tom savage wrote:
I saw something troubling today - a rusty W220 S-Class. It had rust
bubbling out of the bottoms of all doors and quite a bit on the
trunklid. And Texas license plates. Anyone else seeing this?
I used to see a lot of repairable flood cars in Great Lakes area
salvage
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Earning? I was a graduate student at the time and director of a dormitory,
with a very part time job. I was not earning much, but really don't
remember anything but being broke about all the time.
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Reminds me of an around-the-world sailor who once said, It's not how much
you need, it's how *little* you really need. As evidenced by Brian --
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Mr Herman has had an amazing life career. Very talented. On his quitting
after winning Le Mans, that was a time when drivers were killed on a regular
basis. I think it was D Bell or B Redman who said there's a photo of 10
drivers from the late 60s and only 3 or 4 are still alive. He
That's a valid point I'd say. Makes sense to me...the vep has a pretty
low profile. BTW, who is the veep now? (no I'm not joking)What the hell does
he do all day anyway?
Zedic
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Wow! That's pretty steep. I got 8 for $10 at Costco (in Va) a few months
ago. Personally I think they work pretty well. They take some time to warm
up but once warmed up they're plenty bright for the locations they're in.
Our bathroom ceiling light/exh fans are a PITA to change so the
you wroteits already hard for farmers in places like California to compete
with population for water
That's what happens when you live in a desert and depend on mountain
snowfall hundreds of miles away to
provide everyone with water. It's not possible to *not* have some years
when there is
I had a guy contact me asking me to do some research for him (I have a lot
of MB documentation) because his 2000 S430 has flakes of paint falling off
from the waist line down all around the car. Underneath the flaking paint
was corrosion. He had bought the car new, was only serviced at a MB
Penguins. I can understand the concern - their walk to the nesting sites
was probably reduced. ;-) They probably can't stop talking about it.
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The current VP is Dick Chaney. He does a lot of hunting. ;-)
So, we have algore being quiet on an issue that (according to him) is going
to destroy the world? With the US being the problem and the solution yet he
stays quiet for 8 years because of politics? That alone is reason to not
At 09:26 AM 2/23/2008, you wrote:
The current VP is Dick Chaney. He does a lot of hunting. ;-)
So, we have algore being quiet That alone is reason to not
trust his opinion on the price of tea let along the future of the world.
Shows a decided lack of integrity.
Folks
This IS a Politician
You absolutely have to see this photo of him crashing a BRM at LeMans. (I
think).
The car is in front of him and tumbling through the air while he is
sliding dow the track. He walked away! His
are the BW photos.
http://www.mundomotorizado.com/foros/viewtopic.php?f=88t=10769
Zedic
Jeff Zedic wrote:
That's a valid point I'd say. Makes sense to me...the vep has a pretty
low profile. BTW, who is the veep now? (no I'm not joking)What the hell does
he do all day anyway?
Richard Bruce (Dick) Cheney has been accused of running the country from the
VP's office, much as
Donald wrote:we do not know is whether the 1 degree increase in
temperature that we have experienced over the last 100 years is going to
have any affect
Exactly. All we have heard is the gloom and doom of GW when there is a
possibility it will bring great changes to some - for instance, the
Interested in the 1959 220S? If so then I can take pictures on Sunday.
Thanks,
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well, its been done
Tom Hargrave wrote:
If the chain's been replaced then I'm interested.
Tom
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Hello list-
Got a replacement modulator for my '91 300D from Rusty:
The new modulator requires use of an updated pin (p/n 126 277 93
75) which I got. Question is this: The modulator comes with what
looks like a two piece pin, with a pin thats removable from the
piston. The required
I'm wondering if you perhaps have a voltage fluctuation issue that
causes them to burn out. Perhaps you may need to address something
there.
Maybe, maybe not. I have been using CFL since the '80s when I had to buy them
through industrial supply houses. I still have some that I have been using
My Son burns out bulbs fast in his house, the CFs burn out at about the
same rate as incandescent bulbs.
I checked his line voltage it's too high. His 120VAC measures 136 VAC.
Apparently CF bulbs are less tolerant than incandescent bulbs to higher line
voltages.
I told him that he could call
Rick Knoble wrote:
I have NO IDEA who makes high quality CFL at the present time.
My problem too. Feit used to sell CFLs made in France, I could buy them
at Harbor Freight, Meijer and even Menards. Meijer still has Feit bulbs,
they've been made in China for over five years, and are not the same
List-
I have the engine from my 83 240D in my basement. I replaced it with
another engine. I would like to remove the cylinder head without
bending or breaking the cam chain. How do I do this? I have the proper
MBZ tool for removing the head bolts.
The engine has 0 compression in Cyl. #1.
I need a front bumper with foam for a 1991 E300TE 4Matic Wagon. Looks
like 90-93 will fit. My Sister-in-law put her car into a snowbank and
wants to keep the insurance company out of the deal.
I had a link a while back to a website that looked like a place where
a number of junkyards posted the
Set to TDC, wire tie the cam sprocket to the chain, then use a bar
through the holes in the sprocket to loosen the cam bolt.
Remove chain tensioner, slide cam sproket off cam, and lower sprocket
and chain into the chain case. At TDC, there is no tension on the
vac pump, so the chain
Earlier '86-'89 124 models will also work, but they lack the holes for the
chrome strip under the headlights
http://www.silverstarrecycling.com/
http://mbpartsonline.com/
And, of course, Kaleb sells used parts, but I don't know if he has much 124
stock
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM, dave
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I was getting excited there for a bit. But if they can't keep the
occupants dry, it's going nowhere fast.
-Dave Walton
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On 2/23/08, dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need a front bumper with foam for a 1991 E300TE 4Matic Wagon. Looks
like 90-93 will fit. My Sister-in-law put her car into a snowbank and
wants to keep the insurance company out of the deal.
I had a link a while
dave walton wrote:
I was getting excited there for a bit. But if they can't keep the
occupants dry, it's going nowhere fast.
Ya, I was surprised to see that it was a roadster. Must have major drain
holes in the cockpit floor for when you leave the water. I also wonder
how well it goes in
sorry for late reply
I keep chickens. Small city yard and this is about all that fits.
Great for allergy prone kids too.
They feel. both pain and emotion. Chickens are very loving birds
when given love from the start. They can become feral and lose that
loving feeling, but I raise
Lucky guy, wish I lived in a place that allowed a few such animals.
Ed
300E
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sorry for late reply
I keep chickens. Small city yard and this is about all that fits.
Great for allergy prone kids too.
They feel. both pain and emotion.
Alybody remember the gas wars of the 60s on the highway to Boston from New
Haven? There was a strip with traffic lights and many competing gas
stations, one of which had it down to $.22/gal. during the war.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Earning? I was a
http://omaha.craigslist.org/pts/583609650.html
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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We'll lose permafrost, Caribou and Elk will be negatively impacted, never mind
the polar bears.
How do we know the deserts will grow stuff its water they need not heat. Most
of the added water will be salt water after all.
I think its probably more likely we'll see desert areas grow...
Never
My name's on the list, where's yours??
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Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this -
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You probably have seen this before, but I get a kick out of it every time I
read it...
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How old is Grandpa???
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Dork that I am, I neglected to make clear that only the
manual transmission cars have the damper. Hence my problem.
If you have an AT don't waste your time looking! Danke.
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Rick Knoble wrote:
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We were driving and lost oil pressure,
Doesn't the 350SD have an oil level warning light for when the
engine starts burning oil?
At any rate, I wouldn't mess with it unless I had a 603 I wanted
to find a home for, and wouldn't
As I recall, the NY Times was a good newspaper in my youth (50s). Now, it
seems more like a PAC masquerading as a newspaper.
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Let's go back to the good old days before we screwed up the environment ...
and most of North America was covered with ice.
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Apparently Daimler is aware of the problem and is doing repairs on the
quiet. However that may be just another internet myth.
Isn't the 220 chassis galvanized?
Hendrik
who has a little bit of rust to fix in the 300TE
LarryT wrote:
I had a guy contact me asking me to do some research for him (I
reminds me of a Tim McGraw song
I miss back when...
Rick Knoble
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i figure the only people who would consider buying a new mercedes are the
people still shopping at places like sears. stupid, lost, addled by
substance abuse, etc.
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I had a guy contact me asking me to do some research for him (I
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Cheap Florida 124 diesel. This one will go quick. $2700 buy it now and a seller
with 100% feedback. I am tempted to buy it myself.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190
Why go back that far?
Why not go back to the early 20th century when city streets were covered
with horse poop from horse drawn buggies people poop from residents
dumping their pans out the front window?
Or go back to the mid-1800's when the river Themes (in England) got so
polluted that people
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Message Good luck with this and have fun! This is a 5th grade math
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you can open the spreadsheet, you'll see
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:01:01 -0600 Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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My Son burns out bulbs fast in his house, the CFs burn out at about
the same rate as incandescent bulbs.
I checked his line voltage it's too high. His 120VAC measures 136 VAC.
Apparently CF bulbs are less tolerant
usually because of the heat from office equipment/lights etc the issue
is keeping the heat
down.
I once worked as a consultant in a Sprint owned 20 story building,
during the weekend coding
madness the temp would climb to 90F+ We finally said this is crazy
how much does it cost
to run the
On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
I told him that he could call the utility company they will fix the
over voltage problem by moving a tap on his line transformer at no
charge.
That's the least they should do.
Speaking of which it's always good to phone your electrical
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Got a replacement modulator for my '91 300D from Rusty:
The new modulator requires use of an updated pin (p/n 126 277 93
75) which I got. Question is this: The modulator comes with what
looks
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This has been quite a day -- developed the pictures I took of the
Lunar eclipse the other night and discovered that my favorite camera
is busted (dragging, now locked, first shutter curtain), so that
means a tear-down shortly. All the batteries for my new Pismo are
shot, so I have to
Hey, I still shop at Sears, for tools that is, and
would definitely still buy a new mercedes. I believe
that the quality issues were an unfortunate but
necessary phase in the history of the company. Every
car company has had issues at some point. I also feel
that the quality issues are getting
Folks who can afford to own a new Benz do not shop at Sears. They hire folks
to shop for them.
A new S Class Benz is priced about at what I paid for my house a couple of
years ago.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I still shop at Sears, and I would still buy a new MB.
That doesn't mean that I can afford to buy a new MB.
Many people who by new Mercedes today cannot afford
them as many people who buy houses today also can't
afford them. This is a consumer oriented nation. We
are all stretched beyond our
i figure the only people who would consider buying a new mercedes are the
people still shopping at places like sears. stupid, lost, addled by
substance abuse, etc.
You figure. Now there's a concept.
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Folks who can afford to own a new Benz do not shop at Sears. They hire
folks
to shop for them.
Are you available? Boy.
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Ask anyone who came to the IowaQ in the fall -- I have a pegboard on my
garage wall dedicated to Craftsman wrenches and sockets.
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I beg to differ. The only folks to whom I have a debt is my mortgage
company, and that is only because I didn't have a $75K balance in my
checking account when I purchased this house. I have no credit cards. I use
a debit card. If there isn't money in the bank, I don't buy it. I have no
car loans
Cars between the late late 90's, up until recently, didn't interest me much,
but before that, and several of the current models look great. There are
still a few models on the showroom floor, from the period I don't care for,
but as they are replaces, I'm sure they too will be for the quality of
Nope. I have a nice management job. Pay sucks but the fringe benefits are
beyond a salary.
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Lease? Cash? Long term debt? Depreciation to date? Current value vs. price
paid?
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:24:03 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig McCluskey wrote:
When I put the manual transmission and 617 in our car, I added the
throttle damper by getting a thread-mounting ball from a junk
injection pump and threading it into the appropriate threaded hole
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:18:56 -0600 Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I beg to differ. The only folks to whom I have a debt is my mortgage
company, and that is only because I didn't have a $75K balance in my
checking account when I purchased this house. I have no credit cards. I
use a
I live in Jefferson, Iowa. I use the debit card at the ATM and for PayPal.
It isn't like I am back in NYC or DC! :-)
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Good ideas there.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
Good ideas there. However, you have much less protection when you use a
debit card than when you use a credit card. I can't rattle off the
particulars, but they are noticable.
That's correct, although the networks (Visa, M/C) do voluntarily give
some of the protections
if i were out to bust crack and meth heads, i'd get a list of new mercedes
buyers
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i figure the only people who would consider buying a new mercedes are
the
people still shopping at places like sears. stupid, lost, addled by
We live in entirely different economic environments. I buy diesel (and,
regrettably, gas for Debbie's Buick) on the debit card. I buy groceries on
the debit card. I do PayPal for eBay on the debit card. Other than that, I
take money out of the ATM and pull out some $20s.
About the only reason I
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:25:49 -0600 Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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For me, it is a cash economy. If I can't pay for it today, I ain't
buying it.
I didn't say you should use credit cards for the credit they can provide.
You can use them as if they were debit cards -- which is really the
Just have to remember, somebody had to pay those big bucks up front for the
new cars, to allow for all that fine German engineering. The stuff that
went into making a W123 great, didn't come cheap, and someone paid for it.
I don't poo poo the the guys who paid the big bucks up front for new
A friend deals with car/train accidents for a major RR. He said I would not
believe the number of new and late model MB's [and other high end cars] that
suddenly develop engine problems causing them to stop in front of a train -
just after the person making the payments loses a job. Yes, many
My boss is actually the guy who represents the company and who's signs my
contract. Today we were talking and he says, Why don't you buy a new
Mercedes? Obviously you like the cars. My response (we've just negotiated
the next season's contract), ...Then I'd be like you, so deep in debt with
your
Lease? Cash? Long term debt? Depreciation to date? Current value vs.
price paid?
Cash. What the hell does it matter, anyway? You sound like all that matters
is studying your spread sheets.
But seriously, folks. When you live out in the middle of nowhere, a new car
doesn't make any sense.
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