the console and align and retighten everything based on
my last experience, plus all the plastic whimpers break me, so
we'll just order them.
On 6-Nov-05, at 5:40 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
So it appears that right side is heating up, so it could be dual-
valve is weak on one side
I wasn't aware you could buy Smarts in the USA since they are not EPA
etc approved yet.
On 15-Nov-05, at 4:16 PM, Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:32:57PM -0500, Jeff Zedic wrote:
Overall, an amazing little car in a crash. I see a dozen of these
a day!
BT, WRONG.
The san
Smart doesn't make electric smarts either, perhaps you're confused
with some company selling golf carts?
On 15-Nov-05, at 4:49 PM, Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 04:38:28PM -0800, John M McIntosh wrote:
I wasn't aware you could buy Smarts in the USA since they are not EPA
etc approved
issues I had a volt meter
test on the voltage to various parts of the cc logic when idling and
was thinking, gee the voltage seems low if the system
is suppose to be charging the battery, but warning bells didn't go off.
On 16-Nov-05, at 1:13 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
For excitement
*
Nah, couldn't be anything wrong with the charging system...
On 17-Nov-05, at 7:23 AM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Voltage regulator, bad. Did not charge the battery. By observing the
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990 300TDt 154k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k
After breakfast this morning, an errand, a work related conference
call, I was out to fill the washer fluid container in the S since it
was complaining. Mmm I wonder the 83 (and the S) are both within 1k
Km here of needing service (aka oil change), when DID I (or anyone)
look at the oil
When I got my 90's wagon one of the sore points (well to my wife) was
that the driver's door would close and bang against the strike V and
need some force
to close, versus just closing the door. Well there were a few others
but those are all fixed and this is the only outstanding issue
On 24-Nov-05, at 2:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Brits aways did DESIGN some of the best airframes in the
world.
Excluding the Comet and the Viscount.
Yes, but those two were extremely important for the science of
aircraft crash analysis and set
the stage for how people figure out
.
Take care,
Chuck
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Sure, I can see it now, you're zooming down the highway in the rain,
cruise control on.
Suddenly there's smoke because the wiper motor catches fire, you step
on the brake
but nothing happens because the retainer clip falls off, and the
cruise control won't shut off,.
As you drift into the
really think?
He said no...
My side of the family has never bought fords, always a sore point
with him since we could have gotten them
at way below dealer MSRP. Caddies (until GM destroyed that brand)
then benzs.
On 26-Nov-05, at 7:18 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Sure, I can see it now, you're
Assuming of course your temp sensor works, then it's an indication
that the temostat is faulty.
Which reminds me to ask, I'm sure the 90's 300TDt sits at 83ish C.
Should it be more like 90C? or 85C?
The 83 300TDt does btw sit at 90C
On 26-Nov-05, at 8:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few paragraphs I'll copy/paste here, just some doom and gloom...
The cost of diesel has eased in recent weeks, but U.S. diesel prices
still remain significantly higher than gasoline prices as refiners
struggle to meet global demand for the fuel after hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. The
Ah, aren't scotch-brite pads, plastic wire coated with aluminum oxide?
I'm sure I read somewhere contaminating internal engine parts with
aluminum oxide dust will
result in lower engine life.
On 28-Nov-05, at 5:33 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:
Hoot the bores with mopar penetrating oil. It will
Looking in the phone book for esso agent, or esso distribution center
etc should give you a number/location
Could try 1-866-749-ESSO (3776) to ask them for your location.
At the distribution center you can buy devlac 1 5w40 in 20 qtr pails,
or boxes of 4 liter jugs.
Although wallmart canada
Which explains I guess why my walmart charges *so much* extra for
their dusty jugs of Delvac.
Anyone seen Truck SUV in Walmart in Canada? I should check with my
Esso agent to see if he carries it.
On 30-Nov-05, at 12:23 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
Wal-Mart USED to sell Delvac 1 in Canada!
On 12-Dec-05, at 10:17 PM, redghost wrote:
QoD - OMG! There is a blue idiot light on now! What do I do?
What is
that?
Me - Move the turn stalk back and forth, that should fix it
QoD - Ok Wow, that did it. What went wrong?
So last weekend I'm returning from the city via the
Well next week when apple starts shipping intel based macs it becomes
*much* easier to run
windows at native speeds on macs. Oh I'll give folks about a week to
figure out how to dual boot.
On 2-Jan-06, at 6:12 PM, dave walton wrote:
Microsoft has a version of Virtual PC for the MAC so you
I had this problem a month, turned out my wife after getting the 90's
wagon very dirty had washed it at the local
wand based car wash and sprayed it (against my historical
recommendations) with evil wax.
Cheefully discovered this the next rainy night when I couldn't see
much other than
1983 300TDt 360k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990 300TDt 157k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40)
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Corporate Smalltalk Consulting
It could be that the shaft of the wiper arm does not lay flat on your
windshield. I had read this was a problem somewhere and
when I bought my w123 it did have a squeaky window wiper, which
required new blades monthly.
However taking this into consideration, I checked and sure enough the
Well being from Canada I can say a Smart at a cost of 20-25K cdn, say
15-20K USA is, well a 15-20K car. If you pay 75K for a E or S class
benz it's quite a different vehicle and with a different comfort level.
Still it gets a zillion miles to the gallon, and the owners I know
say it hasn't
by Bosch that has packed it in...
On 22-Mar-06, at 10:46 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
What's B service, John?
On 3/21/06, John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: Well being from Canada I can say a Smart at a cost of 20-25K
cdn, say
15-20K USA is, well a 15-20K car. If you pay 75K for a E
wrote:
The tribologists at Mobil said it was the same oil. If they lied, then
I'm wrong.
Marshall
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Our dealer had in an infamous w140 350SDL, they told me the turbo was
cracked and when
hot and only when really hot it would leak oil into the intake and
produce *huge* clouds of
blue smoke.
On 27-Mar-06, at 9:04 AM, Marshall Booth wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
with that much oil
I guess that is why the dealer asked me today was your 90's wagon a
euro or Japanese model?
but don't they drive on the left side of the road? Then again we do
see various benz around here imported from Asia,
and those do have the steering wheel on the left.
On 29-Mar-06, at 10:34 PM, John
I dug around a bit and discovered that usually most foreign cars
imported into Japan were left hand drive, versus
the proper right hand drive because of the prestige, which now makes
sense why the dealer asked if the car was from Japan.
On 29-Mar-06, at 11:32 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
I'll chime in and say earlier in the year we climbed a few thousand
feet, with five in the 83 300TDt in 3rd gear, pedal to the
floor, temp didn't go much over 100c, which is what was expected...
On 2-Apr-06, at 2:15 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
I've NEVER heard of a Mercedes turbodiesel burning
I was looking for something on octane and tripped over
http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/bulletin/diesel/
and of course the timeline for low sulfer diesel
http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/diesel/ulsd.shtml
John
1983 300TDt 362k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990
On 5-Apr-06, at 7:25 PM, George Gregory wrote:
This is true.
And Apple this a disclaimer on its site:
Word to the Wise
Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That
means it’ll
be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be
sure to
keep it updated
I'd dump the gas into a container and run it in say your lawnmower,
check the oil, see if the spark plug is new and the right type for
the engine
in the past two problem engines I had trouble starting here were
traced back to the wrong plug and gapping. (idiot mower repair folks).
a 4kw
Ah, I should mention I've a weakness for NGK plugs at the moment.
Iridium ones if I can find them. Mind the 500SEL still has the
original bosch ones in it since I've read mixed reports on putting
platinum or iridium plugs in benzes were that was not the OEM
choices. Likely I should consider
Mmmm the 83 300TDt has a vin number ending in 015779
The previous owner also had a 300SDL which also had a vin number
ending in 015779
Since he filed all his receipts by car only one 300SDL receipt got
into the 300TDt folder
But chances of buying two benzs and having same build number?
On
I saw something about some truck companies testing this in Canada, I
think it was only a few percent gains, but if one
drove back and forth across Canada as your weekly plan the pennies
added up.
Oh, and I'm sure I heard President Bush this morning admonishing the
American public to buy
On 26-Apr-06, at 10:01 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Like the W126, NOT like the W123. Panel must be shoved UP after
armrest top screw is removed, along with window switch and trim, plus
door latch bucket. Ashtray must come out, too. DO NOT pry inward,
you'll need a new panel, it's held onto
Having two wagon, a w123 and w124 I assure you my wife has decided the
w124 is *hers* and the w123 is '*old*'. However the w123 is in some
respects more
durable and thunders over potholes and the like with easy and if we
shovel dirt into it I don't twitch.
I'll also note my oldest son's
--a 1979!).
--R
John
1983 300TDt 364k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990's 300TDt 166k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 174k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
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Got to ride in a S550 at our local mbca event on the weekend, my
friend remarked it rides *almost* as nice as my 500SEL.
However FYI access to the engine in the Smart is done by lifting up
the rear sound carpet and unlatching a cover plate.
Diesel Engine is about the size of a large
On 7-May-06, at 10:20 AM, Marshall Booth wrote:
The Mercedes test rig tested everything (power, switches, sensor,
etc.)
except the amp and if everything else was okay, the amp was
presumed to
be bad
Actually I got back from the dealer with a fixed cruise control
system on my 90's
I've seen somewhere some fluorescent 12V lights for installation in
back of mini-vans, those provide lots of light.
lets see via google.
http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-lights/12v-fluorescent-tubes.htm
8, 13, 15 watts
On 7-May-06, at 11:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You
Mmm, here on vancouver island over in sooke a friend paid 1.24.9 cdn
a liter for his Smart,
in town it was $1.06.9 cdn, up 7 cents from a week back.
Gas is a good 10 cents higher.
On 10-May-06, at 1:06 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
How much is that for a US gallon, Randy?
On 5/10/06, R A
Beyond the wiring harness and the A/C, the blower regulator is known
for melting if it's not
properly installed with the right amount of thermal paste and fins,
and the close assist
pump (pulls doors closed) usually fails too and needs to replace, or
perhaps fixed (iffy).
Budget oh say
As mentioned you should have a professional home inspector check
things out. Cost should be the same as having your friendly benz dealer
do a pre-buy car inspection for you.
Beside the last house we bought, armed with a long list of issues
from the inspector, we managed to talked the seller
I think the instructions say to adjust at zero, but I adjusted mine
on the 90's 300TDt at 1
so that I can move to zero and adjust the beams upwards a bit on the
highway.
Mind given I installed e500 lamps with relays to power both the
regular H4 high beams and
the inner high beams that
United States (except California)
On-Highway Diesel Fuel
Refinery 15ppm by June 1, 2006
Terminal 15ppm by September 1, 2006
Retail 15ppm by October 15, 2006
Off-Road / Locomotive Marine Fuel 500ppm by June 1, 2007
California
On-Highway, Off-Road, Fixed Equipment Diesel Fuel
Sigh, teenager gets in car in garage, remember you must back car out
of garage and turn wheel fully right to swing into driveway.
Watch teenager spin wheel fully right before putting car in gear.
Sigh should I tell him now, or wait until he rams the
left front bumper into the work table?
On 11-Jun-06, at 9:51 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
Here in Canada they've made the process pretty easy for anything
over 15
years, as people bring up a lot of cars from the dry states into
Canada.
Basically our border services agency handles most of it in one stop.
I'll note if you take the
On 12-Jun-06, at 3:34 PM, R A Bennell wrote:
Who knows with an old MB but I doubt if they made anything special
for a market as small
as ours. We likely get the same thing you folks do which is why it
is hard to buy a new diesel here.
Ah, well you can get things like euro headlamps, and
Over on the benzworld w140 forum
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=13
there is lots on the decomposing wire on certain W140 ( others) from
the mid 90's
Certainly lots on the S(L)600 which requires two of everything at
extraordinary prices,
and some threads about folks
Long day working on vehicles, with a warning about vacuum hoses. On
the 92 300TDt I first pulled the passenger headlamp which has the
euro wagon level control feature, careful not to
bust the vacuum hose. This was required so I could look at the bosch
headlamp wiper unit which wasn't
, Marshall Booth wrote:
John M McIntosh wrote:
Yes the 83 300TDt got a diesel purge too, sounds really nice
perhaps quieter than the 603.
If the 617 is quieter, there is something seriously WRONG with the
603!
Are you using synthetic oil in the 603?
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D
AH, that explains it, I was wondering because Consumer Reports talked
about how that
engine in real world conditions got 50% less MPG than EPA numbers. I
couldn't understand
if it was a CDI MB engine why the numbers could be so skewed/wrong/
deceitful.
Lets see
VM Motori, which is owned in
resort to
cleaning the lower noise/wind shield once a month or so? toss the
funds at the university kid under the roof.
On 10-Sep-05, at 11:32 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Long day working on vehicles, with a warning about vacuum hoses. ..
Quickly snapped the hard plastic hose feeding a Y
Lets see the top three have those interesting prices that say there
are none in this region, good luck, seller sets the price point.
However the one at trinityfarms has been for sale for a *long* time
(years?), never did respond to my email, or attempts to contact.
The Burgundy one, like those
Ya, I'm sure I saw one 70 Km NE of Frankfurt in August, we *all* got
whiplash turning our heads to watch it float by.
Although we were on a country road it didn't have a spec of dirt on
it, *very elegant*. I wasn't driving so I got the best look in.
On 16-Sep-05, at 8:31 PM, tom savage
S, you'll hurt the feeling of the 1992 300TDt sitting in the
driveway.
Mind since Im in Canada it's a bit easier to get such vehicles into
our country versus the paranoid USA.
PS the 92 has the new w124 body style cladding and as of 05/91 they
introduced lots of engineering changes to
Hah, it's an automatic, did I mention it has heated orthopaedic seats?
It's NOT for sale.
Let's see what the paper holds
1987 MERCEDES stn wgn 230T 4 cyl standard, mint, no accidents $7,300.
250-598-2389
{If this is a blue one it's been in the paper off and on for many
many months}
They
So what are the MPG expectation for an om603? I've only managed to
collect a few statistics over the first 2,600 miles of ownership of
the 92 300TDt.
My driving is 80%+ highway and 20% or less city, seems I'm getting an
improvement per fillup which *might* be expected
by switching from a
Kevin, it's a Euro so it really is a 3 liter turbo diesel, but with
the now disable EGR feature.
On 21-Sep-05, at 1:28 PM, Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 07:14:20PM -0700, John M McIntosh wrote:
So what are the MPG expectation for an om603? I've only managed to
collect a few
On the VW TDI list there was various reports from Louisiana about
folks getting diesel without
waiting in line or having supply problems etc,
guess there there are way fewer diesels so supply isn't a problem.
Can't speak for Texas with
perhaps the desire for monster dually diesel F350s
I know here in Canada a year or more back my son needed to know
current gas prices for a home work project.
My wife called the local chevron station and got the same line, she
then phone around and discovered they *all* refused to tell her,
company policies they said.
On 22-Sep-05, at 8:12
I was reading that they recently banned putting cow remains in
chicken food after the mad cow in Texas because
someone pointed out the chickens toss/scratch the food about down
into the floor which is then swept up
and the bird dung/feathers/bits/deadcowbits get ground up and made
into cow
Interesting enough I rented a trailer to haul so stuff behind the 83
wagon and the Budget rental
agreement read, we will NOT rent you a trailer to tow behind a Ford
Explorer
On 24-Sep-05, at 9:10 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Overloading, running half flat, driving a Ford Explorer, and age
.
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I once had the misfortune of having to rent a geo metro for a week in
Silicon Valley. Beyond the fact that the 3 cyl engine was pitiful,
mind in rush hour bumper to bumper 20 mph traffic this was ok, but
the fact it had no power steering meant that my arms arched after
getting back to my
I've tool to adjust an issue with door latch on the w124, but I note
it's marked L for left side. There is a tool marked R for right
side, btw and they are not interchangeable.
Question is from a mechanics viewpoint, is L (left) for driver side?
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1
I think people forget that the success of Japanese manufacturing is
due to W. Edwards Deming influence in making the Japanese
statistically account for
any problem with things they make and strive towards perfection. One
would think that any issues with american built toyota would be
I had asked this question about my 92 300TDt and was told, if I might
summarize, that
getting on average 30 mpg (usa gallon) was a very nice number to
obtain, I don't see those
number but we are working on it. So 35 mpg seems to be pushing the
math. 20% rounding error?
epa rating were 25
seal and lifts off the glass.
Richard
--- John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had visited my local car mart and picked up a bosch wiper assembly
for the rear of the 92 wagon and fitted it.
This morning I noticed it's not sweeping the upper say 1 or 2 inchs
of the top of the window
Well some macs didn't have paper-clip holes, mind the manual usually
indicated if you could stick a paper-clip
in the CD slot edge somewhere instead. People forget Apple hasn't
made custom drives for 10's of years now,
so they use the off the self millions per order of CD drives everyone
Well if you can get an S500 or 500SEL for 5K, then accept the fact
*you could* spend $10K to $15K to fix everything that is broken, then
I assure you
it's a very nice ride. A S600 will add another 10K (easy) to that
price. This assumes you hand it to your dealer and not want it back
for
Well that assumes that you can find an owner idiot that will sell you
a fixed perfect w140 for the same price as a broken w140. Since most
of that money is going to fix faulty engineering it's hard for a
smart owner to prevent it from becoming toast even if you do all the
preventative
is a indication of some
other incident... Let alone the horrors of the seats...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-MERCEDES-
BENZ_W0QQitemZ4578311290QQcategoryZ6336QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
For diesels 2 of them in the 15k range, none claim a rebuilt engine.
On 28-Sep-05, at 12:40 PM, John M
Yes w140
On 28-Sep-05, at 12:43 PM, Donald Snook wrote:
What is chassis number for the S500 (the older one 92-?)? Is it the
140?
Hence why did Mercedes thunder off the bottom of the reliability
charts/surveys in the early part of this decade?
On 29-Sep-05, at 2:00 AM, Harry wrote:
well I guess we can chalk that up as some real inventive geman
engineering
you'd think after being around for more than a century they
I believe it was ASD, on the diesels and perhaps small engine gassers.
automatisches Sperrdifferenzial is an electrohydraulically operated
automatic locking differential using multi-plate clutches. It works
up to 19 MPH, and can be used on a single axle, like in some smaller
diesel models,
In the 92 300TDt I've a nice new looking monster battery, a 100Ah
varta, the same as in the other two cars, except those ones are new
because I bought them last year.
Earlier this week as I'm out starting it up, and thumping the seat
heaters on and watching them flash to indicate low
Phoenix AZ
On Sep 30, 2005, at 10:41 AM, John M McIntosh wrote:
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1992 300TDt 148k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40)
?
I pointed and showed the teenage how the w123 diesel is happy to run
with the power off by disconnecting the vacuum shutoff one afternoon.
On 30-Sep-05, at 5:43 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
having said car die in traffic,
There was
On 5-Oct-05, at 7:34 AM, Marshall Booth wrote:
A properly running diesel is VERY efficient.
There was some discussion of that in the mercedes shop magazine a few
issues back if I may paraphrase as compared to gassers, it was
interesting
because of the concepts we take for
Somewhere I have it written down the afterglow control for my 83
300TDt would be
Bosch 0 281 003 096 and perhaps the MB part number is 025 545 5432
anyone know if that is correct?
With winter coming on, I thought I would move to the afterglow
controller and I plan to visit
a junk yard or
] Behalf Of John M McIntosh
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:32 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 33 1/3 increase in Diesel fuel mileage...Huh?
There was
On 5-Oct-05, at 7:34 AM, Marshall Booth wrote:
A properly running diesel is VERY efficient.
There was some discussion
there he would have welcome the truck fire...
On 5-Oct-05, at 5:05 PM, OK Don wrote:
Which is how you ignite your carpet -- the cats get a tad bit hot when
you run rich for very long.
On 10/5/05, John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, that is one of the things the catalytic converter does
I don't own it so it's hard for me to comment, mind I did poke about
a bit a year back
deciding if getting one would be good thing. Somehow the $20-25K Cdn
needed wasn't there.
a) It's a truck, expect poor milage poor acceleration.
b) See above, goes anywhere, my friend uses his to haul
Thank you, I read all the historical mail about the violet/purple
wire and will wire up a
switch to flip between summer winter.
On 6-Oct-05, at 1:53 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
Mercedes does not sell an afterglow controller for OM617 diesels.
Bosch
and Beru both make aftermarket relays
That's not quite true anymore. I had run some carfaxes earlier this
year and
got back maintenance information entered by a mercedes dealer, with a
note from the
carfax folks saying this was a new offering. I'd doubt the local
grub lube joints enter the data tho.
On 6-Oct-05, at 6:01 PM,
Seller's market, my local paper reports.
1981 Mercedes 300 SD Turbo, blue, 171,000 km, A/C, alarm, pwr.
sunrf., exc. cond., dealer mntn'd., $10,000. Tel: 250-658-2716
1996 MERCEDES 300 diesl 4-dr sedan, heat seat, glass roof, Immac!
144kms $28,800 250-385-6737
On 6-Oct-05, at 7:14 PM,
Sigh, it's always nice when you spouse says, dear the car did a funny
thing on me today,
so she discovered the hard way, well nothing got damaged or killed,
that when she stop the
92 300TDt on the downside of a slight hill by our gate and put it
into park, started to get out, the car
that when I leaned on it when checking the oil
the next morning and it attempted to run me down
On 7-Oct-05, at 2:44 PM, Gabriel S. wrote:
my 87 300d does the same thing on hills...i found it strange at
first but
i've gotten used to it.
On 10/7/05, John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tools, mmm I'm sure I've bookmark somewhere
http://www.samstagsales.com/mercedes.htm
On 7-Oct-05, at 4:30 PM, Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Hans,
I have those expensive German ones Had a moment of monetary
imprudence Want me to take some pix..
Take care,
Chuck
On 7-Oct-05, at 3:41 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
The parking pawl must NEVER be used instead of the parking brake.
To use
the parking pawl alone risks it failing and repair of a broken pawl is
expensive.
Marshall I could send my wife your note, that might work better than
my reminders that
Cough that's really cheap $400 obo
On 7-Oct-05, at 6:25 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/car/102549610.html
No affiliation, ect.
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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For
The last two Varta battries I replaced were done at 7 years, neither
was because of a failure, rather preventive measures.
On the other hand it is still possible to buy batteries from someone
(couldn't figure out who made it, some house brand from a battery
suppler in Canada)
that failed
Ok, I didn't buy it from this fellow, however he is well known for
importing vehicles from asia or europe.
The maintenance booklet had the date of the purchase in it as 1990,
however Mercedes Germany upon asking told me it entered service in
Jan of 1992, although it might not
be the year
in the Canadian military, until the dealers
had local Euro EPC access it was a pain to get parts for since the
VIN was not in the USA EPC for some obscure reason.
On 10-Oct-05, at 4:31 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
So claiming it's a 1992 could be
incorrect, still even as a supposed 1990
John
1983
On 10-Oct-05, at 10:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ps since no one has raised it does mercedes makewindshield
washer
fluid ??? and will pep boys stuff work in a 500 sec
Sure they make windshield washer fluid, an additive you add to
whatever is in your tank
Summer and
On 12-Oct-05, at 10:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well what you fail to understand is mercedes autos are made in
the black
forest by special elves who come out only at night!
Daytime too, last time I was in Germany I noticed people working on
the assembly line in the daylight.
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From: John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Consumers Reports battery ratings
On 13-Oct-05, at 4:27 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
Katrina victims, flooded up to the armrests.
http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php3?t=136871
Run away from it!
Well there must be a few things you could salvage if the price was
right, tires rims?
It has that magic double your MPG rare engine option, worth every
penny...
On 13-Oct-05, at 6:30 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-240D-1977-
Mercedes-Benz-240D-Diesel-Desiel-200-Series-40-
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