Re: [MBZ] Am I on Crack?

2015-05-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hard to go wrong at that price. If a W140 looked a little less like a severely bloated 124, I'd be all over it. I just cannot stand the looks. It does have silver going for it, which I think is the best color for a car in a hot climate. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, May 5, 2015 at

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: List mail

2015-05-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Wilton, Why don't you stop resisting assimilation into the Borg, create and use a gmail account and be done with it. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Alice Strickland via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The msg below sent to list 3 May and held/delayed

Re: [MBZ] Lazy poos

2015-05-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
How bad was it leaking before you put in the sealer? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So it's been a couple weeks now since ac compressor and drier replacement on my 97 e300 with the leaking

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 123

2015-05-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Also try the MB Northlake dealer website, I think they offer a better discount. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: FYI: Email below is from the classic center with MBCA discount. Both are cheaper than

Re: [MBZ] Am I on Crack?

2015-05-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
This is the definition of crack: $7k for a rusty 123 wagon with 200k miles and a rather tired interior, exclusively maintained with non-MB parts so you can replace them all every couple of years! http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4957848979.html - Max Charleston SC

[MBZ] Clay needs these for Frosh

2015-05-04 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Upgrade your wheels: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/367984-set-4-15x6-5-offset-21-a.html - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

[MBZ] Green 240D w/ stick shift for Kaleb

2015-05-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
You want this bad: http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5001839486.html - 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] New Shoes for the 240D/3.0

2015-05-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Looks like this website has the best prices and a nice big selection. Too bad they are west coast which brings the shipping cost up. https://www.onlinetires.com/index.php - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Poorly designed / engineered roof holes

2015-05-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
OK, so I've got this leaking poorly engineered hole in the roof of my wagon. I taped the seams over, let Tropical Storm Ana do her thing, and I'm pretty sure the issue is water getting past the sunroof (aka poorly design idea) seal. There was still some water on the floor from earlier rain, but

Re: [MBZ] Poorly designed / engineered roof holes

2015-05-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I should have RTFM, there is a nice picture (in 77-300 of the 124 FSM) with the front headliner piece removed showing clear / easy access to the tubes where they attach to the sunroof- er, poorly designed / engineered hole frame. Looks like if I find the need to replace the tubes, the top end can

Re: [MBZ] 2013 C240

2015-05-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Jamie would probably be the most informed in this group. 77k is almost 40k miles per year. Must have been a LOT of highway driving! I'd like to see full records for all the fluid changes on schedule (engine and transmission oil). - Max Charleston SC

Re: [MBZ] Need brake pads, who do I call?

2015-05-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'll second the recommendation for Akebono. I have them on my '95 sedan and SWMBO's '96 Infiniti I30. When my '87 wagon needs pads, Akebono it shall be. Same or better braking performance, almost no brake dust. The only downside was they did not have the holes in the pads for the brake wear

Re: [MBZ] More on Moss/SLR mit vid

2015-05-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks Rich, I do not access FaceBook. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.petrolicious.com/sir-stirling-moss-and-the-mercedes-benz-slr-722-are-unbeatable --R

Re: [MBZ] 123 wagon for Rick, Tybee island!

2015-05-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I suspect simply just regular steel wheels with hubcaps, but the pix are so awful can't even see the bumpers. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Euro model, maybe? Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.

Re: [MBZ] HiFly better than GoforM?

2015-05-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That's a local variable. I paid $80 to have four tires mounted, RoadForce balanced, and installed this past Saturday. I know of other places that use lesser balancing machines and only charge $15 per tire. Do they rook you for a disposal fee? - Max Charleston SC On Mon, May 18,

Re: [MBZ] generator for Craig

2015-05-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Looks like Onan generators are sold for gasoline, propane, or diesel fuel. I'll bet this one is gasoline. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://southbend.craigslist.org/for/5012270047.html Interesting. I

Re: [MBZ] List mail

2015-05-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Did you ever see the link I sent for the 15 inch bundt wheels in CA? I think they would fit Frosh and allow you greater selection of tires. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 4:31 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Been off list for a bit and dealing with

Re: [MBZ] Cursed 300D

2015-05-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'd try to find a decent used transmission. Maybe time to swap in a manual version. - 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] 123 wagon for Rick, Tybee island!

2015-05-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
If a euro model, then may not have AC. Fred - I do believe I see electric window switches in the center console. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] 124 ride height followup

2015-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
What is the delta? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: After 2 months on the modified spring spacer to adjust the rear camber on the 124, 300D: 5/20/15 Ride Height 15 3/4 to 16

Re: [MBZ] OT: Having a very bad day leads to a product recall

2015-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hmm, I think this is still the special interest's congress. Tea Party did help in the past two election cycles, but that anger seems to have faded. Gerry-meandered congressional districts have pretty much ensured hyper-partisan gridlock, which normally would be fantastic but... I'll stop before

Re: [MBZ] Droolworthy W108 280SE 4.5 in GREEN

2015-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nice shape, but yeah I noticed the same issue under the hood, plus the engine is rather dirty - need's Martha work. Too bad it is missing a pedal... If one were in the market, this would be toward the end of the best example you can afford. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 20, 2015

Re: [MBZ] OT: Having a very bad day leads to a product recall

2015-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
The only way I know is to get a law degree and pass the bar, or didn't you know that neither snakes nor sharks will ever bite a lawyer? Professional courtesy... With apologies to Randy, Donald, and the rest... - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Curly McLain via

Re: [MBZ] Another Car for Mao

2015-06-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That car looks totally mickey mouse. I see that the cooling fan sits about 6 inches back from the shroud on the radiator, so something really odd is going on there. Also, the serp. belt has been replaced with a shorter version to omit the AC compressor, so AC doesn't work. Engine wiring and

[MBZ] 124 wagon water woe

2015-06-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
It's a good thing I didn't put the carpet back in yet, after a hard rain last night there is water on the passenger floor again. Less water than before, so progress has been made. Read on peach parts that on some 124 cars, the front drain tubes shrink with age and the bottom end pulls back into

Re: [MBZ] 124 Steering Wheel Shakes

2015-06-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
What's the best oil to use with Michelin tires? - 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] OT: Farmers cannot be trusted - what would they know about climate change?

2015-06-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Nothing new here, the earth's climate has always been changing. Andrew - you should know that. Even I took rocks for jocks in college... Humans excel at adjusting to a changing world. We don't need increased government or higher taxes or energy costs to do that... - Max Charleston

Re: [MBZ] OT: Farmers cannot be trusted - what would they know about climate change?

2015-06-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Andrew, oh my, you must help them, HELP THEM!!! Quick, get a bill in front of Congress to start a new program to HELP THEM!!! Wait, they are humans, very adaptable and hard working humans at that, and they've already solved the issue at their level... All they needed was to be left alone and

Re: [MBZ] I'm having an urge

2015-06-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I like! Craig was asking about full size vans a bit ago, I'll bet one of these would fit the bill. Too bad they aren't offering a diesel version yet, but perhaps due to the intended consumer (businesses) that will come later. A diesel version would make an excellent replacement for my '87

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane

2015-06-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
The key point that I am trying to drive home is the limit on the amount of solar power available. This is a hard limit: ~1000 watts/square meter is the peak under ideal conditions. A more usable number is 200 watts during daytime, which takes into account average cloud cover and reduced energy

Re: [MBZ] This is... Interesting...

2015-06-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'll bet it really is legit. When I bought my '87 wagon up in New Jersey, at my first fuel stop there was a 80's BMW getting diesel, I think it had a six cylinder motor. They also had a reputation for weak heads. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Rich Thomas via

Re: [MBZ] Desperately seeking RF brake caliper for my 123 wagon

2015-06-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hmm, life-saving brakes, get the cheapest parts possible, or maybe check around with a few other dealers to see what prices are out there... On June 23, 2015 1:04:33 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: And yes, I am usually a purist about parts but in this

[MBZ] Jaime I need help! '87 wagon radio replacement

2015-06-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Jaime, The aftermarket Sony radio in my '87 wagon finally died, and whomever installed it really hacked up the factory wiring. Some of the original connectors appear to be there, I found two. Looks like the factory radio should have been a Becker Grand Prix, model 754. I've got a spare Becker

Re: [MBZ] Jaime I need help! '87 wagon radio replacement

2015-06-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks Rich. I think the easy route will be to bypass the fader, I'd like to figure out how to do that without cutting off the fader connector so that it can be restored to stock in the future. I'm not having much luck finding a DIY on the intertubes for which pins to jumper (or run new wires

Re: [MBZ] Jaime I need help! '87 wagon radio replacement

2015-06-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Dan, Thanks for that info on the CD changer port. I've got a couple of old CD changers, not sure if either works, maybe I can enlist Rich to figure out what the CD changer is saying to the radio to make the CD input active. I have seen a couple of hacks to solder the aux cables to the cassette

Re: [MBZ] Jaime I need help! '87 wagon radio replacement

2015-06-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
. --R On 6/19/15 9:26 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Thanks Rich. I think the easy route will be to bypass the fader, I'd like to figure out how to do that without cutting off the fader connector so that it can be restored to stock in the future. I'm not having much luck finding a DIY

Re: [MBZ] Hot cars and hot coffee, hot

2015-06-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Sounds like a nice morning. Much better than risking heat stroke at the pick-n-pull! Took me six hours and a few gallons of sweat to liberate a #20 head from a '95 S350. I also took the injection pump, the glow plug relay, injection lines and injectors. I also have the turbo, which I didn't

[MBZ] OT VOIP apps / usage

2015-06-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'd like to hear some thoughts about VOIP apps and accounts, tips and tricks. My wife's iPhone 4s is now running on Ting, and while she is at home with WiFi (or out and about and connects to a WiFi signal) I'd like to set up her phone with VOIP. I'd also like to play with something like that on

Re: [MBZ] 123 swimming pool

2015-06-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I was able to diagnose my 124 sunroof woe using a garden hose, after the interior of the car was dry and I had removed the carpet. I played water all over the front windshield and cowling, checked for water, sprayed the passenger side doors, checked again, and then sprayed the roof and finally

Re: [MBZ] OT VOIP apps / usage

2015-06-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Mitch, Yes, I'm quite tempted to ditch the Android OS that came loaded on my phone and install a CyanogenMod OS, which offers more privacy by default. Somehow I don't think that Apple devices are offering too much more in the way of privacy. Back to the original topic, I've already got a Skype

Re: [MBZ] Jaime I need help! '87 wagon radio replacement

2015-06-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
The easiest of all will be finding the rear speaker wire connections, hopefully in the center console and accessible without too much trouble. If I can find those, then I can connect the radio directly to the speakers, bypassing the fader. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at

Re: [MBZ] Service Manual CDs?

2015-06-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'd like all but the 123 CD's (I have those). -Max - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a bunch of service manual CDs the other day. W123, W126, and parts of the classics manuals covering W110/111/112,

Re: [MBZ] OT VOIP apps / usage

2015-06-26 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Skype: Wrong-O, they are part of the Microsoft-Borg, not Google-Borg. Oh well, MS already has a lot on me. I should buy stock in these bozos so I at least get a small share of the profit they make selling my data... - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Meade

Re: [MBZ] OT More Crazy Weather Not to Worry About

2015-06-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yeah that reminds me, another of the scare tactics used by the left back in the 80's was the nuclear winter theory. Maybe we just need a good dust-up (so to speak) with Roosha or Cheena, with most of the dust'n on their side, and that will counteract the global warming. Yet another example of

[MBZ] OT Anti-gun crowd kills another woman in NJ

2015-06-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
She was trying to follow the law, waiting for approval for her permit to own a gun (about 65 days it looks like) when her violent ex killed her. Ladies please don't let something so stupid happen to you. Restraining orders don't work, police can't protect you, you've got to take action and be

[MBZ] OT Vietnam all over again: Obama approves sending up to 450 more US troops to Iraq

2015-06-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
How tragic. The war that we'd already won under G.W. Bush is now slowly being turned into another micro-managed-from-the-oval-office slowly growing conflict, sure to take the lives of some of the young Americans sent there by Obama.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Ting cell phone service

2015-06-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
No no no, we need a link that says something like Ting proves AGW exists and all Republicrats are racist morons, and THEN Andrew will click on it... - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Anti-gun crowd kills another woman in NJ

2015-06-10 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Andrew, if you had read the article, you would have learned that he used a knife to kill her. News flash: knives and blunt force weapons (aka clubs) are used to kill more people than hand guns. - Max Charleston SC Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: How did violent Ex obtain a

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Looks like the pure solar plane hasn't made it yet, can't seem to get the weather to cooperate - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What about the pure solar plane flying around the globe - as we speak?

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Please tell us the amount of power (kilowatts) in a square meter of sunlight at sea level. Now compare that to the amount of power required to fly an airplane, and the square meters of wing surface on the upper wings of the subject airplane. A little simple math, fill in some reasonable

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Believing that CO2 is a greenhouse gas REQUIRES one to not believe in physics, so it is no surprise at all that AGW believers also think that solar is a viable option for transportation. http://www.kusi.com/story/19600263/why-man-made-global-warming-is-ridiculous - Max Charleston SC

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
is the current state of the art, 35% efficient? Solar won't get you there, unless you can violate the laws of physics. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com wrote: Please tell us the amount of power (kilowatts) in a square meter of sunlight

Re: [MBZ] 1995 E300D Idler arm bushing Change and suspension work

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hey Robert, long time no post! Good luck with that, I don't remember anything about the orientation when I replaced those bushings on my '95. I do remember that there is one or two exhaust heat shields that you need to remove in order to get a good attack angle for those bolts. -

Re: [MBZ] Add: Airbus Electric Plane or Nukular cars

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
My view on the Pope's encyclical: he's just alienated a significant portion of his flock by moving into the political / AGW-religion arena. A few years ago, many protestants were considering converting to Catholicism due to the infiltration of leftists / wackos / LBGT movement that was totally

[MBZ] Reviving a Becker 1492 radio

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I had two Becker 1492's on the shelf, one from my '95 sedan that got wet and died (long story), the other from a friend's '94 124 which suffered from the flaky volume knob malfunction. Using a torx #8 driver, I was able to quickly swap the faceplate from the drowned radio onto the radio with the

Re: [MBZ] Today's Cluster

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
So your entire family is Trans-German now? - 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] MBZ Tetchnickel kweationz.

2015-06-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Win 7 is no issue, you just need to get Steve Nervig's web front-end for the CD's, follow the directions to copy the CD's to appropriate place on your HD and then create a shortcut in Firefox that points to Steve's menu-launch hyperlink. Downloads and more info here:

Re: [MBZ] 124 sunroof rear drains

2015-05-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Correct, and thanks! - Max Charleston SC On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I s'pose you meant ---NO water made it---. ;) ATTABOY! Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies

2015-05-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Federal employees do pay from their paychecks for retirement annuity (FERS), can contribute to the 401k equivalent (TSP) which has matching up to 5%, and pay social insecurity, medicare, etc. etc. Congress critters have been able to exempt themselves from some laws (like insider trading) and

Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel

2015-05-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
To try to get accurate mileage calculations, wait for the foam to go down and keep adding until you see liquid. You said it - no way to know the volume of the foam, which may even vary with temperature. Even when waiting for the foam to go down, there are several factors working against you,

[MBZ] OT iPhone forced reset via text message

2015-05-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Just read an article about the most recent bug in iPhone IOS, which is triggered by a text message containing both arabic and english text. Apple will first deny that anything could possibly wrong, then secretly work on it for months while selling new iPhones to users who end up in the forced

Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel

2015-05-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I have found that calculating the cost per mile at each station is the best way to determine which station to use. I keep a log for each diesel car. This levels that playing field by accounting for inaccurate pumps. - Max Charleston SC ___

[MBZ] 124 Steering Wheel Shakes

2015-05-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
'87 300TD, 124.193, 343k miles. Help me with some diagnosis ideas please. At highway speed, sometimes the steering wheel will shake, most of the time it will not. Today it would shake during a turn at highway speed, and turning left or right would make it shake. Occasionally, on the first

[MBZ] 124 sunroof rear drains

2015-05-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
They exist. I checked the EPC and the diagram for the sunroof frame shows the tube at the rear corners. Last night I dug in, was able to see the attached tube at the pan (slightly rusty, but not rusted through) and found the far end where it exited the body under the rear bumper, just behind the

Re: [MBZ] parking brake fiasco

2015-05-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
If the part numbers are correct, and the parts aren't URO or some other chinese junk, then try assembling them in a different manner (swap shoes around? inside out?) Last resort: Get a bigger hammer... - Max Charleston SC On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:50 PM, clay via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] More S500 Weirdness

2015-05-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Isn't there an app for that? Plug in your airframe,take-off weight (before you take off), app uses GPS to determine altitude, airspeed, and locations of nearest acceptable landing strip. While airborne, your engine dies!!! Oh no! Hit the app panic button and the computer either tells you which

Re: [MBZ] My eyes!!!!

2015-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Inflammatory is better! Might get the pig or some other farm animal welded to roof for duration of the race. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_LeMons Look under penalties. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:04 AM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

[MBZ] 1991 350 SDL, white, asking $5500 for Dan or Wilton

2015-05-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5026116005.html This has been advertised for several months now, seller may be open to more reasonable offer... - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Ephraim and The Mule

2015-08-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I don't own a record player that works, digital would be awesome. YouTube thoughtfully recommended this, which maybe has the story? I haven't had time to listen to it yet. https://youtu.be/3TgsKSl8ISk -Max - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Rich Thomas via

Re: [MBZ] No more sinking, maybe

2015-08-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I think you're right Dan, that'll be my next move. I noticed that the brake hoses on my '87 wagon are looking pretty ragged, might as well get an extra set for the '95 sedan and see how that works. Hmmm, if they are the same part number, perhaps I'll get one set of new hoses for the wagon, and

Re: [MBZ] My W140 remote is infrared, but my S210 is radio...

2015-08-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Apply the Jaime rule: how much will this hack cost, and is my car or person worth that cost to the hacker? Just because they can, doesn't mean that they will. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] WTB: crankshaft hub

2015-08-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Curly, Rick, Craig; Thanks! I'm going to see if I can figure out what the correct speedi-sleeve is and try that. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] WTB: crankshaft hub

2015-08-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dude! Way better to be sure _before_ you get out the wrenches! No truer words were ever spoken. After lunch it was time, so I started gathering up the tools, parts, etc. I couldn't find the crankshaft

Re: [MBZ] test

2015-08-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
You've been assimilated into the gmail borg, your emails will now be delivered... - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Most messages I have sent to the list have bounced, so I changed email accounts to see

Re: [MBZ] BEHR 300TD R4 COMPRESSOR

2015-08-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Rick, which 1911 is better? I'm going to guess Kimber, because usually someone's name goes on a piece of work when they take pride in it. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kind of like a 1911. But trust me,

Re: [MBZ] Starter/Alternator/Battery Problem 240D

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Shorting the starter: shorting from big terminal (battery) to big terminal (starter power) will cause spinning but no starter engagement. Your starter passed that simple test. Shorting from big terminal (battery) to the small third terminal should make the solenoid plunger (1) engage the starter

Re: [MBZ] Feel your (break) petals

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Mitch, I hadn't thought of that! I will try again... I've got to install new hoses on the rear brake calipers, will start by filling the power bleeder so that it has plenty of time to air out before use. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Was that sold via MBUSA, or special ordered from Europe? I had no idea a diesel smart was offered in the U.S. of A. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: mercedes built diesel DIESEL SMART

Re: [MBZ] Abandoned '98 e320 diesel

2015-08-19 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'd like to have the engine, but not for another 6-12 months... If it cannot be driven, you have no idea what it is worth other than the scrap weight. Suspension, air conditioning, transmission, differential, engine; all are suspect and could be bad, not to mention brakes, radiator, tires,

Re: [MBZ] 300TD 1987 woes.

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
If you're karma improves, you've got a stuck kick-down switch. Try disconnecting that. Next would be fluid and filter change. I think Curly has experience with filters clogging up and collapsing and causing all manner of misbehavior? I think Mann is the recommended filter, if you don't buy at

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Another Lambo, or another wife? ;) - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If it was his wife I am sure he could afford another one. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Ditto, thanks Kaleb for keeping this list going, just don't screw it up. :) - 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] heat

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
My Pop lives / summers in Fargo, spends some time during winter in either AZ or visiting other relatives down south. Fargo is great for car lovers, I don't think they or any other place in ND use road salt in the winter, so rust is not the big deal like other northern states. The issue was high

[MBZ] Feel your (break) petals

2015-08-17 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Last night I installed new Akebono Ultra Premium ceramic pads (part# EUR423) in my '87 300TD. Made in USA, and about $46 via Amazon. Two problems. Well, maybe only one can be attributed to the new pads. The MB pad wear sensors are supposed to clip into holes in the pads, but the holes are

[MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
A little something to liven up the list! http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2015/08/20/the_latest_climate_kerfuffle_1397.html August 20, 2015The Latest Climate Kerfuffle*By* *Patrick Michaels* http://www.realclearpolicy.com/authors/patrick_michaels/ Are political considerations superseding

[MBZ] OT Firewalls

2015-06-29 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I finally fixed an email problem which has been bugging our household for a couple of months. We've been able to receive email on our email client - home computer, but couldn't send most of the time. Email worked fine from our smart phones. I called ATT tech support (second call in a few weeks)

Re: [MBZ] Kentucky man shoots down drone hovering over his backyard

2015-07-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I see a market for gun-like tool which shoots a net or somesuch to bring down a drone. Keep the drone until anyone claiming to be the owner can prove they are the owner in a court of law. After enough publicity, jail time fines for those breaking federal laws, and just the pure hassle of

Re: [MBZ] That sinking (brake) feeling

2015-08-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Kaleb - if you get a headlight switch for Craig from one of your 123 or 114/115/116 junkers and send it to him, and I think he will send you $10 plus shipping. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Geez

Re: [MBZ] That sinking (brake) feeling

2015-08-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I should add that the brake system failed the press and hold test each time. - 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] That sinking (brake) feeling

2015-08-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I did the press and hold brake pedal test several times, engine running, and then moved the car and looked for brake fluid (found none) and also watched the reservoir level (it didn't seem to drop). Current master cylinder is a replacement (aftermarket, no identifying marks that I can find) which

Re: [MBZ] Flakey W123 Headlight Switch

2015-08-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Jim, that's a great idea, maybe Craig can try cleaning his switch up. I've recovered many MB switches using De-Ox-It. My 124 switch was a crimp-sealed unit, I considered opening it up to see if it was repairable, but $10 and a few minutes at a junkyard was the best time/money saver for me.

[MBZ] OT Beware Armadillos that shoot back

2015-08-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday. Cass County Sheriff

[MBZ] 124 monovalve testing

2015-07-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Last night I rigged a 10w test light bulb to the monovalve control signal connector (21w is too big, overdraws the PBU and it shuts off to self-protect). The bulb test showed proper result for one test in the FSM: put the PBU into off state (button 0 on the far right) and read voltage, which is

[MBZ] NOW 124 shifter bushings

2015-07-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Last night I installed a new 124 shifter bushing for the connection at the gear shift lever. Not too fun but just possible without taking too much apart. The bushing at the transmission end is also gone and needs to be replaced, looks REALLY tight and not possible in-situ. Has anyone removed

Re: [MBZ] 123 trans shifter bushings

2015-07-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Here's another online EPC: http://mercedes-benz-teile.info/?lang=E - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Nope. Never can make it work. don't have winders/whatever browser it wants/whatever

Re: [MBZ] NOW 124 shifter bushings

2015-07-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks, I will probably take that lever off then. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: yes. 124 and 107 Last night I installed a new 124 shifter bushing for the connection at the gear shift lever. Not

Re: [MBZ] NOW 124 shifter bushings

2015-07-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Lever in question is circled in red in attached picture. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com wrote: Last night I installed a new 124 shifter bushing for the connection at the gear shift lever. Not too fun but just possible

Re: [MBZ] testtesttest

2015-08-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I think Kaleb needs to change / empty the spam filters? List has been acting a little strange lately, something's not right (but it can't be me, right!). - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Winmutt - R U here?

2015-08-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Awesome! Winmutt's closer (hotlanta), I'll give him 24 hours to read his email and then let you know. I've got a few reasons piling up to make a trip in that direction. Somebody should organize another Rusty-Q and then I'll have to go. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at

Re: [MBZ] Power Booster saga

2015-08-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Could be hoses, could be the caliper. If you were able to troubleshoot, when the caliper is locked up then you open the bleeder valve on the caliper, and if fluid comes out and the caliper un-locks, that's a pretty good indication that the hose is the problem. - Max Charleston SC

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