with regards to antenna drive belts. My last interaction with Continental USA was quite a while ago but in summary they said they could not sell the belt to me directly due to contract limitations. However they said nothing prevented them from giving me the belt. Which they did. So why don't you contact them and see if they are still willing to provide the belt for free. Ron Courcy
________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com <mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 7:00 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Mercedes Digest, Vol 135, Issue 123 Send Mercedes mailing list submissions to mercedes@okiebenz.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com You can reach the person managing the list at mercedes-ow...@okiebenz.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mercedes digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: 83 300SD (clay) 2. Re: 83 300SD (Dan Penoff) 3. Re: Buy my Stuff (Kaleb C. Striplin) 4. Re: 83 300SD (Scott Ritchey) 5. Hirschmann belt (clay) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:08:42 -0800 From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Message-ID: <f30205b0-9c1b-4436-bea5-61c55856a...@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Then it must be a <banned political geographic argument> which leads to less busting desire clay > On Feb 19, 2017, at 6:04 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Strange - our kids and their friends are all busting butt and getting > results for the most part, despite the lousy job climate for their age > group. > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:53 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> We did not do this alone. The whole population of them just has no drive >> or desire it seems. There are a few kids who will bust a hump to get >> ahead. There were many who shares schooling with my kids. A bunch went >> off to Yuuuge liberal arts schools with their talent. I am not sure if >> they blew a gasket in the past five years after getting out from under >> mummy and daddy?s thumb. A few kids I knew back in the day who were >> overly successful in Highschool, had tigermom parents, and the kids burned >> out within three years. A few had major psychic problems. >> >> clay >> > > > > -- > OK Don > > *?Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.?* ? Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com [http://okiebenz.com/MVC-003S.JPG]<http://www.okiebenz.com/> Welcome to Okiebenz.com, your online resource for the ...<http://www.okiebenz.com/> www.okiebenz.com Welcome to Okiebenz.com. Resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ Search Archives - okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> www.okiebenz.com Okiebenz.com, resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast . Use the form below to search the archives of the Mercedes mailing list > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:25:02 -0500 From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Message-ID: <77cf8f6f-e553-472c-acfd-cc07b7e85...@penoff.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I understand the mindset, but I don?t think it?s endemic. My youngest is putting out resumes and applying for jobs daily now that he?s graduated. The worst part of all this is that the current industry climate in the environmental business, no matter where you are, is to circle the wagons and hunker down. He?s applying for really crappy public works jobs that will give him some broader experience to try and improve his potential for getting a ?real? job. I have been using what favors I have to try and get him into the County so he might be able to get a start in the environmental business with them. In the meantime he works at a local golf course where rich white guys shove cash at him for taking care of their golf carts. This is a real conundrum for him - it?s not uncommon for him to come home with a couple hundred bucks worth of tips for an 8-10 hour day. This is over and above what he makes in wages. He literally makes more than he would at an entry level job in his discipline - but he knows that he?s got to find something and get started in order to be successful in the long term. In the mean time he?s already paying what little student loans he has and he pays all of his own expenses, such as gas, insurance, etc., even though we don?t require it. He has bought some video games and a new computer, but it?s not like he?s blowing every penny he gets - far from it. I can only hope that he?s recognized the effort him Mom and I have made to be successful, and that we didn?t just fall into what we?ve got today. I?m pretty sure he has. So for now we?re 50-50. #1 boy - meh. #2 boy - doing OK and making an effort. -D > On Feb 19, 2017, at 9:07 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > But, Dan, we understood that coming out of university that we were going to > be poor. Bottom of the rung in a career if not a job. That these would be > the good old days of struggle to get ahead that we would remember fondly just > how DAMN poor we were once we did get a few more rungs up the ladder. > > The kids of today think somebody will haul their bacon out of the fire. > <Political invective best suited to banned now> > > #1 boy knew when he got the SE three years ago that it needed a few issues > dealt with. He worked diligently to gather funding every week at his job. > Not a penny of this remuneration went to solving or repairing the problems in > the car. He did get lots of electronic toys. Many other kid goodies. When > he moved out of the home to get a better job, he made more cash. This went > to increasing his arsenal. Nothing was spent to make his car more reliable, > but he did get a BANGING STEREO! The issues finally bit him in the rear and > sidelined the car in early December. He purchased another fire arm. > > I told him the next bunch of any cash he has in the bank should really go > putting the car right. Then he can sell the thing for some more dollars, or > at least he can drive it again. > > clay > , > > > >> On Feb 19, 2017, at 5:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I tend to agree with Clay. >> >> Both the wife and I have set examples of how it takes hard work and extra >> effort to be successful, both personally and professionally. The youngest >> seems to get it for the most part but the oldest never has. He?s more about >> excuses and why he can?t do something. We are very confused by this as he?s >> always been held accountable for his actions as his younger brother has, too. >> >> All I can think of is working behind a hay wagon in 90 degree heat and >> humidity in August in long sleeves and jeans for 12-14 hours a day. Holy. I >> would go home and pretty much fall into bed, exhausted, and get up and do it >> again the next day. Come the weekend I had money in my pocket and gas in >> the tank and was ready to have some fun. >> >> Many young people we see today just seem to be interested in doing the >> absolute minimum to get by and just want to have fun. It?s not like the ?I >> want what you have but I haven?t realized I have to work hard to get it? >> thing, it almost seems like a general malaise. I understand the age gap and >> how we view ourselves versus our ?kids?, but I don?t think this is anything >> that our parents saw. >> >> -D >> >> >> >>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> clay wrote: >>>> None of the kids around now are willing to put forth the effort on school >>>> work either. >>> >>> I don't buy this. Someone is feeding us a line. Something ain't >>> right. It is our fault, you know. We fathered and trained this >>> generation. Self introspection - what did I NOT do? Sad. >>> tin-man >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com [http://okiebenz.com/MVC-003S.JPG]<http://www.okiebenz.com/> Welcome to Okiebenz.com, your online resource for the ...<http://www.okiebenz.com/> www.okiebenz.com Welcome to Okiebenz.com. 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Resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ Search Archives - okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> www.okiebenz.com Okiebenz.com, resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast . Use the form below to search the archives of the Mercedes mailing list >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com [http://okiebenz.com/MVC-003S.JPG]<http://www.okiebenz.com/> Welcome to Okiebenz.com, your online resource for the ...<http://www.okiebenz.com/> www.okiebenz.com Welcome to Okiebenz.com. Resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ Search Archives - okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> www.okiebenz.com Okiebenz.com, resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast . Use the form below to search the archives of the Mercedes mailing list > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:14:49 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buy my Stuff Message-ID: <btnv9.72244c437e.aa12f0fe-3640-40dd-9c8e-030d2851f...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii That's a good price. Put it on eBay Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 19, 2017, at 6:34 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > As part of the free SD deal I got a really nice manual trans set up. I have > no need for the product, but maybe somebody else wants it. Complete with > flywheel, transmission, clutch pedal and linkages. Even have a drive shaft > from a w123 that goes with. I am thinking $550 and shipping. > > clay > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com [http://okiebenz.com/MVC-003S.JPG]<http://www.okiebenz.com/> Welcome to Okiebenz.com, your online resource for the ...<http://www.okiebenz.com/> www.okiebenz.com Welcome to Okiebenz.com. Resources for the Mercedes-Benz owner and enthusiast > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 01:09:17 -0500 From: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Message-ID: <000401d28b3f$dea19e60$9be4db20$@nc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Two words: parenting and entitlement. > > clay wrote: > > None of the kids around now are willing to put forth the effort on school > work either. > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:29:27 -0800 From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] Hirschmann belt Message-ID: <30c2fb95-7a16-472b-9335-ee900b333...@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am playing wth the spare antennas I got as part of the Free SD. They do power up, but the stepper motor belts are toast. Anybody know where to find a few? They seem to be 6mm wide, 60 tooth, and 122mm girth. Belt in one of the antenna is a Continental N3. I am really not interested in paying Becker $100 for them to clean and put a fresh belt in. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei retired models- 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ------------------------------ End of Mercedes Digest, Vol 135, Issue 123 ****************************************** _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com