[MBZ] E320 wagon with fries

2023-02-04 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks The 2002 e320 wagon car came with 2 infrared fob keys …. Previous owner said one remote works … that one had no batteries but the key doesn’t …. And the working key with unknown batteries did not operate the locks …. WELL … the housings had busted off buttons so I bought two housings for

Re: [MBZ] E320 wagon with fries

2023-02-04 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
then accept a mechanical key Xx rick > On Feb 4, 2023, at 6:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >  > You are almost too brillian to belong to this list. You may need to be > promoted. > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2023, 6:07 PM RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes >> wrote: >> Folks

[MBZ] Key fob housings I bought e320

2023-02-04 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Mobil 1 e320 hovercraft with fries

2023-02-07 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks So what is with the Mobil 1 extended performance high mileage supposedly rated for 20k miles …. Might be a good experiment for the $3k e320? Anyone done it?? Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Fakebook fone

2023-07-10 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I always call a potential buyer before they come … there is some FB scam where people want you to give them some goodie code which maybe lets them hack your Google email or maybe Google number …. You can tell a lot about a potential buyer in a two minute phone conversation Xx rick

[MBZ] Titles

2023-07-05 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks Estate executor can probably get a duplicate title as well ….. I can manage all kinds of stuff from my father’s South Carolina estate Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] Lectric cars

2023-07-07 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folk I’ve been looking for a leaf say 2012-15 for a max of $1500 or so … and they can be had for that with low range like say 20 miles … failed battery …. I am wondering if you can open the pack and cherry pick the good cells and replace the bad with some more good ones and get it back up to

[MBZ] E320 hovercraft is really screwed up now

2023-06-10 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks The 2002 E320 hovercraft wagon is really screwed up now!! We drove it around the block last night It had been losing a quart of water in say a 50 mile trip On the way home last night I was fooling around and stomped the accelerator hard at about 10 mph and then made a hard left corner

Re: [MBZ] E320 hovercraft is really screwed up now

2023-06-11 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks, I like the stop leak for the human body thoughts….. aspirin or blood thinners DO thin blood to the point that bleeding is harder to stop and I assume there are drugs to thicken it for surgery for example. As for epoxy leak stop additive or whatever it is …. Perhaps it only hardens

Re: [MBZ] E320 hovercraft is really screwed up now

2023-06-11 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks, I like the stop leak for the human body thoughts….. aspirin or blood thinners DO thin blood to the point that bleeding is harder to stop and I assume there are drugs to thicken it for surgery for example. As for epoxy leak stop additive or whatever it is …. Perhaps it only hardens

[MBZ] OT powered stapler

2023-06-03 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
FolksI could never get any of those small arrow, I think, electric staple guns to do anything … but then I probably was borrowing them from neighbors. When I just redid a 9x12 screened porch I bought this3PLUS HT5014SP Pneumatic 20 Gauge Stapler, T50 Upholstery Stapler, 1/4-Inch to

[MBZ] Bought a new diesel truck

2023-08-01 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks Since the transmission is pretty screwed on my rollback I bought another isuzu 1999 (Chevrolet branded) box truck with 2500# lift gate … 280k miles … I have to fix ac brakes and tires not cheap at $6500 but prob ok deal in the current market … and it was in Savannah and bought from a

[MBZ] R12

2023-07-27 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
> Folks There is r12 available on FB and ebay etc ….. Craigslist I’ve bought and sold lots of it usually buying for about $10 per lb or can 12oz then sold it for prob 20$Contact me directly if you can’t manage to get enough for the car Xx rick ___

[MBZ] Georgia 1985 300td

2023-07-21 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
> Folks You don’t need a title for 1985 or earlier cars in Georgia … bill of sale is all you need … does not have to be notarized I guess we are the new Vermont …. If you sell such a car out of state I think Georgia has a letter that states title not required In other business the isuzu

[MBZ] And it’s a diesel

2023-08-05 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … almost $5 a gal!! In Savannah the spread between diesel and petrol is only about 20 cents … I think diesel is about 3.69 or 3.79 and gas .20 less. So

[MBZ] What ev to buy

2023-08-03 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks and Andrew I would not buy a VW anything If you want to go cheap, buy a used Nissan leaf … they are really sweet …. I drove a friends 2012 around Atlanta some .. it was nice …. The newer you buy, the longer the range My daughter had two teslas … a used model S and a bought new model 3

[MBZ] “I WON’T BUY AN EV….”

2023-08-03 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I won’t buy an ev …. How short sighted I won’t drive a horseless carriage … what 1910 I won’t fly in a plane …. 1930? I won’t have an automatic transmission?? What year as that I won’t have a cell phone … smart phone …. Computer etc All of these things are just tools As I work on my

[MBZ] More r12 134

2023-07-27 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks In Georgia the Walmart is full of r134a at I think $6 a can and available in Georgia for shipment even Contact me if you can’t get it where you are Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] Watering batteries

2023-06-17 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks We do not have enough time in our dwindling years …. I know a very few of you are slightly young I just watered the 2 large batteries on my rollback truck …. I didn’t think watering was a ting any more but this has caps and all cells seemed about 5 ounces low …. Since the truck is down

Re: [MBZ] Watering batteries

2023-06-17 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
ed something that hopefully save you trouble in the future. > >> On Sat, Jun 17, 2023, at 16:45, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: >> Folks >> >> We do not have enough time in our dwindling years …. I know a very few >> of you are slightly young >> >> I jus

[MBZ] Tars

2023-06-17 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I buy a fair number of tires …, plenty of 19.5 for the car hauler. I buy from Amazon Walmart and have bought a lot from tires easy …. Lately Amazon and Walmart tend to go back and forth for the lowest prices and tires ez seems to be higher than it was say 10 years ago Your results may

[MBZ] Hovercraft replacement

2023-06-21 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks & Bob The AZ white e320 wagon looks nice BUT why was transmission replaced yesterday with the supposed 119k miles …. I doubt that … or I doubt the miles. If it were about 2000 miles closer to me I would take a look Bob, thanks for watching …. I’ll just drag my spaceship up to Floyd in

[MBZ] This is a great bus

2023-06-19 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
FolksNice busLog into Facebookfacebook.comI don’t know if the link copiedMake it an rv and no CDL or DOT requiredXx rick___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] This is nice

2023-07-01 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Pardon if it was already spotted

Re: [MBZ] e320 hovercraft wagon screwed

2023-06-12 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks What is wrong is an unknown …. Maybe just head gasket, possibly more I think I can spend my dwindling years on other nightmare projects …. You buy it $2k! I have other projects such as the failed Chelsea pto on my isuzu rollback … it won’t engage and operates by putting ATF

[MBZ] Tornado

2023-06-25 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folk I think the national weather service terms are clear Tornado watch means a tornado is LIKELY Tornado WARNING means one has been SEEN on radar or in real life in the area they are referencing That is what I understand Xx rick ___

[MBZ] 300td deal

2023-05-13 Thread rick hawkins via Mercedes
Folks This could be a deal Xx rick ___ 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] 300d 2.5 no start

2023-05-06 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks Can you just put some power directly to the glow plugs and start it right up Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Printers

2023-12-25 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I use older epson r260 6 color for photo prints ….. I run them with dye ink in refillable chinese cartridges …. Ink and carts cost nothing but you need to use the printer regularly For black and white I use older HP b laser which always work to print a document Toner cartridges are

[MBZ] Merry Christmas

2023-12-25 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks, Merry Christmas to you all from the rainy beach on tybee island! Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Gas oven

2023-11-23 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks We have a lovely yellow tiny 24 inch yellow Viking range…. I bought it from a junk guy for $100 5 years ago. Lighting the oven is often flakey … delays etc. It has an igniter …. Whirlpool China ones are $20 and work and real Viking is $120 or something …. I replace them probably every

[MBZ] Some troubles

2023-12-02 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I want to buy another isuzu Npr rollback up near Atlanta on Tuesday and ended up with a blown up 1994 Camry …. Maybe timing chain …. Just a little thump at 70 mph and the engine was locked up …. Stranded 20 south of Macon …. Wrecker ride and talked a Lyft driver into taking us and the

[MBZ] Another 2002 e320 wagon

2023-12-06 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I was going to look at another e320 wagon 150k miles that I think a former list member has for cheap but he called it off … says it will idle fine but not take throttle which is actually the same problem I have with my Kia minivan …. I am about to replace the throttle position sensor on

[MBZ] Ok all you (mercedes) refrigerator experts

2024-02-04 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks, So I have a fairly new … don’t see a date 25 cuft GE bottom freezer drawer refrigerator/ freezer. I’ve had it 2-3 years. Current problem is it’s pretty warm in the refrigerator top part … like 50+ degrees and all is normal cold in the freezer. I think this happened a few years ago

[MBZ] Bamboo

2024-04-21 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I second the don’t on bamboo …. I have a stand of it behind an Athens, ga house and it has spread way more than I would have liked Drove my sprinter about 1000 miles over the last week or so dragging a trailer with a 1200 lb printing press on it . I almost lost a trailer wheel … when I

[MBZ] Can someone run a car fax?

2024-05-03 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks My GF wants to buy 2000 Toyota solara convertible …. 2T1FF28P6YC389380 127k miles Prob needs timing belt If one of you has the car fax it would be great Thanks Xx rick It’s turning to summer at the beach on tybee island ___

[MBZ] Car fax

2024-05-03 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks I thought carfax had a subscription and then you could do what you wanted Thanks for the bumper report ..l wonder if Toyota has a national database Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] I bought an EV

2024-05-21 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
lot.CurtYahoo Mail: Search, Organize, ConquerOn Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: So, folks,I drove over to Bluffton SC and bought an EV and carried it back to tybee on my rollback.Actually it’s a Ryobi zero turn 30 inch cut LiH battery powered lawnmower.It

[MBZ] I bought an EV

2024-05-20 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
So, folks, I drove over to Bluffton SC and bought an EV and carried it back to tybee on my rollback. Actually it’s a Ryobi zero turn 30 inch cut LiH battery powered lawnmower. It is pretty odd … it runs and steers with a right hand joystick and the only conventional control is a foot brake.

Re: [MBZ] Michael Doucet

2024-05-25 Thread RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes
Folks He’s famous for The band Beau Soleil … Cajun music …. I saw him a bunch of times at the New Orleans Jazzfest and even chatted with him a few times in the old days Great musician Xxxrick > Car is nice, will clean up. Currently the throttle linkage is sticky from > sitting and has no

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