Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
In spite of the conventional wisdom, it is entirely possible to be too thin, and many fad diets are lacking in nutrients. Humans have been omnivores for millions of years, vegan diets are very likely to be lacking in things like vitamin B12, which is only found in a couple plant sources

Re: [MBZ] W140 - 1999 S320 Opinions

2015-02-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Only problem is leaking front seals so far as I know, and the fix requires a head gasket, unlike the M103. Haven't heard of any other issues not related to unreliable computers. A bigger job to change a heater core than a W124 though, my brother is most of the way through doing that right

Re: [MBZ] Fat and Diet. was: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-03-03 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Using bones for soup stock (or anything else you use stock in) is as old as cooking. Best to roast the bones to get rid of some of the fat an brown them a bit for more flavor, then simmer overnight (12 hours or longer, no boiling, simmering) to dissolve all the collagen. Very rich tasty

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-02-28 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If it has stability control, be careful to stay below speeds were it actuates (it doesn't necessarily announce that), otherwise you can experience very short brake and tire life and excessive fuel consumption. My buddy Hans has had a couple go through the shop with those complaints, turns

Re: [MBZ] ML

2015-03-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Hard acceleration in turns seems to be the sort of thing that does the most harm. I'm a poky driver these days, so I'd not have much trouble I don't think, but with all that torque it may be an issue! Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-03-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
It was actually above freezing today! One more blast of cold air and low temps below 10F and I think winter is done. I'm ready for spring. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Fat and Diet. was: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Lack of B12 is very serious -- in some cases, called pernicious anemia the body stops making the cofactor necessary for transport out of the small intestine into the blood stream. The result is severe anemia. This can result in permanent nerve damage, mental impairment, muscle weakness.

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Overheating 240D more info

2015-02-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I offered to give my old 220D with the pull switch start to several people if they could start it. It was a real hoot to watch them try to find the glow plug lamp (if they knew anything about diesels) and the expression on their face when there was no start position on the keyswitch.

Re: [MBZ] One for Wilt

2015-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I think the one hanging (!) in the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH is wrinkled because it's bent. I assume it was well stripped before installation, but the skin has diagonal wrinkles in the front half. Looks as though it made a very hard landing one too many times. I don't remember

Re: [MBZ] 124 HVAC blower motor diagnosis

2015-02-21 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
It's under the blower motor in the fan housing, kinda a pain to get out (you have to hold your left hand in the right position as you fish around with your right, etc). Usually dirty, too. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 124 HVAC blower motor diagnosis

2015-02-20 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
You can get replacement electronics. Chinese, so who knows how long they will last, but the cheap replacement I put in the wagon works fine with the new blower.\ You cannot replace the controller with a resistor, it's a duty cycle controller, controls fan speed by switching the ground in

Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D more info

2015-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Faulty temperature gauge won't make it pressurize and spill coolant! Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
And you also have to maintain and repair your pipeline. Most of the resistance to the Keystone XL comes from the history (rather bad, actually) of the owners. They are notorious for large leaks and poor maintenance along with slow and inadequate response to problems in their existing

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
R-12 was banned due to the destruction of the ozone layer, which is in much better shape now that it was 20 years ago. No recent stories of pigs in Australia with skin cancers on their ears. There was no global cooling, and as far as I remember, no one I was around in those days paid any

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Craig: I also have a PhD, I'm not an ignorant yahoo from under a rock. Over the four decades I've been paying attention to this subject, I've had the opportunity to work with people directly involved in the discussion at several universities and Forestry Canada, where I did a Post-Doc.

Re: [MBZ] Klunking in the Rear

2015-02-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
W123 or W124? W124 the axles bolt to a cup on the side of the diff, you don't have to open it up. Hexhead bolts, though. Not a bad job except that the exhaust has to be dropped on the driver's side to get the half shaft out. Just changed one on my brother's 300E a couple weeks ago.

Re: [MBZ] OT Global warming (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
There has been indeed a great deal of money spent and fake data generated in the climate debate, but it's all from the fossil fuel industry aimed at convincing the general public that climate change is a hoax. None of the anti climate change people are climatologists, and the vast

Re: [MBZ] Klunking in the Rear

2015-02-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The outer joint on a half shaft is bad. Replace with a good used one or new -- new is expensive. rebuilt is usually junk. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D more info

2015-02-21 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If the flap on the bottom of the thermostat isn't correct, it won't work properly and will cause overheating if it doesn't close off the short circuit around the block it is supposed to seal off. This is designed to heat the engine up more quickly, and in spite of the very simple design,

Re: [MBZ] 124 Steering Wheels

2015-02-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If you are looking for very sharp knives that hold an edge well, you should be looking at Japanese knives, or the copies now made by Henkels and Wustoff. You will have to use waterstones to sharpen them though, a knife steel isn't a good choice for touching them up -- they are usually

Re: [MBZ] 124 Steering Wheels

2015-02-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
To reply to my own post, Shuns are not a great value in that you can easily get a better knife for less money, not that there is something wrong with them. They do have a reputation for being chippy, partially because they are quite brittle at least until the steel at the edge is removed

Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D more info

2015-02-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
What is the outside temp? Around here I'd be shocked if the lower radiator hose was warm at all even driving around in town, it's 17 at the moment, and the coolant will lose all the heat in the radiator long before it goes back into the engine. T-Stat is probably just cracked open,

Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D more info

2015-02-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Now that you have a forced open thermostat, it's time to do a citric acid flush. You will need a kilogram of food grade citric acid (should be able to find that fairly easily without spending the money for analytical grade). Dissolve in a gallon of water. Empty cooling system,

Re: [MBZ] OT faucets

2015-03-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Don't buy plumbing stuff at the box stores, it's invariably the worst possible grade available. Go to a standard pluming supply company, the one your local plumbers use. Slightly higher prices, but vastly better stuff. I need to do this myself, I grabbed a Delta from the box store last

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: Park your 2005 Toyota Camry

2015-04-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Computer control does not need 11,000 process running to set throttle position. A dumb servo system can do that with a few transistors. The system is grossly overcomplicated for a very simple task, and engines run VERY slowly (and the feedback loop is even slower than the engine, O2

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: Park your Toyota Pious

2015-04-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Blind people hate Piouses -- in fact, I believe the Feds made Toyota do something to make them audible. Blind people were stepping out in front of them because they could not hear them. And just driving one does NOT make a person a better driver. Peter

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: Park your 2005 Toyota Camry

2015-04-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
It raises other questions, for instance, why do we have untestable overly complex software replacing a three dollar throttle cable? Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Rear wiper

2015-04-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Switch on the dash, also a switch for the washer. Intermittent and regular wipe on one switch, wash on the other. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 123 vacuum pods

2015-05-03 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
There is a place that still sells diaphragms for those, Performance Products in Tennessee. Don't have the contact information at hand, and I don't know if they are in the catalog on line any more, but they have them, plus the ones for the W124. Peter

Re: [MBZ] List Mail

2015-05-03 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I think I am seeing all the emails. But then I use Earthlink, which is very unusual these days. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 123 300td AC

2015-04-29 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I wish you'd said something earlier -- you need to have a filter installed in the suction line to keep crap from the locked up compressor out of the new one -- this is likely what killed the last one. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Changes at VW

2015-05-07 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I'm firmly entrenched in the Millenial world (after 45 years, everyone is catching up to me). I'm quite satisfied with my 2004 VW Golf -- 45 plus mpg on my routine commute, very low emissions for a diesel, and running strong at 125,000 miles. The very last thing I want is a car that does

Re: [MBZ] Rear sub frame.

2015-05-06 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I agree with you 100% on getting old. Having viral cardiomyopathy that put me in the hospital with congestive heart failure over Easter isn't helping any, either! I'm more or less back up to speed, still get dizzy from the beta blocker, but able to walk full speed and get the lawn mowed.

Re: [MBZ] Rear sub frame.

2015-05-05 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Should work OK, just remember that the wagon and the sedans have different rear axles, the wagon is 49 mm at the axle nut and the sedans are 47 mm I think. It is much easier to replace subframe mounts and do most of the work on links outside the car. However, you must still tighten the

Re: [MBZ] S500 Won't Start

2015-05-10 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Check to see if the fuel pump(s) run when you flip the key on, and also run when it is cranking. If not, the relay is bad, sadly it's the monster electronic one on that car, I believe. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] S500 Won't Start

2015-05-11 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Bad crankshaft position sensor will leave the engine inoperative except when cranking, I believe. And they tend to work or not, don't usually go intermittent. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Cursed 300D

2015-05-15 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I would call a transmission shop, it's not possible to for the transmission to lock up and stall the engine, it has to be a bad converter. Worst case a locked up tranny would simply never let then engine get much above idle, but it can only stall if the torque converter is locked, not the

Re: [MBZ] My shaky front end is FIXED on my 95 E300D

2015-06-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
You should check the outer bearings on the spring (bottom) link at the wheel carrier -- they go bad when the boots fail, causing the rear end to wander and knocking noises. Could also be a shock that has leaked enough oil for the pressurizing piston to hit the operating piston on large

Re: [MBZ] what do you guys use to clean/clear plastic headlight lenses

2015-06-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
On my Golf I bought glass ones. Whatever system you use, a couple coats of automotive clear coat will protect them much better than the polish in the kits. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] American policy

2015-06-14 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I have always understood that what ended the Cold War had nothing at all to do with Reagan, but instead Chernobyl convinced Gorbachov that nuclear war was an invitation to the end of civilization -- no one would survive with a functioning economy or decent standard of living, even

Re: [MBZ] M119 oil

2015-06-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
A number of people have reported via oil analysis that Truck and Turbo is fine for VW PD engines. Mine is a 2004 and does not have the particulate burner that older oils will fill with ash, so I think it's OK. It is the only oil on the list at tdiclub that I can find around here, short

Re: [MBZ] 109

2015-05-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
There is no relationship between a W109 and the Gullwing other than they used a mechanical injection pump for fuel delivery, I don't think even the pump is the same. The Gullwing engine wasn't used all that much, it was very expensive to manufacture, and difficult to maintain (the

Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel

2015-05-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
My brother's SDL has a 30 gallon tank, and will go nearly 900 miles on a full one. He filled up once on the way from home to Alexandria, VA. My 87 300D holds 20, and in good weather I can easily to 500 miles before stopping to re-fuel. The Golf will hold quite a bit more (at least 1.5

Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel

2015-05-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The way to get accurate milage calculations is to do them over several tanks. this will average out the differences in fill, although it won't help much with pump variations unless you always use the same pump -- I can to and from work, but on the road, no. Otherwise fill the same way at

Re: [MBZ] Pumping diesel

2015-05-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Lol, that 26 gallon tank with the filler six inches higher than the top doesn't give you much room for expansion! That is why, in fact, the instructions always say not to top off the tank. Not a problem for me, as I'm half a gallon away from home most of the time I fill up, and likely a

Re: [MBZ] M119 oil

2015-05-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Truck and turbo only, it's the only on of them you mention that I KNOW has the necessary lubricants for high friction flat surfaces -- I don't know the design of the M119 all that well, but if it uses cams running on rocker arms, it needs the high friction flat surface lubricants. This

[MBZ] W115 and W123 for sale

2015-06-30 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Hey folks, my brother has decided to part with his older Mercs -- one is a 1976 300D in running condition, recently rebuilt engine and working transmission, but very rusty (no floor pans, again). Home made seat covers up front, worn factory in the rear. Restorable if you want to put the

Re: [MBZ] I killed it Jim! Then, fix it Bones!

2015-07-02 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The seat belt interlock was 1974 only. Bad idea, as everyone either hot-wired it and still didn't wear seat belts, or people who did often found it necessary to hot-wire the system so they could start their cars when it failed. Peter ___

Re: [MBZ] W115 and W123 for sale

2015-07-01 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Cars are in Evansville, Indiana. 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] Maybe I should tackle a floor rust project

2015-07-05 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
KK manufacturing may still make the floor pans, which makes it a fiddly but do-able project. And I have two repairable cars here in Indiana that need a home, along with a W108 with rust worm and a spare '74 SL engine. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Door Lock

2015-05-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
There is also a vacuum tank under the left front fender, and the typical failure there is that the rubber connector between the hard line and the tank goes bad, leaving you with a big leak and no door locks. The valve in the door can go bad too, we had to replace my brother's in the 76

Re: [MBZ] Electric transmission pole grounding

2015-05-21 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Those conductors ground the lightening arrester wire that runs along the top of the poles. If enough of them are missing you can get power surges when lightening hits the main conductors. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: 124 monovalve testing

2015-07-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Max: Never tried to take one apart, I'll look in the garage tonight and see if I still have an old one around. The real problem is that I don't believe you can get repair parts for them. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: 124 monovalve testing

2015-07-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Probably a good idea. Also check for leaks. Trouble spots are: High pressure line from condenser to receiver/dryer -- this is the first hose to go bad O-rings between compressor and mainfold on top of it, high pressure side erodes O-rings between hose manifold and compressor manifold,

Re: [MBZ] WTB: crankshaft hub

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
And the seal runs on the crank, not the hub, on those engines. Replacement seals are a few mm deeper so they run on a clean part of the crank. No help is the leaking one is not the original... Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: EPA

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Don't forget it was a CONTRACTOR to the EPA that made the woops, not an agency employee. Long history of people ripping off the Goverment on contracts. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] heat

2015-08-15 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] heat

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I drove through Phoenix in 1980 at night -- 98 F and 60% RH, a real sweatbox. In the old days, before urbanization, Phoenix was dry. Not any more. Flagstaff is still dry, I think. It was when I was there. Probably not so much this summer with all the rain. A friend of mine has his

Re: [MBZ] Woodpeckers attack!

2015-08-18 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Probably something in there, look for wood bee holes. Note that male woodpeckers love siding that makes a lot of noise, they mark their territory by hammering on hollow limbs that boom. Siding works really well for that, so do stores bee hive boxes. Peter

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
1968 saw the introduction of the new sedans -- ball joints and double joint rear axles instead of the 1952 king pin front end and swing axles in the back (and they DO jack, just like a Corvair, but they don't flip the car over. Included were anti-dive front end geometry and greatly reduce

Re: [MBZ] Why are crappy undesirable cars always in great shape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
That 4 barrel Solex is a junker. Even Solex couldn't make it work on a Benz engine, they were dogs from A to Z. Nothing desireable in any way, shape or form. Many were convered to D-jet or K-Jet, vastly easier and much more reliable. Fuel milage was terrible -- the small sedan got 12,

Re: [MBZ] Why are crappy undesirable cars always in great shape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
A Holley of any sort would be an improvement. My buddy Hans had to deal with them all the time in Germany, said they were horrible, even the factory tech couldn't get them right. The M110 wasn't bad itself, other than being rather fuel hungry and terribly noisy due to solid lifters. More

Re: [MBZ] Why are crappy undesirable cars always in great shape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Intake manifold and associated FI parts. I'd not bother with the D- Jet, impossible to find parts by now and that one requires the correct distributor, probably like finding hen's teeth forty years after they stopped production. Peter ___

Re: [MBZ] Another 108

2015-08-23 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Nope. The 3.5 was the original one, but in '70 the emissions requirements and American driving habits resulted in the substitution of the 4.5L with different cams. There are some 350 SLs around from 1972, rather uncommon -- skinny bumpers and all. I've seen one here in town a couple

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: NOW 124 shifter bushings

2015-07-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Take the lever off, it's physically impossible to insert the bushing (or get the rod back in!) with the lever on the transmission. I have the scars to prove it. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: 124 monovalve testing

2015-07-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Re-heat won't make the side vents warmer as ALL the air goes through both evaporator and heater core. Side vents will be warmer when the car is hot because there is some heat exchange from the ductwork until the under-dash cools off. If the center vent air is warm when full cooling is

Re: [MBZ] heat

2015-08-13 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Supposed to be upper 90s here all next week and weekend, so I had to put off treating my bees for mites for a couple weeks. I want to kill the mites, not the bees! I'm ready for fall, but then after living in Canada for three years I'm ALWAYS ready for fall around here Peter

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf TDI

2015-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Actually, it is, which is why the shifter mechanism has some set up that prevents leaving one fork engaged while moving to another. If one of the three cables is broken, it will stay in whatever gear selected with that cable AND engage another one, causing it to lock up. Constant mesh

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve insert?

2015-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
As far as I know, there is no insert in the W124 monovalve, I've had to replace the entire thing when they fail. Three so far... Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] 124 monovalve insert?

2015-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I have never found just the valve, I believe you must replace the whole thing. It's not at all like the ones on the W123 and W126. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT gold is crashing

2015-07-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Nah, just the logical end of the gold bug hyping. It was grossly over-priced due to speculation and market manipulation, as per usual. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf TDI

2015-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Broken shifter cable, leaving tranny in two gears at once? Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Blown fuse

2015-07-17 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Use the economy mode on the climate control. Works just like it does in normal mode. Or you can unplug the connection for the clutch at the compressor. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] '87 30TD rev counter.

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
No, that one is for diagnostics, specifically setting the injection timing with the dynamic tool. The one for the idle speed/tach is on the rear of the engine reading off the flywheel. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 124 aux fan

2015-07-20 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Low speed switch is on the AC receiver/dryer, I think the ones with the long pigtail (the other is the low pressure switch). With ignition on, shorting the two wires will cause the fan to run at low speed. You can test the fan (sans relays and resistor) by connecting the two leads at the

Re: [MBZ] w124 dash & evapectomy

2015-10-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Don't install an evaporator with copper pipes, those are the ones that fail at the crimp joint between copper and aluminum core! This is a bear of a job, one I've done once and need to do again (not on the same car). Do it right, you do NOT want to do it twice, believe me. Took me three

Re: [MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

2015-10-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Replace the fittings on the oil feed lines to the camshafts. They do go bad, and if the rear one on the drive's side blows out you can have seriously low oil pressure at idle. The low oil pressure can also be caused by a scored seat on the relief valve in the oil filter housing that limits

Re: [MBZ] 124 blower motor

2015-11-08 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If it kept blowing the fuse the bearings were bad, and it's likely you have now burnt off the wire supplying power. I believe it's switched at the keyswitch, but will have to dig up the wiring diagrams to see for sure. No fuse in the fusebox, it's direct, although there may be a

Re: [MBZ] 124 blower motor

2015-11-08 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Should be a wire from fuse 12 input side to the outside fuse box -- prior to 12/86 the 12 position was used for the 30A fuse. Melted the plastic too much, so they changed to the outside fuse. You should be able to check, a pink/gray wire from the fuse box should run the the external fuse

Re: [MBZ] 124 blower motor

2015-11-08 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If it's the ignition switch, everything else on fuse 12 supply buss will be dead as well -- if the other things work, it's a loose connection. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2015-11-13 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If you hadn't read the books, the movie was non-sense. Even if you had read the books, the movie was awful. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2015-11-13 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
You're a generation late for that movie (which stunk). Books are better, but marginal. They were great when I was 14. The movie was incomprehensible, don't feel bad if it just looks like a bad dream. It pretty much was. Peter ___

Re: [MBZ] Dune

2015-11-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I'd forgotten Lynch was the director. That's the main reason it was so bad, watching a movie he directed is like taking a dozen Quaaludes and hour. I don't think the guy has seen sunlight since 1968. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Suddenly dead cluster lights - 1985 W123

2015-11-16 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Bad ground or a crack in the trace on the cluster. Don't remember if that's the same rheostat as the W108/W116, in which case it's probably easier to jumper it when it goes bad, no longer available if it's too corroded to work anymore. Peter ___

Re: [MBZ] A Mac question

2015-11-15 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Hmm, that's very interesting, as I have 10.6 on a factory DVD and it's single layer, the drive in my early Intel books is not dual layer. how big is the image? If it will fit on a single layer DVD, try using Disk Utility to burn it. I usually use DragonBurn, it's much faster and less

Re: [MBZ] w124 dash swap evaporectomy

2015-11-06 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Heater core failure is quite rare, but you should replace the 0-rings on the pipes when you have the heater box out. Blower motor and controller can be changed without taking anything other than some trim and the wiper motor out. I've done all these so far, and need to do the evaporator

Re: [MBZ] single payer health insurance

2015-10-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
In my personal experience living in "Socialist" Canada, the very best thing about living there was the knowledge that I didn't have to worry about being bankrupted by getting sick. Unlike here were I have shelled out about 4k in medical expenses this year AFTER my insurance paid. My

Re: [MBZ] single payer health insurance

2015-10-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Canadian health care is run by the Provinces, not the National Government. I lived in Ontario, very few complaints there other than some of the supiditiies in the law due to it being last updated properly in the mid 1950s. Not covering hip replacements after age 65, and putting people

Re: [MBZ] single payer health insurance

2015-10-31 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Two things to consider about lack of social security and medicare 80 years ago. First, old people starved to death if they ran out of money and their children couldn't help them. Poverty once people were unable to work six days a week was the norm, and since people made even less in wages

Re: [MBZ] Starting a dormant Cat truck v8 diesel

2015-10-09 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I would suspect the fuel filters unless you KNOW they have been changed recently. They also act as water collectors and can crap up badly with little or no warning. Fuel suppliers for large equipment are notorious for delivering bad fuel, too -- I've had to diagnose the contents a few

Re: [MBZ] do we still answer car questions?

2015-10-09 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The check valves in the pump can fail too, a cheaper fix if you can still find them. Primary cause in my experience is a crack in the section of the line where all the vacuum lines attach. You have to replace the whole line, the center section is not available separately. This may

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Mercedes Benz 280e

2015-10-09 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
If you need a second one for parts (if there are any left that are good) I have one that needs a new home soon -- like tomorrow. Spare engine and transmission. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf keys

2015-10-09 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Good to know this works, I only have one key for mine and would really like a remote for the hatch -- VW in their infinite wisdom requires a key or remote or inside switch to open the hatch EVERY TIME, which is a pain. I'm running about 45 mpg at the moment, suspect either a bad wheel

Re: [MBZ] '87 30TD rev counter.

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The connector behind the engine is usually the one that gets corroded. Mine comes and goes, along with the idle speed control, and I suppose I should get in there and clean that connector sometime. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] '87 30TD rev counter.

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The connector that attaches the tail from the sensor to the harness. It's exposed and corrodes, resulting in poor transmission of the signal (which is not voltage, but a pulse generated by the Hall Effect pickup). The result is first an erratic tachometer/idle speed control, followed by

Re: [MBZ] Another 108

2015-08-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
3.5L is the M116 cousin of the more common M117 in America. Very few were sold here, mostly prior to 1973 due to emissions problems. Basically a stroker version of the M117 (or the M117 is the long stroke low compression version of the M116). Same hp and torque with a liter less

Re: [MBZ] And now for something completely different - NOT rabbit related

2015-09-03 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I saw that. Probably not merino though, too nice and white -- Merino sheep make TONS of lanolin, and the wool isn't white when they are sheared, it's tan and VERY greasy (and in the case of a male sheep, rancid, too). I'd guess Perendale, nice white and coarse. At any rate, poor sheepie

Re: [MBZ] Non-Hurricane Damage

2015-10-04 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The aftermarket paint on the 300D suddenly failed last winter, same as yours. Rapid peeling of clear coat on all horizontal surfaces within a month. On my car, I suspect inadequate thickness, can't tell you why a Benz paint job would fail suddenly. Peter

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trial by fire for the Golf

2015-09-28 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Brake drag will definitely lower milage in your Golf -- I've picked up about 2 mpg since the rear brakes quit dragging and the pedal regained it's normal feel. I'm sure the issue was related to being parked for six months or so over the winter, but drag is drag. I'll be having the tires

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

2015-09-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
A dose of RedLine and an oil change quieted my TDI down quite a bit, and smoothed it out, too. I don't know why better oil would make the engine run that much smoother, but I noticed within a dozen miles or so. I use Mobil 1 T, it's readily available and most of the "rated" oils are not.

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