Congratulations Jim-sounds like a real happy ending. Hope you didn't
pass the name to new owner. Sounds like the white dove would be better
name for this circumstance.
Dwight
Dwight Giles, Jr
1979 240D auto, 250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t, 130K miles
Wickford, RI
Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA,
Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha!
The Albatross has been sold. A nice young woman in NE Portland
with a bunch of biodiesel-head friends was interested in moving
'down' for financial reasons (trading in a newer Civic for the
240D, a
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:15:33 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Albatross has been sold.
Congratulations!
Craig
Good deal you silver tongue devil.
Harry
- Original Message -
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Non-Project 240D in Washington
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA
Congrats, Jim! I'm still workin' with my 300CD. It has new tires on it
now, and it's running better. It sure does puff blue smoke at times (I
think that there's a weak hole too). As far as power goes, its probably a
270CD. I'm gonna keep on floggin' it hard and hope that it comes around.
270CD. I'm gonna keep on floggin' it hard and hope that it comes
around.
And why wouldn't it? The 240D did!
tags and title transfer. I do need to replace the right front wheel
bearing
(any gotchas involved in that job)?
Naw, it's pretty easy as these things go. It was trivial on the
Of interest to me was the VIN, which I'd never examined before:
123.123-12-123356. Only 100 off from a very interesting number.
Perhaps even more amusing would have been a serial number of 123123.
Had it been either of these maybe I could have gotten extra money out
of an eBay sale?
-- Jim
pound out the old race, wipe out the lube, use the old race to drive in the
new one, regrease and reassemble.
Sounds pretty straight forward.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela
WOO HOO! Thats good news. Whats next on the project list? I await the
190D entries with anticipation.
Then you're in luck. The 190D is the next car up. (Though
sales-related
efforts on the 450 SL may interfere at times.) The years (2!) have not
been kind to the 190D, the rust issues are
Great news Jim! Sometimes a change of location is all it takes I guess..
...Kevin
87 300TD 284k mi
79 240D 156k mi
Jim Cathey said:
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA,
Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha!
The Albatross has been sold. A nice young woman in NE Portland
with
When I read our 240D's VIN to the insurance person over the phone it gave
them pause:
123.123-12-121284
...Kevin
Jim Cathey said:
Of interest to me was the VIN, which I'd never examined before:
123.123-12-123356. Only 100 off from a very interesting number.
Perhaps even more amusing would
I shared the link with a fellow searching for a real car.
On Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 07:10 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, though will be making
a pass through the greater Seattle area. It's going to stay at
my brother's house for awhile.
-- Jim
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA, though will be making
a pass through the greater Seattle area. It's going to stay at
my brother's house for awhile.
-- Jim
The Albatross is headed for Vancouver WA,
Ooh, so close I can almost smell it hahahahaha!
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon 1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela AKA Granny who is
running much better after driving around for about an hour yesterday, and
she now has new tires and current tags.
where pressure bled away) of about 305-310#, which is to say above
300# on the gauge but not to the next tick at 320#. On the Bar scale
I'd call it 21. The engine manual states that normal compression is
22-24 Bar, but that the minimum is 15 with maximum allowed variation
of 3. I would call
On May 9, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
So, nobody has an opinion about my compression numbers?
-- Jim
Let it eat. I can't see you ponying up for an overhaul kit on that
car. It would drastically reduce the profit margin. The numbers may
even come up a bit if you beat it proper.
May 5, 2006
Though there have been enqueries, still no sale. With the warmer
weather the car's starting a lot easier. Filled up the car again, 40
gallons over only 835 miles. 21 MPG, not too good even for around
town driving.
May 6, 2006
Poor mileage? Reluctant starting? Time to do a bit
Do the starters not have a Kilowatt rating stamped right on them? I
seem to recall that it was pretty standard to replace the 240 with a 300
starter for extra oomph
And of course, check and clean all connections, especially the main ground!
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
Rusty's site shows the same part number for the 240D and the 300D
(123) - but there is are light duty and heavy duty versions (with the
same part number). Looks like the heavy duty version came with the
turbo models.
On 5/6/06, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do the starters not have a
The car's still for sale! http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html ,
as is the 450 SL: http://cathey.dogear.com/JSLsale.html
You know, you really ought to change the title of your thread. You are
near Spokane, aren't you?
I should, but it's no longer a Project either. Yes, near Spokane.
But it was easier to follow the thread with that oregon tag. That way
we knew which car he was updating us on
On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 08:06 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
The car's still for sale! http://cathey.dogear.com/mb240dsale.html ,
as is the 450 SL:
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