OK Don wrote:
You could also capture the flexing of the tire as
it rolls and becomes flat at the bottom with a piezo-electric chip to
generate electricity, or do both!
Great feature!!
It will make good use of our failing washboard and pothole asphalt
infrastructure and this feature might also
Another Mercedes and electronics type ... how did he find out that the
Tek scopes would sweeten the deal?
Coworker. We'd talked Tek before. That makes five Tek scopes
for me, now. And one Heathkit! I just fixed the little Tek 2336,
a wire had broken off of the focus control, it was _bad_
Some of you might find this interesting reading:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w140-s-class/2212242-handy-way-determine-how-worn-out.html#post10709594
I'm going to check my cars and see where they end up.
Dan
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On Mar 9, 2015 2:44 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I think if all cars had a windmill on top that could generate electricity
to run the motors we would see huge fuel savings.
It's always great sport trying to figure out local Arizona time.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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fmiser wrote:
I think HI and AZ are the only states that still don't.
NM is seriously considering no DST - just to be like their
Yes. He sent my daughter a part and he still hasn't called me to get a
CC to pay him.
--R
On 3/9/15 7:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
No
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On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
...has anyone heard from Gary
The stealer guy said the ML wants service at like 10k intervals but the
computer will tell the driver when it wants attention. That seems kinda
crazy but I guess our electronic overlords know best.
--R
On 3/9/15 10:52 PM, Tom Savage via Mercedes wrote:
On Mar 9, 2015 8:56 PM, Craig via
Where is he getting 250hp?
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net; Mercedes Discussion
List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:19 AM
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Where is this, Mitch?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:25 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
My local RS stores are franchises that are not only staying open, but are
expanding their parts departments and are already stocking third party
electronic components.
needs a good plasti dip paint job and some rims
Yo you needs some twennyfos yo
And isn't plasti dip that stuff you use to put rubbery handles on tools?
--R
On 3/9/15 7:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
We had a deal at 2500 and he backs out. I'm going to email him from a
I'm worried about where I'll find that personal submarine I've always been
wanting should I finally hit it rich.
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Radio Shack Stores Closing
For whatever reason, I've never been able to get the US version to work. I've
tried it on different computers, with different credit cards, etc. and never
had it work.
I've probably been banned.
Nearly everything in the online EPC can be found elsewhere if you look hard
enough. I have a DAS
Better not be for $180,000.
Sky Mall always had crazy crap like that. I think they went out of business
because much of their catalog was crazy crap nobody would ever buy.
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List
Oh no! Now what overpriced weird stuff am I going to buy on the airplane?
--R
On 3/9/15 11:57 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Sky Mall is also dead or about to be so. No Sky Mall catalog on my flight
yesterday.
-Curt
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I buy stuff from DealExtreme, it is really cheap but sometimes takes a
month or 6 weeks to show up via Hong Kong post, but never a problem with
anything. Some stuff I got recently was shipped via Netherlands Post, I
have no idea what that was about.
Their web site is like crack, usually by
Plastic dip paint? WTF is he talking about?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
needs a good plasti dip paint job and some rims
Yo you needs some twennyfos yo
And isn't plasti dip that stuff you use to put rubbery handles on tools?
--R
The computer is sited in Washington, D.C. so it can track your every
movement and confiscate all your guns.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
The stealer guy said the ML wants service at like 10k intervals but the
computer will tell the
Is this the sub for a bath tub?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I'm worried about where I'll find that personal submarine I've always been
wanting should I finally hit it rich.
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That's what happens when you get in a hurry
Dan
On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Poos is so incompetent
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On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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That's what happens when you get in a hurry
Dan
On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Poos is so
If it has the acc 3 with puchbuttons, I think it does. But I don't
know. Never drove a 123 300D on the road.
I don't think a 123 has a voltage regulator porcupine?
I do think that removing and testing the fan motor is next.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On March 10, 2015
Someone on the list mentioned getting some tubing for injector return
lines from McMaster-Carr, IIRC. I also recall that it worked out well.
Since our '82 240D/3.0 is again our main driver, I have found that the
return lines are weeping rather badly. And since my lungs have recently
been insulted
Poos is so incompetent
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On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Yes, we've all been there, so I'll be happy to share
So I took the day off today to go with the wife and her sister, who is
visiting, to the Sunken
Bummer, no Dissel power option. The Transit Connect and Ram Promaster do have
Diesels, a 3.2l 5 cyl and 3.0l 4 cyl respectively
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR who likes that Diesel sound
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On Mar 10, 2015, at 10:09 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I thought Kaleb said there was no shaking?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:48 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Shaking at idle = motor mounts?
Wilton
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Shaking at idle = motor mounts?
Wilton
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Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:26 AM
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CAR SHAKE AT IDLE?
--R
On 3/10/15 11:04 AM, Kaleb
This might be fun to do, but around our locale the use of a watermelon
would not be advised
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-what-happens-when-an-airbag-deploys-a-hundredth-1690481385
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Many moons ago I worked with this woman, a sales babe (she subscribed to
this description and flaunted it, and totally was) was going on one
evening at dinner about how she and her husband took showers together
but one was always cold because both couldn't be under the shower together.
So I
Yea, it drives fine, suspension and steering feel good, shifts are
perfect if a little on the stiff side (good), has plenty of power,
idles smooth and does not shake from side to side like it has
uneven compression from a bent rod.
On 3/10/2015 9:56 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Have you
That's the power you get when you run it on FREE VEG OIL but then drops
from 40mpg to more like 25 but it is still FREE
--R
On 3/10/15 10:21 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Where is he getting 250hp?
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Rich
Fortunately it was something simple...when I saw the codes the CEL was
throwing, I was almost certain I had left it unplugged.
Six cylinder cars don't run well on five cylinders
Dan
On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:26 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes my mother used to say that
Yes, we've all been there, so I'll be happy to share
So I took the day off today to go with the wife and her sister, who is
visiting, to the Sunken Gardens, a relic of the old Florida tourista places.
We take her car, the 2005 Mazda 6, since mine is not adequate for three adults.
As I
Yes my mother used to say that haste makes waste. Glad you have it figured
out
On Mar 10, 2015 9:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
That's what happens when you get in a hurry
Dan
On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Good luck in getting the buttons to work properly. Currently I have
to punch the button next to the defrost button to get the fan
running, and then punch the middle or button on its right to get hot
or cold. Spraying the buttons mechanisms with Deoxit improved the
situation but I still have to
So we get home this afternoon and I immediately put my scanner on
it. P0306, both constant and pending, meaning that the COP for the
number six cylinder has gone south. I'm thinking I'm living right,
as cylinders one through three in this car are in back and under the
intake manifold, a
http://www.autonews.com/article/20150305/OEM04/150309896
Too bad Jaime can't convince MomBUSA to get em to bring in the Vito
Dissel in place of the gasser.
Even so, it might be an alternative to the dogde van in a few years.
(Also borrowed from the MBCA Hawaii section)
That's what happens when you let yourself run out of cold beverages -
never let that happen!
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
snip
I realized I needed to replenish my supply of cold beverages, so I drive
to the nearby grocery store to pick
I was thinking the same thing.
I believe the Adult Beverage Low Warning Light may have been flashing at
a high cyclic rate that caused a shadow which blanked out the coil
connection from normal vision recognition.
The ABLWL light works in conjunction with the ABOLL [Adult Beverage Over
Limit
Sounds like an autocentric Catfish.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Retain Snook, sue the kid in small claims court.
Or get over it and find a different car to buy...
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
1/8 ID viton tubing.I think it was Curt who used McMaster. I
bought it locally
Someone on the list mentioned getting some tubing for injector return
lines from McMaster-Carr, IIRC. I also recall that it worked out well.
Since our '82 240D/3.0 is again our main driver, I have found that
K'leb car:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-4-DOOR-LOADED-1990-mercedes-benz-350-sdl-diesel-/251871916602?forcerrptr=truehash=item3aa4bc723aitem=251871916602pt=US_Cars_Trucks
not a 1991, but at kleb price, and rebuilt rodbender.
Wish I knew someone who'd drive a car from Miami
I need to check my 97 e300, it shifts fine but I suspect it is
getting a little on the worn out side. I think that is the deal
with these .6 boxes, they shift fine even when worn out until they
just quit, but that is just my impression.
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Have you done a test drive?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
This thing has been bugging me big time. I have wanted a last model year
126 diesel for many many years but they almost never come up for sale.
This one is pretty well
SO spring for the extra $300 - YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Yea, it drives fine, suspension and steering feel good, shifts are perfect
if a little on the stiff side (good), has plenty of power, idles smooth
This thing has been bugging me big time. I have wanted a last
model year 126 diesel for many many years but they almost never
come up for sale. This one is pretty well documented service
wise. It still has a chance of bending rods I suppose but at 228K
I think the big chance of that has
I'm using both Vista and Windows 7, at home (work blocks the Java connection to
servers not on a white list, I think). Need to have current Java installed and
set up correctly. Mac is not supported.
Sometimes a Java update will kill it until the EPC developers catch up, may
take a month or
Didn't that chain get bought by Family Dollar? Or the other way
around? Might be reorientation over that.
--R
On 3/10/15 3:18 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Radio junk here was gone in a week after the announcement.
We used to have 2 radio junk stores.
Today I see the Dollar
Sounds like top gear may be stripped.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31824040
Borrowed form MBCA Hawaii section:
Don't know, don't care no cable tv.
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Anyone read the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand?
I am just about through it.
About Louis Zamperini - an American who crashed into the Pacific and
survived 46 days in a life raft and then about 2 years as a Japanese POW.
I think there is a movie now too but have not seen it.
A pretty good
There's a fine line between charm and irritating...
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
bub but but that was the charm of the show!
--R
On 3/10/15 2:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
I hadn't realized he was such an a**hole.
We rednecks are offended that he has been suspended.
I think I will write to complain.
(or, in other words, let us make this into one more politically correct
boring show so no one will want to watch it anyway)
RB
On 10/03/2015 1:43 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
bub but but that was
So, when the producer said The show's executive producer, Andy Wilman,
described last year as an anus horribilis for the programme he was
referring to Jeremy?
But the irritation was the charm, like how someone so irritating could
be so... irritating. It made it fun to watch him be subjected
Radio junk here was gone in a week after the announcement.
We used to have 2 radio junk stores.
Today I see the Dollar General is closing. Bad sign when Dollar Gen
can't make it.
Family Dollar near my Daughter's house is gone also, but Dollar Gen
closed one and opened 2 new stores there.
Not clear if his racial slurs occurred on or off the air.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
We rednecks are offended that he has been suspended.
I think I will write to complain.
(or, in other words, let us make this into one more
For anyone keeping track, I changed out the PBU with a spare I have and the
same thing occurs where the interior fan does not come on when the Hi-speed fan
and middle (lower) PBU button are depressed after the car is started but the
fan will start when the defrost button is depressed, so it
So, when the producer said The show's executive producer, Andy
Wilman, described last year as an anus horribilis for the programme
he was referring to Jeremy?
But the irritation was the charm, like how someone so irritating could
be so... irritating. It made it fun to watch him be
Supposed to be a great movie, which of course means it won't do well
at the box office but will be around a long time. NPR interviewed the
director a couple months ago, and the guy it's based on got to see a
preliminary cut, he died before it was finalized.
I plan to see it one way or
I love Granny, but I fear her experience with the motors was limited
only to her accepting the chauffeur into the family!
--R
On 3/10/15 6:23 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:
So, when the producer said The show's executive producer, Andy
Wilman, described last year as an anus
You can if you want, but it appears his ad is down. So either he is really a
mommas boy and she told him he can't sell it for whatever reason so he took the
ad down or he sold it.
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On Mar 10, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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You
I texted him this morning and told him I was still thinking about it and would
come look at it again tomorrow. He now says his mother won't let him sell it at
all. I suspect he is a flake and had somebody offer more than we agreed to and
he has come up with this story. Oh well.
Sent from my
I don't think a 123 has a voltage regulator porcupine?
I do think that removing and testing the fan motor is next.
--
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Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On March 10, 2015 5:48:51 PM EDT, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Try getting a used fan and swap it out.
The W123 has a resistor network up by the air filter housing somewhere
I think (I'll check with my brother). At least somewhere up front on
the passenger side, as my brother had to fix his where the car got hit.
If the connections at the resistor network are bad, the fan will work
You want me to call him and act like an interested party?
Dan
On Mar 10, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I texted him this morning and told him I was still thinking about it and
would come look at it again tomorrow. He now says his mother
Retain Snook, sue the kid in small claims court.
Or get over it and find a different car to buy...
--
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Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
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Good luck in getting the buttons to work properly. Currently I have to punch
the button next to the defrost button to get the fan running, and then punch
the middle or button on its right to get hot or cold. Spraying the buttons
mechanisms with Deoxit improved the situation but I still have to
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