[MBZ] Finally a reasonably-priced 123 -- 1983 Mercedes 300D - $750 (Aiken)

2024-03-28 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Cloth interior too! Good restoration project ! Body is in decent shape with no damage but some minor rust. Car ran well when last started, but this was about 10 years ago. Interior would need an overhaul. https://augusta.craigslist.org/cto/d/beech-island-1983-mercedes-300d/7731810601.html

Re: [MBZ] Finally a creative use for those kit cars 1929 Mercedes-Benz rat rod, $450

2023-12-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Remind me not to hire you as my publicist. On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:05 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Buy some random shit I have sitting around and put it together into a > POS that could be fun to kill yourself in by impaling yourself on the > steering shaft

[MBZ] Finally a creative use for those kit cars 1929 Mercedes-Benz rat rod, $450

2023-12-19 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Buy some random shit I have sitting around and put it together into a POS that could be fun to kill yourself in by impaling yourself on the steering shaft https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/695563889369632 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

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2023-07-01 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
That’s not too crazy price if it’s decent --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 1, 2023, at 6:37 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > One of those that isn't silver or black. > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/chicago-2000-mercedes-benz/7638769761.html > > > Rick >

[MBZ] Finally

2023-07-01 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
One of those that isn't silver or black. https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/chicago-2000-mercedes-benz/7638769761.html Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
True. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:16 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > CD. There were no photos of the Interior Dash. If it had burlwood then > this would be a steal at that price. > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:49 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> CE or CD? >> >> On

Re: [MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
CD. There were no photos of the Interior Dash. If it had burlwood then this would be a steal at that price. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:49 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > CE or CD? > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:40 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
CE or CD? On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:40 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1604019300077455/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
And without a hood stack. Grab it before some moron ruins it. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, at 20:40, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1604019300077455/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To

Re: [MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Not bad AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2023, at 6:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1604019300077455/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list

[MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1604019300077455/ 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:

[MBZ] Finally something reasonably priced

2023-04-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1604019300077455/ 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:

Re: [MBZ] Finally a reasonably-priced car 1980 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 400 SEL Sedan 4D, $1, 200

2021-06-16 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
"Good condition"? What is fair condition - a heap of rust? On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 9:41 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Says 450SEL on the trunk > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/155643646600443 > > -- > --FT > > ___

[MBZ] Finally a reasonably-priced car 1980 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 400 SEL Sedan 4D, $1, 200

2021-06-16 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Says 450SEL on the trunk https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/155643646600443 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Finally got the filter changed on the 01 e320

2020-05-11 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
You forgot the option of fodder for a family member to play bumper cars? Max Dillon Charleston SC May 11, 2020 3:37:39 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes : > Day-um. Motivated! Good for you. > > Now, is it for driving, for sale, or the back forty? > > > Rick > > >

Re: [MBZ] Finally got the filter changed on the 01 e320

2020-05-11 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It is and always has been a daily driver. Sent from my iPhone > On May 11, 2020, at 2:37 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Day-um. Motivated! Good for you. > Now, is it for driving, for sale, or the back forty? > > Rick > > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] Finally got the filter changed on the 01 e320

2020-05-11 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
So your a real looser. Or your a loosener --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 10, 2020, at 5:24 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I figured out I was in fact using the clic r pliers backwards yesterday. > Even after I figured it out the damn things did not want to come loose for >

Re: [MBZ] Finally got the filter changed on the 01 e320

2020-05-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Day-um. Motivated! Good for you. Now, is it for driving, for sale, or the back forty? Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Finally got the filter changed on the 01 e320

2020-05-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I figured out I was in fact using the clic r pliers backwards yesterday. Even after I figured it out the damn things did not want to come loose for some reason. I manage to get the first one lose and once I did I clamped it and loosened several times and it was easy as pie after that. The other

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
NICE!  That and the forklift, you can P/u and deliver presses all over the country.   Will the UD carry the forklift and a press? Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 12:38 PM: Folks, I was sort of wanting a rollback for moving machinery and cars. I

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Up in my near-hood. Looks like a good deal, shouldn’t be too hard to get it sorted. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via > Mercedes wrote: > > Folks, > > I was sort of wanting a rollback for moving machinery and cars. > > I

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Nice!I've been fighting with Angie's 2005 Golf TDI, it'd randomly slip into limp-home mode which doesn't trigger the CEL (check engine light) but results in no power past about 1/4 pedal. I replaced the fuel filter which gave some improvement, I also found a turbo to intercooler pipe to be

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hey Grant, I like the cut of your jib. Fax me your cell number so I can FW all my landline calls On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 12:04 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Computer voice robo calls require special handling to bust their chops > properly. At the end of the computer voice, there is

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Computer voice robo calls require special handling to bust their chops properly. At the end of the computer voice, there is always the: "For more information press "1" " . So, I press the required number, introduce myself as "FBI, Telephone Fraud Hotline, Agent XXX" and ask to speak with

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I keep on getting robocalls in Chinese on my voicemails for my cell phone. After re listening to these several dozen times, I am nearly fluent in Mandarin. On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 11:52 AM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:17:17 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Over the

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:17:17 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Over the course of the past month, the number of "robo calls" has > dropped to almost zero. What about the ones which have a recording/computer voice? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Every day, I receive a number of "Robo Calls" on the phones, all of which are unlisted, and all which are filed with "do not call" list. In response to the calls, I started answering them using the following script: Rinn "FBI, ... Telephone fraud hotline. Agent Stoner.

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-26 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I read somewhere that the scammers somehow have political pull preventing their being stopped. I'm not sure how though. I'm not sure if thats a conspiracy theory kind of idea or not... -Curt On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:34:51 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:17:30 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > I am going to run for Congress based on 2 platforms: 1) using the full > capabilities of National Technical Means to find and eliminate spam > callers wherever they are on the planet: and 2) to abolish Daylight > Savings

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:11:21 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I like how they use your exchange number to fool you into answering. > Like if your number is 444-321-9034 they call you from a “321” exchange. On our cell phone, I look at the number and if it's one I don't recognize,

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
What’s wrong with that? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jun 25, 2019, at 9:40 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > Much the same as taking a 600 pullman and slamming it, then giving it a > rattle can spray to match the blacked out windows and LED underbody lighting

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Another reason to move to the country - even on our small 1.25 acre lot, we can't see another house from ours. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:54 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We have the same thing going on in South Tampa. It’s a fairly compressed > area that was

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We have the same thing going on in South Tampa. It’s a fairly compressed area that was populated with small bungalows built post WWII. Now they get razed and a vertical McMansion goes up in place of the bungalow on a very, very small lot. Almost as bad as the tearing down and replacement is the

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am having issue with the destruction of the more modest architecture in town. The neighborhood really grew with post war housing and the bulk of homes around me echoed the ethos of 1950s homes. Think Brady Bunch or Leave it to Beaver. Now, with property values through the roof, these

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Nothing that I know of. The only personal information they want is your name, email address and the phone number you want to set up. "How Does Nomorobo Stay In Business? While the Nomorobo Landline service is free for consumers, businesses and public safety organizations pay to license our

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:32:05 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I had a rash of those “This is Microsoft tech support - can you check > your computer? It’s got a virus” a few weeks ago, which I play out for > a good 5-10 minutes if I can until they realize I’m yanking their chain > and they

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
What, no calls from the IRS wanting their back taxes with your VISA card or they’re going to call the sheriff and have you arrested? I love those. They’re so easy to mess with. -D > On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > We get a very persistent SS recording warning about

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
We get a very persistent SS recording warning about fraud. on our account. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 5:32 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I use the NomoRobo service for the land line, and every time it gets a > call that’s bogus I report it. I kid you not, within a

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I use the NomoRobo service for the land line, and every time it gets a call that’s bogus I report it. I kid you not, within a couple of weeks with NomoRobo set up the calls stopped dead. It easily rang 3-4 times a day during the week when I was working from home, and since I set up NomoRobo it

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Autodialers just go down the numbers and place calls, a lot of them spoof the inbound number.  I get 2-3/day that spoof my Houston number exchange, and others from Texas.  The land line probably gets 20 a day, a lot of them spoofed.  I got one a year or so ago from a friend's number, answered

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
This should get u started: https://community.ui.com/questions/HowTo-Ad-blocking-using-dnsmasq-d-instead-of-etc-hosts/1598a96d-28af-4f3f-ab96-97bccdb897b3 On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Hmm - are those ad server addresses listed somewhere on the web? I'd like > to

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I like how they use your exchange number to fool you into answering. Like if your number is 444-321-9034 they call you from a “321” exchange. -D > On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > The problem these days is when they just call all 10,000 numbers on your >

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes they call them all but you can blacklist just like the internet. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:05 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On June 25, 2019 at 4:27 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > Pi hole? > > > Raspberry Pi set up to do all your DNS lookups and send

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On June 25, 2019 at 4:27 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > Pi hole? > Raspberry Pi set up to do all your DNS lookups and send the garbage requests into neverneverland. > A non-published phone number? The problem these days is when they just call all 10,000 numbers on your local exchange

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Hmm - are those ad server addresses listed somewhere on the web? I'd like to block them at the firewall (OK router now) also. On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 2:18 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser based >

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:17:33 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser > based services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But > I block about 30k ad server websites at the firewall. Pi hole? > Now I need a

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-25 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser based services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But I block about 30k ad server websites at the firewall. Now I need a call blocker for the telephone... On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 2:42 PM fmiser via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 24/06/2019 4:35 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: There are some decent normal folks there but for the most part it’s ignorant, unwilling to listen to advice, slam car to the ground, exhaust pipe sticking out of hood snowflake Kidd’s Well, do remember that some people take a long

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Or maybe both Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 3:28 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I actually had one of the guys over on Saturday to take some wheels I gave > away on the group. He seemed pretty normal, actually drive a daily car > that

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Rick wrote: > > Craig says: > > > > I can select "Temporarily allow all this page." I rarely use that option. I may have to reload the page 5-6 times but I add sites one or two at a time based on domain. Often just the hosting domain and their "cds" (contend delivery system) is enough for

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
There are some decent normal folks there but for the most part it’s ignorant, unwilling to listen to advice, slam car to the ground, exhaust pipe sticking out of hood snowflake Kidd’s Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > I actually

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Whatcha expect from a brat who stole the company from the guys with the idea? G Mann via Mercedes wrote on 6/23/19 3:12 PM: Besides, Zuckerbat is incipiently evil under the color of "business". ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
I actually had one of the guys over on Saturday to take some wheels I gave away on the group. He seemed pretty normal, actually drive a daily car that was nearly new and unmodified. And he was looking to undo modifications on his W123 done by the previous owner. Maybe there is a bit of hope.

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-24 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Reinvent the wheel is an imbecile. His parts are pretty much junk that I can source at PnP for pennies on his asking price, and the gamble as to function is the same. I was looking for replacement OM617 for the SD last fall. He was pushing what were basically core returns for $1500. For a

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Craig says: >Then you have scripts running from 35 - 45 different web sites. Yup. I wish I had a better understanding of scripts and tracking cookies and such. I recently read this article on Google chrome. Quite an eye opener. 

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 02:45:01 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Craig writes: > > >I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies > >one'shost file > > Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a > mobile Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus,

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: June 23, 2019 9:28 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: dillonm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook Thanks! -- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Craig writes: >I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies one'shost >file Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a mobile Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, and Noscript add-ons. You would be amazed at the amount of

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On June 23, 2019 9:50:16 PM EDT, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: >https://m.facebook.com/groups/1444767035590031 > >Mercedes W123 (North America) > >Rick > > > >   Original Message   > > > >I'll take your place.  Tell me the name of the group. >--

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:12:29 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook. > Amazing, but I feel no pain from that, ever. > Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my > personal information or interests to anyone. Besides,

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1444767035590031 Mercedes W123 (North America) Rick   Original Message   I'll take your place.  Tell me the name of the group. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The reinventthewheel people are whack jobs and I can’t even begin to imagine are a long term profitable concern, in my opinion. I think it’s one of those “we think we have a gold mine and we want to share the wealth” deals with their constant offers to sell interest in the company. What this

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Tell that to the reinventingthewheel dudes. I think there is a ton of value in making a website where people only have to point and click to buy a used part. A lot of work but they charge for it On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 2:59 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yep,

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yep, the guy does not know his ass from a hole in the ground.  He talks like he runs a shop and supposedly works on these cars for a living yet lacks some of the basic tools you would need to do many of the jobs and give very dangerous advise sometimes.  All the fools there listen to him and

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
There's a couple of them that have shops that supposedly work on 123s, and one guy drags a trailer all over creation behind a TD picking up parts and cars and junk, who is apparently the page guru or something.  I think he lives in KY or TN somewhere, he has discovered old Benzes and is now

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I should join with my sock puppet FB account and just sir up trouble, which doesn’t sound like it would be difficult to do amongst all these mental giants. -D . > On Jun 23, 2019, at 3:55 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group. > -- >

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook. Amazing, but I feel no pain from that, ever. Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my personal information or interests to anyone. Besides, Zuckerbat is incipiently evil under the color of "business". On Sun,

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On June 23, 2019 2:37:02 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they >insist on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
, you just got tired of being schooled on W123's. You old guys just don't know anything. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 23, 2019 1:37 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook The post

Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Ah, you just got tired of being schooled on W123's. You old guys just don't know anything. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: June 23, 2019 1:37 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

[MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook

2019-06-23 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they insist on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice burner. I was then told I as not in charge and that was a derogatory statement and I was muted for 24 hours, whatever the hell that means. I decided trying

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-08 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have that!!! I recharged the R12 ish in the SDL, gave it a fresh accumulator and was getting a direct portal to Antarctica for a week or so. Then the system would cycle from an opening to Mt. Everest for long enough to get really cold, and then a portal to Hell opens and blows face melting

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 20:42:38 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Cuts out sometimes on acceleration which I think it’s supposed to do > but then it also just randomly cuts out. There is some sort of > diagnostic process using the HVAC control display that might indicate > the rpm issue,

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I think it is the rpm sensor as I think you? mentioned? I have heard a bit of squeaking and a kind of metallic rattling on acceleration. I ordered a new serpentine belt should be here tomorrow. I’ll see if that helps and will check all the rotating bits too while I’m changing it. When it

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
W210's are,very rust prone. Dwight Giles Jr 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic (w211) Wickford RI On Jul 7, 2018 2:45 PM, "Craig via Mercedes" wrote: > On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:32:13 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Ugh. I am truly sorry for your misadventures. > > Thank you. > > > > On

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On July 7, 2018 at 2:45 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > I know one of the W210 and W211 is very rust-prone and bad in other ways, > but I forget which one is which. 210 said to be rust prone. My 1999 is getting there, but it hasn't had an easy life and it has 260,000 miles in the rust

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 09:31:18 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Come back and get this $500E300D. The AC works well when it works. I take it, then, there are periods when the A/C does not work. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

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2018-07-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I have not had any charging or glow plug issues with this car. The description of the problem indicated alternator not charging which I could have swapped the regulator out in about 5 minutes or the entire alternator in 15-20. I did that once I got the car home to discover it was actually the

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 08:47:46 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Craig: Truly an epic adventure, really enjoyed finally meeting you and > Shirley! Thanks so much for making the trip "down south". Maybe not > such a great "vacation" but you've got a lot of good memories to go > with the

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:32:13 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Ugh. I am truly sorry for your misadventures. Thank you. > On purely anecdotal evidence, in your shoes, I would purchase a clean > lower milage W210. The folks on this list that drive them swear by them > (instead of AT them,

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On July 7, 2018 at 9:09 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > That would be the one. First time I can say I have had a glow plug relay > stick in the on position but have heard of it happening before Oh, so we're not sure if the alternator wasn't charging or if the GP

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yep Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 7, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Did the AC start working correctly after fixing the GP relay? > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:09 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Come back and get this $500E300D. The AC works well when it works. --R Sent from iPhone > On Jul 7, 2018, at 12:47 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > After our Goldsboro get-together, Shirley and I continued north through > North Carolina, visited friends from our church in Los Alamos who had

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Did the AC start working correctly after fixing the GP relay? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:09 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That would be the one. First time I can say I have had a glow plug relay > stick in the on position but

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
That would be the one. First time I can say I have had a glow plug relay stick in the on position but have heard of it happening before Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 7, 2018, at 7:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Craig: Truly an epic adventure, really enjoyed finally meeting

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Craig: Truly an epic adventure, really enjoyed finally meeting you and Shirley! Thanks so much for making the trip "down south". Maybe not such a great "vacation" but you've got a lot of good memories to go with the trip I'm sure. You left out the statistics about how many list members you

Re: [MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Ugh. I am truly sorry for your misadventures.   On purely anecdotal evidence, in your shoes, I would purchase a clean lower milage W210. The folks on this list that drive them swear by them (instead of AT them, or about them). Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

[MBZ] Finally back home! (long)

2018-07-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
After our Goldsboro get-together, Shirley and I continued north through North Carolina, visited friends from our church in Los Alamos who had moved to Sykesville, Maryland, and wound up in West Shokan, New York. We spent a couple days there talking with the fellow and his wife who run the

Re: [MBZ] Finally...a use for those aftermarket intakes

2017-06-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 11:39:49 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > Is that a K filter on it? He might be pushing 50hp gain if it is It is indeed a K filter. Not only does he get 50 HP gain, he's helping the environment by filtering out the bad stuff from its exhaust!

Re: [MBZ] Finally...a use for those aftermarket intakes

2017-06-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Is that a K filter on it? He might be pushing 50hp gain if it is --FT On 6/8/17 8:06 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: https://me.me/i/got-my-new-cold-air-exhaust-hooked-up-today-prolly-1531951 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Finally...a use for those aftermarket intakes

2017-06-08 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://me.me/i/got-my-new-cold-air-exhaust-hooked-up-today-prolly-1531951 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Finally a price reduction...

2016-09-24 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
fo...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally a price reduction... How can such an otherwise beautiful MERCEDES become scrap after a mere 21 years? On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wr

Re: [MBZ] Finally a price reduction...

2016-09-24 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Either some minor maintenance that was let go, and failure to consider replacement of wear items like axles, or crap design/execution using crap materials like the biodegradable wiring. --FT On 9/24/16 11:20 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: How can such an otherwise beautiful MERCEDES become

Re: [MBZ] Finally a price reduction...

2016-09-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How can such an otherwise beautiful MERCEDES become scrap after a mere 21 years? On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > axles ("axels"), wiring, radio, ignition -- all that is a lot of work and > the parts are not quite cheap. Maybe Kleb

Re: [MBZ] Finally a price reduction...

2016-09-23 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
axles ("axels"), wiring, radio, ignition -- all that is a lot of work and the parts are not quite cheap. Maybe Kleb $500 price? --R On 9/23/16 10:46 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: ...along with a new admission of ignition troubles and "needs axles"... This looks more solid in the rust

[MBZ] Finally a price reduction...

2016-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
...along with a new admission of ignition troubles and "needs axles"... This looks more solid in the rust department than my 1999, and has 100,000 fewer miles, but is it cheap enough? http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/5759109410.html ___

Re: [MBZ] Finally had to have My Mercedes Towed

2016-07-28 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 22:44:56 -0600 Craig via Mercedes wrote: > I did not get Robert's email, so I cannot see the picture. > > Would someone send me a copy, please? I have gotten a copy of the picture. I now understand why Kaleb said, "Wow!" Craig

Re: [MBZ] Finally had to have My Mercedes Towed

2016-07-27 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:03:52 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > Wow > > > On Jul 27, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > Well it finally happened, I had to have my 95 Mercedes E300D towed > > home. The

Re: [MBZ] Finally had to have My Mercedes Towed

2016-07-27 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Too bad you didn't catch it before it left you stranded and took out a belt. I generally replace them "just cuz.." whenever I change the timing chain or if the car hits 300,000 miles (or multiples thereof) Congrats for the high mileage. Robert Massmann via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Finally had to have My Mercedes Towed

2016-07-27 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Awesome record of miles. Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Jul 27, 2016 8:56 PM, "Robert Massmann via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well it finally happened, I had to have my 95 Mercedes E300D towed home. > The serpentine belt tensioner pulley seized. I have

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