Re: [MBZ] Corona Virus and the price of Diesel

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
HA HA HA! "Bring oot yer DED!" - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Lyme Disease!!! > > --FT > > On 1/29/20 2:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > A lime? That’s what I thought when I first heard about

Re: [MBZ] Corona Virus and the price of Diesel

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I paid $1.99 for diesel just a couple days ago. That was nice, ~20.5 gallons into my '95 E300. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:53 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Will the price at the pump go down? > > ENERGY MARKETSCoronavirus

Re: [MBZ] 97 E300

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
the tank for emergency fuel (for car or generator) or > to extend range of a diesel. > > I have a 30 gal Diesel tank out back I keep for hurricane fuel. (or > other emergencies) > > > Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > January 29

Re: [MBZ] 97 E300

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
the fakebuch morons? > > > Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > January 29, 2020 at 7:51 AM > > Send me the number, I'll give them a call and offer $300 if the catalytic > > converter / muffler is any good and they have receipt for the new > &

Re: [MBZ] 97 E300

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Send me the number, I'll give them a call and offer $300 if the catalytic converter / muffler is any good and they have receipt for the new injectors. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:41 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I went to look

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear subframe

2020-01-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Bravo! Did you install new rear sub-frame bushings? How did that go? Threaded rod and washers and socket? - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:14 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > By the way, the rear brake lines are 18" Left, and 33 "

Re: [MBZ] 1995 E300 mono-valve replacement

2020-01-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 3:30 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:38:43 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Yesterday I installed the new monovalve, which is the version for a > > gasser 124. This version does not have the bypass of the he

[MBZ] 1995 E300 mono-valve replacement

2020-01-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yesterday I installed the new monovalve, which is the version for a gasser 124. This version does not have the bypass of the heater core plumbed in the same manner. I'm still not entirely sure why MB designed the coolant flow circuit they way they did. New valve works great, there is still sort

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

2020-01-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well I bought some starter fluid, and then immediately tried it and the car started right up and stayed running. I wish I had tried to start without using the starter fluid to make sure it was still a "no-start" condition. Once started, the CE light was no longer lit. I put on my code reader at

Re: [MBZ] In the mean time this is what is available semi close to me

2020-01-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Looks decent but price seems maybe a little high. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 4:04 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1996 Mercedes Benz > > > https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/d/euless-1996-mercedes-benz/7063407890.html > > > Sent

[MBZ] 1994 E320 (M104) No-Start

2020-01-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
What are the most common causes of a no-start condition? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Caulk tube cap

2020-01-25 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
OK, I'm convinced! I'll try this as well. I've used other methods with varying degrees of success (sandwich bad and rubber bands - worked OK but time-consuming to find the parts in the house, store-bought caps - worked on a couple tubes then broke off). - Max Charleston SC On Sat,

Re: [MBZ] Booting the axle

2020-01-25 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Are you working on 124 or 123 axles? In order to use the factory tool / parts on 123 boots, you need to destroy / remove the can, and then affix a new can which requires a special tool to roll the edge and make a seal. I've heard of skilled DIYers that have rolled the edge with hand tools and

Re: [MBZ] 124 cab on BAT

2020-01-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nope, sold at $13k. Well bought I think. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:01 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > $13k, bidding war has commenced? > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:41 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > >&

Re: [MBZ] 124 cab on BAT

2020-01-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
$13k, bidding war has commenced? - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:41 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > $11k now, 18 minutes to go. > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:15 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@

Re: [MBZ] 124 cab on BAT

2020-01-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
$11k now, 18 minutes to go. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 3:15 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I was thinking $14-18k. > $10k with 45 minutes left, so I may have been right. > Mitch. > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > Not an

Re: [MBZ] So beyond OT: EOT

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Meh. Blondy wrote a song about that guy, heart of glass. Guess she never got to his brains. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:05 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Extremely off topic but nonetheless fascinating. Also macabre and >

Re: [MBZ] BatteryMINDer 12117TC on sale today

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well that's nice! I tried to order it yesterday, but for some reason the website crashed and my order did not go through. Just ordered it now, save another buck. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 6:55 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Looks

Re: [MBZ] Evil not Knievel

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
He needed that car that was equipped with rocket boosters. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 2:46 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wasn't this car equipped with an airbag(s)? > > > ___

Re: [MBZ] Use for old walkers

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Not ringing a bell for me, but I like the idea of using walkers for saw horses. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:24 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A few years ago someone posted a clever use for old walkers. Now a > neighbor is

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Sounds like a real cheap fix. Nice! - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:38 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OK in a quick research this seems to be the issue but will need to get > the car to check and see: > > >

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
e to fool with it. > > $500 I’m picking it up tomorrow. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Jan 22, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Buggered Benzmail < > buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It’s up in the Creek. Gonna go look at it tomorrow > > &

Re: [MBZ] $500 Wagon Update, CE light is on now

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well the intermittent no-start is no longer intermittent, it is full time. Fortunately I've got three other diesel 124s that run just fine, so shift to the easiest to get out of the drive and motor on. I'll put the code reader on it tonight and see if I can pull anything. - Max

Re: [MBZ] OT Mitch can pick up a Cruze cheap

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I've told this story before, I drove a cab in college, fellow cabby told me this. Details getting foggy, but here's the rough story. Fellow driving for a different company, same town, had two unrelated passengers in his cab, a man and a woman. Man starts harassing the woman, IIRC he was not

Re: [MBZ] Potential Kleb Car

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I should forget wagons and get this for towing my boat. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:31 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Probably bum linkage bushings. > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT Mitch can pick up a Cruze cheap

2020-01-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Easy. Criminal in back seat brandishes a weapon and demands some property which belongs to the driver. Any action the driver takes can be justified as self defense. If the criminal actually uses force, the driver's response is also self defense. For instance, criminal puts a knife to driver's

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That does look like it's worth checking it out. May even be the K40 relay, which causes a no-start condition, fairly common problem. I think the failure mode is engine cranks but IP is held in OFF so no fuel, no start. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 4:54 PM Buggered

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
We voters really are too damn lazy to really hold the political class accountable, and so the only question becomes "What price a Senator?". More and more of the stupid largess and outright wealth transfer needs to be targeted and stopped. Meanwhile we get "Impeachment" circus and never ending

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW common rail TDI cold start

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, nice when it all works. Put in some extra crunches and pull ups for me, I'm starting to get flabby again. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:16 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I wish I'd made a video. Headed to the gym this morning,

Re: [MBZ] $500 Wagon Update, CE light is on now

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
e of those. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:10 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > These require the use of the blinker light tool to read the codes. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 22, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Mead

Re: [MBZ] $500 Wagon Update, CE light is on now

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
BD reader? Get one of those cheap WiFi units > that can talk to a phone app. Or we can try the fancy computer to see if it > will talk to it. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Jan 22, 2020, at 8:39 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

[MBZ] Watch Out Dan & Manfred!

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
It may start raining iguanas. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/weather/miami-freeze-falling-iguana-forecast-trnd/index.html "Don't be surprised if you see iguanas falling from the trees tonight," tweeted the Miami National Weather Service office. - Max Charleston SC

[MBZ] $500 Wagon Update, CE light is on now

2020-01-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
This week I'm driving the "new" 1994 E320 TE. Yesterday the commute was uneventful. The front struts are totally flabby, so the car floats like a 70's 'Mericun boat. I may need Dramamine. Heat and AC both work, this week I need the heat. The coolant temp gauge has issues, starts out dead with

Re: [MBZ] 124 Convenience Control Module

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
ll up windows & close sunroof with key in > > > driver's door. > > > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > > Wickford RI > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 4:33 PM Craig via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > wrote: > > > > >

Re: [MBZ] 06 mercedes E320 cdi - $6500 (Charleston)

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
When it gets to be too much, let me know and I'll come rescue it. ;) - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 11:56 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > These are great cars if the Black Death stuff has been addressed. It makes > me sad to see my eldest

[MBZ] 124 Convenience Control Module

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Has anyone heard of a 124 feature, whereby the windows can be lowered using the key in the driver's door? Is that an option, or was it standard on the later cars with the subject line module? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] 06 mercedes E320 cdi - $6500 (Charleston)

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nice. Too bad my driveway is full, and Kenny is a flipper, approach with caution. I only had one interaction, left a bad impression. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:20 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] 124 central locking

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I was thinking that the driver's lock is set for sending a constant unlock signal, but that cannot be because when I lock / unlock that, it has no effect, so that wire must be disconnected or broken / grounded or something. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:02 AM Floyd

Re: [MBZ] 124 central locking

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
This is 124, not 210, and I don't (yet) have an SDS computer. Perhaps this 124 does have some rudimentary diagnostics via the impulse counter connector by the battery, worth looking in the documentation to see if that is a thing. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM

Re: [MBZ] 124 central locking

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
No, I'll take a look there. I'm sure you're correct, someone has btdt and written up the process to fix. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:37 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Have you done a Google search on BenzWorld’s W210 forum? It’s

Re: [MBZ] 124 central locking

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Electric switches in the locking mechanism, sends signals to the pump to provide either vacuum or pressure. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 8:55 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Is it electric or vacuum actuated? > > --FT > Sent from

[MBZ] 124 central locking

2020-01-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
The central locking system on my $500 124 wagon, 1994 model E320, needs attention. The driver's door does not activate the system. The front passenger door, when locked, will activate system and lock all doors, and then immediately unlock them all. The tail gate will start an endless do-loop,

Re: [MBZ] Green/green 1993 Mercedes Benz 300Diesel - $3200

2020-01-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Minus: rear bumper is cracked, dent right below left taillight, driver's seat MB tex is torn. Front bumper pic hard to see, but maybe something like broken bumper is hanging down? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 11:11 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear subframe

2020-01-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Karl, what is the source for the parking brake spring kit with tool? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 10:57 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The parking brake spring kit is a hollow tube with an outer flange to > compress the spring and a

Re: [MBZ] Kirkland full synthetic oil

2020-01-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I should get that for my gassers. Need to check which weights are appropriate. I think I use the 5w-30 in SWMBO's Infiniti. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:25 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The oil page > >

Re: [MBZ] Replacement Key Head for 124

2020-01-14 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
of other stuff. > > -D > > > > > On Jan 14, 2020, at 8:23 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Sounds like I need to find (or create) the files to make the two halves > of > > the key head and send them down to you

Re: [MBZ] Replacement Key Head for 124

2020-01-14 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Sounds like I need to find (or create) the files to make the two halves of the key head and send them down to you for printing. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 8:17 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got a printer courtesy of a credit card

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yay? I just finally found and installed the last driver that I think I needed, which was for the PCI serial bus. Took some searching to find a post on Toms Hardware that had the link to the MS support page with the updated driver for Win10 64bit. Device manager doesn't have anymore errors for

Re: [MBZ] A Great Deal of “Rollin’ Coal” at Start

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Curly, it’s freezing for AZ (low 40s). > I reckon I’ll go after the glow plugs first...unless I decide to unload > it. Getting to the point where I gotta downsize for retirement and I don’t > really need the extra car. > > Bob R > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On J

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well, it has the "cold air intake" scoop on the hood, but they forgot the hood stack for exhaust? That is pretty neat. Swap that special-build body onto a more modern suspension set up, and it would be very entertaining. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:55 PM Floyd

Re: [MBZ] A Great Deal of “Rollin’ Coal” at Start

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
May be as simple as a dead glow plug or two, maybe a glow plug relay issue as Curly mentioned, maybe an injector is not spraying a fine mist anymore until it warms up, might be time for a "rebuild" of the injection pump delivery valves. Start simple / cheap (glow plugs) and work your way through

Re: [MBZ] 124 lower control arm, rear

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Agree, that's it, and the 202 part number lines up with my memory. When you get them, measure each end with calipers, and you'll find that one end is slightly smaller and that is the end to insert first. Similarly, one end of the arm has an opening slightly larger than the other end. Have a

[MBZ] Replacement Key Head for 124

2020-01-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I bought one of these for a 124 key that was missing the plastic head: https://blenddoor.com/product/billet-aluminum-key-head/ Nice product, looks and feels good. We'll see how long it will hold up, undoubtably a lot longer than the cheapo plastic replacements that are out there. Only downside

Re: [MBZ] More windows 10 update

2020-01-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I don't think I ever got a question about get updates later, but maybe I blew past that. It was Win 10 1909 version from Nov 2019, going from the official Windows download site. Once I got it up and running, I ran the updates and it only had about 3 that it needed. Glad to hear you're going to

Re: [MBZ] GPS

2020-01-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Iranians are trying to get even (?) after we terminated a couple terrorists, with extreme prejudice. Perhaps they are jamming GPS signals as part of the cyber war. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:45 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > Since the BRV's speedometer is

Re: [MBZ] I guess Clay can quit worrying about freezing rain...

2020-01-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Clay, Does the dog wear an extra coat? I would think an indoor dog would object to such cold weather without putting on another layer of insulation. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 8, 2020 12:44:07 AM Clay via Mercedes : > They finally plowed the street from the new years day storm. I get to

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10 Upgrade from 7

2020-01-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Randy - can you format (wipe) the hard drive in that laptop, and then try to install Win 10 from a DVD or thumb drive? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 12:43 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have not been able to make the upgrade work

[MBZ] OT too funny fake news

2020-01-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
https://babylonbee.com/news/john-bolton-cant-believe-he-quit-just-before-war-with-iran - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear subframe

2020-01-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Karl, Jaime: what about fine tuning the alignment of the differential, once you get to the point of connecting the driveshaft? IIRC, when I swapped differentials on my 124 last fall, new bushings were supposed to be installed with a special tool in order to get the differential aimed directly at

Re: [MBZ] Make a Replacement Car Lens

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Interesting. I'd like to see a DIY video for a more complex lens, like 124 wagon rear tail light, which has three colors (red, yellow, and clear). - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 6:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > For those un-obtainium lenses, etc. --- > > >

Re: [MBZ] repair undercoating

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
e other, so in a cube, you need access to > all 6 sides. > > > Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > January 7, 2020 at 1:36 PM > > Here it is: > > > > https://www.eastwood.com/aerosol-nozzle-w-24-extension-

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Re: pizza oven talk

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I remember reading that as well. I'm totally spoiled, having eaten pizza in bella Napoli for years and years. On the must-do list at every trip to Italy is pizza made in a real brick oven, the closer to Naples the better. Once when family was visiting, we all went to a local pizza ristorante to

Re: [MBZ] repair undercoating

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Here it is: https://www.eastwood.com/aerosol-nozzle-w-24-extension-hose.html Not bad, about $10 - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 2:23 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > I think I remember also seeing on the Eastwood site some sort of > disposable hose that could b

Re: [MBZ] repair undercoating

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
, 2020 at 2:22 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > A little pricey at $71, but exactly what you are looking for: > > https://www.eastwood.com/undercoating-gun-with-2-hoses-and-bottle.html > > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 2:03 PM Curley

Re: [MBZ] repair undercoating

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
A little pricey at $71, but exactly what you are looking for: https://www.eastwood.com/undercoating-gun-with-2-hoses-and-bottle.html - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 2:03 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Has anyone figured out a way to

Re: [MBZ] UHOH here we go again

2020-01-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
"breaks need to be replaced" - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:03 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/charleston-2001-mercedes-benz-ml320/7051257122.html > > -- > --FT > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> Good story! The accuracy of the rolling battleship miles from the target > is remarkable. Are battleships still part of the fleet? > Gerry > > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 09:58:38 -0500 > Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > > Yes indeed, the shells weighed about as much as a VW be

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade failed again

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Try this, if you have a spare hard drive so you can keep the old and not lose your data. Download the clean installation from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10 Install a clean version, and when you connect to internet and it asks for the key, use your Win7 key.

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
it might be but looked like some other > location. Yeah that poor kid got taken by some shady UCD. > > --FT > > On 1/6/20 12:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > We looked at this turd last year, has a cracked head or failed head > gasket. > > - >

Re: [MBZ] Here you go Andrew a white one

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Love the photographs... - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/535006110581667/ > > 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class GL 350 BLUETEC 4MATIC Sport Utility 4D > North

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
We looked at this turd last year, has a cracked head or failed head gasket. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:12 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/723117564846621/ > > 1992 Mercedes 300d >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

2020-01-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yes indeed, the shells weighed about as much as a VW beetle, IIRC a range of over 30 miles (well over the horizon). I read a very impressive / humorous account of an Army patrol in Vietnam war that called for artillery support during an engagement with enemy forces. Their first call to the

Re: [MBZ] OT best data recovery tool?

2020-01-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
About 6 GB has been over-written, but there is hope for the rest. Any thoughts on a data recovery tool? I really don't want to blindly download software, "free" usually means that my privacy is what is being sold. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 1:20 AM fmiser via

Re: [MBZ] What do you guys think of this weld?

2020-01-04 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That is my question too. If the original system had a joint that could be undone with hand tools, why is that no longer the case? Was there a leak / rust at the joint? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:04 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] ChowdaQ 2020?

2020-01-04 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Lately I've found that Google Flights is the best search engine, but sometimes it is not so easy to translate a flight you find into a ticket, as you have to use a different website to find that ticket at that price so you can buy it. - Max Charleston SC

[MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

2020-01-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Wow! https://apnews.com/5597ff0f046a67805cc233d5933a53ed "BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States killed Iran’s top general and the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport early on Friday, an attack that threatens to dramatically ratchet up

[MBZ] Best deal for ATF?

2020-01-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Mobil 1 or Febi? Site, coupon code? I've got two cars that I need to service, I think I'll have to purchase about 20 liters. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
They are attempting to re-create more paradise cities like San Francisco, Seattle, LA, etc (read: rampant homelessness due to un-affordable housing). - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:35 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I saw that VA

Re: [MBZ] OM617 Cherokee?

2019-12-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Have you the OM617 waiting for a new life? Looks like the kit only has the parts to mate up to the transmission. What about engine mounts, radiator hoses, fuel tank / fuel lines, throttle set-up? Exhaust? I'd think that if you had an entire donor car to start from, fabricating all those bits

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mysterious Events

2019-12-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Very stinky, know of a similar story for a distant relative who was rumored to have done some work with the CIA during the cold war. Found dead in a foreign country, family pretty much immediately told it was a suicide, no one believes it but official story is as far as anyone can get.

Re: [MBZ] nother one for Dan

2019-12-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Dan "Two Houses" Jackson? - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 5:17 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Dan has a project right now, thanks. It’s called “two houses”. > > -D > > > > On Dec 28, 2019, at 8:41 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] a disselvagen fur herr strassvogel

2019-12-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Oh yeah, I didn't scroll down through pages and pages of advert to see the year at the very bottom. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 10:06 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It says 2016. Just off lease. Few buy new MBs since the prices

Re: [MBZ] New Cheap Wagon Weirdness

2019-12-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 1:31 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 07:55:43 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > While idling at the gas station to check and correct the ATF level, > > about ten - fifteen minutes, the engine temperature crept up to a

Re: [MBZ] The new GLuB

2019-12-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Interesting, one can spec if for third row seating, like wagons of old. I wonder if the rear-most seats would be rear facing as well. Would they add airbags on the tailgate for third row passengers, in the event of a rear-end collision? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at

[MBZ] New Cheap Wagon Weirdness

2019-12-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yesterday I had time to get to the DMV office, which was finally open after the Christmas holiday, and completed the paperwork to register and license the $500 wagon. Very long line at the DMV, but I have to say they are very proactive / engaged, and only sucked up an hour of my time for the

Re: [MBZ] Whinging

2019-12-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
So the loophole seems to be mailing a firearm. Maybe get together the paperwork and box with your home address on it, unload and stuff the weapon in the box, carry it all to / from the PO as needed. If challenged, "Hey I was thinking about mailing this weapon, but I changed my mind.".

Re: [MBZ] WoooHooooooooooo!

2019-12-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nice, enjoy! - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:47 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > #1 daughter just walked in. She cleaned out one pop shop in Columbia, > NC (reportedly) of all the Maisel's Weisse they had! 2 6pks of > hefeweisen in

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
washer bottle? Very strange. This is the valve that should work in my '94 gasser wagon. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:33 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:46:43 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Craig - Send me your V

Re: [MBZ] Amazon

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Must be a warehouse very close to you. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 9:46 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I order something from Amazon about 3pm yesterday afternoon that said it > would arrive today. This morning I got notification it

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Craig - Send me your VIN so I can see which part number comes up for your replacement monovalve. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] OT: We talked about socks, how about blue jeans?

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 9:39 AM Meade Dillon wrote: > I really like Vertx cargo pants, because the cargo pockets are more > discrete and perfect for carrying a smart phone and a small notebook. I > wear these with a nice shirt to work (unless I need to wear a jacket and >

Re: [MBZ] OT: We talked about socks, how about blue jeans?

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I really like Vertx cargo pants, because the cargo pockets are more discrete and perfect for carrying a smart phone and a small notebook. I wear these with a nice shirt to work (unless I need to wear a jacket and tie, then I put on real dress slacks). https://vertx.com/f1-vtx8001-nv It looks

Re: [MBZ] Axle boot replacement

2019-12-24 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Did you see Allen's reply? He has the tool. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 11:22 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > the the boots and funnel are available on fleabay and mean wimmin. > Since I have 12 to do right off the start, I think the

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
bypass. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:01 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > Well the mystery deepens. Looking up a generic E300, instead of searching > by VIN, a different monovalve comes up, and it is forward compatible with > many later cars from 1995 up until 2011, incl

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well the mystery deepens. Looking up a generic E300, instead of searching by VIN, a different monovalve comes up, and it is forward compatible with many later cars from 1995 up until 2011, including 210 E300 with OM606, both turbo and non-turbo. Looking at the 124 2.5 models, 1991 used a

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
t, 21 Dec 2019 08:46:08 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > One way to re-engineer would be replace the $450 valve (two-way) with > > two on-off valves, one on the heater core circuit and one on the bypass > > circuit, controlled so that either one or the other is o

[MBZ] 124 monovalve variations

2019-12-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I compared the '94 gasser monovalve to the '95 E300 monovalve, and the major difference is that the E300 version has a bypass around the heater core, so the valve is two-way and either feeds coolant to the heater core or bypasses the heater core. Gasser has no bypass, so the valve is simple

Re: [MBZ] W124 rear subframe R

2019-12-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Diff is only connected to subframe. I think you've hit all the right points. I've got a spare subframe (no diff or axles) you can have if you want to drag it away from SC. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:28 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Cell phones, long post

2019-12-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
+1. WiFi calling on T-Mobile has not worked well for us. I disabled that on my phone and SWMBO's. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 10:14 AM ROGER HALE via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I tried WIFI calling via Tmobile, but it was terrible > >

Re: [MBZ] Nice 06 mercedes E320 cdi - $6500 (Charleston)

2019-12-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Approach with caution. I think I've dealt with Kenny before, was not pleasant to talk to. Maybe he was having a bad day. He had a nice 124 2.5 turbo on craigs list some years ago, someone asked me to get the particulars on it, after 1 phone call the interest from the potential buyer withered

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