Re: [MBZ] My first car
First car: '31 Mod A Ford 5 window coupe; summer 1953; I was 19; it was 22.. W -From: "OK Don via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "OK Don" Sent: Tuesday February 2 2021 8:46:23PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] My first car Yup - mine was a 1951 Beetle, it was mostly black, chipping away to reveal yellow. green, blue, etc. colors underneath. I don't know what color it was originally. I think I bought it in 1965. it burned/leaked a quart of oil a week, so I used the drained 50W oil from Dad's Cessna 195 which held 5 gallons of oil that was changed every 25 hours. The split rear window had been replaced with one piece of glass, though it did still have the semaphore turn signal arms in the rear door posts. On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:58 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This was my first car. Exactly. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop=5Y16MhB3zHM /> > > Sure do miss it. > > Bob R > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:51 AM, Bob Rentfro wrote: > > > > My first car, like many of you I bet, was a Beetle. A 1968, Brunswick > Blue oddly enough. > > > > Bob R > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:23 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> My first car was a 1968 Camaro, looked a lot like this on bring a > trailer. Mine had 327 V8 with factory four speed. Paint was a light > metallic green. It also had the SS detail package with factory gauge > package. Bought it when I was in the Navy in 1972. It had been wrenched at > some point. Only sold it for about 2500. Would be worth a lot more now, if > only I new. Replaced it with Mazda RX-3 wagon, because I was fly radio > control gliders, which was kind of hard to transport in two door coup. > >> > >> See link below. > >> > >> (Lot #42,596) ( > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-chevrolet-camaro-75/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2021-02-02 /> > ) > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com [1] > >> > >> 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 [2] > > 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 /> > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [3] 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 /> Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com [2] http://www.okiebenz.com [3] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK
Indy MBtech R/R'd brake light sw coupla days ago. We''ll see. Thnx. W -From: "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: mi...@mitchellhaley.com Sent: Thursday January 14 2021 1:52:53PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK On 2021-01-14 13:49, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Glad to see you Wilton! > Brake switch malfunction. I had the same issue on my W210. There > should be a way to override that. I will post what I find. BTW, the > brake light switch was about $20 full price from the dealer for my > car. Does that mean Mrs Wilton can get out and observe the brake lights not lighting? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] 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 /> Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK
Intermittently, we're having trouble getting my 07 E320 Bluetec out of PARK.. Car not parked on slope. So far, we're able to try several times (holding brake, working shift lever, etc.to get it to work normally). Can NOT feel any binding. MB tech checked system coupla weeks ago. Unable to find prob. Suggestions? Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing?
Fairly quiet all night here. Eye came through about 3 AM> Moderate rain W -From: "Craig via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Craig" Sent: Tuesday August 4 2020 11:07:39AM Subject: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing? Wilton, With all of the rain from Isaias (eye saheee ahs), I would expect you have some flooding. How are you doing there? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Where is Wilton?
Right here watching it with you. W -From: "Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Kaleb Striplin" Sent: Sunday March 29 2020 11:13:42AM Subject: [MBZ] Where is Wilton? Anybody heard from him since the world ended? Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Oil Extractor
See ARCHIVES for description of my "topsider" that I built with items I'd already owned for many years, 'cept piece of plastic hose/tube. Yes, I tested on my 123, 124 & 126 and found that sucking the oil via dipstick tube removed more than draining. 'Have not used it on the 211. Wilt -From: "Curley McLain via Mercedes" To: "Bob Rentfro via Mercedes" Cc: "Curley McLain" Sent: Saturday March 7 2020 12:51:06PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil Extractor Depends on if you want to spend $80 up or $10. (allowing 2x inflation for Wilton's $5 oil extractor.) I went in between, with a $10 fire SS Soda water extinguisher and a $10 HF vacuum device. For big bucks, the topsider is it. > Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > March 7, 2020 at 11:28 AM > Here is something I haven’t seen us discuss in a hot minute: oil > extractors. > > Which is the best? Seem to remember that Topsiders were lauded at some > point in the past. > > Bob R > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] make a key head
Mucho simple: cut piece of hardwood of your choice (I had some small scraps of black walnut from a tree that blew over during a storm at one of my rental houses 35 years ago.) Shape it with a grinder, sander, jig saw, Dremmel, etc.; drill out the cavity for the key; insert key; fill around the key with epoxy, after epoxy cures, file away excess. Voila! Enjoy! W ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wilton, have you heard of this guy?
No W -From: "Craig via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Craig" Sent: Sunday September 29 2019 12:55:36AM Subject: [MBZ] Wilton, have you heard of this guy? Wilton, I just ran across this: http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Line-Force-Pilots-Journey-ebook/dp/B00P8BN9L8 https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Line-Force-Pilots-Journey-ebook/dp/B00P8BN9L8 /> Flying the Line, An Air Force Pilot's Journey: Pilot Training, Vietnam, SAC, 1970-1979 by Lt Col Jay Lacklen USAFR Retired (Author) Do you know of this fellow and his B52 flying? Some of the reviews on Amazon are rather scathing. Craig ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] One for Wilton Comments
Weapon not "armed" - not configured for nuke det. Fire may cause detonation of HE component, which may scatter radio active material, but not nuke det. W -From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes List" Cc: "Dan Penoff" Sent: Saturday September 21 2019 5:46:33PM Subject: [MBZ] One for Wilton Comments http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29945/the-time-when-a-burning-b-52-nearly-caused-a-nuclear-catastrophe-worse-than-chernobyl https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29945/the-time-when-a-burning-b-52-nearly-caused-a-nuclear-catastrophe-worse-than-chernobyl /> -D ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] test
OK, more on aardvark: When I started using new computer (VISTA) 10 or 12 years ago, I was having problem calling up or starting new documents (blank page, etc.), so I started one with only "aardvark." For years, then, I'd call up "aardvark," start whatever I wanted to say and then save it as whatever necessary. W -From: "Curley McLain via Mercedes" To: "Wilton Strickland via Mercedes" Cc: "Curley McLain" Sent: Saturday August 24 2019 12:18:00PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] test Awshucks! Using Project Aardvark to confuse the chicoms was more interesting! Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote on 8/23/19 5:34 PM: > > After using new email system for coupla months, was not able to open > attachments. 'Thought I had found the "problem" and changed settings > to correct it. Sending the "aardvark" attachment was an easy way to > check it. It works. Nothing nefarious. No nuke codes passed. > > W > > -From: "Curt Raymond via > Mercedes" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Cc: "Curt Raymond" > Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 8:42:25PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] test > > When I was in college I worked for the IT group for one year. This was > one of the real old school IT groups where you had to kiss the ring > of > the boss etc.At the end of the school year they laid off my manager > which was a shame, the guy was great. The rest of us refused to kiss > the ring and were not re-hired the next year. Unfortunately for them > we had already penetrated the network and could do what we wanted. > We knew they were monitoring our email so we instituted strict > security protocols that included encrypting everything with PGP > (Pretty Good Privacy). The encryption scheme would take 1 line of > text > and turn it into a paragraph or a paragraph into a page etc. So the > amount of traffic stayed the same but the volume of each message > jumped dramatically. > It wasn't long before the 5 ringleaders (of which I was the least > technical but most scheming) were hauled in to account for ourselves. > They rolled out "We know you're up to something, we don't know what > but you better tell us or else!" We kept our mouths shut knowing > there > wasn't anything they could do to us, even if they could decrypt our > messages it was all mundane stuff like "What time is dinner?" any > actual scheming we did in person, off campus. > When I graduated the president of the college shook my hand for a > second longer than everybody else "I'm not sad to see you go." We > laughed, it was great. > -Curt > > On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:02:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > No, he is fully aware that they are, and is just giving them > something to > ponder ... > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > What's the hidden meaning, Wilton? Are you afraid your > conversations are > > being monitored in Beijing? > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time > to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The > few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com [1] [1] > > To search list archives > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > Links: > -- > [1] http://www.okiebenz.com [2] > [2] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://www.okiebenz.com [4] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com [2] http://www.okiebenz.com [3] http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com /> > /> > > ___ > > ___ > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] test
After using new email system for coupla months, was not able to open attachments. 'Thought I had found the "problem" and changed settings to correct it. Sending the "aardvark" attachment was an easy way to check it. It works. Nothing nefarious. No nuke codes passed. W -From: "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curt Raymond" Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 8:42:25PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] test When I was in college I worked for the IT group for one year. This was one of the real old school IT groups where you had to kiss the ring of the boss etc.At the end of the school year they laid off my manager which was a shame, the guy was great. The rest of us refused to kiss the ring and were not re-hired the next year. Unfortunately for them we had already penetrated the network and could do what we wanted. We knew they were monitoring our email so we instituted strict security protocols that included encrypting everything with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). The encryption scheme would take 1 line of text and turn it into a paragraph or a paragraph into a page etc. So the amount of traffic stayed the same but the volume of each message jumped dramatically. It wasn't long before the 5 ringleaders (of which I was the least technical but most scheming) were hauled in to account for ourselves. They rolled out "We know you're up to something, we don't know what but you better tell us or else!" We kept our mouths shut knowing there wasn't anything they could do to us, even if they could decrypt our messages it was all mundane stuff like "What time is dinner?" any actual scheming we did in person, off campus. When I graduated the president of the college shook my hand for a second longer than everybody else "I'm not sad to see you go." We laughed, it was great. -Curt On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:02:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: No, he is fully aware that they are, and is just giving them something to ponder ... On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What's the hidden meaning, Wilton? Are you afraid your conversations are > being monitored in Beijing? > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com [2] http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com /> ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] test
Yep, & I got it. W ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] test
Passed W -From: "Wilton Strickland via Mercedes" To: "mercedes@okiebenz.com" Cc: "Wilton Strickland" Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 2:35:24PM Subject: [MBZ] test W ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] test
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[MBZ] 211 maintenance records
How can I check maintenance records at MB Hq to find when my '07 320 (85k miles) tranny fluid was (if ever) changed? Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Secret Message For Wilton WUZ ?
Beautiful summers in the UP! W -From: "Curley McLain via Mercedes" To: "Wilton Strickland via Mercedes" Cc: "Curley McLain" Sent: Sunday July 28 2019 4:55:09PM Subject: [MBZ] Secret Message For Wilton WUZ ? Wilton. Went through Kinchloe MI on Friday. Looks like the old AFB is now the county International Airport. Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote on 7/28/19 11:24 AM: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ?
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Re: [MBZ] AC success
ATTABOY! W -From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes" Cc: "Meade Dillon" Sent: Monday June 24 2019 9:22:46AM Subject: [MBZ] AC success Saturday and yesterday I finished the reseal of the compressor, installed that, vacuumed the system for 30 minutes, and then put a small amount of propane / butane blend and then pressurized up to 150 psi with CO2. Checked around with the sniffer for leaks, and noted a leak at the compressor shaft seal and small leak (still) from the evaporator. The shaft seal leaking was expected, typically they need to run-in a bit to fully seat. I had one more can of leak sealer to address the evaporator. Bled off the test charge, installed a new receiver / dryer, vacuum again for thirty minutes, then attempted to charge the system with r134. First can goes in liquid, engine off, once that is mostly into the system, right the can and then start the engine so compressor can suck in more juice. Now I've got intermittent compressor engagement. KLIMA finally decided it was done playing. I'm not sure if the relay is bad, or an input is bad. Spent some time futzing with it, no joy, so I took the bypass relay and wiring that I made up for The White Whale KLIMA and installed that into this '95 E300. Lost more time, I was too hasty and pulled out the pins from the White Whale KLIMA socket before I noted which went where (only three pins are used), so I had to search around for that info. Found it on Peach Parts. Finally got the KLIMA bypass going, and proceeded with charging the system, then installed the leak sealer. Ran the AC for another 20 plus minutes per the leak sealer instructions, and then checked again for leaks with my sniffer. No leaks detected anywhere, so I think I've finally got this one sorted. I do need to set up the transmission kick-down jumper, to restore that function. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] White Whale AC already dead
Don't you have a good evap from my salvaged sedan? Wilt -From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Meade Dillon" Sent: Thursday June 20 2019 9:55:59AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] White Whale AC already dead I have a $30 Ebay sniffer, works pretty good. With the AC running and fan blowing air, I get sniffer alarm at both center and side vents, and also very low alarm at the expansion valve which is right at the end of the evaporator so might be gas coming up that way from leaking evap instead of o-rings at the expansion valve. I know the evap is leaking, that is why I tried the sealer. Maybe other leaks like old hoses, I'm going to fix what I know to be wrong now and then see if there are any other leaks. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 9:44 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Time to buy a sniffer. > Mitch. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com [1] > > To search list archives To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com [2] http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com /> > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 124 Evaporator Replacement
-From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes" Cc: "Meade Dillon" Sent: Wednesday June 19 2019 2:17:14PM Subject: [MBZ] 124 Evaporator Replacement Anyone have an opinion on Nissens evaporator for ~$120 or a Hella/Behr (OEM) for $70? Larry? Wilton? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com [1] To search list archives Links: -- [1] http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ?
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Re: [MBZ] Test
RTFQ, Rich. ;) Wilton at 1209 8 May On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Looks like a young Susan Sarandon. On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-vgGuTD8A --R On 5/8/15 10:26 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Heads will roll! On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: We time warped Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Wow, the server is really screwed up, I don't think they even had email in 1805 --R On 5/7/15 6:13 PM, Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote: I got it at 1805 7 May. Wilton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I saw some emails that I had posted, but they included a CC: entry to me, so I don't know if the rest of the listers saw them. Does anyone else see this email? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Undelivered mail
Mine are on gmail right now. On rr.com were held/delayed. Wilton On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sun, 03 May 2015 13:05:13 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This a.m. I received about 22 emails, some of them over a week old, I guess we're back to normal operations? I was getting time outs, too. So if the list gets this, and since it has gotten Wilton's, I guess we could say things are back to normal. I agree with you, Curt, a week is way too long for a server migration. Craig -- Present: '82 240D/3.0Bluebell 270 kmi (still with failed paint on the hood) Past:'72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi '64 190Dc Emma '72 220/8 '86 190E/2.3 '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi (given to Kaleb) '95 E320 Sebastian 117 kmi RIP ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Test
I got it at 1805 7 May. Wilton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I saw some emails that I had posted, but they included a CC: entry to me, so I don't know if the rest of the listers saw them. Does anyone else see this email? Thanks, Craig -- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 267 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past:'95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ignition switch
Yep, ATTABOY for not giving up and congratulations for achieving pioneer status. Continue to take and pass along good notes. Wilton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I had a bit of an adventure a couple days ago. I was driving the '81 240 and after a stop I got in to start the car and the key would not turn. Yeah, I know all about the failing tumblers. I even carry an appropriate wire on a keyring. But this one had given me no warning. It had been turning fine every time - until this time. After about 20 minutes of shaking, wiggling, and twisting the key I finally got it to turn after tapping on the end of the key. Hah!, I though, I've got it now! I promptly removed the tumbler and got a pair of long nose pliers from the trunk to turn the mechanism. At my next stop, I didn't even hesitate to turn the key off. Much to my surprise, when I tried to start the car, the key wouldn't turn!! Huh? In the base of the rotating assembly is a little lever that is supposed to move toward the center. It was getting hung up. With the aid of my small pocket screwdriver I was able to easily encourage it to move - and then the key turned easily. I haven't yet determined the cause of the problem - but wondered if any of you have had a similar problem. Or am I yet again finding new and creative failures... I'd call that the Philip failure. It is a new and creative way to have a switch problem! Congratulations and I'll let WS send the attaboy for all of us! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Delivery status notification
'Sounds 'zackly like the problem I had with wilt...@nc.rr.com . Wilton On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Wed, 6 May 2015 07:25:01 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: In order to fix it, the bounce messages need to be sent to k'leb so he can send them on to the hosting company. Technically, they are not bounces, since they never get through. I have forwarded to Kaleb a message from my ISP's email server saying it was giving up sending my email after 5 days. I have gotten no response. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Anyone near Bellaire, Mi?
'Reminds me: I/we used to ski in the Boyne area - Moyne Mountain, etc. Wilton On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That's ski country, most of the way up to Boyne. A bit far north for me, and I suspect for Mike Esh. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT - A CAROLINA COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - THE PIE DIPPER
Yep, another one - not many more: THE PIE DIPPER By Wilton Strickland My brother, W. B., immediately after graduating from high school at 18 in January 1946, went to work full time to support the family, including himself, Daddy, Mama, Joyce, Jake (a cousin living with us) and me. He provided this major support for several years. His first job was at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Shops in Rocky Mount. He worked there only about a week cutting up old steam locomotives with an acetylene torch. He then went to Rocky Mount Mills, where he worked for many years as a carding machine operator. An early evening in late November of ‘47, W. B. asked me, then 13, to go to Rocky Mount with him and help him tow home a car that he had bought. He had paid about $100 for the car, a 1929 or 30 Model A Ford that would not run. We attached a tow chain without a “stiffener” bar between the two vehicles and off we went - W. B. driving the tow vehicle, the family’s ’37 Ford, and I, driving the Model A. Most of the floor in the Model A was missing. Temperature that night was in the mid to high 20’s F. Needless to say, I got VERY cold during the 14-mile tow. I was quite proud of my ability to brake (using what little there was) at the appropriate time to keep the tow chain reasonably taut and not hit the rear of the tow vehicle. I began to worry about possible frostbite, though I’m not sure I knew the term then - I just knew that I felt that I was freezing! I was extremely glad to get home, “thawed-out” by the heater in the living room, did my school homework finally went to bed. About 1 AM, however, W. B. awakened me to inform me that we were taking the car back to the seller. By then the outside temperature was even lower. I put on additional clothing, including two pairs of socks, two pairs of pants, gloves, wrapped something around my head face, etc., but the return trip in the “airy” Model A was still a test of cold endurance and an excellent training capsule for “chill factor,” another term that I’m sure I did not know then. We arrived at the seller’s home about 2 AM. I waited, shivering in the cold tow car, also with no heater but at least an intact floor, while W. B. convinced the seller to return the money he had paid for the car. I could hear them arguing - not loudly - in the dark, but I could not see them. Finally, W. B. returned to the car with his money, unhooked the tow chain, and we returned home, both much wiser about buying cars and I much wiser about driving and about being cold and preparing for it. (Years later, I put this “cold weather” knowledge to good use in Nebraska, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, California mountains and in Greenland.) Late one afternoon in 1948, as W. B arrived home from work, I was sitting at my usual place at one end of the dining room table doing my school homework. Near the other end of the table was a beautiful chocolate pie that Mama had removed from the oven and placed there only a few minutes before. As W. B. came through the dining room, he saw the pie and rushed to get a plate and a knife to cut himself a piece of it before Mama could return to the room from elsewhere in the house. I saw what he was about to do and said to him, “You’d better not - it’s still hot - she’ll be upset.” There was no stopping him, though, and he quickly made two cuts through the meringue to outline a “normal” slice or wedge of pie. When he tried to lift the slice out, however, it did not come out intact. The knife he was using to lift the wedge was not being very effective at removing the entire piece. He quickly got a large spoon (a tablespoon) to improve the efficiency of his “slice” lifting. With each dip of the spoon, I could see the meringue on the rest of the pie settle slightly as the still hot filling flowed from the rest of the pie into the cavity where his slice had been. He had made several dips and was still trying to remove “his” entire slice when Mama returned. She jumped him, “Well, I do declare, W. B., can’t you wait a little while for supper? The pie is not even cool - it’s not ready, yet! If you’re going to dip it all out in the space of one slice, you may as well take the whole pie! Can’t you leave some for somebody else? Besides, if you’re not careful, you’ll “ruin” your supper!” (She always said that to us when she thought we were getting a snack too close to mealtime, especially if it were a desert-type snack. ‘Don't know of a supper that I ever ruined, though.) W. B. proceeded to enjoy his early “piece” of pie as I laughed at how he was unable to clean out the space where his slice had been. It must not have ruined his supper, though, ‘cause I noticed that he not only enjoyed that, but when the time came, he also enjoyed another piece of the somewhat thinner pie with the rest of us. When the ‘49 Ford was introduced in June 1948, the dealers had a drawing to attract viewers. First prize in the drawing was a chance to purchase the first car of the winner’s choice
Re: [MBZ] Test msg from nc.rr.com
Did you have mail delayed or rejected? Willton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Wilton Strickland wilton...@gmail.com wrote: I got it. Wilton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Just checking. Sent 5/7/15 @ 12:22 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Test msg from nc.rr.com
I got it. Wilton On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Just checking. Sent 5/7/15 @ 12:22 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Subscription as wilton...@gmail.com
Awaiting moderator approval Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Komputer kaput
Mein komputer ist kaput. Trying to set up neu one. Wilton Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT - 'nother grad (grndma, grandad, grad , dad)
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[MBZ] Attic stash mittens
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[MBZ] Attic stash mukluks
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