Re: [MBZ] touchups

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
You made this far more difficult than necessary, I think. I just use the formula: .7x = .5 which equals .7143 or 71.43% Where the .7 represents 70% isopropyl alcohol and .5 represents the 50% dilution I want. 1 - .7143 = .2857 or 28.57% Meaning that any bottle I fill using 70% isopropyl alc

Re: [MBZ] I have come to the conclusion BAT buyers are morons with more money than sense.

2017-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
money laundering --R On 8/11/17 8:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mercedes-benz-300e/ Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscrib

[MBZ] Interesting 6.9 on BAT

2017-08-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Wonder what this will bring. Has my favorite radio - the Becker Mexico although the cassette needs to be fixed. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-mercedes-benz-450sel-6-9/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-08-12 ___ http://www.okiebenz

Re: [MBZ] I have come to the conclusion BAT buyers are morons with more money than sense.

2017-08-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Hmmm perhaps Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2017, at 9:13 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > money laundering > > --R > > >> On 8/11/17 8:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mercedes-benz-300e/ >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ___

[MBZ] OT Attaboy

2017-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have this little lawn tractor mower I got from the PO of our property, 9 years ago. I have done nothing to it but change the battery a coupla times. Put new belts (mower and drive) on it to get the mower running again (the belts are somewhat problematic but it is what it is). Ran fine unti

Re: [MBZ] OT Attaboy

2017-08-12 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Bravo! I need to get some stuff, might be heading out there tomorrow. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://m

[MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
As usual, it’s hotter than Hades and humid like the Amazon, so I got out early (8:00) and swapped the fuel filter on the E320 and drained/refilled the power steering reservoir. I really like those special clips they use on later model hoses - with my special pliers they just snap off and clip b

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 12, 2017 at 2:19 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Cleaned up and ran some errands. Went to my FFL to pick up a semiauto 12 > gauge Lanber shotgun I bought from a Cabela’s in SD. Like this? http://www.gunbroker.com/item/680296739 > I’ve got 10 cases of ammo I bought a

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Congrats on getting that new shotgun! Anytime you can find a bargain at Cabela's, gotta go for it. I usually get some reloading supplies when I go there. Hopefully I will get to the range again in another couple/few weeks. Still recovering from Knee Replacement #4 that was done end of M

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yup, like that one only nicer. I don’t think this one has ever been fired. I’m pretty sure it’s the only semi auto model they ever sold in the States. Yes, 2500 shells. Got a heck of a deal at Dick’s last year so I loaded up - literally. And as a former business partner often said to me abou

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We don’t have Cabela’s in Florida, just Bass Pro Shops, which are stupid expensive and I don’t believe carry used guns like Cabela’s Gun Library. I’ve seen some good deals on Cabela’s Gun Library web site, but they’re hit or miss, and the stores aren’t terribly good about keeping things current

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Angie and I are in the studio with Dimitri's girlfriend Kari making some special gift for ChowdaQ X... It's cool outside but quite warm in the studio. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: As usual, it’s hotter than Hades and

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
GUNS OMG!!! Whoa Larry sounds like warranty repair time, or some JBWeld in that bone... My FIL had a similar problem with a new hip, ended up having to get it done again (this was #2 so it had to be replaced after replacing #1). My buddy is leaving next Saturday to start a Portland (OR)

Re: [MBZ] Saturday Stuff

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I’m getting ready to go buy a Walther 9mm PPQ M2 with a 5” barrel in a couple of days, too. Then I’ll have to start laying in the 9mm ammo. Youngest son gets back from his field study thing in AZ in another month and he’s going to want to head to the range with his H&K VP40, so I need to have s

Re: [MBZ] Guns (was Saturday Stuff)

2017-08-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Drifting off subject. N On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’m getting ready to go buy a Walther 9mm PPQ M2 with a 5” barrel in a > couple of days, too. Then I’ll have to start laying in the 9mm ammo. > Youngest son gets back from his fiel

Re: [MBZ] Guns (was Saturday Stuff)

2017-08-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yeah, somehow we got off guns and into joint replacement and bicycling - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Drifting off subject. N > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.co

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread MG via Mercedes
Wow. I had to get engineered blueprints, 3 sets that cost me $600, just to do a 20x30 foot open pole barn to put the solar system on. In the woods yet even. MG OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Here in Logan county, I did not need a permit nor inspections to have a 24' X 40' garage built. On Fri, A

Re: [MBZ] I have come to the conclusion BAT buyers are morons with more money than sense.

2017-08-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:33:38 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mercedes-benz-300e/ The posting says it has a 2.8 liter M104 engine. Did MB make the M104 with varying displacements? Our '95 E320, IIRC, had a 3.2 liter M104 engine. Craig

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
When we pulled the permit for the garage at camp the lady was upset we we're wasting her time on "just a garage." When we went to pull one for the bunk house she wouldn't do it because it was on piers. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:08 PM, MG via Mercedes w

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sounds like when I took a full set of drawings I drew up and the BOM to my town planner’s office in WI when I built my (very large) deck and attached gazebo. They laughed at me and said that they had people come in with sketches on the backs of envelopes that they approved permits for. They di

[MBZ] E320 Stuck in First Gear

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Is this a conductor plate issue? https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6261629050.html -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/l

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:11:22 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > They did come out and inspect two times during the construction > process: Once to check that the holes for the piers were below the > frost line and that one contained a baby skunk, So everyone who builds a deck has to put a b

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Funny story…. I get a voice mail on my home phone from the inspector: “Uh, I came out to check the holes for your piers today, and 15 of the 16 look good. The last one has an issue because there’s a baby skunk in the bottom of it.” We called a trapper, animal recovery person, you name it, a

Re: [MBZ] I have come to the conclusion BAT buyers are morons with more money than sense.

2017-08-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, there was a 300E 2.8 with an M104 engine: https://www.startekinfo.com/StarTek/outside/218070/Models/124.html - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > The posting says it has a 2.8 liter M104 engine. > > Did MB make the M104 with varying

Re: [MBZ] E320 Stuck in First Gear

2017-08-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That would be a pretty sweet deal if true, $488 is sub-Kaleb money - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Is this a conductor plate issue? > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6261629050.html > > -D > > >

Re: [MBZ] E320 Stuck in First Gear

2017-08-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
So is the “stuck in first gear” issue a conductor plate problem? I haven’t dealt with the 722.6xx enough to know. -D > On Aug 12, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > That would be a pretty sweet deal if true, $488 is sub-Kaleb money > > - > Max > Charles

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:32:29 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Funny story…. > > I get a voice mail on my home phone from the inspector: > > “Uh, I came out to check the holes for your piers today, and 15 of the > 16 look good. The last one has an issue because there’s a baby skunk > in t

Re: [MBZ] I have come to the conclusion BAT buyers are morons with more money than sense.

2017-08-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:43:46 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Yes, there was a 300E 2.8 with an M104 engine: > > https://www.startekinfo.com/StarTek/outside/218070/Models/124.html 300E 2.8124.028 104.942 300CE 124.051 104.980 300E124.030

Re: [MBZ] E320 Stuck in First Gear

2017-08-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:47:34 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > So is the “stuck in first gear” issue a conductor plate problem? I > haven’t dealt with the 722.6xx enough to know. > > -D > > > On Aug 12, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > That would be a prett

Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size

2017-08-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
He owes you one, Dan. On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:32:29 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Funny story…. > > > > I get a voice mail on my home phone from the inspector: > > > > “Uh, I came out to check the holes for your piers to