Re: [MBZ] 97 E300

It seemed to me that black was the color of choice for cars in SEA. Up here in ANC, it is take what ever is on the lot and thank the scumbag stealer for allowing you to have a new car. The winter take a pretty good toll on cars (evidenced by the large number of body shops with yards stuffed

Re: [MBZ] 97 E300

SWMBA house has that blah grey tone interior paint. I seem to recall that in SEA you could take your the unused portion of paint in the can to the recycle depot/hazard waste yard for recycle/remix. All the discards got magically enhanced into a large mixer (somebody must have had a clue what

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

The obvious solution is what is done on leading edges of those big old airplanes. Use a good de-icer before take off, then have the expansion doohickey engage when ice builds up. Shed chunks at speed. I wonder just how far you could fling a one pound chunk of ice off the end of a 130 foot

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Ice at ballistic speeds aimed at the incoming airplanes (Fire Island with the windmills is in the flight path and across the water from ANC. Imagine the fireworks if a chunk struck the engine of an incoming 747 800 instead of some Iranian missile hitting a plane taking off. clay > On Jan

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

AK has massive trapped natural gas resource. Only able to access the stuff in Cook Inlet, close to ANC. The stuff up north requires around $40bn to get south enough for urban use or export. Nobody wants to spend that much on the pipeline, let alone have the state and private venture folks

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Leading edges delaminate and increase drag until a fresh set of blades are installed. In the event of high enough relative humidity in big cold, the wind farms tend to idle the blades. That way nothing gets hurt. Nor are electrons made. A viable solution with that giant push away from

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

Alaska, having energy islands and no viable grid to deliver electrons, seems almost able to financially justify (with a bunch of Greenie Weenie huzzah) installing wind platforms. The original option for electric utility power has been those generator sets Dan knows about. Industrial diesel

Re: [MBZ] OT - Network Wiring Day!

gt; On 21/01/2020 3:44 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: >> Two decades ago I did a major remodel to the homestead. Tore off the old >> half story and built out the full space. We were out camping one weekend to >> allow the crew to do big things. I return home to find an 18 i

Re: [MBZ] Political positioning RE: wind turbines

Follow the money. The extraction industry is now being funded by braver investors in the world than the simpering idiots like Goldmann Suxx. Not that the virtue signaling investment sort are hurting from fleecing the public. State of Alaska will fund almost any large scale stupid idea.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Life cycle costs for manufacturing waste, recycling for wind turbines

yeah, I am still trying to figure out where and how the Alaskans are going to hide the giant blades from all the windmills they are putting up. They are sprouting up like mushrooms on cow patties and the largest so far are 140 foot long. Wonder if the landfill will take 120 of those bad boys

Re: [MBZ] OT - Network Wiring Day!

Two decades ago I did a major remodel to the homestead. Tore off the old half story and built out the full space. We were out camping one weekend to allow the crew to do big things. I return home to find an 18 inch hole in my living room ceiling. All plastered up and stippled which does not

[MBZ] Felicitous Moose day

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/WATCH-Close-encounter-with-moose-turns-into-hide-and-seek-567061281.html clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] A Great Deal of “Rollin’ Coal” at Start

The Polei SDL with that same OM603 wanted to sort of roll coal at cold start. I thought of it as blowing her nose, with maybe colder glow that had not warmed up the cylinder enough for full combustion. The SDL had about twice the miles as your w124. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone

Re: [MBZ] One for Clay

Viable cold is seeing your exhalation. Very Cold is when your nose hairs freeze up and snap off at inhalation. Balaclava helps, but you get icing and your eyebrows and lashes frost over. Eyeballs get sucked dry and hurt. Exterior relative humidity runs around 75%, but interior falls to

Re: [MBZ] One for Clay

Hoar frost build up on road signs has rendered them unreadable. Tree limbs are becoming exceedingly heavy with increased frost over the very dry snow cover. I suspect the constant condensate from all the furnaces and power plant/vehicles is precipitating out. There are frost rainbows to the

Re: [MBZ] One for Clay

Jan 2020 17:33:42 -0900 Clay via Mercedes > wrote: > >> The more pressing issues seem to be freezing up of drain lines in the >> -50c weather the past weeks. > > -70F ? In Anchorage? > > > Craig ___ http://www.

Re: [MBZ] One for Clay

The more pressing issues seem to be freezing up of drain lines in the -50c weather the past weeks. Folks keep flushing until it all burbles up in the wash tubs. One story was of a poor wench who would drive across town to her work place to use facilities. She grew up in a “dry” cabin with

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

126k native residents 550k white folks balance is all the others, be they south pacific islander, asian, latino, african, penguins, greenlander, orc, lupine... clay > On Jan 10, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:37:42 -0900 Clay via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

> > 2020, at 9:52 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:27:14 -0500 dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I never had a desire to stay. While it’s a beautiful place, and I was >> privileged to see parts of it that few people ever do, it was >> depressing for a number of

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

> On Jan 9, 2020, at 6:01 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 17:45:00 -0900 Clay via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I learned that in 1955 over 50% of the food consumed in AK was locally >> grown. Now only 5% is local. > > How does the popul

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

Fewer people are living here. The annual count (7/18-7/19) reports that for the third year in a row the state has lost population. Births are down, deaths are rising, the children (18-) are a bit fewer, the 18-64 population is lower by 1% (younglings leave) and old people grew by 5% (crazy

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

nd me again why humans live in such a place > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: >> >> there was all manner of hullaballoo about the weather in AK this past >> summer. Much blame given to anthropomorphic c

Re: [MBZ] OT - fires

there was all manner of hullaballoo about the weather in AK this past summer. Much blame given to anthropomorphic climate assault. At the moment the region is suffering a possible record breaking stretch of the very colds. Much gnashing of tooth and rending of tunic by the populace. I will

Re: [MBZ] I guess Clay can quit worrying about freezing rain...

Hillsboro, OR > 2019 Sprinter 330 miles, Low Mileage Lutgard AKA Der Doodlewagen > 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 8, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Not my pooch. I am not a frivolous pet person. Especia

Re: [MBZ] I guess Clay can quit worrying about freezing rain...

Not my pooch. I am not a frivolous pet person. Especially not for something that lives inside a house clay > On Jan 8, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Or trade the existing dog for an Alaskan sled dog who will live outside? > > Randy

Re: [MBZ] I guess Clay can quit worrying about freezing rain...

They finally plowed the street from the new years day storm. I get to drag the doodle dog around after putting Mushers Magic (looks like petroleum jelly) on his paws. Today’s walk awarded me with iced up eye brows and lashes, rime around the balaclava, and a four inch ice booger dangling from

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Fw: Re: pizza oven talk

Down the road from the home of SWMBA is a chinese/pizza place. I have not attempted to investigate, as the possibilities are troubling. It does share a small building with a walk in clinic. clay > On Jan 7, 2020, at 1:10 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > The menu looks like your

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

The best foreign policy ever employed by the US has been to stay the heck out of other peoples business and tidy up our own internal issues. Not that we have employed that line of action in forever. Whenever we decide to meddle, the banana republic or other backward terrain becomes a

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

I shoveled a half foot of snow off the drive (hubris) so that when the boy child came back from new year party with his buds, a frozen mound of ice were not created. I had spend most of the day (280*K) scraping the last of the rather large and wide ice tracks created a number of weeks ago when

[MBZ] 8 hours of my life...

… I will never get back. I have yet to drive the ‘yota that arrived a few weeks back. The boy, home for the holidays from university has been piloting. The vehicle seems overly complex with all the gimcracks and gee-gaws available. I pulled the owner manuals to see what all I could learn

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

Fake degrees. I was raised in places with celsius, so understand that. I like knowing that water freezes at 0c and I will not live to see a 100* day. To be much more exacting, I should learn Kelvin, but that just scares the crepes out of folks when you report temperatures. It also tends to

[MBZ] Fitting send off

Like a thief in the night, I left Seattle for parts north last night. Most of the locals use the light rail, which disgorges riders about a mile or so from my house. I was in no mood to drag large luggage over hill and dale in the cold wet dark so that I might be able to ride for an hour on a

Re: [MBZ] OT: End of the Nuke Era in Switzerland

The boomers at Bangor sub base just dump the electrons into a bit energy hole. Seems a waste, but so it goes. I wonder how the carriers work it when they are in port clay > On Dec 27, 2019, at 6:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:07:52 -0500 Floyd Thursby via

Re: [MBZ] OT: End of the Nuke Era in Switzerland

Yeah, not quite in Anchorage. Place is surrounded by large mounds of ice covered earth. These things block the shine of the lights coming and going until the sun rises high enough in the sky. Twilight remains, as the sun comes up behind the mountains and peeks out past much past 1030 and

Re: [MBZ] OT - Gross Incompetence. (RANT)

The restrooms at my house are unisex. I will personally escort anybody who demands to have a transgender throne out by the scruff of the neck and toss them and their unwiped fanny down the stairs clay > On Dec 20, 2019, at 4:31 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don't forget, anytime

Re: [MBZ] Dead monovalve or dead re-circulation pump? 1995 E300

I had intended to replace the erratic monovalve in the SDL. I found three that got to live on the parts shelf. Sold them all off, and the SDL still has ACC with a mind of its own. Both AC and heat, just not always when I want it. I think I pulled the things, pump and all from Gen II w126.

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

They are running out of cash. Second year in a row the government will need to reduce spending by $1.5B. Governor is raiding the constitutional savings accounts of around $500mm, which will leave those pretty much depleted. The state is a huge Socialist program, with oil money paying for

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

Not at all! I was very amazed to find the bulk of the population is not as ethnically diverse as all the pundits try to make one think up there. I had pictured all manner of natives and other folks of color having a much larger hold on population. The news and chatter is all about natives

[MBZ] OT - AK data point

The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. There are about 128k native people. About 66% of the residents are imports with european ancestry. Over 500k

[MBZ] Jim's $1 Canon

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EF-28-105mm-f-3-5-4-5-USM-Zoom-Lens/312880216181?hash=item48d91d3875:g:GlcAAOSwX9ld7UFr An example of the offerings I had mentioned. Not being

Re: [MBZ] Cheap '94 E320 wagon

Well found. Congratulations clay > On Dec 8, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Got it for a Caleb price. Needs a radiator, front turn signal, third brake > light, some paint, plus ... TBD. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > _

Re: [MBZ] Barrister Question

SWMBA passed the bar in a number of jurisdictions. I used to read the Discipline section of their publications to see who had stepped into it and how badly. There were always a number who just lost their way. And then there are the egregious ones. There are a number of lawyers on the

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Getting on a cruise

Not sure where they will find a US Consulate, but maybe K’leb can say one of the crew stole their passports, and request new ones. clay > On Dec 7, 2019, at 5:28 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Coulda fooled me, last time I went to Canada... > >> Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] So this "abandoned" S55..

Back in the day at the indy PnP, the crew would only drain fluids and set the car. When I was in the throes of the addiction, I got to the yards at the crack of the front door and a few other crack heads like me would wait for the cars to be placed. Best I found were some 9mm and other

[MBZ] Addictions

This morning I was able to re-home a truck load (literally we filled the staked flat bed) of my Benz parts. Dude made a killing, but will need to figure out how to profit. I got $150 for the pleasure of no longer having it knee high covering the floor of an 11x17 room. About the only things

Re: [MBZ] Sprinter Reliability

All I can speak to about reliability of a Sprinter is that they seem to REALLY hold value well. I feed my addiction and desire for one by stalking them on CL. Even a high miles 2004 example in reasonable condition brings $10k or more. I do not see the civilian models come available, but that

Re: [MBZ] OT Them Hawgs

Heating up all over https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/12/03/in-sitka-mild-winters-push-deer-population-to-near-capacity/ clay > On Dec 4, 2019, at 8:37 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > >>> > > > Maybe, if Global Warming gets bad enough, we will have "Bacon Bombs" > instead of "Pig Bombs"!

Re: [MBZ] OT Them Hawgs

TX should arrange for massed groups of spear hunters to trot around urban areas or places where discharge of firearms would perturb folks. Bound to have much hilarity ensue and make it much more exciting to hunt boar with a stick than with full auto AR15 clay > On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:24 AM,

Re: [MBZ] 500 SEL Anybody?

I have Polei. 1986 SDL that needs a new home. Come on out before Xmas and take her home. I have a stack of spare parts that would travel with her. A real project car, but would most likely get you back home without issues. Then she becomes a project car. More reliable than the W220 and

[MBZ] 500 SEL Anybody?

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/kent-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel/7020395553.html Very low price on this one. No interest, not mine. Might be less expensive to use than to get a rental for the holiday season and would allow me to sell off the SDL. H. Then I would need to rid

[MBZ] A Turkey for Poos

https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/d/carlsborg-1959-mercedes-180d/7012157970.html Bet Martha can spiff it and flip it on BaT for major cash. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out.

[MBZ] Three Days

Like a true addict I was able to hold off for THREE WHOLE DAYS before I succumbed to CL and went searching for a three point star car to bring home. I am sick. I was all over not clicking on the links you all posted. I can hold out, those cars are not close enough to look at….. and then ….

[MBZ] Brunch and parts disposal

Been a confounding week. For some reason the stuff nobody was interested in from my CL postings got all manner of attention. From folks out of town who wanted large collections of my junque. Made arrangements with them that I could drop it off on my way to Brunch with #2 boy who was just

[MBZ] 722.6 ATF Temperature chart

The Jeep Grand Jalopy owned by #1 boy seems to be in limp mode. This would be a 2006 that did have some transmission service (cooler lines) done around 7k miles ago. He put the OBD II reader on the car and got a P0700 and p0513 codes. This indicated something is remiss in the transmission

[MBZ] Old Guard

Today was the local section MBCA Show and Shine. Nice selection of cars on the field. We had a large number (eight) from Canadia come down to show their rides. The funny thing was the tuner types who I had not seen before. It seems there is a shadow Benz Club in town. Mostly younger people

Re: [MBZ] OT Boing 787 Investigation in SC

The problems up north are not much different than the rest of the west. The people have yet to find a balance of living the American Dream vs. being realistic about living within the confines of the culture and environment. Going to school to do the white man gig is not fruitful. Whereas,

[MBZ] OT - Apple's Newton

I am making another broad sweep through the house to find all the interesting things I collected to myself over the many years of wedded…uh, weddedness, not just car parts. Somehow, my Newton 2001 got stuffed into a dark corner of a closet and gathered copious dust for at least a decade. I

Re: [MBZ] Small world - Benz Edition

That is the plan. Hide under a pineapple for a while and fetch a tan. Employment in Alaska has finally gotten just a bit better. The market has been in recession for at least the past three years. The labor numbers came back and there was a bump upward in April. Now, the price of oil is

Re: [MBZ] Back in the saddle!

I would have filled the house and ended up with an involuntary hold in a psych ward. It is good to come clean, in a sense. > On May 14, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Ah, so that is the issue. You might have got away with it if you had not > started filling

[MBZ] It goes PFFfffffffftttt

I decided to dig just a bit further down into why I was not getting nice cold air from Polei (sdl) I had primed the systems with some mineral oil and a can of air duster a week or so back. That stuff had worked for Allen, but the compressor would not kick in. There was equal pressure on the

Re: [MBZ] AC Question W124 91 300D re Evap Repl.

Reading the manual for the SD I find that changing the system to max cool and high fan will cut out fresh air to the cabin. Normal mix seems to be 60/40 using auto fan clay > On Jul 22, 2017, at 4:25 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On July 22, 2017 at

Re: [MBZ] Insane money for a 32 year old 107

WOW! Almost new retail pricing for the thing. Given how perfect it is, I think the price is spot on. The lack of use, or complete rebuild would tend to support the mileage clay > On Jul 21, 2017, at 8:18 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > The mileage

[MBZ] I Dun Seed the Lite

Being both a lazy and obstinate fellow, I just now got the dash lights to work in Allen. I got her in Feb of ’17 and hardly drove at night, but by April I was out past or near dark, and could never get the dash to light up. I messed around with pulling the cluster and trying to make electrons

[MBZ] OT Mopar Guy

There might be one or two members of the list who really need some old american iron. This guy seems to have been deep into Mopars http://murphyauction.com/Auction/Details/4940 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Looking for temporary housing in Ann Arbor.

Around the Soviet Socialist Republic of Seattle, you can call parking enforcement, who will gladly come onto private property and write out $500 tickets to cripple violators clay > On Jul 18, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On July 18,

Re: [MBZ] Unimog anyone?

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/unimog/6213259450.html https://abbotsford.craigslist.ca/cto/d/unimog-needs-work/6211656560.html One or two out my way, for the interested clay > On Jul 17, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > Do we

Re: [MBZ] This is a shock to the oil companies

I doubt the Great White North will be using electric things for a very long time. The big cities might be able to push electrons, but the out of the way homes are SOL on electron power. They import #2 to power the local genny and all the other Tech that keeps them on the verge of

[MBZ] AMG

I attended the AMG 50th gathering the other day. Some of the cars were interesting. Looks like they really appeal to the bottom feeders and gear heads. The newest stuff was prastic, and the older cars were all rebuilt or barn finds in the process. I figured I should look for one for the

Re: [MBZ] Solid & Strong - Gentlemen's Car

$4500 or replace with standard springs for half that > On Jul 16, 2017, at 7:55 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > How much to repair the shock? > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>

Re: [MBZ] Solid & Strong - Gentlemen's Car

It needs more than that. clay > On Jul 16, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Needs AirMatic Shock replacement on front wheels > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-benz/6211855527.html > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: >

Re: [MBZ] Pressure and volume

I took her for a longer drive. Not as hot today, but was cold enough to make the cabin chilly. As it cooled off this evening, I had to adjust the ACC up and it was still rather chill. clay > On Jul 16, 2017, at 12:57 AM, fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > >> clay wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Pressure and volume

Ah, useful data I was running the engine with the manifold on and the service line feeding goo. I have a chart that lists both high and low side at specific temp in f and C. The system was showing pressures consistent with the chart, but the charge was low. The IR probe was not used to

Re: [MBZ] 2002 E320

I had Beckmann rebuild the crap W220 cluster. Pretty expensive, but great warranty. I may need to use it, as a messed up cluster can be one reason the airmatic fails. clay > On Jul 15, 2017, at 7:50 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Let me know how

Re: [MBZ] Pressure and volume

It is never that easy… SDL has a non operational compressor, or it at least will not kick on, and the aux cooling fan does not kick on either. I only got the car to suck up about 7oz of duster air, so that both hi and low are sitting at 70psi clay > On Jul 14, 2017, at 3:58 PM, clay

[MBZ] Pressure and volume

I am doing the AC recharge in the w126 cars today and have had an interesting learning curve. FIRST, check to make sure the system is complete with Schrader valves! High side did not have one and after charging the AC and getting nice cold air, I tried to unhook the manifold. It all came

[MBZ] AC goodness

I have been slowly trying to figure out how to make ice cold in my old cars. The r107 ate its compressor, but with the roof down, who cares anyway. I just wish the belt had not been hooked up, so that it tried to make the compressor function for the past five years. Probably would have been

Re: [MBZ] airmatic fail

t it works on cars as old as 2nd Gen W126 chassis and others > as well. > > -D > >> On Jul 13, 2017, at 12:28 AM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> What I can do with $500 will get more mileage than my need for DAS. I am >&g

Re: [MBZ] airmatic fail

as the W124/W126 chassis cars, and well > into the 2000s for many models as well. > > -D > >> On Jul 11, 2017, at 11:52 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I have no toys the make these electronic cars work. I am going to onl

Re: [MBZ] Needs Tune Up

It means valve adjustment, new injectors, new vac pump, new IP and ALDA adjusted clay > On Jul 11, 2017, at 1:42 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > How do you tune a OM617? > > https://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/6213349175.html > >

Re: [MBZ] airmatic fail

> > Did you clear the code and program it with Xentry? If not I believe it will > not work. > > > On 7/10/2017 8:43 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: >> I really, really, REALLY hate the W220 >> >> I sourced a fleaBay air pump that should have done something. T

[MBZ] airmatic fail

I really, really, REALLY hate the W220 I sourced a fleaBay air pump that should have done something. Took out the old one last night and installed the fleabay hardware this morning. Hooked it all up and then lit it off. No change in the display. I decided to read the manual and see if there

Re: [MBZ] Am I crazy?

Schnitzer should have ample steel by you. Maybe it is all sitting at the PnP, but there could be a shop or two across the river clay \ > On Jul 8, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm in Vancouver, WA. > > Greg > > -Original

Re: [MBZ] Bear scat?

bear must be eating something non standard on the east end of the nation. does not look like bear scat from my hunting forays clay > On Jul 6, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Found this in my neighbor's lawn within the local wildlife

Re: [MBZ] Generic Mercedes $4k

RUN SCREAMING away from this ticking time bomb. > On Jul 6, 2017, at 3:49 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hidden at the bottom I can see a description of what's wrong with it. > Ask Clay for details: > 2000 Mercedes CLS > Miles:135,000 > S-430 > >

Re: [MBZ] W126 AC Rebuild

gt; > What car is this? You should not have any trouble getting the belt on unless > it is too short or you have a pulley somewhere that is too big > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:06 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] W126 AC Rebuild

the belt tensioner release? > > -D > > >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 4:06 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you for the offer. OE compressor and the system holds vacuum for over >> 4 hours and was sucked down for 90 minutes, so

Re: [MBZ] W126 AC Rebuild

nz.com> > wrote: > > I can pull the pulley from my old compressor if you want it. Mine is a > Nippondenso, not an R4. > > Lemme know so I can dig it out of the trash before Friday. > > -D > >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:11 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okieb

Re: [MBZ] W126 AC Rebuild

I like this. Gives me hope I can make cold in my w126. The big trouble with Allen is getting the pulley on the compressor. It just does not want to get there. Polei is intact, just waiting for cfc clay > On Jul 3, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Miami?

He could set up a spot in the Everglades. That is pretty rural, and gators make good watch dogs clay > On Jun 30, 2017, at 4:55 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Look at it as a great opportunity to start building a new collection of MB on > the east coast! >

[MBZ] compressor screen

yes please Not sure I will open up the w126, but will need to for r107 --- clay > 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 search list archives

[MBZ] Moose

> > ADF removes moose carcass near Abbott and Birch > http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Moose-killed-on-Abbott-and-Birch-roads--431593603.html > > > > > > Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 560SL prices are up this summer...

That is a big ask. The car looks pretty rough for half the price. An r107 is not really appreciating all that much, unless it is the 1989 model with all bells and whistles in superb condition. there are too many examples of the roadster still drivable for the model to be of much value. Maybe

Re: [MBZ] Another question

Pile rocks on top or dig really deep. I got lucky last week when one of the hens kicked it on yard waste day. Tossed her into the bin and allowed the city to send it for composting clay > On Jun 21, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > How

Re: [MBZ] Craig is a bigger man than I am

I have no plans to leave my home unless rigor mortis has set in clay > On Jun 21, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > >> On June 21, 2017 at 2:29 PM clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>

Re: [MBZ] Craig is a bigger man than I am

, such that dilapidated large storage space could be had for reasonable cost. clay > On Jun 21, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > A warehouse in AK? > > I can’t imagine commercial space in your area being cheap. > > -D > > >

Re: [MBZ] Car Hunt - W210 E320

BAT pricing, or standard? W211 an option, or is that too much W220 troubles? Here is what I found that is fresh https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/6123311295.html https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/6165290109.html https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/6178583722.html

[MBZ] Compound High Vacuum

https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/tls/6184058824.html I am pretty unhappy with the results the junk harbor fright vac gizmo was pulling so I could see if the AC was leaking on my fleet. Either the cheep chinee crap manifold is junk, or that vac pump is not pulling. This should answer one of

Re: [MBZ] Anybody want an '82 Lincoln Continental on BAT?

SWMBA is a natural resource AK lawyer. Work has been scarce up there with the previous administrations ministrations. Nobody was booking work and the past six months were just abysmal. Then the current administration got calls regarding the possibility of making thing happen. It seems

Re: [MBZ] ISO W123 rear bumper for my 300TD

You might check Aurora Auto Wrecking http://www.auroraaw.com > On Jun 18, 2017, at 8:15 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Been a long time since they flipped a 123 wagon upside down unloading it from > a boat from die vaterland. > >> Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] ISO W123 rear bumper for my 300TD

Andrew, if this had happened just a few weeks ago, i could have pulled the TD bumper at the PnP. Now the car is crushed. clay > On Jun 18, 2017, at 7:55 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Different. Has little insets for the reverse lights. This is not

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