Jim Cathey wrote:
I finally cashed it in to tide me over until I got my
very first paycheck post-BS.
...What else was I going to use it on, anyway?)
Uh - car parts? *grin*
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On Aug 27, 2012 11:50 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
doing. It is a safety item, and I to have those working.
...
out of a probable ticket because I had a spare with me. The
Indeed, two good reasons. Guess I'll add some to the kits. :)
Are you missing the split ring spring washers on
relng...@aol.com wrote:
I made a change to public so try again.
https://picasaweb.google.com/117530990844305295379/2012MBCASEATTLECARSHOW
Yes, opening it to public view helps. ;-)
So #1 is your car, and #17 is Frosh?
I'd kind of expected Frosh to be a heap, but it looks quite nice.
Mitch.
but but but Break system flushed
--R
On 8/27/12 11:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Wrecked 240d for only 4k
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/3231578828.html
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I should have said that I have all the bits off an '83 I could swap into this
car which would give me later type glow with the newer pencil type plugs.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:17:05 -0500
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
Curt Raymond wrote:
I should have said that I have all the bits off an '83 I could swap into this
car which would give me later type glow with the newer pencil type plugs.
Does your head require thread adapters for the modern plugs?
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Yep, 'takes the cake for crack (or something) consumption.
Wilton
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
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Subject: [MBZ] Most crack I have seen in a while
Wrecked 240d
That's nothing. They make multicolor LED strips with controllers that you can
set up to respond to your stereo output.
I was looking at them with my son (thank goodness he didn't want to put some in
his car!)
They are actually pretty cool, as it's easy to set up and cut the strips to
length
I am going to set up some of those for my undercounter lights in my new
kitchen and program several profiles, maybe put some motion/light
sensors around and what not to turn them on or adjust colors and
brightness for night, day, people in there, music?, etc. though the
music thing would
Here are some pictures of the SG:
http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/howard-hughes-spruce-goose-1947/
Dan
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This is the place we were looking at:
http://www.elementalled.com/high-density-rgb-led-strip-light-by-the-spool.html
They have an amazing amount of LED strips, controllers, etc. I can see where
one could get carried away with this stuff quite easily.
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Rich
Yep, I need to string these all along under the car, around wheel wells,
etc., on my 350SDL. Would that make me a dude or just another damned
fool? Oh, maybe I could start wearing my pants with the crotch way down
between my knees, too. ;)
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Dan
Yes, 'seems they really could work nicely for undercounter lights, 'stead of
the small/thin fluorescents I installed 24 years ago.
Wilton
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From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday,
I sourced a few parts on the blue w115. The euro lights were Gump's. It is
good to see that at least part of her lives on.
clay
On Aug 27, 2012, at 9:39 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Works fine on Firefox.
https://picasaweb.google.com/117530990844305295379/2012MBCASEATTLECARSHOW
RLE
I think those are the same as Ladyada's
http://learn.adafruit.com/digital-led-strip
Using an Arduino to drive them gives a lot of flexibility and
integration with other sensors and such, even a remote.
--R
On 8/28/12 12:31 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
This is the place we were looking at:
Meaning did it originally have loop plugs? Yes.
Do you need adapters? No. Q sells the big base pencil style plugs.
Until yesterday I'd thought that the convert type plugs weren't as good as the
small base plugs because my car really won't start without the block heater
below about 15F. My '83
She came to me complete but with much deferred maintenance. Polish and wax, as
well as upgrading the worn parts really helps make her pretty. I figure I have
another month of worthwhile weather to make her pop before she gets garaged for
the winter.
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone
Frosh definitely looks nice. The Mercedes Martha Stewart would be proud.
Based on some of your descriptions I would have thought much the same as Mitch.
I never liked that green color on the sedans, but it looks nice on your car.
That lower door cladding really pops with that color, for some
Last night after replacing the glow plug fuse I sized up the oil cooler for
replacement. Its leaking pretty badly so this needs to be sooner rather than
later.
I have 2 replacement oil coolers in what I thought were the 2 styles, one has
ports top and bottom, the other has both at the bottom.
If you go with the lights, you will have to install the bouncing/jumping
low-rider hydraulics
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
On Aug 28,
Thanks. Clay bar and Griots speed shine, as well as hours of ROB and wax.
Roger makes a 10 footer look really nice. Next year's project is having
Griot's walk me through their polish process to get the swirls and scratch
marks out.
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D -
The older finishes are really forgiving. I like to get these and bring them
back, because short of physical damage, it's pretty easy to do, and people seem
amazed at how nice they look when you're done, especially if they see the
before condition.
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 1:53 PM, clay
Curt Raymond wrote:
Well okay I THOUGHT there were only 2 types, turns out theres at least 3. This
one has both ports at the bottom but is only 3/4 the size of the other bottom
port oil cooler I have... It attaches directly to the radiator (might be the
shroud, I'd have to look) with what
In my continuing effort to stay on topic...
As I said yesterday the main feed wire to the glowplugs on my 240D got melted.
There is some minor damage to the wire.
As a stop-gap I put some split loom over the damaged part and zip tied the wire
out of the way. The larger problem is that the wire
I'd say 8g, you can get single-cable short lengths at HD or Lowes, or
any electrical supply shop will cut a bit for you. If you want bigger,
the 3-wire stuff for connecting panels to boxes comes in larger sizes,
you can get that at Lowes/HD too off spools in any length.
--R
On 8/28/12 2:33
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I'd say 8g, you can get single-cable short lengths at HD or Lowes, or
any electrical supply shop will cut a bit for you. If you want
bigger, the 3-wire stuff for connecting panels to boxes comes in
larger sizes, you can get that at
Curt Raymond wrote:
I should have said that I have all the bits off an '83 I
could swap into this car which would give me later type glow
with the newer pencil type plugs.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Does your head require thread adapters for the modern plugs?
There is a glow plug with
I would definitely agree - always use stranded as opposed to solid copper in an
application like this. You'll get more current using stranded as well.
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I'd say 8g, you can get
As far as I can tell the turbo cars use the top/bottom type. Non-turbo appear
to use the bottom only type but there seem to be 2 sizes. My '83 240D
definitely used the larger of the two but the ports are basically in the same
place.
I wonder if I can make a plate to use the larger type in
Will Lowes/HD have multi-strand wire? I don't think single strand will survive
automotive usage.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:45:50 -0400
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What gauge wire to use?
I use this wire gauge and usually use pieces of an orange 12 gauge extension
cord because it has a very tough cover that prevents accidental shorts from
wire rubbing on metal. According to the chart, you can use one 12 gauge
wire for 100 amps at 12 volts if it's not more than 5 feet long. I
Yes, they will, both in spools and cut to length. One thing that might appear
weird is that it will most likely have a Teflon or clear jacket over the
(colored) insulation. This is normal and is actually good for applications
such as automobiles. I have some rolls of this I used for running
Curt Raymond wrote:
Anyway I'm obviously going to replace the roasted wire but
what size should it be? The biggest wire I can easily get
locally is 10ga which is what I used to the glowplugs but this
wire seems a bit larger. I'm thinking its 8ga which I would
have to order although its not
And crimp connectors with soldered barrels make the connections very permanent.
I don't like crimp connectors myself, but when I do use them I solder the
conductors in them, too. Sort of a belt and suspenders approach.
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Yes, they will, both
Rich Thomas writes:
I'd say 8g, you can get single-cable short lengths at HD or
Lowes, or any electrical supply shop will cut a bit for
you. If you want bigger, the 3-wire stuff for connecting
panels to boxes comes in larger sizes, you can get that at
Lowes/HD too off spools in any
If you are going this big gauge-wise, definitely go to a FLAPS or a NAPA store
and buy bulk battery cable. It will be far better for current draw, as it will
have a much higher conductor count, and the jacket will be better suited for
the under hood environment.
Even better if you can find it
You can get rubber jacketed non-UL rated welding cable down to 6 AWG.
I like the heavier stuff for some kick-ass starter cables. We had scraps of it
all over the place when I was in the generator business.
Amazing how much faster they spin when there is nearly 0 voltage drop...
You want some
Used to be common with VW Vanagons to upgrade the main from the battery
to the starter. With the battery under the front passenger seat, and
the starter WAYYY in the back, the stock cable was just barely adequate
to the task. Was probably close to a 10' run. They are difficult to
jump start for
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
Plus the 40db above the threshold of pain music(?)
From: clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] You need this
If
All that bigger stuff is stranded. Anything 10 or lower gauge. 12g is
the biggest solid I have seen or used - anything thicker would be too
stiff to work with, and might break more easily.
On the breakage aspect -- I have the rough wiring done in my addition.
I had some old (like 20yr) 12g
That is probably the single-wire stuff to use for pulling through
conduit (and it is rated higher temp I believe). I have rolls of that
too in multiple colors, 12g stranded actually. I think that is labeled
THHN. I found a whole load of almost full rolls in a dumpster on the
Rice U
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:55:48 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Yes, 'seems they really could work nicely for undercounter lights,
'stead of the small/thin fluorescents I installed 24 years ago.
If you want single color, constant undercabinet lighting for your kitchen
or elsewhere, do what
Craig diese...@pisquared.net writes:
If you want single color, constant undercabinet lighting for your kitchen
or elsewhere, do what we did and buy some ultrabright LED strip lights
from
http://inspiredled.com/
The particular product we bought is listed at
Either that or a poobah. Not sure.
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Is that a grand kleagle?
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Dan Penoff wrote:
I don't like crimp connectors myself, but when I do use them I
solder the conductors in them, too. Sort of a belt and
suspenders approach.
A well done crimp is _better_ than soldered in the vibration
prone environment in a car. That's because to get the wire hot
enough to
Most people don't know how to do a proper crimp, and/or they don't have the
right tools, either. Half the battle is having the correct tool to do the
crimping, as many DIY'ers think that smashing the terminal to bits is the way
to go. I thoroughly detest those plier-like plastic handled
Alles.
The proper crimping tool creates a weld of the wire to connector
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] What
...So #1 is your car, and #17 is Frosh?
I'd kind of expected Frosh to be a heap, but it looks quite nice...
Number one is my C300, five years old in October and the green SL is Clay's
and it reflects a lot of effort.
RLE
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Gerry Archer wrote:
According to the chart, you can use one 12 gauge wire for 100
amps at 12 volts if it's not more than 5 feet long.
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/12-volt-wire-gauge-amps.htm
That chart does not mention voltage drop. Often that is far
more a factor than the ability of the
Rich Thomas wrote:
The new stuff is sh*t compared to the old stuff. While I guess
it is the same gauge and current capacity, it breaks much more
easily when bending around screw terminals and such. I talked
to the inspector about that, and he and both speculated that
some kind of alloy is
The wires in Gump were stranded to the GPs front and back, but solid toaster
bent copper between them. Front wire is four or five inches long
clay
On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I'd say 8g, you can get
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty hot Looks to
be worth every penny.
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3233953705.html
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On Behalf Of Rolf
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:07 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] Petit LeMans 2012 @ road atlanta
Anyone going?
It is getting very hard here in RI. Our local Mobil station used to carry
it but that is now a liquor store and no approved formulas there. MB
dealer has it $$$
One FLAPS still has it locally_ i think Autozone. I have never seen it at
Wally's.
Dwight
Mobil1 ATF in 82 300CD and 90 300D.
On Sat,
Rolf wrote:
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty hot Looks to be
worth every penny.
No kidding - seems real nice.
What are problems with late 3.8 engines?
Wasn't there single chain in early engines, later ones had double chain?
Is this double chain?
Maybe a move over from
It's a 280 6 cylinder not a 380 V8. Great combo!
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On Aug 28, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Rolf wrote:
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty hot Looks to be
worth every penny.
No kidding - seems real nice.
What are
Yeah, this is right up there with the M104 powered 380SEL that I lust after. A
nice big sedan that just cruises along all day...
Dan
On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:48 PM, John Freer wrote:
It's a 280 6 cylinder not a 380 V8. Great combo!
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On Aug 28, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Mountain
You will be lusting for a long time before you'll find a M104 380SEL,
perhaps if you change the 8 to a 0 you might get luck sooner?
Hendrik
who is stirring the brown stinky stuff
On 29/08/12 09:29, Dan Penoff wrote:
Yeah, this is right up there with the M104 powered 380SEL that I lust after.
That should have been M103 300SEL.
Dan
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On Aug 28, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
You will be lusting for a long time before you'll find a M104 380SEL, perhaps
if you change the 8 to a 0 you might get luck sooner?
Hendrik
who is stirring
Yep, that looks really nice... all the right options too. Manual climate
control, heated seats, tempomat, sunroof.
If it had velour, I'd consider a trip to Denver!
Jaime
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Rolf r...@winmutt.com wrote:
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty
Replace the engine with a 603 and you'd have something ;)
Notice the big ole York AC compressor? Interesting for that late a car. Manual
climate controls too.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:01:05 -0400
From: Rolf r...@winmutt.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject:
I think a lot of places have cut back on the more expensive stuff that sells
less.
That said I bought a quart last week at Autozone in Rindge, NH.
Next oil change I'm going to put 15w50 in my 240D since I found it in 5qt
bottles at Wally's, I'll check on M1 ATF.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012
And the kids get exercise winding down the rear windows.
Velour?? You could just wear this whilst driving
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PinkBathrobe.JPG
Or whack these in the bus
http://www.amazon.com/Velour-Zebra-Covers-Bucket-Airbags/dp/B004L5KEAQ
Or these
Try your local Ace hardware electrical section.. they sell, by the foot, a
type of wire that is made for use in very high temperature environs. Could
be the answer to finding replacement wire for your damaged one. As I
recall, it uses woven glass fiber insulation around a silicone core which
Flourescents in food buildings are supposed to be covered with clear
shattershields of shatterproof bulbs. Either should be available at
electric wholesale shops.
Going to look into this to replace the flourescent tubes in my Viking
range hood. Don't really like the idea of flourescents
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Rolf r...@winmutt.com wrote:
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty hot Looks to
be
worth every penny.
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3233953705.html
I drove a Euro 380SE with AMG suspension and body kit a while back that was
that
Rich Thomas wrote:
The new stuff is sh*t compared to the old stuff. While I
guess it is the same gauge and current capacity, it breaks
much more easily when bending around screw terminals and
such. I talked to the inspector about that, and he and
both speculated that some kind
Ah.. OOpps... sorry, thought we were still talking about glo plug
wiring...
Grant...
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
The new stuff is sh*t compared to the old stuff. While I
guess it is the same gauge and current
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Rolf r...@winmutt.com wrote:
I'm not a vergasser kind of guy but this car is pretty hot Looks to
be
worth every penny.
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3233953705.html
As john pointed out, this is not a 380, but a 280SE.
To my thinking, the
Cat. 2 but slow moving so perhaps the rain will lead to comparable
widespread flooding, despite less of a storm surge compared to
Katrina.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Isaac
Almost 7 years to the day from Katrina
very similar path. Looks to hit
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:50:27 -0500 Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
wrote:
Craig - right in your back yard.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/08/19/forrest-fenn-wants-you-to-find-his-treasure-and-his-bones.html
Well, not RIGHT in my backyard, but certainly closer than it is to
Yeah, it failed the Katrina path by not intensifying in the last few
hours before landfall, and turning east. Good! Even though there is
a lot of water, the destruction won't be as bad. Hope Russ and his
family weather it ok.
Cat. 2 but slow moving so perhaps the rain will lead to
That's because to get the wire hot enough to solder it increases the
brittleness of the wire making it more prone to breaking at the
connector...
Which is why only stranded wire should be used in applications where
vibration is present. Eventually the solid wire will work harden at the
This afternoon, the HR person at the W.M. Keck Observatory called and
asked if I wanted to continue with the interview process. I said, Yes.
(What else would I answer?).
He said they wanted to do a panel interview over the telephone about the
technical details of the work involved. The people on
Getting some wind gust now. No heavy rain yet.
Forecast is saying won't pass BR until tomorrow night.
So standing by for a bunch of rain tomorrow.
N.O. has had some heavy rain but NO flooding.
At Midnight track is WNW @7 mph.
Russ W.
Hunkered down in Gonzales, La
On 8/28/2012 22:18, andrew
Good Luck Hope it goes well.
On 8/28/2012 23:23, Craig wrote:
This afternoon, the HR person at the W.M. Keck Observatory called and
asked if I wanted to continue with the interview process. I said, Yes.
(What else would I answer?).
He said they wanted to do a panel interview over the telephone
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