Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
With nitrogen, pure, not the 80% stuff you get for free. --R Richard Murdoch wrote: No point in doing all that unless you change the air in the tires. Should probably do it at least twice to flush them. Richard Murdoch Don't forget the wheel fuses and OE snogulator grease! Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
On Jan 26, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Dave M. wrote: After that, get some new muffler bearings and convert to synthetic headlight fluid, and you're all set! Hey Dave. You have them in stock??? I'll need some next week.. Take care and going to get the 16V Princess tomorrow... Bye for now.. Chuck
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Most of the stuff has been addressed already, but -- Engine oil and filter -- Check the brake pads and rotors. New brake rubber hoses Torque the wheel bolts - most are way over tight from tire changing monkeys with air hammer wrenches. On 1/26/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going through the list to figure out if there is anything I need to do on my car as far PM. I am still excited about getting it, so I want to strike while the iron is hot. Here is a list of things I think should be done on Mercedes. Brake Fluid ChangeDone Coolant Flush and Fill Done Transmission Service Done Fuel Filter Done Air FilterDone Replace Spark Plugs Done Suspension components are all new. What about servicing the rear diff? Can I just suck out the old stuff with a topsider and then top it off? The only thing I can think that has not been done is Power Steering Fluid Flush. What kind of fluid should I use for this? Any other thoughts? Am I leaving something out? Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 123K ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Fuses you guys, fuses. On 1/26/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the stuff has been addressed already, but -- Engine oil and filter -- Check the brake pads and rotors. New brake rubber hoses Torque the wheel bolts - most are way over tight from tire changing monkeys with air hammer wrenches. On 1/26/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going through the list to figure out if there is anything I need to do on my car as far PM. I am still excited about getting it, so I want to strike while the iron is hot. Here is a list of things I think should be done on Mercedes. Brake Fluid ChangeDone Coolant Flush and Fill Done Transmission Service Done Fuel Filter Done Air FilterDone Replace Spark Plugs Done Suspension components are all new. What about servicing the rear diff? Can I just suck out the old stuff with a topsider and then top it off? The only thing I can think that has not been done is Power Steering Fluid Flush. What kind of fluid should I use for this? Any other thoughts? Am I leaving something out? Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 123K ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- John Freer Palm Springs, CA 1992 500 SEL 140K Stardust 1985 380SL 145K Blue Belle
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AH Can't BELIEVE I forgot that! On 1/26/06, Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fuses you guys, fuses. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Dave M. wrote: Hi Don, Drain the diff while hot. Remove the FILL plug first, to make sure it will come out, before you remove the drain plug! Refill with Mobil-1 (of course). Schedule a change every 30-60kmi, depending on your preference. For power steering, I'd use the OE Mercedes fluid, and change the filter while you're at it. Suck the reservoir dry, remove filter. Fill with fresh fluid (will take maybe 1/2 quart at most), run engine turn wheels lock to lock several times. Repeat. Do this about 4 times so you've run 2 bottle of fluid through, and you'll have about 90% new fluid in the system. Install new filter. Check level the next day when hot. A wheel bearing repack wouldn't hurt, but it's a tedious job if you're fastidious like me. Use the OE dealer neon green grease, comes in a 150g tube, enough for both front wheels. Oh, I'd also replace any coolant hoses that are original - cheap insurance. After that, get some new muffler bearings and convert to synthetic headlight fluid, and you're all set! Don't forget the wheel fuses and OE snogulator grease! Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Yeah Fuses I'm doing the PM thing with my 190D this weekend. This will be stage 1, that is the stuff I'll do myself, quickie lube (which I acutally trust, surprise surprise) will do phase 2. So I'm going to change the fuses, change the oil to Mobil 1 5w40, change the PS Fluid and fuel filters. Is there a primer pump on a 201? Mines a '85 2.2l if it makes any difference. I think I'd read that the 201 was self priming but I'm not sure. My Chiltons (I know, its garbage but it was free) only goes up to '84 and indicates there is a primer pump so I'm confused... I'm sure theres something else I've planned but I can't remember. Oh wait, oil cap gasket and hood strut. Phase 2 includes the rear diff and coolant. The quickie lube doesn't carry MB coolant but will put in whatever I bring with me. I'm actually pondering putting in the green stuff for a few months as a flush and then switching to the MB stuff. I don't dare put in just water for a flush because its way too cold, 11F this morning, so if I had to leave it in overnight even it'd be very easy to get myself into trouble. Brakes were already done by my Indy. Is it just me or is the parking brake system on the 201 not as robust as the 123? My 2 123's and the other 2 123s I've driven all had good parking brakes. The 2 201s I've driven both had non-functioning ones. -Curt Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:32:12 -0800 From: Desert Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Fuses you guys, fuses. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 27 16:30:44 2006 Received: from web32815.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.45]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F2WUm-0007xH-Gv for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:30:44 + Received: (qmail 78212 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Jan 2006 16:30:41 - DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aZ53k9+XvePznWcRbfJkpM5mmhiDFgEVc4xOs4+UaoZza2ucGMNequJt+9QalOI3l46jGUTV9vaFLrl/wrrcJUmwg8v9vTvfKVwhgklA5YWiXjU4NUrKl647jJYybw+Y0mK9hsUqDewrPgJCRwmK+fzYIu4Bk8fP/w1zTwWQLHw= ; Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32815.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:30:41 PST Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:30:41 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net List-Unsubscribe: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net List-Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:30:44 - The last time I was in LA I had like a 4am flight out of Long Beach, I'd had a flat tire early in the week so the POS Pontiac I had was rolling on the donut spare. I left the hotel at something like 2am. I can't remember the highway I was on but it was going at like 90mph. I figured I'd better keep up or else but traffic was light so I limited myself to 85mph because of the donut spare. Then I had to get onto another highway (again I can't remember the number) and got stuck for awhile because of an accident and ended up doing 110mph at one point (and just keeping up) to make up time... I was just talking to one of my co-workers about crazy driving, he was telling me about driving a stretch in NYC which was nerve wracking but apparently nothing compared to just driving at all in Mexico City or Kuala Lampur. -Curt Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:40:01 -0600 From: Robert Tara Ludwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed No joke on the LA trafic, I drove a bus in that town for a few years, that was a test of nerves, although I had one friend who was never bothered by it...he drove a semi in Mexico City for 15 years, LA traffic was a vacation
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
How long since the front wheel bearings were packed? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance I am going through the list to figure out if there is anything I need to do on my car as far PM. I am still excited about getting it, so I want to strike while the iron is hot. Here is a list of things I think should be done on Mercedes. Brake Fluid ChangeDone Coolant Flush and Fill Done Transmission Service Done Fuel Filter Done Air FilterDone Replace Spark Plugs Done Suspension components are all new. What about servicing the rear diff? Can I just suck out the old stuff with a topsider and then top it off? The only thing I can think that has not been done is Power Steering Fluid Flush. What kind of fluid should I use for this? Any other thoughts? Am I leaving something out? Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 123K ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Hi Don, Drain the diff while hot. Remove the FILL plug first, to make sure it will come out, before you remove the drain plug! Refill with Mobil-1 (of course). Schedule a change every 30-60kmi, depending on your preference. For power steering, I'd use the OE Mercedes fluid, and change the filter while you're at it. Suck the reservoir dry, remove filter. Fill with fresh fluid (will take maybe 1/2 quart at most), run engine turn wheels lock to lock several times. Repeat. Do this about 4 times so you've run 2 bottle of fluid through, and you'll have about 90% new fluid in the system. Install new filter. Check level the next day when hot. A wheel bearing repack wouldn't hurt, but it's a tedious job if you're fastidious like me. Use the OE dealer neon green grease, comes in a 150g tube, enough for both front wheels. Oh, I'd also replace any coolant hoses that are original - cheap insurance. After that, get some new muffler bearings and convert to synthetic headlight fluid, and you're all set! =) -Dave M. -- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:28:06 -0600 From: Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance What about servicing the rear diff? Can I just suck out the old stuff with a topsider and then top it off? The only thing I can think that has not been done is Power Steering Fluid Flush. What kind of fluid should I use for this? Any other thoughts? Am I leaving something out? Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 123K
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance
Check brushes in alternator... Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave M. Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance Hi Don, Drain the diff while hot. Remove the FILL plug first, to make sure it will come out, before you remove the drain plug! Refill with Mobil-1 (of course). Schedule a change every 30-60kmi, depending on your preference. For power steering, I'd use the OE Mercedes fluid, and change the filter while you're at it. Suck the reservoir dry, remove filter. Fill with fresh fluid (will take maybe 1/2 quart at most), run engine turn wheels lock to lock several times. Repeat. Do this about 4 times so you've run 2 bottle of fluid through, and you'll have about 90% new fluid in the system. Install new filter. Check level the next day when hot. A wheel bearing repack wouldn't hurt, but it's a tedious job if you're fastidious like me. Use the OE dealer neon green grease, comes in a 150g tube, enough for both front wheels. Oh, I'd also replace any coolant hoses that are original - cheap insurance. After that, get some new muffler bearings and convert to synthetic headlight fluid, and you're all set! =) -Dave M. -- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:28:06 -0600 From: Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance What about servicing the rear diff? Can I just suck out the old stuff with a topsider and then top it off? The only thing I can think that has not been done is Power Steering Fluid Flush. What kind of fluid should I use for this? Any other thoughts? Am I leaving something out? Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 123K ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/240 - Release Date: 1/25/2006
Re: [MBZ] Preventive Maintenance Question
It's *preventive* maintenance. Or is it preventive maintetanance. Inquiring minds wan't tu now. :) Lee
