Re: [MBZ] This car that might be an E dizzel

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I/we could probably get it for $1k or less, depending on if it is a 
driver and if there are any major issues.


--R


On 10/5/17 12:22 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

I did see it. I'm kinda interested, sadly its coming up at the worst possible 
time, we've got a guy out sick and I'm going to be picking up half of his 
classes so I'm super busy. If it came up super cheap I might be interested but 
I'll have no time until probably right after Christmas.
-Curt
  


 On Thursday, October 5, 2017, 9:04:48 AM EDT, Meade Dillon 
<dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote:
  
  Curt,


Did you see this thread?  This is the car that Rich mentioned a couple weeks 
ago and you replied that you might be interested in a replacement for the VW.

Rich and maybe I (if I can get the Infiniti dash project finished and a couple 
other things) are planning to take a look on Saturday.

-
Max
Charleston SC

2017-10-02 19:00 GMT-04:00 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>:


I’ll run the vin for the build sheet. Anyone run car fax?
--R
Sent from iPhone


On Oct 2, 2017, at 6:53 PM, Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> 
wrote:

Car is an E300 dizzel 317kmi manufactured 2/99. I’ll look up the vin later. She 
anxious to unload it.

--R
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On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

She has probably been cat-fished.  SAD.

But at least you will own a cheap modern diesel.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


A buddy sent me a msg saying that girl who has the maybe Edizzel for sale
met a guy online, is moving somewhere with him, and is getting rid of
everything and just wants the car gone.  i had sent her a text a coupla
weeks ago about it, never heard from her, so just rang her and she said she
would get a pic of the trunk and the VIN door  plate this evening and send
it to me.  So I can decipher what exactly the car is.

If she is just wanting to unload the thing and run off with this guy, I
think some combination of us could help there.  I'll let y'all know.  Could
be a cheap beater,whatever it is.

I have an idea the girl might be a bit of a flake, but I'm not sure why...




   
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Re: [MBZ] Radio vs TV

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

With Amazon Prime you can download music onto your device and listen to 
it offline (and movies too) and it is just sorta "borrowed" I guess.


My daughter unit got me listening to podcasts, there is an infinite 
variety of stuff out there for free, including back programs of radio 
shows.  Some have a bit of commercial sponsorship but it is not really 
intrusive.  I recently listened to Crime Town about Providence RI, which 
was excellent as I recall Buddy Cianci and his shenanigans, and S-Town 
about this small town in Alabama, which is excellent but might not be to 
all tastes.  Or local paper has a weekly podcast about the restaurant 
scene in town, I downloaded a whole bunch of them and listened to them 
all on my road trip in August.


--R


On 10/5/17 11:54 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
You need satellite radio. I can get mostly music without much 
commentary and basically, no advertising.


RB

On 05/10/2017 9:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I agree Rick, I haven't got cable and watch almost no TV. Sadly radio 
is pretty much the same...

Curt

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     On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Rick Knoble via 
Mercedes wrote:   Curt inquires, probably 
rhetorically :



‎why do people watch those shows?
Sorry Curt, because I know you are involved in video production, but 
why does anyone watch TV at all?


Rick
Currently listening to the radio
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Re: [MBZ] Vegas

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

ISIS agent funded by the Bilderberg Group amd OWG interests triggered by 
Russian fake news published on Facebook using guns trafficked to Mexico 
by the Obama Justice Department that were supplied by North Korea.


You won't believe what happens next!  Tune into Fox News Channel for 
breathless updates!


--R


On 10/5/17 9:45 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

On October 5, 2017 at 8:55 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:


In the wake of something like it the endless speculation irritates the crap out of me. I 
hate hearing "We STILL don't have any hard facts so let me make guesses for an 
hour." why do people watch those shows?

And the sheriff is either guessing out loud about accomplices in front of 
cameras, or pretending the disclosure of nonpublic investigative information is 
merely speculation...either way it fuels the conspiracy theories...

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/10/robert-farago/clarke-county-sheriff-joseph-lombardo-las-vegas-killer-accomplice-maybe/

...and that's the last I'll say in this thread.

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Re: [MBZ] OM603 cooling fan clutch $300!!!

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Tighten up that fan!

--R


On 10/5/17 7:52 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

I have nothing to loose by attempting a re-fill.



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Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Well it is all in the unit outside, call it what you want, my guy called 
it the condenser unit, and that whole unit has the gas tank and 
controller and fans and compressor and whatever else inside the box.  
The indoor head unit just blows out hot or cold whenever you tell it you 
want hot or cold, nothing but a fan and coil in there (and a drip tray 
to collect the condensate in the summer), and some control thingie to 
tell the outside unit what it wants and how much to blow the fan and 
arrange the louvers.


--R


On 10/4/17 5:28 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Bt! The condenser is the coil on the outside of the building.  
What you mean is that you then open the valve on the receiver (tank). 
The receiver, compressor, condenser and blower (fan), along with some 
controls (relay, capacitors, etc) are located outide the building in 
one covered unit.


Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
Once you get a good vacuum then you can open the gas tap on the 
condenser and it floods the system with the gas. 



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Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I'm not sure I understand that explanation, so I'll throw in my own.

The condenser unit (the outdoor unit) comes filled with gas.  You hook 
up your lines to the condenser and the head unit(s), there is a tap on 
the condenser to attach a vacuum to.  So you pull the vacuum which 
evacuates all the lines and the head units (and hope there are no leaks 
or you need to go back and check your connections).  Once you get a good 
vacuum then you can open the gas tap on the condenser and it floods the 
system with the gas. Check pressures, add more gas if necessary (if you 
have extra long lines).  You should be heating or cooling or whatever 
you want to do.


My guy put some nitrogen in there at first to see if the system would 
also hold pressure, you can test the connections with some soapy water 
to see if any are leaking (I had one connection on one of the systems 
that did not seat well, could hear it hissing, bled off the nitrogen and 
refit it, then pressurized again, it was OK to go), if not then bleed 
the N and pull the vacuum.


--R


On 10/4/17 4:26 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
It is sealed in the receiver.  This is the way all commercial systems 
are moved.  Close the receiver outlet.  Pump the system dry, close the 
receiver inlet valve.  Open and cap the lines.  move. reinstall. pull 
vacuum.  open receiver valves.


In your case, foe a new one, you only need the last 3 steps.


Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
October 3, 2017 at 4:43 PM
I”m curious - how are the lines precharged, and how do you pull a 
vacuum without releasing the refrigerant?


I could easily do this myself, as I’ve got all the tools. I see a 
12,000 BTU 240VAC split for a little over $600. I can justify that.


-D


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Re: [MBZ] Tranny plug, etc.

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Yeah it is a bit behind the one in front, driver side, a bit larger plug

--R


On 10/4/17 2:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

You already pulled the plug on drivers side middle? And the other one is at the 
back?

Sent from my iPhone


On Oct 4, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

I'm fixing to pull the engine/tranny in this 420SEL donor, I pulled off on 
electrical connection (front one) on the tranny, there is another one, bigger, 
behind it, that is a bugger to get at and pull off.  Is there some kind of clip 
or screw or something holding it on, or will this one just pull off too?  Any 
suggestions on it?  Not much room to pry on it.

I got all the front flex disk bolts off but one, which I need to rotate the 
shaft before I can get at it, but the rear wheels are on the ground so I will 
need to get that up, or disconnect the rear too.  It was interesting that this 
thing has been sitting a year or more, but the flex disks look fairly new, 
proper MB parts too.  I guess they will be good to keep around.

I cut out all the front of the frame so I can slide the engine right out, I 
might just lift it up a bit and roll the car out from under it once I get the 
driveshaft and connector disconnected.  I have the front wheels on ramps now, 
if I roll it back that would drop the car down and leave the engine up a bit, 
I'll figure it out.  The $20 HF sawzall went right through that metal like 
butter, it is pretty soft steel.

On another note, that saw is still going strong after like 3 years of abuse, 
definitely got my money's worth on that thing.

--R


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Re: [MBZ] More alternator

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Put a meter on the glow plug wars see how long they glow, or listen/look 
at the relay to see how long it is closed (if when you take off the 
cover you can see the relay).


--R


On 10/4/17 12:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

So I am fixing to start driving the 98 e300 after the diff swap. When you first 
start it up charge warning comes on. On the multimeter at idle it's running 
about 12.5 to 12.6 or so volts. Rev it up a little and it jumps up to 13.xx. 
After about 2 minutes or so of running it will show the 13.xx volts all the 
time at idle. I am wondering if the glow plugs are running for a couple of 
minutes causing the voltage to be lower? Maybe it's a marginal alternator?

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[MBZ] Tranny plug, etc.

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I'm fixing to pull the engine/tranny in this 420SEL donor, I pulled off 
on electrical connection (front one) on the tranny, there is another 
one, bigger, behind it, that is a bugger to get at and pull off.  Is 
there some kind of clip or screw or something holding it on, or will 
this one just pull off too?  Any suggestions on it?  Not much room to 
pry on it.


I got all the front flex disk bolts off but one, which I need to rotate 
the shaft before I can get at it, but the rear wheels are on the ground 
so I will need to get that up, or disconnect the rear too.  It was 
interesting that this thing has been sitting a year or more, but the 
flex disks look fairly new, proper MB parts too.  I guess they will be 
good to keep around.


I cut out all the front of the frame so I can slide the engine right 
out, I might just lift it up a bit and roll the car out from under it 
once I get the driveshaft and connector disconnected.  I have the front 
wheels on ramps now, if I roll it back that would drop the car down and 
leave the engine up a bit, I'll figure it out.  The $20 HF sawzall went 
right through that metal like butter, it is pretty soft steel.


On another note, that saw is still going strong after like 3 years of 
abuse, definitely got my money's worth on that thing.


--R


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Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Mercedes SL 500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I'm seeing Andrew in that SL

--R


On 10/3/17 3:15 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

Sounds about right. You could get new replacement leather from my guy in CA for 
maybe $300, if that.

Silver shows wear really well, which works in your favor.  Nice car, one of the 
best years/engines, too.

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Here's what the seller replied to my query about his 8/10 car.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Andrew Strasfogel 
Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:26 PM
Subject: Mercedes SL 500
To: r4hcj-6329164...@sale.craigslist.org


I always wanted one of these.  What would it take to make this a 10/10 car?

Thanks,

http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/6329164395.html

RESPONSE:

*I would say:*


*New wheels*

*a little body work, stone chips ansd a small scratch from the previous
owner when he removed hard top*

*And if you really needed to a new front seat as they are sporty and the
left side is looking used compared to the other pieces.*
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Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

That would probably be the way to go, though those units are probably 
not quite as efficient, but if you aren't using it much you probably 
wouldn't care.


--R


On 10/3/17 3:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

That's an option. I do have a window in the garage I could use.


On Oct 3, 2017, at 3:25 PM, MG via Mercedes  wrote:

Might as well get a window unit and put it into a hole through the wall. Would 
be a lot cheaper. Probably 3-400 on sale or less.

MG

Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:

Get a single head unit 12k BTU, won’t be that much
--R
Sent from iPhone

On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes  wrote:

I know these are relatively inexpensive, but I wonder if they can be found 
used? It would be great to make my garage habitable for even a couple of extra 
months a year.  I just wonder how well it would cope with the heat load of a 
hot car added in.

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:58 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes  
wrote:

I've been thinking about installing one of those in my garage, it would be
really nice to drop the humidity down in the summer and also be able to get
some work done during the extremes.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Interesting. All built in the same factory I am sure.

On Oct 2, 2017 9:06 PM, "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:


Last year I installed a 1200 BTU “Pioneer” brand mini-split heat pump in
my barn (to control humidity and prevent freezing).  I bought it online
from an outfit called HighSEER.com, in FL, for a very reasonable price
(IMO).

We just installed a “Trane” mini-split system in the church kitchen and
(as far as I can tell) they are identical.

Scott

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Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Yes it is quite easy but on mine unless I had an AC guy do it there was 
no warranty coverage on the units.  So I spent the $100 and my guy came 
over and spent about 30min pulling down the system, releasing the gas, 
and then adding a bit more as I have a coupla long lines.  But it is 
easy enough.  You can buy line sets of various lengths, any excess just 
coil them up.  My guy told me not to mess with new flares, they never 
get right.


--R


On 10/3/17 4:19 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:

The new units come precharged.  You should pull a vacuum (and check for leaks) 
before releasing the charge into the rest of the lines.  The kits include 
copper the lines but you'll need a GOOD flare tool if you plan to shorten them. 
 There are many youtube vidoes on installation but the basic procedure is (1) 
drill the big hole (like 1.5 in) through the wall, (2) hang the inside bracket, 
(3) unfold the short lines and hand the inside unit, (4) place the outside 
unit, (5) connect Freon lines, (6) connect wires, (7) evacuate, and (8) release 
Freon (actually R410A).


-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2017 9:57 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

9k or 12k BTU units for <$1k

https://www.acwholesalers.com/Ductless-Air-Conditioner-Wall-Mounted-Air-
Conditioners/cat1028.ac?mainCat==

You'll need a bit of piping and to run your power, you'll need to pay an AC guy
to do the final charging if you want the warranty, or just do it yourself if
not.  They are an easy install, basically just cut a small hole in the wall to 
run
the lineset and the drain and comm cable, you need power to the condenser
unit from somewhere (mine are 30A 220V). Easy job really.

--R


On 10/3/17 8:59 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

What's "won't be that much?"

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes

<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Get a single head unit 12k BTU, won’t be that much

--R
Sent from iPhone


On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes

<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

I know these are relatively inexpensive, but I wonder if they can be found

used? It would be great to make my garage habitable for even a couple of
extra months a year.  I just wonder how well it would cope with the heat load
of a hot car added in.

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:58 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes

<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

I've been thinking about installing one of those in my garage, it
would be really nice to drop the humidity down in the summer and
also be able to get some work done during the extremes.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Interesting. All built in the same factory I am sure.

On Oct 2, 2017 9:06 PM, "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:


Last year I installed a 1200 BTU “Pioneer” brand mini-split heat
pump in my barn (to control humidity and prevent freezing).  I
bought it online from an outfit called HighSEER.com, in FL, for a
very reasonable price (IMO).

We just installed a “Trane” mini-split system in the church
kitchen and (as far as I can tell) they are identical.

Scott

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Re: [MBZ] This car that might be an E dizzel -- IT IS!!!

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Interesting.  Thanks for the info.  I'm guessing the airbags in 2014 
might have been due to a crash, but there is that recall in 98 for 
airbags but that was 16yr before.  Car has some bumper damage she says, 
not sure if that is related to this rebuilt aspect or what, or something 
else done to it.  She did mention too that the steering was loose, 
whatever that means, so maybe it is a damaged beater and just treat it 
that way.


In any case, with this info, and the girl just wanting to get rid of it 
I am thinking $800 max on it, maybe less or take it or leave it, I'm 
guessing she'll moan a bit but say OK.  Max and I are going to take a 
look at it Saturday.  If I was as cold-hearted as Kleb I would offer $500.


I have no particular interest in the car.  A friend expressed an 
interest in buying it for her kid, so I will probably ask her if she 
wants the thing but if anyone else has an interest in it either before 
or after we look at it, chime in...  I'd rather someone who has at least 
a bit of appreciation have it, who knows maybe it would have some easy 
fixes to keep it running for a good long time.


--R


On 10/3/17 3:09 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

It's not in the NICB database

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:58 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
wrote:



On October 3, 2017 at 2:55 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 wrote:


Can one register and get plates on a car with a salvage title at the DMV?

I believe it's on a Rebuilt title now.
https://www.vehiclehistory.com/paging-vin-report-data/new-report.php?vin=WDBJF25H0XA876860

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[MBZ] Nice SD, crack price

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-300sd-1982-w126/6329985734.html

--R


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[MBZ] an easy fix as the windows in these cars are vacuum operated

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1985-mercedes-benz-300d-turbo/6330790103.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Mini Split HVAC

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

9k or 12k BTU units for <$1k

https://www.acwholesalers.com/Ductless-Air-Conditioner-Wall-Mounted-Air-Conditioners/cat1028.ac?mainCat==

You'll need a bit of piping and to run your power, you'll need to pay an 
AC guy to do the final charging if you want the warranty, or just do it 
yourself if not.  They are an easy install, basically just cut a small 
hole in the wall to run the lineset and the drain and comm cable, you 
need power to the condenser unit from somewhere (mine are 30A 220V).  
Easy job really.


--R


On 10/3/17 8:59 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

What's "won't be that much?"

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Get a single head unit 12k BTU, won’t be that much

--R
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On Oct 3, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes  wrote:

I know these are relatively inexpensive, but I wonder if they can be found 
used? It would be great to make my garage habitable for even a couple of extra 
months a year.  I just wonder how well it would cope with the heat load of a 
hot car added in.

-D


On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:58 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes  
wrote:

I've been thinking about installing one of those in my garage, it would be
really nice to drop the humidity down in the summer and also be able to get
some work done during the extremes.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Interesting. All built in the same factory I am sure.

On Oct 2, 2017 9:06 PM, "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:


Last year I installed a 1200 BTU “Pioneer” brand mini-split heat pump in
my barn (to control humidity and prevent freezing).  I bought it online
from an outfit called HighSEER.com, in FL, for a very reasonable price
(IMO).

We just installed a “Trane” mini-split system in the church kitchen and
(as far as I can tell) they are identical.

Scott

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Re: [MBZ] This car that might be an E dizzel

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Awesome, thanks.  Airbags replaced 3-2014 got me wondering if it was 
wrecked.


But if cheap???

--R


On 10/2/17 7:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Market: North America   

Identification number: WDB2100251A876860 3VIN: WDBJF25H0XA876860Leading 
aggregate:
Chassis
Sales designation: E300DT [MODEL_IDX = 2]
Order number: 0 9 707 67564
Delivery date: 06 04 1999
Market: NA,North America
Production order:
Paint code 1:744
Paint code 2:
Paint code 3:
Paint code 4:
Paint code 5:
Equipment:148A - TEX LEATHER GRAY
Engine no.:606962 12 060209
Transmission:722608 01 402023 [transmissionType = GA]
Steering:
Front axle 1:
Rear axle 1:
Rear axle 2:
Battery 1:
Battery 2:
Battery 3:
Fuel cell 1:
Fuel cell 2:
Fuel cell 3:
Electric motor 1:
Electric motor 2:
Electric motor 3:
Electric motor 4:
SA code059 - AEJ.98/2
213 - PARAMETER STEERING
231 - GARAGE DOOR OPENER
242 - FRONT SEAT RH ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE WITH MEMORY
249 - INSIDE AND OUTSIDE MIRROR AUTOMATIC DIMMING
254 - RADIO MB AUDIO 30 - USA
265 - LINES-NO.PLATE DISCONTINUED
275 - MEMORY PACKAGE (DRIVER SEAT, STRG. COL., MIRROR)
290 - WINDOWBAG
414 - ELECTRIC TILT/SLIDE SUNROOF IN GLASS VERSION
423 - 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
461 - INSTRUMENT WITH MILES IND. AND ENGLISH LEGEND
494 - U.S. VERSION
543 - SUN VISOR WITH MAKE-UP MIRROR L. AND R., BE-
551 - ANTI-THEFT/ANTI-BREAK-IN WARNING SYSTEM
581 - AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL
611 - EXIT LIGHTS FOR DRIVER DOORS
656 - LIGHT ALLOY WHEELS, 10-HOLE
673 - HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY
679 - BASIC WHEEL AS SPARE WHEEL
809 - [210] - 19960905 - AEJ 98/1/X
809 - [722.6] - 19960119 - AEJ 06/1/M/X
810 - SOUND SYSTEM
820 - VEHICLES FOR TOURIST
910 - DYNAMO WITH HIGHER CAPACITY (FFO)
915 - FUEL TANK WITH LARGER CAPACITY
955 - EQUIPMENT PACKAGE ELEGANCE
140A - TEX LEATHER
744 - DARK BLUE SOFT TOP FABRIC 5010
148A - TEX LEATHER GRAY




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Re: [MBZ] Got a dog and need a little more space as i still need to take my wife as well......

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Why don't you and report back?

--R


On 10/2/17 2:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

8/10.  H.  I would ask "what would it take to make this car 10/10?"

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


On October 2, 2017 at 9:57 AM Rich Thomas via Mercedes <

mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:



 Mercedes SL 500 - $9799(Mt. Pleasant)

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-sl-500/6329164395.html

2002 Silver Arrows go for that kind of money or a little more. But that's
a 2000.

Mitch.

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[MBZ] This car that might be an E dizzel

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

A buddy sent me a msg saying that girl who has the maybe Edizzel for 
sale met a guy online, is moving somewhere with him, and is getting rid 
of everything and just wants the car gone.  i had sent her a text a 
coupla weeks ago about it, never heard from her, so just rang her and 
she said she would get a pic of the trunk and the VIN door  plate this 
evening and send it to me.  So I can decipher what exactly the car is.


If she is just wanting to unload the thing and run off with this guy, I 
think some combination of us could help there.  I'll let y'all know.  
Could be a cheap beater,whatever it is.


I have an idea the girl might be a bit of a flake, but I'm not sure why...

--R


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[MBZ] This is interesting

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-mercedes-190e-cosworth/6325795389.html

Don't see too many of these, that is probably a reasonable price

--R


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[MBZ] Some electrical issues..runs great needs gas

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/e430-mercedes-as-is/6316361168.html


   $800 98 e430 mercedes as is - $800

--R

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[MBZ] Got a dog and need a little more space as i still need to take my wife as well......

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

   Mercedes SL 500 - $9799(Mt. Pleasant)

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-sl-500/6329164395.html

--R

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[MBZ] This is an AMAZING DEAL

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

*1988 Multi-Zone A/C!*

*https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-560-sl-1988/6329382517.html
*

*Scam anyone?
*

*--R
*

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Re: [MBZ] New W210 Wagon

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

YOU DIDN'T STICK YOU'RE THUMB OVER THE LISENS PLATE!

--R


On 9/30/17 1:18 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Let’s try this:

Here is a link to my web site with pictures of the wagon pre-Martha’ed.

http://penoff.com/Penoff.com/1998_E320_Wagon_Photos.html

-D




On Sep 30, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

Don’t know.  CANBUS works at various frequencies, so I’m not sure if a logical 
high or low signal is enough.  Hoping Jaime will weigh in here as this is his 
area of expertise.

-D



On Sep 30, 2017, at 9:26 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

What is the wake up signal?  Just a high/low voltage or some sort of digital 
code?  If it is just a voltage, whatever it is just give it some electrons of 
the proper flavor.

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Test Message

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

This messaged did not show up

--R



On 9/30/17 1:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

I’ve sent some messages to the list today but it’s not showing up.

??

-D
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Re: [MBZ] New W210 Wagon

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

What is the wake up signal?  Just a high/low voltage or some sort of 
digital code?  If it is just a voltage, whatever it is just give it some 
electrons of the proper flavor.


--R


On 9/30/17 8:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

The only difference is the third connector that the CANBUS signals come in on.  
One is power, another ground, and the third a “wake up” signal.  There are 
signals for the steering wheel controls (CAN-high, CAN-low), too, but I don’t 
care about those and I don’t see them having any effect on the radio’s 
operation.

I’m just wondering how I can spoof the wake up signal, or if it’s even 
necessary.

I haven’t dug into the console on the 98 yet to see if there’s a third 
connector.  There should be since it’s got a CD changer.

I’ve got a spare BE 3309 I can slap on it just to see. I’ll probably try that 
today when I have a minute.

-D



On Sep 30, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

I have radios of both varieties on the shelf. I had thought about seeing if the 
new style would work in place of the old in an older 210

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Re: [MBZ] wife is bored wants a different car -- Mercedes e320 CDI - $7500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I like that thing.  Kinda rusty but it would be very useful.

--R


On 9/29/17 9:19 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote:

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/mercedes-209d-van-1984/6315611318.html

maybe this one?


clay

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers








On Sep 29, 2017, at 7:05 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

No pictures of the wife

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-e320-cdi/6293164696.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Poos or Max or Curt -- Mercedes E320 4-matic - $1500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

53113R 15 a 10053R

3M TA3

--R


On 9/29/17 1:12 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

S3ller is a loos3r.



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Re: [MBZ] Poos or Max or Curt -- Mercedes E320 4-matic - $1500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

That looks pretty nice, and a good price too.  Is it a deceased 
geezermobile, or washed by Irma's detail shop?


--R


On 9/29/17 1:07 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

I just bought this beater wagon for $3300:

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/1998-mercede3s-e320-wagon-1/6275209352.html

-D


On Sep 29, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

Beater wagon

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-e320-4-matic/6311660244.html

-R


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Re: [MBZ] Buck Sexton radio

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

This advise is from a looser

-R


On 9/28/17 5:19 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote:

Bob R wrote:

Both Black Rifle and Death Wish are the choice of b my night shift nuke worker 
peers. They both are a good cup of joe.

Thanks - great advise.
tin.man

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Re: [MBZ] wife is bored wants a different car -- Mercedes e320 CDI - $7500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Maybe the dude is not boring enough

--R


On 9/29/17 12:05 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

Wives, or pictures of wives?

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


These are generally hard to find at least up here.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Sep 29, 2017 10:05 AM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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No pictures of the wife


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Re: [MBZ] 2001 diesel FS

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I sent her a text, never heard back.  I'll try to ring her after lunch.  
I think she is just a bimbo.


--R


On 9/29/17 11:58 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

So whatever happened?  I'm thinking the seller has sold it?

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Buggered Benzmail <
buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> wrote:


I'll call her about it again and find out where it is. I sent her a text
to take a pic of the trunk to see what it actually is, and of the data
plate on the door but I haven't heard back.

--R
Sent from iPhone


On Sep 25, 2017, at 10:14 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <

mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Send me the info Rich, if I finish putting the Infiniti back together,

I'll go take a look got Curt.

--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300


On September 25, 2017 7:11:08 PM EDT, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <

mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Get the details, I don't have any time for a few weeks but my Jetta
isnt going to last a whole lot longer...
Curt

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via
Mercedes wrote:   A Buddy mentioned this girl
who had an E diesel for sale so I contacted her. Her boyfriend talked
her into buying it a coupla years ago , now he is gone, and now she has
a new car and wants to get rid of this one.

2001 silver runs well. She says the steering is loose and it needs
something she can't remember (she knows nothing about cars), the front
bumper is banged up, and a tailight needs replacing. AC needs some gas.
Has good tires, she has 2 more almost new tires for it.  309k? Miles.
Said she'd like to get $1500 for it but also wants to clear her
driveway.

I don't have any particular interest in it but if someone might be
interested in a cheap beater/fixer upper this might be the one for
you!  She might have some pics of it, I can check.

Max the car is in Summerville, she is going to myrtle beach this
weekend. I don't have time to look at it this week.

--R
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[MBZ] wife is bored wants a different car -- Mercedes e320 CDI - $7500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

No pictures of the wife

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-e320-cdi/6293164696.html

--R


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[MBZ] Poos or Max or Curt -- Mercedes E320 4-matic - $1500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Beater wagon

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-e320-4-matic/6311660244.html

-R


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[MBZ] The POS CE still for sale, still dead

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1990-mercedes-benz-300-ce-as/6321601007.html

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[MBZ] aggresive ground pounding lean machine with the comfort and luxuries of a land yacht

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Might be a good deal

https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/d/2002-mercedes-benz-class-e320/6324199330.html


   2002 Mercedes-Benz E Class E320 - $2950

--R

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Re: [MBZ] Seems like a good deal

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Definitely looks like a good deal.  I bought the girl's E320 for $2800, 
it is in nice shape.  She had to replace the radiator and alternator on 
it, but I guess that stuff is just to be expected. Paint looks good on 
this one.


--R


On 9/28/17 7:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Too bad I don't have any money.

1995 Mercedes Benz

https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/d/1995-mercedes-benz/6324992067.html


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Re: [MBZ] Total my car

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

You need Harry Dean to help out with the repo

--R


On 9/28/17 11:30 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote:

The cojones on this SOB!  He did report my car as a total loss, BEFORE he even 
had a settlement.  This idiot just assumes that I will roll over and be raped 
by his employer.  I get a package with a check for the valuation he tried to 
foist off on me last Friday.  His last revised valuation was for yet another 
$600, which is not in this recent payment.  Then he has the gall to think I 
will sign some form that clouds my title and that he will get this car.  Not on 
his life, or those of his beloved.  I would rather drive out to RI wearing a 
suicide vest and take out his office building.

This guy is a true grifter.  He thought he could abscond with my car and leave 
me holding his envelope of venom.  The tow truck trick was pretty slick.  He 
had tried to get it off the body shop lot last night, but I foiled that by 
having paid the bill, so he has no claim to the car.

I will bring a glorious wrath down upon his head.  It will scorch the earth 
around him for generations, and will be immortalized in history as having been 
due to his hubris.


clay

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers








On Sep 28, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
wrote:



On September 28, 2017 at 4:48 PM clay monroe via Mercedes 
 wrote:


I have been getting odd calls from an out of town number asking if I had called 
for a car to be… mumble mumble.  It started last night and I had four of five 
this morning.  I figured it was a wrong number.

Turns out it is some girl the adjuster had sent out to try to steal my car from 
the body shop.  Another underhanded move to kidnap and hold me hostage to his 
settlement demands.  Adjuster takes my car and I have to agree to his terms if 
I want it back.  What a putz!


Sue the other driver for what you think the car is worth.
Attach a cover letter explaining that the claims adjuster did some criminal 
things and you had to protect yourself, send it to the CEO of Amica with a copy 
of the summons and complaint.

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Fw: Benz 300 SD Diesel (Drive Home) Mercedes

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

How badly?  Enough to fly to Charleston and drive one home?

--R


On 9/25/17 10:01 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote:

Thank you Fred. You saved me. I really want a w126 diesel.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Sep 25, 2017 9:55 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel"  wrote:


We need to restrain you, Dwight.  This is a POS to the nth degree.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Wish I had driveway space.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Sep 25, 2017 9:49 PM, "Fred Moir via Mercedes" 
wrote:


Not Mine, etc.


Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.
Benz 300 SD Diesel (Drive Home) Mercedes

https://newlondon.craigslist.org/cto/6320979455.html
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Re: [MBZ] The Crack is Strong With This One....

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Why would it need all that work at only 46k miles?

--R


On 9/26/17 8:15 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Maybe.

https://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/d/gorgeous-95-mercedes-e300d/6318975899.html

Without sounding  politically incorrect, this is rich old white guy territory.  
Naples is where old rich white guys go to die.  They often have “condo cars” at 
their condos that they only occupy for a few months a year.  There is quite the 
business snagging these cars when they’re sold and flipping them, since they’re 
usually grossly overmaintained with no concern for cost.

The selling prices usually reflect this as well.

-D
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[MBZ] always kept at garage, no smell

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Generic Mercedes

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-benz/6319245797.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] I have no idea what punctuation is

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

the original paint on the hood is Fadding and is not showing good in the 
picture but is faded because of Florida sun due to Fl sun the paint is 
original if the faded hood is something you don't like either have it 
paint or don't buy ours


Just don't buy it!

--R


On 9/25/17 5:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Other than the hood paint issue, it doesn’t look that bad.

-D


On Sep 25, 2017, at 5:16 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes  
wrote:

Tempting...  I do like green, but I'd really like silver.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On September 24, 2017 10:36:55 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Hey Maxie!
The Green Whale!
Mitch.

On September 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes

 wrote:




https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/d/mercedes-benz-1995-e320/6278320865.html

Stream of consciousness?

-D


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[MBZ] Crack for Poos

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1997-mercedes-benz-e300-diesel/6306449588.html

--R


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[MBZ] Crack sales are up in NChuck

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-benz-300d-1978/6311768112.html


--R


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Re: [MBZ] Pulling engine 420SEL

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Thanks for the info.  On the donor I am going to cut out all the front 
impediments, so it will slide out easily.  On the other car, I will have 
to use your technique for pulling and installing.


Maybe I can get summadem Irma skeeters to just fly it out of the car!  
Them thangs is YOOGE!


--R


On 9/20/17 7:58 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:

Best to have a rack on the lift that lets you tilt the engine.  As you come up, 
crank it back so it's tail heavy, will allow the oil pan to clear the radiator 
support while the tranny tail is still under the firewall.

You need to practice, as this is how it goes back in, gotta drop the tranny end 
down while getting the oil pan over the radiator support.

It's not bad, gets easier as you do it a time or two.

They are heavy, make sure you have a two ton lift

Peter
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[MBZ] Pulling engine 420SEL

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I'm getting close to pulling the "good" engine from the 420SEL donor, I 
have disconnected and pulled everything from the engine bay that might 
be useful (the AC system still held a bit of pressure!).  I have most of 
the other stuff knackered too, will finish soon.


Any suggestions for pulling it?  Looks like undo the 2 mounts, get under 
and disconnect shifter and whatever around the tranny, flex disk, any 
wires and such, then get the crane on it?  I plan to cut off the front 
of the frame so it can basically just come up a bit and slide forward, 
maybe just roll the car out from under the whole deal.


--R


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Re: [MBZ] Battery Crapped Out on W211

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

The future is already here and has been for awhile.  I think all the 
newer Benzes are steer by wire.


--R


On 9/16/17 2:39 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:

Peter wrote:
Brake by wire is standard these days -- any car with "collision
avoidance" systems has brake by wire.

As stupid an idea as I've ever seen.

First it was fuel by wire, then brake by wire.

Steer by wire is next.

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Re: [MBZ] Kleb needs an east coast operation

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I thought he sold that Disco?  What was it, the tranny bad?

--R


On 9/15/17 10:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

A couple of those, the E class cars, are from the guy I bought my cabriolet
from.  Looks like he's still got that Discovery sitting there as well.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


And buy these

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1996-mercedes-benz-e
320-4dr/6295244589.html

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-mercedes-benz-e
320-v8/6295336700.html

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2003-mercedes-class-
sedan-c240/6301732237.html

--R


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[MBZ] Kleb needs an east coast operation

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

And buy these

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1996-mercedes-benz-e320-4dr/6295244589.html

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-mercedes-benz-e320-v8/6295336700.html

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2003-mercedes-class-sedan-c240/6301732237.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] I am running out of space

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I need to finish taking the other one apart and get it out of here, then 
swap that engine into the one with the bad engine, and get it running.  
I will have a tranny from one of the cars, or maybe this reverse issue 
is something fairly simple to fix?  I got a tranny for the 300SEL too I 
need to put in there and get it running.


--R


On 9/15/17 10:05 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Jump on it

Sent from my iPhone


On Sep 15, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
wrote:

but I have a tranny for this, one from one of the cheap 420SELs I bought, and 
it looks pretty nice.  It was $975, now $775, I'm wondering if a Kleb price 
might get it.  Max maybe you could go take a look at it, it is right in your 
neighborhood.

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1990-mercedes-420-sel/6283735674.html

STOP ME

--R


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Re: [MBZ] eEuroparts versus Rock Auto

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Anyone deal with Jabba any more?  I never had any issues with stuff from 
him, and the abuse was free!


Looks I probably  need to get some new break calibers and roters for the 
300CD I went and got before the storm, and get it sorted to flip.  
Coupla other niggly little things it needs but otherwise a nice car 
except for a bit of rust starting here and there. Starts right up on old 
dizzel fool (except when I run the battery down by leaving the trunk lid 
open to dry it out) and drives OK except for the breaks.  It needs a 
throttle return spring as it doesn't want to come back to idle, which is 
a bit of a thrill.


--R


On 9/15/17 9:30 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

While I have never used it, I like the "lifetime warranty" that FCP Euro offers 
on literally everything.  If I collect enough stuff to hit their free shipping threshold, 
which I think is $50, they're usually quite competitive.

-D


On Sep 15, 2017, at 9:07 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

I am still not sure why people are not checking importecautoparts. Most of the 
time they are cheaper, but when doing a big order for multiple cars I usually 
split it up between the 2 as some things will be cheaper at fcp. I have done 
orders from both at the same time and importec has always shipped the same day 
where as fcp was something like the next day. I would end up with the importec 
order a couple of days before the fcp order. Both free shipping.

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Re: [MBZ] test

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

FAIL X 2

--R


On 9/15/17 1:21 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

Pass/Fail.

Rick
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[MBZ] Poos lowrider

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-s430-mercedes/6287898951.html

--R


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[MBZ] This doesn't look quite right

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/78-mercedes-450sl/6267313927.html

--R


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[MBZ] It's on a salvage title for water damage but there is not currently any damage from water.

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

unh huh riight...

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/2001-slk230-mercedes/6292443746.html

--R


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[MBZ] I don't have a title for this technicolor turd

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Wait wait wait... it's white, then it's tutone, then it's white again!  
Carma Carma Carma Carma Chameleon!!!    DEFINENTLY worth the price


https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1999-mercedes-e320/6275316843.html

-R


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[MBZ] I am running out of space

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

but I have a tranny for this, one from one of the cheap 420SELs I 
bought, and it looks pretty nice.  It was $975, now $775, I'm wondering 
if a Kleb price might get it.  Max maybe you could go take a look at it, 
it is right in your neighborhood.


https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1990-mercedes-420-sel/6283735674.html

STOP ME

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I have a friend, who is probably 80+ now, who had a coupla Corvettes 
back in his young stud days, and kept blowing up the engines.  Seems the 
valve trains were not up to the goals of the design, so they would let 
go during spirited driving.  Unloaded the last one in '67 and bought a 
'66 230SL which he still has, and still drives spiritedly with no issues 
in the 50 years of ownership.  And, it still looks brand new.


(I believe it has a vestigial back "seat" but I think his days of 
attempting any feats in it might have long passed...)


Which reminds me, I need to call him.

--R


On 9/14/17 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

I owned my last Corvette in 1960. It was a "chic magnet" that had no back
seat [if you can project that concept to conclusion.]  This lack of
engineering impressed me in a number of other ways in the handling and
performance departments.
Sold it, never looked back

I see from this article, Corvette has not changed their engineering focus
and managed to continue to produce expensive plastic flower pots with no
mechanically redeeming qualities.



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Re: [MBZ] OT: Bluetooth security flaw

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Can you turn off blutec on your computer?

Does blutec have a security flaw?

--R


On 9/13/17 7:02 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

On September 13, 2017 at 6:32 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes 
 wrote:


You should be able to disable Bluetooth in the laptop bios.

Ditch the chebbies, drive old Mercedes...

I've been looking for E250 blutecs at the salvage auctions, but only found one 
so far and it was not worth saving.
I was looking at a 2010 S550 4x4 today, but bought the Chebby that was two cars 
in front of it in the sale and didn't even see what the 550 sold for. That 
makes two Cruzes in the last month. I'm hoping to make enough off the red 2016 
to make up for overpaying on the gray 2017. It'll be interesting to see what I 
can sell the red one for with a rebuilt title and no factory warranty.
https://www.copart.com/lot/36322557

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Re: [MBZ] 1956 Mercedes $500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I agree, but since it is set up for one, and I have one...

Wilton's diesel would be a nice addition too.

--R


On 9/13/17 9:19 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:

350?  No way... the car would be worthless.

I have an M189 to put in there... the car would actually have some serious
value with an upgrade like that

Jaime


On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:05 AM Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


I have a 350/tranny, and Max has Wilton's drivetrain, that would be a
great deal for a rat rod.  Too bad it is so far away (well, maybe it is
a good thing it is so far away...)

--R


On 9/12/17 8:52 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

1956 Mercedes
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/d/1956-mercedes/6303195071.html

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Re: [MBZ] 1956 Mercedes $500

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I have a 350/tranny, and Max has Wilton's drivetrain, that would be a 
great deal for a rat rod.  Too bad it is so far away (well, maybe it is 
a good thing it is so far away...)


--R


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Re: [MBZ] Projected path of Jose

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Rush is on for 3 hours, noon-3PM

--R


On 9/12/17 12:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

Wow that's a creative mind at work. In reality, a surprise one inch snow
event has paralyzed Rush Hour traffic for 6 hours. That's as bad as real
human terrorism.



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Re: [MBZ] 100 miles north of Tampa

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

It was the other side of Florida, maybe 200-300?  I don't know, would 
have to do googling.


Tornado watches and warnings going off all over, someone said there was 
one on this Island but I don't know where exactly.


No rain or wind right now, I am going out on the bike to get some pics 
of things.


--R


On 9/11/17 2:52 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Rich - How many miles were you from the eye of Irma at its closest?

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
<mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


I had a smallish tree fall on my truck, where I had parked it to
get away from the trees...  Got the chainsaw out and dealt with
that, truck seems OK.

Rain and wind were pretty strong (not hurricane, but blowing and
gusty) but now none of either.

Tidal surge has caused a LOT of flooding, I have water from the
marsh way up higher than I have seen it before, was right at the
edge of my garage but not in it when I last checked.  I understand
the roads to Kiawah and Seabrook are flooded over, and friends
over there report quite high water from the tidal surge (which has
not been THAT bad).

All in all not too bad here, considering, relatively.

--R


On 9/11/17 2:05 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

Hi Gerry,

Sounds like you made it through OK so far.

We're finally getting a little wind and rain, 20 mph with
gusts over 30.
Had a couple tornado watches in the last hour but nothing
materialized.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:44 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:

We are into the tornado segment around here in West Citrus
County with the
winds going every which way and some still quite forceful.
I wandered around the neighborhood and found no damage
other than a lot of
light debris from the trees of which we have too many.

Speaking of trees, of which I have "way" too many, one
fell on the roof of
my house so I may be the only one on the list which has
reportable
hurricane damage. As soon as the drizzle lets up, I'll
take some pictures
and send them to the group.
If you have to have a tree fall on your house, this is the
way to do it.
It landed on its branches on the garage section of the
house roof and there
doesn't appear to be any damage to the roof unless some
rafters might have
been broken. It's now resting on the branches which are
resting on the
garage roof. The trunk is about 8-10" in diameter.
More later.
Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] 100 miles north of Tampa

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I had a smallish tree fall on my truck, where I had parked it to get 
away from the trees...  Got the chainsaw out and dealt with that, truck 
seems OK.


Rain and wind were pretty strong (not hurricane, but blowing and gusty) 
but now none of either.


Tidal surge has caused a LOT of flooding, I have water from the marsh 
way up higher than I have seen it before, was right at the edge of my 
garage but not in it when I last checked.  I understand the roads to 
Kiawah and Seabrook are flooded over, and friends over there report 
quite high water from the tidal surge (which has not been THAT bad).


All in all not too bad here, considering, relatively.

--R


On 9/11/17 2:05 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

Hi Gerry,

Sounds like you made it through OK so far.

We're finally getting a little wind and rain, 20 mph with gusts over 30.
Had a couple tornado watches in the last hour but nothing materialized.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:44 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


We are into the tornado segment around here in West Citrus County with the
winds going every which way and some still quite forceful.
I wandered around the neighborhood and found no damage other than a lot of
light debris from the trees of which we have too many.

Speaking of trees, of which I have "way" too many, one fell on the roof of
my house so I may be the only one on the list which has reportable
hurricane damage. As soon as the drizzle lets up, I'll take some pictures
and send them to the group.
If you have to have a tree fall on your house, this is the way to do it.
It landed on its branches on the garage section of the house roof and there
doesn't appear to be any damage to the roof unless some rafters might have
been broken. It's now resting on the branches which are resting on the
garage roof. The trunk is about 8-10" in diameter.
More later.
Gerry


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Re: [MBZ] All Things Must Pass

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Rain starting to pick up here along with some wind and occasional gusts, 
but nothing too severe yet.  Seems like the forecast is less intense 
than from yesterday, so that is good.  Depending on what things look 
like I might try to get down to the beach at high tide to see how high 
it is and what the surf looks like.  I have been involved in a lawsuit 
regarding development on the beach and we are hoping it gets a good 
rinse to demonstrate how futile it would be to build out there!  I went 
out on the bike yesterday and got about 250 "baseline" pics so will get 
some "afters" too.


Power still OK, I hope nothing hits the line coming down the driveway 
and knocks me off.


Power still up so that is good, the dogs are totally ferklempt. Last 
night I put them out about 9 and they were going insane barking at 
something.  I got out to look and there was a white dove sitting on the 
porch roof that was making them crazy.  The bird was just sitting there, 
rain was starting a bit. Weird.  i wonder if it was one of those birds 
raised to be released at events and was too stupid to know what to do, 
or it got blown here from somewhere.


--R

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Re: [MBZ] Poos prep

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

My dogs are ferklempt too, they can't figure out why it is light outside 
and so dark inside.  But they will be fine.  It's kinda weird for me too.


--R


On 9/10/17 1:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

The next rain band is about 30 minutes out, with the bulk of the storm expected 
to hit around midnight.  Kitty is freaking out, as she can’t see out of any of 
the windows.  She is very confused.

-D



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Re: [MBZ] More Tampa

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I rode my bike over to the beach this morning to check out the action, 
tide is up but not a lot of churning at this point.  Went back over just 
a little while ago at high tide to see what was going on, it is probably 
about 2ft higher than usual, though today and tomorrow are high 
astronomical tides.  Winds tomorrow will be onshore at 44-47 at high 
tide time, so there will likely be more of a surge than now.  Met a 
family there from Tampa who had bailed out and were staying here, Bubba 
had his bass boat behind his bigass truck, so I am comforted that the 
Redneck Navy has arrived!  But got me thinking about everyone else down 
that way and hoping y'all stay safe.


I think we will be OK, certainly better than the models were suggesting 
3 days ago when they were showing landfall basically right over my vast 
estate.  We'll get some wind and rain and a bit of flooding but we 
should be fine.  I did board up the house and garage, so that was a 
chore, and have a few things to move around and tie down.  Power company 
is not going to shut power off like last October, so unless a limb or 
tree takes down my wires I will have lights and refrigeration.  
Generator is waiting though, so ready for any eventuality.


Y'all stay dry and safe!

--R


On 9/10/17 11:02 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Watching the news they said Tampa is the most vulnerable place, looks like they 
might get a direct hit.

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Re: [MBZ] Irma

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

You'll be good, better off than sitting on I-95 while it blows over.  If 
you need to head up north at any point, let me know, plenty of room at 
the inn and I think we'll do pretty well.


--R


On 9/9/17 1:35 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

There’s little to be gained by leaving unless your property is in a flood zone. 
 Our house was built to hurricane code less than 20 years ago, and even at that 
time the changes to the code were substantial due to the devastation Andrew 
wreaked on south Florida.  As long as we can protect the openings, like the 
windows, we should be fine.

Worst part might be the loss of power, but our area has all underground 
utilities and is fed by two different utility substations on a loop feeder.  
That means no matter which one comes back up first, we get juice.  The 
transmission lines that serve the substations are primary feeders, meaning they 
have priority over everything else when it comes to restoring service.

We’ve got water, a generator, plenty of fuel and food.  If we had to live 
without power or the ability to get out, we could easily survive a week.  
That’s not to say I would like it, but you have to do what you have to do.

There’s no question this is going to suck big time, especially since we’ll be 
getting it overnight, but we’ll get through safely.  I was having major league  
anxiety over all this up until today, but now that I’m convinced we’re properly 
prepared I feel a lot better.  By tomorrow mid-day all we’ll be able to do is 
hunker down and ride it out.

Sucks to miss the ‘Q, too.  Next year.

-D


On Sep 9, 2017, at 1:20 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Well the difference is we do not have days or weeks advanced warning, we have 
minutes usually. They are not 400 miles wide, or 50 miles wide at the eye.

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Re: [MBZ] Irma

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

BTW this guy has a page that has EVERYTHING on it, he is live on FB 
right now Mike's Weather Page.  Not a weather professional just a nerd 
it seems, he just presents info as he sees things on the various sites 
he links to.


http://www.spaghettimodels.com/

--R


On 9/9/17 9:30 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
A coupla days ago it looked like we were going to get whacked badly, 
today the track looks like it will go right over your community.


Looks like we are going to get wind, rain, tidal surge, tornadoes, 
etc. but might not be quite as bad here as Matthew was last October, 
so that is better for us here.  No bueno for y'all though...


Stay safe, keep us all updated as you can.

--R


On 9/9/17 7:19 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
Regardless of what is being said, right now the track has shifted 
west and it could potentially be bearing down right on top of us. Not 
good.


I will be heading outside shortly to finish hanging plywood. After 
that I will be gathering all of our bug-out stuff so we have it ready 
should the structure become uninhabitable.


This is not going to be pleasant.

-D



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Re: [MBZ] Irma

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

A coupla days ago it looked like we were going to get whacked badly, 
today the track looks like it will go right over your community.


Looks like we are going to get wind, rain, tidal surge, tornadoes, etc. 
but might not be quite as bad here as Matthew was last October, so that 
is better for us here.  No bueno for y'all though...


Stay safe, keep us all updated as you can.

--R


On 9/9/17 7:19 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:

Regardless of what is being said, right now the track has shifted west and it 
could potentially be bearing down right on top of us. Not good.

I will be heading outside shortly to finish hanging plywood.  After that I will 
be gathering all of our bug-out stuff so we have it ready should the structure 
become uninhabitable.

This is not going to be pleasant.

-D



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Re: [MBZ] Irma

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

As long as we got FEMA ice I don't care where I am!

--R


On 9/8/17 9:36 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

He's part of the special corp that's going to round us up into those
"re-education camps" when the UN imposes the New World Order.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:


FEMA status?




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[MBZ] OT Irma

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I am pretty sure we are gonna get whacked bad here, after the islands 
and FL get whacked worse.


--R


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Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Windows is a looser!

--R


On 9/5/17 11:28 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:

Those turned
out to be problematic with the Windows OS loosing track of them and not
being able to read or delete them.



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Re: [MBZ] Should clean up real well

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

It has the million mile engine, probably worth $3k

--R


On 9/3/17 8:08 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote:

Yes buff that left rear bumper right out

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Sep 3, 2017 7:53 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:



1983 Mercedes benz turbo diesel
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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Picky picky!

--R


On 9/1/17 6:33 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:

On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 17:42:03 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Just wait a coupla weeks for a lot of good deals on newer southern
cars!  Very clean!

Yes, very thoroughly washed in flood waters ...


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Moving sale - TODAY - 1976 Mercedes Benz Diesel 300D - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle automotive sale

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Kleb needs that, not that free 126 in Kollyfawnya

--R


On 9/2/17 1:39 AM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes wrote:

It's green, Kaleb.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/moving-sale-today-1976/6289915215.html
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
M

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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Just wait a coupla weeks for a lot of good deals on newer southern 
cars!  Very clean!


--R


On 9/1/17 4:08 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

On September 1, 2017 at 3:15 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes 
 wrote:


We had a local dealer selling his cars advertised as "Deeply Discounted"
because of Hail Damage.  The advertisement said many of the cars had
damage only detectable by a professional.  I guess they weren't bad
enough to warrant Salvage Titles?

A whole bunch of new cars with salvage titles (a brand new car with no factory warranty, 
yippee!), Chevys, Fords, Toadas, Lexi, were in a NY CoPart auction yesterday. $20-26k 
Cruzes and Malibus were going for $10-12k, some of the Lexi were going for what I assume 
was 70% of MSRP or more. Every car, no matter what the selling price, was "on 
reserve" at auction end.
Now a Cruze Hatchback with 53 miles on the odo that sold for $11,100 yesterday 
is relisted with a BuyItNow of $14,800. Hmm, do I buy it from my local Chebby 
dealer for $18,500 after rebates, or do I pay nearly $16k with Copart fees for 
a dented up car with no warranty?

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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

A buddy of mine in college had an old egg-shaped Volvo he and his dad 
did that to, it was a great car.  I don't think they had more than a 
coupla hundred bucks in it, if that.


--R


On 9/1/17 3:48 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Nope. We built a VW van from two wrecked ones - cut the front clip off a
good one and welded it onto the other that was smashed in front. Took it to
the tag agent who looked at it, thought it looked good and titled it - I
don't remember what the title said specifically. Got liability insurance
with no questions asked. It wasn't worth enough to go for collision or
comprehensive - it was 15 years old at the time.



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Re: [MBZ] Procedure for R Engine Shutoff Valve? W124 1991 300D

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I got my son a vac hose about 8ft long and ran it from the shutoff to 
the cabin, he just sucked on it to shut it off.  WAs pretty funny.  
Maybe yours the actual vac actuator was dead?


--R


On 9/1/17 3:24 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote:

Hi Gang,
A week or so ago (8/26), I wrote and asked about the procedure for 
replacing the Vac Valve (Thanks BTW!)Given my knee situation, we 
decided it was a job for our Indy.  My wife took our 91 300D to local 
Shop a couple of days ago to replace the Shutoff Valve.  Had it 
diagnosed a few days earlier and was able to have it replaced while 
she waited.  Total for Parts and Labor was $180 in case anyone needs 
to know for future reference. She is so much happier now that she 
doesn't have to open the hood and push the lever every time she 
parked, especially since it has been raining a lot lately ;-)  She 
tells me that was really getting old.  I was beginning to think I 
would wake up one morning to find she had finally had enough and did 
me in for my minuscule life insurance.
I am getting physical therapy for my new knee and will have more 
x-rays next week to see if there is anymore slippage of the stem into 
the femur.  I'm really getting tired of having knee replacements!  If 
this one fails, my surgeon has found a way to keep me from going the 
route of amputation.  The bad part is he would have to replace my 
perfectly good hip, run a rod through my femur to connect the knee 
which would hopefully be a permanent repair.  Please pray that it 
doesn't slip anymore. TIA!


LarryT
91 300D
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Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

A friend of mine went to some prep school there, I think it specialized 
in problem children...


--R


On 9/1/17 12:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

I guess you'd call Winchendon a small town, the IGA closed last year so for 
groceries we have to go to either Rindge, NH or Gardner. We've got 1 stoplight, 
I think 3 cop cars. Wikipedia says 10,300 people as of 2010.

-Curt
  



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Re: [MBZ] OT MB Job for Jaime

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Speaking of criminality, another one bites the dust and turned rat

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/rep-jim-merrill-pleads-guilty-to-misconduct-charge-in-statehouse/article_8bec18cc-8e85-11e7-9e9d-27efad3582f1.html
His lawyer there is another local pol who wanted to be mayor (and I 
would like to think I had something to do with that not happening) and 
voted for the Base Load Review Act that made the nuke disaster possible, 
relying on the advice of the utilities' lobbyists to give him the info 
he needed for his "informed" vote.  This guy is the second local pol to 
plead guilty and turn rat, the first one 3 yr ago being the Speaker of 
the House.  So admitted criminals are our specialty!


The cards are falling, and there are many more scalawags sweating 
bullets right now.  Rumor has it the feds are taking considerable 
interest too, and not just at the state level. One hopes one of them 
might be named Sherman.


If Jaime is coming from NJ this all might be like a warm-up act compared 
to how things are there.


--R


On 9/1/17 11:36 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

You DO need Yankees to help pay off your canceled nuclear plant!

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
<mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


We don't need no mo Yankees comin down here bringin their
socialism with them!  And driving badly!  It's a horrible place to
live!

--R



On 8/31/17 9:07 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:

I could buy a pretty nice house down there on $12.75 a hour,
right!?

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:

Hey, it is working on MBs!  Start at the bottom, work your
way up?

https://charleston.craigslist.org/lab/d/mau-now-hiring-at-
<https://charleston.craigslist.org/lab/d/mau-now-hiring-at->
mercedes/6283476138 .html

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Re: [MBZ] OT MB Job for Jaime

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

We don't need no mo Yankees comin down here bringin their socialism with 
them!  And driving badly!  It's a horrible place to live!


--R


On 8/31/17 9:07 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:

I could buy a pretty nice house down there on $12.75 a hour, right!?

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Hey, it is working on MBs!  Start at the bottom, work your way up?

https://charleston.craigslist.org/lab/d/mau-now-hiring-at-
mercedes/6283476138.html

-
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Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Not that I would have any direct knowledge of any such things... but I 
will admit to having used carbide lamps while caving (before LED lamps!)


--R


On 9/1/17 6:18 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:

Won't it also self ignite if you just let it out of the bottle too
Curt
  

Acetylene is _hugely_ explosive.  One spark, even by a kicked rock,
and you've made a trench across the road.  Not Recommended.
-- Jim

~
"Subjects like this don't have a simple answer; in this case, what happens 
depends greatly on the conditions. Different metals and even different surface 
conditions of the same metals can have different catalytic properties and of course 
the temperature, the presence of other gases (especially oxygen) and the size of the 
cavity holding the gas will all have an effect.
Acetylene (C2H2) doesn't need to react with anything else; it has a high energy 
triple bond between the carbons and when conditions are 'wrong', the molecule 
comes apart, mostly liberating free carbon, hydrogen gas and lots of heat which 
causes an explosive increase in the pressure.
When oxygen is present, it can be even worse. Consider the fact that when your torch 
tip overheats and pops, the volume of gas is very small and also well contained yet 
the noise is very loud."

http://weldingweb.com/archive/index.php/t-23483.html

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
80 years ago we kids would play with "carbide" (calcium carbide) which generated acetylene when 
exposed to water. We wanted an acetylene "cannon" like the rich kids had but satisfied ourselves 
with dangerous home made "water pipe" cannons which were just as loud as the store-bought kind.

One of the neighborhood boys put carbide and water in a tin can, punched a 
small hole near the bottom so he could ignite the gas, put a bigger tin can 
over it, and lit off the acetylene. He spent that night in the hospital since 
the flash burnt off his eyebrows, cowlick, and gave him an instant sunburn; but 
left him okay otherwise. We never did figure out where the top can went.

After that our parents banned carbide which made the neighborhood dogs happy 
since the unexpected loud bangs terrified them worse than the Fourth of July.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-Bang_Cannon

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Re: [MBZ] Update on canceled SC nuke project

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

My buddy Dana in his weekly email provides lots of info about this:

First, the nuclear plant debacle continues to unfold.  There are 
important lessons about how to avoid these types of train wrecks in the 
future, if we pay attention.


Both Governor Henry McMaster and Senator Lindsey Graham are publicly 
promoting the sale of Santee Cooper, our state-owned electric utility 
that was a 45% investor (with SCANA, at 55%) in the $9 billion hole in 
the ground in Jenkinsville.  But, as this article from the /Post and 
Courier/ reports, although two companies have expressed interest, 
neither is “viable,” according to (now former) CEO Lonnie Carter.


http://www.postandcourier.com/business/santee-cooper-has-heard-from-companies-interested-in-joining-v/article_213370d2-86a8-11e7-a901-6707466a42ed.html

This next article begins to explain why no “viable” companies are 
interested.


http://www.postandcourier.com/news/potential-santee-cooper-sale-moving-forward-buyers-sign-non-disclosure/article_43bd5ba4-88ce-11e7-8402-97b80d7317cb.html


From the article:


/Industry experts have said Santee Cooper's higher-than-average debt 
would make a sale challenging. The utility has $8 billion in debt 
— about half from the nuclear project — that would need to be 
refinanced. And because a private-sector owner wouldn't be able to offer 
investors tax-free returns like Santee Cooper can now, the buyer would 
face even higher costs./


I’ll add one more salient fact.  Santee Cooper is insolvent.  The 
agency’s liabilities are greater than its assets. In ordinary language, 
it is broke – under water – to the tune of at least $2 billion.  Anyone 
who is interested, including our governor and our senator, can find this 
out by looking at the utility’s 2016 financial statements.


So a conventional “sale” is simply not going to happen.  But something 
must be done, and it will probably look more like a fire sale and give 
away, where assets are stripped out and sold, including the incomplete 
nuclear plant, and some of the debt is taken over by the state.  Under 
any circumstance, in one configuration or another, South Carolina 
taxpayers will be on the hook for billions of dollars in losses for 
years to come.


There was a time, not long ago, when the utility was on solid financial 
ground.  Its financial decline occurred with extraordinary speed over 
the last decade, under the current management and most of the current board.


As this next article from the /Post and Courier/ reminds us, Santee 
Cooper’s abandonment of the nuclear project is not the first major 
miscalculation. Eight years ago, almost to the day, the agency threw in 
the towel on an ill-conceived coal plant on the Pee Dee River, after 
wasting a quarter of a billion dollars on land and plant parts.


http://www.postandcourier.com/business/lawsuit-seeks-to-force-santee-cooper-to-sell-off-scuttled/article_b9865e18-876f-11e7-ac54-0fa28ce1528d.html

All of this explains why, as this next article from the /Post and 
Courier/ reports, CEO Lonnie Carter has announced his retirement.


http://www.postandcourier.com/news/santee-cooper-ceo-lonnie-carter-announces-retirement-amid-nuclear-reactor/article_028b009a-89a1-11e7-b6ea-c7d3c51a93d2.html

Finding a new CEO will be no mean feat.  From the article:

/Carter’s replacement will be tasked with running an agency with a pile 
of debt tied to the nuclear project and an uncertain political future./


Re: the nuclear plant.  We are now in the blame-assignment phase. As I 
reported in my last news summary, there is a lot of blame to spread 
around – from the Legislature, who set the stage 10 years ago for 
shifting the costs and risks from SCANA management and shareholders to 
its ratepayers, (and now are shocked that the utility did exactly that), 
to the Public Service Commission members, who approved one rate increase 
after another as costs skyrocketed, to the boards of both SCANA and 
Santee Cooper, who failed to protect shareholders, rate payers and the 
public from apocalyptically bad business decisions, to, again, the 
Legislature, who created the little known Office of Regulatory Staff 
(ORS) to protect ratepayers and utilities (at the same time), but failed 
abysmally to do either.


As this article from the /Nerve/ explains, ORS had a job assignment that 
was impossible from the beginning.  The creation of the new agency 
shifted the responsibility for oversight from the Office of Consumer 
Affairs where, according to the historical data, things were working 
fairly well.


https://thenerve.org/an-agency-that-doesnt-even-work-on-paper/

Says the Nerve:

/Clearly, the (old) system was working, despite the view that Consumer 
Affairs was underfunded. 
 Why 
shift the representation of ratepayers to a new, conflicted agency that 
doesn’t even work on paper – unless that was the point? According 

Re: [MBZ] Cheating

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I'm sensing a lawsuit is in order.999- CALL THE HAMMER

--R


On 8/30/17 2:34 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote:

I am cheating.  I am supposed to be on bed rest for the week, but I am going 
nutz!

The smack upon the head resulted in no obvious damage that the scans could 
find, but I was just not feeling right.  Medico ordered me to a dark room with 
no glasses, no driving, no reading, no screen time. 50 hours in, I am about to 
crawl the walls.   I snuck out to delete junk emails and see if there were 
anything really pressing that needed my attention.

Turns out nobody needs me, so I am going back to my cave for a few more days.

clay
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Re: [MBZ] Update on canceled SC nuke project

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Duke is abandoning another plant here too I have heard (been traveling 
missed the details) and the customers will get screwed too


--R


On 8/30/17 2:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

What about this?

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/trigaux-who-is-duke-energy-florida-and-what-have-they-done-with-that/2335580

Amazing.  The stockholders are finally going to eat the mistakes of the utility.

-D



On Aug 30, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 wrote:

NUCLEARScana gave governor's campaign cash as project founderedPublished:
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

In the weeks before Scana Corp. halted construction on a major nuclear
reactor project, a decision that has cost its South Carolina customers
nearly $2 billion, the utility gave tens of thousands of dollars to the
campaign of Gov. Henry McMaster (R).

McMaster took in about $115,000 from more than 250 contributors affiliated
with Scana, according to an analysis by *The State* newspaper.

The revelation is potentially damaging for the governor, who is facing a
threat within his own party from Catherine Templeton, who is trying to tie
McMaster to the closure of the V.C. Summer expansion.

"This is certainly really lousy timing and potentially embarrassing for
McMaster," said Karen Kedrowski, a Winthrop University professor of
political science. "He is going to have to answer some questions about
whether or not he was a party to this, or whether there was something to be
done to prevent this."

McMaster has already spoken out about the utility's failures at V.C.
Summer, and his campaign consultant said most of the contributions were
from Scana employees, rather than top executives (Jamie Self, Columbia
[S.C.] *State*
,
Aug. 29).

Meanwhile, Scana and its subsidiary South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. will
soon head to court over allegations that the companies charged customers
unfairly for the failed nuclear project.

A lawsuit filed Monday says the companies misled customers and state
regulators about problems during construction of the V.C. Summer plant
before shutting down the project.

"This is the kind of case that is born out of huge anger and frustration of
the people," said Ed Bell, a Georgetown, S.C., lawyer who filed the suit on
behalf of 10 Fairfield County residents. "Our phones are ringing off the
hook" (Sammy Fretwell, Columbia [S.C.] *State*
, Aug. 29).
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Re: [MBZ] Rich here's your convertible

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Wait, is it $5000 or $5260?  Whichever, it is an AMAZING DEAL!

I'll head to the bank to wire my Nigerian friend a down payment to hold 
it...


--R


On 8/30/17 2:12 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

"This is an AMAZING DEAL"

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-mercedes-560sl-560-sl/6272159345.html

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Re: [MBZ] Update on canceled SC nuke project

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Foghorn is going to get crushed.  Dirty as they come, good ol boy 
wrapped up in all the corruption thick as can be.  I think every state 
senator but 5 voted for the BLRA that gave the utilities the go-ahead to 
charge customers for their construction, so no risk to the utilities.  
And almost all the state reps too.  They admitted they relied on the 
lobbyists to give them the info they needed to make an "informed" choice 
on the vote, and ignored their colleagues telling them it was going to 
be a disaster. Now they are all trying to look like they are Doing 
Something.  I'm thinking next year a bunch of them are going to be Doing 
Something else.  Meanwhile we are all going to be seriously screwed for 
ages...


--R


On 8/30/17 2:11 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

NUCLEARScana gave governor's campaign cash as project founderedPublished:
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

In the weeks before Scana Corp. halted construction on a major nuclear
reactor project, a decision that has cost its South Carolina customers
nearly $2 billion, the utility gave tens of thousands of dollars to the
campaign of Gov. Henry McMaster (R).

McMaster took in about $115,000 from more than 250 contributors affiliated
with Scana, according to an analysis by *The State* newspaper.

The revelation is potentially damaging for the governor, who is facing a
threat within his own party from Catherine Templeton, who is trying to tie
McMaster to the closure of the V.C. Summer expansion.

"This is certainly really lousy timing and potentially embarrassing for
McMaster," said Karen Kedrowski, a Winthrop University professor of
political science. "He is going to have to answer some questions about
whether or not he was a party to this, or whether there was something to be
done to prevent this."

McMaster has already spoken out about the utility's failures at V.C.
Summer, and his campaign consultant said most of the contributions were
from Scana employees, rather than top executives (Jamie Self, Columbia
[S.C.] *State*
,
Aug. 29).

Meanwhile, Scana and its subsidiary South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. will
soon head to court over allegations that the companies charged customers
unfairly for the failed nuclear project.

A lawsuit filed Monday says the companies misled customers and state
regulators about problems during construction of the V.C. Summer plant
before shutting down the project.

"This is the kind of case that is born out of huge anger and frustration of
the people," said Ed Bell, a Georgetown, S.C., lawyer who filed the suit on
behalf of 10 Fairfield County residents. "Our phones are ringing off the
hook" (Sammy Fretwell, Columbia [S.C.] *State*
, Aug. 29).
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Re: [MBZ] hasn't been cranked in over two years but other than that no other problems

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Oh wait it's an SLR and worth more than the SL

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1982-mercedes-slr/6269855652.html


On 8/30/17 1:48 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1982-mercedes-380-sl/6285383893.html 



--R


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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Can't fault your logic

--R


On 8/30/17 12:30 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

On August 30, 2017 at 11:57 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
 wrote:
Might well depend on how bad the hail damage is.
Big hail will take out all the glass etc. Becomes too expensive to
repair even if you can live with dimples in the sheet metal.

That's why the auction listings have pictures. The two in particular I was 
complaining about were very nice cars.

Here's one that was hit about as hard as can be without glass breakage.
Not far from Dallas, they had baseball to softball sized hail, sometimes with 
60-100mph winds, on June 14. I suspect this car caught a big piece of that.
Clean title though. Buy it, license it, drive it, if you want a 2015 
CheapClasse AWD that's dimpled like a golf ball:
https://www.copart.com/lot/31721187

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[MBZ] UHOH

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I have the 420SEL beater for the donor engine, I'm thinking the tranny 
might work...  $300?  Like I need another project, but still...


https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1990-mercedes-420-sel/6283735674.html

--R


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[MBZ] hasn't been cranked in over two years but other than that no other problems

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/1982-mercedes-380-sl/6285383893.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Curt needs another VW

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Sew your going too loose you're breaks?

--R


On 8/30/17 12:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Not exactly a Jetta TDI is it?
I filled up yesterday, 49mpg which is the worst I've seen in a few years. The 
new brakes I put in are a little tight, the car doesn't roll as freely as it 
did with worn out brakes...
They don't overheat though so I think they just need a few miles to loosen up.

-Curt



From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes To: Mercedes List 
Cc: Mitch Haley Sent: Tuesday, August 
29, 2017, 10:14:09 PM EDTSubject: [MBZ] Curt needs another VW
https://www.copart.com/lot/37032607

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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

There was a nice SL he posted a coupla weeks ago that had hail damage 
but they were only selling for parts.  Seemed like a waste.


--R


On 8/30/17 10:22 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

Not parts, primary damage is hail damage, Copart says the car can "run and
drive" which means they verified it will start and go into gear and move
forward under its own power.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


This one is not a parts special like that nice SL was?



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Re: [MBZ] Cheap MLs

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

This one is not a parts special like that nice SL was?

--R


On 8/29/17 8:34 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

This ML is the same year and model as mine, slightly different color, 40k less 
on the odometer. Sold for $475. Reserve wasn't met, but now it says SOLD so I 
guess the seller accepted the high bid. I think it was a gift at that price, 
what do you guys think?
https://www.copart.com/lot/30346577

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Re: [MBZ] Installing hitch and trailer wiring on W163 ML

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

Does this car have the nannies that sense something on a hitch and make 
the ABS and stability control go bonkers?


--R


On 8/23/17 9:34 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

First, buy a Curt 56146 trailer light converter, it has its own power supply 
and does not draw power from the taillight housings, just samples taillight 
voltages to tell it what to do. This avoids trouble with the bulb warning light 
in the dash. Also, I checked the impedence on the power input, with the turn 
signals, brake lights and taillights off, it was 26kOhms, so there's no worry 
about battery drain when you aren't using the car (the rear power outlet is 
always hot).

Buy a Curt 13018 hitch (3500lb), Draw-Tite 75087 (5000lb) or Reese 44720 (8000lb). I 
hoped the Curt would not require cutting away part of the plastic bumper cover, but 
I still had to notch it to clear the gusset on the back of the hitch. (less cutting 
than the Draw-Tite in the video, which sits higher and requires you to cut a notch 
wide enough for the 2" receiver.)

Download these two videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUtq8gvv8jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTj1GjgeEMY

I don't follow the videos exactly. When they take the bumper off, and then take 
the flat panel antenna off the bumper, I just fold the back seat and stick the 
bumper in the back with the right end hanging out to keep from pulling the wire.

I made several changes to the wiring video.
They stuck the box in the left taillight recess, then had to extend the wire to 
the right taillight. I stuck the box under the bumper cover, and the green wire 
was then long enough to reach the right taillight.

They used a self-drilling-tapping sheet metal screw to punch a hole in the body 
and secure the ground wire. I fished the white ground wire through the bumper 
plastic and secured it with the rightmost bumper plastic holding screw.
Advantage, no holes drilled in my car.

They ran a long wire and an inline fuse holder to the battery, running the hot 
wire under the body along the frame. I ran a 5' wire through the bumper to the 
right taillight housing, wiggled it through the rubber grommet for the 
taillight wiring (so the body is still waterproof behind the taillight), and 
used the same sort of blue wiring tap as was used at the taillights to tap into 
the red wire at the rear power outlet/lighter socket.
To get access to the wire, I just had to take off the cargo net hook nearest 
the outlet, peel back the rubber tailgate gasket, and pull the interior panel 
away from the body until I could get my hand in there and unplug (no locking 
clip, just unplug it) the wiring from the outlet. The wire is long enough to 
pull out the CD changer access door for easy tapping. Now the trailer light 
controller has a 20A fused power source, and there aren't any stray wires under 
the body.

My one mistake: While I was wishing they hadn't set the wire lengths to force 
you to put the unit by the left taillight (because my chosen power supply was 
by the right taillight) I didn't think of the solution until just now as I was 
writing this up. Instead of driving to town for a spool of 14ga stranded wire 
to extend the power input lead, I could have put the unit under the right end 
of the bumper, connected the tail and stoplight wires on the right side, 
shortened the green turn signal wire, and used the excess green wire to extend 
the yellow left turn signal wire over to the left taillight housing. That keeps 
the power wire short, and allows you to do the entire install with the wires 
that Curt furnished.

Pictures: The first one shows where I attached the converter box with the supplied 
double sided tape. You can also see that the white wire is taped to a 3" zip 
tie, I used that to fish the green wire over to the right side and to fish the white 
ground wire into the bumper cover as I reattached the bumper cover. The second photo 
shows how I ran the power wire parallel to the existing wiring harness and slipped 
it into the body via the existing rubber seal.

Mitch.


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Re: [MBZ] OT Sorta speaking of politics and energy

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

oops 
http://www.postandcourier.com/business/scana-corp-applied-to-build-the-now-failed-nuclear-reactors/article_e59b6d6e-8809-11e7-8047-a7aaabd8ffef.html



On 8/23/17 3:46 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
And the incompetence.  This is unbelievable, now we're into it for 
$9bil and they're talking another $2bil to unwind it. This must 
qualify (and win first prize) as the largest bilking of customers in 
recorded time, all enabled by elected "representatives."  Even larger 
than the collapse of Enron.


--R


On 8/22/17 10:48 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

"The corruption in every state is incredible."

There.
I fixed it for you.

Rick
Who works in Crook County Illinois.


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Re: [MBZ] OT Sorta speaking of politics and energy

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

And the incompetence.  This is unbelievable, now we're into it for $9bil 
and they're talking another $2bil to unwind it.  This must qualify (and 
win first prize) as the largest bilking of customers in recorded time, 
all enabled by elected "representatives."  Even larger than the collapse 
of Enron.


--R


On 8/22/17 10:48 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

"The corruption in every state is incredible."

There.
I fixed it for you.

Rick
Who works in Crook County Illinois.


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Re: [MBZ] Estate 79 CD

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

So I bought this thing for $1300.  It has pretty much sat for 8 years 
since the woman had to quit driving it for medical reasons. Her 
boyfriend/partner pulled it out from under the carport occasionally to 
wash it, so it wasn't completely nasty, paint is good.  She wouldn't let 
him drive it!   It fired right up on ancient dizzel fuel in the tank and 
ran well, so that is something too.  I drove it around the block (he was 
paranoid about no plates, no ins, etc.) and it ran well and shifted well 
but the brakes are not too good but they at least work.  I don't know if 
that is rust on the rotors, stuck calipers or what, but they did work 
more or less with some grinding and maybe dragging, pedal was firm no 
bleed down so the master cylinder is probably OK.  Throttle return 
spring is not springing, I'll have to get one.  I took the spring off 
the 79 TD but this car is different for some reason, maybe a difference 
between the TD and the CD?  I'll go next week to drag it home on my trailer.


The AC compressor belt is missing, the guy said whenever that was 
removed it was working but not BLOWING ICE COLD so the mech cut the belt 
for some reason, she got pissed off and left the place like that, so it 
was never dealt with.  I'll get a belt and dump some refrigerant into it 
and see if it might work.


I figure a few $100s for some brake work, new hoses and belts, fluids 
change, check out the AC, do a bit of cleaning and polishing, maybe 
adjust valves, and get it looking nice and see if I can flip it.  Max 
says BaT might be a good venue, sounds like a plan.  Or maybe try to 
sell it to some swell over at the luxury gated resort community...  
Aside from a bit of rust starting to show here and there, and some door 
dings on the trailing edges, a tear in the (black) leather driver seat 
bolster, the car is in pretty nice condition, very clean.  Windows were 
very slow, probably need to clean the slides.  2 owner car, the woman 
who had it last bought it from the original owner in 92.


Or if Kleb wants to buy it...  or if any of y'all would be interested, 
let me know.  You know what I have in it so far (plus your agent fee!).  
I think it would be a pretty nice car to just enjoy and not obsess over.


--R

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Re: [MBZ] OT In the path of the eclipse

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

The moon REVOLVES about the earth (and the earth REVOLVES about the 
sun), the moon and earth ROTATE about their axes (and the moon is 
rotation-locked to the earth so it always presents the same face to the 
earth).


And actually earth rotation speed is about 1000mph (24 hours, 24000mi 
circumference).


--R (The Pedant)


On 8/22/17 1:10 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

The Earth rotates at about 1700 mph at the equator, the moon orbits at
around 3400 mph in the same direction, so slightly faster, so the shadow
passes from west to east.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Do the sun and moon rotate in different directions around the planet?
The sun in this neighborhood rises in the east and sets in the west.
The moon also rises in the east and sets in the west?
Why did the eclipse totality go from west to east?
...yeah... duckduckgo
tin.man

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