Hathaway.. that shirt company… owns a vast amount of rail in the west. No idea what it holds east of the Mississippy clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Jul 2, 2021, at 8:02 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Freight rail is heavily used in the USA, more than most of the rest of the > world. Freight railroads own most of the track which is why passenger service > is a second class citizen except in the northeast where Amtrak owns some > routes. ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
Very true! Also remember that all electrical use does not occur at the same time. Typically cooling/heating demand is highest during the day and most EVs will be charged at night - actually evening out the load somewhat. On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 1:06 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I mean, a gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel has made quite a trip to make > it into my vehicle. It's amazing that it can be as inexpensive as it is ... > Curt > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] OT: Element dead again
That was the plan when Dan posted this https://www.benzworld.org/threads/for-sale-2000-mb-e-class-e-320-awd-wagon-4d.3074620/ Figured get what I can from the Element as-is, then fix up this one and probably be at about even money with a nicer (if older) car. Seller never answered any of my inquiries though. I don't urgently need the car, but it would be a nice-to-have to let my kid take to college in the fall. So replacing/repairing will probably happen sooner or later. Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 8:09 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > Sell as is or fix and then sell and buy a real car like a Mercedes w123 or > w124 or even a w211. If you need to haul stuff get a wagon version. Life is > too short to drive garbage! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 3, 2021, at 12:10 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > Well that didn't last long. Element transmission quit on me again today. > > Fortunately I was able to roll off the road in a safe place and call son to > > come with the tow chain and pull me home. > > > > Now have to make that "fix it or scrap it" decision. I'm not crazy about > > the car, but it is in pretty good shape otherwise. Engine runs well, AC > > works well, in acceptable cosmetic condition, and it's a pretty useful car > > as far as interior space and utility. 215k miles on it though. > > > > Allan > ___ 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] 2003 E500 - 97k miles - $5,800
I have a $500 03E500 with blown suspension, engine runs well but not drivable. I have the $900 04E500 with trans issues and fairly low miles, overall fairly nice but same boring colors as this one, gonna order a new CP soon. Total hot rod (at least nail the trans goes into limp mode). I was thinking to fix it and enjoy it for awhile but with prices as they are I should just unload it for some good profit. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > I don't think I've seen an E500 in the wild before. Are they rare? > > https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2003-mercedes-class/7345620044.html > > Allan > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] 2003 E500 - 97k miles - $5,800
Hm interesting I didn't look at the title status. "Salvage" to me means not roadworthy (or else it would be "rebuilt"). Wonder if the seller mis-clicked that? Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 1:58 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Salvage Title so it has a history somewhere in its life of being on > life support. > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 10:51 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I don't think I've seen an E500 in the wild before. Are they rare? > > > > > > https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2003-mercedes-class/7345620044.html > > > > Allan > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
I mean, a gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel has made quite a trip to make it into my vehicle. It's amazing that it can be as inexpensive as it is ... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 1:58 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > EV proponents argue that EVs are much more efficient and... While EV's may be, the _grid_ as a whole is something abysmal like 50% efficient. That 'use-anywhere' convenience comes at quite an overall cost. When you stack up all the inefficiencies, each original erg is marked down substantially before it actually pushes your ass to the nearest Starbucks... -- Jim ___ 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 ___ 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] 2003 E500 - 97k miles - $5,800
Salvage Title so it has a history somewhere in its life of being on life support. On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 10:51 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't think I've seen an E500 in the wild before. Are they rare? > > > https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2003-mercedes-class/7345620044.html > > Allan > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
> EV proponents argue that EVs are much more efficient and... While EV's may be, the _grid_ as a whole is something abysmal like 50% efficient. That 'use-anywhere' convenience comes at quite an overall cost. When you stack up all the inefficiencies, each original erg is marked down substantially before it actually pushes your ass to the nearest Starbucks... -- Jim ___ 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] 1982 300D - 229k miles - $1,000
Radio doesn't look like a Becker to me. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 1:44 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Looks like it might have some rust in addtion to needing "breaks" but > maybe could be a driver. > > Is that a factory radio? > > > https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/shelbyville-1982-mercedes/7345754961.html > > Allan > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
[MBZ] 2003 E500 - 97k miles - $5,800
I don't think I've seen an E500 in the wild before. Are they rare? https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2003-mercedes-class/7345620044.html Allan ___ 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
[MBZ] 1982 300D - 229k miles - $1,000
Looks like it might have some rust in addtion to needing "breaks" but maybe could be a driver. Is that a factory radio? https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/shelbyville-1982-mercedes/7345754961.html Allan ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
I agree. Our electrical production and transmission "pipes" are sized with an upper limit on load that did not contemplate needing to support the energy equivalent of all the motor vehicle fuel consumed every day. EV proponents argue that EVs are much more efficient and while that may be true we're still talking about adding a massive amount of load to a grid that was never designed with that in mind. We'll need more power generation and more transmission capacity throughout the system. The only generation technologies currently feasible are coal or nuclear fission, and each is its own political football. This will be expensive and take a long time. Allan On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, at 7:39 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > One of the things I’ve heard of late and agree with is that the > infrastructure to support charging at a scale that some are attempting to > envision just doesn’t exist and probably never will. > > -D > > > > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > Am I being too simplistic to wonder what will happen when all the cars are > > electric (green wet dream) and all other consumer electronic/electrical > > devices depend on plug in 110v for charging? Seems to me, when that kind > > of demand hits, the solar and wind farms will be woefully unable to > > adequate;'fill the need? > > > > tia, > > Larry > > 06 S350.. > > > > On 7/2/2021 8:07 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > >> No, the freight rail issue was the railroads trying to get a monopoly and > >> shut everyone else down. Huge shipping rate wars resulted in the collapse > >> of the rail beds and operations because they weren't making enough money, > >> in spite of being able to legally cooperate on setting rates. Corporate > >> stupidity. Bankrupted the New York Central after they bought everyone > >> else on the East Coast, leaving the nation with NO freight rail until the > >> Feds stepped in, and killed the passenger service. We got the grossly > >> underfunded AmTrack instead. > >> > >> The rail system should have been nationalized during WWi and operated like > >> the highway system, with the rail companies operating the trains and the > >> rails being owned and operated by the Federal government (like highways). > >> Rail companies paid highway fuel tax on diesel fuel into the 1980s, > >> directly subsidizing their competition. > >> > >> To give you an idea of how crazy the rail system is, the 20th Century > >> Limited from New York to Chicago passed over the rails owned and > >> maintained by something like 175 railroad companies, some of which owned > >> less the 20 miles of track and had not owned equipment since the early > >> teens. > >> > >> Shear lunacy. This includes the fact that for many years going west of > >> the Mississippi River required going through Chicago, even if you were > >> going from New Orleans to Alberquerque. All the rails were laid by > >> private companies for whatever they were doing in the mid to late 1800s, > >> and in those days everything in the West (since it was almost all cattle > >> being shipped for export) went to Chicago. Once the local companies > >> serving smaller cities dropped passenger service you have to take one of > >> the big lines (if they still had service) and they all ran through > >> Chicago. Take a look at the railroad maps sometime if you don't believe > >> me. > >> > >> If I could take a train from Evansville to St. Louis I'd get to visit my > >> niece and nephew a lot more, and could have take my Mom some years longer > >> than we could in a car. > ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
It also points out the folly of massive centralized systems. When one plant goes down, too many are left without power (which most of us depend on for daily life). We need efficient local (in my backyard) power generation systems - decentralized power (thorium reactors, anyone?). You can then produce the power you need, when you need it. Combine solar, wind, whatever with the fossil fuel of your choice. Efficiency is the key - the current home generators burn too much fuel for the power they produce. There There's an opportunity here for someone smart enough to figure it out. On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Billions of government support dollars have been thrown at solar, wind, and > other alternate energy systems. Those government free money dollars > produced more solar farms, wind farms, and programs to build more. However, > each system to date has a fatal flaw. That flaw being, the wind doesn't > always blow the same speed, the sun doesn't always shine at night or in ice > storms, and the energy produced has no way to be stored to be used "on > demand" after it is produced... There are no huge city sized batteries to > plug your Prius into. > Add to that, the transmission systems for power are old, and tired, and > have not been updated or maintained. At current capacity, they are > routinely at or near overloaded. > Vulnerable, is the word that comes to mind. So, if you really want an > "electric only utopia" start building the support structure that will > support it. Or, learn to like fossil fuels. > I know, reality bites... > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 4:40 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > One of the things I’ve heard of late and agree with is that the > > infrastructure to support charging at a scale that some are attempting to > > envision just doesn’t exist and probably never will. > > > > -D > > > > > > > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Am I being too simplistic to wonder what will happen when all the cars > > are electric (green wet dream) and all other consumer > electronic/electrical > > devices depend on plug in 110v for charging? Seems to me, when that kind > > of demand hits, the solar and wind farms will be woefully unable to > > adequate;'fill the need? > > > > > > tia, > > > Larry > > > 06 S350.. > > > > > > On 7/2/2021 8:07 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > > >> No, the freight rail issue was the railroads trying to get a monopoly > > and shut everyone else down. Huge shipping rate wars resulted in the > > collapse of the rail beds and operations because they weren't making > enough > > money, in spite of being able to legally cooperate on setting rates. > > Corporate stupidity. Bankrupted the New York Central after they bought > > everyone else on the East Coast, leaving the nation with NO freight rail > > until the Feds stepped in, and killed the passenger service. We got the > > grossly underfunded AmTrack instead. > > >> > > >> The rail system should have been nationalized during WWi and operated > > like the highway system, with the rail companies operating the trains and > > the rails being owned and operated by the Federal government (like > > highways). Rail companies paid highway fuel tax on diesel fuel into the > > 1980s, directly subsidizing their competition. > > >> > > >> To give you an idea of how crazy the rail system is, the 20th Century > > Limited from New York to Chicago passed over the rails owned and > maintained > > by something like 175 railroad companies, some of which owned less the 20 > > miles of track and had not owned equipment since the early teens. > > >> > > >> Shear lunacy. This includes the fact that for many years going west > of > > the Mississippi River required going through Chicago, even if you were > > going from New Orleans to Alberquerque. All the rails were laid by > private > > companies for whatever they were doing in the mid to late 1800s, and in > > those days everything in the West (since it was almost all cattle being > > shipped for export) went to Chicago. Once the local companies serving > > smaller cities dropped passenger service you have to take one of the big > > lines (if they still had service) and they all ran through Chicago. > Take a > > look at the railroad maps sometime if you don't believe me. > > >> > > >> If I could take a train from Evansville to St. Louis I'd get to visit > > my niece and nephew a lot more, and could have take my Mom some years > > longer than we could in a car. > > >> ___ > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus
Re: [MBZ] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
Billions of government support dollars have been thrown at solar, wind, and other alternate energy systems. Those government free money dollars produced more solar farms, wind farms, and programs to build more. However, each system to date has a fatal flaw. That flaw being, the wind doesn't always blow the same speed, the sun doesn't always shine at night or in ice storms, and the energy produced has no way to be stored to be used "on demand" after it is produced... There are no huge city sized batteries to plug your Prius into. Add to that, the transmission systems for power are old, and tired, and have not been updated or maintained. At current capacity, they are routinely at or near overloaded. Vulnerable, is the word that comes to mind. So, if you really want an "electric only utopia" start building the support structure that will support it. Or, learn to like fossil fuels. I know, reality bites... On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 4:40 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One of the things I’ve heard of late and agree with is that the > infrastructure to support charging at a scale that some are attempting to > envision just doesn’t exist and probably never will. > > -D > > > > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Am I being too simplistic to wonder what will happen when all the cars > are electric (green wet dream) and all other consumer electronic/electrical > devices depend on plug in 110v for charging? Seems to me, when that kind > of demand hits, the solar and wind farms will be woefully unable to > adequate;'fill the need? > > > > tia, > > Larry > > 06 S350.. > > > > On 7/2/2021 8:07 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > >> No, the freight rail issue was the railroads trying to get a monopoly > and shut everyone else down. Huge shipping rate wars resulted in the > collapse of the rail beds and operations because they weren't making enough > money, in spite of being able to legally cooperate on setting rates. > Corporate stupidity. Bankrupted the New York Central after they bought > everyone else on the East Coast, leaving the nation with NO freight rail > until the Feds stepped in, and killed the passenger service. We got the > grossly underfunded AmTrack instead. > >> > >> The rail system should have been nationalized during WWi and operated > like the highway system, with the rail companies operating the trains and > the rails being owned and operated by the Federal government (like > highways). Rail companies paid highway fuel tax on diesel fuel into the > 1980s, directly subsidizing their competition. > >> > >> To give you an idea of how crazy the rail system is, the 20th Century > Limited from New York to Chicago passed over the rails owned and maintained > by something like 175 railroad companies, some of which owned less the 20 > miles of track and had not owned equipment since the early teens. > >> > >> Shear lunacy. This includes the fact that for many years going west of > the Mississippi River required going through Chicago, even if you were > going from New Orleans to Alberquerque. All the rails were laid by private > companies for whatever they were doing in the mid to late 1800s, and in > those days everything in the West (since it was almost all cattle being > shipped for export) went to Chicago. Once the local companies serving > smaller cities dropped passenger service you have to take one of the big > lines (if they still had service) and they all ran through Chicago. Take a > look at the railroad maps sometime if you don't believe me. > >> > >> If I could take a train from Evansville to St. Louis I'd get to visit > my niece and nephew a lot more, and could have take my Mom some years > longer than we could in a car. > >> ___ > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ___ > > 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 > > > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
[MBZ] Doesn't look too bad -- 2000 Mercedes E320 Wagon - $1, 995 (West Ashley)
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Element dead again
Those have a cult following, so should be an easy sell, fixed or not. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 3, 2021 12:10:16 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes : > Well that didn't last long. Element transmission quit on me again today. > Fortunately I was able to roll off the road in a safe place and call son to > come with the tow chain and pull me home. > > Now have to make that "fix it or scrap it" decision. I'm not crazy about the > car, but it is in pretty good shape otherwise. Engine runs well, AC works > well, in acceptable cosmetic condition, and it's a pretty useful car as far > as interior space and utility. 215k miles on it though. > > Allan > ___ > 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 ___ 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] "balance shaft" problem M272/M273 engines
You probably know this, hyper-v is the windows version of a virtual machine. Can you save off your date, delete win 10 and reinstall? Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 2, 2021 11:09:40 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes : > I bought a set of DVDs like that for my '06 E350 Gasser - it runs on VMWare > and initially it ran fine on my Win10 Home system until a Win Update did > something I don't understand. Since that update, I get an error saying VMWare > is not compatible with Hyper-V. Research says W10 Home does not come with > Hyper-V and since it is not supposed to be included with Win10 Home, there is > little documentation telling how to disable it. So I technically have a WSM, > I am unable to run it any longer. So far, I have been unsuccessful finding > alternative SW to run the VM files on anything else if only they had put > them on pdf's > > Do'ncha jus' love MS? +++ > Larry > W211 E350 > > > On 6/22/2021 8:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >> I found the link on a sticky post on 164s on benzworld. >> >> You can buy a set of DVDs on eBay From various sellers for $15 that has the >> WIS/EPC. It’s a PITA to get installed and is kinda funky to run As it >> requires a VM in Windows (included in the install) but all the details are >> in there. >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Jun 22, 2021, at 4:32 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> Probably. How did you find the one that you found? Is the WIS included in >>> the cheep cheep chinee star system? >>> >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Sent: June 22, 2021 3:26 PM >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] "balance shaft" problem M272/M273 engines >>> >>> I did that too, some useful stuff, looks like mostly for his later model >>> cars. It looks like he is using his website as a library but all the docs >>> are not linked off the main page. I wonder if most of it came from the WIS. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iPhone >>> On Jun 22, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: I did a search for pdf files on the website. I sure wish they were indexed. There's a lot. Pdf site:benzbits.com Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 22, 2021 9:48 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] "balance shaft" problem M272/M273 engines Details on the cam/balance shaft issue with 350 engines, If you're out of warranty you're... Remove / install balance shaft, replace if necessary (engine 272 removed) Equipped with M272 or M273 Engine Check Engine Light On / Fault Codes Current and/or Stored in ME-SFI Control Module / Oil Leaking at Camshaft Adjustment Solenoid This is due to the positioning of the timing chain driven camshafts relative to the crankshaft and can be caused by a worn sprocket on the balance shaft on engine M272 or by a worn guide (idler) gear for the timing chain on engine M273. https://benzbits.com/BalanceShaftTSB.pdf -- --FT ___ 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 ___ 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 >>> ___ >>> 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 >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 >>> >> ___ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >
Re: [MBZ] OT: Element dead again
Sell as is or fix and then sell and buy a real car like a Mercedes w123 or w124 or even a w211. If you need to haul stuff get a wagon version. Life is too short to drive garbage! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2021, at 12:10 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Well that didn't last long. Element transmission quit on me again today. > Fortunately I was able to roll off the road in a safe place and call son to > come with the tow chain and pull me home. > > Now have to make that "fix it or scrap it" decision. I'm not crazy about the > car, but it is in pretty good shape otherwise. Engine runs well, AC works > well, in acceptable cosmetic condition, and it's a pretty useful car as far > as interior space and utility. 215k miles on it though. > > Allan > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] OT Electric Vehicles On Collision Course With Reality
One of the things I’ve heard of late and agree with is that the infrastructure to support charging at a scale that some are attempting to envision just doesn’t exist and probably never will. -D > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > wrote: > > Am I being too simplistic to wonder what will happen when all the cars are > electric (green wet dream) and all other consumer electronic/electrical > devices depend on plug in 110v for charging? Seems to me, when that kind of > demand hits, the solar and wind farms will be woefully unable to > adequate;'fill the need? > > tia, > Larry > 06 S350.. > > On 7/2/2021 8:07 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: >> No, the freight rail issue was the railroads trying to get a monopoly and >> shut everyone else down. Huge shipping rate wars resulted in the collapse >> of the rail beds and operations because they weren't making enough money, in >> spite of being able to legally cooperate on setting rates. Corporate >> stupidity. Bankrupted the New York Central after they bought everyone else >> on the East Coast, leaving the nation with NO freight rail until the Feds >> stepped in, and killed the passenger service. We got the grossly >> underfunded AmTrack instead. >> >> The rail system should have been nationalized during WWi and operated like >> the highway system, with the rail companies operating the trains and the >> rails being owned and operated by the Federal government (like highways). >> Rail companies paid highway fuel tax on diesel fuel into the 1980s, directly >> subsidizing their competition. >> >> To give you an idea of how crazy the rail system is, the 20th Century >> Limited from New York to Chicago passed over the rails owned and maintained >> by something like 175 railroad companies, some of which owned less the 20 >> miles of track and had not owned equipment since the early teens. >> >> Shear lunacy. This includes the fact that for many years going west of the >> Mississippi River required going through Chicago, even if you were going >> from New Orleans to Alberquerque. All the rails were laid by private >> companies for whatever they were doing in the mid to late 1800s, and in >> those days everything in the West (since it was almost all cattle being >> shipped for export) went to Chicago. Once the local companies serving >> smaller cities dropped passenger service you have to take one of the big >> lines (if they still had service) and they all ran through Chicago. Take a >> look at the railroad maps sometime if you don't believe me. >> >> If I could take a train from Evansville to St. Louis I'd get to visit my >> niece and nephew a lot more, and could have take my Mom some years longer >> than we could in a car. >> ___ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] OT: Element dead again
With used vehicle prices sky high right now, it makes the decision to repair a bit easier. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: July 2, 2021 11:10 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: astr...@fastmail.fm Subject: [MBZ] OT: Element dead again Well that didn't last long. Element transmission quit on me again today. Fortunately I was able to roll off the road in a safe place and call son to come with the tow chain and pull me home. Now have to make that "fix it or scrap it" decision. I'm not crazy about the car, but it is in pretty good shape otherwise. Engine runs well, AC works well, in acceptable cosmetic condition, and it's a pretty useful car as far as interior space and utility. 215k miles on it though. Allan ___ 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 ___ 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
