Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Nice. Now what about the Chicken Wagon? :) -Curt From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:25 PM Subject: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car! Today I picked up

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Nice. Now what about the Chicken Wagon? :) Still needs a B2 piston. (Probably.) It might end up being my winter beater, which means that I'd need to get it running again! My indy's window for engine swaps (Frankenheap) is in the January timeframe. Not useful for this year... -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
B2 piston - whazzat for? On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Nice. Now what about the Chicken Wagon? :) Still needs a B2 piston. (Probably.) It might end up being my winter beater, which means that I'd need to get it running again! My

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 17/09/2014 8:38 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: Orginal Message From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 8:25 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply To: Jim Cathey Subject: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car! Today I picked up the 560 SEL from

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎  Original Message   From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:50 AM You must have missed a few posts along the way. Jim could not do it as he would have had to check his website in order  to get the instructions on how to do it (like the rest of us) and his  website

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 18/09/2014 11:32 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: ‎ Original Message From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:50 AM You must have missed a few posts along the way. Jim could not do it as he would have had to check his website in order to get the instructions

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
To: Jim Cathey; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car! B2 piston - whazzat for? On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Nice. Now what about the Chicken Wagon? :) Still needs a B2 piston

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
B2 piston - whazzat for? Shifts gears in the tranny. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Today I picked up the 560 SEL from the shop. $1500 got it a used replacement transmission and the rear wheel bearing tightened. It drives like it ought to again. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
Not really worth an ATTABOY as someone else did the work. Hendrik who is just so mean On 18/09/14 10:55, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Today I picked up the 560 SEL from the shop. $1500 got it a used replacement transmission and the rear wheel bearing tightened. It drives like it ought to

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Not really worth an ATTABOY as someone else did the work. But _I_ test-drove it! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Orginal Message   From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 8:25 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply To: Jim Cathey Subject: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car! Today I picked up the 560 SEL from the shop.  $1500 got it a used replacement transmission

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Short answer: my back hurts, it has for a couple of years now. The _profit_ from the 300CD went into a trumpet, the base cost just went into this car. At least, I have a car again. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
Well your going have to take it up with the keeper of the ATTABOYS, if Wilton thinks you are worthy he may graciously award you one but I say no, unless you lay under the car and lifted the box out with your bare hands and made a blood sacrifice to the car Gods, who in this case would be

Re: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car!

2014-09-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
@okiebenz.com Reply To: Jim Cathey Subject: [MBZ] We interrupt your politics to talk about: A car! Today I picked up the 560 SEL from the shop. $1500 got it a used replacement transmission and the rear wheel bearing tightened. It drives like it ought to again. Oh the humanity! ‎ You_didn't_do_it_yourself