Re: [MBZ] old and older

2019-04-26 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I will be sitting pretty in my 450SL in two weeks. Outdoor temps back home should be in the 15-20c range, instead of snow and get lucky if it gets above 7c here in Alaska. clay > On Apr 25, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I stopped for gas at Costco this morning f

[MBZ] Okie Acres of the Great White North?

2019-04-26 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Butte-residents-say-nuisance-property-violates-Borough-code-and-threatens-safety-509048391.html clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. ___

Re: [MBZ] Fender bender

2019-04-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Sadly, I am out of town and my normal PnP. Found a 95 ED living in one yard that has a good chicken peck fender. Car will probably be crushed by the time I am back south. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out.

Re: [MBZ] High On Heavy Drugs

2019-04-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am clayOn Apr 24, 2019, at 10:11 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > This is getting old, your gratuitous trashing of our national government. > No one is listening to you anyway. > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:51 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] Getting my Zoll On

2019-04-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Under educated johnny Law pulled me over in my collector with year of manufacture plate. Tried to give me guff me about illegal plates and more. I told him to check with the pertinent state laws and regulations as he was confused and should be out catching real criminals. He ran the plates an

Re: [MBZ] A Flip For Martha?

2019-04-23 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
It looked to me that the drive seat leather had a failure. I do like the W140, and the drive from whorlando to SEA is doable this time of year, with a reasonable purchase price. But, fuel cost to get it across this great nation makes it not that good of an idea for me. Long live diesels! clay

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: if you were looking for an E320CDI

2019-04-23 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Hunt for them on the Bay of Fleas. I would come across some of the early navigation discs at PnP. The market for them is not that active, as the cars that used them are garbage now. The W220 used one form of disc from 2000-2003, then upgraded IIRC. Best to just use your phone at this point.

Re: [MBZ] An Article For Earth Day

2019-04-23 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
That is correct. SWMBA has a few clients who are interested in mining the hydrates in the arctic. Trouble is that there is no way to get the stuff to market in the great white north. Where it has been snowing the past five days. This place is evil. clay monroe > I turned my computer up

Re: [MBZ] Lock cleaner

2019-04-23 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
My locksmith loves when people use graphite or wd-40. Lots of money in cleaning that gunk out. Their lube of choice is Tri-Flow and lots of it. Saturate the lock until you have it oozing out and washing away all the detritus in the lock is what I was told should be done. That has been good

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: An Article For Earth Day

2019-04-23 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
And the idiots in the State of Washington just decided to outlaw coal power and go all green electric. Lets see how that works out for them when BPA has to shut down the big dams, and all that is left are a few idle windmills and a small solar farm in the boonies. clay monroe > I turned my co

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: Fred Flintstone

2019-04-19 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
WOW! That sort of floor is standard for PnP examples. My $117 Gump had more metal in the floor than that thing and better interior. Not so good paint though. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr

Re: [MBZ] Copart crack

2019-04-19 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
No market for them in the great white north. Seattle seems to be flush with people selling w116 as the original owners croak clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 19, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Kaleb Stripli

Re: [MBZ] Car for Clay!

2019-04-18 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Tempting, but I got rid of all my pre 1980 parts, so would spiral into another hoarding venture to be able to keep it on the road. > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 18, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Merc

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** Re: CL Is Dead

2019-04-18 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Bag of hammers. I checked the seattle CL and find it flooded with mercedes cars by owner. It divides between those who think the cars are magical and should bring big dollar. The others are realists and are selling off the things for a bit above scrap values, or at least at K’leb prices. Tha

Re: [MBZ] 129

2019-04-16 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Hagerty seems to think the 98-99 129 are going to be super collectables in a decade clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 16, 2019, at 5:06 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > If a pe

Re: [MBZ] Notre Dame

2019-04-15 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
#2 boy, who is away at a liberal college, calls to tell me the whole thing is terrorists muslims who are destroying european churches. That there have been almost a dozen christian worship centers set ablaze since the beginning of the year. I know nothing about this. Just that the french ha

Re: [MBZ] The boys were trans?

2019-04-13 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 13, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Alaska-student-disciplined-after-she-kneed-boy-that-entered-girls-bathr

[MBZ] The boys were trans?

2019-04-13 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Alaska-student-disciplined-after-she-kneed-boy-that-entered-girls-bathroom-508504101.html This is pretty sticky. Possible sex assault? Gay rights? Self Defense? Trans rights? Wonder how this plays out long term. I bet one of the boys drives a car with a sta

Re: [MBZ] Copart car

2019-04-12 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
My Polei might be a good candidate for OM603. Runs and drives with a very strong engine and transmission. Transmission shop who did the adjustment was surprised by her response. Something about a Raped Ape at highway speeds. Low four fig clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1082 S

Re: [MBZ] One for Clat

2019-04-12 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Crack price for old benz around here. There are no qualified shops or group support to make it worth owning for me. I might pick up the w115 out of Tacoma when I get back to the real world. Need a DD. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm

Re: [MBZ] OT SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral tonight

2019-04-10 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I was not going to be able to see it live in person, but it should be on the youtubes. clay > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 10, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Kinda cloudy/

[MBZ] Fill your tank

2019-04-10 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Why Washington has 3rd most expensive gas in America https://www.king5.com/mobile/article/news/local/why-washington-has-3rd-most-expensive-gas-in-america/281-f6df94ea-df02-4714-871f-b78cd70bf63a And the great white north has lower fuel cost, even though it is shipped to PNW for refining, then an

Re: [MBZ] Interesting history

2019-04-07 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Boogered it up by painting it red, now it has a bunch of rust. I bet I could sell my 74 for more, as it is more original and has no rust out. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 6, 2019, at 4:39 P

Re: [MBZ] OT EV airplanes in the near future

2019-04-06 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
That was not on the curricula in my elementary school. I did not learn of that until Maggie Thatcher wanted to undermine the coal miners. Until that time, we were all going to freeze in the coming ice ages. There was much undisputed science supporting that fact. I did learn that plants like

Re: [MBZ] OT EV airplanes in the near future

2019-04-05 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I have seen coal power plant. There are stacks, but all that came out was steam. Build right close to the coal bed, but that stuff was too full of sulfur. The thing takes a train load of WY coal each day to run. That is 100 rail cars of coal. Each day. More coal dust on the rail bed than e

Re: [MBZ] OT EV airplanes in the near future -- POWER SOURCES

2019-04-05 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
That sounds like the homeless issue mixed with the safe space snow flakes. Both populations are not going to breed. The homeless do not use much plug in energy, and the snowflakes want to save all the energy. That just leaves the religious folk to increase the population. clay monroe > I tu

Re: [MBZ] one for clay

2019-04-04 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
That could work, but the guy who was going to do the job has just closed his shop. I did contact some other shops close to my car. They all wanted to source the engines themselves, and that was going to be Metric motors. No more smart guys who work on our cars, who can do kludge jobs the way

[MBZ] Benz chubbs

2019-04-02 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am in the middle of the Netflix Narcos Mexico show and just amazed at the parade of sexy mid 80’s benz porn on this show. Nothing like the Amazon show, with all the hardcore old Benz porn, but this is girl next door R107, w123, some w126 or w116. Angela Basset bush, before the ever expanding

Re: [MBZ] Oh how the mighty have fallen

2019-04-02 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The top of a w129 are far more complex and dastardly than those of the R107. The fix is painful for the wallet, as the w123 sort of car is not. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 2, 2019, at 9:41

Re: [MBZ] I am using Bio engine Oil

2019-04-02 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
one april two thousand and nineteen clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Apr 2, 2019, at 4:56 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > What was the date yesterday? > > Peter Frederick via Mercedes

[MBZ] I am using Bio engine Oil

2019-04-01 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Next time I run the SD, I will be using this stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHRYxRiboc clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To searc

[MBZ] I am in no way surprised

2019-04-01 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
King County crash leaves trooper 'speechless' (Via KING 5) https://www.king5.com/mobile/article/news/local/king-county-crash-leaves-trooper-speechless/281-18fa2486-288f-4f7b-8831-6c81d0883b8f Make cars into aero wedges and what can you expect? The honda that rear ended Allen (SD) dove under

Re: [MBZ] My indy closed

2019-03-31 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I missed the last time he cleared the shelves. He had parts stacked and shelved a dozen feet high in a storage section of the shop. Two stories, 24x30 of parts for Pontons to W140. Pretty much just hauled it to the dump. Complete interiors in a host of colors, along with electronics, control

Re: [MBZ] BAT video? - really?

2019-03-31 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
He is White man Splaining to her. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 31, 2019, at 11:34 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > and, another video of ... PCB fab factory in China. > https://w

Re: [MBZ] The FB idiocy is appalling

2019-03-31 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I think the issue was between rubber band tars and normal tars on the car. The low profiles wanted more psi, so the door placard (or where ever it lived) was disregarded for the specification given on the rubber itself. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookm

Re: [MBZ] OFFLIST Re: HELP!!!

2019-03-31 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Last one I purchased two years ago was all of $60. I had over torqued the little bolts and warped the pan. No amount of fiddling was able to get the pan to seal right after that. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't

[MBZ] My indy closed

2019-03-31 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
This being a Sunday I got a very strange call this morning. The phone has bespoke ringtones for callers, and this was from my indy who is not open on the weekends. At 0800 Alaska time. I let it ring through, maybe he leaves a message. A few hours later when I had gotten some coffee, he rung

Re: [MBZ] HELP!!!

2019-03-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
over much fluid if you did not drain the TC? Pan gasket failure? clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 30, 2019, at 6:32 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > I put in the sixth quart of ATF into the

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
My w115 seemed to need forward motion to encourage the warm air to flow into the cabin. Then, again, I was driving winters in PNW with cold moist air. The defog was not an issue, as the engine would warm up within a mile of lighting off. Warm would travel to the windscreen and clear it with e

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am headed back to SEA in a few weeks to cull the herd. Clean out the stacks and piles of collected parts. I, of course, need something to drive while there, as the w126 set is non-op. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for d

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Vehemently opposed. Still better than an econobox with obdII and tinfoil skin clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 29, 2019, at 4:09 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Probably because Mrs.

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
wrote: > > Hmmm - the heater fan is listed as having been replaced - that's a 16-20 > hour job by the book, 10-12 hour job through the (enlarged) speaker hole. > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 4:31 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> D

Re: [MBZ] Heck of a deal on a shop vac

2019-03-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Long ago, about a quarter decade, I was gifted a massive Red Devil shop vac. Almost commercial quality. The unit is almost indestructible and has served me very well. Almost as powerful as the whole house unit. MB content. - This has removed detritus and debris on all the benz in my inven

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
You met SWMBA and that might take place. Would still be better than getting stuck in a korean car like she want to put me in. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 29, 2019, at 5:44 AM, Jim Cathey v

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
DAMN DAMN DAMN! I am not headed there for a few more weeks. If it runs, I would be running after that so I have a DD. Price is good. Would allow for continued care for the w126 SDL. Good for me, I have cash in hand. Nice that he has had it on the market for half a year. Might even allow

Re: [MBZ] Clay!!!

2019-03-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I like green cars as much as K’leb clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 29, 2019, at 5:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > That looks pretty nice, decent price > > --FT > > On 3/29/19

Re: [MBZ] Kaleb also needs This Large Collection of Diesel Mercedes Engines, Transmissions and Spares

2019-03-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Core charge for the motors alone covers the purchase. Unless this is Re-Invent the Wheel. Then it is all garbage. He retails barely functional motors for $1500, and good ones over $5k clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for di

Re: [MBZ] Kaleb also needs This Large Collection of Diesel Mercedes Engines, Transmissions and Spares

2019-03-28 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I need one of those turbo engines! If I had the space I would gladly swoop down and haul that stuff back home with me. Sadly, the local market in SEA will be getting flooded with lots of excess inventory of parts in the coming year or so when the superb indy down in Lakewood (by the joint base

Re: [MBZ] OT Volvo

2019-03-28 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Sort of true. My little sister got herself a volvo wagon XC to haul her kids. She drove that into the ground. The last years of the car were utter neglect because she had to drive out of MT, across ID and into WA to find a service provider any time something would go wrong. She ended up lett

Re: [MBZ] W124 Body Trim Clips

2019-03-26 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
The most wonderful climate I found was the highlands of Guatemala. The coasts were a humid torment unless you were on the water with the breeze. Up in the valley it was mostly sitting at 18c with the really hot days getting to 22c. Nights might drop to 14c. Winter in the uninsulated house, i

Re: [MBZ] W124 Body Trim Clips

2019-03-26 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
the cold and snow in the 49th estate has been enough for me to decide to decamp to more moderate climes. SWMBA is all up in my grille about “Cotton Kills” for far too long. I want to live somewhere that does not require base layers just to walk outside > On Mar 26, 2019, at 1:27 PM, Curt R

Re: [MBZ] Nice bundts from 107 4/$100

2019-03-20 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
These would be perfect for the 123 and early 126 clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 20, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Will these fit a 123/126? Seems a decent price

Re: [MBZ] M1 oel deals?

2019-03-18 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
A person used to be able to purchase it in the diesel oil section, the 20/50. Then is seemed to go missing form the shelves, and I only found 15-50 no matter who made it, be it dino or synth. All of a sudden it showed up on shelves again but in the special motor bike section with a price twic

Re: [MBZ] Way OT but horrifyingly interesting

2019-03-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Panama had abundant power with the US running the canal. There were some times when we were told to slow down and keep the lights out due to low water levels in Lake Gatun. Ships take precedence. Venezuela around that time had many issues with power, water, and other services. Most of tha

Re: [MBZ] Way OT but horrifyingly interesting

2019-03-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
A decade ago when SWMBA was getting a wind farm permitted, there was a hiccough due to the lack of access to adequate transmission capacity to get it to the grid. BPA was in an uproar that it would put too many electrons onto their grid. A person would have thought they would have resolved t

Re: [MBZ] Way OT but horrifyingly interesting

2019-03-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I keep 10 gallons of #2 on hand for just such situations. Sadly, I am not where the fuel is right now. Being paranoid, I kept an urban survival setup for all weather troubles. There were stacks of wood for the fireplace, boxes of candles when the lights go out, many pounds of wax and parafin

Re: [MBZ] Ethiopian Airlines Crash

2019-03-10 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I have no insight on why the planes are falling from the sky. I will posit that the computers are being given more credit for keeping the things in the air than the pilots should be relinquishing. The same sort of troubles that will haunt the fools who put their lives into the hands of the aut

Re: [MBZ] OM603

2019-03-10 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I was not going to respond. Then the need to share overcame me. For the longest time I was all over M1 in 20-50 and 15-50 in all the cars, SL and diesel. The W220 had the magical computer oil change/service indicator which told me all I ever needed to know, so I deferred to that for only that

Re: [MBZ] Why You Need to Wrap Your Car Key Fob in Foil

2019-03-09 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
BBC story yesterday reported the car alarm folks (like Clifford) are simple to hack. Many of the remote start and entry systems are weak and bad people are going to take over your car while you drive or steal it away. Simple solution is to drive cars that need a key, have no fob, and even less

Re: [MBZ] reminded tonight how bad old diesels are in the snow

2019-03-09 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The SDL did exceptionally in the grand voyage from SEA to ND and back two years ago. Junk chinee tars that were maybe 6 months old, driving at speed in the dark of night. At one point through blinding snow for maybe 20 miles with all manner of vehicles in ditches and medians, spun out or upsid

Re: [MBZ] Triple A

2019-03-09 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
entino via Mercedes > wrote: > > Which plan do you have? What's the cost? > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Clay > Monroe via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2019 1:39 PM > To: Merce

Re: [MBZ] reminded tonight how bad old diesels are in the snow

2019-03-08 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
how is the BMW in the snow? clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:18 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > >>> Need better tires and some weight in the back. > > This utterly transf

Re: [MBZ] Triple A

2019-03-08 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
WOW, that sucks. AAA WA has hauled cars multiple times in a month at no cost. Five tows in a year in three states thousands of miles apart. I always get a wrecker, even if they have to call a truck from lots of miles away clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the

Re: [MBZ] Triple A

2019-03-08 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Every car in the family for the past 15 years has taken a ride with AAA, or gotten battery jumped. I think it is a very smart investment for roadside, if not for insurance. It truly beats paying a towing bill once a year. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1082 SD - Allen 1986 SDL -

Re: [MBZ] reminded tonight how bad old diesels are in the snow

2019-03-08 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Well, that changes the optics of my dragging the SD up here once I get a fresh engine in her. Temps are just getting past freezing, the streets are beginning to get slushy. I get to walk the dog. One road has massive divots in the six inches of ice on the road where either the garbage truck or

[MBZ] Smoking hookers and plastering crack

2019-03-06 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/d/bremerton-1982-mercedes-turbo-diesel/6806397544.html Maybe he should try BaT clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. ___ http://www.

Re: [MBZ] nice set of bundts

2019-03-06 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I have found some one off, great looking spare wheels at PnP. Finding four or five would take a year or more, and might result in mismatch of brand. Sometimes the yard had Deal Days and you can snag rims for little money. I did get a full set of bundts at that time for under $50. They wanted

[MBZ] Dunb car question

2019-03-04 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I seem to recall way way back in the dark ages of car purchasing, certain markets had cars outfitted for more severe duty than others. Think Upper Peninsula or Buffalo, even Canada, versus Atlanta or some other mild climates. Am I misremembering that the cold places would have as standard equi

Re: [MBZ] World's largest SUV

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
at he had several S class cars built, > one in each color of the rainbow, interiors matching exteriors... so it's a > "Set of Cars"... > > Disposable income anyone? > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 6:06 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrot

Re: [MBZ] I Picked up the “Sherman Tank” W124

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The sunroof in the SD does work just fine. It does seem to control the weather though. There were days I would drive to work and have the roof open. Warm and sunny day. If the roof were open, the weather would invariably change and it would rain. Folks at work figured out I was responsible,

Re: [MBZ] I Picked up the “Sherman Tank” W124

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I could not get that to remove the ground in dirt the way I wanted. It is really good for superficial cleaning though. I had to pull the padded mats/carpet, flush with warm water, then use the scrub brush and baby shampoo (seemed to stay color fast) to work as deeply into the pile/nap that the

Re: [MBZ] I Picked up the “Sherman Tank” W124

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Duct Tape worked a charm driving back from ND to SEA two years ago. It kept snow and water out in below freezing temps at high speeds. Sadly, the sticky failed after 1200 miles and 24 hours. Maybe the silver tape would have been better than standard grey clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two to

Re: [MBZ] I Picked up the “Sherman Tank” W124

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Were I where all my parts live, I have a complete lift mechanism from a w124 that I had intended to use to repair the non functional sunroof in the Gen II SDL. I am not going to be doing the repair anytime soon. May just include it when the SDL gets sold on. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two

Re: [MBZ] World's largest SUV

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I want to see the rainbow S class he had built clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 1, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6760511/Abu-Dhabi-She

Re: [MBZ] Actually Craig or somebody should buy this

2019-03-03 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
No mention of mileage. At that price, I would fly down, drive it back to SEA and replace Allen with it. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Mar 1, 2019, at 3:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >

Re: [MBZ] Deputies: Teenage DUII driver crashes into Taco Bell drive-through, fence in Happy Valley (Via FOX 12 Oregon)

2019-02-28 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
One pint of the stuff I brew would easily get you past 0.08. Only consumed at the end of the day when cars are not getting used. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 28, 2019, at 1:53 PM, Rick

[MBZ] Deputies: Teenage DUII driver crashes into Taco Bell drive-through, fence in Happy Valley (Via FOX 12 Oregon)

2019-02-27 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Used to be it woudl be some hollywood starlet or trust fund kid. Now, with the decline in Mercedes quality, any meth head can crash into a fast food joint. clay > > Deputies: Teenage DUII driver crashes into Taco Bell drive-through, fence in > Happy Valley > > > (Via FOX 12 Oregon) > > >

Re: [MBZ] Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind and Solar Energy

2019-02-25 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > He knows a thing or two about unreliability > > --FT > > On 2/24/19 10:26 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: >> Carbon and renewables seem not to make sense to the almost richest man in >> the world. That may point to j

Re: [MBZ] Euroiffic

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Does anybody recall seeing John Lennons TD on BAT? I am reading the December issue of Sports Car Market. It sold for $31.900 at Worldwide Auctioneers in Auburn IN 9/1/18. 13x k miles on a taxi yellow rig clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I

Re: [MBZ] Who is in CA...Paperwork

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I had issue with a Kali car almost 30 years ago. Somehow that state wanted money for me to purchase the car from an Oregon seller who had not titled the car properly. That was a giant PITA because on the way home with the car, I caught the attention of the local WA Mounties who gave me a ticke

[MBZ] Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind and Solar Energy

2019-02-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Carbon and renewables seem not to make sense to the almost richest man in the world. That may point to just how much magical thinking is going on in the marketing of these products to the public clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looki

Re: [MBZ] Bundt Wheels

2019-02-21 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The bundts are rather ugly. Also a real PITA to refurbish. Getting road rash off hubcaps is much more difficult than sanding and filling the boo boo on a bundt. The pain of curb rashing the covers on the SL three years ago stings so much more than the bundt on Allen I had just mounted. clay

Re: [MBZ] Relative cheap with 99 ML

2019-02-21 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Mercedes will use the old cars as a way to prop up their marketing as well as rest upon their laurels. The mercedes cars are crap anymore. The brand depends on idiots like us to keep proving that nothing lasts as long as an old benz. No new benz will last long enough to become an everyday col

Re: [MBZ] OT(non Conan)

2019-02-19 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Green weanies will march with torches and pitchforks to defend the super wonderful tidal flow scenic environments. The Salish Sea has a few strong resources, but opposition would not give a flaming tossed toast about the New Green dealeo. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and sh

Re: [MBZ] '74 VW Thing is worth more than any '74 Mercedes

2019-02-18 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The quality of sheet metal used in a benz is gooder than in the Thing. A VW would have rotted away far quicker than a w114 would. Thus, the Thing is a very rare survivor. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out.

Re: [MBZ] OT Special message for Curt

2019-02-17 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
-5c for the next few days. That is better than the -14 from earlier, but warmed enough to encourage the clouds to sprinkle snow for a few more days. I would rather sweeps some sunshine than shovel snow. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: Conan O'Brien at Dartmouth

2019-02-16 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Codgers can do well with CBD. None of the funny stuff, just the medically beneficial canabidiols (sp) which reduce inflammation, soothe anxiety, and can aid with infirmities of the senior populations. Not a cure all, no smoking, most useful in edibles, salves, tinctures to reduce pains or assi

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: Conan O'Brien at Dartmouth

2019-02-16 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I found the show a bit racist and stretching to make funny. IT was not engaging when it first ran, and now the sensitive types are up in arms about how crass and impolite it is. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't f

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: Conan O'Brien at Dartmouth

2019-02-16 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
SWMBA has a yard that may need some walls put in. Being a working person, she has had no time to get her gardens sorted. I suspect that I will be seconded into the wall and bed brigade this summer. At this point, the whole is covered in snow, which limits progress with slopes and retaining st

Re: [MBZ] OT Fying Taxis in Frankfurt

2019-02-13 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Based on the lackluster performance the city of Seattle put forth during their most recent weather event, these autonomous vehicles will be incapable of more than operating in the most benign of climates. The snow plan for Seattle is to gather as many homeless as possible and have them scoop th

Re: [MBZ] Electric again

2019-02-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
These are not the same. Euro runs at 50 cycles, US is 60 cycle. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 11, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Are 220v euro appliance the s

Re: [MBZ] The Electric B Class

2019-02-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
My former neighbor in SEA worked for Tesla. He kept his car garaged at all times so he had no charing issues. He did say that you needed to use the 240 to get best results. The 110 could not keep the battery warm enough to accept enough kW beyond the battery warming system in winter. If you w

Re: [MBZ] The Electric B Class

2019-02-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
SWMBA has a few pals in PNW that got sucked into the Leaf blower marketing. Lots of tax incentives to get a home 240v box on the outside of the house to allow the car to suckle electrons. Most of her buddies had real cars for getting anything real accomplished. The Foliage cars were fine for

Re: [MBZ] The Electric B Class

2019-02-11 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
These were powered by the Ballard Energy system. Sort of robust. The systems were being developed out of Vancouver BC area when Benz purchased into Ballard a number of years ago. The Dev team came and gave a presentation to the BC club in 2016. There was no sharing of what was in the pipelin

Re: [MBZ] Clay needs this

2019-02-10 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I have both the 617 and a stick for that. It would not fly as DD. That is what I “Need”. Trying to staple that mess of tubing into a road car is not as fun as putting a real benz back on the road. I have to wonder what possessed the seller to even bother with a purchase like that in the mid

[MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-07 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/02/washington-bill-would-ban-studded-tires-in-2025-charge-fees-on-new-purchases.html The Puget sound area is under winter weather assault. Iced up streets and nobody knows how to drive in snow or ice. Save the roads, kill the drivers. It is not as if

Re: [MBZ] 1984 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon Crack??

2019-02-07 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Cars are like women. Young ones are pretty hard to gauge since the sparkle is still on them. But, you can tell when the bloom is off the rose and the wear shows up. Hard living takes its toll. Sagging seats tell more than the really sweet cosmetic detailing can hide. Crack smoking 25 year o

Re: [MBZ] I don't get this

2019-02-06 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
There was discussion of this in a recent Sports Car Market mag (12/18) about investment vs. enjoyment of supercars. My take away was that a real car lover drives his vehicle and extracts maximum enjoyment in use of the tool, with the tool will just plop down a stack of cash and store away the i

Re: [MBZ] 1984 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon Crack??

2019-02-05 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Looks real nice. Needs a hood pad. Makes you wonder what else was overlooked. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Feb 5, 2019, at 4:28 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes > wrote: > > > https://portland

Re: [MBZ] OT: Weird weather factoid

2019-02-05 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Climate change is making a statement about how things remain the same. Looks like a maybe repeat of 1978/79. That was when we worried about the impending ice age. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On

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