[MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

https://tinyurl.com/y38vznw2 Sort of cool I guess, but I don't think I really want one Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Has anyone on this list ever actually done a drivetrain swap? I'm thinking there is far too much common sense around here for that. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 9:14 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah I was thinking of you on that one. Offer him $500 cash, put the >

[MBZ] 2003 500 sedan in LA

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Re: [MBZ] tank patched

Wish it was 65 F here. We are currently at 0 C which would be 32 F and that is warmer than it has been. I bought another boat this week and my younger son and I are going to haul it out to the cottage tomorrow for winter storage under the carport.  I wish it were spring and we were going to

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

Its about 45-50F here, yesterday was 60F, a real warm spell. Buster the dog and I have been trying to catch the ducks unawares. So far when it comes to hunting I'm a really good gardener. -Curt On Friday, November 1, 2019, 3:45:34 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Wish it was

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

Heh. I looked to see how could it was going to be for Halloween in my old digs of Port Washington, WI yesterday. 37F high, 21F low. B! Nearly 90F here yesterday, but a cold front went through last night so it’s a comfy 85F and low humidity. Winter has arrived in Floriduh. And nice patch

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

No!!! Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Not quite! To atone for your anti-Toyota hostility you need to buy/lease a > 2020 Prius. > >> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:48 PM Dimitri Seretakis >> wrote: >> Interesting. Time for me to buy a Hilux. >> >>

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

On 01/11/2019 4:28 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Just kidding. I know that to own a Prius would absolutely Destroy you. I wouldn't mind one if they were BIGGER. They are way too small. I thought the same when I saw the first PT Cruiser. I had seen photos in a magazine before I

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 21:15:26 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Its about 45-50F here, yesterday was 60F, a real warm spell. Today it started out at 10F, but got up to 65F with lots of sunshine. > Buster the dog and I have been trying to catch the ducks unawares. > So far when it

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:40:55 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > Has anyone on this list ever actually done a drivetrain swap? I'm > thinking there is far too much common sense around here for that. I changed a 240D with an automatic transmission to a 300D (NA) with a manual

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

Hopefully, though as we used to say as teenagers: "it's hard to out run a full race radio". On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:57 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 19:06:41 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > With one of those, you don't need windows on the sides and back - you > >

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

Interesting. Time for me to buy a Hilux. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2019, at 2:14 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > While Toyota was an industry leader in hybrid vehicles in the 2000s with > the popular Prius, the company has lagged in developing fully electric > vehicles

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:40:07 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > https://tinyurl.com/y38vznw2 > > Sort of cool I guess, but I don't think I really want one > > Randy > If the windows are as small as they seem, I don't want one either. Gerry -- This email has been checked for viruses by

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

I have always thought that all fifty states, and for that matter, most civilized countries should have one set of emission and safety standards. The CARB (Commiefornia Air Resource Board) was the reason we couldn't get a lot of cool Mercedes diesels in this country that the rest of the world

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

Brazing diesel tanks is not safe, either. I've done it, and it sucks. My secret was to stuff a hose from the exhaust pipe of the lawn mower into the filler neck. The fumes going into the tank wouldn't burn, but the ones coming out the pinholes would light like little candles. Scary. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota? (Fixed it for you)

On 01/11/2019 3:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Not quite! To atone for your anti-Toyota hostility you need to buy another diesel Mercedes. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:48 PM Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Interesting. Time for me to buy a Hilux. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1,

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

My son and I did that same swap also (190D (W201) from automatic to manual transmission). I did swap an MG 1600 four cylinder engine for an Olds 3500 (215 CID) aluminum block V8 in my younger days - made a great driving car. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:43 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 19:06:41 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > With one of those, you don't need windows on the sides and back - you > just stay in front of everyone else ... Even the Highway Patrol officer? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

Is this new transformer literally in your front yard? If so, time to seek a property tax reduction as your property value just tumbled. Randy On 01/11/2019 3:59 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: DC area got another 1.5" of rain last night plus high winds and a power outage on my

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

The green box is quite decorative, but I will give it a try anyway. Will you represent me before the County pro bono? On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:16 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Is this new transformer literally in your front yard? > If so, time to seek a

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Well, I once switched a 190D (W201) from automatic to manual transmission. Fair amount of labor, that. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

On 01/11/2019 3:33 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote: Well I finally got around to fixing my fuel tank. Cut a piece of sheet metal and put it on. It isn't as pretty a job as the factory did on the fuel line spigot but it doesn't leak any more. Good day to work today 65 deg all day. It was glorious.

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

Not quite! To atone for your anti-Toyota hostility you need to buy/lease a 2020 Prius. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:48 PM Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > Interesting. Time for me to buy a Hilux. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 2:14 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

With one of those, you don't need windows on the sides and back - you just stay in front of everyone else ... On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:04 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > If the windows are as small as they seem, I don't want one either. > Gerry > -- OK Don

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Well, if we include brand X, in 1975 or so, I transplanted a frod 289 into my 170 C. I. U100 (Rag top/doors) Bronco.   Not a bolt in project.  required cutting, bending,fabricating, welding the body for clearance, relocation of the footfeed, flame wrench to cut off the motor mount horns from

[MBZ] tank patched

Well I finally got around to fixing my fuel tank. Cut a piece of sheet metal and put it on. It isn't as pretty a job as the factory did on the fuel line spigot but it doesn't leak any more. Good day to work today 65 deg all day. It was glorious. MG ___

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Craig has.   240D 3.0 i did an engine swap in the C 200D into 200D 2.4 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote on 11/1/19 2:40 PM: Has anyone on this list ever actually done a drivetrain swap? I'm thinking there is far too much common sense around here for that. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 9:14 AM Floyd

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

DC area got another 1.5" of rain last night plus high winds and a power outage on my street caused by a blown buried transformer buried in my front yard. It took several crews a couple hours to disconnect and retrieve the old transformer and install an above ground box for easier access in case

Re: [MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

Just kidding. I know that to own a Prius would absolutely Destroy you. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:07 PM Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > No!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > wrote: > > Not quite! To atone for your anti-Toyota hostility you need to

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

On 01/11/2019 4:03 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:40:07 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: https://tinyurl.com/y38vznw2 Sort of cool I guess, but I don't think I really want one Randy If the windows are as small as they seem, I don't want one either. Gerry

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

I really like the current GM Small Gas Engine. (1.4L in 2016+ Cruze, 1.5L in 2016+ Malibu, and some 3 cyl variants that I don't think are sold here) Light, efficient, and the turbo versions are over 100hp/liter. If I were to do some drivetrain swaps, I'd do OM602 turbo in 2.3-16 chassis or I'd

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

UNtil you get johnny law behind you, collecting green stamps for alleged  "speeding." I'd guess that would be pretty much a cop magnet. OK Don via Mercedes wrote on 11/1/19 7:06 PM: With one of those, you don't need windows on the sides and back - you just stay in front of everyone else ...

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

NIce!   Strong work. Waytago! Wish it was 65 here. MG via Mercedes wrote on 11/1/19 3:33 PM: Well I finally got around to fixing my fuel tank. Cut a piece of sheet metal and put it on. It isn't as pretty a job as the factory did on the fuel line spigot but it doesn't leak any more. Good

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

There’s one on the sales floor of my dealer in the”AMG corner” as I call it. Nice looking except the price. -D > On Nov 1, 2019, at 3:40 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://tinyurl.com/y38vznw2 > > Sort of cool I guess, but I don't think I really want one > > Randy > > >

Re: [MBZ] saw one of these in traffic on my way home yesterday

I've seen a couple around here, I kinda like them.  They also have a 4-door "coupe" version... --FT On 11/1/19 3:40 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: https://tinyurl.com/y38vznw2 Sort of cool I guess, but I don't think I really want one Randy ___

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

I was telling Angie tonight I've just about finished my first two boxes of steel shot 12ga shells. Last year I fired probably 25 shots and didn't hit anything. This year is a bit better, 20 or so shots and I've bagged one duck and two geese. When you're as bad as I am a hit becomes a huge

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Ah, sounds very familiar. I spliced the diff end of the MG drive shaft onto the GM shaft to connect the tranny to the MG rear end. I did swap out the MGA 4.30:1 diff for an MGB 3.90:1 diff for a higher top end. Welded up the exhaust from the heads to the tail pipe, etc. No room for the starter

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Speaking of transplants:  I always contended a 114/115 rear subframe could be made to work in a 110/111 body.   I did end up with a 115 junker 12 years ago, but was not able to deal with getting the rear subframe out.  Benefit, would be moving fmor a single (center) pivot rear axle (Think 60

Re: [MBZ] Subaru Airbag - was Clean 300TD on BAT

and joe sixpack doesn't have the slightest idea how to diagnose or fix, so he takes it to a stealer, who charges him thousands for swapping in parts that weren't needed until they put in a new cluster if that is where said board resides.   or $ to solve a problem that would cost the

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Hmmm - I wonder what the rear suspension of the 300SL ws like? Surely it wasn't a swing axle? On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:35 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Speaking of transplants: I always contended a 114/115 rear subframe > could be made to work in a 110/111

Re: [MBZ] Subaru Airbag - was Clean 300TD on BAT

In fairness, digital electronics systems aren't that easy to diagnose, especially without the special (dealer) test equipment. Even with the test equipment, many pros end up swapping the wrong part$ (or so I hear). There's no substitute for experience. The airbag light in my 08 Outback

[MBZ] OT Anyone here ever been to the Wheels through Time museum in Maggie Valley NC?

The wheels through time museum is heavily oriented to Hardly Davidson, but still looks very interesting.   They are raffling off a 1936 Hardly 61 Knucklehead.  It was HD;s first attempt and OHV engines.   My dad had one.  I have a copy of the picture where he won a hillclimb in 1941 on it,

Re: [MBZ] tank patched

#1 boy (apprentice electrician) says those things scare the crap out of guys who work on them. Massive 15 foot pole behind a shield and run away. He sends me pix of scary electric panels and scorch marks nearby in the shape of work boots clay > On Nov 1, 2019, at 1:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

So which magazine will have the full story and the centerfold spread? I'll let you know next time I get out that way, I would love to see the car. Max Dillon Charleston SC Thu Oct 31 20:53:07 EDT 2019 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes : > I just put a rebuilt 500e subframe into the 87 wagon.

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

I may have to check on that... Max Dillon Charleston SC Fri Nov 01 10:25:06 EDT 2019 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes : > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2545396142240589/ > > 1995 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Wagon 4D > Conway, SC· about a day ago >

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

I believe nearly all modern cars have this feature now. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:50 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 31/10/2019 9:42 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > And for $500 a month, pretty much for the rest of your life, all you > > get is a

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

Well, hopefully, if they become common, the cost will go down. Randy On 01/11/2019 10:58 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: I believe nearly all modern cars have this feature now. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:50 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: On

Re: [MBZ] hmmmmm

Probably worth that in parts. -D > On Nov 1, 2019, at 10:17 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/charleston-mercedes-190e-cosworth-23-16v/7011125737.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com >

Re: [MBZ] hmmmmm

That is a shame. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 11/1/19 9:17 AM: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/charleston-mercedes-190e-cosworth-23-16v/7011125737.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

On 31/10/2019 9:42 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: And for $500 a month, pretty much for the rest of your life,  all you get is a succession of electronic toys that may or may not last as long as the payments.    The Smoke WILL come out.  The only question is WHEN? My mechanic son was

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

I've been sorta shopping for a new truck, the tin worm is getting into ours, and I noticed that lots of them have that now. Our 2010 RAM doesn't but the 2015s do. I'm also skeptical of them on the one hand but on the other hand you don't have a 10+ foot long cable to seize up... -Curt On

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

This is why most people just buy a new car and make the payments. They cannot or will not do the work themselves and cars have become better but much more complicated. Many parts, if they are available have become silly expensive. Randy On 31/10/2019 7:52 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

Yeah I was thinking of you on that one.  Offer him $500 cash, put the diesel drivetrain in and yer good --FT On 11/1/19 11:51 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I may have to check on that... Max Dillon Charleston SC Fri Nov 01 10:25:06 EDT 2019 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes :

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:58:58 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:50 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > > My mechanic son was telling me this morning, that the new F150's have > > electric parking brakes that are built in to the rear calipers. He > >

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

I think its more like a servo motor that runs the piston in and out. No power = no movement. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 12:18 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:58:58 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:50 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes >

[MBZ] You dont find these no where!!!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2545396142240589/ 1995 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Wagon 4D Conway, SC· about a day ago · $750 * About This Vehicle * * o o Driven 193,272 miles *

Re: [MBZ] hmmmmm

I don't know much about those cars other than they were quite desirable when new.  I wonder what made it a project and why he has let it sit. Not my cuppa, but someone would probably want it, though I think he had listed a few months back too. I'm thinking what this guy is doing --

[MBZ] hmmmmm

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/charleston-mercedes-190e-cosworth-23-16v/7011125737.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] The $600E320 looks better than this one

Same trans issue but $600 more. Maybe offer $500?  A V8 would be fun. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/392750968269868/ 2000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 430 Sedan 4D Savannah, GA· about a day ago · $1,200

[MBZ] Still hate Toyota?

While Toyota was an industry leader in hybrid vehicles in the 2000s with the popular Prius, the company has lagged in developing fully electric vehicles in recent years, focusing instead on churning out gas-guzzling trucks, Hecht added. Toyota this week* filed a motion to intervene on behalf of

Re: [MBZ] Clean 300TD on BAT

The electric parking brakes in our Subaru have no automatic function - if you don't turn them on, they stay off, no matter what. If you turn them on, you HAVE to release them before you can drive the car. No, shifting into/out of gear makes no difference - they work just like manual brakes. On