Re: [MBZ] Cheap V-12 Anyone?

2008-04-28 Thread John M McIntosh
Mmm, flag staff, side markers. Has to be from Japan. But if it's in American, then isn't it in violation of some import law? Note that it would be fine to have in Canada, but wonder if the american owner who ran it hot and fast on 16 year old tranny fluid, bother to change any other fluids? Let al

Re: [MBZ] 124 Diesel vs. Gasoline

2008-04-16 Thread John M McIntosh
My 89 300TE averaged 17.81 MPG (USA) on california premium across 50,397 miles of driving, mostly city, still highway wasn't anything close to claims. claim is 17 (city),21 (highway) ,19 (mixed) 18.6 mpg when running on non-california gas for 21,374 miles, but more highway miles. This co

Re: [MBZ] question for haley and all the anti government nut jobs

2008-04-14 Thread John M McIntosh
On Apr 14, 2008, at 9:01 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: > i didn't have a driver's license for years until i bought a house. > they > owuldn't let me close until i had one, so i got one. > > i used to just use my costco card for id Hah, you realize of course the terrorist they arrested in Port Ange

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

2008-04-11 Thread John M McIntosh
Well the fluke non-contact voltage tester is < $30 I believe. Also if you look at say http://ca.fluke.com/caen/promotions/demoEquipment/default.asp?pagestep=2&locale=caen (canada, but usa should have a site) you can sometimes nab quite a decent fluke product for *much* less. On Apr 11, 2008, at

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

2008-04-11 Thread John M McIntosh
Would one of those stud finders that also know about electrical lines work. Also my Fluke non-contact voltage tester also makes lots of claims about sensing things maybe if you run 9V thru the wire... Still I think the walkie-talkies make sense. On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:09 PM, archer wrote: >

[MBZ] w124 door check strap

2008-03-31 Thread John M McIntosh
Wife goes out to 92 wagon, clack clack, comes back in complains door is busted.. Sure enough door check strap makes wicked clacking noise, also it jumps about in the door. Drop by dealer to get a new one, clue if it's in stock there you wonder how long they last. In looking the old one is

Re: [MBZ] PHX CL '97 E320

2008-03-10 Thread John M McIntosh
Actually things up here are 20-30% more expensive, versus 50% However there are choices, would you like that airline ticket in usa for $1000USA or in cdn for *cough* $1200 cdn? Oh that's fine I'll charge it for the $1000 usa which might become $995 cdn when everthing settles... On Mar 10, 200

Re: [MBZ] Various Little 190D Questions

2008-03-10 Thread John M McIntosh
The *fun* thing here for you americans is to go away and ask your insurance company for *their* opinion Maybe a rate change, or denial of coverage is in order? On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > > Alex Chamberlain wrote: >> But that's just a CYA legal safeguard. The a

Re: [MBZ] Various Little 190D Questions

2008-03-10 Thread John M McIntosh
On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: > After another five years they checked > again with the same results. At some point the powers that be decided > that airbags don't expire after all---they have an indefinite "shelf > life." The short version is, don't worry about it. > > A

Re: [MBZ] RE OT: The World Has Plenty of Oil

2008-03-05 Thread John M McIntosh
On Mar 5, 2008, at 3:33 PM, R A Bennell wrote: > them want you to believe. For example, the older Toyota 4Runners > were never rated very well because their record > wasn't very good with accidents - lots of injuries. However, my > understanding is that they tended to be driven by > people mu

Re: [MBZ] 190D status

2008-03-02 Thread John M McIntosh
On Mar 2, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > Heartbreak. The engine runs OK, but idles rough and blows a lot of > white smoke. Could the timing be off? In the past having a had an IP set with wrong timing, can't remember if too far before, or after I can say it nicely produces large volu

Re: [MBZ] OT Apple iTouch question?

2008-03-01 Thread John M McIntosh
As a macintosh developer for the past 24 years I assure you the developer community is *itching* to solve all these problems of the lack of AIM and skype etc on an iphone and itouch. Plus do the next big $$ thing in this new mobile computing market place that Apple has been fostering upon th

Re: [MBZ] OT: The eco debate

2008-02-27 Thread John M McIntosh
Er, well looking at the history books, climate change issues, everyone dies. Problem today is lots more people, and life expectancy of 80 years versus 25. So much more worry, plus expectation that government will fix it. On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Loren Faeth wrote: > Ever heard of Noah? >

Re: [MBZ] Our Political System

2008-02-26 Thread John M McIntosh
On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Jeff Zedic wrote: > Ok, so here's a loud-mouthed foreigner spouting off of your system of > government. I'd like to here what the Americans on the list would > like to > fix in their system. I'm sure all the canadians on the list would like to see the americans j

Re: [MBZ] OT: garage lighting

2008-02-25 Thread John M McIntosh
T12 tsk, should consider T8 Which is what your government demands... http://www.va.gov/facmgt/consulting/t8lamps.asp On Feb 25, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > I think I found the lights my friend uses. No wonder it's like a > sunny day > at the beach, he's got over a kilowatt of fl

Re: [MBZ] Canadian single payer health care

2008-02-24 Thread John M McIntosh
war in > the > middle east or until there is no more oil in the middle east, > whichever > occurs first. > Also you seem to have missed the fine print in the Democrat spin which > was "health care for all (who can pay big bucks to get the doctors off > the golf course)

Re: [MBZ] Canadian single payer health care

2008-02-24 Thread John M McIntosh
Tsk, should have hop a $199 west jet plane to BC and gone visiting http://www.findprivateclinics.ca/British_Columbia/Diagnostic_Imaging/Radiology/MRI_Scan/lc-2-0-82-0.html For the most part the canadian health system sorts people by need, versus $$$. Personal experience also indicates it's by w

Re: [MBZ] OT: CF Bulbs Burning Out

2008-02-23 Thread John M McIntosh
On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: >> I told him that he could call the utility company & they will fix the >> over voltage problem by moving a tap on his line transformer at no >> charge. > > That's the least they should do. Speaking of which it's always good to phone your ele

Re: [MBZ] Whoa look at the price of fuel

2008-02-23 Thread John M McIntosh
usually because of the heat from office equipment/lights etc the issue is keeping the heat down. I once worked as a consultant in a Sprint owned 20 story building, during the weekend coding madness the temp would climb to 90F+ We finally said this is crazy how much does it cost to run the

Re: [MBZ] W140 HVAC

2008-02-21 Thread John M McIntosh
it looks like according to the ETM that brown/red is to pin 1 grey/red (2 wires) is to pin 2 middle? brown/violet is to pin 3 I think pin 2 is ground, then pin 1 & 3 left/right To confirm you can of course once the car is hot turn one side hot, other side cold and put punch the EC (economy) butto

Re: [MBZ] 300TE

2008-02-17 Thread John M McIntosh
Currently owning a 92 300TDt and having owned a 89 300TE I can say I'm bias. Fine cars, with mb-tex you don't need those sheepskin covers, it's indestructible. An E320 wagon is hot stuff, very fast, good milage, work horse, my wife has filled them with dirt, 700 lb of lumber, oh endless list

Re: [MBZ] OT....Steam trains

2008-02-16 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah CNR I see. My uncle was a chief engineer with them in blue river, then station master in north battleford before he retired. I you look at the headlamp he was responsible for the ones that rotated so the beam would light up the track to the left/right on turns in the rockies so the crew wou

Re: [MBZ] Climate control 1980 300D

2008-02-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Feb 15, 2008, at 7:20 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > and the W126 cars are very very nice. The W140 chassis is also quite > nice, but suffers from expensive electronics problems, to the point > no one wants them. I'll note once you stick in the revised (double/triple/etc) part the stability

Re: [MBZ] Otter/Beaver

2008-02-09 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah, well actually I live just 3 miles from Viking air here on Vancouver island who now own the rights to the original de Havilland designs. They have suggested they are looking into building new DHC-3 Otter and possibly the DHC-2 Beaver following strong market demand for both aircraft. From

Re: [MBZ] this is nice

2008-02-07 Thread John M McIntosh
On Feb 7, 2008, at 10:57 AM, E M wrote: > I'm in Canada. Toyota offer cars almost as good economy, but more > space and > just more car in general. While advertised starting at 12, I've > never seen > one for that. Used they sell for more here. > > Ed > 300E Ah, well pricing in canada w

Re: [MBZ] Wish it was warmer

2008-01-30 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > How can that be? There are stringent gun control laws there, no? You > must be mistaken, the law was meant to take care of that problem. Ah, yes well it did take care of the domestic violence by gun, and suicide by gun, just compare vancouve

Re: [MBZ] Gerry the Mechanical geezer and Smart Cars

2008-01-21 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jan 21, 2008, at 1:03 PM, archer wrote: > --- > Perhaps we can get opinions on the Smart Cars from some of our > European > members since they are common there. > Gerry Well given there are thousands of them in canada now, the canadians could comment? I

[MBZ] McD & Coffee

2008-01-06 Thread John M McIntosh
Wasn't someone talking about McD's & Coffee? "OLATHE, Kan. -- This fall, a McDonald's here added a position to its crew: barista. McDonald's is setting out to poach Starbucks customers with the biggest addition to its menu in 30 years. Starting this year, the company's nearly 14,000 U.S. loc

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Discussion List: coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread John M McIntosh
let's see, well being from victoria bc mmm Coke bottle says... carbonated water, sugar/ glucose-fructose, carmel Nope no mention of CORN. Mind we don't have a corn lobby that ensures the government pays for the entire cost of making the corn, thus making sugar from corn *free* for large cor

Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jan 4, 2008, at 9:37 AM, R A Bennell wrote: > > The one really good thing about McD is that it is pretty consistent. Also they have aggressive food safety rules which is not to be sneezed at, chances of dropping in at a random one and getting food poisoning is low. Sadly pick your random

Re: [MBZ] OT HDTV

2008-01-03 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jan 3, 2008, at 5:07 PM, John Freer wrote: > Again, I don't know how MB is handling their customers with contracts > already in place. I think buried on their site is a document that talks about it. For most of the cars you can convert from analog to digital for a fee.. How much you pay de

Re: [MBZ] Stella Awards

2007-12-31 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah, well I was looking at the Grohe UK catalog which has all sorts of nice things as compared to usa catalog and *was* wondering why the wall hung toilet assemblies looked more like a structure you'd find on front of a fork lift. On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:00 PM, LWB250 wrote: > /// > One of my f

Re: [MBZ] ok mac heads

2007-12-30 Thread John M McIntosh
I read somewhere there is a market for used cell phones (well I'm not sure you get paid for them). Apparently they are refurbished or recycled. If refurbished they are then sold into third world countries where cell phones are likely the only way to get phone service. See other diesel lists

Re: [MBZ] The death of high fidelity

2007-12-30 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah, mmm I'm sure there must be a bottle of fixer buried in the basement storage I can go breath. Speaking of billboards, 10 years back I worked on some software for a fellow that specialized in computerized color separation. During the conversion of his software we discovered that all postsc

Re: [MBZ] how the world has changed

2007-12-27 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 27, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > I believe we are insanely over protective and it's caused by the > information > age we live in. Ya, has all sorts of fallout. When we were in california, wanted to buy a bike for our 6 year old. Couldn't find one! Why well because bike ridi

Re: [MBZ] Strange Smell from Crankcase - Snake Oil Suspicion

2007-12-15 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 15, 2007, at 2:50 AM, Zoltan Finks wrote: > This smell sound familiar? Boy, that sentence sounds weird - rather > - looks > weird. > > Any thoughts? > > Brian some evil telfon based product? I'd say you've some gallons of really cheap CF rated oil you'll need to buy and run for 20 mi

Re: [MBZ] EMERGENCY HOUSE HEAT

2007-12-14 Thread John M McIntosh
I was watching a home improvement show where they showed an alternative to this for the sump pump. It's a special pump which uses pressurized water to suck in water then off to the waste line. When the power is off and the sump pump called for it opens the water line and away it goes... was

Re: [MBZ] 99 430E

2007-12-14 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah, hadn't thought of that. I'll note the W140 hydraulic tank comes with a magnet in the Filter. It's noted in the parts manual as a "Spacer" however it's just a cylindrical ring magnet which is dropped in the filter. Therefore I tossed one in the 92 and 83 wagon filter's too when I changed th

Re: [MBZ] OT: Emergency House Heat

2007-12-11 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, OK Don wrote: > I've been pondering alternative ways to heat the house when the power > is out, given our all electric house. Well I've a fireplace insert and a 6.5 Kw generator. However I note for about $100 you can buy a variety of Kerosene or propane or natural

Re: [MBZ] B200

2007-12-10 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 10, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Steve MacSween wrote: > It's very comfortable and the driving position is excellent, road > view of a > minivan but does not feel like you are in one when you are behind > the wheel. Have driven one and I can agree, also I've driven the turbo model with the var

Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!

2007-12-10 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 10, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > I looked at a little radient heater at the hardware store that can > double as a cooker, something like 14,000 BTU on high IIRC. Ahh here > it is http://www.mrheater.com/productdetails_extended.asp?catid=42&id=22 > I know it says outdoor use

Re: [MBZ] Our Cars ROCK! GPS

2007-12-09 Thread John M McIntosh
I think it was a river, and a ferry. He missed the point of the ferry and drove down the ramp into the river. I've a garmin (older) but they shipped me a 2007 map in Oct which seems quite accurate, certainly had all the new roads in Edmonton that were missing from the 2005 version. A friend

Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!

2007-12-09 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote: > It is cold. Currently +9F outside. Well 30F here, balmy. However I was pleased to see on my fluke meter this am all glow plugs on the 83 measured 0.5 ohms. Starts nicely... Well I *was* looking for an excuse to buy a nice ratcheting wrench

Re: [MBZ] IowaQ quotes

2007-12-07 Thread John M McIntosh
Ya, I've that on the 93 and 92 wagon. Field tested both the other day, er much easier in the 500 to abuse that lamp when wet out. Best favourite here is when my wife came home after driving 30 miles (50Km) and said oh ya the coolant lamp was on the whole way. (sigh). Oh no oops I mean the lo

Re: [MBZ] Lug nut removal mistake

2007-12-04 Thread John M McIntosh
As a teenager I recall removal of a single lug nut from a 69 cadillac out on the farm that took all day. After rounding the nut off via crude use of vice-grips and a 4 foot length of piping, I believe we resorted to using a hack saw and cold chisel to split the nut. Sadly there was no weldin

Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?

2007-12-02 Thread John M McIntosh
On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want. Although we hate Consumer Reports for their Mercedes reviews, they *do* point out yes you can negotiate a better deal on items at your box store. Given that in a given geographical regi

Re: [MBZ] Marshall's passing?????

2007-12-01 Thread John M McIntosh
> through losing Marshall and then two days later her son, we don't > expect to outlive our children They were talking today on the radio how parents today likely WILL outlive their teenagers, at least in the USA because of the teenager's low exercise rates, obesity, health choices, etc. Th

Re: [MBZ] Changing glow plugs?

2007-11-27 Thread John M McIntosh
So what resistance did you measure? Some meters might not give accurate readings? Well mind given your other comments likely they are bad. Disconnect the wires, don't drop the nuts, use one of those racheting wenches. If there is not a problem with carbon buildup they should just unscrew. Ot

Re: [MBZ] question about CD-ROM repair manuals

2007-11-21 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 21, 2007, at 6:34 PM, OK Don wrote: > The original CDs from MB are scanned copies of the paper manuals - at > least the one's I have. Yes - most of the one's on eBay are copies of > the MB manuals. A friend of mine bought some and the quality was subnormal. He brought them by to try var

Re: [MBZ] One laptop per child

2007-11-20 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 20, 2007, at 9:08 AM, archer wrote: > Gerry wrote: > I was going to do this but finally realized that the screen would > have print > that was too small for me to read with poor visual acuity. Instead > I simply > sent a $200 donation. > These laptops are interesting so I thought som

Re: [MBZ] gmail question some of you might know the answer to

2007-11-20 Thread John M McIntosh
Well there are other ways to know if the email was opened. Google shows for example http://www.returnreceipt.com http://www.msgtag.com/Mail_Receipt_.html These use the feature called "web bugs" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_bug to let some server know when the mail was opened. Users with be

Re: [MBZ] well, i've finally done it

2007-11-17 Thread John M McIntosh
Mmm timely, since I spent all afternoon replacing the rear seat belts in my w140, so let me cross post this since it explains how Mercedes manages the locking of the belt. Last month I got a set of rear seat belts for my W140 sedan, dealer had a garage sale where I bought a few dozen parts

Re: [MBZ] Stop me please

2007-11-15 Thread John M McIntosh
Ensure you get the one that came with the 2 cycle engine so you can attempt to train everyone to ensure they mix in the 2 cycle oil at the gas station, and don't forget On Nov 15, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > You had me right up until you mentioned all new cars looking the > sa

Re: [MBZ] euro car question

2007-11-13 Thread John M McIntosh
The build sheet based on the VIN does (kinda) my 83 -> Dealer Nato members sales (401) my 92 300TDt -> Freiburg branch (236) my 92 S -> Canada (701) On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ((CAT)) wrote: > Is there a way to tell what country a euro car was originally sold > in, or pro

Re: [MBZ] What was the last real Mercedes?

2007-11-10 Thread John M McIntosh
I think the pricing on w140 is undervalued because of the stigma of concern about repairs. This may result in great deals if you can find one that has the following fixed engine wiring harness evaporator vacuum pump lurking transmission issues beware of the sealed no fluid change ones. for t

Re: [MBZ] xenon bulbs burned & purple...

2007-11-09 Thread John M McIntosh
Depending on what you have for lamps/lens the higher wattage bulbs could melt things because of higher heat. Normally this is not a problem for mercedes assembles that are not USA specific. You are running 20% higher wattage thru the wires, normally this is not a problem for mercedes, but yo

Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids

2007-11-09 Thread John M McIntosh
I'm not sure this is quite true, I was reading somewhere they are forced to buy equipment from elsewhere and that equipment meets current nasty first world environmental standards (such as they are), thus emissions are much lower than oh say any usa coal fired plant given perhaps they are all

Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 5w50

2007-11-08 Thread John M McIntosh
Being in Quebec your local Esso agent (see phone book) should have anything and everything Mobil. Mind you need to buy a box of 4 by 4L jugs of Delvac 1. On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Steve MacSween wrote: > Anyone know any reason I ought not to use this for winter in an OM617? > > I asked about

Re: [MBZ] Bio

2007-11-08 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 8, 2007, at 6:48 PM, ernest breakfield wrote: > what does the cost of Corn have to do with BioDiesel? i'd never > heard of > anyone anywhere using Corn for BioDiesel; it's far too low-yield and > doesn't make good enough fuel to even bother with. i've only heard of > Corn being used (in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Canadian Postal Money Order

2007-11-08 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 8, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Loren Faeth wrote: > Yeah, But I am not miffed at you. It has been fun corresponding with > you. I am miffed at the bank, cause it was in US dollars. Like I > said, the US and Canada are so little different, some of this border > stuff seems really stupid. We have

Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids

2007-11-08 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 8, 2007, at 8:02 AM, LarryT wrote: > Along with the electrical consumption req'd to make steel is the power > needed to make Aluminum - used in ever increasing amounts to save > weight and > increase mpg's. Alum needs much more electricity than steel. Up here in the Pacific NW during t

Re: [MBZ] W140 FM antenna question, once more

2007-11-07 Thread John M McIntosh
Well that depends on of course the year, but since you've a diesel it's an 92/93? In looking at the manual With bumper/rear window antenna the rear bumper is designed for FM reception, the signal is routed via the FM bumper antenna amplifier installed on the left side in the thrunk to the AM r

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 Wagon Questions

2007-11-07 Thread John M McIntosh
Well unless you live in Canada and want a 92 or earlier w124 diesel from Europe or Japan (where most benz except the G-wagons seem to be left hand drive). Pricing runs 9 to 12K Canadian FOB Japan, you'll need to figure out how much that is in worthless greenbacks tho. On Nov 7, 2007, at 10

Re: [MBZ] xenon bulbs burned & purple...

2007-11-07 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 7, 2007, at 6:29 AM, Christopher McCann wrote: > Got it. I thought of upgrading the SD to HID (High Int. Dis.), but > it was too expensive, so I upgraded to H4/HB2/9003, which has made > a world of difference. I'll note if you use H4 you have a choice of now using Philips X-Treme Powe

Re: [MBZ] xenon bulbs burned & purple...

2007-11-06 Thread John M McIntosh
No these are High Intensity Discharge bulbs with xenon gas type D2R http://www.kfztech.de/images/kfztechnik/elo/xenon2.jpg your bulbs are tungsten fired bulbs with Xenon gas type HB2/9003/H4 http://www.rallylights.com/hella/H4.asp To confuse you my w140 came with H4/H3 (1993), then I upg

Re: [MBZ] 1994 E320 Wagon Questions

2007-11-06 Thread John M McIntosh
If it has the ASD feature like my 92 300TDt then it should have two return lines to the hydraulic reservoir, screwed on top of the tank. one line is the return feed from the suspension system 2nd line is the return feed from the ASD system. without ASD there will only be one line. On Nov 6, 20

[MBZ] xenon bulbs burned & purple...

2007-11-06 Thread John M McIntosh
Sure work on the trunk and rear seats, and the front of the sedan feels wanted... On the way home this morning, when I walk around the car to close the gate. Gee the driver's side xenon lamp is PURPLE, not blue, PURPLE... Wife takes car out at lunch, comes back and no light on driver side.

[MBZ] working on the w140

2007-11-05 Thread John M McIntosh
Early this summer we replaced the distributor caps, rotors, wires, plugs etc. on the w140. Occasionally it would have a slight miss, that they felt was perhaps due to the EGR valve which wouldn't hold a vacuum. Oddly the dealer said this part wasn't available anymore. A week back I ordered

Re: [MBZ] OT things you notice on a bicycle

2007-11-01 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Loren Faeth wrote: > I think bicycles belong on sidewalks, terrorizing pedestrians as > they should. Ah, well here the city has decided (at great expense) that taking your major four lane road, then turning it into a bike route by adding two bike lanes, and a traf

Re: [MBZ] Am I seeing TVs in front seats of cars?

2007-11-01 Thread John M McIntosh
On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:22 AM, John Robbins wrote: > Alex Chamberlain wrote: >> I think TV screens in the back seat to pacify the rug-rats as a >> substitute for effective parenting are lame too, but that's another >> topic. > Oddly this has had an interesting effect on kids today. Because we h

Re: [MBZ] center console wood 140

2007-11-01 Thread John M McIntosh
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Re: [MBZ] 1992 300SE ??

2007-10-24 Thread John M McIntosh
Ah from wikipedia >The 1996 model W210 E-Class carried over the 4-speed automatic transmission from the previous W124 generation E-Class. In 1997, Mercedes installed in the E-class its newer, >electronically- controlled model 722.6 5-speed automatic transmission that first saw duty in 1996

Re: [MBZ] 1992 300SE ??

2007-10-24 Thread John M McIntosh
head gasket issues on the 3 liter engine. and the transmission shifts into reverse in how many seconds? On Oct 24, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: > Wiring/electrical issues, door closers that dont work cost $600 to > fix, > evaporator leaks, if ac not working, figure at least

Re: [MBZ] Low Sulfur Fuel Lubricity...Am I Nuts?

2007-10-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:35 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: >'twould be interesting if we were ever able to find out the > details of these IP "trashings"; for example, are we talking about > homebrew BioD, or some otherwise sub-standard BioD? >of course if they were running unheated

Re: [MBZ] OT: would you buy a rental car?

2007-10-16 Thread John M McIntosh
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rental+car +abuse&search=Search Still they would be newer, they likely had regular approved service, how would you know the treatment was *any* different than a car from some used car lot which has no history... Is there some large difference in pr

Re: [MBZ] OT, generator

2007-10-15 Thread John M McIntosh
Well regardless of what they imply by american flags etc, I'll note it looks the same as any other diesel generator made in China. Some vendors supply GFCI outlets and remote starting btw, and some for a few bucks more come with sound insulating covers. Like say http://cgi.ebay.com/LONGEVIT

Re: [MBZ] Low Sulfur Fuel Lubricity...Am I Nuts?

2007-10-15 Thread John M McIntosh
On Oct 15, 2007, at 2:35 PM, ernest breakfield wrote: > > of course, there are lots of stories of people who take > advantage of > these motors durability and manage to get away with running all > kinds of > things in them for a *while*, but it never seems to last for the long > run. i've

Re: [MBZ] overused shorthand

2007-10-02 Thread John M McIntosh
No it's earlier than that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel) On Oct 2, 2007, at 11:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > < Star Trek > series>> > > Star Trek? Oh my goodness gracious sakes. > > RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official li

Re: [MBZ] transmission toasted? 1981 300SD

2007-09-17 Thread John M McIntosh
I'll note if you have a early W140 transmission (pre 95? non- electronic) then if you ask mercedes for a rebuilt one, you will find out they don't have any in stock, thus require your core to rebuild it at their approved rebuild centre, helpfully located elsewhere in the country. Interestingl

Re: [MBZ] Blinker relay

2007-09-16 Thread John M McIntosh
Well in my 83 300TD it was located on the driver's side of the transmission stick shift under the wood console. On Sep 16, 2007, at 6:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I'm new to the list, but not new to Benz ownership. I've got > an 85 300D turbo. I lost blinkers both turn and emergen

Re: [MBZ] My latest score

2007-09-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Sep 15, 2007, at 6:37 PM, tom savage wrote: > Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >> I didnt think you liked 140's. Did you sell one that was your >> parents >> or something? So tell about the new one you bought? Also tell about >> this old beat up 95? They getting rid of it? > > I've warmed up con

Re: [MBZ] Second chance ebay offers

2007-09-10 Thread John M McIntosh
On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:47 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: > There'll be another bus along in awhile > if you don't get it. Bid what you think is a fair price, and forget > about it. Just MHO. The ebay automatic search function is also great way to find a part without endless checking on your part. For

Re: [MBZ] Air cells W124

2007-09-04 Thread John M McIntosh
It thought it was more a function of time, relating to how long it takes for the nitrogen in the sphere to leak thru/past the rubber housing. Wondering about the spheres in my 93 500SEL... On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Peter Merle wrote: > How long do these "normally" last when vehicle is dr

Re: [MBZ] Airport Express

2007-08-25 Thread John M McIntosh
Also the Airport Express has optical audio out, and you can then setup your itunes app to beam music to the airport, then onwards to your A/V system. Thus I've a gigabyte hub, & airport express lurking in the A/V cabinet so I can get internet access downstairs, but also beam music to the am

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wheaton Van Lines

2007-08-24 Thread John M McIntosh
On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:28 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: > We had insurance and they still only reimbursed us $.45 per pound, > regardless of the items' value. The industry is pathologically > under-regulated. Don't get my wife started on this... 5 boxes or so gone... They didn't write down exac

Re: [MBZ] thoughts on diesel clatter

2007-08-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Aug 11, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote: > A Diesel Purge treatment will fix this. My 240D engine is very good > about > telling me when it is time to run on Purge for a half hour. Ok, back home after doing that mountain driving. In the reverse route the grades are 4-6% versus 8% s

Re: [MBZ] OT Mac G3 parts

2007-08-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Aug 15, 2007, at 7:53 PM, Loren Faeth wrote: > TO Wonko: Yes it is 266 Mhz, but unlike 266 on windows, a 266 G3 > will run OS 9 or OS 10, illustrator and other Adobe software just > fine. IN fact these will replace G3 233 machines that are performing > satisfactorily. They were just so chea

Re: [MBZ] NYC- was- Mann Oil Filters Coming Apart

2007-08-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Aug 14, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > She cooks like a typical home cook and that's her appeal. 95 > percent of > America's kitchens would fail their own state's health inspection. > And I > can run down a list of the greatest home violations. Our local health authority offers c

[MBZ] thoughts on diesel clatter

2007-08-11 Thread John M McIntosh
Well since my 500SEL is busy having a rebuilt transmission installed I was forced to cart four people across the rockies up the Coquihalla Highway 5 to 8% grade for nearly 3000 feet of altitude in the 92 wagon. For reference the OM603 will only do 75 mph flat out up the 8% grade, water te

Re: [MBZ] Tools and Quality

2007-08-03 Thread John M McIntosh
On Aug 3, 2007, at 7:37 PM, LWB250 wrote: > > That also doesn't factor in the cost savings in energy > efficiency. While I can't imagine water heater > technology has gotten to the point of really major > gains in efficiency over the last 10 years, with other > appliances it is definitely a con

Re: [MBZ] Tools and Quality

2007-08-03 Thread John M McIntosh
Ya, consumer reports sawed a bunch in half a year back or so. They said the 12 year ones were seriously different inside. Better quality, better durability, better engineering. In fact price versus what you got was way better. But I do recall they said the 3 versus the 5 year ones were the sam

Re: [MBZ] what wheels fit a W126

2007-07-30 Thread John M McIntosh
When my son was doing blacksmithing we shipped an Anvil that way. The little girl at the desk said, oh let me carry the package out for you... We said, I don't think let the two of us come in back to carry it. 220lb or something... Cheap and we certainly weren't concerned if it was packed

Re: [MBZ] $400,000 Sprinter

2007-07-23 Thread John M McIntosh
Mmm, my dealer had one in which my wife lusted after, it was ony $80k ish (used) I think it was > $120k or so to the original buyer so I'd think $400K is a lot of gold faucets or something. Still it looked quite nice, like a normal sprinter van until you got closer and saw it had another 4 fee

Re: [MBZ] IPod sales

2007-07-17 Thread John M McIntosh
You report market share numbers, then say you don't count the numbers from apple's stores or apple online sales, or costco. So where do the numbers come from then? Staples? Craig's list? obsolete product sales from tiger distributing? If you don't count sold items from Apple's normal retail

Re: [MBZ] vista

2007-07-17 Thread John M McIntosh
Ya, own is 100% "NPD reported figures for January 2007, reporting on a quarter billion dollars of MP3 players: NPD’s numbers only cover retailers that supply it with data, which excludes Apple, Costco, online sales, and mail order outlets. 1. Apple 72.7% 2. Sandisk 8.9% 3. Micros

Re: [MBZ] vista

2007-07-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > Wozniak and Jobs made an epic miscalculation Ya, but they are going to own the music player (that I think they do already?) and cell phone business. You wait... Oddly all of their solutions in this area are Microsoft free zones too. Oddly t

Re: [MBZ] Brake Lines

2007-07-16 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jul 16, 2007, at 3:57 PM, E M wrote: > Let me throw this out; I've never known a North American company to > set up shop in China, or to switch to suppliers from China because > they were trying to improve quality or offer a better product. I'm > sure there is quality control in China,

Re: [MBZ] Brake Lines

2007-07-16 Thread John M McIntosh
This isn't so much a made in china thing, it's an issue with quality control and expectations from the buyer. It's not as if Sear actually had factories making this stuff (did they? Perhaps 100 years back?), they sent engineering specs (maybe not?) out and had USA companies build the stuff, t

Re: [MBZ] reifen

2007-07-15 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't know what a B200 is but MB's OE tires are "all season" > which means > they're not so good at anything. > > RLE We being in Canada we get stuff way before the USA, perhaps as a trial run to see if they should bother with the not

Re: [MBZ] Cheap tires

2007-07-15 Thread John M McIntosh
On Jul 14, 2007, at 7:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On another tire note, I have informed the new car manager at Phil > Smart MB in > Seattle that my new C300, due in about ninety days, had damned well > better > not have Continental tires on it. I don't want Michelins, either, > but of

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