Re: [MBZ] For y'all trekkies

2015-05-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm going to become a bundler for Hilz and start a solar company to put clean green power in Cuber. I'll make billion$! Of course I will never install a single solar panel, but I will get billion$ because of my /good intentions/. I'll have some pretty heavy overhead, will have to build an

Re: [MBZ] New Addition

2015-05-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Do like those guys do, weld some legs on them and make a grill to cook stuff on the roadside. High-class joint, Benz rim grills. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 30, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Not sure it would be worth the shipping. However, I

Re: [MBZ] What is Wrong With This Picture?

2015-06-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So do you bid on them when you go to pick some up? --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jun 2, 2015, at 4:41 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: +1 Dan On Jun 1, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Probably special cheap WalMart

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - GLOSSARY

2015-06-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Fixin -- like fixin ta go ( apparently this referred to fixing up the horses and getting all their gear on) --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jun 1, 2015, at 10:51 AM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: GLOSSARY CONTINUED: D’mar -- tomorrow Droppin’ soda -- dropping sodium nitrate

[MBZ] sumboddy need dis

2015-07-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://www.banggood.com/A8-5_5inch-Car-HUD-Head-Up-Display-with-OBD2-Interface-Plug-p-981799.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-07-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
HAHAHAHA Ed Malarkey from MA -- yer killin me A! --R On 7/1/15 4:42 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: MD Senators Cardin and Mikulski are awesome. So are Sen. Markey in MA and Whitehouse in RI. The list goes on. Don't be such a cynic. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-07-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
and if he doesn't he is a disgrace to his race. Miss Lindsey defies words. --R On 7/1/15 4:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: He's a lot smarter than your two a**hole senators. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: HAHAHAHA Ed Malarkey

Re: [MBZ] OT Circuit Board Repair

2015-07-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I was thinking about this today for some reason while driving. You might want to see if there is an avionics shop around that does repairs. They know about stuff like that. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jul 1, 2015, at 9:04 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Gerry

[MBZ] OT Old Aircraft pR0n

2015-07-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-vulcans-retires-after-55-years-of-servi-1715162689 --R The Last of the Vulcans Retires After 55 Years of Service http://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-vulcans-retires-after-55-years-of-servi-1715162689 On the 1st of July, 1960

Re: [MBZ] 606 belt tensioner

2015-07-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It's something bigger than 14mm --R On 7/3/15 1:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: What the heck size Allen socket is needed to remove a 606 belt tensioner? The 14mm used on the 603 style is not even close to big enough. Sent from my iPhone ___

Re: [MBZ] San Antonio hotel

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That reminds me of staying in a hotel in Las Vegas NM one night when on our way from Houston to Taos we got stuck by a snowstorm with 2 kids and 2 poodles who did not really get along (dogs and chirruns) so we had to get 2 rooms and eat in shifts to keep all the individuals happy. Anyway, it

[MBZ] CL Photographer of the Week

2015-06-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5081451903.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

[MBZ] 2012 MERCEDES ML-350 4MATIC**NO FRUSTRATION FINANCING!! ***WHY PAID MORE???? - $32999

2015-07-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
***WHY PAID MORE https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/5088043713.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT - English-speaking cat?

2015-07-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Hey Max you must be over in Yurp! Friends have a pair of these Asian tiger or leopard cats or something, they are half house cat and half wild whatevers from Malaysia or some place, and look sorta spotted leopardish. Anyway, they are wicked smart and are actually fairly tolerable and quite

[MBZ] Those wacky Germans

2015-07-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I hope they don't find the tank I have in my basement! http://jalopnik.com/authorities-seize-wwii-panther-tank-from-german-retiree-1715854308 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Sticker on Used MB

2015-07-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Are they Takata airbags? If so, they don't work anyway, so you can just disregard --R On 7/2/15 12:18 PM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: So the dates are when the Air Bags are supposed to be replaced? That must be pretty expensive -- Hmm I wonder how much of the mechanism is replaced? Just

[MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet

2015-07-06 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Or, web cam and existing fone or ipad... I have an older wifi cam and wanted to see if I could get it working with a cheap tablet of some sort as a remote viewer. The cam had some sort of windows software that I never used, but I could see it with VLC on my Mac after putting in some sort of

Re: [MBZ] W123 Parts 'O' Rama

2015-06-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You sure that's not Kleb's new place? Maybe he got a new job traveling around doing revivals. He'll be living like Brother Tilton soon! --R On 6/28/15 3:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Check this out somewhere around Dallas:

Re: [MBZ] WAS Sticker on Used MB NOW Vermin

2015-07-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The last coupla days I have popped several squirrels that were getting all the squirrel seed my wife puts out for the birds. I think I got 5 or 6, some of them ran off after getting hit but I think they probably did not live long. There are 2 or 3 more around that ran off before I could get

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-07-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have thought of running for something too, but then realized I would have to deal with people like me. --R On 7/1/15 5:50 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Thanks, but I don't want it - 'couldn't put up with all the BS. 'Reminds me: 'Bout 25 years ago, I was chairman of local Historic

Re: [MBZ] WAS Sticker on Used MB NOW Vermin

2015-07-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The last coupla days I have popped several squirrels that were getting all the squirrel seed my wife puts out for the birds. I think I got 5 or 6, some of them ran off after getting hit but I think they probably did not live long. There are 2 or 3

Re: [MBZ] Need front brake rotors for my W123 300TD

2015-06-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: My local dealer will happily charge 4X what I would pay at Autohaus AZ, less a 10 percent MB Club discount. No thanks.. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Call Jabba or just go to the FLAPS and get some. I think

Re: [MBZ] Need front brake rotors for my W123 300TD

2015-06-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Would you really want to buy OLD rubber? Even if OEM would it be better to buy cheepcheepchinee rubber that might be at least NEW cheepcheepchinee rubber? conundrums! --R On 6/11/15 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: On a related note, Randy pretty much deals in NOS stuff now, so if

Re: [MBZ] Need front brake rotors for my W123 300TD

2015-06-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
, the $12 scraper has NEW rubber, albeit of lower quality than the OEM part. Hey Rich, the same size house you live in would cost you probably triple here in DC. Does this mean your home is made out of papier mache and Chinese drywall? On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] trouble right here in River City

2015-06-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I recall a remanufactured MC I got for the 123 was only about $40 from the FLAPS and was an easy swap except getting those fittings attached to the hard lines lined up to catch the threads on it was a bugger. Not a lot of slop in the hard lines to wiggle the fitting around. Then you have to

Re: [MBZ] Memorial Day

2015-05-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The test to apply is how many are leaving v. How many are coming, and what each is sacrificing to do whichever. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 25, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan wrote: We would not be the great nation that we are today

Re: [MBZ] Dan P.'s Next Benz

2015-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That's pretty funny, some sorry peckerwood with a trashed car and a Chinese menu for a license plate. I think Dan might be beyond that. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 23, 2015, at 6:18 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] W116 rattles

2015-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Duct tape. You need a parrot to ride on your shoulder too. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 23, 2015, at 10:55 AM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hello gang, Managed to score a W116 SD, 1979, 93k original miles, single owner, no rust blah blah. I thought only

Re: [MBZ] Thinking I should pick this up before penoff does

2015-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That would be a great deal. He probably got a good payout from the ins co so you could beat on him a bit. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 23, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 1995 Mercedes Benz S600

Re: [MBZ] My eyes!!!!

2015-05-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Those would be boMBs --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 21, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Team Kraut you can pitch saurkraut bo mbs at the other cars. Use the black crosses, etc The team needs to have a theme. That increases the chance of being

Re: [MBZ] WAS Sticker on Used MB NOW Vermin

2015-07-06 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I popped another one yesterday, there appears to be only one more in the immediate vicinity but it has developed the Pavlov Pellet Gun conditioning so it runs when I go outside now. When the ospreys are flying around and screeching the tree rat population gets mighty scarce too. One day a

Re: [MBZ] This would be a good buy

2015-07-06 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Needs cam sensor. $1000 Excellent shape, runs great. Needs cam sensor + filthy from sitting around =/ runs great Maybe $750? --R On 7/5/15 7:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 95 s500 mercedes benz 4dr black http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/5106981342.html via cPro

Re: [MBZ] HURRY BEFORE IT'S GONE!!

2015-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
What's with all the tape shapes on the sides? First time I have ever seen 1 PVC pipe used as a styling element. --R On 7/6/15 9:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The Hot Tub Caddy is STILL up for sale! Hurry!!

Re: [MBZ] OT Ephraim and The Mule

2015-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You have to buy the album to find out! My buddy Legare's sister says she has the vinyl, I am going to get it and rip it. Will post the files on Dropbox. --R On 8/11/15 8:08 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: What happened to the end of the story? The audio dies around the five minute

Re: [MBZ] Ceramic brakes Wuz:This is bad

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Are they free-range, renewable, ethically-produced pads? Not all organic is equal! --R On 8/8/15 1:02 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: FWIW: I have never had ceramic pads on an MB. ALL stop well, no problems with fade, etc with the cheap or midrange pads. The very cheapest pads are

[MBZ] OT Crazy Uncle Joe

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
is coming by again today. Should I go out the end of the driveway and introduce him to the full moon? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] OT some RR car pR0n vid

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/bask-in-the-sweet-serenity-of-the-rolls-royce-assembly-1722787389 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT Crazy Uncle Joe

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
turistas who check their brains at the bridge before proceeding on out this way. --R On 8/8/15 12:16 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On August 8, 2015 at 11:31 AM Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: is coming by again today. Should I go out the end of the driveway

Re: [MBZ] $2000 for an '83 300D, 130k miles?

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Offer $1500 he could probably get it. Not like there is a huge market in a small town, and $2k is a bit high for a 32yo car to most people. -R On 8/8/15 12:24 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: My Dad found this car at a small town dealership, very nice interior and exterior looks rust-free

Re: [MBZ] OT Crazy Uncle Joe

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That ain't hapnin bo. Watch this space. --R On 8/8/15 1:34 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Maybe you should let them build some more roads? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] $2000 for an '83 300D, 130k miles?

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Is it a G300D? --R On 8/8/15 2:19 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: EPC data card says one of the options is an electronic locking differential? Anyone know if that was a factory option for a 123 car? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT Crazy Uncle Joe

2015-08-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm sure the SS would have it on their drones and dashcams and gunsightcams and whatever else. --R On 8/8/15 1:18 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: is coming by again today. Should I go out the end of the driveway and introduce him to the full moon? --R Only if someone records

Re: [MBZ] OT - Power partially out

2015-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
to reset it. If it's really damp and cool at night when they reset it you can often see a corona around the stick and the linesman when they do this. Cool. Dan On Aug 12, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It's usually the fuse that blows on my line out

Re: [MBZ] Starter/Alternator/Battery Problem 240D

2015-08-15 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Sounds like a bad battery --R On 8/15/15 7:47 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: So, the 1980 240D has strange symptoms: Intermittent battery draining and when battery is recharged to full, the ignition switch causes a loud click (the solenoid actuating) but then no engine

Re: [MBZ] 190SL

2015-08-15 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
: Yes? What about them? :) -MMM- On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] Gmail Question LIST MOM???

2015-08-16 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I CAN SEE HILLARY!'S EMAILS!! --R On 8/15/15 11:57 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: Curly wrote: Bigger question is why do the postings now list ALL the email addresses subscribed to the list. That is a huge security problem. Kaleb wrote: What the heck are you talking about? I don't

[MBZ] OT This thing looks kinda interesting

2015-08-16 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Looks like some sort of Apple device embedded in the rcvr, you can use it to throw your ifon apps onto it, kinda like with an AppleTV http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA08C2KV6176nm_mc=EMC-MP081615cm_mmc=EMC-MP081615-_-EMC-081615-Index-_-index-_-9SIA08C2KV6176 --R

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
lots and think I thought the engine was supposed to be off for low speed maneuvers. Heck I was surprised how much noise the Nissan Leaf made when I drove it. Everything I'd heard/read said nearly silent and if thats true most people have an odd attitude to silence. -Curt From: Rich Thomas

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Speaking of Pioi, I had to go to store this morning to get a paper since mine did not show up as usual. I saw a Tesla coming through the parking lot, total stealth mode on those things. Dangerous, you can't hear them trying to run you down. I have had 2 close encounters in that parking lot,

Re: [MBZ] Abandoned '98 e320 diesel

2015-08-19 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So this thing has been sitting there with nothing done to it for 3 years, it has cost him nothing and he wants $1500? Dreamer. The owner could have unloaded it for $1500 if he thinks he could get that, instead of giving it away to him. Or maybe he has some deal with her, he gets a

Re: [MBZ] 300TD 1987 woes.

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You are correct sir, but I was using the Universal Translator to reach out to the masses --R On 8/18/15 4:53 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: There's your problem, you didn't check your TIRES --R On 8/18/15 4:14 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: tyre pressures Rich, I thought in

Re: [MBZ] 300TD 1987 woes.

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
There's your problem, you didn't check your TIRES --R On 8/18/15 4:14 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: tyre pressures ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] 300TD 1987 woes.

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yeah the 84 SD kickdown switch got buggered and would not let it shift up. New switch fixed that. You need the G Mann to get you the proper filter! --R On 8/18/15 3:53 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: If you're karma improves, you've got a stuck kick-down switch. Try disconnecting

Re: [MBZ] Escape the heat WUZ: heat

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Texas Hill Country had some decent stuff, mostly not available outside Texas but it was quite drinkable, and a couple had won some awards. --R On 8/18/15 4:28 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: There are several wineries popping up in OK also - however the stuff they produce is difficult to

Re: [MBZ] Woodpeckers attack!

2015-08-19 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My problem, though I have a lot of noisy woodpeckers around, is peckerwoods. I'm wondering how to deal with them. --R On 8/18/15 5:52 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Oh no. I just chased off two woodpeckers, eating something out of the wood trim along an eave. Fresh wood under the

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yes --R On 8/21/15 10:05 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Another Lambo, or another wife? ;) - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If it was his wife I am sure he could afford another one

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The HF stuff is reasonable for the price, I have an air hose and various fittings, they work. I have the $20 recip saw, that thing just won't die. I expected it to last $20 worth, but so far it has done very well with some abusive use. Take a look at banggood.com for some really cheap

[MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So the stupid paper guy does not deliver my papers this morning, I go to the store down the road to get some. I see a new topless black Lambo parked outside the store, very cool. Thing is about 2ft high. I go in get the papers, as I am leaving and driving by, I see this guy helping this

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
.. ;)) His only question is What color should the new Lambo be. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So the stupid paper guy does not deliver my papers this morning, I go to the store down the road to get some. I see a new topless black Lambo parked

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Bad lip reading

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I saw that yesterday, very funny stuff With Bernie and Hillary! it would all be like Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff ' --R On 8/21/15 12:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Republican debate, NFL mic'ed. All in good fun.. I

Re: [MBZ] He main lined some heroin tonight and the price went way up

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Or at least as long as the AC BLOWS ICE COLD --R On 8/22/15 6:46 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: He wants to keep it 4ever. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300SD

[MBZ] OT Airplane pR0n of the day

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/breathtaking-blue-bugatti-100p-replica-finally-makes-fi-1725669099 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I want it --R On 8/21/15 11:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 1970 Mercedes 280 SE Base http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5184222563.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] CHANGE YOUR FUSES!

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So I found the fuse chart in a paper that was folded up and tucked in the fuse box, it has the map for all the boxes in Deutsche, Anglis, and some other language. Found the ciggy lighter fuse, and of course there are no spare fuses and no fuse puller thingie. Had a 15A fuse in my toolbox so

[MBZ] car hacking

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is quite fascinating http://hackaday.com/2015/08/22/how-those-hacker-took-complete-control-of-that-jeep --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Anybody in Charlotte, NC?

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm gonna be up in Sparkleburg this weekend, Charlotte is like an hour away, I might could pick it up and bring it back home and ship it from here. --R On 8/22/15 5:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Got a guy with an SL cover I want. He doesn’t want to ship it. Anybody in the area

[MBZ] These old Benz's are unstoppable.

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Especially with no vacuum https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5178778290.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Another 108

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Rust on the lower back of trunk lid? --R On 8/23/15 5:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 1970 Mercedes 280SE http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/5181075357.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent from my iPhone

[MBZ] Complications -- MB 7 speed tranny

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://youtu.be/7tfiowxUTBs --R (sent from my miniPad) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] This might be a decent buy

2015-08-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Check this one out for some ambition https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5182789739.html --R On 8/23/15 5:09 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Max wrote: Mao, ready for a road trip? Jaime? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Golf speedo

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I thought this was about some fat pasty white European guy wearing a Speedo while golfing. NEED BRAIN BLEACH --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Both --R On 8/19/15 8:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300SD http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/5181050900.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] heat

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
*I think most people in Fargo go for the TruCoat, it keeps the cars from rusting out --R Customer*: We sat here right in this room and went over this and over this! *Jerry*: Yeah, but that TruCoat-- *Customer*: I sat right here and said I didn't want no TruCoat! *Jerry*: Yeah, but I'm sayin',

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

2015-08-16 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Find a wrecked AMG and drop something in there --R On 8/16/15 2:27 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: What? Mercedes made a sorry engine??? A carbureted engine should be relatively easy to modify, remove the smog controls, get the power back, etc. Install a couple of Webers, or a Holley . . . Of

Re: [MBZ] CHANGE YOUR FUSES!

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
revealed that if there’s no load, the “electronic fuse” won’t pass power to the circuit. Put a new 5W bulb in and it worked. Dan On Aug 22, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So my wife wants to power her phone from a cig plug charger in the 2012 ML

[MBZ] CHANGE YOUR FUSES!

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So my wife wants to power her phone from a cig plug charger in the 2012 ML. There is a ciggy lighter in the front console, and the manual shows either/both a 12V socket there, but hers only has the ciggy lighter. I try to get the lighter out, push it down, nothing happens. So I pry it out,

Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I see 3 issues: 1. Is GW happening? 2. If Yes, what is causing it? 3. If Yes to 1 and to 2 something within our control, then what is to be done about it, by whom, who pays, who controls the spending, etc.? --R On 8/20/15 4:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I guess we can

[MBZ] A kilo of CL crack

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-worst-deals-on-craigslist-right-now-1725188130 I like the Roller --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
manner. But, what difference, at this point, does it make? --R On 6/30/15 10:25 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Would you prefer I support Bernie or Hillary? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have a serious question here, Andy is the just the guy to help me out. Hillary! very clearly has some huge baggage she is dragging around, most recently this whole business with the personal unsecured email server, running national-sensitive stuff through it, lying about it, not turning

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
He is perfectly grounded in hair reality. He announced that when elected president he will change his hairstyle to something more manageable and that takes less time to deal with. He's gonna be too busy for an elaborate combover! --R On 6/30/15 2:53 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] the sky is falling

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is pretty funny http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2015/06/30/millennials-in-shock-over-hillarys-cribs-n2019141 --R On 6/30/15 4:04 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: I don't know how anyone could support HRC. Her record consists of incompetence, coverups, and conspiracy to

Re: [MBZ] 55 MPG!

2015-07-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I was going to ask if that color was primer gray but I don't want to waste his valuable time --R On 7/28/15 9:12 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5139293555.html Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___

Re: [MBZ] okie****?

2015-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Apologies for the salty term, this was supposed to go to the site mom, or one of them, but mom apparently used the main email address. All seems to be working now. --R On 7/29/15 10:59 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: Sent some mails this morning, none have gone through --R

Re: [MBZ] Kentucky man shoots down drone hovering over his backyard

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Tater gun stuffed with a shrimp throw net, you catch it you keep it. I just got a 1600 mW solid state laser from China that runs off 12V (I think, I haven't really looked at it yet) to put on a little burning machine, I got to thinking that mounting that sucker on a quadcopter with some

Re: [MBZ] Why diesel prices are plummeting

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
There was an article in the WSJ a coupla days ago about gasoline and diesel inventories, and diesel is way high due to it being a byproduct of gasoline refining, and gasoline is being refined at a high rate, apparently due to some refineries having recently come on line in the Middle East.

Re: [MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: This is funny

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I do that with my guide named Charon --R On 7/30/15 10:39 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: He did this stuff by getting dropped off in the Styx and left to hunt and track the animals for several days. Rarely used a guide, so I was told. At least he was sporting about it.

Re: [MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: This is funny

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
. On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I do that with my guide named Charon --R On 7/30/15 10:39 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: He did this stuff by getting dropped off in the Styx

[MBZ] Best dealer to get your CLK trannie taken apart

2015-08-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150801/PC2107/150809912/1136/for-third-year-running-baker-motor-company-named-a-x2018-best-dealership-to-work-for-x2019-nationwide --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT gold (and everything else) is crashing

2015-08-02 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
We are in the 6th Summer of Recovery now, and Crazy Uncle Joe is preparing to challenge She Whose Turn It Is, so I'm sure Summers of Recovery shall continue unabated for years to come. --R On 8/2/15 12:15 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Relax, leaderships trickle up poverty plan is working.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Kay and Steele sketch spoofing American values

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I knew a guy about 20 years ago who was going to get some surplus RPVs from A Government Agency and set up cell phone repeaters on them to provide service in Africa and other infrastructure-challenged areas. These things could stay up a week or two, orbiting at 70k ft+, above most of the

Re: [MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: This is funny

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Interesting that you mention that, he got those to correct a vision problem he has had since a child when he got hit in the head with a ball or rock or something, and I think some surgery to correct it in the last coupla years and hence the spectacles to assist with the problem. The

Re: [MBZ] Today's BATsh*t Crazy Car

2015-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Can Kleb drive his dizzel pickup and trailer there? $500 is like 65k yen these days --R On 7/29/15 9:16 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/2015/07/28/custom-cabrio-nightmare-project-1968-mercedes-benz-600s/ Wow. Sent from my iPad

[MBZ] OT I'm pretty sure it would be easy to kill yourself with this thing

2015-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
At least 2 or 3 different ways http://makezine.com/2015/07/29/making-the-switch --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] testtesttest

2015-08-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
pass fail --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] testtesttest

2015-08-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Interestingly, I saw the original msg in my (new) gmail acct right away but it has not yet shown up here in the acct from which I sent it. I have been rejected for a few days now, it looks like I am once again part of the cabal. I'm wondering my original email provider has gone wonky, or if

Re: [MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: This is funny

2015-07-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
: Thursday, July 30, 2015 11:19 AM Subject: [MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: [ SPAM ] Re: This is funny Uh, Charon ferried people across Acheron, not Styx, I believe. Dan not quite down to the 5th Circle Sent from my iPad On Jul 30, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote

[MBZ] okiefukced?

2015-07-29 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Sent some mails this morning, none have gone through --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Awesome W111 coupe but is the color authentic?

2015-07-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Looks like Ferrari stole it too http://jalopnik.com/2016-ferrari-488-spider-this-is-it-1720604540 --R On 7/28/15 4:14 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Seller replied with the following: We believe it is the original color scheme. The blue is called Blau (Blue) DB387 I think they got

Re: [MBZ] Penetrating oil

2015-07-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
PB Blaster I have found to be pretty good at getting rusty things losened then you can go at them with other stuff. --R (who knows he suggested acetone/transgender fluid so I am not a looser) On 7/28/15 5:18 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: fmiser wrote I acquired a monster chain-type

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