Anything convertible is collectable.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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Rick Knoble wrote:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/145142894.html
Why would the seller tell us how many miles it had when he bought it,
but not how many are on the odo now?
Too bad Jan left the list. She was looking for a S124 diesel last I knew,
although this one might not be good enough
What Rick said.
The good news is that there's more room in the 126 tranny tunnel than
the 123. List owner Kaleb has done a few 123 B2s in the car, could
probably help with specific questions if you run into trouble.
Do put the whole sleeve/piston kit, don't get lazy and put the new
piston in the
Bill Gallagher wrote:
In my student pilot days, I can recall seeing a sailplane taking off in
tow as I was about 800 feet after take off on a Cessna 150. The tow rope
snapped from the sailplane at a estimate elevation of 600 to 500 feet...
The pilot of the sailplane make a extreme graceful
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Anything convertible is collectable.
Unless it's a Geo Metro or a VW Rabbit. ;) Aircooled VW convertibles
(Beetles and Ghias) are going for silly money, though.
On Mar 25, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:
Yeah, I was on yahell lists before. I was not particularly
impressed. This
IS the place for information on ALL Mercedes, not just diesels
(although a
good deal of us are from an old diesel list). Here is some B2 info
On Mar 25, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Jeff Zedic wrote:
I was interested in going slightly overwattage and wanted to get some
relays to put inline. Does anyone have a link to a write-up for wiring
these?
Also, what are the latest/greatest H4those Sylvania White star or
something like that??
On Mar 25, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Bob DuPuy wrote:
I'm going to try to sneak a real dent puller past the
condensor and go for it. I bet the bolt snaps.
Bob
Why not get a hardened bolt instead of breaking the one you have and
creating more work than necessary? Chains are not expensive, I
On Mar 25, 2006, at 7:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, to find some mountains in Central Va.
;-)
Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway?
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
John Berryman wrote:
I have Sylvania Silver Stars and they throw a nice beam with 60/55s
and no relays.
I have the same bulbs now in the wagon, and they are very, very nice. However,
I still plan to install relays and some nice 100/90s. Both the 300TD and the
240D will be getting an
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Anything convertible is collectable.
Unless it's a Geo Metro or a VW Rabbit. ;)
Or AMC/Renault Alliance, or Chrysler LeBaron, or Chevy Cavalier... can
anyone think of any other unloved, best-forgotten,
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:50:57 -0800 Alex Chamberlain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Anything convertible is collectable.
Unless it's a Geo Metro or a VW Rabbit. ;)
Or AMC/Renault Alliance, or Chrysler LeBaron, or
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Anything convertible is collectable.
Unless it's a Geo Metro or a VW Rabbit. ;)
Or AMC/Renault Alliance, or Chrysler LeBaron, or Chevy Cavalier... can
anyone think of any
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Yes:
http://www.lookslikewood.com/lebaron.html
Someone who owned one told me it felt pretty weak, with lots of cowl
shake. That's always a hazard when you chop the top off a unibody.
Yes http://www.allpar.com/eek/LeBaronCoupe.html
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Craig
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On Mar 25, 2006, at 11:54 PM, John Ervine wrote:
I have the same bulbs now in the wagon, and they are very, very
nice. However,
I still plan to install relays and some nice 100/90s. Both the
300TD and the
240D will be getting an alternator upgrade as part of that deal.
--
John L. Ervine
Well, it's in my drivewayNOT! It did have a nice, straight body and
decent paint other than some rusting and peeling around the fuel door just
below the rear window seal and quite possibly more underneath the lip of it.
The interior was dirty and the upholstery wasn't too great either.
On Mar 26, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Craig
Sure, the LeBaron. What a bad joke in comparison to early LeBarons.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
Anything convertible is collectable.
I wish that the VW Rabbit convertivle was available with either a 1.6L NA or
turbo diesel? There was one for sale on the street on our way to look at
the busted 300CD, and I thought what a fun project it would be to
transplant the older IDI diesel or a
On Mar 26, 2006, at 12:53 AM, kevin kraly wrote:
I sure do have good luck finding good parts cars, but terrible
luck finding ones that actually run and drive!
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
If they give you lemons, make lemonade.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
Johnny,
Right after sending I remembered DSL.
I KNOW he'll have the real thing not that blue tinty rice burner shit.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
87 300TD
On Mar 26, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Jeff Zedic wrote:
Johnny,
Right after sending I remembered DSL.
I KNOW he'll have the real thing not that blue tinty rice burner shit.
Jeff Zedic
Plus he knows more than the average bulb seller.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
kevin kraly wrote:
I wish that the VW Rabbit convertivle was available with either a 1.6L NA or
turbo diesel? There was one for sale on the street on our way to look at
the busted 300CD, and I thought what a fun project it would be to
transplant the older IDI diesel or a newer TDI diesel into
If they give you lemons, make lemonade.
The trouble, of course, is that they're giving him
lemonade, and he wants lemons! (A metaphor's no
good unless you can torture it and make it squeal!)
-- Jim
On Mar 26, 2006, at 1:30 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
The trouble, of course, is that they're giving him
lemonade, and he wants lemons! (A metaphor's no
good unless you can torture it and make it squeal!)
-- Jim
He'll have to reverse engineer it.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
Jeff -
I also recommend Dan Stern. He has a kit that has the connectors for the
back of the high power H4s that won't melt. It also has a couple of relays,
relay sockets the crimp spades to connect to the relays and a couple of
healthy fuse holders with fuses. I was able to get the proper color
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Yes:
http://www.lookslikewood.com/lebaron.html
The LeBaron isn't the first thing you think of when you think K-car,
though. (Neither is a Dodge Caravan/Plymouth
On 3/26/06, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Yes:
http://www.lookslikewood.com/lebaron.html
The LeBaron isn't the first thing you think of
I was wondering if someone who lives in a colder area could confirm for
me whether or not something around the vintage of my 83' 300D should
maintain temps even in winter?
I.e. as I recall last summer I saw temps staying around 80-100C which I
thought was about right.
The last week or so I've
On Mar 26, 2006, at 6:39 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Guess I should've looked at that link before posting. I've never
seen one
of those early LeBarons with the woody sides, only the later, more
aerodynamic restyle. And I thought the latter was ugly!
Alex Chamberlain
When I mentioned
On Mar 26, 2006, at 8:06 AM, Levi Smith wrote:
I was wondering if someone who lives in a colder area could confirm
for
me whether or not something around the vintage of my 83' 300D should
maintain temps even in winter?
Yes.
I.e. as I recall last summer I saw temps staying around
Hmm, ok then, whereabouts is the thermostat located? I can probably
find that much in the manual, but here's my bigger question:
What's the proper procedure for filling/bleeding the coolant system?
I'm not used to the radiator cap being on the overflow bottle, and it
doesn't seem like trying
I was wondering if someone who lives in a colder area could confirm for
me whether or not something around the vintage of my 83' 300D should
maintain temps even in winter?
Of course. Unless...
Also worthwhile to note that I have a greasecar kit installed, so I do
have another 15-20' of
OK, started looking at who has a thermostat in stock and such and have
come to my next question:
How likely am I to be able to re-use the thermostat gasket? (since no
one has one in stock that's near me that would be open today)
Just trying to determine whether or not I should take it apart
You'd be better off ordering one from http://www.buymbparts.com/ and waiting
until you have everything -
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
A Blood Test for your oil - www.youroil.net
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many
On 3/26/06, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes http://www.allpar.com/eek/LeBaronCoupe.html
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
Did they ever make a K car into a convertible?
Craig
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Howdy,
I'm finally ready to change my t'stat - have a new 80C t'stat kit from
Rusty, coolant from MB and a new fan shroud to replace mine that's broken on
1 side. All simple jobs. But I have a couple questions since I'm still
unfamiliar with the '91 300D 2.5T.
I need to remove the
couple of cans of diesel purge
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Last evening I applied JB Weld to the valve cover baffle gap and swapped
out the injectors with my 74kmi set from the Blue Bomber ('82 300D). 2 of
the 5 were heavily carboned up, and the other 3 weren't all that great.
All 5 of the
the putty type would probably work too
archer wrote:
I tried to buy Locktite-NAPA from NAPA but they didn't have it on hand and
didn't have it listed in their catalog. I wonder if 5 minute JB-Weld would
work? It sounds like Randy might have been referring to slow drying
JB-Weld. JB-Weld
Larry:
The drain for the radiator should be on the passenger side, up inside a
hole in the frame (it it's like the 87 300D, anyway). Screwdriver is
the only tool requried, very easy.
You will have to get under the car, or persuade someone else to, though.
Everything is is up top. Remove
Ok so I've been here before, but I'd like to share the pain with my
list brothers. If I can find my old digital camera, (wifey has nice
new one at #2 daughters competition), where would the list like me to
put a few pictures of suspected #14 crackage? I've got a yahoo picture
spot, would y'all
yep, sounds like the b2 pistion for sure. Somebody around here has a
writeup on it which I need to post to the website.
Daniel Konow wrote:
Hello List
I send the follwing Email earlier to a different list and got a kind answer from Larry T. who has a good guess about the problem my 81 300SD
Yea, it can be done in the car alrighty.
Mitch Haley wrote:
What Rick said.
The good news is that there's more room in the 126 tranny tunnel than
the 123. List owner Kaleb has done a few 123 B2s in the car, could
probably help with specific questions if you run into trouble.
Do put the whole
speaking of euro wagons, I was REALLY watching this one close, was at
like $900, no reserve for quite a while, then jumped up to 4k, no
telling what it will end at.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4624665339rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITrd=1
John Ervine wrote:
John Berryman wrote:
When I mentioned earlier LeBarons I was referring to real cars from
about 66, although after 72 the EPA stole all the thunder.
I had a '78 (or was it '76?) Lebaron SE with 360/727 and T-tops, does that
count?
(this was when the Cordoba and Lebaron were basically
Yep they did.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:50:57 -0800 Alex Chamberlain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/25/06, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Anything convertible is collectable.
Unless it's a Geo Metro or a VW Rabbit.
I threw a few pics on Yahoo Until someone expresses another opinion. I
can clearly see one crack between an exhaut valve and a prechamber in
the corresponding cylinder you can see some water stains but no steam
cleaning. The car suddenly exhibited high cold pressure and a
cumbustion gas check
OK, took a look at the engine, thermostat looks like an obvious
location. It also appears that the thermostat gasket is rubber, so I'm
hoping it's reusable.
Then thought to take a look at the spare parts that came with my car and
found two thermostats (and a housing no less. Looks like
Howdy -
While familarizing myself with my new 300D I discovered what appears to be
an open vacuum line. It's black and starts on what I believe is the fuel
shut-off valve on the side of the IP. The black tube starts on the side of
the mechanism and stops near the brake vacuum assist, just
The valve on the side of the IP is the transmission vacuum valve, the
black line is the vacuum bleed line, its supposed to be open.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Howdy -
While familarizing myself with my new 300D I discovered what appears to be
an open vacuum line. It's black and starts on what
the 300 cabriolet is nice
On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 05:05 PM, Bob DuPuy wrote:
I need a few opinions about a newer car for my wife. She is going to
cut back on her volunteer work and take a corporate attorney job. She
likes her 87 300D, but it needs more work than it makes sense to do
Here is the B-2 Piston write up I have in file.
Tom Harruff
Naples, FL
1985 300Dt (Diesel Dolly)
1994 C280 (Wife's Car)
2000 Sedan Deville (Road Car)
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:17:37 -0500
From: Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIESEL] W123 B2 Piston Repair, summary
Here is my summary
It's the vent off line for the vac control for the transmission. It
ends under the dash (or is supposed to) to keep dirt out of the vacuum
system. That valve is the transmission shift harshness control --
shutoff is on the top at the rear of the IP, brown line with blue strip.
Peter
Lots of ladies like the SLK. Even have a MBCA group dedicated to
ladies in SLK. Their fearless leader live in town.
On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 08:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd stay away from the Z3 or Z4 cause they are riddled with problems.
Your best bet is a 300SL or even a
Bound to be a number of those engines come available at PnP for $150.
Make it a You Build It engine
On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 09:26 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
I saw one at a lowball car sales place at the Roy Y (WA), for
those who know where that is. Asking $1000, had a rod knock.
I've
Nope, not the same at all. Guts may transfer with some modification
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 03:23 AM, kevin kraly wrote:
Will they work? Can the seat bottom from a w115 be put on W123 seat
runners? I have someone who's interested in my 220D driver's seat.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
I was tempted with a banned response, but figure Kaleb is just working
too hard to get any more play things
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 06:32 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Why are you offended? Because none of these cars are earmarked for you?
On 3/22/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
couple of cans of diesel purge
Luther Gulseth wrote:
I'll check valves and oil leak next weekend. What about checking the
rear
side of the turbo for oil? How hard is that? What's the proceedure for
the baffle epoxy?
Just how much oil are you using? How many
Great items for limited number of uses
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 07:27 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
Be careful woth HF tools, many with housings have the housing made of
cast
aluminum or pot metal.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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From: [EMAIL
Jim has a fleet, and may in time decide to just open a used car lot, so
that he can play with all the sorts of car he would like to get his
hands on. At least that way, he can have a little cash and car flow
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 07:51 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
SWMBA??
Or do you mean
If you would look a bit harder, the is not a STAR, but him aiming
reticule. You must have missed the button labeled rockets on the dash
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 08:57 AM, John Ervine wrote:
R A Bennell wrote:
That must be the optional supersized hoodstar. Rarely seen - must
make the
PLEASE read the section on the cooling system in the engine manual!!
http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC1/Program/engine_602_mech.htm
http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC1/Program/Engine/602_603/20-010.pdf
http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC1/Program/Engine/602_603/20-110.pdf
Marshall
--
Feller up the street a ways has a blue dodge pick me up. Same year as
the take over at chrysler. He installed a star on the trunk and uses
the hub caps in the same color as the truck. Took me forever to figure
out what he had done and why it may be ok for him to have done that.
On
Costco has smart lawyers that will not allow you to fit tires that are
not specifically pass the buck able. If there were to be issue, some
liberal whiner would then sue costco. Best to protect the liberals
from themselves as part of corporate policy.
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 05:26
That is how I ended up with Gump. Some idiot was not willing to bid
more than I had said I would five days before the auction closed. Why
in the world would you not bid $151 for Gump, and leave me stuck with
the thing at $117?
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 06:17 PM, Desert Rat wrote:
Picture link
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/h2odiesel/album?.dir=/f870.src=ph
or
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/h2odiesel/my_photos
and poke around
Bob
On 3/26/06, Bob DuPuy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I threw a few pics on Yahoo Until someone expresses another opinion. I
can clearly see one
Well, I got the old thermostat out. It was closed. Brought it in to
test it. It seemed to work... Mostly... Once it was open, I thought
it looked like the lower area of the rod that the valve slides on was
rusty or some such thing, and tried to feel it with a knife (didn't feel
like
IMO, the latest greatest H4 bulbs are the new Osram Hypers. The
70/65 variant will put out substantially more light than stock 60/55
(despite the numbers looking awfully similar), and there should be no
need to mess with relays. The next step up is the 85/80 Hypers but I
don't think you'd want to
Oh yeah, one other thing. Did I hear that there's an electric water
pump in the heater circuit that if failed would cause my heat to be
near
non-existent at idle, but revving the engine brings on the heat? (It
seems to stay warm for at least a little while afterwards).
There is. It often
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:03:49 -0800 Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMO, the latest greatest H4 bulbs are the new Osram Hypers.
Thanks for the tip.
Joe Knight just picked up a set ...
Haven't heard anything from him lately. Is he not on this list?
Craig
The CD scared me today coming home from the tournament. I had a full
throttle from about 5mph till I merged into 65mph traffic, then a cruise
of about 5 miles at or above 65mph in 3rd gear. Then suddenly the engine
stuttered/burped. For a second I thought I hit something in the road, or
So is it doing more harm than good if in there and seized? Or is there some
sort of bypass so it's just not helping, but not hindering either?
Thanks!
Levi
On 3/26/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh yeah, one other thing. Did I hear that there's an electric water
pump in the
-
Just this P.M. found Locktite Quick Set High Strength 5 minute epoxy at a
large Ace Hardware store. The store also had Loctite (20 minute?) Epoxy
Putty which was not listed as high strength. The Loctite 5 minute epoxy has
a cured color of yellow
Good call. Rusty
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:40:38 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
couple of cans of diesel purge
--
Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
'82 300CD (159,xxx kmi)
'82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
1qt/250-300mi.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:45:34 -0600, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
couple of cans of diesel purge
Luther Gulseth wrote:
I'll check valves and oil leak next weekend. What about checking the
rear
side of the turbo for oil? How hard is
Thanks Kaleb Peter - You cleared that mystery up quickly!!
I really appreciate your sharing of knowledge -
;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
A Blood Test for your oil - www.youroil.net
For Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
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