Re: [MBZ] 5g speeds
5G phone service is like flying cars -- theoretically possible, but in practice is never going to happen. Don't worry about getting a 5G capable phone any time soon, it will be dead of old age before you get any 5G service. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 5g speeds
This is the great joke of 5G -- the only way to get the higher "5G" speed is to use the millimeter wavelength signal carrier (higher frequency, more data per second) that does not penetrate glass, wood, steel, or masonry. Basically outside only, and no more than 500 ft from the antenna, as the signal degrades in the presence of water vapor too. You will only see 5G speeds when you are within 500 ft of a repeater, outside, and there isn't significant interference from another repeater. So in other words, 4LTE is what you will have forever in you car, inside any structure, or more than 500 ft from a millimeter wavelength repeater. Not going to happen, 5G is a classic case of 1) a solution is search of a problem and 2) vapor-ware that will never actually exist in usable form. Biggest issue with 5G is that everyone is dropping 1x coverage, which is gonna isolate people more than a mile or two from an antenna (read 90% of rural america). Had to change phones last year because Verizon was dropping support from my Samsung Alias II I've had for eons. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 190 E with 230
230 is a four-banger, 2.6 is a six, and yes it's stuffed in there. Very tight. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] VW Content: Isn't Poos cute?
We had a 70 Beetle, dropped #3 exhaust valve and we had a family friend rebuild it. Rusted away, but we all drove the stuffings out of it. Great car for what it was. The trick to them is that they NEED valve adjustments, particularly on #3 cylinder because the oil cooler is on that side and #3 tends to run warm. If you don't keep them adjusted, the exhaust valve will get tight, overheat, and break off. Changing the o-rngs on the oil cooler is also a necessity that is always ignored -- eventually they leak, and when enough oil gets in there the engine catches of fire on the highway and destroys the car. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Actually worked on a Benz today
I don't think "toasty" is in the cards for an '04 Golf TDI, they are well known for lack of winter heat. Almost as bad as a Geo Metro in Canada, a buddy of mine had one and the temp gauge would slowly drift down on the highway in the winter. Driving if 4th may help, but that tends to kill the milage, and if I'm only gonna get 40 mpg I might was well drive the 300D and get 30 AND heat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Actually worked on a Benz today
At long last I replaced the coil in the TE, wanted to some time back but my friend Hans talked me out of it, he suspected fuel injectors instead to account for the rough idle and other assorted ills, including difficulty setting the mixture on the KE-Jet. Popped it in, charged the battery (with Mom getting more and more frail I've not been driving either Benz lately) and fired it up. Took right off, runs like a top. No more stalling after starting, no long cranking, very little stumble off a stop. Most important it doesn't fall on it's face as soon as it warms up now. Ran out of time to finish the job, was about to get the volt meter out and set the mixture when my brother called to help him install a new alternator in his wife's car. Hae had carpal tunnel surgery a week and a half ago and isn't supposed to be using it. Not bad, although the bolts won't slide out of the bushings, they have to be screwed out. At least that 2005 240 has a spring tensioner, not the self destructing one in the TE. A good day -- I prefer to drive the Benz in the winter, the Golf almost never gets warm and I'm getting old enough for that to matter. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 ACC Default Operation
Or dead servos. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Alternate Uses for P/S Fluid?
PS fluid and ATF are not interchangeable for any Benz after the W123. ATF will eat the seals in the newer PS pumps. I know, it happened to mine. I don't know of any real other use for PS fluid, it's a light hydraulic oil with anti-wear characteristics for vane type pumps. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Self-gratification
I still think the W126 was the best car Benz ever made. No rust issues, drove beautifully, and my brother got 29 mpg on his. Hard to argue with. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: A Life Lesson
In Indiana probate is 20% of assets not directly transferred via a trust or joint ownership. 2k is pretty cheap to avoid that. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W124 HVAC blower motor
W124 does not have a resistor array, it has a duty cycle switching system (the "porcupine" under the blower. Either or both can be bad, and if the blower has been dragging, when it locks up it can kill the switch box. Expensive, I ended up with a cheap chinese version in the wagon -- first one didn't last long, second one is OK. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W124 HVAC blower motor
Set to defrost at high speed it should come on as soon as you switch on the ignition. Check for voltage going to the fan though, those fuses can crack and look fine but not transfer current. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: A Life Lesson
So sorry to hear about your wife's passing. It's never fun. My Mom is almost 97, so it's only a matter of time. I recommend talking to an estate attorney once you have things settled. It is far better to have a trust set up than to go through probate, to say nothing of less expensive. There are also advantages if you need home health care in the future. A friend of mine had one heck of a time when her father passed away (an estate attorney who didn't set up his own) and got everything put the way she wanted it. When she unexpectedly passed away 5 years ago everything went fine other than the fact that we all lost her. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Looks like I get to spend several days in the hospital
Yipes! Pulmonary embolisms are bad news, and they gotta be bad if they are going to try to remove them. Mom has had two, the last one we caught right away, she was on oxygen for a month with the first one. Get better soon! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] So I got the Nissens radiator in ...
Thermostat is closed. Will purge out after a run at normal temp. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Pulls like a freight train
Check out the YouTube videos of those traction engines beating the pants off modern diesels in tractor pulls -- once you get them pulling hard, if the firebox is stoked properly (as in a full bed of coked out coal) the harder it works the more air you pull through the firebox and the more steam you have. Forty foot geyser of red-hot ash blowing out the stack is pretty impressive, as is the pulling sled going off the end of the track at 5 mph. Ditto for measuring the hp output -- ever seen a flat belt with about six FOOT of stretch in it? Loose end dragging on the ground with the tight end dead straight for 25 ft. Only drawback is the rather excessive fuel consumption. And the fact that most people who run them have no idea of how to fire an intermittent draw steam boiler. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I threw up a little in my mouth
Started life with the football, had it replaced with the catalyst as a dealer service. My brother had his done years later when the football shed junk into the turbo and ate it. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] front wheel play
Pretty much so long as it's a two ball joint design. McPherson strut suspensions generally won't shake, you need to pry up on the bottom of the tire and check for ball joint movement inside the boot. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Contact Cleaner
You need a Dim Bulb Tester for this -- put a incandescent light bulb in series with the hot side of the power plug. Unlike a Variac (which reduces the voltage) the light bulb will limit the current, allowing you to troubleshoot without frying anything. The lamp should go bright as the filter capacitors charge, then go fairly to very dim with no inputs and the volume all the way down. if it stays bright or only slightly dims, you have a short somewhere. Electrolytic capacitors have a defined life, and a Philco console is what, 55 or so years old now, or older? All the electrolytic caps need to be replaced -- as they dry out they become resistors (or worse, shorts) and not only do not do what they are supposed to but can actually cause current drains or damage transistors. I just revived my 1980 Kenwood KA-80 this year, at long last, had several blown zener diodes and a shorted Darlington Power Pak output module. Couple of the transistors driving the output module were bad too, and I still have issues with the phono pre-amp I will need an oscilloscope figure out. If you don't have good electronics skills, best to have a professional work on it. A lot of those transistors (especially germanium ones) are no longer around, even on eBay and the dark recesses of old parts supply places. It would be a shame to fry something by accident that's unobtanium, rendering the console useless. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Are beat up 115s worth big bucks these days?
W115s are getting scarce -- they all rusted away. Ours certainly did. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A New Oil Specification for GDI Engines
Ignition. It's Sunday and I'm a quart low on coffee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A New Oil Specification for GDI Engines
GDI has been around a long time --- Daimler used it in the inverted V12 in the ME109. There are some issues with it that are much easier to overcome with diesel, though. Lubricity of the fuel is a big deal. Injectors and pumps wear out quickly in gasoline compared to diesel because the diesel lubricates metal on metal much better. Diesels use MUCH high injection pressure because the fuel ignites upon injection rather than with a spark, so nozzle contamination isn't a problem, any crud with get blasted off. Gasoline injectors tend to carbon up when exposed to the combustion flame, and that causes poor spray and burn issues. Daimler "fixed" that in the aero engines (and the original 300 Gullwing) by putting the injector in the cylinder wall so it was covered by the piston during injection. Very expensive. GDI has to be timed, not an issue with modern electronics, but the injectors have to be much more robust that the low pressure "inject into the intake" ones we are familiar with. On diesels, there is an expensive high pressure pump or "unit injectors" operated off the cam shaft with electronic control these days of start and stop. Also not cheap. Obviously most of the issues have been worked out if a major manufacturer is selling GDI to the public. I can think of two or three earlier attempts that didn't get past the road trial stage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Mercedes 430ML
Geared for towing, large frontal area (about twice a sedan) and an order of magnitude higher under-body drag. Same deal as other SUVs and pickup trucks. Probably rather high rolling resistance too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Headlight polishing
Headlight protection film or the glass lenses? I've not used any, should show up in a google search though. Glass lenses are better if you can find them for your vehicle. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Headlight polishing
When you have them all polished and clean, apply some 20 mil (or whatever it is) protectors. They squeege on with water and can be peeled off. With them installed, they are thick enough to prevent UV damage to the lens, so when they turn yellow and hazy again, you peel off the no yellow and hazy protector and install a new one on the still clear and clean lens. If fixed the issue on the Golf -- I installed glass headlight covers. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?
The vast majority of the pie filling pumpkins are grown in a small area in Iowa (I think) -- a specific variety that isn't common elsewhere. Those big decorative pumpkins don't make good pies, you want the small "sugar" or New England Field ones. The big ones have watery slop for pulp when cooked. Production problems have been more common up that way the last couple years. Excessive rainfall, too cold too late, too hot and dry too early. And this year the field labor to pick them probably came down with CoVid 19, it's the same immigrant (often illegal) labor that handles nearly all commercial produce in the US. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I guess this tire is done
Replace. Belt is coming off, it will only get worse. Looks like just about worn out anyway, legal is 1/16" and I don't like to got that thin, risk of hydroplaning on the highway is too high. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Daimler cheated too? (I'm sure VW feels better now)
No, the testing is supposed to be done with exactly the same operational parameters in the computers as real world driving conditions. The fine is for writing software that figured out when the vehicle was being emission tested and using DIFFERENT operational parameters in order to meet the test. Of course it didn't when run on the road, it wasn't intended to. The law is quite specific about this. VW decided to cheat instead of using BlueTec technology, and got caught.. Seems Daimler did something similar, although it doesn't seem to have been so egregious. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Daimler cheated too? (I'm sure VW feels better now)
The problem with the diesels and NOx is that it's not possible to meet the standard. With ANY diesel engine. Bad standard, as the NOx isn't all that much worse than what's produced by gasoline engines, which also produce quite a bit of particulate pollution. The real solution for clean air is to turn the clock back to the 1930s, when we had integrated communities with work, schools, stores, and professional services close by and intelligent urban design that moved large numbers of people the same direction at the same time. We allowed GM, Standard Oil, and Goodyear Rubber to addict us to driving all time, which I'm coming to intensely dislike. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] yellow jackets are back
More likely you didn't kill the brood, and they emerged a few days later. Nest is probably basket-ball sized down there in the ground. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hey, You Screwed Up -
The drive train on the Pinto was excellent. Body was, well, 70's whacko styling and poorly made. If the fashion of copying Japanese styling had been then instead of now, Ford might have made a decent car. Ugly styling, with uncomfortable seating and deadly gas tank (saved money by leaving the originally designed shield out!) but mechanically quite good. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Highest Mileage MB You’ve Owned
M7 87 is well past 400k now. Haven't driven it this year, need to bleed the brakes and change the tranny juice and filter on the off chance that will fix the failure to shift into first as stop signs (more likely it needs a rebuild). 88 300TE is nearly virgin at 270k, but my mom drove it minimal miles for a decade. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes 1972 280SE 4.5 V8 Parts Car Runs 108 Body - $1, 850 (Franklin, NC)
Both my 72's were rust disasters -- everything below the belt line was rusted through or on the way -- doors, sills, rockers, floor pan, subframes. Ditto for my brother's 75 300D. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes 1972 280SE 4.5 V8 Parts Car Runs 108 Body - $1, 850 (Franklin, NC)
"Anything can be fixed" Not rust on a W108/109 unless you replace all the sheet metal. Russian steel, well known for being horrible. Rusted badly even in Germany. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W124 E300D: What's this?
No, the AC drain is over the transmission. I've replaced them on the wagon. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W124 E300D: What's this?
Fuel tank air vent I'd bet. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Taildraggers
During WWII the 240D was definitely the DC-3. Tens of thousands of them built, very tough, very reliable for the era. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
I lost a tree a couple weeks ago to a lightening strike. And 500 bucks to get it down and cleaned up. I lose a DSL modem periodically. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Time for an oil thread
Unless there is something in there that does the same thing as ZDDP, the lack of it will result in excessive wear of flat tappets. The vast majority of modern engines use roller tappets or some other hardened plate sliding lever for valves, it's the old school pushrod engines or "bucket" tappet engines like the Benz 600 series that have trouble without ZDDP. The additive increases wetting of the steel (that is, the oil stays on it rather than creeping off) so the tappets are dry when then engine is started and oil gets to them -- which usually takes a few revolutions. Rodders have fits finding proper oil, all those old Ford and Chevy pushrod engines have flat bottomed tappets. Most truck diesel engines also are pushrod engines -- at least the common Cummins, etc, and so oils certfied for them will contain the correct additives for flat tappets. Ditto oil for VW TDIs, at least up to the latest versions. The zinc is a problem for several reasons -- it's toxic in soluble form to aquatic life, and zinc oxide from tine inevitable combustion of blowby and cylinder wall carry up causes wear, it's very abrasive. However, unless someone has invented something in the last few years that does the same thing as ZDDP -- zinc diphenyl diphosphate I think -- you have to have it in flat tappet engines to avoid cam and tappet wear. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I found another leak
Buy and install a new radiator. That one is shot. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Problems with Windows 10 Laptop
Probably one of Microsofts 400GB OS updates. It may not respond until it's finished. My computer at work does that all the time. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing?
Bloomington is cooler than Evansville, we are on the river here and muggy doesn't quite describe night weather here. Usually lots of foggy mornings with very heavy dew. Not so much in Bloomington, although it's warm and humid there too. Went college at IU in the 70's. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing?
I also remember my shoes mildewing in the closet in those days, so it wasn't much cooler or drier. I don't miss not having AC. Mom remembers the summer of 1936 when the temp got up to 107F. I think they may have had an electric fan. Only thing air conditioned was the new theater in town. with a large steam powered vacuum unit -- must have been pure hell working the boiler in there! Salt pills were new then, and probably helped when you were dripping sweat all day. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 48.5mpg
If it makes serious smoke under hard acceleration, the EGR is stuck open. Or at least not closing properly. Had this issue on the Volvo TD, very serious smoke. Plated off the EGR on that one, it really only needed the actuator rod cleaned so it closed properly (and all the goop cleaned out from using dino oil in it). In your case you will have to fix it, which is probably why the car went for cheap. It will run better when it's working -- unlike gasoline cars, max EGR is just above idle and drops as the fuel comes on. If it doesn't close under acceleration, you don't have enough oxygen for the fuel going in and it smokes badly. Wide open at idle doesn't have much effect as you aren't putting very much fuel in. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 48.5mpg
That's what I get in my VW Golf, so it may be a small overestimate. Not that I would complain if it's real, mind you! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Frequent fliers thoughts on bulkhead seats?
On several trips my Mom and I were moved to bulkhead seats when we got to the gate (Delta). Never available when I was making reservations, but for someone with limited mobility -- Mom needed a wheelchair in the terminal -- they are great. No seat tray in front of you on a DC-9 or whatever it was called by then though, so that can be an issue. My favorite seat was the emergency exit row over the wing on a 747 -- one row of seats missing there, infinite leg room. Wonderful on a trans-Atlanitc flight. Worst seat ever is the second to last row, window seat, on the same plane. Fuselage shape gives you a triangle of foot space just large enough for your feet. Seemed like forever before I could get off, stuck next to a chain smoker, too! Which should tell you how long ago that was! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Plane broke down
Worst trips I've ever had were the time I was flying into Louisville on Eastern in a 727 and we got caught in a micro-burst on final approach and flying from Philadephia to DC in a Twin Otter in a hurricane (David, '79). The micro-burst was terrifying -- just as the pilot rotated (those 727s are rear heavy and always droop on landing) the plane fell out of the air having lost all lift due to sudden tailwind. Dropped off to port pretty hard -- I don't think the wingtip missed the ground by much -- and slammed down on the port main gear. Hard enough to see the cabin twist and the overheads all popped open. Didn't know it at the time, but the standard drill for a 727 under those conditions is to attempt to reduce impact by applying any lift available to prevent driving the gear up into the body as the result will be a severe and immediate fire, so we bounced up, landed hard on the starboard gear, bounced up again, bounced on both gears, and finally slammed down. By this time the runway ahead was pretty short, so the pilot applied full brakes and full reverse thrust. Quite the experience if you've not been on a 727 making a minimum rollout landing -- face in the seatback in front of you, all sorts of crap that had fallen out of the overheads sliding down the aisle. I believe it's 2000 ft or less from touchdown to full stop on those things, they were designed specifically for short runway high altitude steep takeoff and landing situations. It was s stop-over continuing flight, but everyone, including the pilots, got off and walked around, and I would assume the plane was looked over pretty well, we were late leaving. Didn't even blow a tire, good pilot. I don't want to do that again. The Twin Otter trip was also bad, plane was dipping and diving so badly they couldn't serve coffee, no way to get the cup to your face. Never seen the ailerons move significantly on a commercial flight, and they were flapping around all over the place as we zoomed up and down and sideways. Water dripping out of the AC vents, No one got sick, but I think that was because we were all too scared. Flight from DC to Charlottesville a couple hours later wasn't much better, and I got completely soaked getting to the terminal. Had to wait for the tornados to die down before we left DC, but at least the aircraft was a YS11 and big enough it didn't get tossed around like a cork. Still pretty rough. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Update on the 210 cooling situation
Does this car have an electric fan? If so, might remove it and look for a ton of smashed bugs between the fan and condenser. Had this issue on the wagon, ran a lot cooler after I got the crap out of the condenser and radiator, especially after I replaced the condenser -- had a hole in it and oil from the Freon caused a ton of dirt to stick. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Update on the 606 with possible blown head gasket
I would replace the thermostat, they often don't work well after being overheated. Check the operation of the electric fan if so equipped as well. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Update on the 606 with possible blown head gasket
I'd not be too upset by that temp idling with the AC on at 95F. You should be getting the high speed electric fan cycling at that temp though. Get proper coolant in it soon though -- water will be boiling in the head if the pressure isn't high enough. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] So basically it is airborne and anything less than a N95 is a waste of time?
Legionnaire's is a bacterial disease, comes from soil being disturbed and/or bacteria growing in cooling towers and the mist being drawn in to the air handling system. Not quite the same as a virus. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Don’t go to New Mexico
Quarantine laws are still in the books in all states I think. You can be restricted to your home if you have an infectious disease by force. Completely Constitutional. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal
New Zealand, Australia, China (especially China), Italy, Germany, Greece, Spain all had good luck with initial lockdowns. Big economic hit, but far less severe than a health system collapse and a real rather than induced economic downturn. The problem is that far too many people think getting the case load down to manageable means they don't need to keep practicing all the things that got it down in the first place. I have a couple friends who have made more than one trip to vacation spots recently, for instance. Plumb nuts, there is absolutely NO reason to assume vacation spots are safe, at all, ever, especially when going there involves consumption of large quantites of alcohol in public. Unfortunately, for those friends the alcohol part is the main reason for going. The message should be "act like it's 1900 -- no antibiotics, no treatments, no drugs, no vaccine" -- the way out of this is to treat it like any disease outbreak prior to the advent of antibiotics in the 1940's. Quarantines, social distancing, face masks (which worked pretty well in 1918 too) and stay at home! We will get there, just gonna take a million extra dead people before the unwashed masses figure it out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Barry Manilow
No CDL in those days. I worked a coupe concerts with a friend of mine who worked for the local promotion company. Lotta hot sweaty work to listen to bands I didn't care for, but it paid. Got to find the correct wine and pick the red M out of the candy -- and much later found that those things were in there to make sure the local guys were reading and fulfilling the contract, the band didn't much care. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Mini Split AC Units
I need this information as well, I'm figuring out how to set mine up. I'm done with window units I think. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Rusty 2004 dodge sprinter travails
My brother bought a Ford van when he lived in Livonia, Michigan. Great mileage, ran good, most of the body was in decent shape, but six or seven years after he moved to Seattle, he got rid of it. Had to do brakes and was afraid to touch anything underneath for fear large chunks would break off, very rusty in spite of special undercoating and regular washing underneath. Everything rusted away in Canada, I even had all the fins corrode off the radiator on my Dodge Aries. Terrible salt, and no way to wash the car reliably in the winter when daytime temps are below Zero F. Ladas were the worst though -- not uncommon for things to fall off and axles to come out on corners. Russian steel from that vintage (80s) was terribly vulnerable to salt. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: An Epson printer back from the dead
Lol, that was funny -- not in haha, but I'm in the process of unclogging my WF 3640 after a serious crash -- new power supply, new formatter board, replacement used printhead! And my trusty 1400 has hit the master ink pad saturation timer and I'll have to reset it and get it working again!! Glad it worked for you. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Lemons don't come cheap
Always wanted a DS-21. Very very French car, hydraulic suspension, lowest drag coefficient of any car made so far as I know. A bit underpowered by modern standards. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study
The only one we've had that gets close to the same description of CoVid-19 is the H1N1 flu a few years back. That one turned out, fortunately, to be far less virulent and far less transmissible that early indications, so it was not declared a pandemic. Certainly here it was just a bad flu season. Of course we have a vaccine that more or less works for influenzas, and even if the vaccine isn't exactly right, it reduces severity in most cases. Don't have anything yet for this one, speculation and "educated guesses" aside. FEMA did not exist yet for the 1950' flu pandemic. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] How to get used to progressives
You will get used to it fairly quickly. First time I tried progressive lenses I nearly got sea-sick, but in a couple days I no longer notice, except that mine have the start line too high to drive with them, the idiot girl who set them up for me insisted the progressive start above the pupil line! I have to tilt my head down to see the road. Normally use contacts, so I've not replaced the progressive lenses yet, probably next year. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I think I managed to blow the head gasket on my e300
Bad fan clutch for starters. If you had a cracked head or blown head gasket you would probably have oil in the reservoir by now. Easy to test the visco clutch -- when it's hot, have someone shut the engine off while you watch the fan. If it doesn't stop within a rotation or two, it's out of oil. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mini splits
Thanks for the input. Still exploring options -- don't need a huge amount of cooling, 1600 sq ft, shade on the roof at all hours of the day now. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mini splits
I'm considering mini-splits (probably a big not so mini four way one) as I have hot water baseboard heat and window AC. The windowsills are getting trashed from the window units, the house isn't sealed well, and I have absolutely no intentions of ever giving up my baseboard hot water heat, so my options are a central unit in the attic with holes in the ceiling and heat loss through the ducting or mini-splits. I'm thinking for 7 grand I can put a four split in, large unit in the living room which will do the kitchen and my bedroom (converted porch with a brick internal wall) and one each in the three bedrooms at the back of the house. That would locate the exterior part near the electric service and no more than 15 ft from any of the interior units. Cheaper than the metal shingles I put on a few years back. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Dichotomy
I remember those days, had to decide if I wanted to buy a computer to do my thesis or buy a good typewriter to do it, about the same cost (or rough it and pay a typist). My first was an Apple II clone (Laser was the brand, I think) with two 5.25" floppy drives. Had that for a few years and swapped up to a 286 with an amber monochrome monitor and two floppy drives by the time I was working on my PhD. The Department had a HyType daisy wheel printer for final output, hand fed. Quite chore printing a 90 page document. Good old days, eh? Sometimes I think I prefer them, since I have to battle tomorrow to get the license fixed on some Agilent GC software, stupid hard drive crashed and I had to re-image the drive (Windows 10 is just as much a pain in the rear as Windows 286) wiping out my license file. Naturally, the guy that set it up two years ago got himself fired and the digital copy he had is nowhere to be found Strangely it seems to be only honest people with these issues, the malevolent hacker types have all sorts of ways around such things Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A question for Poos
Racism is alive and well, sadly. And we have an Administration that give a wink and a nudge to extremists, who have decided that it's perfectly fine to go nuts. One thing we have going for us these days is that most people have cell phones that can record decent quality video of significant duration. That is how we now KNOW that oustiders are showing up at protests, smashing windows, setting fires, and the slipping away to commit crimes (usually theft and arson, it appears) while leaving the protestors to take the blame. Won't work like it did in the past because they are getting filmed doing it. Times are tough for a lot of people, and there are always sociopaths who will cheerfully exploit widespread discontent to achieve their real ends, which are chaos and societal disruption. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 190D
My 2004 Golf reliably gets 45 to 48 mpg. Rather low for that model, my brother routinely got 52 on the highway in his 05 Jetta. I suspect the low profile tires (which I don't care for, but came with the car) and the bad struts up front aren't helping any. Or the dragging rear brakes I really need to replace tonight, new calipers, rotors, and pads. Still can't complain too much, at least until I retire in a couple years. Still have that 70 mile a day commute till then. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Now it's the washing machine
Leave the door ajar, and wipe out the little puddle on the seal. I also use a half scoop of plain unscented OxyClean per load unless I'm using bleach. No mildew, clean clothes. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Crack in radiator
Replace with new. Upper radiator hose blowing off on the highway is expensive. Cost my sister a new head on her Volvo 940 wagon. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Now it's the washing machine
I bought a Bosch at least ten years ago. No issues at all. Not cheap, but then you do often get what you pay for, eh? I don't know how available they are now, I got mine at Lowes when they discontinued them. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What is the deal with light bulbs?
I've found all I need at Lowes as a rule. Also at the grocery. I've gone back and forth on Kelvin rating, I prefer the daylight ones, but they sometimes seem too blue. I can find 100W equivalent easily (which reminds me, I want one for the bedroom ceilng fixture). The only LEDs I have had fail so far are one of the very early "corncob" cheap chinese one, the twin of which is still working as well as new in the basement, gotta be six or seven years now. I also had an exterior flood lamp fry, but it was obviously separating in the middle and I assume shorted from water accumulation. They should last a decade or so in normal use, far longer than any incandescent I've ever had. I've been replacing incandescent lamps in the audio equipment with LEDs too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 92 Mercedes Benz 300D 2.5 Turbo
The space between the numbers turns white if the odometer is rolled back on those odometers. Smart criminals take them apart and re-set the wheels that way. All of my are a little off by the time they hit 300k. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.
There is no "re-infection" due to a mask. The virus is all over the body, but only infects cells with the correct receptor protein. It is already in your nose and throat, that's where the droplets are produced that permit transmission of the virus. The mask will slightly raise CO2 blood levels, which is annoying because it makes you feel out of breath, but does not significantly lower blood oxygen so far as I know. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.
"No, they wear masks during surgery to contain any sort of virus or bacteria they may have from infecting the patient while they are opened up for surgery. " Bingo -- and masks are highly effective at that, which invalidates the opinion piece completely. The point of the mask is much more to prevent transmission from an infected person to a non-infected person than it is to prevent a non-infected person from getting infected. Cloth face masks have been standard procedure for reducing infections in this sort of disease, going back at least a couple centuries. Note that howling protests in San Francisco during the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in fewer people wearing masks -- and many more people getting sick and dying than in cities were people tended to not complain and put them on. I dislike them intensely, but wear them anyway. We even wear them at work if we are out of our normal work space. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.
There is no science in that "study" -- it's an opinion piece. There is absolutely NO evidence that wearing a face mask "concentrates" the virus and causes infection of the brain, the virus is already circulating in the bloodstream. If any of this was true surgeons would not wear masks in surgery. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out
Karl: This is what needs to happen. Sadly we live in a country which at the moment is completely focused on self, with a lot of money being spent on keeping us that way. Somehow the right of political freedom and freedom to practice religion becomes freedom from responsibility and law, along with forgetting that EVERYONE has the same rights, and when one person's rights stop when they collide with another's! With no treatment and no vaccine any time soon, we have to use the same disease control practices used a century ago, with the plus that we CAN test for this virus, accurately and fairly rapidly. The social disruption would have been a lot less if we had quarantined people traveling from Asia in January, not just refused non-citizens entry. This is a virus, not a nationality, after all. Probably should have quarantined everyone coming into the country. That and rapid contact tracing would have vastly reduced the spread. Disruptive, sure. Smart, absolutely. Doing what South Korea and Taiwan did would have pretty much eliminated the virus before it spread everywhere, but it's "politicially incorrect" to advocate for sane public health measure these days. I have a friend with MS. He is terrified to leave the house, is having groceries delivered. If he gets it, he's very, very likely to end up dead. I'm high risk -- 64, out of shape, history of asthma and heart disease. I don't want to die early either. Wear your dd mask! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out
Actually, isolation is the only way to stop the spread. This is an unusual virus in that it's possible to actually stop the spread, difficulty is that it can have a long incubation period with virus shedding going on for some days before symptoms get bad enough to send someone in for testing. This isn't the first time, either -- SARS and MERS are similar viruses, just much less transmissible. Another long forgotten incident involved fur animals in Manchuria in the early part of the 1900s, when no vaccine was possible. That outbreak was traced back to harvesitng sick animals for fur, and was stopped by guess what, cloth masks and social distancing. The key to stopping the spread is testing and contact tracing -- if people can be tested easily, it's possible to break the chain of transmission, and when no more people are getting infected, eventually the virus will no long reproduce. My local county has always had a pretty strong public health department, and has been on top of tracing and testing since the start -- luckily, we are more or less remote here, and full state wide social restrictions were in place before the first cases showed up. The result is that we have just over 200 cases for 200,000 people and two deaths. Case number per day is down to five or six, and I believe nearly all of them were people in observation for exposure. Couple people refused to self isolate and were promptly served with stay at home orders by a local judge -- we still have quarantine laws on the books from when there were no antibiotics or vaccines for common illnesses like scarlet fever a measles. while it may seem very harsh and draconian, the lockdown in China worked. You have to understand the filtering of news there, but I suspect the reported case numbers are reasonably accurate -- if the Parry lies too much, they will be overthrown, it's how things work in China. South Korea and Tiawan, both of whom had serious issues with SARS in the 90s, have very low cases as well. One point more -- nightclubs opened in Seol, and at least 126 cases have come from a single club over a couple nights. This is what I'm worried about with the lunatics that squeal about how their "rights" are being infringed by public health measures. Only takes one jerk ignoring the health rules to infect hundreds of people in close quarters. Ditto for the boob that insisted he run his barber shop in spite of the shutdown -- he's now positive and who knows how many of his clients are too as a result. I definitely error on the side of caution, it's why I've driven a Benz for decades. Hardly an imposition to wear a mask compared to getting really, really sick or killing my elderly mother. We are not all isolated sovereign states with no responsibilities, we are a community and need to remember everyone is entitled to what we are. Or as my Grandmother used to say "You have your rights, true -- until they run into mine, and you are standing on my toes" Far too many people who blow on about their "right" to do whatever they want are notably absent when it's time to take responsibility for the results of their actions. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT hard ice cream vs soft
-40 would take a two-stage system using pentane as the second coolant. We had a -80 freezer at the hospital I worked in 40 years ago. Big beast. I'm pretty sure grocery store freezers are -10 Freon single stage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 E320 rear end howl
Another clue for bad wheel bearings is minor cupping on the inside or outside of the tire. Had this happen on the Audi before I get the new bearing in, and both rear tires on the Golf were wearing funny. Turns out, after I had a bearing get really bad on a long trip, that both were bad, and the chip in the race was in the same place in rotation. The very minor bounce causes cupping, which was driving me nuts. Two years later on new tires and they are fine once I put the new bearings in. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 E320 rear end howl
A lot less than pounding for an hour with the MB tool only to have the hub refuse to move. I've had the bearing stick so badly I had to have a shop get it out, and they nearly called me to have them order another steering knuckle -- that was on the Audi. Only really bad part is the parking brake linkage. Otherwise it's just an extra three bolts and a tie rod end plus the two bolts on the caliper. And you can use a press to get things in and out, works great. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 E320 rear end howl
I have replaced one on a Benz, four cars, probably 300k miles total over the years (twenty). That one may not, in fact, have been bad. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 210 E320 rear end howl
We have found the easiest way to change rear wheel bearings (or fronts, in FWD VW/Audis) is to remove the wheel carrier. A rear PITA, but I've found the hub is almost impossible to get out on the car, it takes a press. While you have it out, replace the spring link bearing. Check the rear links before you start, it's easy to replace them with the wheel carrier off. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Face mask
Very cheap insurance, and only moderately annoying. I'd rather wear a mask than be sick or dead, and definitely rather wear a mask than make someone else sick or dead. Sadly we live in a nation of very spoiled crybabies who through tantrums the very instant someone says they aren't the most important thing in the universe. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Sputtering four five zeeruh
FI trigger points are different than ignition points. Weren't readily available 15 years ago when I needed a set . They go in the lower part of the dizzy and operate the fuel injection nozzles. Might get some through the Classic Center, but I'd bet they'd be $500 or more. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Sputtering four five zeeruh
Biggest problem with D-Jet is worn distributot and oil on the trigger points, which are no longer available. Bad trigger points equals no injection. Vacuum leaks are a huge issue as well, some easy to fix and some not so easy. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts specials for 107s
I can give you are real special on a 1974 cross-member, engine, and transmission. They need to find a better home than my garage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hotels
Toronado had a transverse engine, chain coupled transmission if I remember correctly (torque converter on the bell housing, chain drive to the front of the tranny which pointed the other way). ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Evolution in Action
More people moving into gator territory that have no idea how fast they can move for short distances. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT I am both scared and intrigued
Much better after Ford took them over. In fact, my buddy Hans had a good story -- he pulled one into the shop to work on it, and had to drop the lift to make sure he was working on a Jag -- doesn't know how Jag managed to build a car that had oil dripping of the FRONT bumper every time he worked on one. Current one was bone dry underneath -- first time he'd ever seen that. Same parts, same factory, someone else in charge I guess. The V12's are terrible, the head design is bad and they suffer from all sorts of heat related issues, most seriously engine fires when the fuel injection hoses fail and spray fuel on the over-hot exhaust. Best bought only as display pieces. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Motherboard/Intel CPUs
Good point. Single machine so probably not an issue for me. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Processed foods
Salt is very much over-used in America, particularly in processed food. It goes a long way to cover up the lack of flavor in processed foods, and the hang-over from salt preserved foods is still there. Big difference between preventing spoilage and flavoring. I cringe when I watch culinary shows, they teach chefs in all the major schools to use at least ten times as much salt as I would ever think of using, it goes in by the tablespoon. My father died from heart disease in the mid 70's, and for the last year of his life we had completely unsalted food. I still use very little. My response to the "salt enhances the flavor" is that SALT is a flavor, and you've trained your taste buds to expect huge amounts. Back before Campbell's was forced to reduce the amount they were using, they had raised the level in their canned tomato soup to 4000 mg per serving, roughly a TABLESPOON of salt per cup. I'm not sure there is that much salt in seawater. I couldn't eat the stuff. That much salt is for sure gonna cause the vast majority of people to retain large amounts of water, not a good thing especially as we get older. I used to date the top of my pound container of salt, just for fun. Usually lasted me a year or 18 months unless I made a lot of pasta. These days I use more than that because I've been salt preserving pork (bacon and Canadian bacon mostly), but even then I don't use huge amounts, and I don't eat more than three or four thin slices of bacon a couple of days a week. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Blower resistor replacement
Rule of thumb from back in the day is that 90% of the calorie intake of an animal is "wasted" -- that is, does not appear as weight due to growth. As I pointed out in my Ecology class all those years ago, animals MOVE, and consume quite a bit of energy doing so, plus normal metabolism and maintaining temperature uses calories too. Plants don't thermo-regulate, and movement is quite limited, being driven by the movement of water in soft tissues by and large. No brain, so no nervous system burning glucose either! What means in real terms is that a pound of meat takes a whole lot more sunlight to make than a pound of high oil plant seeds. Point taken on the "feeding the masses" -- eventually we will eat the planet brown if the population keeps growing. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - Motherboard/Intel CPUs
I wonder how much "upgrading" is just changing things to make them use more computing power for the same end. I have an old MacPro 2.1 (I think), and other than having to jump though hoops to upgrade past 10.6.8, it does anything I need it to. Main problem these days is that no one updates "old" software (anything older than six months, it seems), so I get web pages that won't work, have to buy new software that does exactly the same thing the old stuff does but requires "new" OS functions. Bloatware to the max! There have been few, if any, speed increases over the last decade (or two, for that matter) -- silicon based CPUs aren't going to run over 3 GHz without liquid nitrogen cooling, and more than four or six cores and the coordinating software eats all the functional gains. Same deal with cell phones, I upgraded because Verizon is dropping CDMA/1x service and my phone was that style. A bit cranky, but a charge lasted a week of moderate use. New (used) Samsung has the be charged a couple times a day and is a royal PITA to use as a phone. Too small to use as a computer, and the keyboard was obviously designed for small children, can't seem to ever push just one key at a time with my XL sized fingers. I'm becoming an old grump. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nice looking 124
The oil leak at the front requires a new head gasket on the 104, not just a new seal and front cover replacement. I looked at one a while back, should have bought it and dumped the wagon. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Racism
Yeah, my sister in law is Nigerian. Her father is a retired Anglican priest, lovely people now that Mom has learned enough English to communicate with the very language defficent local family (us). Very different culture, but I enjoy the difference. Far less individual "me-ness" much more community inclusion. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Cheap 87 300D in Poosland
Lol, lotta folk around here claim they can get from southern Indiana to "Florida" in 11 hours. Maybe, if you average 95 mph and are going to Destin in the Panhandle. Miami is a good solid two day trip of 10 hours each, give or take a bit, running with traffic on the interstate. Naturally, the times I've done this involve several traffic jams and all good weather. I made a stop in Warner Robins both ways, it's about half way. Was feeling bad on the way back (bad cold or flu the entire trip, what a way to spend Christmas!) so I stopped overnight in Clarksville, TN at my brother's too. Georgia border to my sister's house in Hollywood at the time was 625 miles. Miami is another 30 min or so, 45 to the airport. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Cafe au lait oil?
Could just be condensation -- I'd change the oil and filter pronto, no more idling! Sadly, it's more likely a head gasket if you have coolant loss. You did keep proper anti-corrosive coolant in there, not green stuff, right? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W124 Diesel Lifter Noise
Did you change the small o-rings on the filter holder shaft? If they are bad they let the oil drain back out of the lifter supply, and it takes a while to get the air out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] This is what you have to look forward to in 15-20 years when all the 124s and 210s are gone
Best I've ever done in the Golf is 47.5, but then I have to stop 15 times on the way to work, 17 if I hit the lights wrong on the "short" route. Rear brakes drag, in the process of changing the rear rotors (as soon as it quits raining!) so that should go up a little. My brother routinely got 52 mpg on the highway in is 05 Jetta TDI. 5 speed manual in both cases. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 1989 Mercedes 300E 4 door Project car
Pumps and filter are not bad, I've been working on them since about 1983. In fact, I changed the fuel pump in my old Audi Fox wagon in the parking lot when I was checking out graduate school and it croaked, stranding me overnight. You should check the current draw on the old pumps, if has been running high the relay gets flaky. Only thing to watch is that you have good connections! A loose or intermittent wire will drive you nuts. On the sedans, there are two pumps in tandem, on the wagon they are in series and if one goes out you are dead. Happened to me, what a pain. If the pumps are good, check the hoses and boot between the air flow venturi/fuel dsitributor and throttle valve. Serious leaks here, or at the hoses for the idle control valve, will result in hard starts warm, idle problems, and stalling. Ditto on the last for a dirty idle control valve, it goes completely closed on coast and if it sticks much, the car stalls as you come to a stop. Too many years dealing with this stuff, and I'm going to replace the injectors on the wagon next week while I'm on part time -- I'm hoping that will fix the mixture control issues and I will NOT have to rebuild the fuel distributor! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Why is gas not running about .25 per gallon?
One advantage of bunker C is that at normal seagoing temperatures it's very, very viscous. That means it doesn't slop around in tanks. Also means it has to be heated to move it at any normal flow rate, it's really what's left after all the lighter stuff is distilled out, column bottoms is the other name. High ash content too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
