I'm considering a beater 2.3 gasser 190E from 1987 for Winter use. Does
anyone have one and can speak for it? It has 87k miles.
The 300D is officially off the road (salty NE and SNOW yesterday!)
John Peterson
Kingston RI 1991 300D 2.5 75k
- Original Message -
From: Kaleb C. Striplin
Curt:
The lens for the fog lamp is part of the cover, you need the cover.
For the price, I'd replace with Euro style headlamp assemblies as the
DOT lamps on the W201/W124 cars STINK. Take a look at the headlight
assembly, it's plastic and if the locking tabs for the cover are broken
you
Check the fuel pressure regulator, but chances are it's gonna need a
fuel distributor.
Peter
Curt Raymond wrote:
Okay I've been going through Rusty's site and making a list, he had the switch
bits I needed for the seats (YAY!) and a bunch of other stuff.
The thing I didn't see and haven't seen anywhere yet is a block heater. The block heater on my 240D has been a savior many
Not a W124 by any means, but not bad. The are a bit cramped, but
otherwise similar. No major problems at 87,000 miles except rear links
and swaybar mounts.
Peter
I realize that a 5.0 burns a lot of fuel, but are you sure that he need his
own distributor? That's a big tanker full of gas!
On 12/6/05, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check the fuel pressure regulator, but chances are it's gonna need a
fuel distributor.
Peter
How is the 201 ride? I've been reading on them and it seems that the
suspension is similar if not nearly equal. I can live with the reduced room
inside, but want a nice ride. I also like the 2.3 because there is room to
work under the hood (as there is with my diesel) The 2.6 looks awful
John Peterson wrote:
I'm considering a beater 2.3 gasser 190E from 1987 for Winter use. Does
anyone have one and can speak for it? It has 87k miles.
The 300D is officially off the road (salty NE and SNOW yesterday!)
If you plan to drive in snow/ice in a W201, put 150-200 lb in the trunk!
John Peterson wrote:
How is the 201 ride? I've been reading on them and it seems that the
suspension is similar if not nearly equal. I can live with the reduced room
inside, but want a nice ride. I also like the 2.3 because there is room to
work under the hood (as there is with my diesel)
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:53 PM
To: Weekly Highway Diesel Prices
Subject: Today's Diesel Prices
** ** **
The 911 video is an English production from Top Gear, the magazine and the TV
show of the same name (recently seen on Discovery for a month or two).
Clarkson is very well known in England.
I thought it was a very good way to get the last bit of use out of an old
rustbucket Carrera 3.0.
R
I would just keep burning up Dremel tool disks till I got through it -- --
On 12/5/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shouldnt take too long to cut off the ends with a cutting torch. Thats
what I would have used.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78
Vehicle Snapshot
Vehicle 1987 Mercedes-Benz 190 Series 190E
VIN WDBDA28D9HF319406
Body Style 4 Door Sedan
Country of Manufacture Germany
Vehicle History Checklist
Vehicle Description WDBDA28D9HF319406
Title Check No records found
Problem Check No records found
Odometer Check No records found
they very rarly need a fuel distributor, we just take them off and clean
them up real good and they work fine.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Check the fuel pressure regulator, but chances are it's gonna need a
fuel distributor.
Peter
___
For new parts see
Spoken like someone who has NO CLUE about REAL V-8 engines!
The fuel distributer is not what you think it is, however, the one
you'r thinking about is REALLY handy when you drive one of these (117)
On 12/5/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I realize that a 5.0 burns a lot of fuel, but are
Perhaps some strong Techron, run it a bit, new plugs, then road trip!
On 12/5/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I swapped the fuel pump on the euro project today(85 380SE with 5.0
euro motor). After some cranking it fired up. Runs BAD and smoked like
you would not believe,
Peter Frederick wrote:
Curt:
The lens for the fog lamp is part of the cover, you need the cover.
For the price, I'd replace with Euro style headlamp assemblies as the
DOT lamps on the W201/W124 cars STINK. Take a look at the headlight
assembly, it's plastic and if the locking tabs for the
yea, well first thing is to put the fan and shoud back on, fill the
radiator up, hang then exhaust back up, remove all the crap piled all
over it then pull it out of the garage and run it longer.
OK Don wrote:
Perhaps some strong Techron, run it a bit, new plugs, then road trip!
On 12/5/05,
Marshall and Jim made suggestions regarding the possible parts which
could be creating the noisy condition and the
jittering shock absorber.
I disengaged the belt and found that all of the pulleys were in
reasonable condition, except one. It appears that
the pulley (clutch) on the AC has a
Uh OK_Don ... I used to be the proud owner of Pontiac's version of a
Caddy station wagon. 400+ cubes of pure gas guzzling power. This car was so
big that it made hearses tremble with feelings of inferiority.
On 12/6/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Spoken like someone who has NO CLUE
Real V-8s have fuel distributers and overhead cams! It's not size, it's class!
On 12/5/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uh OK_Don ... I used to be the proud owner of Pontiac's version of a
Caddy station wagon. 400+ cubes of pure gas guzzling power. This car was so
big that it made
Running so rich it blows black smoke is a stuck regulator or a bad fuel
distributor, alas. I've seen enough of them in my friend's shop
Outside chance it's bad ignition, so worth a check, but black smoke
with good ignition is the above.
Peter
Check the condition of the rubber between the pulley and clutch plate
-- if at all deteriorated, you need a new clutch. In car repair, all
you need is a strap wrench to hold the pulley to get the 12mm nut off
the front. The other possibility is a bad bearing, this can also be
replaced, just
Peter Frederick wrote:
Running so rich it blows black smoke is a stuck regulator or a bad fuel
distributor, alas. I've seen enough of them in my friend's shop
Not uncommon for a warm-up regulator to get stuck on a K-Jetronic Saab
if you parked it too long.
First, is there any adjustment that can be made to eliminate this play?
If not, are these clutches repairable?
It's replaceable, I believe. I'm not sure if you need a special
puller to get the old one off, however, nor whether the job can
be done on the car. This assumes that the wobble is
Mitch Haley wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
Running so rich it blows black smoke is a stuck regulator or a bad fuel
distributor, alas. I've seen enough of them in my friend's shop
Not uncommon for a warm-up regulator to get stuck on a K-Jetronic Saab
if you parked it too long.
OK Don wrote:
I would just keep burning up Dremel tool disks till I got through it -- --
Or rent an angle grinder, if there's enough room. I cut some hardened
bolts with one, once, and it went through like a knife through butter.
(I was sawing the heads off VW cylinder head bolts to make
The first attempt to build up new teeth on my snowblower's auger gear
failed after one half pass down my driveway. When I took it apart again
it didn't look as bad as I had feared, and I suspected that I merely
hadn't made the new teeth tall enough. So I hit it again with the
C2H2-O2 torch, and
yea, its been sitting for several years, needs to be cleaned out, FD may
need to come off to be cleaned
Peter Frederick wrote:
Running so rich it blows black smoke is a stuck regulator or a bad fuel
distributor, alas. I've seen enough of them in my friend's shop
Outside chance it's bad
I imagine you'd want a pretty clean cut. The bar is going to flex
constantly, so if you create a stress riser it's going to break again.
You also don't want to ruin the temper of this rather large spring,
so I'd also vote against the torch in this case. Abrasives are the
way to go. Harbor
David Brodbeck wrote:
Eventually we did troubleshooting with a pressure gauge
and found his original problem was a stuck warm-up regulator -- he
should have never touched the mixture screw at all.
My best friend's first car was a 1978 Rabbit. About fifteen years ago
it started running rich. I
Kaleb gave us this discription:
yea, well first thing is to put the fan and shoud back on, fill the
radiator up, hang then exhaust back up, remove all the crap piled all
over it then pull it out of the garage and run it longer.
Make sure you do those things in order or else you'll look like the
Jim Cathey wrote:
Fabrication: it's not just for excuses anymore.
A friend of mine didn't want to spend $200 on the
rackpinion upgrade for his Gravely when his steering
sector wore out 20 years ago. At that time, the sector and
pinion set were NLA, you were supposed to buy the rack.
He's now
Yeah, but it messes up the temper of the stabilizer, making it
brittle and prone to breakage, which is why he didn't do it that
way--or weld a repair.
Shouldnt take too long to cut off the ends with a cutting torch.
Thats what I would have used.
Dan Weeks wrote:
Ya'll may remember some
Don't panic until you have fresh gas in it, either -- old dead gas
won't light with a match, let alone burn properly in the cylinder.
Drain what's in the tank, put in 5 gal or so of fresh gas and a bottle
of Techron or RedLine and jumper the fuel pump relay for a couple
hours, then bleed the
Mitch Haley wrote:
I wonder how hard it would be to cut a rack from a Geo Metro down to
lawnmower width?
It seems like, in a world that contains riding lawnmowers, golf carts,
ATVs, and go carts, *someone* must make a rack in a size close to what
you need. Granted, most lawnmowers I've seen
Hi Folks,
Just wondering if someone has an open CarFax? Wife is looking at a local
Porsche Boxster with a suspect history. If someone could run it for us we
would greatly appreciate it. Kaleb perhaps?
2001 BoxsterVIN WP0CA29851U625549
Ralph Wasserbaech
'83 300CD my car
'90 300D
I put a couple of gallons of fresh gas in. Most, if not all, of the old
gas was drained out when the fuel pump was replaced.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Don't panic until you have fresh gas in it, either -- old dead gas
won't light with a match, let alone burn properly in the cylinder.
Drain
Vehicle Snapshot
Vehicle 2001 Porsche Boxster
VIN WP0CA29851U625549
Body Style 2 Door
Country of Manufacture Germany
Vehicle History Checklist
Vehicle Description WP0CA29851U625549
Title Check No records found
Problem Check No records found
Odometer Check No records found
Vehicle Information No
Thanks Kaleb! I just scored points with the wife for the fast turn around.
I concur. My brother just spent six weeks in SA and drove a
Canadian-exported LHD Pathfinder on the left side of the road there.
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 12/5/05, Hendrik Riessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Those South Africans drive on the left like all sensible people. There are
quite a few SA
Doesn't matter to me if he's really driving in the hard bits, he's
hilarious to listen to and watch:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6514168251893889573q=ariel+atom
Check out 3:10.
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 12/5/05, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually if you watch Clarkson's
wife is looking at a mercury. Could someone run the vin, please? 4M2ZV86KO2
ZJ40755
Thank you, Jay
95 MB E300D 93K The new baby
83 MB 300D 241K The silver coffin
99 Mercury Sable wagon 24 valve 86K
Cannondale SR500
Allentown,Pa.
http://www.thecornerstonefamily.org/
Ralph,
Before you go near a Boxster, go to PPBB (Porsche Pete's Boxster
Board) and read about the Rear Main Seal (RMS) and other associated
problems. They can happen to ANY Boxster, and can REPEAT as well. Also
other somewhat associated problems, non concentric shafts, etc. Not only
What is the life cycle of such a clutch? Rubber tends to deteriorate
after 10 years or so, would it make sense just to
go for a new clutch?
No rubber in it, I think. Life would depend on cycles (actuations).
-- Jim
I haven't looked at a Geo Metro rack, but from what I've seen of other
racks, cutting one down would be tricky. You can't just hack off the
ends because they have the bushings that let the whole thing slide back
and forth.
You'd cut out of the middle. Probably very near one end.
-- Jim
Constantine N. Polites wrote:
Thanks Peter and Jim.
What is the life cycle of such a clutch? Rubber tends to deteriorate
after 10 years or so, would it make sense just to
go for a new clutch?
Most of my clutches outlasted the compressors (some of my clutches are
18+ years old). A new
He's now tired of building up the sector teeth with brazing
rod and grinding to fit the pinion (he does it every couple
of years IIRC) but now the rackpinion upgrade is NLA.
I expect to end up like this too. But I have options, such
as swapping in the business end of a tiller to substitute
for
Or move to Texas and get out of that nasty climate where you
have.SNOW!!!
I did, no regrets, now can't figure out how I survived in such stuff for
45 yr. Went back once in the winter and about died, got off the plane
back home and it was 80F. Tell me again why I went there?
--R
Jim
There is rubber vulcanized between the clutch plate and the driveshaft.
However, if the pulley wobbles, it's probably the bearing the pulley
rides on, not the clutch. The rubber is there to soften the clank
you get without it. Standard Nippondenso, I believe they all have it.
Usually lasts
rumor has it that Dan wrote:
Ya'll may remember some months ago the end rusted off my front
stabilizer. Thanks to many of you, I learned this was not an easy
fix, and was one that has reduced many otherwise good drivers to
parts cars.
Are you talking about the anti-sway bar that is also
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
wife is looking at a mercury.
Could someone run the vin, please?
4M2ZV86KO2ZJ40755
Bzzt. Doesn't compute w/carfax.
For starters, there are no o
in a VIN, only zeros. I fixed that, and it
still didn't work. Go to carfax.com and
run the free sample. When you get
This is what Jaggi replied to my inquiry:
1982 Mercedes 300SD, 722303 02 174697 Transmission.
~ 165 k miles. Transmission leaks @ front (pump seal ?).
Please quote estimated rebuilt cost.
Can you do R R from/in vehicle ?
Reply:
12-5-05
The front pump seal 010 997 50 47 is $12.00. We do not RR
My hat's off to you, Phillip! Yep, that's the swaybar I'm talking
about, and I'm not nearly as gutsy, clever, or talented as you and
Jim--I was just glad to find someone who'd fix it for me without
charging me two grand! Especially as it's currently about 2 degrees
here--not pleasant wrenching
OK Don wrote in response to Kaleb's Post below:
Perhaps some strong Techron, run it a bit, new plugs, then road trip!
On 12/5/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I swapped the fuel pump on the euro project today(85 380SE with
5.0 euro motor). After some cranking it
So how hard is it to rebuild these things? I am thinking that it would
be easy to go gather a bunch up at various junkyards or Okie homesteads,
ship a container load to China or India or Mexico or CA (nothing special
about German rebuilders -- they probably use the immigrant Turks and
Arabs
Hi all, sorry for the cross post, but wanted to reach as many as possible
in one shot. Am trying to reach Dave Peters of Indepedence, Kansas. Not
sure what section he'd belong to, but have one phone number which I tried
calling and it rings and rings and, well, you know. Anyone have contact
I rented a movie DVD and wanted to transfer it to videotape for later
veiwing but couldn't because DVDs are now copy protected. So much for fair
use - they didn't even give me a chance to be honest or fair!
On 12/5/05, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe you are
They say a 1000 cars, looks like a few Benzes:
http://www.kruseinternational.com/auctions/return.asp?MAKE=Mercedes-BenzAUC_CODE=houston05AUC_BREAD=Houston%202005YEAR=
Including
Mercedes-Benz 600 Roy Orbison Four Door
This Mercedes Benz was formerly owned by Roy Orbison. This Mercedes is
I understand (not from personal experience) that there are means for
dealing with that.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I rented a movie DVD and wanted to transfer it to videotape for later
veiwing but couldn't because DVDs are now copy protected. So much for fair
use - they didn't even give
Seriously, why not schedule a morning at Kaleb's farm (barn??) where all the
Okie Q'ers can help him sort through his stuff? It would be great sport and
a win-win because I am sure Kaleb would let the volunteers keep some little
bits if they helped organize his treasure. I remember how nice it
If so, then it's not a _hard_ fix - if you can find a good used one.
It took me about 2.5 hours to pull the good one out of a parts car,
and about 5-6 hours to do the full swap (old out, new in)
A 126? On a 107 the bar is up front, but on 126 it sure looks like
the engine has to come out.
we could even help him strip a few parts cars. What's a better way to learn
about them than by taking them apart? :D
-Original Message-
From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Dec 6, 2005 9:59 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] R Classes and
I did, no regrets, now can't figure out how I survived in such stuff
for
45 yr. Went back once in the winter and about died, got off the plane
back home and it was 80F. Tell me again why I went there?
I like the progression of seasons, I even like the snow. What I
_don't_ like is
I'm always looking for an excuse for more highway miles. By the end of the
day, I will have asked What is this? so many times that I will just need to
hold a part up in the air and some one will answer. Sounds like a learning
experience for me.
-CM
andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Should be an 85 300 TD.
WDBAB93C1FF047874
Thanks.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
you have to have secret decoding software.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I rented a movie DVD and wanted to transfer it to videotape for later
veiwing but couldn't because DVDs are now copy protected. So much for fair
use - they didn't even give me a chance to be honest or fair!
O
--
Kaleb C.
On Linux, I believe it is verboten to even have the software to play the
DVDs, as DeCSS descrambles the encryption code.
Ridiculous, as I should have a right to view DVDs I own on a PC or
laptop which I own.
The RIAA and their thugs are so nazi-like about this, and the US courts
so whipped,
Vehicle Snapshot
Vehicle 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300 Series 300TD
VIN WDBAB93C1FF047874
Body Style 4 Door Wagon
Country of Manufacture Germany
Vehicle History Checklist
Vehicle Description WDBAB93C1FF047874
Title Check No records found
Problem Check No records found
Odometer Check No records found
When you rent a movie there is NO allowance for copying it. The one backup copy
is for things you actually own. You don't own a movie you've rented, the same
is true if you borrow it from your buddy.
If you wanted to watch it later you'd need to either rent it again or buy it.
Once you've
Yes, many Linux distros do have a DVD player app, normally Xine.
They will not, in my experience, play a commercial, copy protected DVD
unless one installs DeCSS.
Lee
Curt Raymond wrote:
Not true at all, many Linux distros have a DVD player app built right in.
Also not true for .mp3
Luther offered:
we could even help him strip a few parts cars. What's a better way to
learn about them than by taking them apart?
WOO HOObring yer overalls!
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 144K
Litchfield Park, AZ
I watched a chap rebuild a 1976 Mercury transmission once. It took 2
hours from the time he jacked up the car until we drove out of the shop.
He worked at the plant assembling Ford transmissions, so he knew what he
was doing.
OTOH, I'm sure there are critical adjustments of which the DIY person
Last year I was trying to figure out
A) if I have 110volt power to my block heater extention cord at the block
heater plug. That is easy a $5.00 light up plug circuit tester. But that
only says you have power, not that the heater is infact working.
B) if I have 110 power to the block
What's a better way tolearn about them than by taking them apart?
Putting them back together. Exhibit A - AKP-Wagen dash board. Difficulty of
reassembly increases with length of time since disassembly.
Chris
Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Luther offered:
we could even
Boy you got that right!
BR
- Original Message -
From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] R Classes and Garages
What's a better way tolearn about them than by taking them apart?
Jeff Zedic wrote:
India on the left. China I think, all former Bristish colonies on the
left. That would inlcude Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
(?)Hmmm. not sure on SA.
Most of the Caribbean are too, n'est-ce pas?
Here's a map from Wikipedia:
Rich Thomas wrote:
So how hard is it to rebuild these things? I am thinking that it would
be easy to go gather a bunch up at various junkyards or Okie homesteads,
ship a container load to China or India or Mexico or CA (nothing special
about German rebuilders -- they probably use the
Lee Einer wrote:
Yes, many Linux distros do have a DVD player app, normally Xine.
They will not, in my experience, play a commercial, copy protected DVD
unless one installs DeCSS.
That's SUSE's and RedHat's policies, at least. In fact, SUSE's copy of
Xine is crippled so it won't work
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I rented a movie DVD and wanted to transfer it to videotape for later
veiwing but couldn't because DVDs are now copy protected. So much for fair
use - they didn't even give me a chance to be honest or fair!
DVDs have two layers of copy protection. The first is a
I can listen for a quiet hiss. I can come back out in an hour or
two and
feel the thermostat housing on the engine. I can turn the ignition on
in an
hour or two
You can also use the common (and cheap) multimeter to measure
the current to the plug, though that may require a jumper wire
or
Jim Cathey wrote:
I can listen for a quiet hiss. I can come back out in an hour or
two and
feel the thermostat housing on the engine. I can turn the ignition on
in an
hour or two
You can also use the common (and cheap) multimeter to measure
the current to the plug, though that may require
Rich Thomas wrote:
Good info, but I am still unclear as to what about the MB trans makes it
so much more complicated. I guess part of it must be that it is very
well-engineered to last a couple hundred kmiles, but that should not
necessarily mean it is harder to redo (it could mean it is
Vegetable oil used for fuel is catching on in the United States, experts
said this week.
Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel is using a $369,696 Pennsylvania grant to
determine whether it can harvest trap grease from restaurants. It's a mess.
There's really no good use for it right now, Fry-o-Diesel chief
OK I am disabused of the notion of rebuilding a Benz tranny.
--R
Marshall Booth wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
Good info, but I am still unclear as to what about the MB trans makes it
so much more complicated. I guess part of it must be that it is very
well-engineered to last a couple
A few years ago, my dad's cousin and her husband drove the Dalton Highway to
Deadhorse, Alaska...some 4,000+ miles from Kansas City in a camper. You can
drive within 3 miles of the Arctic Ocean and from there a bus takes you to the
Ocean...Prudhoe Bay to be exact. Usually about freezing
Real men (and ladies) do it by motorcycle:
http://aleduc.iweb.bsu.edu/2006Americas/index.htm
;)
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 12/6/05, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few years ago, my dad's cousin and her husband drove the Dalton Highway to
Deadhorse, Alaska...some 4,000+ miles
That would be interesting. Alaska is beautiful. And, if planned in summer,
I'd be ready to leave the 115 degree desert to drive up there.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 144K
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Huh?
There are actually 2 pieces of professional gear that I have that will get
around macrovision, 1 is a TBC (Time Base Corrector) and the other is a
distribution amp. Neither were hard to get, in fact the TBC is built into one
of my decks. Distribution amps are as common as dirt and vital if
Curt Raymond wrote:
There are actually 2 pieces of professional gear that I have that will get
around macrovision, 1 is a TBC (Time Base Corrector) and the other is a
distribution amp. Neither were hard to get, in fact the TBC is built into one
of my decks. Distribution amps are as common as
many sites warn of serious car damage due to flying mud and rocks from trucks
- if people bike (pedal) and motorcycle the Dalton - how bad can it be. I
would not be shocked if I got a rock in my windshield, but it's not like every
car comes back sandblasted, both headlights out, grille
I'm working on my 300D-owning workmate. He wanted to bike across Russia (his
friend is doing it: www.projectvostok.com) but decided not to. This is a
little more do-able. If my aunt Lois did it, I sure as hell can!
I'll keep track of those interested.
We would DEFINITELY need to
Would this put us above the arctic circle??
On 12/6/05, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few years ago, my dad's cousin and her husband drove the Dalton Highway
to Deadhorse, Alaska...some 4,000+ miles from Kansas City in a camper. You
can drive within 3 miles of the Arctic
Chris offered:
I'll keep track of those interested.
It's 4076 miles from my driveway to Deadhorse.
Any filmmaker among us could document the trip and make a DVD. I'm sure the
clowns at MBCA would be interested in a posse of old MBs making that trip.
Who knows what could become of it. I'm
ah - good pre-trip upgrade. :-)
Chris
Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher typed:
I would not be shocked if I got a rock in my windshield, but it's not like
every car comes back sandblasted, both headlights out, grille smashed and a
6 inch hole in the windshield...
That
oh yes. I think the Arctic Circle is mile 115 on the Dalton Hwy...it starts in
Fairbanks and goes about 440 miles to Deadhorse...you are abour 300 miles
NORTH of the arctic circle - you stand on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Some
people take off their shoes and stand in it. One guy said it
I'll bet he rides a BMW.
Chris Kueny ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
78 Chevy Custom deluxe
'85 300TD
'02 Subaru Outback
- Original Message -
From: J.B. Hebert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Arctic-Q...?
Didn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] make a DVD explaining the rebuild process?
D.
On 12/2/05, eric peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well just heard from the insurance company and they
are going to total my 85 300CD 87K mi and are offering
$5000. NADA clasic book is $8850 and all I can find
that is low mileage is in the $12000 to 17000 range.
This does not help you now,
I'm gettin' hypothermia just *thinking* about it. 17F with some wind and
outside for 8 minutes letting the dogs out in the morning just about kills me.
Tom
Sand Springs, OK
At 02:05 PM 12/06/2005 -0800, you wrote:
oh yes. I think the Arctic Circle is mile 115 on the Dalton Hwy...it
starts in
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