I was going to place an order but for seom reason they wouldn't take a
personal cheque!
Swine!
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funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been out at
the crime scene cleaning it up etc. Then the house burned down. Guess
somebody must have accidentally set fire to it.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Wonko the Sane wrote:
If done correctly (carefully), intent is almost impossible to
17-20 is about right for a gas 126
Steve MacSween wrote:
H how odd where are all those guys who used to run down the turbodiesel
crowd, claiming they were getting 17-20 mpg on their gas 126ers without the
hassles of diesels, etc.?
Heh heh. You all make funny.
Mac
on 7/4/08 15:21,
Rich said.
I just moved to the Charleston SC area...
--R
*** So you up and left Houston, huh? IIR Max Dillon is in the Charleston
area...
Royce
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Sounds to me that he needs a Rhode Island boat ride. Y'know, free
ride out to the fishing grounds and walk back.
Fred Moir
Used to live in Portsmouth RI.where there was an 190V in the family.
At 09:52 AM 7/6/2008, you wrote:
funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:52:02 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
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funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been out at
the crime scene cleaning it up etc. Then the house burned down. Guess
somebody must have accidentally set fire to it.
You're kidding, right?
no, not sure who did what though
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:52:02 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been out at
the crime scene cleaning it up etc. Then the house burned down. Guess
somebody
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Ok, so how do you remove it? Doing a compressor/drier and will convert
to 134 so doing the whole ball of wax. I have the cover thing off, and
the whole wiper assembly removed. The outside lines are easy to get to,
just one bolt in the center of the manifold thing
Well you can rest assured that if he did it or had it done, and there is any
evidence to it having been arson, the insurance company will now be on his
butt as well.
This guy sounds like he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Mac
on 7/6/08 10:37, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What sort of cycle is that based on? (Urban vs rural)
Mac
on 7/6/08 9:57, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
17-20 is about right for a gas 126
Steve MacSween wrote:
H how odd where are all those guys who used to run down the turbodiesel
crowd, claiming they were
Around Bahstahn on 128 they would read the Herald, a tabloid, that fit
well on the steering wheel.
--R
Wonko the Sane wrote:
I used to see guys (almost exclusively male it seemed) trying to read the
morning edition of The Washington Post while driving north on I-95 to DC.
On Sat, Jul 5,
Yep, moved to the Low Country, a beautiful area. Would be nice if our
stuff shows up sometime, was supposed to be here Thursday but now maybe
Mon or Tues. It is sitting here somewhere but they can't get a crew to
offload it onto shuttle trucks to get down the drive to our house, so
they say.
The 420SEL should get an average of 15 MPG in town and 18 MPG on the road.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Hi Curt,
You wrote 5 star food. Its not quite twice as expensive as Science diet (1
star garbage
WHere does the 5 Star/1 Star come from? Is someone rating it? Where can I
find the rating system?
Thx ya'll - now this is something *really* important - what we put in out
dog's mouth !
;-)
Insurance? What insurance? These people do not pay insurance, taxes,
or anything like that.
Steve MacSween wrote:
Well you can rest assured that if he did it or had it done, and there is any
evidence to it having been arson, the insurance company will now be on his
butt as well.
This guy
Thats about what I have got under normal driving mixed city/highway
Steve MacSween wrote:
What sort of cycle is that based on? (Urban vs rural)
Mac
on 7/6/08 9:57, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
17-20 is about right for a gas 126
Steve MacSween wrote:
H how odd
Well that is more or less what I have heard locally.
Is the w126 300sel any better?
Mac
on 7/6/08 12:02, Tom Hargrave at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 420SEL should get an average of 15 MPG in town and 18 MPG on the road.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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Oh ok I was assuming the house was insured.
on 7/6/08 12:05, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Insurance? What insurance? These people do not pay insurance, taxes,
or anything like that.
Steve MacSween wrote:
Well you can rest assured that if he did it or had it done, and
no, except a properly running 420 will get a little better than that
Steve MacSween wrote:
Well that is more or less what I have heard locally.
Is the w126 300sel any better?
Mac
on 7/6/08 12:02, Tom Hargrave at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 420SEL should get an average of 15 MPG in
at least at the moment its cheap
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94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL,
89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86
My brother's wife is from Germany, and her sister (an architect)
rented one for a trip from Berlin to Frankfort. not a pleasant trip,
best described and they weren't designed for this.
I expect them to have a short life -- they are about the same as the
old three-wheeled things that
A pity.
Wilton
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Subject: [MBZ] pimp your SDL
'Bout a year ago, my wife and another couple were returning home on an early
evening after dinner at a restaurant in a nearby small town. On the
four-lane devided highway, we came up behind a vehicle weaving back and
forth from left of center to the right edge of the pavement and up and down
from
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The current Consumer Reports has a small article about the Smart and for
once
I agree with them. Slow, horrible ride, herky-jerky autobox, so-so economy,
on premium of course.
RLE
I know it's nicking pits, but Smart's do not have an
Gary posted the propaganda website some time ago:
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/
Everything they say makes sense to me...
-Curt
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I am wondering if they have made a bad choice with the new gas powerplant.
Until 2008 they were all diesel here in Canada (IIRC) and this is the first
I have heard criticisms like this. But even in Canada, with our much higher
market penetration for diesels, this was a sticking point for many
Well, Figured out what the deal was with the AC I guess. The
compressor. It turns but is stiff. Swapped it for a good used OE one,
changed the drier and expansion valve. Pulled a vacuum, charged it up
and its cooling pretty darn good. Converted to 134 and it seems done
the proper way it
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:20:13 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
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My only concern is the high side
pressure. At idle, with temp about 95 outside, its running about 400.
low side about 60. Rev it up and high will peg on the guage, low will
drop to about 40 I guess.
I do
Kaleb,
Check the rotation of the Aux fan.
I was by my Indy's shop the other day.
My buddy was helping another tech do a evaporator.
After the Evap change and New Drier. High side
was was thru the roof like yours.
When the other tech shut down the car buddy noticed
Aux fans were turning the wrong
'Doesn't make me feel bad at all, Russ. Like I said - 'didn't have to
hurry, 'didn't have to impress anybody and 'didn't have a customer/client
waiting.
Wilton
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Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been out at
the crime scene cleaning it up etc. Then the house burned down. Guess
somebody must have accidentally set fire to it.
Too bad he's prohibited from leaving the state. I think that boy would be
All that work and he didn't replace the opaque fog lamp lenses?
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Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
17-20 is about right for a gas 126
How about a federalized euro 500SEL?
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Wilton Strickland wrote:
we came up behind a vehicle weaving back and
forth from left of center to the right edge of the pavement and up and down
from 60 mph to 40 mph.
That's why you should keep your state police department's drunk driver hotline
on speed dial. I'd report her in an instant.
..I know it's nicking pits, but Smart's do not have an Automatic
transmission...
Not exactly. Here's what Edmunds says about it.
First, not to put too fine a point on it, but the transmission sucks. It's
not a letdown. It's not a disappointment. It sucks. I should explain that it
uses an
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Either this
guy is really stupid or there is more to the story.
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain
'90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply
Grand Voyager
I'm replacing a door stop on the 94 S350 and I can't get the pin off
of the frame side. Anyone have any ideas to get it to move?
Thanks
-Dave Walton
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I had the fun experience one day flying on the world's highest-time DC-3
still in commercial airline service, from Hyannis to Nantucket at about
800 ft on a glorious fall day, sitting in the huge original seats and
looking out the windows at the lovely view of the Cape and the Islands.
Noisy
*Half A Head...*
A man walked into the produce section of his local supermarket and asked
to buy a half head of lettuce. The boy working in that department told
him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce. The man was insistent
that the boy ask his manager about the matter.
Walking into
In a message dated 7/6/2008 12:20:37 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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At idle, with temp about 95 outside, its running about 400.
low side about 60. Rev it up and high will peg on the guage, low will
drop to about 40 I guess. Other than that, it cools great,
My wife and I got a ride in one of these last Thursday - this is
REALLY flying!!! Cruising around at 500 ft. and 60-70mph,waving at
those on the ground who looked up, and taking lots of photos. A breezy
has to be one of the great aerial photo platforms. Got a photo of Garh
Brook's entryway from
More monay than brain.
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] pimp your SDL
All that work and he didn't replace the opaque fog lamp lenses?
This year's Porsche Parade (PCA's annual convention, the 53rd)) was held last
week in Charlotte, NC. About 2000 registrants from all over the country and
Europe spent the week doing things Porsche which included the Concours on
Uptown Charlotte's closed streets, two rallies, one a gimmick and
I have usually seen 350 or so on the high side. After watching it a
little futher, it did drop down to about that range finally.
On the same project, I noticed the compressor was running ALL the time,
would not turn off even if you put in ec mode, would not turn off even
if you pulled the
PS, the fuel guage all the sudden started working, although it twitches
from time to time
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:20:13 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My only concern is the high side
pressure. At idle, with temp about 95 outside, its running about
I will checked that but iirc it was turning the right way. Will double
check it though.
Russ Williams wrote:
Kaleb,
Check the rotation of the Aux fan.
I was by my Indy's shop the other day.
My buddy was helping another tech do a evaporator.
After the Evap change and New Drier. High side
Well, he has a hearing in a couple of weeks to see if he can leave the
state or not. Regardless, he will either be taken out, or he will flee.
I almost guarantee it.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
funny thing happened just the other day. Guess Jeremy has been out at
the
Well, the one I have here that my wifes uncle was driving he said he was
getting low to mid 20's
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
17-20 is about right for a gas 126
How about a federalized euro 500SEL?
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I charged it 85% of the r12 amount
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At idle, with temp about 95 outside, its running about 400.
low side about 60. Rev it up and high will peg on the guage, low
I thought you were going to pass out my business cards, no?
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This year's Porsche Parade (PCA's
This has been around awhile and some of you may have seen it, if so delete
or better yet listen again. Makes sense to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPch2k63uj4
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Wifey was driving the '87 Acura Legend today (109, 30% humidity). She said
she heard a noise, something started smelling hot so she shut off the AC and
continued on home. When she got home, I started the engine and it idles
fine. When I switch on the AC, the belt stop and the pulley on the
Sounds like the clutch engages and disengages just fine, but the compressor
doesn't want to rotate.
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I am sure it has clutchna compressor is probably cheaper, call us tgommorow.
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Subject: [MBZ] A Bit O.T. Acura AC Comp Lock Up
Did you clean out all the crud stuck between the condenser and
radiator? My brother's SDL was about half covered with dead bugs.
No AC (bad compressor, fixed this summer), but it ran too warm on
long grades in West Virginia a couple years ago. Much cooler on that
trip this time.
A
Did you take the E-washer off?
Peter
On Jul 6, 2008, at 4:56 PM, dave walton wrote:
I'm replacing a door stop on the 94 S350 and I can't get the pin off
of the frame side. Anyone have any ideas to get it to move?
Thanks
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No, have not checked that but I will. The coolant temp is just fine though.
The compressor is not stiff, the old one was though.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Did you clean out all the crud stuck between the condenser and
radiator? My brother's SDL was about half covered with dead bugs.
No AC
Replace it, it's shot. It's a thermistor, and I haven't found a way
to get the clip apart to solder in a cheap one.
Peter
On Jul 6, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I have usually seen 350 or so on the high side. After watching it a
little futher, it did drop down to about that
Is if its shot it will cycle the compressor too much? Kind of what I
figured but wanted to make sure.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Replace it, it's shot. It's a thermistor, and I haven't found a way
to get the clip apart to solder in a cheap one.
Peter
On Jul 6, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Kaleb C.
Yup. It has too much resistance, telling the PBCU that the
evaporator is too cold, so it switches off the compressor.
Leaving it jumpered (so that the PBCU thinks it's very hot) will
freeze the evaporator up.
Peter
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yea, I figured that out!! I will order a new one or pull one off
another car I guess. Think im going to drive it to work tomorrow so it
wont be running that long with it jumpered. I suppose its also possible
the wiring has resistance in it because the rats did chew completely
thru that wire
10-4. Thanks, Rusty. I'll call you in the AM, but I won't mess with it until
we're back from Illinois.
Bob R
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That's kinda what I figure. Thanks for verifying, Mitch.
Bob R
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Sounds like
One of you should buy one of them. Both are very nice. The E420 is a
VERY VERY nice car. Dont want to sell it. WOuld almost rather sell it
than the SL though, since I dont have another SL but I have other 124's,
even though this is the only E420 I have. Put them both out there,
whichever
...I thought you were going to pass out my business cards, no?..
I will be passing out when my Visa bill arrives.
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I was attacking the pin from the top as illustrated in WIS. Mercedes
has a special tool. That did not get me very far seeing as how I don't
have the tool. Pounding from below with a pry bar pointy end at the
bottom of the pin and an 8 pound sledge did the trick. The pin has
longitudinal striations
We emailed back and forth a few times today. When I asked him why he
pulled the head, he stopped replying. Something is up.
-Dave Walton
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what kind of idiot would pull the entire engine/trans to fix a tranny
leak, then
Pounding from below with a pry bar pointy end at the
bottom of the pin and an 8 pound sledge did the trick.
BFH does the trick every time.
-- Jim
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When I switch on the AC, the belt stop and the pulley on the
compressor freezes.
Your compressor is seized. I've actually un-seized one,
on the 190D. But it has a belt-saver Klima that worked
to prevent system damage.
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Anybody know how to check that evap sensor? Guess
that's my problem.
That sensor has a resistance versus temperature rating
chart. I've reproduced it in my troubleshooting checklist:
http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/mamerepairs.html
-- Jim
Converted to 134 and it seems done
the proper way it cools just fine.
At best it's only capable of about 80% of the cooling
of an R12 system, unless you changed out parts like
the condensor and/or evaporator. That may be good enough
for where you live.
My only concern is the high side
most people use dexron type ATF in their older mercedes, probably mostly
because that is the stuff you find everywhere that is known simply as
automatic transmission fluid. i'm coming across the idea, however, that
type F is better stuff to use as it produces crisper shifts and therefore
less
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:31:08 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose its also possible the wiring has resistance in it because the
rats did chew completely thru that wire which I had to splice. Maybe
the slice is giving it some resistance.
Not much resistance compared
My '82 300CD was purchased cheap because the dealer had condemned the
transmission to a rebuild. When the transmission was partially warmed up (or
hot) it would slip out of first and second gears when under anything more than
half throttle. They had changed the fluid and added Lucas No-Slip, but
I have never heard this before
Gary Hurst wrote:
most people use dexron type ATF in their older mercedes, probably mostly
because that is the stuff you find everywhere that is known simply as
automatic transmission fluid. i'm coming across the idea, however, that
type F is better stuff to
on 7/6/08 23:04, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
most people use dexron type ATF in their older mercedes, probably mostly
because that is the stuff you find everywhere that is known simply as
automatic transmission fluid. i'm coming across the idea, however, that
type F is better
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