Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote:
Good reminder-the one on my Forester has been out for months.
It went out on my Plymouth in 1990, almost 200,000 miles ago.
Been pulled over twice in that car, once for a blown low beam
bulb (a couple months before the license light went out)
and once during daylight
David Brodbeck wrote:
It was kind fo fun to look at that site and try to pick out which
pictures are real, and which are Photoshop.
I vote fake on the parachute/reptiles photo.
Tight skirt on motorcycle might have been real, but the bicycle
with the missing wheel gets a fake vote.
mhall27 wrote:
Wasn't there someone on the list parting out a 190E 16v?
Alan Duff had one for sale last fall at a parts car price, but he ended up
keeping it and was having it repaired last I heard. I intend to convert
mine into a 190Dt, surplus items will include a rusty and crashed 190Dt
carbucks wrote:
Haven't tried that yet. So I need to undo the mounts and then jack it up?
Don't jack it up too far unless you unhook the engine shock too, but I
don't think you will get the lines in without at least undoing the left
mount and raising the engine a bit.
Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Chris,
Bob Nitske's book puts the MSRP for the 87 300TD at $42,500
I guess that means the ML at $60 something is cheaper in today's
dollars... I'm just guessing on the ML price.
Yep, a ML is a cheaply built POS compared to a S124 or a GL.
I bet
Marshall Booth wrote:
There has been almost NO information about injection
pump adjustment since the OM621 manual that was published in the '60s.
About all I remember is a TSB detailing the adjustment of the OM603
governor for cars that wouldn't rev to redline.
OK Don wrote:
I believe that was Tricky Dick --
(55 mph years = Upyers jimmy caatah, the worst president in
history)
I think Don's right. Jimmy begat Joanie Clayfoot, who begat
85 mph speedometers and IIRC, airbags designed to work without
seat belts that would take off your aorta if
Zeitgeist wrote:
FYI: I dropped by my local Harbor Freight yesterday to browse the
aisles while waiting for wife's doc appointment. They had a diesel
compression tester on sale for $17. It appeared to have quite a few
adapters, one of which must fit the MB/VW injectors.
Something like
Tom Scordato wrote:
Can the group provide some pros and cons on this model.
Bigger than a 123, especially in the back seat. Faster too.
Early OM603 head casting plus trap oxidizer equals increased chance of
cracked head. If the car came with a T.O., and it's still there, you get
a new catalyst
Woodlandtaylors wrote:
Group,
Does this ebay bidding look legitimate? Why would a buyer out bid themselves
on the day of closing?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4622840080
I'm wondering if it was a reserve auction and the winner kept upping his bid
until he won.
John Berryman wrote:
Are bidders able to be anonymous or at least not have their e-bay ID
show to the general public? I see there is a space between all of the
winners bids.
Maybe somebody pushed up the winner's bid, and then they got kicked off
eBay and all their bids went poof? If
Kevin wrote:
Is a 78 300D's hand pump supposed to lock shut?
The original pump has a cap on the top of the plunger
with a raised pattern on the edge so you can grip it
and turn it to lock it down. The late model replacement
pump has a smooth sided plunger that doesn't lock down.
Mitch.
Curt Raymond wrote:
I'd like to have one but have been told that almost nobody can afford to keep
an old Saab.
Aside from the Bosch k-jetronic problems, most of which usually don't happen to
cars that
are driven regularly, where did you get that idea? Very easy cars to work on,
and
the parts
Rick Knoble wrote:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/145142894.html
Why would the seller tell us how many miles it had when he bought it,
but not how many are on the odo now?
Too bad Jan left the list. She was looking for a S124 diesel last I knew,
although this one might not be good enough
What Rick said.
The good news is that there's more room in the 126 tranny tunnel than
the 123. List owner Kaleb has done a few 123 B2s in the car, could
probably help with specific questions if you run into trouble.
Do put the whole sleeve/piston kit, don't get lazy and put the new
piston in the
John Berryman wrote:
When I mentioned earlier LeBarons I was referring to real cars from
about 66, although after 72 the EPA stole all the thunder.
I had a '78 (or was it '76?) Lebaron SE with 360/727 and T-tops, does that
count?
(this was when the Cordoba and Lebaron were basically
Craig McCluskey wrote:
How would one cause the flywheel ring gear to come off?
Heat. However, I think it would work best if the ring gear
were heated more than the flywheel, but that's the reverse
of what happens when you slip the clutch and heat the flywheel.
Mitch
Jim Cathey wrote:
Remind me - what year is this car?
1979. Manual HVAC windows. Anybody got a good
price on a used hood star for it? Will probably have
to buy new, otherwise.
I don't believe you CAN buy new. IIRC, it was superceeded
by a 201 part. (or was the 116 superceeded by the
John Berryman wrote:
IIRC, Mitch Haley has some diesel nuts in Finland who might be
helpful.
Yep, DaveM introduced me to them. I don't recall seeing water injection there,
they all seem to go for bar plate intercoolers, big ones, right where the
A/C condensor would be on a warm
OK Don wrote:
I wonder if it's really a broken band, or a B2 piston?
I don't know. My 190 turbo has a hood star and working tranny, and
the same color interior, but I'm not traveling to Maryland to pick
up another project car.
Trampas wrote:
I am currently working on making a 300SDL out of a 500SEL and an OM617, thus
I was thinking about intercooling and anything else that would make the car
actually move. My goal is to have a commuter car which gets 25MPG and can
get onto I-40 during rush hour.
There's a fellow
Kevin wrote:
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 09:51:58PM -0600, OK Don wrote:
I wonder if it's really a broken band, or a B2 piston?
I was under the understanding that the 722.4 was more or less
immune from the B2 affliction that pestered earlier 722.3s.
And I was under the impression that the
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
check out what procedure I did, just sent it in another message. I will
drive it for a bid and then do a complate change again, in maybe a
couple thousand miles or so?
Sounds like a good time to put a TP bypass filter in the tranny cooling loop.
TP makes a pretty
Rick Hawkins wrote:
Any of you have much knowledge about repo laws? Isn't notification and
demand for payment a requirement?
It's pretty much universal, but I don't know for sure about Georgia.
DMV taking the registration from you may affect your standing in all
of this. The ex-owner might
Jim Cathey wrote:
keep it in working order! I was even told by someone to leave the
engine
running to lubricate the tranny which also saves the driveshaft
removal job.
That also works.
Provided the engine doesn't stall or run out of fuel.
David Brodbeck wrote:
Could the number be the number of cable revolutions per mile, maybe?
That's very close to what I was guessing, except I wouldn't be surprised
if K=kilometer.
John Robbins wrote:
The current plan is to use a stepper motor to drive a simple ball
valve... we'll see how well that works though ;)
Radio control models have a broad variety of rotating servos that
seek a position on command. Prices start under $10 and go up over
$100. Somewhere I have
John Berryman wrote:
I believe the tanks hold 14.5gal so you kinda did run out.
I'm thinking a 190D holds something like that.
190E 2.3-16 is more like 19 gal, I'm wondering if
there's any good reason not to use it when I stick
the turbo engine in that chassis. 5 sp tranny, turbo
2.5, 2.65
Joe Knight wrote:
Next morning came another
call from Farmers informing me they'd decided to fix the wagon after
all when the appraisal came in at $11500. Today's call pretty much
set that in stone so far as I can tell.
If you'd been the average idiot who signed the $3800 check, they'd
have
Peter Frederick wrote:
Bosch service center in Chicago is the only one that I know of that
will work on a 603 IP -- they are NOT common, and the test stand is
$250,000 or so.
Mynä-Diesel in Finland quoted me ~$1100 plus shipping to Finland for
a full race rebuild on a OM602 turbo pump,
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Not really. One of the best meterologists in Tulsa was nearly caught
underneath a forming tornado up in Kansas 2 years ago in May.
My cousin's wife was caught under one in the 1970's. She was curled up
in the basement with her eyes shut when the house left. It was
Jim Cathey wrote:
My brother raced dirt bikes at one time. Can you guess what happened
one time we all (siblings cousins) went to the go-kart racetrack?
He won every time. Handily. Didn't seem to matter which pig he got
stuck with.
Reminds me of a story I read in a car mag once. The
Friday April 7, 12:42 pm ET
Press Release
NEWARK, DE--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 7, 2006 -- O2Diesel Corporation (AMEX:OTD -
News) a
pioneer in clean burning ethanol diesel fuel blends announced today that it is
now under
contract to develop a new cleaner burning alternative diesel fuel for the U.S.
John Berryman wrote:
On Apr 9, 2006, at 10:17 AM, archer wrote:
What would be the detergent oil equivalent? XX-W-30?
GerryA
SAE-30 detergent. It is becoming more and more difficult to find non-
detergent oil.
Yep, even the little bottles of BriggsStratton oil are detergent
BillR wrote:
I pulled the plug and it seems there is no spark.
Might be a bad coil, shorted kill switch, or if it has
an oil level switch it might be that too. Is the oil
level all the way full?
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok, so whats the best alternative to R12 rather than converting to 134?
Autofrost R406A?
I think Duracool and Envirosafe are among the propane/isobutane blends.
Jim Cathey seems to like him homeblended iso/propane nix, maybe it's
just too hot where you are? As demand
Jeff Zedic wrote:
I think MOST of the GM line-up is hideous. All those right angles and
high riding bodies..too vanilla for me thank you very much!
How about those Caddys with the tall door sheetmetal, there is so
little room for glass that the windows end up looking like gunslits
on a
Joe Knight wrote:
Second check gives rise to a question. It was for $576 which Farmers
maintains is their cost for 2 months rental. Seems unbelievably low
even for an econobox and I was authorized for rental of a minivan
anyway. I'm sure Farmers gets a better rate than someone walking in
Sunil Hari wrote:
Hey, he deserves it. ExxonMobil made the largest corporate profit ever, and
he played some role in that. XOM shareholders love him, and if you don't
like it buy some stock in them and share in the spoils.
If I don't like seeing the company's shareholders raped to the tune
kevin kraly wrote:
Do I first have to register it in California?
If you do, you better find out how many years of back taxes the car owed in CA.
It's my understanding that if a CA registration expires, you have to pay up for
the years you weren't driving the thing before you can get a current
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Now lets all learn the difference between PROFIT and PROFIT MARGINE.
Let's say your sales are 100 billion, and your margin is 2%.
Now let's say that your product is a commodity, and the market
price doubles through no fault of your own. If your cost structure
stays
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My 201s have them starting in 1984. The units used in later models
('89+) seem much more robust.
My '85 190E had one but it was in deg Celsius, for cryin' out loud. So I
complained to the dealer that the readout fails, comes back and fails again.
Try to prove it
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I noticed the walmart here now has the TSUV stuff on the self again, at
least for now.
My Walmart had nothing thicker than 10W30, although the shelves were fully
stocked.
TSUV was 5W30 for $20.84 / 5qts.
Sunil Hari wrote:
If it's $26/L in singapore, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy 4-5 gallons via
phone from Rusty or someone in the US, then have it shipped to Singapore?
Or better, become Singapore's discount Mobil distributor ...
The import duty is probably pretty steep. I bet that's the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All explanations in this thread add some truth to the situation as far as
causes - but at this point, are the W140 Diesels much more than expensive
paper weights? After all, unless someone has spent the $10k (?? - just
guessing) to properly repair the engine, it's a
David Brodbeck wrote:
True, although oddly, the latest spike seems to have affected gas much
more where I live. Diesel has stayed about the same, and the gas prices
have increased until diesel costs about what midgrade does, instead of
more than premium.
USA gasoline inventory has been
Has anybody tried this service, or read an independent review?
You put a $20 device in your phone cord, and it traps your long
distance calls, sends them to a local or toll free number, where
they are converted to voice over IP. No broadband service needed,
as it's just a regular phone call at
Zoltan Finks wrote:
I was curious as to its performance since - coming from a V8 background - I
am fairly unfamiliar with what a 4 can do.
It's got a very nice engine, close ratio (1:1 top gear) 5sp, and a 3.27:1 LSD
in USA trim. It also weighs the same (within 1%) of a 190D 2.5 turbo, which
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Everyone is forgetting how crappy the dodge trannies are, even the stick
shifts dont hold up well in those trucks. I have have been told they
fixed that issue within the last year or so though.
Now it's my turn to maybe get it wrong going by memory, but IIRC,
the
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Kaleb,
My Wife works for Daimler-Chrysler...
I do know that the company has been very proactive with their warrantee /
recall program. It's more than I can say for some other auto makers.
I've been trying to get D-C to honor a rustproofing warranty since 1997.
I
I am purchasing a diesel F-150 XLT pickup from
http://4btconversions.com that has the industrial Cummins 4BT engine
and should do about 27MPG at 70MPH. This isn't the same engine that
is in the Dodge but is a industrial engine that is used for delivery
vans and forklifts and whatnot.
It
Jim Cathey wrote:
I have one soldering iron, I've had it since I was in high school.
I've got a little 15W, takes a while to heat up. I've got a 45W desoldering
iron with vacuum bulb, I have been known to do PC work by filling the head
with solder and then squeezing the bulb to dispense. My
Doesn't sound like much energy is there... I've read that if an 18
wheeler was run on hydrogen that 4/5ths of the trailer would have to
be the fuel tank to get comparable energy. Even after serious
compression!
If you are generating H2 O2 from electrolysis of water powered by
an
you have to MAKE the hydrogen from somewhere -- it is never
free in nature.
Yep, the hydrogen economy is just a fancy term for
potentially explosive storage medium. It's all about storing
and transporting electricity, not a power source. Unfortunately,
the congresscritters (and the sheeple
When I ordered my '01, the MB Taste Police would not allow a
tannish (now called Java) interior with any of the colors I wanted.
Metallic red, for example.
Let me get this straight. You ordered the car, built to your needs and desires.
You wanted an interior that was available for that
If I were a cop I would be reluctant to to be seen in a Saturn police
car. A contradiction in terms if I ever heard of one.
I once saw a sheriff's K-9 unit in a Taurus sedan. Why it wasn't
a wagon I have no idea. In the case of the guy who bought the
Saturns, he said there was only one
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've also seen Harley Davidson and Kawasaki police cars, much less room in
those than in a Saturn SL.
The Harleys and Kawasakis I've seen have one seat and unlimited head and
elbow room. What ARE you on about here?
You were complaining that a ten year old Saturn
wilton strickland wrote:
Flying rock from a landscaper's grass trimmer broke rt rr window in my
showroom 87 300D today. 'Fraid guys at glass shop my not know how to rr
inside panel without damage to panel, tabs, etc.
Perhaps you'd feel better if the dealer did it? I hope your local dealer
David Brodbeck wrote:
Could also be pacing with a certified speedometer, but I somehow doubt
you could order a Cavalier with one.
Late model Cavis were electronic, you could adjust them with the dealer's
computer device. I don't know how you'd ever trace it to a certified standard
though.
Smith, Todd wrote:
Thanks Mitch,
How would I tell if it has a balance shaft or not? Are you referring to the
harmonic balancer?
No, I'm talking about a weighted shaft which does nothing but vibrate out of
phase
with the engine vibrations to cancel them. Lots of four cylinder cars have
Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Alex Dave...
Will the W124 Sportline Swarbay fit into a W201 16V and improve
cornering and reduce body roll??
SLS requires a special sway bar. Crawl under the car and check how the
control valve linkage connects to the center of the sway bar.
Mitch.
Royce Engler wrote:
I think she must have been talking to my kids, who have complained for the
last 15 years that I've had my '85 300TD. I embarrassed them all through
their high school and college years with The Shaggin Wagin,
No accounting for taste. I had a couple of cousins who were
Mike Canfield wrote:
17 sucks..
It all depends on how you drive. A 7.3 PS with 3.73 / 6 sp / single rear wheels
can get 10-12 pulling a 12k horse trailer at 70-80mph, 16-18 driving 70-80
unloaded, 18-20 at 65, and 23-24 at 55mph. Very few people with the same engine,
dual rear wheels and
Marshall Booth wrote:
Injection pump failures are VERY rare. I think there's a chance the man
working on your car could be VERY dangerous. If he's fiddled with the
pump and the engine runs worse, he's done things he has NO business
doing!
I'm thinking it had a bad delivery valve seal or
Bill Gallagher wrote:
Luther:
Certainly, you have a very creative mind I am looking at sun
and wind as a source of power . Photo cells and a small wind turbine
.I am trying to move away from mechanical ...Good luck on your project
Do you guys read Homepower?
You can
Sunil Hari wrote:
give him $500 and part it out.
How about giving him $500 and shipping in an OM604 or OM605 from Europe?
Add an intercooler (probably easier to make room with the 604 16v), competition
IP from Mynä-Diesel, big exhaust turbo, and you could have a one of a kind
diesel supercar
I'll cast my usual vote for any decent DOT4, alternating with ATE Blue.
That way, if you do the right thing and change the fluid before it changes
color,
you can tell the difference between the old and new fluid.
I think it's worth it for improved shifting and possible extended syncro life
in the manny tranny.
Guys who tow heavy stuff with diesel pickups find that the diff runs cooler
with synthetic lube. If the diff is limited slip, you will need a friction
modifier to mix with the lube,
Very interesting exotic car page, just the page of M's includes lots and lots
of MBZ and Maybach content, very nice article on the C111. Interesting to see
that a 2005 Marcos still looks a lot like a 1970 Marcos, but now weighs over
2000lb and has a 350 Chevy. Pic of the only four wheel
Craig McCluskey wrote:
My choice would be
http://www.seriouswheels.com/1970-1979/1972-Lamborghini-Miura-SV-Red-SA.htm
If I had infinite time and a good shop to work in, I'd like to make a mid
engine car, stuff some sort of FWD drivetrain in back (VW TDI?).
My short list of designs to copy is
I can tell you that anything that claims to produce energy
by burning water somehow is a scam.
Burning won't work, but if you can actually destroy matter,
4 ounces would take you a long way. Maybe he has perfected
a small scale fusion reactor? Not likely, of course.
Most people don't remember the Cheetah:
http://www.cheetahracecars.net/photos.htm
When I did a google search to find that, I found out that there are at least
two companies allegedly making Cheetah replicars, I didn't know any such thing
existed. (buyer beware on kit cars, nobody likes to pay
Most people don't remember the Cheetah:
http://www.cheetahracecars.net/photos.htm
When I did a google search to find that, I found out that there are at least
two companies allegedly making Cheetah replicars, I didn't know any such thing
existed. (buyer beware on kit cars, nobody likes to pay
I'm happy with the tires I got for my Taurus at WalMart last Christmas.
The cheapest tires in the store, they stick as well or better
than the Continentals I had, and go through 1 of water at
50mph with no trouble. Tire guy put the wheels on with quick
burps of a air gun, backed up by what was
Bob Rentfro wrote:
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/162838988.html
Not a bad looking car, except for the wheels.
The six is quieter, smoother, and noticeably more powerful...
I was thinking the 2.6 / 5sp was almost as fast (straight line)
as the 16V. Isn't it somewhere around 160hp?
Mitch.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've looked at the ad and evaluated the car at edmunds.com and the price
appears to be about $3500 too high. Private sale price shows at $2113. The
high
miles is the killer, deducting $1048 from the value.
I'd love to be able to buy old MBZ at the online price guide
Can you give me some more details on the Ford?
If you don't cut a deal with Chuck, I know where there
is a 198x 6.9 club cab F250 2wd with aftermarket drw kit,
twin tanks, C6 tranny, gooseneck hitch, could use a lot of
work but last I knew it was running and the body was solid.
MPG is not
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:09:57PM -0700, kevin kraly wrote:
Odd. My 96 4x4 reliably turns in 20 on the highway empty.
There are huge differences between driving styles and truck types.
If the F350 was DRW, it was not available with axle taller
than 4.10:1. The DRWs themselves take a lot of
BillR wrote:
Many of the advanced degree folks are legal, very many are here on
quite outdated student visas. Quite a few are leaving due to frustration at
trying to become legal.
My best bud from college works for a local biotech firm. They lost a senior
scientist once, one of their
redghost wrote:
Axles from a Montero and the tranfercase should fit under the Porsche.
That is a mid engine though, so might have to transplant a Fiero engine
instead. There were a couple in the yard that would be good donors.
I believe the engine/transaxle in the Citation is identical to
The interesting thing to note is that the Fiero was a quick
engineer vehicle.
Lots of parts bin engineering in that one. Pontiac wanted
a plastic 2-seat sports car to compete with the Corvette,
but could never gain approval from GM for that. So they
came up with a sporty commuter car, with
What is reasonable anymore?
A local dealer advertised a Hyundai Accent for $6500
after a $5000 rebate last week, that seemed reasonable to
me. (the last new car I bought was about $4800 before taxes)
Mitch.
Jim Cathey wrote:
Turns out that there is no used hydraulic cylinder market, people either fix
'em forever or throw away the unrepairable ones and replace them.
I've seen old useable ones at farm auctions here in Michigan, but I haven't been
to one in recent years.
Mitch
Marshall Booth wrote:
Lot's of people felt that the 617.950 engine in a 116 was faster than
the 617.951 engine in a 126. Emissions requirements WERE different!
My '79 (small cam, no EGR) is very strong off the line but 0-60 isn't
anything to get excited about. 1980s had the big cam and
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Remember all the sudden the SDL tranny wouldnt shift till about 3500
rpm? Well all the sudden today its back to normal. Wierd.
If I were you, I'd drain and fill with Walmart Dexron III, drive it at least
1000 miles and then change fluid and filter, with M1 if I were
redghost wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/169833482.html
$12k for an evo with 84k on it wouldn't be bad.
I've seen people asking $9-12k for 2.3-16v under 100k,
but around here a perfect 190Dt is about a $5k car, so
I'd guess more like $6-8k in Seattle? $12 for a 190Dt
just seems
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
Why would anyone import a RHD drive car to America?
I could see it if it were an E200TD and the buyer were a rural mail carrier
or had a newspaper route. Curbside steering is a big help when you are
delivering
to the curb. Going to the expense of importing a ten year
I think I understand now:
I bought the car a year ago from florida for $11,900 and put money into it
including
shipping and above mentioned work. (fixing dash lights, new wipers, new
ignition and
other stuff)
Looks like he bought it from that dealer in FL with the incredible pie in the
sky
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4649663320
Everybody should look at this one.
Read the description, the car is falling apart rusty.
Look at the pictures, all shiny and black. If it weren't
for spring perches falling off and dropping the nose
to the ground, the car would look
Tires:
Probably any place other than the dealership which actually uses a torque
wrench.
Alignment:
I'm thinking dealer or an indy alignment shop that REALLY knows MBZ.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
DROOOLL
I never got around to converting the 16v into a 190D sportline.
Maybe my 2.5 turbo would fit in a 107 instead. Would have
to do some engine mods to make the performance acceptable,
and of course, it would never get 40mpg.
OK Don wrote:
The one John engineered?
I don't think that project is finalized yet.
Another project I'd like to see is a stand-alone controller
for the Garrett VGT used in the CDI engines. I got a turbo
off a 2005 E320, but the only way I can easily use it is to
put a wastegate actuator on
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
I thought Opera was free?!?
I believe the free version has built-in advertising.
Does Canada use the USA vin standards?
USA-1
Canada-2
Mexico-3
W. Germany was W, is Germany W now?
JabbaHursty wrote:
i don't like the pit bulls though. they are dangerous animals. you can't
watch the
news without hearing about another child mauled by the neighbors pit bull.
i'm yet to
hear this story involving a golden retriever.
I've heard it with Goldens, they are often less
JabbaHursty wrote:
everyone talks about cars on the gun lists
At 04:40 PM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
Ya i agree, join a gun list
I thought they talked about trucks on the gun lists.
In keeping with Gabe's suggestion:
Forums by the dozen:
http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/index.php?
What's the easiest way to make a backup copy of a win98 bootable drive?
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
I seem to recall a recent news story that exposed the finances of
the Red Cross and that only a small portion of donations actually went
to the needy. Most was used to support the RC itself...
Try the Salvation Army. Not exactly a top-heavy organization chart.
They
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
I'd prefer to donate through a secular organization. The SA is off my radar.
What about the Mennonites? (think Amish w/o the beards)
In my experience (I've worked alongside them when the destroyed buildings
belonged
to my family and the Mennonites were there because
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