Re: [MBZ] Windmill tower wastefullness WUZ: OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Making silicon crystals is not the most environmentally pretty industry. Panels do not live all that long either. Neither “green” source is all that reliable based on base load requirements. There is a giant need for electron storage to allow them to be useful. Add to that the requirement

Re: [MBZ] Up comes a Bubblin' crude

2018-08-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
This is a freshly refinished cover. Checked for wracking and out of level, as well as having any exterior scuffing repaired. There was no indication of escaping oil on the cover, just below the gasket. clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net > On Aug 11, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] Up comes a Bubblin' crude

2018-08-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have now installed a fresh gasket and made sure everything is scrupulously clean, all obstructions out of the way. Fitted the gasket fully to the dry cover to make sure it did not try to escape. The leak was not slowed. Probably due to not getting it torqued down “Just Enough”. Once the

Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

2018-08-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
ter flooding up through the storm sewers also. They are building many >> roads up above the sidewalks several feet. >> >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 10:12 PM clay monroe via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> The PNW continues to creep closer

[MBZ] Up comes a Bubblin' crude

2018-08-10 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I put a fresh valve cover on the SD. I re-used the gasket. There came upon the engine a massive washing of the block in engine oil. It was gushing all down the block and … wtf? So, I clean it up and install a fresh gasket, but this time I make sure the surfaces are pristine, and use a new

Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

2018-08-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The PNW continues to creep closer to the sky with each passing year. Many decades ago, a college professor (meteorology) spoke of how spongy the ground was around here and over the past 10k years, once the miles of ice melted away, the land has been springing back impressively.That stuff

Re: [MBZ] craigslist is just a bunch of lowballers

2018-08-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
That is a very high price for so few photographs clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
My understanding is that there are whole First Nations/Native American cities about 150 miles off the coast of SC. This makes one suspect the whole Global Climate change farce is not all it seems cracked up to be. I want to know what those darn redskins were doing that made the ocean yank

Re: [MBZ] OT (for Rich): Ongoing nuke soap opera in SC

2018-08-07 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Washington had a massive fraud event on a pretty egregious level. Billions of tax payer dollars to build five power plants. Only one ever came online. The public utilities sold bonds for the build. Rate payers ended up with the bill. This was around 1984. Known as Whoops! We were going

Re: [MBZ] Bundt lugs

2018-08-07 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
A person could purchase a set of bolts that want refresh. Give them some loving, then remove the old lugs and install the pretty ones. I have some that fit the bundts clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a

Re: [MBZ] W116 rear seat pads - sources

2018-08-07 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Find a decent auto upholstery shop. Those are getting rarer, and I got lucky in finding on that had been in business 40 years, the old guy had a bunch of cars waiting for him to finish, and he knew his craft. Old Norwegian fellow. clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net > On Aug 4, 2018, at 7:33

Re: [MBZ] BAT crack

2018-08-02 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The 115 was a rust magnet. Cash for clunkers filled scrap yards with /8 cars. I scrounged a basement full of parts to try to keep my 220D road worthy A w123 is a bit more complex and less prone to rusting to death. There are also many more of them out on the road, as well as in parts yards.

Re: [MBZ] Under 10K miles 1973 450SE but it has a cracked dash

2018-08-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Really 3 speed. Same as in the R107 with M117 If it is well tuned, a person might be able to eke out 15mpg in mostly highway driving. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D

Re: [MBZ] clocks?

2018-08-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The one in my 220D was less accurate as time went on. I needed to synch it by 10 minutes each week. The capacitors can bee swapped out, which may handle the timing issue. There also seemed to be a gearing issue, where it was skipping a tooth clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Op-ed Piece

2018-07-30 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
the below. What? > > Larry > > > On 07/31/2018 12:14 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> ...GCC, because faces > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Op-ed Piece

2018-07-30 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
y they > were commissioning a new coal fired powered plant _/Weekly/_! Maybe they > still are? > > Larry > > > > On 07/31/2018 12:11 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> There are trillions of cubic meters of NG just waiting for a way to get to >> the r

Re: [MBZ] Carburetor trouble

2018-07-30 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I remember when the E10 junk was pushed upon us so many years ago. The older cars had all manner of issue with rubber bit failures. I had to deal with three cars within 6 months needing hoses and gaskets due to being melted by ethanol.The replacement rubber bits did work better, but the

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Op-ed Piece

2018-07-30 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Why would you agree to contribute to the impact upon the climate change, when you could walk the talk and work toward a solution? The Vegan idiots who decide to wear plastic shoes, which contribute to GCC, because faces. The real way to do it is to not use anything. clay 1974 450sl -

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Op-ed Piece

2018-07-30 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
There are trillions of cubic meters of NG just waiting for a way to get to the rest of the world in ANWR. There was plan to make a tube to send it to LNG plant so it could be used by China. Nobody had the funds to make the pipe. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei

Re: [MBZ] Whither the OBD Port in a 1986 300E?

2018-07-27 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
IT is a CARB ploy. Kollyfurnia mandated a magical port for reading pollution failures. Everybody came up with his own solution, which made CA.gov confused how to hook up and read things, so they made a new regulation to make it standardized in all things, so the mirror foggers they employ can

Re: [MBZ] Whither the OBD Port in a 1986 300E?

2018-07-27 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
You jury rig an LED to be able to get the thing to make it twinkle. Then you have to decode the MORSE beeps and boops to see what area of the car needs to have acupuncture or laying upon of hands clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models-

Re: [MBZ] OT - pickup un-loader

2018-07-24 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The “Real” gas station used to carry 92 octane ethanol free. It seems every time I went to fuel up, the octane dropped a point until now it is only 88 octane. Still not going to put alcohol into the SL. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired

Re: [MBZ] Short

2018-07-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The old battery seems to have more life than many newer ones. But I will have to wait to verify this statement until the replacements fail. What they replaced were each at least a decade old. The SD had one from 2005 removed last month. The SDL was around 2003 IIRC when a fresh on went in

Re: [MBZ] '78 Land Yacht attracts fierce bidding on BAT

2018-07-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I am not interested in having spyware gizmos in my cars, so I drive the old iron. From the accidents I have been involved in, the spy gizmo in the other car would have convicted the driver of reckless driving, due to the sudden reduction in Delta V to nil in under a second. clay 1974 450sl

Re: [MBZ] re Short

2018-07-20 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Either the seat or antenna are shorting out based on your list. Those are the only things I suspect would draw enough magic pixie electrons to cook a fuse. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well

Re: [MBZ] Key head question for 1983 300TD

2018-07-20 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Those are junk and do not last. IIRC, somebody on the list was making wood key heads a few years back. Those would be really good and long life clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored

Re: [MBZ] One for Poos

2018-07-19 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
It means somebody paid at least twice retail from FLAPS clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran

[MBZ] One for Poos

2018-07-19 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/1971-mercedes-benz-200/6639735408.html clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She

Re: [MBZ] Who STOLE my KLIMA!?!

2018-07-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of clay >> monroe via Mercedes >> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 2:31 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: clay monroe >> Subject: [MBZ] Who STOLE my KLIMA!?! >> >> I can not for the life of me find where the 001 545 74 05 relay is

[MBZ] Who STOLE my KLIMA!?!

2018-07-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I can not for the life of me find where the 001 545 74 05 relay is supposed to live in my 82 SD. I look under the fuse box, and all I see are ice cubes. There is a hole that might be where the KLIMA is supposed to go. I found an 82 SD at the PnP. It has the KLIMA right there in the fuse box.

Re: [MBZ] This looks weird

2018-07-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Fresh shocks and springs with the higher rubber gaskets? clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2018-07-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The Movie by Lynch is his standard weird 80’s mind F. It only hit the high points of the book and lacked the real meat to be able to grok the story fully. The boys at SciFi channel made some movies that were more coherent. The book Dune is close to a chronicle of middle east exploitation by

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2018-07-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Oh GOD, an oil thread type clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life

Re: [MBZ] Feral hogs, was Trespassing

2018-07-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Bear and puma are really yummy. well, if they ate good things, they are. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

2018-07-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
You can cook it. You kill, you cook, all good. USDA does not allow feral pig meat on the human market. Only good for dog food. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei

Re: [MBZ] Trespassing

2018-07-15 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Time to get a feral hog or two for patrol duty at Okie Acres clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and

Re: [MBZ] OT - Sub Human

2018-07-15 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I was sort of hoping it was a prank and she would be making visits around the world and sending me post cards, but the removal of the spectacles and manuals seems to speak otherwise. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 -

Re: [MBZ] OT - Sub Human

2018-07-15 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
simple car prowl and the local leos are too lazy to bother. They do not even roust the sidewalk sleepers clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks

[MBZ] Cars cheaper than K'leb price

2018-07-15 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
For the next two weeks one of the yards I frequent is having an inventory reduction sale. All cars (whole) for $150, trucks for $175. I did not inquire too deeply if that applied to what is in the yard already, the rebuilders, or what has yet to be processed. I was there today because they

[MBZ] OT - Sub Human

2018-07-14 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The other day youngest boy borrows the SDL to go to his swim meet. He comes home to inform me that there were some interior parts no attached. Turns out some troubled sub human has broken into (maybe the door was not locked?) and absconded with my driving glasses, the contents of the glove

Re: [MBZ] 2005 E320 CDI

2018-07-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
My 107 has 214k and is more original than not The SD is at 478k and also original enough with the CARB engine swapped for Federal The SDL is pretty clapped out, but pretty much just had normal maintenance parts replaced with 330k clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei

Re: [MBZ] 2005 E320 CDI

2018-07-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
It took me a bit to figure out you were asking after newer cars I would not consider any new benz with more than 50k. The build quality is just not available any more. The replacement parts are too complex and expensive to bother keeping them on the road when they break down. The systems

Re: [MBZ] Test?

2018-07-08 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have been searching CL for a few examples to tempt a guy I know from work. He has a 190E I have been helping him with. He has a buddy who wants to get into tri star cars, so I am compiling a lust list. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-08 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have that!!! I recharged the R12 ish in the SDL, gave it a fresh accumulator and was getting a direct portal to Antarctica for a week or so. Then the system would cycle from an opening to Mt. Everest for long enough to get really cold, and then a portal to Hell opens and blows face melting

Re: [MBZ] OT Would taste good with some pepper jelly

2018-07-02 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Hogs breed like roaches and are mean as a demon. I suspect there is not enough free space for the required bullets to fly without hitting civilians. The market for wild hog is limited to pet food unless you are cooking it for your own consumption. Sort of like horse, squirrel, racoon.

Re: [MBZ] Interesting

2018-07-02 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
hard to say. Maybe if it were the 5.0 it would bring that price clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple

Re: [MBZ] Shopping my insurance

2018-07-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Wait and they do a background on Regina and her history with cars. No way okie gets any coverage he can afford. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks

Re: [MBZ] Shopping my insurance

2018-07-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Do you have full coverage with USAA? > > > On 7/1/2018 9:09 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> I have the SL on Hagerty, as the USAA

Re: [MBZ] Shopping my insurance

2018-07-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
e? Do you know if you can add and > remove vehicles online like I can with USAA? > > > On 7/1/2018 8:49 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> I would not leave USAA for any of the other offerings. The service I get is >> worth what I pay. When SHTF, I get the care

Re: [MBZ] Shopping my insurance

2018-07-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I would not leave USAA for any of the other offerings. The service I get is worth what I pay. When SHTF, I get the care I need, whereas the evil turds with other carriers take pleasure in screwing me over, and give their own customers a severe reaming. I do enjoy Hagerty for classic

[MBZ] Moose day

2018-06-28 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
No moose were harmed in the making of this electronic message clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple

Re: [MBZ] r4 compressors in 123

2018-06-27 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
My SD uses the R4. There is a very slow leak in the system that I suspect is from the body seal. I charged it up last summer with keyboard duster and got reliable cold air until this spring. Cold was not being great, but we have not had much heat. I did a recharge with a can of air and it

[MBZ] Too Much PnP time

2018-06-27 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
This week has been entertaining. I drug youngest boy with me to the yard so he could dirty his hands and understand things under a hood. He got to work the tools. I am very proud at his ability to curse the nuts and bolts into submission. Yard had a w124 300D that somebody had removed the

Re: [MBZ] Surprising 606 diesel mileage figures

2018-06-25 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I just saw fuel prices in SEA. Regular and #2 are each $3.55 clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple

[MBZ] Vacuum lines

2018-06-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The SD shut off issue, though maybe, probably related to the ignition (swapped in new) was not resolved that way. I took the car to the indy for greater diagnosis. He found much vacuum trouble. Maybe the green modulator is bad, but when he was doing the vac testing, ATF was being sucked into

Re: [MBZ] Jeep320CDI

2018-06-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
#2 boy has one of those citrus examples. He keeps calling me to try to figure out why the thing is in cascade failure mode. Well, not why, but how to problem solve and make it reliable. I bite my tongue to keep from having him just make the w140 road worthy and dump the yeep clay 1974

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have an over large spares collection. I wish I could get more folks to take some of it home. Good for me though, I have enough spares to handle many situations. Like when #2 boy clean and jerked the dead battery out of the trunk and snapped the threshold plastic. Or, the window motor that

Re: [MBZ] Did AMG really make these?

2018-06-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Probably not for real. Canadian guy had the franchise to make AMG type cars out of Toronto around that time. Maybe he made it. Looks like a crappy re-spray, so probably not his work. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430

Re: [MBZ] 2007 S600 on BAT

2018-06-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Tic... Tic... Tic... ….. BOOM The thing is a putrid citrus just waiting for for the systems to cascade fail in a most spectacular manner. The engine has maybe 30k left before it craters. The trans will be wicking up to the computer, and the can bus is going to blink out one by one. All

[MBZ] Happy Moose day

2018-06-08 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I once bit my sister for looking at my chocolate mousse clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and

[MBZ] It is raining feces

2018-06-07 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Ok, not really. We are having a sort of dry weather situation. Have to use the hose on the garden starts. For cars, though, the poop is in full fan mode. Youngest boy child is spending this summer with his Y chromosome donor. He thinks we will be attending a private Liberals Arts school

Re: [MBZ] Missing titles

2018-06-04 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
mers > On Jun 4, 2018, at 7:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > The tax is on whatever the NADA value is. > > > On 6/4/2018 9:24 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> Is the tax on ACTUAL sale price or on state chosen Value? >> >> >>

[MBZ] I speeka' duh lingo

2018-06-04 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
It has been a few decades since i had to use it daily, but should be rusty enough to slog through. My kid, who is wasting his summer in my basement, is supposed to be the best speaker in AK high school competition. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD -

Re: [MBZ] Missing titles

2018-06-04 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Is the tax on ACTUAL sale price or on state chosen Value? clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and

[MBZ] Three point star truck

2018-06-03 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/1974-mercedes-benz-l1113/6597583122.html This will buff out. Maybe Dan or Kaleb need something clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D

Re: [MBZ] Working with r12

2018-06-02 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Suck it back out and check the o rings. Fresh oil and some dye would be able to provide a second opinion for the sniffer. OR, put the dye in and see where the leaks are. If there are some, pull the stuff back out. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD -

Re: [MBZ] OT: Elon Musk's very awkward moment...

2018-06-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I just read that we have around 3.8% unemployment now. Best labor market in 18 years! It seems almost anybody looking for employment will find something, according to the MSM. I wonder why the 5k hobos occupying SEA are not on the labor rolls if there are jobs going begging. Automating

Re: [MBZ] This 210 diesel

2018-06-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Nothing worse than letting a diesel sit or only go on short trips. Take it out and flog the tar out of it. Gump had sat for two years before coming to me. It took a few months of daily driving to get her willing to at least try to to get close to her top speed. Almost a 18 months before she

Re: [MBZ] OT: Elon Musk's very awkward moment...

2018-06-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Good GOD, you do not live in Seattle, do you? This sounds just like the nightmare scenario I meet every day. The things the hobos do on those bikes makes me cringe when i see the tourist smiling away while pedaling along. We have light rail, street cars, buses, and more lame excuses for

Re: [MBZ] OT: Elon Musk's very awkward moment...

2018-05-31 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I do not trust any “automated” system to function without error. Things run down. Entropy rules. Who will remedy situations when things go awry? Not the drivers. Maybe the fleet owner? Coders are no longer artists, but hacks who spew inelegant software that is not at all tight or

Re: [MBZ] 190d blower motor resistor/ac

2018-05-31 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I am using canned air. The computer keyboard duster spray stuff. It puts out a decent cold. Not blowing ice cold on a high fan speed when called for in the SD. SDL has a leak in the system, but does put out some coldness clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982

Re: [MBZ] Trucks, on-topic

2018-05-26 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Well done clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against

[MBZ] Glow light

2018-05-25 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The SD decided to light up the glow indicator while I was driving. Is this indicating the glow relay has pooped the bed, or does this mean I have lost a GP or two? clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately &

Re: [MBZ] No frills - car Radio Supplier

2018-05-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I see a few of these at PnP. Too high tech for me. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995

Re: [MBZ] where to buy touch-up paints?

2018-05-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I used the drcolorchip on the SL. Using the color code was not the right approach, as the original paint had faded and the new stuff made the car look like it had a pox. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a

Re: [MBZ] Dollar Tree Wheel Cleaner

2018-05-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
quite vigorously. > > -D > >> On May 21, 2018, at 12:26 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It will need some agitation once spewed upon the wheel >> >> clay >> >> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two t

Re: [MBZ] Dollar Tree Wheel Cleaner

2018-05-20 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
It will need some agitation once spewed upon the wheel clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran

Re: [MBZ] 300sdl project photos

2018-05-19 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
It looks reel purty clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save

[MBZ] Secret Message for Poos

2018-05-19 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The Turkey has landed clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save

Re: [MBZ] E300td oel and EGR?

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The W220 had a 10k swap window. I think that is the extent of synth. Gump was good for 6k. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen > On May 16, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > So here we go

Re: [MBZ] E300td oel and EGR?

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I had much goodness happen using M1 in the OM615. Much quieter running, smoother, faster. Depends on the need, but I needed to run a few gallons and miles before I could tell there was a real change. I could have swapped back to dino, but all the cars were running M1 by then, so simple

Re: [MBZ] OT - spent .22LR brass

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The range I use wants spent casings so they can reload. The suckers get to purchase retail rounds, the members get reloads clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst

Re: [MBZ] I guess these are worth a lot of money?

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Not my cup of tea. Would have been to my taste when I was younger and into bling clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump -

Re: [MBZ] What the heck happened to this thing?

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I was thinking mob hit, but raccoon is a good guess. Maybe rats and there is Hanta Virus involved clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972

Re: [MBZ] OT A Hero of Mother's Day

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Good thing we have open carry around here clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D -

Re: [MBZ] OT A Hero of Mother's Day

2018-05-18 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Cops do not follow the rules or laws any better than civilians. They may be trained well, but tend to go for lethal force first chance they have. I get a ticket for parking too close to a hydrant at my home. By a few inches am I too close to the fire plug 15 feet away. Cops regularly

[MBZ] Woger - Back from the DEAD!

2018-05-15 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I will not forward the email, but it seems Woger Ellingson spammed me. From the GRAVE Maybe he spammed Banned too clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Poos Mobile?

2018-05-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/1993-mercedes-benz-320sd/6587756576.html Get him to do a 2 for 1 deal clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models-

Re: [MBZ] Spare tires

2018-05-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Road hazards are what gets me. Construction zones, pokey things dropped off trucks or cars, pot holes large enough to hide lost toddlers clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976

Re: [MBZ] Wonder how much crack is involved with this thing?

2018-05-13 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
This guy was eating lots of medibles. That thing looks pretty clapped out. SO somebody popped a 116 SD engine into this thing and has done nothing to deal with the rust. There is no way all numbers match if the engine is not original. With the wear, I am going to say it has around 250k at

Re: [MBZ] Spare tires

2018-05-12 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have actually used my spares on many many occasions. The only time I needed AAA, was when I found that I did not have the proper lug wrench in the car. Somehow a 19mm got into the roll. I do see a few pristine spares living in the trunk at PnP every so often. It is rare enough, that I

Re: [MBZ] Aluminum Steelies

2018-05-12 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I agree, hard to find them now. I am still kicking myself for tossing the steelies I had on Gump. IDIOT! Just had to “upgrade” to bundts. clay > On May 12, 2018, at 4:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > None whatsoever. The painted wheel cover look was

Re: [MBZ] Need a turbo OM606 for $1500?

2018-05-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I wonder if it would make it to SEA. It would be a good donor for making a diesel w129 clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D -

Re: [MBZ] OT: Mandatory solar

2018-05-10 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Kollifurnia is full of steer manure. A while back, the state wanted to build a pipeline to be able to drain the Mighty Columbia River so as to slake their thirst. That was not built, but somehow our PNW moisture is being sold down south and the civilian water rates in LA are lower than

Re: [MBZ] What should i do?

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
ware Nigerian Scammers > On May 9, 2018, at 8:37 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > >> On May 9, 2018 at 11:22 PM clay monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> 9cm diameter >> >> 33cm from head

Re: [MBZ] What should i do?

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
19:38:14 -0700 clay monroe via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/2988345-tiger-tail.html >> <http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/2988345-tiger-tail.html> > > > See modif

Re: [MBZ] What should i do?

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
8 19:00:50 -0700 clay monroe via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> 10 inch? Bigger than the Kidde ABC 3# > > Diameter??? Or length? > > Can you take a picture of it? > > > Craig > > >>> On May 9, 2018, at 8:40 AM, Craig via

Re: [MBZ] What should i do?

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
very 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On May 9, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 May 2018 19:00:50 -0700 clay

Re: [MBZ] What should i do?

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On May 9, 2018, at 8:40 AM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 8 May 2018 21:41:10 -0700 clay monroe via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: &g

Re: [MBZ] It Makes Me Sad...

2018-05-09 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I never understood Vagazling until I saw it once. That car did not need bling any more than the mons did. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks

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