Re: [MBZ] Damn it's cold was veggie fuel
On Thursday 06 April 2006 7:55, Curt Raymond wrote: At -20F don't inhale through your mouth, thats a prescription for a coughing fit. Been there a few times in Detroit. I have seen -60 with the wind chill, and it was unpleasantly cold. I worked in commercial blast freezers for a couple of years, and it was not as bad as a bad winter day in Detroit. Inhaling through the mouth is bad, inhaling through your nose means you can feel the moisture in your nose and airway freeze and crackle almost instantly (probably TMI for some.) Breath tends to condense in facial hair and freeze, and if the cold makes your nose run, you have snotsickles. Stepping back indoors, if you wear glasses, means that moisture will immediately condense on them and freeze. Lee
Re: [MBZ] We can all just throw our Macs away
On Thursday 06 April 2006 12:12, David Brodbeck wrote: If you buy a retail boxed copy, you get support directly from Microsoft. That's one of the reasons you pay a premium to get it that way. Been there. Called M$ years ago when I was having problems with a Windows-powered pc and verified experientially what I had long suspected - the only advantage the guy on the other end of the line had over me was that he had a M$ troubleshooting manual. Putting XP on your Mac is like putting cheap mags and a spoiler on your Benz. Lee
Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel info from chevron
You can use 100% ethanol if you put larger main jets in your carburator. Don't
know how you would accomodate with a fuel injection system.
As for the more than a gallon of gas to produce a gallon of ethanol
statement, the same has been said about biodiesel, but only AFAIK by one
researcher who seems fixated on discrediting alternative fuels. I haven't
seen any other studies to back his contention up.
The other issue with ethanol is how you produce it. Fermenting corn is only
one way of producing ethanol. It is also possible to begin with cellulose,
digest it by chemical or even fungal or bacterial means, and then ferment it
into ethanol. So you could produce ethanol from grass, or from the corn
stalks rather than the ears, or from sawdust, etc.
Lee
On Thursday 06 April 2006 6:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've seen comercials on TV pushing ethenol - suggesting if everyone used it
there would not be a fuel shortage,
Is that accurate? Isn't 15% the max % of ethenol that can be used on autos
realistically?
Didn't I read on this list someone say Ethenol is a negative return? i.e.,
it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethenol?
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel info from chevron
Two more 50-100 million gallon per year refineries were announced today,
in
the same small town. There are refineries popping up at the rate of
several a month. It is just that they are making ethanol or biod.
We do need some new oil refineries.
At 04:58 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
You;re right - it's been close to 30 years since a new refinery came on
line - 1978 IIRC
I'd like to see some new refineries with modern technology built (and
some nuclear power stations) but I fear we'll let the foreigners provide
our oil
for the foreseeable future. I read a few years ago about the cost to
build
something as innocuous as a warehouse built on land in Ca. already owned
by
a company needed for expansion (and more jobs) - after spending over $1
million in fees and studies over a 10 year period, the company gave up.
Then they moved the whole operation to Idaho who welcomed them with open
arms.
A refinery doesn't have a chance --
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel info from chevron
David Brodbeck wrote:
Christopher McCann wrote:
ULSD has almost NO sulfur but better lubricity than than ANY
#1 diesel and than MOST #2.
Becuase a lubricity agent is added, I assume...
I don't believe any lubricity additive is necessary (even for use with
fuel lubricated distributor type pumps) IF they put back all they took
out when removing the sulfur (or they could modify the blend), but
that can't easily be done economically in many of the OLD facilities
that exist in the US. I don't think there has been a NEW refinery
built in the US in 25-30 years. The Europeans have been doing it for
years. Their
facilities are far more modern than ours I'm told.
Marshall
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Re: [MBZ] We can all just throw our Macs away
On Saturday 08 April 2006 6:56, Trampas wrote: Linux is great if you spend you life learning the OS, but for some of us a computer is a tool which increases the value of our time. Linux for me decreases the value of my time as it takes me extra time for configuring and using the OS. I have been using LInux for a decade or so. I initially made the switch from Windoze based on the fact that I was spending several hours per month diagnosing problems, restoring registries, etc after crashes and I figured that my time would be better spent learning a stable OS rather than bandaiding a total POS like Windoze 98. I have used several Linux distros. I am not by any means a computer whiz, ubernerd, etc. There is a great deal of variation from distro to distro in terms of ease of installation and configuration. Installing and configuring Red Hat is not necessarily the best intro to Linux. Had you started with Mepis, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc, you may have had a more pleasant experience. Using Linux is no more difficult than using XP or OSX from a daily user's perspective. The difference in daily use is that you are using a different windows manager and different applications, i.e., OpenOffice rather than M$ Office, the GIMP rather than Photoshop, Firefox or Konqueror rather than M$ Internet Explorer. These transitions are easy to make, IMO. KDE in particular is very similar to Windows in layout. The big differences between Linux and other OSs become apparent when you are functioning more in an administration mode. In this mode, there will be a learning curve, but with Linux you will be learning a system which is really elegant in most respects. Initial configuration of a linux OS can occasionally present challenges, but it is a wee bit of pain, followed by countless hours of using an OS which costs nothing, doesn't crash and doesn't need anti-virus software. Lee
Re: [MBZ] Toyota eyesore
Saw an old FJ55 Iron Pig today down in Santa Fe. Now THERE is a retro landcruiser I wouldn't mind having... Lee
Re: [MBZ] Weeping Servo...Weeping Driver
On Thursday 13 April 2006 1:21, Bob Rentfro wrote: If the blower only runs in defrost, it could be a bad servo. It could also be that the circuit board gizmo behind the glove compartment has gone bad. I tried re-flowing the solder on mine, to no avail. Bob, I would recommend taking a drive to south PHX and visiting Dirty Harry. He will let you try used boards until you find one that works, and I think he charges $25 for the used ones. Lee
Re: [MBZ] Hydrogen boost gimmicks?
On Tuesday 25 April 2006 8:38, David Brodbeck wrote: A gimmick, sure, but not really a liberal one. Actually, the first time I remember hearing about it was when Bush introduced it as a replacement for the Clinton-era supercar project, which had focused on creating high-mileage gasoline cars. Not a Republican or Democratic cause, but rather a Corporatist cause, which I think tends to speak to both major parties. Hydrogen-powered cars would be impractical, and produce no decrease in pollution unless the H2 was generated by green electricity such as that from solar cells and windmills, but who cares? The pivotal issue, from the vantage of the republicratic party, is that suppliers of electricity will get rich, rich, rich as the demand escalates in order to produce the hydrogen. Ken Lay is pleased, I am sure. And what could be more important than that? Lee
Re: [MBZ] How far can you drive on a bushel of corn?, Crunching the numbers on alternative fuels.
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 7:48, Rich Thomas wrote: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/2690341.html?page=1c=y Not a bad article with respect to biodiesel, but they missed a couple of facts; The first is that you also have better lubricity with biodiesel, arguably leading to longer engine life. The second is that fuel additives can eliminate the need for heated fuel storage tanks in cold climates. Lee
Re: [MBZ] OT: Calling our man in Mexico ...
The account of the violence in Atenco is, to the best of my knowledge, incomplete and innacurate. I have been following this issue, as I am interested in the Zapatista movement. What happened is that flower sellers were peddling their wares in the outdoor market, and a large number of police showed up to evict them. This is believed to be in large part because Walmart wants to build a superstore there. The flower sellers resisted, and it was Mexican police with guns and tear gas against peasant farmers with rocks and machetes; by the end of the day there was at least one peasant farmer killed and 400 detained or in some cases dissapeared. The citizens in the area joined in on the side of the flower sellers, obstructing the police, barricading roads, etc, and it may be at this point that police were beaten. For what its worth, NAFTA and the spread of global industry is hitting Mexico hard; it is common for industries to move in and tap into the water sources which the local farmers depend on, effectively destroying the agrarian economy. The destruction of the agrarian economy and consequent displacement of the farmers is a major factor compelling the wave of immigration north of the border. President Fox is a buffoon and a sock puppet for US financial interests. He is widely detested. Obrador offers hope of reform, but Marcos has been conducting what he calls the other campaign, which is not about electoral politics at all, but rather traveling throughout the rural areas, calling together the people threatened by the invasion of multinational corporations, etc and discussing what they can do directly to protect themselves, their land, their water, their way of life. Lee On Wednesday 17 May 2006 11:17, Craig McCluskey wrote: One of the list subscribers has mentioned that he lives in Mexico. This evening, I ran across http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEXICO_VOTE_OF_FEAR?SITE=APSECTION= HOMETEMPLATE=DEFAULTCTIME=2006-05-17-06-12-44 which paints a pretty bleak picture of things down there. Is this an accurate picture? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
On Saturday 28 January 2006 8:02, Peter T. Arnold wrote: I've seen fellows pull wheelie's at 70MPH on the interstate to impress a pretty girl in a car. Some will run several hundred feet that way! That's how nature weeds out the foolish theres old ones, and there's bold ones, but there's no old, bold ones. It's an adage to remember any time you get on a bike. Lee
Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
I'm with you. Whether it be on Harleys, Hondas or pickup trucks, loud pipes are just a more abrasive and slightly more mature version of sticking playing cards in your bike spokes- it is about making noise to draw attention to one's self. It has nothing to do with safety. Lee On Saturday 28 January 2006 11:19, Tom Scordato wrote: David Said: Maybe if he'd had louder pipes the truck driver would have heard him and sped up? ;) AMEN David, AMEN It is still noise it does not matter if it is 1:00AM or 12 noon. It is disrespectful to your neighbors and fellow citizens. These guys/(gals too oh no please ?) will always say it is for safety because of course (mmhhmm) who can argue with that? I can tell you on the highway when someone is coming up on you the sound means nothing because it is facing the wrong way. Specially if my Becker Europa AM only radio is on. Hey I got an idea for more safety lets put four pipes a set facing forward. Add some Sirens too and a bull horn like on the movie Kelly's Heroes. some revolving lights too with strobes. They talk safety out one side of there mouths and also talk about how they like to do 80-, 90, 100 plus mph in some of these vehicles in traffic, heck I have seen it with my own eyes. If you think you need so much safety just do not ride. That would be the safest thing! Acting like hypocrites. They got an answer for everything, but the answers are not based on logic, scientific fact or more importantly being a kind and considerate citizen. Not enough to go out ride and enjoy your vehicle with the standard issue muffler (put on for a reason and what is that??) we have to make noise so everyone can A) suffer, B) look at me riding by. C) I can get a thrill and the rest/majority of the folks who dispise it be damned. Why do you just admit you like noise, and most common folks who are in the majority do not like it. Remember when the good of the may out weighed the good of the few. What happened? Regards Tom Scordato - Original Message - From: David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes OK Don wrote: we had one just this year - right in town. There was no car involved - the idiot didn't need any help. Too fast is too fast, regardless of the noise. One motorcyclist slammed into the back of a boat trailer next to an airport I used to frequent. The driver of the truck towing the boat had slowed to look at the airplanes. Unfortunately, the biker was also looking at the airplanes, but hadn't slowed. He wasn't seriously hurt, fortunately, but his bike was. Maybe if he'd had louder pipes the truck driver would have heard him and sped up? ;) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Trucking Industry the Saga continues
On Wednesday 01 February 2006 5:51, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: so lets here some of those idiot 4 wheeler driver stories. I always love those. I think anyone living in the Sonoran desert basin of Arizona has a few- we see 'em in the news constantly. When it rains hard in the desert around Phoenix and Tucson during the monsoons, there are any number of washes which cross major roads and which become impassable, raging torrents of water as much as five or six feet deep. Invariably, some weenie thinks I can cross that, I've got a FOUR WHEEL DRIVE! Generally, you get to see the weenie on the six o'clock news, standing on the roof of his submerged SUV, waving arms frantically at the rescue helicopter overhead. Apparently, some folks don't realize that a four wheel drive is not a submarine. Maybe they forgot that the cute propeller thingie on their trailer hitch is just for looks... The best is when they show a picture of the vehicle and it is clearly just a few yards up or downstream from another four-wheel-drive which got stuck trying the same thing. Lee
Re: [MBZ] Truckers fight biodiesel mandate
The trucking industry is fighting a proposal to mandate 2% biodiesel in all diesel fuel sold in Washington state. They're concerned about poor fuel quality causing unreliability and warranty issues with engine manufacturers. Apparently a similar initiative in Minnesota resulted in widespread problems with clogged filters and gelled fuel. Article here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257659_biodiesel31.html Must be really, really cold, if the truckers are having gelling issues with commercial grade B20. I buy B20 biodiesel in Santa Fe and it has a gel point of 30 degrees below zero. Clogged filters I can believe, as biodiesel can loosen up accumulated crud in an engine. OTOH, the increased lubricity will probably make their engines last 25% longer, so maybe they should suck it up, replace the filters, and be glad they have cleaner, longer lasting engines that pollute far less. The petrodiesel exhaust which the truckers are breathing daily is carcinogenenic, and so the truckers themselves will arguably last longer with biodiesel also. The downside from a strictly self-centered vantage is that the Minnesota law created a temporary biodiesel shortage out here, with prices even for the B20 spiking up to $4 per gallon. But now there are more biodiesel refineries opening up, and things are stabilizing again. But 2% biodiesel, is that enough to do anything, good or bad? I wouldn't think that would have a significant impact on gelling, filter clogging, or air pollution. Lee
Re: [MBZ] experts / blowhards
On Thursday 02 February 2006 2:36, Hendrik Riessen wrote: Yeah get a life you volksy driving hippie. Probably got cannabis stashed in there somewhere I bet. Now there is a thought, bio-diesel made from cannabishmmmn after following that 300D I feel like a mars bar Well, now. Hemp, which is technically cannabis but which you would have to smoke six bales of to get happy, yields a good deal of oil from its seed, and it probably does make good biodiesel. The fiber of the plant is great for manufacture of fabric and rope. The stuff used to be one of America's primary crops up until the end of WWII. Sounds like a plan to me! We need weed-powered diesels! Lee
Re: [MBZ] W's concern abt oil
On Thursday 02 February 2006 8:08, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: If somebody wants to spend the money on that big SUV, spend the money burning up all that fuel driving it, well that is there business. Its not the governments right or job to dictate what you can drive. Its called free market economy. I have to disagree with you, Kaleb- I think its called not just their business but also their 1). Fouling our air 2). Squandering natural resources, and 3). generally demonstrating that they lack the good sense not to crap where they eat. And actually, it does appear to be the governments right and job to dictate what we can drive. Hence all this talk about federal pollution guidelines, safety standards and fuel standards. Lee
Re: [MBZ] W's concern abt oil
Another scenario is that skyrocketing fuel costs will eventually make it less attractive to have things made in China and shipped over here, as the high shipping costs will offset the cheapness of the labor. Lee On Thursday 02 February 2006 6:24, Jim Cathey wrote: how does an economy that makes nothing survive? I'm a simple fella and that question has me worried You weather the storm until there are no more 'grass hut' economies. If we do our part, churning out popular culture that gets exported to everywhere, pretty soon everywhere will be like us. Then there's no problem anymore, and the transportation and language issues can again drive production back home. -- Jim ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Walmart vs NAPA auto
Part-time employees at Walmart, which are a large part of their workforce, are only eligible for health insurance after two years of employment. Walmart workers pay on the average nearly half of the cost of the healthcare plan (up to 47%.) In return, they get a crappy policy with a $1,000 per year deductable. By contrast, employees at similar large companies pay between 16% and 25% of the cost of their policy. Because Walmart workers generally earn less than $8.50 an hour, many simply cannot afford this less-than-generous health benefit plan. Because Walmart workers often find themselves below the poverty level, they DO frequently end up qualifying for Medicaid and food stamps, which means we get to subsidize Walmart's low, low prices by paying their employees' health benefits with our tax dollars. This is why Maryland is enacting legislation to FORCE Walmart to pay more towards their employees' health benefits. I haven't shopped at MallWart for years. I won't, either. Lee On Saturday 11 February 2006 6:23, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: As far as I know they offer benefits to full time employees, management or not. Kevin wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:58:09PM -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: from what I understand they pay pretty decent for what sort of job it is, and they promote from within. Its a good way for otherwise untrained people to actually get somewhere in life For what it's worth, the idea of not having any or many employees around that are not management and are full time to avoid paying benefits isn't just a walmart idea, it's industry wide. K ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Walmart vs NAPA auto
On Saturday 11 February 2006 8:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can people working for Walmart have so little income that they qualify for Medicaid? Even at min wage? I'm not being a smart a$$ - I don;t understand how this works. And if Walmart is doing this, are all businesses doing the same when they pay min wage? Or do some pay min wage but provide health insurance for those employees? OK, imagine you are a woman with 2 kids. Your husband left you, or died, or is in military service overseas. You work at Walmart for $7.50 an hour, but they keep you at just under 32 hours per week so they don't have to offer you health insurance or other benefits. How would you be doing, financially? Do you think you might be under the poverty level? Would it be dicey even paying rent and utilities and providing food and clothes for your two children? Even if you had worked at Walmart for the previous two years and qualified for their health benefits you surely wouldn't be able to kick two hundred bucks per month or more back to Walmart to pay your share of the cost of those benefits. Consider also that when qualifying for Medicaid, eligible medical expenses over the past six months can be subtracted from your income for the purposes of determining financial eligibility. This is known as the Medicaid spenddown. All businesses do not do this. Walmart is, for a corporation their size, arguably the worst. But because of their very size and the downward pressure they can exert on other businesses, they may well be compelling other businesses to cut benefits in order to compete with them. Lee Lee
Re: [MBZ] Individual health policies, was Walmart vs NAPA auto
We're way off topic now, but I will go with it- I am now happily gone from the field of medical reimbursement, but I did work in that field for nearly 20 years. For a year or so of that time I worked for a TPA which provided individual health policies to the self-employed. What an eye-opener! Such policies by their very nature are non-group and therefore the principle of shared risk, the fundamental basis of insurance, is not in play. The Insurer has to get more out of you than they pay, its that simple. Consequently, these policies look dandy if you are reasonably healthy, but if you get sick (I mean really sick, you have a heart attack, are diagnosed with cancer, or diabetes, say) your insurance company is likely to reach into its bag of dirty tricks to either rescind your coverage retroactively, increase your rates to the point that you cannot pay them, issue a rider excluding coverage for your conditon, or declare your condition to be pre-existing or otherwise excluded under the policy. Failing those things, the insurer may simply pend all of your claims for six months to a year while they investigate to FIND OUT if they can do any of those things, with the net effect that your bills don't get paid anyway until the investigation is concluded, if ever. I'm not kidding. I worked in the Medical Investigations Unit and later worked under the TPA's in-house counsel responding to Department of Insurance complaints, and this is how the thing worked. If the bill was high enough, they would even hire a PI to try and find a reason to deny the bills. Lee On Saturday 11 February 2006 5:04, David Brodbeck wrote: paul wrote: I'm self-employed, and pay for my own health insurance. I can think of 4 or 5 friends that are also self-employed, and pay for their own health insurance. There are options. Yes, it's expensive (around $400/month for the wife and I), but readily available to anyone wanting it. It's readily available if you're young and healthy. If you have any history of illness it dries up quickly. In some cases something as minor as a history of depression has caused people to be unable to get individual health insurance. Basically, they'll sell it to you as long as you don't need it. ;) $400/month is also an awful lot for someone making minimum wage. ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Walmart vs NAPA auto
This reminds me of the logic by which Peru was once touted as a thriving economy. The average yearly income was around $20,000 per person, which sounds damn good for a south american country. On closer investigation, though, that was an average with considerable skew - most Peruvians lived in crushing poverty, with a few ruling families reaping astronomical profits off the country's natural resources, yielding a nice average. It was rather like saying that if your feet are frozen in a block of ice and your head is dipped in boiling water you should on average be quite comfortable. Similarly, while our stock markets may be up and our GDP may look good, that may on closer investigation mean that a relatively small number of people in this country are reaping record profits while most of us are seeing our earnings stagnate or decline. Lee On Saturday 11 February 2006 1:41, David Brodbeck wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this trend has to stop somewhere - I read recently that white collar jobs were being sent overseas like all the others. An economist would say that it will stop when the wages are equalized -- wages in poorer countries will rise, and wages in richer countries will fall, until they meet in the middle. If you're an economist, your only measure of people's well-being is GDP, and by that measure this kind of trade is actually a beneficial situation overall. ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Walmart vs NAPA auto
LinTel? Are those Beowulf Clusters? An ASU professor gave a presentation to our Phoenix Linux Users Group a year or so ago- one of his hobbies was buying surplus obsolete PCs from the university at $25 a pop, loading them with Linux and linking them to create Beowulf Clusters in his basement. Imagine a $1,000 fsupercomputer built from forty junker 486s. With enough NICs and cable, and a lot of spare time, it could be built by a serious tinkerer. Lee On Sunday 12 February 2006 7:42, OK Don wrote: With all the LinTel super computers out there now, I wouldn't think that would be a very secure job --- http://www.top500.org/lists/2005/11/basic On 2/12/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you can get a work at home job with Cray. I have a pal working there. Not sure how solvent they are anymore though -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Wal-Mart vs NAPA auto
Is it safe to assume that you support the democratic rights of those in the many communities who have voted to ban Walmart and other big box retailers? Often, the majority of the people in the community do NOT want WalMarts, but in order to keep them out, they have to organize and pass popular initiatives. OTOH, nobody has to vote to let a WalMart INTO their community, so the idea that the presence of a WalMart is a manifestation of the democratic process has its flaws, IMO. Lee On Monday 13 February 2006 6:42, Potter, Tom E wrote: I agree with Paul on this. Wal-Mart is in the communities because the majority of people want them. If the liberals are so keen on democracy, they should support this. Nobody forces anyone to work at or shop at Wal-Mart. On the other hand, some folks want to force others NOT to shop at Wal-Mart. The masses may be wrong, but if we believe in democracy they have this right. Otherwise, let us put our cards on the table and admit that we think some sort of benevolent dictatorship (monarchy, oligarchy, communism, etc.) would be best for THESE people (Don't forget to exclude yourself because you think you will be in the ruling class). Just my 2 cents. Tom Potter: American -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paul Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:18 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Walmart vs NAPA auto if that's so (which it's not), the communities obviously complied. it's not just the faceless corporate monolith that is getting it's way...people want those stores in their communities. the other stupid, stupid argument i hear is the low wages they pay their employees. correct me if i'm wrong, but no one is twisting the arms of wal-mart employees. if they wanna make more money, then get a job someplace else. i have, and will continue to buy M1 there with a perfectly clean conscience. p. Mitch Haley wrote: Zeitgeist wrote: Try anarcho-libertarian commie pinko, and no, I don't like WalMart for a variety of reasons. Does it have anything to do with WalMart asking communities to steal land from property owners and give it to WalMart to build a new SuperStore on? ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Bush Good, Guns Good
Party of Tolerance? What party is that? Do you think I am a Democrat? I am not. They are not my type, I am not theirs. You assume a great deal. Lee On Tuesday 14 February 2006 2:04, paul wrote: spoken well from a card-carrying member of the Party of Tolerance. p. lee wrote: I for one am not mad at Cheney for this, not at all. He can shoot as many Texas millionaires as he likes with my blessings. He needs to upgrade from the 28 guage, though, and buy a real shotgun. Lee On Tuesday 14 February 2006 9:43, andrew strasfogel wrote: The tragedy was that Cheney seriously wounded a fellow Republican, and in addition is being savaged by the commiepinkolibrall press. The poor man is suffering enough already and needs our prayers... Let's back off and give him some privacy. On 2/13/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheney was just accidentally exercising his 2nd Amendment rights. ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Bodiesel cloud point
Kerosene is often added to biodiesel to reduce its cloud point. It is often added to petrodiesel also. Regular petrodiesel will reduce the cloud point, but not as much as kerosene. Lee On Tuesday 14 February 2006 10:38, B Dike wrote: Green guys, Some of the WVO biodiesel I have been using lately has been clouding up heavily when the temps drop into the 20s. It forms an emulsion with the clouded fuel in the lower half of the container and clear bio on top. Apparently 2 different feedstocks were present in the WVO. Question: Will blending the bio with petro diesel create a solution with a lower cloud point, or merely dilute the clouded fuel and re-emulsify in the tank? Thanks, Bruce 82 300CD 334kmi 'His' 85 300CD 240kmi 'Hers' 75 240D 202kmi 'Donner' 77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' 73 220D 'It' - Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Okie Q
And gnus... From Linuxland, where the Gnomes, Gnus, and Danish Knights cavort merrily. Lee On Friday 17 February 2006 8:31, Levi Smith wrote: Next you'll be asking about GNOMEs... On 2/17/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KDE? Knights of the Danish Empire? On 2/16/06, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh huh. On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:40:43 -0600, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was NOT complaining. I enjoyed tinkering with the server but in the end opted for something that would have a bit more performance running KDE. On 2/16/06, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't care who got what. I told both of you what was in each one, and you, sir LT, told OK Don to take what he wanted. Any man in his nerdy mind would have taken the same equipment. ~ -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '83 300SD (231,xxx kmi) '82 300CD (158,xxx kmi) '90 300E '82 300D (parts or run?) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. -Dale Carnegie ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] bobby lickus?
Someone needs to tell him that he needs to just drive downhill everywhere he goes to save money. It can be done. Larger rear tires are the ticket. Call Bobby LIckus!
Re: [MBZ] bobby lickus?
Am I the only one to suspect that Bobby Lickus is a joke name like Phillip McKrevis or Connie Lingus? Lee On Monday 20 February 2006 8:39, Jim Cathey wrote: I HATE front-drive vehicles. So do I. Ditto, they're like McDonald's versus good cooking. Thirteen (?) cars laying around here, and not one FWD in the bunch. (Nor 4-cyl gasser, nor V6.) Nothing but the best here! :-) FWD's vaunted snow handling ability was informally put to the test a few years ago by Click Clack, they compared an Acura to some old land yacht on a nasty day. The land yacht sailed circles around the Acura, and they attributed it all to weight. FWD lets you make a lighter car but with more of its weight on the driven wheels, approximating the traction a heavier car would have. That's pretty much all it does for you. Best snow traction I've ever had was in our 4WD pickup carrying the camper. Was amazing. Weight, weight, weight. -- Jim ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Droopy glove box door
Pull out the glove compartment box. It is held in with some plastic rivet-like things. Pull out the plug in the middle of each rivet first, then the plastic sleeve will also come out. Once you have them all out, remove the glove compartment light and pull the box. Disassembling the door is a bit more of a booger. You must remove the plastic inside liner, and it is held in place by some weird screw thingies. They are nuts with slotted heads, and they have the threaded bolt part coming up through the middle. I took a large flathead screwdriver and a cutoff disk, and cut a large notch in the screwdriver blade so I could loosen and tighten these. I disremember how the hinges come off the lid, but it will be evident, and straightforward, once you get the plastic inner cover off the lid. Or at least that is how it was with my wife's '80 300CD. Lee On Wednesday 22 February 2006 4:21, andrew strasfogel wrote: Not a trivial job for me, alas. I could use some explicit directions on disassembling the door and hinges. Any volunteers? On 2/22/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does someone have the fix for a tilted glove box door that flies open every time we drive over a bump - 1983 W123 300 TD? The left hinge appear to be bent... If you take it all apart you may be able to bend/repair whatever it is that is out of whack. Our 123's door was a mess when we got it, but it's a lot better now. It comes apart fairly easily. -- Jim ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] MB vs. Sonata
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 7:55, Loren Faeth wrote: One local Dodge dealer is advertising free powertrain warranty for life 1). Ain't nuthin free except maybe bad advice 2). The large print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. The dealer would not offer the free warranty service unless his sales prices accommodate the cost. And much like some health policies, the warranty may cover everything except what actually tends to go wrong. Lee
Re: [MBZ] computer OS other than MS
You can run IE in Wine, if you feel you must. Lee John Robbins wrote: Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston SC J63 wrote: So, can I make Linux work with Active Card Gold or Active Client? Please contact me offline if anyone has been down this path. Secure communication paths are available to me. I've tried to make Mozilla Firefox work for these military sites on my XP machine, can't do it and haven't found anyone that knows (but I haven't really tried very hard). If you can't get it to work with Firefox... odds are you won't in Linux seeing as there is no IE... John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Linux Query
I've been using Linux for roughly a decade Bill R wrote: I could well be a Linuxian by next week. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Zedic Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:56 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Linux Query Since we're all talking computers, I was curious to find out how many of us are actually using Linux? I know there's me, Hursty and Lt. Don..who else? It seems like Linux has a much higher penetration rate here than in the general domain. Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 1987 Veggie Oil Mercedes - $600 (Centerville)
Allan Streib wrote: Now the ground around the area is saturated with vegetable oil, and the local enviro officials are saying all the soil has to be dug out and removed at his expense, and he might also get nailed for unpaid road fuel taxes. Pretty wacky. I wouldn't use fryer veg oil as a fertilizer, but there's nothing particularly toxic about it. If they THINK it's that toxic, why are they allowing restaurants to serve us food that's been fried in it? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Dead power antenna
My battery went dead after a 20 below zero night and I figured that the cold had done the battery in. But no, it was the power antenna, the motor of which had kept running when the car was shut off. I opened it up, tested it, and the motor is making noises, but not turning the worm gear. Is there any hope for the old Hirshmann, or do I need to go shopping for a new power antenna unit. And if so, where? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Dead power antenna
Sorry for the omission - it's a 1980 300CD. Jaime Kopchinski wrote: The guys at Becker Autosound do Hirschmann rebuilds for reasonable prices... You can also try to get a used unit. Beware of the generic replacement antennas... they don't fit the same, look the same, or function the same. http://www.beckerautosound.com/ You didn't mention the year of the car this would determine what antenna you need. Jaime On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Lee einer...@yahoo.com wrote: My battery went dead after a 20 below zero night and I figured that the cold had done the battery in. But no, it was the power antenna, the motor of which had kept running when the car was shut off. I opened it up, tested it, and the motor is making noises, but not turning the worm gear. Is there any hope for the old Hirshmann, or do I need to go shopping for a new power antenna unit. And if so, where? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Dead power antenna
Thanks for your input, everyone. The power antenna has bitten me a couple of times now, stopping just short of fully retracting, causing the motor to run until the battery died. It's cute and fun to have the antenna go up and down when I turn the radio on and off. But it's a raging PITA when it becomes persnickety. So I am going with the simpler, perhaps more hillbilly option of disconnecting the power to the antenna and leaving it extended. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT: Recipes for Pickled hot peppers and pole beans
Here in rural New Mexico, the old timers say you should eat garlic and onions daily for health and longevity. There's lots of good stuff, medicinal and nutritional, in the alliums, be they onions, garlic, leeks or chives. Lee Walt Zarnoch wrote: Recently I've been on a toasted cheese, garlic, and mustard sandwich kick. Sounds gross, but is quite good. Garlic is also amazing in rice, and to augment that over-salted bland instant ramen-in-a-bag that I sometimes have. I've also taken to putting a tablespoon of minced in with 2 eggs and cheese in the morning. :) Walt, who's great uncle grows garlic On Oct 4, 2010 10:32 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: ALS wrote: I bet you do. I also wager that people shy away from you all morning, if not the ent... ...hmmm... Ya think?... I sit alone and work... so... I really don't know. But, we are a friendly crew, so I would bet they will tell me when it is a bother. Personally, the smell of garlic is alluring when I detect it. Garlic has never been problematic for me to enjoy. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to ww... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] MacBook question
Nice. How screwed would we be if our cars were powered by Windows? Car crash and Blue screen of death would take on entirely new significance. Lee Gerry Archer wrote: Thanks, Curt. got it. Gerry --- #1. Force quit mail. I forget what the key combination for force quit is, option-command something, I'm sure Google knows. #2. Hold the power button for 30 seconds (feels like forever) which will shut the computer off. Remember this if you're in an unintended acceleration Toyota too, press and HOLD. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] W123 - 240D - Engine heater plug
Glow plugs working? R A Bennell wrote: My 76 300D gets to where it really does not want to start up even at 50 F even with the block heater plugged in. It cranks pretty good and tries to start but often takes several tries and runs pretty slow until it really gets going. I know you folks have told me I need to check my valve adjustments but have yet to do it. It runs fine in warmer weather and I rarely need to run it in the cooler weather so it has not really caused me much grief. It sounds like it is not hitting on all cylinders and I have to keep the starter cranking longer than I like so I am concerned that I may do some ultimate harm to the starter. Maybe, if the weather holds for another week or two, I will pull the cover and have a go at it. I put the car in the garage last night and it may well stay there until spring. The insurance has been changed to storage only so I cannot drive it now in any event. Randy in the GWN On 02/11/2010 9:43 PM, OK Don wrote: The 617 in the '76 300D started great with M1 at -5, but would hardly crank with dino oil without the engine heater. ou are right - the 60x engines are a whole different story - great engines all around. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Curt Raymondcurtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: U, no. BTDT got the t-shirt. At -10F a 616 is iffy, at -20F it will not start Mobil 1 be dammed. That was with my '83 240D, the starter just can't spin the engine fast enough long enough to start at that temp. 60x engine is a whole different story. -Curt OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hominy
Likewise, if it's sin maiz, it ain't menudo. The breakfast of champions, I swear by it. Lee Robert Rentfro wrote: Loren typed: I've not found anyone who would even agree to taste hominy, I enjoy it in posole. Usually this time of year. Good stuff. Bob R. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Laptop Recovery
www.edgetechcorp.com Just got a couple of ramsticks from them for my better half's archaic laptop. Installed smoothly, work fine. $50 got her from 128 meg of ram to a gig. Lee Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: maybe I have the wrong kind of pc133 then, just bought a bunch on ebay to try. it was cheap. Crucial does have some listed, but if I cant find some that will bump it up mmore, I will just forget about it. Funny thing is, I have 2 sticks of identical 256k pc133 ram, with both in there, it beeps and will not boot. Will boot with one or the other in, but not both at the same time. For some reason, its not liking the full 512 Curt Raymond wrote: Not all PC133 memory is the same, theres a timing standard of some sort, I can't remember what its called exactly, EC2 or something like that. Its been so long since I've had to deal with it I've forgotten. Does Crucial have the memory for your computer? Probably easier and cheaper to buy from them. I paid just over $60 for 2GB for my Linux machine which has cured a bunch of issues with it being kinda pokey. -Curt Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:13:18 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. Laptop Recovery To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 495010fe.8090...@striplin.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I used that cruicial tool to find out how much I can go with one of my other computers the kids use. It says 256k in each slot, 2 slots, max. Said pc133. I have a whole bunch now and I can only get a certain 256 stick to work in one slot and a 64 I think in the other. I cant go the full 512. And it wont use most of the memory I have even though its 133 etc, just beeps when powered on and will not boot. What the heck? -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081222/f01f61a4/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 12/22/2008 11:23 AM ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Computer died
I'd give it a try swapping the power supply out. Mo cheap, mo easy. If you go to the time and expense of swapping motherboards only to discover that it was the power supply gone flaky, you likely be even more vexed. Swapping out power supplies only takes a couple of minutes. Lee m...@voyager.net wrote: Merry Christmas to me. My 2004 eMachine refuses to boot. The led pilot light on the MB is glowing. The CMOS battery is good. When I unplug it and plug it back in, the CPU fan spins for a second then stops. Hitting the Power button does nothing. I unplugged the power switch from the MB and jumpered the terminals, nothing happened, so that rules out the power switch. Either the MB won't power up, or it's not telling the power supply to power up, or the power supply is finished. I'm guessing Motherboard. Anybody think it's worth my time to swap in a different ATX power supply? Stupid thing was working fine four hours ago. Mitch. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081225/cfc3e73f/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit
Agreed. A couple of years ago, a rancher came to me asking how she could control the gopher epidemic on her property without poison. Weird, I said, that the snakes and coyotes aren't doing the job for you. Coyotes? She replied. Hell, we shot all of them. Mother Nature is the original gardener, and she's been at it for a billion years plus. Cooperate with her and things will go smoothly. Fight her and, after a long and costly conflict, you will lose. Predator piss will tend to keep the wee beasties away. You can buy fox urine for this purpose online. Lee Fmiser wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: Pellet gun, crossbow (more challenging), poison, or a pet eagle or hawk. Please not poison. A reason the rabbits are a problem is too few predators... And since the poisoned animal will attract the attention of the predators that are around... And since the poison will likely kill the predator too... Please avoid poison if there is any other method that will work. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT: Algae the alternative energy source.... or pipe dream?
A couple of enterprising fellows up here were determined to make their fortunes from algal biodiesel, and hustled some grant money to research it, but it went nowhere. Blue-green algae is up to 50 percent oil. Great for biodiesel. But that means that it's also at least 50 percent stuff that's NOT oil, but rather water, protein, carbohydrate, etc. The big tech challenge is not in growing the stuff, it's in finding an efficient, low input, straightforward way of bursting the cells of the algae and separating the oil from the rest of it. Figure that out, and your sitting on a gold mine. Otherwise, your sitting on a wet pile of algae, which is not anywhere near as glamorous. Lee ernest breakfield wrote: i've seen in the recent past where algae was being used to create BioDiesel; it's just that this article isn't clear, and i don't dare ASSuME that this is the case unless specified. we're reminded all-too-often how ignorant much of Amerika and the US newstainment industry is when it comes to compression ignition,... cheers! e On 27/Apr/11 12:44, Allan Streib wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:37 -0700, ernest breakfielderne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: pity the article isn't more clear about whether they're talking about fuel for spark or compression ignition engines. I would think it would make more sense to make diesel fuel out of it, but I'm not sure whether the chemistry agrees. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] raccoons
Woodsman tradition is that you never kill a porcupine. The reason is that although plenty prickly, they are slow-moving and loaded with fat, so if you ever become lost or stranded in the wild, THEN you kill 'em and cook 'em up; they're easy game and you really only need a club to do one in. Or so I'm told. Never killed a porcupine, myself. Out of respect for the tradition. Lee Curt Raymond wrote: I was telling a guy in class last week about our porcupine troubles at camp and he asked if we ever eat them... I imagine its a fair amount of work to skin one out. Unsurprisingly the guy is from the south. -Curt Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:34:08 + From: buymbpa...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] raccoons Message-ID: 889331303-1303925649-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1198839...@bda100.bisx.prod.on.blackberry Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 I once had a warehouse employee that had raccoon every year for Thanksgiving. He and his dad would go hunting earlier in the week and always get a 15 or more pound one. His mom marinated it in OJ for 2 days then cooked like a turkey. I asked him to bring me some one Thanksgiving and he said he couldn't. There were never any leftovers. Must have been some good eats. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] other rodents, was possums, was never MB
In Detroit we had rats like that. Kinda rats that would hide behind a dumpster and yell Here, kitty, kitty. Cat-sized rats. Norwegian wharf rats, hog-fat from all the garbage overflowing the chronically un-emptied city dumpsters. I had been living in Motown for only a few days when I heard a pop, pop coming from the alley. I go back there, and there's five or six old boys sitting in lawn chairs, sucking on bottles of cheap wine and firing off their Saturday night specials at the rats as they ran from dumpster to dumpster. I guess it was a neighborhood sport. Lee Rich Thomas wrote: One night some years ago I was standing out in my front yard (in a suburban yet well-developed area) at 11PM or so, looking at the moon and stars. I feel something rubbing against my legs, figured it was the neighbor's cat, so I kinda kick it away. A few seconds later I feel it again, give it another kick, then look down to see this possum getting quite friendly. I had seen them around before, occasionally one squashed in the street. I kinda stomped and shooed it, it sorta ambled off, looking back at me as it was going, acting pissed I had shooed it off. Too funny. --R On 4/27/2011 6:08 PM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote: I had a similar situation with a possum in my fenced in back yard. One night around 1:00am I hear both my dogs going crazy. I walk outside to see what was up and they had this possum cornered up against the wooden fence. This rascal was standing up showing his teeth and hissing. I went back in the house and got a .22 rifle and shot it twice. All it did was really make him mad. I know it is illegal but I went back inside, got my .38 special with hollow points and put 2 in his head. He went down fast. The next morning I put him in the garbage. I am just glad the cops didn't come. Tough to explain firing a weapon in the city limits. Don't know what I would do the next time. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Buying a Foreclosure
The title company should make sure that the purchase price is adjusted for outstanding taxes during the closing. I bought a foreclosure about a year and a half ago. You should also be aware that they are generally sold as is, so make sure you have the property thoroughly inspected before you commit. Lee Allan Streib wrote: No experience. I'd say be sure you know if the property taxes are paid up, so you're not surprised by extra thousands in back taxes. The first house we bought was a bank-owned property, but the foreclosure was already complete and we just bought it from the bank, a totally normal transaction otherwise. Allan LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes: Anyone up to speed on buying a foreclosed property? We are looking at one in our old neighborhood that is about to go to the courthouse steps. I have a local real estate attorney (friend and former neighbor) who I am going to be discussing this with in detail shortly, but was curious as to if anyone on the list has been involved in a foreclosure purchase... Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Slow weekend
I am off to work on a rental property. No dermaters, peppers or eggplans, but I do have scarlet runner beans and tomatillos getting ready for outdoor planting. Quelites are volunteering and walking onions and garlic chives are plotting a takeover of vacant garden areas. Fava beans have been direct seeded but thus far have not poked their heads above ground. We are in a severe drought and all outdoor watering has been banned. My herbaceous friends will be making it on greywater and the much-prayed-for rainfall this year. Lee Dieselhead wrote: Everybody must be working on yards/gardens or cars. I am planting dermaters peppers and eggplans and changing starter and glow plugs. Sorry Andrew, no cat poop on my dermaders. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT: Propagating French lavender
You'll likely have a greater success rate if you rubber band a baggie over the the top of the pot also, to retain the humidity. Lee Russ Williams wrote: Andrew, I called a local nursery and talked to the owner, who has a radio show here on Sat morn. He agrees with Rich. Small 2-4 inch tender shoot dip in Rooting Powder plant in Sterile Potting Soil. Keep Moist NOT Soaking wet. Should see roots in 3 to 4 weeks. Keep soil above 72? . Russ On 5/8/2011 5:47 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Cut off a shoot and put some rooting powder on the end, stick it in some moist potting soil and it should take. --R On 5/8/2011 6:29 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: We have two splendid mature French lavender bushes I'd love to propagate. I tried layering (burying branches) and immersion of new shoots in a vase but no roots sprouted. Anyone BTDT? Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3624 - Release Date: 05/08/11 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Garbage Disposers Banned
I compost. Problem solved. Don't have a garden? Make friends with someone who does, and barter a swap of compostables for veg. Lee WILTON wrote: Agreed. Wilton - Original Message - From: Barry Stark barryst...@verizon.net To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:25 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned Jerry - I don't know about NYC laws but I did manage apartments for 18 years in So. California and during that time, believe me, I fixed a lot of clogged drains due to GD clogs. GD manufactures will tell you how wonderful their machines are and that they can grind most anything. Well they may be great but that doesn't mean the waste line can handle the resultant debris. Here is the real scoop from both many plumbers and the school of hard knocks. When washing dishes pour as much grease or oils as possible into a can or jar, let it cool and solidify and dispose. Scrape as much food waste from plates etc. as possible with your fingers or a spatula and put that in the garbage. Any material left on the dish can go down the GD as you rinse it off. That is what GD's were really meant to do. They weren't meant to be food processors or leaf mulchers. As they grind they must have the cold water running, never the hot, and after they finish grinding run the cold water in copious amounts to help flush the debris for at least the count of 10. I would even count to ten for them as I was explaining the rules. These simple rules will alleviate almost all GD caused waste line plugs. These were my house rules that renters had to sign up to at the commencement of tenancy. If the renter broke those rules and the debris in the drain bore evidence of that, then they paid the bill to unclog the drain. Put it in your house rules as an addendum and serve it as a legal notice. When they know that they are responsible for paying the bill, it is amazing how the problems diminish. If someone insists in not following these rules, and you are foolish enough to let them do their own thing, then at least follow these two basic rules. Never ever put any fibrous vegetable down any GD. Examples: celery stalks. artichokes, asparagus, etc. If they want to put hot grease or oil down the drain they must have the cold water running never the hot and again after they finish grinding run the cold water in copious amounts to help flush the debris for at least the count of 10. One other thing that can save lots of bathtub clogs, or kitchen sink if they wash their hair in the sink, is to buy them drain covers with small holes to catch the hair. This is especially true with folks with long hair and sorry if I sound racist or cruel, but especially folks that have long coarse black hair or if they are the in the later stages of chemotherapy when the hair comes out in large quantities. Follow all these rules and you will thank me. Barry -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes- boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Herrman Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:55 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned So, we have a rental and as we are leaving our house yesterday evening to attend a meeting, the resident calls to say that the kitchen sink is clogged up. Being booked solid for the next 24 hours or so, I call a plumber to take care of the problem. He calls after doing the job to say that sweet potato peelings were run through the garbage disposer (GD) and bunched up in the J bend causing the blockage. He removed and replaced the trap, and took out the peelings. He proceeds to say that this house was built before the use of garbage disposers, and is not designed to have a GD. He recommends removing the disposer and restoring the original configuration under the sink. I am not inclined to follow his reommendation, believing it to be a desirable feature for residents. He says that NYC and other cities have banned garbage disposers. My question: Why have some cities banned GD's? Jerry 1982 240D Does not run on potato peels __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6133 (20110518) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Yet another computer problem
I agree. Verify by connecting a USB keyboard and firing up the system. FWIW, working keyboards can often be had for a buck or two at Salvation Army and other thrift stores. Lee Mitch Haley wrote: USB keyboard? Or even a ps/2 to USB keyboard adapter? It sounds like your PS/2 port is dead. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT....
Electric vehicles have a problem - grid-based electricity in the US is dirtier than just running an economical gas-burner. Wind power has a problem - wind being an intermittent source of energy, it only makes sense when coupled with a storage device, but the grid has zero storage capacity. But electric vehicles are a place to store energy. Maybe wind farms near municipalities should include wired parking lots for lots of electric vehicles. That would to some degree address both problems, the cars would charge from a clean energy source and the wind farms would be connected to batteries. Lee LWB250 wrote: Points well taken, Tim. The one thing that nags at me regarding the electric vehicles is how much gas/coal/oil has to be burned to produce the electricity to charge or run them? I never see this in the information, and I think it's a very relevant aspect of the whole electric vehicle thing. Dan From: Tim C bb...@crone.us To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT More than that, the anemic sales of the Volt are clearly due to supply issues, since dealers don't have them in stock and can't get them. The Leaf is having similar issues. I suspect part of it, like was done with the early hybrids, is limiting supply so as to work bugs out with committed early adopters. For what it's worth I have trouble seeing the Volt called an electric vehicle; it is a hybrid just like my Escape, except it has a night plug for precharging the battery, and is built to Chevrolet (versus FORD :) standards. I am not a fan of the idea that all cars should have the same propulsion system. Some are better suited to certain things, for example I don't think many in this forum will argue that diesels are the best choice for short trips around town, or drag racing, but I am pretty sure many of us agree that diesels are the best for distance and highway travel. Electric vehicles have been in use for more than a century, and among other things make good delivery vehicles, and are common for low-speed or fixed-location applications already. I don't get why the same folks who curse California for banning diesels get upset that battery cars are going into production. I am not arguing that the government -should- be subsidizing the cost of the cars, but I can see the argument that it is only making up for the support for oil, ethanol, and to a lesser degree biodiesel production. Best, Tim who killed the electric car (purchase because it is too expensive, for now) On Jun 18, 2011 9:46 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT Apple Tree
Do you prune your apple trees in the fall? This is the first and best way to protect against over-production of undersized, unhappy fruit. It's an important practice, not only to prevent over-production of fruit, but to give the tree a good structure and keep the canopy open enough that light can get through to all of the branches. Lee Mitch Haley wrote: Douglas wrote: When and how much do I thin the fruit out? I'd like to know too. My semi-dwarves were way overloaded last year. I don't think another bumper crop of undersized apples this year would be a good idea. I'd assume the sooner the better with thinning. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT....
I'm pretty sure that the printing of government regulations is not the primary cause of global deforestation. Last time I checked, the timber, ranching and agricultural sectors had something to do with it. And you forgot about the hybrid and electric-car induced global rare-earth shortage that is causing dirty, polluting mines to reopen. Lee G Mann wrote: I object, the whole idea that electric vehicles are clean is a manufactured lie. First, the entire electronics industry uses and makes some of the nastiest chemicals in history, which stay in the environment for lifetimes, not days. No natural thing eats them or breaks them down. Second, batteries, which are the heart and soul of electric cars, are a disposal problem by themselves, and getting more so as the switch to lythium and other exotics is made. Third, the lie that burning coal, or nuke plants in a remote location producing electricity to charge these electric cars is somehow clean cause it doesn't happen in my back yard is more BS. Pollution is pollution, nothing is free. Fourth, The whole idea that government and only government will make choices for us counters the whole land of the free, home of the brave idea of America. The real world numbers don't add up, unless you use Al Bore math, for the whole electric car / save the earth thing. CO2 comes out of combustion,, plants breathe CO2 plant more, instead of chopping down trees to make paper to print more government regulations... save the world from ignorant decisions and global warming will solve it's self in the next natural cycle ice age. On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Lee einer...@yahoo.com wrote: Electric vehicles have a problem - grid-based electricity in the US is dirtier than just running an economical gas-burner. Wind power has a problem - wind being an intermittent source of energy, it only makes sense when coupled with a storage device, but the grid has zero storage capacity. But electric vehicles are a place to store energy. Maybe wind farms near municipalities should include wired parking lots for lots of electric vehicles. That would to some degree address both problems, the cars would charge from a clean energy source and the wind farms would be connected to batteries. Lee LWB250 wrote: Points well taken, Tim. The one thing that nags at me regarding the electric vehicles is how much gas/coal/oil has to be burned to produce the electricity to charge or run them? I never see this in the information, and I think it's a very relevant aspect of the whole electric vehicle thing. Dan From: Tim C bb...@crone.us To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT More than that, the anemic sales of the Volt are clearly due to supply issues, since dealers don't have them in stock and can't get them. The Leaf is having similar issues. I suspect part of it, like was done with the early hybrids, is limiting supply so as to work bugs out with committed early adopters. For what it's worth I have trouble seeing the Volt called an electric vehicle; it is a hybrid just like my Escape, except it has a night plug for precharging the battery, and is built to Chevrolet (versus FORD :) standards. I am not a fan of the idea that all cars should have the same propulsion system. Some are better suited to certain things, for example I don't think many in this forum will argue that diesels are the best choice for short trips around town, or drag racing, but I am pretty sure many of us agree that diesels are the best for distance and highway travel. Electric vehicles have been in use for more than a century, and among other things make good delivery vehicles, and are common for low-speed or fixed-location applications already. I don't get why the same folks who curse California for banning diesels get upset that battery cars are going into production. I am not arguing that the government -should- be subsidizing the cost of the cars, but I can see the argument that it is only making up for the support for oil, ethanol, and to a lesser degree biodiesel production. Best, Tim who killed the electric car (purchase because it is too expensive, for now) On Jun 18, 2011 9:46 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go
Re: [MBZ] OT Apple Tree
I neither spray pesticides nor use chemical fertilizers. Just a shovel-full of compost now and then. I do plant my apple trees as a guild with other friendly plants to help meet the apple's needs, including perennial nitrogen fixers. Insectaries like dill, fennel, yarrow, lovage attract predatory wasps which in turn keep down the unwelcome bugs. Good advice on the pruning. Lee Peter Frederick wrote: Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit drop in early to mid June, and if that doesn't reduce the crop to around one fruit per 4-6 of branch, you need to thin manually. The fewer apples there are, the larger they will get, generally. Pruning is also very important -- if this is a young tree, you should pick three or four strong branches that do NOT meet in a common place and make a stick with a nail or wire in each end and use them as braces between the trunk and branch fo hold them down and out. Prune all upward shoots off the side branches, you want the tree to spread out, not grow up, which is it's natural tendency. It should look fairly bare -- keep all branches open to sunlight, no internal shading of branches, and don't let it grow upwards once you have a set of nice framework branches. Pretty much the opposite of a Bradford Pear. Fertilize in the early spring, probably a couple pounds of 12-12-12 for an average sized tree (less for dwarfs, of course). I never sprayed mine, so I can't tell you when or what, but DO NOT spray ANY pesticide from a couple days before bud break until a couple days after the end of petal fall -- otherwise you will poison someone's bees and get poor fruit set. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT Apple Tree
True. Over-fertilizing, particularly with chemical fertilizers, also creates super-abundant nitrogen in the foliage which makes your plants much more attractive to insect pests. Which then drives you to use the pesticides in addition to the chemical fertilizers. Or so I have read. Lee Dieselhead wrote: Established apple trees seldom (Never) need fertilizer in the midwest. Don't know about your area, but it sounds like you have worked to establish a good system, so fertilizer is probably not needed unless the leaves show a nutrient deficiency. Fertilizer is probably the most overused, wasted product in the world. It is always blamed on agriculture, but suburban lawns and glof courses are the most overfertilized patches of earth on the planet. Without using Sevin or hormone, hand thinning is your option, and the sooner the better. As Peter and others have said, the best method of thinning is pruning in dormancy. However, unless you have varieties subject to fire blight, you can prune anytime. For my .02, it is best pr prune when the trees are dormant. I neither spray pesticides nor use chemical fertilizers. Just a shovel-full of compost now and then. I do plant my apple trees as a guild with other friendly plants to help meet the apple's needs, including perennial nitrogen fixers. Insectaries like dill, fennel, yarrow, lovage attract predatory wasps which in turn keep down the unwelcome bugs. Good advice on the pruning. Lee Peter Frederick wrote: Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit drop in early to mid June, and if that doesn't reduce the crop to around one fruit per 4-6 of branch, you need to thin manually. The fewer apples there are, the larger they will get, generally. Pruning is also very important -- if this is a young tree, you should pick three or four strong branches that do NOT meet in a common place and make a stick with a nail or wire in each end and use them as braces between the trunk and branch fo hold them down and out. Prune all upward shoots off the side branches, you want the tree to spread out, not grow up, which is it's natural tendency. It should look fairly bare -- keep all branches open to sunlight, no internal shading of branches, and don't let it grow upwards once you have a set of nice framework branches. Pretty much the opposite of a Bradford Pear. Fertilize in the early spring, probably a couple pounds of 12-12-12 for an average sized tree (less for dwarfs, of course). I never sprayed mine, so I can't tell you when or what, but DO NOT spray ANY pesticide from a couple days before bud break until a couple days after the end of petal fall -- otherwise you will poison someone's bees and get poor fruit set. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT: Gray water recycling systems
The stuff in a septic tank is blackwater. You can also install a sludgehammer which will change the breakdown of your septic goo to a much cleaner aerobic decomposition and lessen the possibility of your blackwater recycling system crapping up your leachfield and making you ill. Randy Bennell wrote: On 24/06/2011 2:30 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: I've got a groundwater well for a water supply, so my septic tank and drainfield make up a 'gray water recycling system'. _ Let me suggest having your water tested regularly. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Mandatory Evacuation Called
Also- I am told the fire is less than four miles away from an area where thousands of 55 gallon drums of nuclear waste containing plutonium as well as solvents and other toxic chemicals are being stored above ground in fabric tents, waiting to be trucked to Carlsbad. Firefighters are scrambling to cut a fire line between the fire and the waste storage. For context, it is estimated that one tenth of a microgram of plutonium in airborne, oxide form is enough to give an individual an unacceptably high exposure, the consequences of which can range from radiation pneumonitis (short term, high exposure) to lung cancer (long term.) Doing the math, one gram would be enough to poison ten million people. Lee Craig wrote: The fire, which started yesterday at 1:00 p.m., grew overnight to over 43,000 acres. Since the wind has shifted to the south, the emergency managers have decided to call a mandatory evacuation for the town. We are packing up now and I will shut our computer down as the last thing out of the house, so I am still checking email. We will have our cell phone, (505) 231-5428, with us. Your prayers are appreciated. Craig P.S. In case you're interested, some links about the situation: http://www.lamonitor.com/ (our local newspaper) http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2385/ http://nmfireinfo.wordpress.com/ P.P.S. As there are only two of us and three vehicles - '94 E420 - '89 Chevy G20 van - '82 240D/3.0 I have had to make a choice: I'll leave the '82 240D/3.0 because the Chevy van can carry a LOT more stuff. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Mandatory Evacuation Called
The area in question is called Area G. Those who want to know what's there can google it. I have no need to make stuff up. To those who are downwinders, and there are many in New Mexico, this is no joke. Lee Mountain Man wrote: --R wrote: Uh oh, total buzz kill on that. Maybe, but I doubt Lee would speak up without good info - as we all know the real cruelty of this list and others... I bet this stuff has been there since Hanford Engineering Works quit. I would guess we will never see the tally on what each nuke cost as the work was so spread out and nobody even accounts the generations of clean-up needed all along the line at each site in the process. I was offered a job atWestinghouse Hanford in '78. In searching there recently, it would appear that there is not a greater concentration of brain trust on the planet than seems to show at Hanford/Tri-Cities. Amazing. And amazing toxic clean-up for generations to come there, if I am not totally buzzing that kill... mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Mandatory Evacuation Called
Max Dillon wrote: Ok, here is what I found: The anti-nuclear watchdog group Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, however, said the fire appeared to be about 3 1/2 miles from a dumpsite where as many as 30,000 55-gallon drums of plutonium-contaminated waste were stored in fabric tents above ground. Seems like these folks just might have an agenda? Max Yes. They put that nuclear waste near that fire. OK, Seriously, googling Area G and Los Alamos returns over 8,000 hits, and most of them will confirm what is at the waste site. Unlikely all of the postings have an agenda. Some of them are from LANL. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Mandatory Evacuation Called
Rory wrote: But Governor Susana Martinez just said on KRQE that all is safe at LANL!!! Sitting in Edgewood and looking to the north and the thunder clouds near Santa Fe. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 Here in the original Las Vegas, we got our first rain of the year a couple of hours ago, at least 15 minutes of the real deal. Came down so hard it filled my rainwater catchment a quarter full. Yay, monsoon! Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT: The Original Las Vegas
Yep. They even filmed the border scene here. Re-painted a couple of local businesses to look like Mexican border town, and put up a fake US/Mexico border crossing on the freeway overpass. I'm sure it completely disoriented tourists and passers through. Lee Rich Thomas wrote: Stayed at the old hotel there one night on our way to Taos a few years ago when the road north was closed due to snow. Two kids, two dogs, two rooms and a lot of fun. Found out later that my cousin had stayed there for a week while working on some architecture activity in town. Was watching No Country for Old Men movie a year or two later, and at one scene, I said, Hey that looks familiar! The scene was filmed in the hotel lobby, looked just like it did when we were there. --R On 6/27/11 11:33 PM, Lee wrote: Rory wrote: But Governor Susana Martinez just said on KRQE that all is safe at LANL!!! Sitting in Edgewood and looking to the north and the thunder clouds near Santa Fe. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 Here in the original Las Vegas, we got our first rain of the year a couple of hours ago, at least 15 minutes of the real deal. Came down so hard it filled my rainwater catchment a quarter full. Yay, monsoon! Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT - Closed loop biorefinery in Montana
andrew strasfogel wrote: The future may be closer than we think. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110710/BUSINESS/107100305/Columbia-Falls-Green-Power-House-closed-loop-biorefinery - ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 Good stuff! Particularly the gasification of slash. We have forest thinning projects going on around here all the time. The byproduct is timber too small to be of commercial value. It is typically just piled up and burned, a terrible waste. Using it to produce wood gas and biochar is brilliant. Biochar, which is basically charcoal crushed to a powder, turns out to be an enormous fertility improver in the soil. It doesn't break down for a couple of centuries, at least, sequestering a good deal of carbon. It greatly increases the soil's water holding capacity and provides a matrix for microbes and fungi to colonize, which is key to healthy soil. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Stop me before I buy a Biobuddy
I also wonder how much lye and water is consumed per batch. There's not one good answer to this. The worse the waste oil, and by worse I mean how degraded it has become with repeated use, the more acidic the oil becomes and the more lye is required to treat it. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines
Yep. Just saw a bar graph published July 27 by the White House. It purports to list the four biggest factors contributing to the US debt. The wars, the Bush tax cuts, domestic spending, and changes in economy and technology were listed. Cost for each factor ranged from 1.5 trillion to 4 trillion dollars. What wasn't on the bar graph? The bailout to the Wall Street banksters. The GAO investigated it, over the shrill protests of the Bernanke, and found that it cost 16 trillion dollars, nearly twice the cost of our several wars, the Bush tax cuts, all of our domestic spending and the economic meltdown, combined. What did we get in return? We got bitch-slapped. Having GIVEN these greedy bastards an incomprehensible sum with no strings attached, they gave their top thieves million-dollar bonuses, continue to foreclose on the houses of working-class people, and are now bulldozing the damned things by the hundreds. JP Morgan Chase is capitalizing on the growing number of poor by persuading state food stamp programs to switch to EBT programs that Morgan Chase administers. I'm ready to start circulating the rumor that bankers taste like chicken. Lee G Mann wrote: Watching politics in action these days brings the same emotions you would have watching a video of a prison gang rape where you are the center of attention. Doesn't matter what political party, the sense of violation and helplessness remains when reported by the news media who serve the same function as the rest of the prisoners standing in a circle to keep the bulls from seeing the entertainment while they laugh, point and cheer. All while you keep thinking this can't be happening... followed by... O no, not again. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: G Mann wrote: The Modes Operands is always as follows: Manufactured Problem Orchestrated Reaction Planned Solution All actions to the benefit of the criminal grifters who have seized power. Yep, I'd have to agree with that. That's what worries me about all the furor about the fabricated gun running problem to Mexico - they're setting the stage for increased gun control. And it's already starting with executive orders LarryT 91 300D Let your engine tell you how healthy it is! Visit www.youroil.net For Inexpensive Oil Test Kits! - Original Message - From: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 10:12:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines Nothing in politics happens by accident. I'll put my bets in that even the SP downgrade was pre-planned. We are being played like a cheap trick by master manipulators on a scale to large be understood. The Modes Operands is always as follows: Manufactured Problem Orchestrated Reaction Planned Solution All actions to the benefit of the criminal grifters who have seized power. On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: OK Don wrote: Like many other things - follow the money. Last I heard, the industry was driving the ethanol mandate, congress just did what they were paid to do. Ya, well... Not to be too partisan here, the reality is that all the games DC has been playing with large dollar amounts did nothing but increase the distance between us and them. I doubt any of us are in that top 10% of money holders? Too bad, because these programs whether intentional or not merely took more away from all of us than any of us can contemplate. This system is in a huge hurt, big time. SP has done what nobody in DC had the cahoonas to contemplate. So, now we all suffer once again. How? - who knows, but we will be the ones being separated further from the top 10% for sure. mao - pure communism... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines
Read about it here - http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3 There was some serious sleight of hand going on with the Wall Street Boys and their cronies in Washington, and it hasn't been easy to trace as I understand it. The Bloomberg report ended up having a pitched battle with the Federal Reserve and finally prevailed in their FoIA request. They put the price tag to taxpayers at 12.8 trillion, which is still a lot of money. Enough that if you started spending a million dollars a day when Jesus was born, and kept it up until today, you still wouldn't have come close to spending that much. Check this out, and watch the video- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/economy/the-true-cost-of-the-bank-bailout/3309/ Lee Mountain Man wrote: Lee wrote: What wasn't on the bar graph? The bailout to the Wall Street banksters. The GAO investigated it, over the shrill protests of the Bernanke, and found that it cost 16 trillion dollars, nearly twice the cost of our several wars, the Bush tax cuts, all of our domestic spending and the economic meltdown, combined. Do you have links to this documentation? That sounds interesting. I wanna read more about this expansion to $16T. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] write your own caption
Tim writes: What do you mean the back seat is too cramped to make love?!? It's not like the 3rd row seat in the wagon is any better! Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 11/14/05, L. Mark Finch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/9bccd Sounds like the voice of experience! Lee '93 300D turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] '99 E300
On 11/15/05, Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1999-Mercedes-Benz-E300-DIESEL-NEW-CAR-TRADE- WARRANTY_W0QQitemZ4590703343QQcategoryZ6335QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Nice car, and the lister is *sure* that the car has leather. Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] '99 E300
Cliff Notes edition: 210 models have become notorious for rusting around the inner door jambs, engine crossmember pieces and some suspension support pieces regardless where the MB is located. MB skipped a rust preventive dip on these models. It has been documented that a few original owners have had some assistance from MB but not for the majority. There is not a 210 in my future. It's a shame. They're beautiful cars, very nice drivers, substantially better ergonomics and suspension than the W124 that I'm becoming familiar with... Interesting - I drove my wife's '96 A6 (C4) quattro wagon yesterday. First time in about a month. That car is a good step ahead of my W124 in terms of ergonomics, features, overall feel. The W124 feels old in comparison. The W210 is a similar step ahead of the C4 Audi. And it makes sense...the W124 was first brought out in this country in '87, the C4 Audi in '92, the W210 in '96. Oh, and I saw a listing for a UK 300D 4Matic owner's manual on ebay. I want *that* car! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] For those who like big cars
Take a look at the car *before* the accident. Not a whole lot of crumple room in the front of that car...and not much less afterwards. Reminds me a bit of a VW Microbus, where all the crumple is in the knee, not the bodywork. Give me a properly engineered European sedan that folds like an accordion in a heavy hit. I want *progressive* deceleration, not the basketball-style bounceback that the Smart showed. Here's a couple of interesting crash videos: http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=safestory=crashRatingssubject=crash With each of the european sedan crashes (A6, E class, etc), there's a nice progressive collapse of the front structure of the car. Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 178K On Tue Nov 15 16:16:19 PST 2005, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 02:32:57PM -0500, Jeff Zedic wrote: Overall, an amazing little car in a crash. I see a dozen of these a day! BT, WRONG. The san francisco city workers' union is filing suit to prevent the city from buying any more of them. The union claims that on the job injuries (major and worse) have gone up significantly since the city started buying smarts. Just because the car seems to have held up does not mean it is safe - it means more energy was transferred to the occupants. K ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] '99 E300
Aw crap, you're right. I just checked the title. This buggy was made in 1992! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K On Tue Nov 15 18:11:39 PST 2005, Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The W124 feels old in comparison. Maybe because it is old.
Re: [MBZ] these seem to bring good money I guess
Anything with a diesel has been hot lately. People seem to be dragging old diesel VW Jettas out of fields and posting them on ebay, and getting thousands of dollars for them... Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:59 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] these seem to bring good money I guess http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-LOW-MILES-Chevy-Luv-D iesel-Isuzu-Diesel_W0QQitemZ4590006310QQcategoryZ6173QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] 124 Sway Bar Bushings?
Hey, good news. I've got bad sway bar bushings too! I'm going to take this opportunity to upgrade my sway bars to a pair of Sportsline bars... Wonder if they make a Sportsline central locking system (my trunk doesn't lock/unlock with the driver's door...) Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K Chris writes: you can try the water test on the ball joints...never hurts and costs nothing. That's how I diagnosed my clunk...but that was at about 195K miles Chris Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Peterson wrote: Regarding my front end clunk on bumps at low speeds, someone suggested that I check / replace the front anti-sway bar bushings. Parts are cheap, $30, and it is DIY job. Does anyone think this could be the clunk (dealer says new control arms and bushings but I doubt this at 74k) I am trying to get rid of? Any way to test the anti-sway bushings? I found the rubber hard, but not rock hard. It is very hard to tell where front end sounds are coming from Sway bar bushing failures were VERY common in '80s 124s - usually at between 50-100kmi (I've not driven more than two '90s 124s and the were cherry). The bushings were revised (don't know when) but the new style will fail too, just not quite as soon. If you drive slowly over an uneven surface (a slightly uneven parking lot) at about 10-15 mph, they will clunk/rattle when bad. I know of NO way to describe a bad one except by the noise that the ones I've heard have made. You could find a mechanic that has done a hundred of them - I expect he can look at 'em and tell you if they are bad. Bad control arm bushings in 201/124s never made that noise when driving slowly over uneven surfaces in the cars I drove. You MAY have bad control arm bushings, but I don't think they are making the noise that I think you are describing. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, Rose -1987 300TD, 150K, Rotkäppchen -1985 300SD, 209K, Wulf -1976 240D, ?K, AKP-Wagen (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21 Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38 deck, Snowcaster, One Banger - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
[MBZ] Trunk lock actuator on vacation ('93 W124)
I just realized that my trunk *should* be locking/unlocking with the driver's door. Well, it's not. Other locks operate as expected. What should I be looking at? Disconnected line or broken mechanism? Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] Trunk lock actuator on vacation ('93 W124)
David wrote: Lee Levitt wrote: I just realized that my trunk *should* be locking/unlocking with the driver's door. Well, it's not. Other locks operate as expected. What should I be looking at? Disconnected line or broken mechanism? Most likely it's a bad or disconnected vacuum pod. This is by far the easiest pod to get to -- just pop off the little plastic cover on the rear wall of the trunk. You can hook your MightyVac up and observe the lock rod, which just interposes itself between the button and the latch mechanism to unlock and withdraws to lock. This is easiest if you climb into the trunk and sit there, facing the rear. Tinker with it a little and you'll see how it works. Keep in mind that the trunk lock has *three* positions. There's one position where the vacuum pod has no effect, and only the key will open it; a middle position where the trunk is locked and unlocked by vacuum; and a spring-loaded position to let you get into the trunk while the vacuum pod is locked. I only get two positions, not three. Also, btw, I found a broken connector in the vacuum pod. It's the black adjusting piece that screws onto the brass arm. I can't tell whether putting a dab of superglue on it will get the thing back together or whether I need a new pod... Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
[MBZ] And another electrical question...blowing brake light bulb '93 300D
Grrr... My car keeps blowing the center brake light bulb. Other two brake light bulbs are fine...this one blows the bulb immediately. Any thoughts? The joys of buying a car from someone less fanatical than me. Grrr... TIA, Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] XM radio antenna
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have experience with an XM radio in an older MBZ? I'd like to install it in my '73 300SEL without having to mount the antenna on the roof, drilling holes, etc. Apparently on newer cars with sharply sloped windshields, it works ok with the antenna just sitting on the dash, but I'm wondering if it would work with my square roofline. Try it on, or even underneath the rear parcel shelf. Interestingly, GPS antennas have no problems with being mounted below non-metallic surfaces. On my Audi, I mounted a GPS antenna inside the instrument cluster binnacle and it worked fine. I just mounted a GPS antenna on my 300D under the rear parcel shelf...above the sheet metal but below the shelf itself. Haven't plugged it in yet, but I expect it will work fine. Obviously, you'll want to do a test fit before you finalize your wiring path...run the antenna lead straight from the receiver to wherever you think you want the antenna to reside and see if it works. Then, if it does, bury the wire. I got almost all my wiring done yesterday - cb radio, V1 remote, cellular phone handsfree kit, GPS antenna. All I need to do now is to do the final electrical tie-in...and yes, the W124 has an aux hot pad above the drivers' feet. Since I don't trust myself to do clean wiring...and couldn't find any obvious (and easy...and safe) wiring to tap into, I'll have my mechanic provide the hot switched and unswitched leads... Took a while to figure out how to get the wires from the back seat up to the center console... Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
[MBZ] owner's manual for my '93 300D
Where's the best place to find an owner's manual for my '93? Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics Charge
Then of course there's the 4 BILLION gallons of WVO flowing out the back of Taco Bell et al annually. And I won't even mention algae. Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Tara Ludwick Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:08 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics Charge This is just plain stupid. They are assuming that all new production would come from rainforests. do you have any idea how much good usable farmland in this country is going unused? If it became profitable again to farm, there is insane amounts of land already cleared right here that is just sitting because it currently isn't profitable ( or people are being paid NOT to grow things to keep prices controlled ), but if the demand increased, it would become profitable and rural economy could again be a reality. -Robert Rich Thomas wrote: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200511\NAT2 0051122a.html *Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics Charge* By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer November 22, 2005 *(CNSNews.com)* - An alternative fuel source once considered more Earth-friendly than petroleum is now being derided by some environmentalists and farming experts for allegedly hastening the destruction of the world's rainforests. MORE ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.5 turbo
Curt, Did you see the one in the Want Advertiser (or maybe Craigslist) with a bad motor for $1500? Lee Is this one of the years that includes biodegradable wiring? I'm needing a new car bad before the wife kills me or makes me buy something soulless... If anybody knows of a great diesel MB within about 300 miles of Boston let me know. 190D prefered but I'm open to anything. -Curt Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:19:52 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] cheap 2.5 turbo To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-Diesel -1992-300D-Turbo-Diesel-VA-Car-Near-Mint-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ4 592444297QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Found a 190D
Donald writes: Curt Raymond wrote: If anybody knows of a great diesel MB within about 300 miles of Boston let me know. 190D prefered but I'm open to anything. Found one. It is in Mays Landing, New Jersey. I have no idea if that is within 300 miles of Boston. Nope, according to MapQuest it's about 10% over Curt's limit. Lee http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCEDES-BENZ-190D-DIESEL-4-CYL INDER-5-SP EED-MEREDES_W0QQitemZ4592012411QQcategoryZ6328QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics
Done. :) Lee On Wed Nov 23 07:03:22 PST 2005, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might as well establish myself as a full fledged nutter.
[MBZ] Boston area biodiesel co-op
I'm launching a biodiesel co-op in the Boston area and am wondering wow many listers are in the Boston area? If you're local and are interested in being involved, please drop me a note offlist. I'm in the process of nailing down a pretty significant source of WVO and will want some help in set up and processing... Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] OT, music CD's
Kaleb writes: Whats the best and cheapest place online to buy CD's these days? Check ebay and amazon (used CD listings below each new title). Lee
[MBZ] Nice E300D
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-300D-Diesel-Pristene-Fl orida-BENZ-Corp-EXECS-300D-DIESEL-SD_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6335QQitemZ4 592273621QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW Low mileage, sounds like a well-kept car... Lee '93 300D 2.5l turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] Big brother is coming for your car
Tom writes: It's an article about a proposal to levee an additional tax on hybrid vehicles because they burn less fuel pay less than their share if road tax. The article also proposes a per mile tax on all vehicles, which we already pay through our fuel tax. Your elected officials at work. This is the same administration that responded to the recent fuel shortage by releasing some of our strategic reserves and never asking us once to turn our thermostats down, carpool or combine trips. It's also the same administration that gives tax credits for buying hybrids, insulation and solar energy components. Wonder how they're going to tax my *bicycle*. Or maybe they'll give me a tax credit for buying my next one. Farging idiots. Lee 2001 Colnago C40 (and a bunch of others!)
[MBZ] Low mileage 300CD
http://boston.craigslist.org/car/112902844.html Lee
Re: [MBZ] Delvac Exists in Canada!
John writes: Which explains I guess why my walmart charges *so much* extra for their dusty jugs of Delvac. Anyone seen Truck SUV in Walmart in Canada? I should check with my Esso agent to see if he carries it. On 30-Nov-05, at 12:23 PM, Marshall Booth wrote: Wal-Mart USED to sell Delvac 1 in Canada! Mobil 1 5W-40 Truck SUV is an identical formula to Delvac 1 except for the boron marker. Marshall Avlube.com sells Delvac 1 by the case (4 gallons) for $98 plus UPS Ground shipping (in the states). Is this a good price? What's the typical price at Wallyworld? Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
[MBZ] Rhythmic noise coming from shift console, 93 300D
I'm getting a rhythmic noise coming from the shift console of my '93 300D. At first I thought it was a speedo cable noise but it's gotten louder and it's obviously coming from the console right around the shifter. I only get it on light acceleration from low speeds, but don't get it at idle, at constant speed or at full throttle. Any thoughts on what it could be? Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] Bought a 190D, now what?
David wrote: John Ervine wrote: When I purchased my 280S back in August, I took the adventurous route. I packed a large bag with about 50lbs of tools in it, threw a combination lock on it so it couldn't easily be opened, and purchased a one-way ticket to DC. Unfortunately, travel by air with tools has gotten risky. I used to know a guy who routinely did it for work. He said that once the new security regulations were enacted and he had to stop locking his tool bag, he usually lost one tool per trip. The most popular item for sticky-figured TSA personnel to take seemed to be his Leatherman. In planning my trip to Raleigh to retrieve my W124, I considered all this. I ended up carrying onboard my cellphone, a plug-in CB radio, my radar detector, a 1-3 power splitter, some books on tape, my AA card and that's it. I thought about shipping some tools and stuff down to Raleigh via FedEx Ground, but in the end, didn't bother. In my case, the only thing I needed to make the 700 mile trip back to Boston was a $.29 ceramic fuse. Coulda been worse... If you are retrieving a remote car and you want to have tools, consider FedEx Ground or even the Post Office flat rate box ($7.75 for as much as you can stuff in it). FedEx Ground is pretty cheap. Lee
Re: [MBZ] Rhythmic noise coming from shift console, 93 300D
Gary, Noise is prevalent only on light acceleration. I don't know whether turning has any effect. I can also minimize the noise by moving the shift lever a bit. I'm thinking transmission mounts. We just did the engine mounts and I'll bet that the combination of new engine mounts and tired transmission mounts are causing something to be out of position, as you describe. Otherwise the transmission operates normally...a bit of flaring when its cold, but that's it. Oh, and by the way, I *just* did a transmission fluid and filter replacement. Lee '93 300D 2.5L 179K _ From: Gary Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rhythmic noise coming from shift console, 93 300D Should be knock instead of know. Darned spell checker should know what I meant, not what I typed! On 12/1/05, Gary Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee, Does it do it less on coasting or acceleration? Turning right or left? I had a situation on my W123 where the transmission shift rod would know against the transmission housing due to missing bushings. Got worse when turning a sharp left turn and the rod was thrown against the tranny. Gary Thompson 1995 E320 On 12/1/05, Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting a rhythmic noise coming from the shift console of my '93 300D. At first I thought it was a speedo cable noise but it's gotten louder and it's obviously coming from the console right around the shifter. I only get it on light acceleration from low speeds, but don't get it at idle, at constant speed or at full throttle. Any thoughts on what it could be? Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Re: [MBZ] Dallas Charity auction 300CD
Rich writes: Some bits missing: http://www.texascarsforkids.org/details.asp?CarId=8697vType=1 No, no, it says Car Complete: Check Maybe they meant *you should* check. After all, you don't really need a battery...park on a hill and bump start it. Or leave it idling. Lee
Re: [MBZ] 190D Block heater
Ron writes: Curt-- You probably have a block heater--just not the cord. Check on the passenger side of the engine--about where the block heater is on a 240D. There may be a plastic cap on the block heater--you just need to buy the cord from Rusty. I had to do that on two 190Ds. I found a block heater (and cord) buried on my car. Seems to have the complete winter kit, aside from the mythical aux heater and grille shutters. Heated seats, headlamp wiper/washers, and ASD. The ASD actually works pretty well... Lee '93 300D 2.5 179K
Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka
On Linux, I believe it is verboten to even have the software to play the DVDs, as DeCSS descrambles the encryption code. Ridiculous, as I should have a right to view DVDs I own on a PC or laptop which I own. The RIAA and their thugs are so nazi-like about this, and the US courts so whipped, that one group even got sued for printing the DeCSS source code on tee shirts. Lee andrew strasfogel wrote: I rented a movie DVD and wanted to transfer it to videotape for later veiwing but couldn't because DVDs are now copy protected. So much for fair use - they didn't even give me a chance to be honest or fair! On 12/5/05, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe you are correct...Falls under private exhibition. As long as it is for personal use you can make as many as you want. Distribution is the catch. Mike - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka Im not sure or not but I think its legal to make a backup copy of something for your own use, but you cant give it to your friends. Then again, I may be wrong on that. Mike Canfield wrote: Ever heard of unauthorized duplication? Read the FBI warnings at the begining of a movie. Mike - Original Message - From: Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka Illegal to sell, but not illegal (if you've purchased it legitimately) to make copies to give to your friends - that falls under fair use. On 12/5/05, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excepting that in most places thats totally illegal especially if you're selling for profit. Some would even say its immoral because you're essentially taking money out of someone else's pocket. -Curt the videographer who is very sensitive to this sort of thing. Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:45:31 -0500 From: Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka Fascination To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 time to burn DVD copies and sell them on ebay. or to list members at $5/disc. - Yahoo! Personals Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. Lots of someones, actually. Yahoo! Personals ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474 ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka
Yes, many Linux distros do have a DVD player app, normally Xine. They will not, in my experience, play a commercial, copy protected DVD unless one installs DeCSS. Lee Curt Raymond wrote: Not true at all, many Linux distros have a DVD player app built right in. Also not true for .mp3 files. I believe you mean the MPAA, the RIAA is the music industry. Frankly while I'm not in love with the MPAA in any sense what Andrew had described is illegal for a reason. Its sensible that you shouldn't be allowed to copy a rented movie, if you could easily do that why would you ever buy one? The same is doubly true of rented computer (and especially Playstation) games. DVD producers are in business to make money, they don't put out disks just because they love doing it. When companies cease to make money they cease to be companies then then no new DVDs get produced. So some level of protection makes sense. -Curt Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:08:49 -0700 From: Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed On Linux, I believe it is verboten to even have the software to play the DVDs, as DeCSS descrambles the encryption code. Ridiculous, as I should have a right to view DVDs I own on a PC or laptop which I own. The RIAA and their thugs are so nazi-like about this, and the US courts so whipped, that one group even got sued for printing the DeCSS source code on tee shirts. Lee - Yahoo! Personals Let fate take it's course directly to your email. See who's waiting for you Yahoo! Personals ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
Re: [MBZ] Some things are just plain wrong
I think it was 6 am on a Saturday morning, in 1963. Lee On Tue Dec 06 17:57:00 PST 2005, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was, I believe in the early 60', when Sweden changed from L/H to R/H traffic. They did it over night and had minor mishaps. -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D On 12/6/05, tom savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff Zedic wrote: India on the left. China I think, all former Bristish colonies on the left. That would inlcude Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. (?)Hmmm. not sure on SA. Most of the Caribbean are too, n'est-ce pas? Here's a map from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Driving_standards.png China drives on the right, as do all British colonies except the US and Canada. Strangely, the US Virgin Islands drive on the left. India is a huge chunk of the world's population, but probably a pretty small piece of the world's traffic. I suspect that less than a quarter of the world's traffic drives on the left. Tom ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
[MBZ] Headlight repair
I bought a pair of new OEM ecode headlights from ebay.de and they arrived with one mounting tab (the lower inner post) on each broken. Packaging design problem -- these tabs stick out and got broken in transit. What should I use to rebuild and reinforce these tabs (reattaching the posts to the headlamp bucket)? Is JB Weld the right stuff? Comments appreciated. Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L 180K
[MBZ] W124 parts
Anyone know where I can get a set of wiper/washers and trim pieces for my '93 W124 with ecode headlamps? I've got the lamps (as noted in my previous message) and I need to get this setup together and on the car so I can pass inspection (DOT headlamp is blown and I don't want to spend any money on that setup...) Used is fine, preferable...I gather that the US DOT parts off a '94 or '95 will work with '93 and earlier ecodes. Please contact me offlist if you know of a souce. (I've already emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED]) separately). If new is the only reasonably quick source, I'll be calling Rusty :) Thanks! Lee '93 300D 2.5L 180K
[MBZ] CBs, was Arctic-Q...?
Hans writes: Still have mine. 24 channels. On a shelve in the garage. When I get frustrated, I pick up the mike and holler Breaker 1-9 Funny, I just *installed* mine a month ago when I picked up my car. It's part of the basic electronics package -- Valentine hardwire, speaker kit for cellphone and CB radio. Then comes eurolamps (on the shelf waiting for wiper washer, trim parts paint). I was pleasantly surprised with the performance of the Uniden 520 in this car. Seems the Wilson 1000 is much happier as a permanent trunk mount than as a magnetic mount on the roof (had no choice on my Audi wagon...) CBs have saved my butt *many* times, and not just for bear notification. When I was coming home from college once, I forgot about one toll on the NY thruway and ate my toll money at McDonalds... So here I am, on the thruway, literally $.50 short of making it home. I begged the $.50 on the CB...no more than 5 minutes later I had cash in hand and was through the tolls with the directions to pay it forward. It was a great lesson and I've been paying it forward in one way or another ever since... Lee '93 300D 2.5L 180K
Re: [MBZ] One more Carfax request
What a sweet car. I would have paid $10K for it. Someone want to buy my W124? Lee '93 300D 2.5L 180K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tan Qu Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:38 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] One more Carfax request Looks like someone is going to get a steal deal on this car - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem= 4594859231sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AWNA%3AMT%3A12 The engine has been replaced with a factory crate one 20k miles ago and talked to the owner A/C was replaced not too long ago too. Thinking about driving S class car for at least next 200k miles without problems on the engine! For the current bid price you can't even buy a 150k e300D. Someone on the list please get it! Tan --- Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vehicle Snapshot Vehicle 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300 Series 300SD VIN WDBGB34E6NA053060 Body Style 4 Door Sedan Country of Manufacture Germany Vehicle History Checklist Vehicle Description WDBGB34E6NA053060 Title Check No records found Problem Check No records found Odometer Check No records found Vehicle Information No records found Full History Records found Title Check Your vehicle checks out! Abandoned No Abandoned Records Found Damaged No Damaged Records Found Fire Damage No Fire Damage Records Found Grey Market No Grey Market Records Found Hail Damage No Hail Damage Records Found Insurance Loss No Insurance Loss Records Found Junk No Junk Records Found Rebuilt/Rebuildable No Rebuilt/Rebuildable Records Found Salvage No Salvage Records Found Problem Check Your vehicle checks out! NHTSA Crash Test Vehicle No NHTSA Crash Test Vehicle Records Found Fire Damage Incident No Fire Damage Incident Records Found Frame Damage No Frame Damage Records Found Major Damage No Major Damage Records Found Manufacturer Buyback/Lemon No Manufacturer Buyback/Lemon Records Found Manufacturer Buyback/Lemon No Manufacturer Buyback/Lemon Records Found Odometer Problem No Odometer Problem Records Found Salvage Auction No Salvage Auction Records Found Water Damage No Water Damage Records Found Vehicle Information Your vehicle checks out! Accident Data No Accident Data Records Found Corrected Title No Corrected Title Records Found Driver Education No Driver Education Records Found Duplicate Title No Duplicate Title Records Found Emission/Safety Inspection No Emission/Safety Inspection Records Found Livery Use No Livery Use Records Found Government Use No Government Use Records Found Police Use No Police Use Records Found Rental/Fleet No Rental/Fleet Records Found Repossessed No Repossessed Records Found Taxi Use No Taxi Use Records Found Theft No Theft Records Found Vehicle History Records We have searched the Experian Automotive National Vehicle Database of insurance, DMV, and auto auction information and found the following 16 records for this 1992 MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SERIES 300SD. Note the highlighted rows for potential issues that could affect the value of this vehicle. Date Location Mileage Description 1992-07-08 atkinson, NH 74 title 1996-09-13 atkinson, NH registration event/renewal 1997-09-16 atkinson, NH registration event/renewal 1998-09-04 atkinson, NH registration event/renewal 1999-09-07 atkinson, NH registration event/renewal 2003-06-09 manchester, NH 49458 vehicle in dealer inventory 2003-06-17 new england region, 49556 reported at auto auction 2003-10-14 MA registration event/renewal 2003-10-31 MA 50295 title 2004-02-11 live oak, FL title 2004-02-11 live oak, FL registration event/renewal 2004-02-11 live oak, FL excluded/exempt 2004-06-01 live oak, FL registration event/renewal 2004-06-01 live oak, FL excluded/exempt 2005-04-15 live oak, FL registration event/renewal 2005-04-15 live oak, FL excluded/exempt Glossary of Descriptions Found for This Vehicle (full glossary) Description Full Definition Title Vehicle had title registration event reported by state DMV. Renewal Vehicle had registration renewal event reported by state DMV. Odometer Reading from Auto Dealer Odometer reading was provided by an independent source from an auto dealer. Auction Odometer Reading Vehicle reported the vehicle's odometer reading is from auto auction. Excluded/Exempt Vehicle is generally exempt from normal/mandatory odometer law for the following reasons: 1.Vehicle model year is 10 years or older. 2.Gross weight of vehicle over 16000 lbs. 3.Vehicle is not self-propelled. 4.Titled to the manufacturer. Highlights Highlights from our Editors' Review of the 1990-95 Mercedes-Benz E-Class The following summary includes recall and trouble spot information for several model
Re: [MBZ] Diesel on the brain making you crazy?
You folks aren't even in the contest. This is our first morning this week when the temperature was above 0F when I drove to work. Today it was a sweltering +9F at 7:00 a.m., up 18 degrees from yesterday morning's temps. Okay you win. It was a balmy 18F when I took my car to my mechanic this morning for some additional work (trannie rattle) and rode my bicycle home, about 15 miles. Toasty. Lee '93 300D 2.5L 180K '01 Colnago C40 Campy Record, mileage unknown ...and a *bunch* of other bikes
