Took a ride over to Shuler autohaus today in Fayetteville because after
seeing the LWB on ebay they were highly interested. Just stuck it on
ebay to see what it would do, was not really trying to sell it. So at
first I was looking at a 87 300SDL to take in on partial trade for it
but it
Nope.
On 2/6/06, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
anybody out there
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Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
'82 300CD (158,222 kmi)
'90 300E '82 300D (parts or run?)
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That sucks dude, sorry to hear that.
Mathieu J. Cama wrote:
For those that knew him, my father, Peter Heimuller, passed to the
Maker on Friday. He was diagnosed with cancer in May and fought hard to
beat it. In the last two weeks it became apparent that he was going to
lose the fight and was
Yes
On 2/6/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don, I forget - do you have a block heater?
On 2/6/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John:
I think we are losing site of the issue. The ONLY time I have trouble
with
starting the car is when it is really really cold,
At the risk of starting a whole new thread, the battery isn't normally the
real issue now. I think I have that one beat but won't know for certain
until we get some really cold -0F days.
The main problem right now is glow plugs. All four are relatively new
(within the last year or so). They work
Try a bleach/water solution. Bleach kills all.
Anthony
On 2/6/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was more worried about the cooter cooties for the passenger. I got
the skin that was not infected and installed on my seat. The spotted
one is awaiting treatment for dead mold before
the dude wants $40 at the end to pay for the ebay listing. Ebay is
going to pull it if they see that.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Looks like a nice car to me and the auction seems unremarkable so I guess I
am too clueless to get it.
On 2/6/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the
you failed
Bob DuPuy wrote:
Tap Tap Tap Pffht Pffht. Is this thing on?
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i hope the dude takes my advice.
Trampas wrote:
Q: If ebay sees you wanting to try and get the listing fee out of
the buyer they will pull the listing. Might want to take that out before
they do.
Feb-05-06
A: Can they do that? I just hate it that you are
Chris,
The Nitske book I have is titled MERCEDES-BENZ Production Models
Book 1946-1990, total 274 pages..
Published by:
Motorbooks International, Publishers Wholesalers, Osceola, WI 54020
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data ISBN
0-87938-190-6
Other numbers
I have reluctantly decided it is time for my 'ol faithful 82 240D to go to a
new home. If anyone is interested contact me privately on email for details or
to make offer.
If I can't sell it to someone on the list it will go as a trade, and who knows
who will end up trashing it from there!
Be honest now. Count the stops. You know where you go, daily. I do over
20 starts and stops a day when working on disaster inspections. Car
starts every time. Sometimes i just move 2-3 houses down the road
Consider how many starts a UPS diesel delivery truck makes in a day. And,
they ALWAYS shut
i am very sorry for your loss
as a man who lost his father to cancer also i am particularly sympathetic
to you
you will miss your father everyday of the rest of your life... as i do
you will honor his memory ...as i do
you will try to be the kind of man he wanted you to be
be proud ...
Luther Gulseth wrote:
spoiler on a diesel? Geeze
What do you think about this one, do I have to remove
the spoiler when I put a diesel in it?
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Ok, guys, here is the big difference between my frequent restarts and how
most on this list drive. I live only a mile (maybe less) from my office, so
the car doesn't get a chance to come up to temps.
Normal driving would mean that the car would warm up and retain heat during
the day. Mine
Asking price?
On 2/7/06, Brian Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have reluctantly decided it is time for my 'ol faithful 82 240D to go to
a new home. If anyone is interested contact me privately on email for
details or to make offer.
If I can't sell it to someone on the list it will go as a
My son is itching to get a vehicle to cal his own. He has found a local
guy selling an 1989 190E. What are things to look for and look out for.
I wish it was a 190D, but it's a gasser. I had a 300E (1986) that was
totalled (by a driver piling into someone who piled into me), so I know
a bit about
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Consider how many starts a UPS diesel delivery truck makes in a day. And,
they ALWAYS shut down at each stop.
Yes, but after the first stop or two the engine is warm, so the glow
plug drain is minimal. If you cold-start a diesel, drive it a couple of
miles, then
Matt,
You are part of quite a legacy. I am sure you have the condolences of
everyone on the list, myself included. Keep the memories alive! We should
all strive to create such a legacy as your father created.
Loren
At 10:56 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
For those that knew him, my father,
Thank you.
Thank you.
And again, thank you.
D.
On 2/7/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Consider how many starts a UPS diesel delivery truck makes in a day.
And,
they ALWAYS shut down at each stop.
Yes, but after the first stop or two the engine is
My thoughts and prayers go out to you in your time of sorrow.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
Yes, it does look rather festive, bringing to mind the faint echoes of
notable Broadway show tune classics. I need something like that.
On 2/6/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther Gulseth wrote:
spoiler on a diesel? Geeze
What do you think about this one, do I have to remove
Hate spoilers. Too hard to wash around.
On 2/7/06, Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, it does look rather festive, bringing to mind the faint echoes of
notable Broadway show tune classics. I need something like that.
On 2/6/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther Gulseth
W123.
On 2/7/06, Kevin J. Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My son is itching to get a vehicle to cal his own. He has found a local
guy selling an 1989 190E. What are things to look for and look out for.
I wish it was a 190D, but it's a gasser. I had a 300E (1986) that was
totalled (by a
My condolences to you, your family and the great car community who lost
a true asset
On Monday, February 6, 2006, at 08:56 AM, Mathieu J. Cama wrote:
For those that knew him, my father, Peter Heimuller, passed to the
Maker on Friday. He was diagnosed with cancer in May and fought hard to
beat
On 2/6/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sunil Hari wrote:
I'm looking for a service manual for my 124 car - what's the best one to
get, and where can you get it?
Is there something similar to the w123 skinnerbox page for w124 cars?
Lastly, how's the Bentley manual for
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:05 PM
To: Weekly Highway Diesel Prices
Subject: Today's Diesel Prices
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On 2/5/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--Buckets of power when floored, stops with slight brake pressure, no
need to stomp
--Steering was not too tight, and paired with the shocks gave no
feeling of drift on turns (PS works)
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D
I was looking through the service manual site and found this. Its exquisite
lunacy is clearly intended to drive insane anyone foolish enough to trifle
with the Type II ACC.
http://skinnerbox.steaky.org/Service/W123/w123CD2/Program/Climate/83-601a.pdf
Bruce
82 300CD 334kmi 'His'
85
Sunil,
I agree with Alex. For the ultimate reference, you need multiple
sources. If you're going to pick only one, get the factory CD-ROM. It
has most everything, except things like transmission service info,
TSB's, special installation instructions for SA's, etc. The most
complete thing (which
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:56:00 -0500 Mathieu J.Cama [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
For those that knew him, my father, Peter Heimuller, passed to the
Maker on Friday.
Mathieu,
I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. May the Lord bring you comfort.
You'll be in my prayers.
Craig
I don't remember that discussion---why is wiring them that way a bad idea?
On 2/6/06, Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sunil,
poor
advice about wiring headlight relays to turn on both high low
filaments on high beam (Dan Stern explained why this is a no-no.)
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D
Recent subscriber, looking forward to sharing my passion for all things MB.
In the meantime...
Anyone got a 123 coupe blue door panel laying around? I'll even trade a
running 617 motor for it. Yeah, I want it that bad.
TIA
Michael Hall
yeah, the same job was accomplished for years by 4 levers leading to 2
valves, and 2 (or 3) flaps, a rotary switch and a switch for the AC. The
switches almost never failed in 30-40 years!AND I could run the defrost
with any level of fan I wanted, including none! /rant
Why do simply
I don't remember that discussion---why is wiring them that way a bad
idea?
The bulbs and/or sockets overheat. They're not designed to
run that way. You don't really get any more useful high
beam light out of them anyway.
-- Jim
On 2/6/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't remember that discussion---why is wiring them that way a bad
idea?
The bulbs and/or sockets overheat. They're not designed to
run that way. You don't really get any more useful high
beam light out of them anyway.
Hm, OK. Too bad.
Color? Manual or auto?
On 2/6/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Asking price?
On 2/7/06, Brian Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have reluctantly decided it is time for my 'ol faithful 82 240D to go
to
a new home. If anyone is interested contact me privately on email for
details
What? Where? Why wasn't I notified? ;)
On 2/6/06, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At an auction a few weeks back a very nice red/blk Bentley Turbo R went
for $11+k.
--R
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 2/5/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My sisiter bought a new 1969 Volvo 144S. Her husband (Master's in
ELECTRICAL Eng.) decided that the hand choke made a dandy cruise
control.
Sis is visiting Grandma 40 miles away, car starts tapping. She pulls
in garage and asks fellow to take a look. He can't pull dipstick out!
She figuire he's
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
What? Where? Why wasn't I notified? ;)
I think it was Barrett (sp). Somebody on the list was
there, mentioned it after he returned from the auction.
In a way, I'm glad I wasn't bidding, because I'd probably
have another four wheeled toy that I don't need sitting
Peter T. Arnold wrote:
Same Bro-in-law bought a new VW in about 1975. Drove it home. Hated
the seatbelt buzzer. Gets out his dikes and cut wires to all switchs.
Car won't start, VW charged him a bunch of money to repair it!
Yikes. I'd hate to depend on any electrical device he had a hand
On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at 12:41 AM, Michael Hall wrote:
Recent subscriber, looking forward to sharing my passion for all
things MB.
In the meantime...
Anyone got a 123 coupe blue door panel laying around? I'll even trade
a
running 617 motor for it. Yeah, I want it that
No, wish I could help.
Michael Hall wrote:
Recent subscriber, looking forward to sharing my passion for all things MB.
In the meantime...
Anyone got a 123 coupe blue door panel laying around? I'll even trade a
running 617 motor for it. Yeah, I want it that bad.
TIA
Michael Hall
I had a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 - my first car. I had 160,000 miles
when I got it. It had been my brother's car. I bought it from him for
$100. When I bought it, we went to Jiffy Lube and he introduced me to
the guys there. See, my brother had been going there every three days
to have them
My condolences to you and your family. Peter will be missed.
On 2/6/06, Mathieu J. Cama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those that knew him, my father, Peter Heimuller, passed to the
Maker on Friday. He was diagnosed with cancer in May and fought hard to
beat it. In the last two weeks it became
Dear Matthieu,
Your father, you and your family are in my prayers. I am sorry for your
loss. Your father sounds like a great man. We are not all so blessed to have
had such an excellent father. You are fortunate. Requiescat in Pace - May he
rest in peace...Ruhe in Gott.
for about five years i used an old orange lawnmower that came with the house i
bought...not much too it, but i didn't need much...start it up and mow...do it
over, and over, and put it away for the winter
about the third year, it began clunking and thunking at low rpm's, but that
rascal still
Maybe the owner is Dorothy, or a friend of hers.
--R
Zeitgeist wrote:
Yes, it does look rather festive, bringing to mind the faint echoes of
notable Broadway show tune classics. I need something like that.
On 2/6/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther Gulseth wrote:
It was an auction in Houston run by some national outfit, selling off
mostly a bunch of cars from this local tobacco liability attorney
O'Quinn who got something like a billion $$ from the settlement, and has
something like 600 cars in his collection. He paid $1M for that 9/11
Harley that was
Tell us the other half of the story, this half was pretty good.
--R
Donald Snook wrote:
I had a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 - my first car. I had 160,000 miles
when I got it. It had been my brother's car. I bought it from him for
$100. When I bought it, we went to Jiffy Lube and he
she seemed quite pissed that it went so cheap ($12k or so
That's what the reserve is for. You set it at the level that
will prevent pissitude.
restrained myself -- the charity auctions with cars in the low $100
multiples is more my temptation, even so castration would be a likely
outcome of
I purchased a 1972 BMW R60/6 motorcycle for a $100 once. The engine was
locked up from sitting many a year. I let some oil sit in cylinders for
several day and then hook a rope to the back of pick up, took it out on
street and dropped clutch two or three times at 35MPH before it broke free.
After
Sorry if you've seen this before. I sent it yesterdayand thought it
might have slipped off into the either when it seemed the list might
have been down for awhile.
It looks like my new to me 1980 300SD needs a new right side
axle. By the looks of the boots someone has been here before. Is the
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Jim, if you have time, could you
provide similarly easy-to-follow wiring directions for an approved Euro
conversion for those of us with a brown thumb for electronics? Or are they
already posted somewhere---on Dave M's site, maybe?
There's some slick-looking
Anybody got a handle on troubleshooting 201 ACC? I can control where the hot
air goes, feet, windshield, whatever those buttons all seem to work fine. The
problem is that the temp dial doesn't do jack, its full hotair all the time...
-Curt
'85 190D Dory 233kmi
'83 240D Hammie 253kmi
Curt Raymond wrote:
Anybody got a handle on troubleshooting 201 ACC? I can control where the hot
air goes, feet, windshield, whatever those buttons all seem to work fine. The
problem is that the temp dial doesn't do jack, its full hotair all the time...
The Tempomatic Climate System sections
Would someone please tell me where I can find the engine ID number on my
'83SD? The PO had the engine swapped for a slightly newer version of the
617, and I would like to document the numbers and possibly learn more about
its age, etc. The car itself is a pretty early version, with VIN ending
could you provide similarly easy-to-follow wiring...
I just used my newly-acquired Illustrator 'skills' to make
a schematic of the SL's upgrade. It's there now, the PDF
is probably the best format for most to use, though the
source and a GIF are there too.
Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Would someone please tell me where I can find the engine ID number on my
'83SD? The PO had the engine swapped for a slightly newer version of the
617, and I would like to document the numbers and possibly learn more about
its age, etc. The car itself is a pretty early
Posted on Sun, Feb. 05, 2006
The little hybrid engine that could W. Phila. High's team will display its
award-winning car at the auto show. By Akweli Parker Inquirer Staff Writer
One of the most impressive cars at this week's Philadelphia Auto Show
doesn't come from Japan, Germany or Detroit.
It
Jim got this one correct. 4 bulbs go into the CC unit and the fifth goes into
the fiber optic socket. The entire instrument panel and button set are now lit
up. It's quite impressive and satisfying. Thanks Jim.
Bruce
andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The temperature wheel?
Thanks, Marshall. I would never have guessed to look in a hidden spot
near the back of the engine - I was looking at the front nearer to the fuel
filters, etc.
So now I will have another challenge - must get out some mirrors and strong
lights!
Werner
'83SD 210k miles
'90 D 2.5 221k miles
OIL CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR WOMEN:
1) Pull up to Wal Mart when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the
last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained
vehicle.
Money spent: Oil Change
Fuel Leak hose diameter on leak off connection
I am getting a fuel leak on 2 of the injectors. It appears to be that the cloth
covered rubber? Fuel lines that go between the injectors (on the leak off
connection) are in need of replacement.. What is the ID of this hose?
There are multiple
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