ah. that's ingenious. But why in the "road coupled" version do you need an extra generator? You have one engine which powers, say the front wheels conventionally and it also turns a generator which powers an electric motor which drives the rear wheels at a certain point, the conventional disengages and you run electric...where does the second generator come in? Chris
David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: > Does anyone recall from the article - was it a parallel hybrid (like prius) > or a series hybrid like a locomotive (SIMPLE!). I'm curious, too. There *are* simple ways to create parallel hybrids -- for example, a "road-coupled" hybrid where you have the electric motor connected to one set of wheels and the gasoline engine connected to the other. The series hybrid is conceptually simpler but requires a seperate generator and a larger electric motor, so it drives up the cost and weight. In a parallel hybrid the same device can serve as both motor and generator. _______________________________________ 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 Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 211K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 09 20:56:41 2006 Received: from server344.com ([216.35.197.52]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.52) id 1F7IqH-0004n6-8C for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:56:41 +0000 Received: (qmail 12457 invoked by uid 504); 9 Feb 2006 20:56:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.10?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by ns1.server344.com with SMTP; 9 Feb 2006 20:56:51 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:57:52 -0500 From: John Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil filter leak 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: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:56:41 -0000 John Berryman wrote: > Its a real common leak and a pain to change. Wouldn't attempt with my > sunday best on. Yeah, it's a pain. It's a decision of "Do I want to fool around with r&ring the steering box to gain better access, or do I want to spend twice as long with a very short allen?" -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 270+kmi 1980 300TD 175+kmi 1980 300SD 277+kmi 1977 280S 4-spd 81+kmi 1976 350SE 4-spd 163+kmi
