Rear axle damage + curb means someone pulled a "blues brothers" and slid
sideways into a curb? Probably ruined the wheel carrier plus more.
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Glad you’re able to keep it from going up in flames. You can’t imagine the
number of 74 and 75 MY cars I saw down here that burst into flames because all
the rubber bits deteriorated from the under hood temperatures. It used to be
fairly common, even more so in this area because the climate ac
Nice!
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Charleston SC
On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:37 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes <
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> The 450SL got new injectors this day.
>
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The pnp near Norfolk carefully removes radios.
On Apr 10, 2018 1:31 AM, "Jim Cathey via Mercedes"
wrote:
> >
> > Destruction of good parts seems to be SOP for denizens of PnP. BFH to
> > valve covers, just because. Slicing seats, smashing glass, cutting wires
> > for things they were never goi
Ugh, Monroe's ride like you welded the rod to the cylinder, avoid them at all
costs (and they are valved like American shocks, too). Had a pair on the rear
of my 280, replaced them with a set of Bilsteins from a '65 out of the junk
yard. Vastly better.
Hold out for the real ones, aftermarket
I hear that when Pirellis go flat they go WOPWOPWOP
I thought the tires on the girl's car were not that old, they had a lot
of good tread. There was a receipt in the package with the car, I
thought they might have been fairly new but she says the only receipt
was from 2006 and the tires looke
Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:
Ugh, Monroe's ride like you welded the rod to the cylinder, avoid them at all
costs (and they are valved like American shocks, too). Had a pair on the rear
of my 280, replaced them with a set of Bilsteins from a '65 out of the junk
yard. Vastly better.
I put some KYB struts and shocks in SWMBO's Infiniti, and they ride almost
like rocks, WAY too stiff for me. Not bad for short trips around town and
on smooth highway drives, but not at all suitable for a long day in the
car. At the time it was hard to justify the $300 / strut cost from the
Steal
Just to clarify, I wasn’t suggesting he put Monroes on it - GAAAK! Just
tossing them out as a price point reference.
Bilstein or Sachs. Nothing else. And avoid the HD Bilsteins unless you want
to feel every little pebble in the road.
-D
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Curley McLain via Merc
People seem to get caught buying the HD Bilsteins from time to time. I got a
set for my former 300SD and hated them. They were so hard you could feel every
little bump/crack/rock in the road. In a car that was more of a high
performance sort of vehicle I could see it, but not in an S class.
K
Attaboy! Your perseverance rewarded.
On Apr 9, 2018 6:13 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
They keys arrived today. I threw a battery in it and cranked on it but it
did not start. Darn. Did not sound like the fuel pump was running. I would
think I should be able
We didn't feel that one. We've found that we will feel the smaller quakes
if we're sitting still, but not if we're up moving around.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{"autoUpdate"%3A
> ["autoUpdate"]%2C"basemap"%3A"terrain"%
Very pretty diamond blue Canadian spec coupe; bidding heading into the
stratosphere.
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:46:33 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
> ... so she went to some local tar shop and got some Goodyears or
> something. She's happy, they were a bit cheaper than the Costco
> Bridgestones on sale, so I guess all is good.
At least she is not riding on something that
I seem to recall that model has a fuel pump relay on the firewall, or
behind the glove box somewhere that is prone to failure and will cause the
pump to not work.
Might want to check that first. The test is to access the fuel pump
connection plug, then with key on, test for power to the fuel pump.
Seems like every earthquake is a 4.5 in OK. Why is that?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 11:26 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> We didn't feel that one. We've found that we will feel the smaller quakes
> if we're sitting still, but not if we're up moving around.
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Crai
You can jumper the socket after removing the relay and see if applying
direct power will energize the pump. I forget which holes work the
magic but you can find that somewhere.
--FT
On 4/10/18 12:43 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
I seem to recall that model has a fuel pump relay on the fire
Maybe you should consult a geologist?
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Seems like every earthquake is a 4.5 in OK. Why is that?
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So I made a video for April Fools day you guys might find
interesting:https://youtu.be/G8waJ_b_kFs
The reaction from that was pretty good so I made this followup I released the
other day:https://youtu.be/2cF1yP-Pdjk
I'm thinking I'm going to do a series. Need to troll Amazon to find some cheap
L
OOooohh, mocking the greenie weenie gods now! Are you sure you want to go
down that path?
Idea for next vid on "improving" the LED lantern. Start by replacing the
body (plastic) with parts from a metal lantern, in stages. "Reflector and
handle just don't feel right, let's replace those with the
Just booked a set of tix to go to Italy later this year. Tix were $573,
flying from Miami FL to Rome, with a layover in Charlotte each way.
Flights are all on AA.
Miami is about a ten-hour drive from my house. Charlotte is about five
hours.
If I try to book the flight from Charlotte, and skip
Heh, I LIKE it.
For the next one I intend to "convert" to kerosene which is a thing lots of
guys do to whitegas lanterns because kero is generally cheaper than whitegas.
Thing is we'll need a filler port, so drill a hole in the plastic body so we
can add kerosene. Then kerosene requires preheat s
Yes, I would imagine so
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> On Apr 10, 2018, at 12:41 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Just booked a set of tix to go to Italy later this year. Tix were $573,
> flying from Miami FL to Rome, with a layover in Charlotte each way.
>
> Flights are all on AA.
>
> Mia
What happens more often is that its cheaper to fly to a layover spot without
making the next leg. So say for instance I really wanted to go to Charlotte,
sometimes its cheaper to book a flight to Miami through Charlotte than it is to
go to Charlotte. So people just stop at the mid-point. Obvious
These may be manmade earthquakes as a result of fracking.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Maybe you should consult a geologist?
>
> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> Seems like every earthquake is a 4.5 in OK. Why is that?
>>
But if there is a change of planes you're scre*ed.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> What happens more often is that its cheaper to fly to a layover spot
> without making the next leg. So say for instance I really wanted to go to
> Charlo
If you know how you can fly “open jaw”. It’s not that hard to do, but most
ticket booking sites don’t support it. You can use Google’s ITA matrix to do
it. Hipmunk will let you do stuff like this, too.
It takes some effort to use these tools to find the cheapest route, but 20-30
minutes of m
I used to do this a lot when I flew for business, as you would often get
screwed flying into airports that were hubs, such as Minneapolis or SFO. I
could fly from MKE to SEA via MSP for maybe $300. To fly to from MKE to MSP
might be $500+.
We would often book trips that overlapped to do this w
I have a few of the relay on the parts shelf. 003 545 25 05
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and
I liked this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVFAsBNGWnE
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple an
Another way to improve and LED lantern would be to fill it with water - use
glue or tape if needed to keep the water in, then shoot it with something
like a .30-06. This works a treat with things like empty beer cans . . .
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okie
I drove this $500 99 E300 dizzel a shorts ways this afternoon. It runs well
still has a bad GP or 2 maybe so is a little reluctant to start but did light
off with some clouds of smoke. Handles really well. I think I’m gonna get some
new cheap tires for it and get it on the road. It’ll be like j
You will hate it. The car wants to live in OK.
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> On Apr 10, 2018, at 4:59 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I drove this $500 99 E300 dizzel a shorts ways this afternoon. It runs well
> still has a bad GP or 2 maybe so is a little reluctant to start but did l
I've got some kuhmo solus ta71 on two of my Benz, happy so far and online
prices were decent last year.
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I make you good price sailor!
I see these Kumhos on Tirerack, with $75 rebate they come to $62/tire
which is pretty good. Someone said these are OK tires? I could go with
that. They have some local installers they will ship them to, their
warehouse is just down Savannah so it wouldn't take b
I had good luck with Hankooks, too. They were pretty reasonably priced, I
thought.
-D
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 6:15 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I make you good price sailor!
>
> I see these Kumhos on Tirerack, with $75 rebate they come to $62/tire which
> is pretty good. Som
Those look decent, good wet grip which is key for hurricane season.
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'87 300TD
'95 E300
On April 10, 2018 6:15:55 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
>I make you good price sailor!
>
>I see these Kumhos on Tirerack, with $75 rebate they come to $62/tire
>which
Wonder what their fording depth is
--FT
On 4/10/18 6:23 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Those look decent, good wet grip which is key for hurricane season.
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Last I knew airlines were threatening to cancel your return trip if you missed
a flight midway. They have some super BS excuse for not letting you do it that
boils down to "We don't like it when people game the system."
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 1:57:58 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Merc
Apparently a lot of other people do too, or the clickbait title is doing its
job. Its got more views than the video that preceded it.
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 4:20:39 PM EDT, clay monroe via Mercedes
wrote:
I liked this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVFAsBNGWnE
clay
Not threatening, they’ll do it. At least they used to. I know of a couple of
instances where we did it and they cancelled our return leg.
F- it. We rebooked and still paid less. The privileges of corporate travel.
-D
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> Last I knew airl
On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:59:04 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
wrote:
> What were the cheepcheep tires y’all were suggesting? Kumho and
> Nokian? Something else?
What size tires does it use?
Craig
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The last tars I bought are Barum (yurpeen Continental sub-brand) or
nokia n. so far so good, but too soon to tell. Cooper cs 3 or 5 may
suit your use, but may not get beyond 50 k miles.
Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
I drove this $500 99 E300 dizzel a shorts ways this afternoon. It ru
Back when Rusty was in the process of selling out and closing his business, I
ordered 2 Bilstein regular duty shocks. He send me 2 Bilstein HD shocks.
I installed them on the rear anyway and the ride was the same as yours.
Now I need 2 for the front and I'm wondering if the regulars on the front
I am needing the stickiest 14” tires I can find to put on the SD. Anybody have
a recommendation?
They will need to stick like glue in the rain, not much need for snow or overly
cold use, since it does not get that cold in PNW. Year round use for DD.
Present rubber is yoko’smama which do no
Look at the reviews on tirerack. Those kumhos seem kinda soft as some report
they wear out fast. They also had a super performance type for a bit more that
was probably softer. I don’t know about wet conditions though. Sometimes that
depends on the tread design not how soft.
--R
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Look for tires with extra snipes in the tread. The little slots that open
up and channel water out of the tread to stop hydroplaning.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:28 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I am needing the stickiest 14” tires I can find to put on the SD. Anyb
I had the kuhmo on the w124. Not really impressed with them.
Nokians were less than gripping on the w220. Maybe they are better near
absolute zero.
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored c
These days, I look for something rated AA 400 or better. AB 300 is
probably the lowest grade acceptable for a Dissel.
I think AA is roughly equivalent to an H rated yuro tar. And AB is
roughly equivalent to an S rated yuro tar.
I have thus far avoided kumho and han kook tars because of qu
Sipes You hunt snipes. tars have sipes. Microsipes are good.
G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Look for tires with extra sipes in the tread. The little slots that open
up and channel water out of the tread to stop hydroplaning.
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Thanks... meant to type "Sipes" .. somehow it came out "snipes" ... I stand
corrected...
I don't actually hunt snipes.. I only organize the hunts for visiting city
boys ;
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> Sipes You hunt snipes.
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