[MBZ] Charity auctions

2005-07-22 Thread Rich Thomas
In Arlington TX http://www.texascarsforkids.org/carlist.asp?page=3ID=2SortBy=MakeSortOrd=ASC 300E looks not bad Nice looking 420 needs a new timing chain needs a new valve cover Clapped out 300SD in Dallas http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=5415vType=1 --R

Re: [MBZ] Dial Indicator - Measuring Runout

2005-07-22 Thread Rich Thomas
of as an asshole. Have a good weekend everybody. -Curt Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:21:19 -0500 From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=17911order=downsort=datepos=0 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dial Indicator - Measuring Runout To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] Oribinal Prices?

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
I think you can contact MB and they will send you a copy of the original window sticker. Somebody said that at some time. I seem to recall that a 79 300TD was about $US25k or so, someone said at some time. So maybe a 76 300D was maybe $20kish? That was a lot of money back then. I remember

Re: [MBZ] Test

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
You passed. --R frederick w moir wrote: Klatta Beings, This is a test to see if I have a brain! Autocomplete is a nasty thing, sends stuff to (mumble) dot org! I'm going out to buy a pint of Moose Tracks! TTFN Fred Moir Lynn MA ___ For used parts email

Re: [MBZ] Charity auctions

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
that work? Rich Thomas wrote: In Arlington TX http://www.texascarsforkids.org/carlist.asp?page=3ID=2SortBy=MakeSortOrd=ASC 300E looks not bad Nice looking 420 needs a new timing chain needs a new valve cover Clapped out 300SD in Dallas http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId

Re: [MBZ] OkieAcres

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
Good thing you don't fish with worms. --R JabbaHursty wrote: well, here is the origin of the master chief story one of the former bimby employees, gabe, was an ex marine. so i wanted him to call me gunny, but he would not as i had not earned the right to be addressed by this marine rank.

Re: [MBZ] Charity auctions

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
Hey, you're right! I just noticed that -- when I looked at it something sorta bothered me but I didn't think about it much. I don't think those guys are too sharp. --R Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: Clapped out 300SD in Dallas http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId

Re: [MBZ] AC output smells terrible

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Thomas
There is some foamy stuff in an aerosol can they sell at Home Depot in the A/C and water filters section that you spray in, it foams up, let it sit there awhile then run the blower. Never used it but it might be worth trying. Saw something like it on a car show on TV, then saw this stuff at

Re: [MBZ] Third Row Seating

2005-07-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Must be one a them new alternative lifestyles. Do you get good rates on your insurance? --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: yes, they do, in fact, my insurance guy was also the dude who married my wife and I. Rick Knoble wrote: Your insurance guy must love you! lol Rick Knoble 1985 300 CD

Re: [MBZ] Third Row Seating

2005-07-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Great news everyone, we just got a new husband and saved a bundle on our car insurance! --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: yes Rich Thomas wrote: Must be one a them new alternative lifestyles. Do you get good rates on your insurance? --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: yes, they do

Re: [MBZ] AC output smells terrible

2005-07-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Yesterday on Two Guys Garage car show (or one like it) they demoed a product to keep your vent fresh and clean smelling, just like a summer's eve. One product you use once a year and the other to clean out the gunk. Both aerosol cans you spray in the intake and the vents. I can't find it on

[MBZ] Cool computer stuff

2005-07-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Read an article yesterday about these widget things www.widgetgallery.com http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/business/3281853 Konfabulator is a Javascript-based program that runs modules called widgets. Each widget specializes in fetching specific information and displaying it on a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Cool computer stuff

2005-07-27 Thread Rich Thomas
I have wasted some time looking at a bunch of them, there are a couple of FTP downloaders, which was a topic of discussion a coupla weeks back. --R

Re: [MBZ] Restore the old faded colar of your MB]

2005-07-28 Thread Rich Thomas
There are similar procedures using a clay block, rubbing it on the paint, then polishing with the proper polish (a very fine grit suspension in a liquid), then a good wax and buffing. I think Mothers or Meguiars sells a kit to do these steps, or you can buy the products separately. I have

Re: [MBZ] Wulf Eats Birds!

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Was it an African swallow? Was it carrying a coconut? --R Christopher McCann wrote: http://www.pictureblogger.com/Wulf-eats-birds%21 What happens when a 300SD hits a swallow at 78 mph? Check out the link. Happened coming back from Minnesota two days ago. Christopher McCann, Raytown,

Re: [MBZ] Telemarketing Reversal

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
You can read most of the Chronicle in yesterday's New York Times, except for the 4 pages of comics (intellectual content). --R Royce Engler wrote: Good one... As I was entering Sam's the other day, the huckster for the Houston Chronicle (Houston Comical???) started bugging me to subscribe.

Re: [MBZ] Wulf Eats Birds!

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
In that case the last thing to go through its mind was its ass. --R Christopher McCann wrote: yep. cuz we hit him in the back...I think his last thought was pull up, pull up!!! CM --- Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like the bird tried to make a last minute evasive

Re: [MBZ] Half Axle Replacements (W123)

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
What's wrong with them? I got a set at a junkyard for I think $60 each (not sure if that was a good price or not) and have to replace mine soon. They are heavy to ship if you find some from a lister, or just hit an automotive recycling facility. --R Paul Raheb wrote: There has been a lot

[MBZ] Stop me please before I do something I will regret

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
On an errand this morning, saw a 450SEL with a for sale, $1200. Looked pretty nice, blue/blue, paint a bit faded, a few dings here and there, interior nice. Called the guy, it's a 77, 120k miles or so, A/C working but might need a recharge, tranny takes a few minutes to start shifting right

Re: [MBZ] Stop me please before I do something I will regret

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Stop me please before I do something I will regret A/C work--$1,500.00 Trans Rebuild---$2,500.00 Cheap MercedesPriceless On 7/29/05, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On an errand this morning, saw a 450SEL with a for sale, $1200. Looked pretty nice, blue/blue

Re: [MBZ] Stop me please before I do something I will regret

2005-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas
at buy. I feel your pain! Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:37 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] Stop me

Re: [MBZ] For some reason, I really like this car

2005-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas
*THE EXUST MUFLER IS QUITE --R * Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-SL-Class-450SL-10704412023162_W0QQitemZ4564371380QQcategoryZ6338QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Re: [MBZ] For some reason, I really like this car

2005-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas
Does Southwest go anywhere near you. Just got an $89 HOU-PHL ticket, amazing. Or I will watch the car for you until you can come get it, take your time, I will keep the fluids exercised. --R OK Don wrote: Fly to Houston, drive it home??? On 7/29/05, *JJJ* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Stop me please before I do something I will regret

2005-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas
My rationale (if you can call it that) is that suppose I would end up putting in $1k or$2k over a year, then having a $2k or$3k solid, decent looking, nearly 30 yr old car, probably better than any other POS you could buy for that kind of money. Insurance is nothing, But then again it is not

Re: [MBZ] holy crap, almost a major disaster

2005-08-01 Thread Rich Thomas
Damage could have been measured in the tens of dollars. --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: So I loaded up a car this afternoon to take over to have my employees strip and prep it for crushing. They are doing MASSIVE highway construction(widening) right where I keep my cars. Anyways, as I was

[MBZ] Man Sued in EBay Dispute Over Elvis Car

2005-08-01 Thread Rich Thomas
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-ebay-lawsuit,0,830644.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines Man Sued in EBay Dispute Over Elvis Car By Associated Press August 1, 2005, 10:31 AM EDT LEVITTOWN, Pa. -- A 66-year-old man has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a beaver!

2005-08-02 Thread Rich Thomas
The head dude of the United Arab Emirates, died last November, had 18 Maybachs in his fleet. He liked cars. Used to go blasting around the desert in one of those Lamborghini 4x4s (LM400?) and it would drive his people crazy as they could not keep up in whatever they were driving. His

Re: [MBZ] Oribinal Prices?

2005-08-02 Thread Rich Thomas
That's good news. Now I can tell my wife we have a $30k car parked out front. What a bargain it is. --R Marshall Booth wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: I think you can contact MB and they will send you a copy of the original window sticker. Somebody said that at some time. I seem to recall

Re: [MBZ] MB Service Manuals On-line

2005-08-02 Thread Rich Thomas
Looks like the CD manuals being fed up the line. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I found these weblink resources that seem to go beyond the skinnerbox links: http://mb.braingears.com As Nick Burns says, you're welcome Dan Elliott 82 300D-T 83kmi

Re: [MBZ] cleaning glass

2005-08-02 Thread Rich Thomas
Stoner glass cleaner and hemp-oil soap. There seems to be a theme here. --R Alex Chamberlain wrote: Laugh all you want, but the only thing I use to clean car windows is Dr. Bronner's peppermint/hemp-oil soap (available at health food stores). It cuts the film on the insides of windows

Re: [MBZ] and now it gets interesting

2005-08-04 Thread Rich Thomas
Well, as they say down Maine, it's like a wood stove -- it wahms ya twice. In your case it wahms ya three times! --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/4/2005 11:26:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He's got a block heater but I live in a 3rd floor walkup.

[MBZ] Texas Charity Auction 76 300D

2005-08-04 Thread Rich Thomas
http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=5762vType=1 TEXANS CAN! Cars for Kids Car Details

Re: [MBZ] another 123 climate control question

2005-08-05 Thread Rich Thomas
Brunnhilde has the same problem. It doesn't really get cold enough here to worry much about heat, the defrost warms things up when needed, so I have not spent much time on this (when it's high 90s, its definitely not an issue). I will be interested to see what sorts out with your car then

[MBZ] Dallas auction 300SD

2005-08-05 Thread Rich Thomas
Says needs glow plugs, wonder if it is just the fuse? Not half bad looking, as much as can tell from the pic. --R http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=5822vType=1

[MBZ] Dallas auction 300SD]

2005-08-05 Thread Rich Thomas
Says needs glow plugs, wonder if it is just the fuse? Not half bad looking, as much as can tell from the pic. --R http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=5822vType=1

Re: [MBZ] window regulator

2005-08-06 Thread Rich Thomas
If it is anything like the TD, the old one just comes out and the new one should go in the same way, fairly apparent once you open up the door panel. A few bolts to undo, then some gyrations to get it out of the door, gyrations to get it back in, bolt it back up. It helps to undo the glass

Re: [MBZ] Dallas auction 300SD

2005-08-06 Thread Rich Thomas
be a hundred different (expensive) things. Could hurt a lot. On 8/5/05, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Says needs glow plugs, wonder if it is just the fuse? Not half bad looking, as much as can tell from the pic. --R http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=5822vType=1 Stock

Re: [MBZ] Bs or not Bs?

2005-08-07 Thread Rich Thomas
What you reall need is the Tornado air turbulizer which swirls the air to make it combust better. It installs upstream of your turbo so that by the time the air reaches the turbo vanes it is pre-turbulized. This can increase mileage to the point where you might be pumping fuel back into the

Re: [MBZ] Bs or not Bs?

2005-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas
him years away from his target. On Sunday, August 7, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: What you reall need is the Tornado air turbulizer which swirls the air to make it combust better. It installs upstream of your turbo so that by the time the air reaches the turbo vanes it is pre

Re: [MBZ] Modulator valve blues update

2005-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas
Maybe he had pan aches yesterday morning for breakfast. --R andrew strasfogel wrote: Shifting with flair means it does so with panache. I think you meant shifting with flare, i.e., surging when the gear changes. On 8/7/05, Theodore Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I removed the new

Re: [MBZ] Diaphram vacuum pump failure modes

2005-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas
On the TD vac pump there are 2 little check valves that go in opposite ways, and I think they need to be properly oriented for the particular position they sit in. The SD might be different, but you might want to check them if indeed you have them. Here is the procedure I did:

Re: [MBZ] MORE Diaphram vacuum pump failure modes

2005-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas
I guess I should read what I wrote -- there is a bit of info on the SD on this page, different repair kit but it looks like it has some of those little valves (plate valves I think they are called). --R Rich Thomas wrote: On the TD vac pump there are 2 little check valves that go in opposite

Re: [MBZ] Back on the 'net

2005-08-09 Thread Rich Thomas
1 out of 3 ain't bad --R redghost wrote: David, Welcome to the soviet socialist republic of washington. The Governor is a whore, the county executive is a great example of why affirmative action is a failure, and the diesel benz are plenty and cheap On Monday, August 8, 2005, at 08:01

Re: [MBZ] OT A find

2005-08-09 Thread Rich Thomas
Igniter coil from an oil burner. Kinda heavy but give a good voltage kick. You can make one of those things from the old monster movies with them, the thing with the two vertical rods angled a bit to each other, with the spark traveling up between them. I think they are called a Jacob's

Re: [MBZ] holy shit, this car rocks

2005-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas
You know, I was just thinking about vegetable oil, right before I thought about money. Funny how that works, huh? --R Christopher McCann wrote: Coming to work this morning...closing on a house today...utilities, mail, money, work, vegetable oil, wife, kids...the things we all think

[MBZ] Passed Over for Top Post, Head of Mercedes-Benz Will Resign

2005-08-19 Thread Rich Thomas
August 18, 2005 Passed Over for Top Post, Head of Mercedes-Benz Will Resign By CARTER DOUGHERTY, International Herald Tribune FRANKFURT, Aug. 18 - Eckhard Cordes, the head of the Mercedes-Benz car division who last month lost the race to become DaimlerChrysler's chief executive, will

[MBZ] Charity 300D front tire bent a little

2005-08-19 Thread Rich Thomas
And the front fender is missing tooand maybe some other stuff --R TEXANS CAN! Cars for Kids Car Details

Re: [MBZ] fuel experiments...bacon grease and OLD gear lube (DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!)

2005-08-19 Thread Rich Thomas
Does it smell good when you drive it? From the bacon not the gear lube (that stuff smells foul even when new, burned probably worse). I am extremely concerned however that you might be inadvertantly exposing devout Jews, Muslims, vegans, PETA activists and perhaps some erudite Hollywood

Re: [MBZ] fuel experiments...bacon grease and OLD gear lube

2005-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas
You think whale oil would work in the Benz? It is a very fine lubricant, and burns with no soot. --R

Re: [MBZ] fuel experiments...bacon grease and OLD gear lube

2005-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas
Maybe I'll get some of that stuff I get emails for, and mix it with the sperm whale oil, and the car will be much more powerful? --R redghost wrote: Right or Sperm? On Friday, August 19, 2005, at 04:48 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: You think whale oil would work in the Benz? It is a very

Re: [MBZ] transferring from video to your computer

2005-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas
You need to either buy a dongle thingie that is made for doing this -- it takes the video out of your camera and turns it into bits that go on your hard drive, I think they plug into a USB -- or a video card that has video inputs (certain TV tuner cards can do this). I am looking to get one

[MBZ] Charity 240D and 300TD

2005-08-25 Thread Rich Thomas
The ArlingtonCar list has been updated today. Please click http://www.texascarsforkids.org/Carlist.asp?ID=2 to view the list for this Saturday's auction. That white one is a TD, might not be a bad deal. --R 40 1981 Mercedes Benz 240D Silver

[MBZ] DallasCar list -- SD, SL, D

2005-08-25 Thread Rich Thomas
The DallasCar list has been updated today. Please click http://www.texascarsforkids.org/Carlist.asp?ID=1 to view the list for this Saturday's auction. 29 1985 Mercedes Benz Black WDBCB20C9FA187513

Re: [MBZ] Topsider (where to buy, what to get)

2005-08-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Did you wear Topsiders with your Dockers while doing this deed? --R LT Don wrote: As we used to say in the Coast Guard, this is a No S*** story. I did an oil change on my '77 240D last week using a Top Sider, while wearing a pair of tan Docker shorts and a Church-worthy polo shirt. The

Re: [MBZ] Topsider (where to buy, what to get)

2005-08-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Not quite, but while the initial oilsucker capitalization is very low the recurring usage costs are high but manageable! --R ned kleinhenz wrote: Rich: And I'll bet you paid more for that Bottle of Sam's Ale than you did for that oil sucker. Ned ___ For

Re: [MBZ] this would be a good project

2005-08-26 Thread Rich Thomas
she drove with low water and ignored the saftey lights and blew the head gasket I bet the hubby blew a gasket too when he found out what wifey had done to that nice pricey car. --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Homemade oil sucker...a variation on a theme...

2005-08-26 Thread Rich Thomas
I think you might be cheating, what with two vacs involved, even if one of them is a carcass. But as long as you only use maybe half a tube of caulk, you might still remain under $2. --R Royce Engler wrote: I'm in the process of converting a dead shopvac into one. After 20 years, my

Re: [MBZ] $2 oil sucker

2005-08-26 Thread Rich Thomas
I kinda like the visual feedback that a skwooshed-up puckered container provides -- it gives me that visceral feel that some kind of atmospheric physics are at work. Plus it makes the neighbors think that I am weird (well, I am sure most of them already think that, it just gives them more

Re: [MBZ] Mexico Mobil 1

2005-08-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Labels are really cheap to print up (i can do them right here on this thing). Random oil cheap to buy. Gray bottles cheap to make. At 85/qt you could probably make 50/qt profit. --R JabbaHursty wrote: as i say, we'll soon all have to move to mexico for the higher standard of living At

Re: [MBZ] Don Wills has invited you to join Kiva - populations discussion

2007-09-02 Thread Rich Thomas
Problem is, you start elevating the level of living of the other 90%, they are gonna want cars, computers, air conditioning, microwave ovens, washing machines, Playstations, Lombards, etc etc, and then global climate change is going to accelerate because they sure ain't gonna be using PV

Re: [MBZ] Now climate [was:Re: Don Wills has invited you to join Kiva - populations discussion]

2007-09-02 Thread Rich Thomas
H, that is one inconvenient truth! --R Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 18:38:33 -0500 Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case you've not been following the trends, most scientists are now jumping off the global warming band wagon. And the reason? All agree that the

Re: [MBZ] flight plans not required

2007-09-05 Thread Rich Thomas
When I was growing up (no, make that spending my first 18 or 20 years) in Ft Wayne, I learned to fly when I was 16, then worked at the airport summers (early 70s). There was a GM of some sort car dealer named Kelly who had a P51 at FWA, he would take it out about once a week and burn a few

Re: [MBZ] Steve Fossett

2007-09-05 Thread Rich Thomas
I can see the maint log book: Electrical problem needs to be fixed Two goats sacrificed, problem resolved, cleared for flt The kicker would be if they then tried to roast the beestes on the plane for lunch... --R OK Don wrote: Perhaps we need to use the Nepalese method to ensure his safe

Re: [MBZ] Cheap spring compressors

2007-09-06 Thread Rich Thomas
Nah, go down to the Home Depot and hire a guest worker to do the job for $7 an hour. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how big a deal will it be to use a standard spring compressor - using proper safety procedures of course. Which would mean standing about fifty feet away? RLE

Re: [MBZ] i really don't get how brick and mortar shops can survive today

2007-09-11 Thread Rich Thomas
At Lowes (and HD) you can order on line (I think, or at least call on the phone) ahead of time (like the evening before) and they will have your order pulled and ready to load. You also need to get the KD studs, which is usually much straighter and less prone to warping. Does not cost much

Re: [MBZ] 1985 300SD Nasty Engine Vibration

2007-09-11 Thread Rich Thomas
So is that true, these are the same product? Diesel Purge I never see, Techron is in the auto parts store. --R Marshall Booth wrote: I'd start with a dose of a superior injector cleaner (Diesel Purge delivered full strength or Chevron Techron concentrate - the same stuff for gasoline

Re: [MBZ] my $78 pawn shop kirby throws fire but keeps on vacuuming

2007-09-13 Thread Rich Thomas
Get a Roomba (vacuuming robot). Aside from doing a pretty good job with minimal intervention, it could provide hours of amusement and torture for your felines. The new ones have provisions to be programmed to do all sorts of things (like outfitting with a vid cam). --R John Robbins wrote:

[MBZ] Brunnhilde's rear end

2007-09-13 Thread Rich Thomas
I am fixin to replace a rear axle on Brunnhilde (79 TD) as it is clacking quite loudly, and pressure spheres, and maybe one of the hydraulic shocks as I thought it might be leaking a bit. I will also do brake pads. I have hyd fluid too, so will flush and replace. Figured while I was doing

Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007

2007-09-16 Thread Rich Thomas
www.openoffice.org an even better deal --R LWB250 wrote: I am far from a Microsoft pimp, but as an educational customer, I get this crap all the time... http://www.theultimatesteal.com/home.asp If you've got a student in the house and a machine that runs Windoze this is a hell of a deal.

[MBZ] OT: Chopped van

2007-09-16 Thread Rich Thomas
A couple of weeks ago someone was talking about a chopped up van. I had seen this one in the town where my dad lives, was visiting a couple of weeks ago and snapped a pic. I don't think it drives, but maybe. Looks like a vdub. --R ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chopped van TRY AGAIN

2007-09-16 Thread Rich Thomas
-- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ChoppedVan.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 14705 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070916/e1764099/attachment.jpe

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chopped van TRY AGAIN

2007-09-16 Thread Rich Thomas
An interrupted kiss --R Tom Hargrave wrote: That's a chopped buss. Tom www.kegkits.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chopped van TRY AGAIN

2007-09-16 Thread Rich Thomas
on certain elements within our country. --R Wonko the Sane wrote: Please tell me that doesn't really say Payday Loans on the side. Was it parked in a lower middle class neighborhood? On 9/16/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ___ http

[MBZ] Is this a lister?

2007-09-17 Thread Rich Thomas
Some photos too. --R http://collectiblecars.nytimes.com/View_Listing.asp?ListingID=COL706291From=F Username: tommyalanson http://collectiblecars.nytimes.com/View_Profile.asp?ProfileID=683 *Make:* Mercedes-Benz *Model:* 280SEL *Year:* 1972 *Mileage:* 95000 *Condition:* Original *Location:*

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chopped van

2007-09-17 Thread Rich Thomas
They were made in Mexico for a long time, but could not be brought to US because of safety and emissions problems. They were used as taxis there, with the front pass seat missing. Mostly painted lime green and maroonish I think. I read that in Mexico City the govt was doing some sort of

Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007

2007-09-18 Thread Rich Thomas
I.B.M. to Offer Office Software Free in Challenge to Microsoft's Line By STEVE LOHR http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/steve_lohr/index.html?inline=nyt-per Published: September 18, 2007 I.B.M.

Re: [MBZ] Quick Mercedes trivia questions

2007-09-18 Thread Rich Thomas
You were dressing in women's clothing? (and hanging out in bars?) --R tom savage wrote: Gary Hurst wrote: you are one deeply disturbed young lady Yeah. Here's what the ladies and I did this morning: http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?aid=58983sid=129827bw=hicat=78 Fast

Re: [MBZ] Quick Mercedes trivia questions

2007-09-19 Thread Rich Thomas
When I was a kid maybe 5 or 6 a friend of my dad bought one of those huge Caddies with the monster tail fins and came over to take us for a ride. I sat in the back, and found some seatbelts, which were quite a novelty so I put mine on. He then proceeded to demonstrate the rear seat reclining

Re: [MBZ] presale: 300TE IowaQ

2007-09-19 Thread Rich Thomas
Your tax dollars at work! --R Wonko the Sane wrote: By the way -- affluent DC suburb in VA is redundant. By definition it is affluent. (My last tour was in DC suburb VA.) On 9/19/07, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is from an affluent DC suburb in VA,

Re: [MBZ] Oil Sucker Instructions

2007-09-20 Thread Rich Thomas
Here's my version http://www.constructivity.net/oilsucker.htm --R LarryT wrote: Howdy - Can't figure out how to search the archives and I must have lost the email with the instructions but I recall someone having instructions for building an inexpensive Oil Sucker made from Home Depot

[MBZ] Best Movie of All Time is on

2007-09-22 Thread Rich Thomas
LeMans, 1971, Steve McQueen et al. is on HDNet Movies channel right now, complete with cheesy 1971 cinematography and music, but the cars and their engine sounds make it great. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

[MBZ] Bio-d in new Benzes

2007-09-24 Thread Rich Thomas
A buddy of mine is contemplating getting a new M diesel, one of his interests is in running bio-d in it. He has been looking at the MB web site, it says “Mercedes-Benz USA now approves the use of B5 bio diesel (standard diesel with a maximum 5% bio diesel content) in all Common Rail Injection

[MBZ] Window switch plastic thingies

2007-09-24 Thread Rich Thomas
OK, the window switch chrome plastic holder-in/together thingies on Brunnhilde (79 TD) have broken AGAIN, it is a cheapass piece of brittle plastic that does not get any better with Houston heat. Anyone have one or two of these things they could part with from a parts car? The switches

Re: [MBZ] 1987 300D turbo dies on way home...

2007-09-24 Thread Rich Thomas
Something similar happened to my son's car -- would not accelerate, ran bad -- listers diagnosed it as a clogged hose that runs from the back of the intake manifold to the ALDA. Cleaned that out, it ran much better. That does not really relate to the engine (or is the starter?) turning

Re: [MBZ] Early Fall CL cars

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/car/430874085.html -- Issetta $10k THis one Has a new Transmition And you can trade a spite For it. --R Redghost wrote: Figure it is time to share some more of the tri star cars with the rest of you. Delete as needed

Re: [MBZ] Early Fall CL cars

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Uh huh, I understand. --R Redghost wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/426951063.html -- 83 SD I own an automotive repair business in Edmonds and a car dealer permit.I'm not in the car business. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see

Re: [MBZ] Nomination for eBay's idiot of the week

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Firefox has spell check too. --R Allan Streib wrote: V Layton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1982-300D-Very-Clean-250-NEW-Parts-Under-1y-WARRANTY_W0QQitemZ320162514416QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6330QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Um you had your

[MBZ] Odd rear diff cover?

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
Was replacing Brunnhilde's axles and noticed that the diff cover does not match exactly the diff housing -- there are 2 bolt holes in the housing that the cover does not have, and the cover sorta misses those areas a bit. Would this be as intended, or might Brunnhilde have an odd diff cover?

Re: [MBZ] Odd rear diff cover?

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
I feel much better now, but now I wonder why the Benz engineers would allow such a thing to leave the factory with such an obvious mismatch? Ist not ordnung! --R Jim Cathey wrote: Was replacing Brunnhilde's axles and noticed that the diff cover does not match exactly the diff housing --

Re: [MBZ] Odd rear diff cover?

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
designed that way. The differential is tied to the driveline. The rear cover is also the differential mount, which is tied to the body. You can have several differential / cover match-ups. Tom www.kegkits.com Original Message From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09/25/07 10:02 AM

Re: [MBZ] 87 300D did it's job, RIP

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
You of course are consulting a person in the legal profession as well as specialist physicians -- those car crash injuries can require considerable convalescence and the total effects might not be apparent for some time. Then of course there is loss of conjugal pleasure while the injuries

[MBZ] DIY Digital in car gauges (multisensor display)

2007-09-25 Thread Rich Thomas
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/arduino_diy_digital_in_ca.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 This guy has designed some neat stuff for cars using some pretty cheap microprocessor stuff (the Arduino kit has lots of hobby support). Might be worth looking at for those new century upgrades to

[MBZ] try again 99E300D, 87300TD for sale Houston

2007-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas
In the paper this morning. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] try again 99E300D, 87300TD for sale Houston

2007-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas
: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [MBZ] try again 99E300D, 87300TD for sale Houston In the paper this morning. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] 126 chassis front spring removal ..

2007-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Rent Rusty's when you need it. Cheap, easy, fast and it is the proper tool that will not kill you. --R George Larribeau wrote: I want to find (fabricate if necessary) an adequate spring compressor for my 85 300SD. There is not a hurry but I intend to keep the car until 'death' (it's or my

Re: [MBZ] OT color laser printing costs

2007-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Cost per page is basically dependent on toner cartridge/tank (or whatever vessel it comes in) costs -- check to see what the avg page count is and then figure it out. Of course, finding that info might be difficult as the manfs don't want you to know that the are in the razor blade business,

[MBZ] 99 E300D, 87300TD for sale Houston

2007-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Saw these in the paper this morning. If anyone interested I could take a look. --R -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: benzes.bmp Type: image/bmp Size: 27042 bytes Desc: not available Url :

Re: [MBZ] GPS receivers

2007-09-27 Thread Rich Thomas
I got a Garmin Nuvi 680 recently and really like it. It is fast to recompute, has lots of cool features, big screen, and good battery. There are lesser-featured Nuvi models for lower prices. I think the Garmins are highly-rated, some of the Tom-toms too maybe (for much lower prices). I did

Re: [MBZ] this weeks crack smoker

2007-09-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Current bid is only $349, well within your range. Does an S320 perform like a 240D? --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

[MBZ] Dallas charity auction 560SEC? and 450SL

2007-09-28 Thread Rich Thomas
Says it is an SEL but the pic looks like an SEC -- that would be fun! Description: 1989 Mercedes Benz 560 SEL Color: Silver VIN: WDBCA45E9KA450523 Odometer: 214807 SL does not look too bad.1989 Mercedes Benz 560 SEL Description: 1977 Mercedes Benz 450SL

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