I recall Rudolf Diesel wanting to exhibit an ammonia refrigerator at (I forget which) World's Fair but being denied due to safety concerns. The idea for his "Rational Heat Engine" as he called it and a Diesel engine as everyone else calls it, grew from his experience with compressing gases...which also landed him a job working for Carl von Linden, an expert in liquifying gasses and pioneer of refrigeration (though not it's inventor): "German engineer Carl von Linden, patented not a refrigerator but the process of liquifying gas in 1876 that is part of basic refrigeration technology." Interestingly, von Linden chastized our dear Rudolf for wasting his time perfecting a method of creating perfectly clear ice which was quite the rage among the Paris elite. All this came before the design of the engine...although he was fascinated with engine design from his youth. An interesting concommitance of interests which led to the compression ignition engine as we - more or less - know it today. Anyway, an interesting aside. CM George Larribeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Besides the slight inconvenience of having to jump out of your car at 100 if you get a leak (remember the ejector seat in 007's DB5), has any one heard of crazies attempting to use ammonia refrigerant in a car? I know the stuff is very efficient however I believe it is extremely corrosive.
George Larribeau Dallas, Texas 1985 300SD 190K _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1987 300TD, 245K km, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 345K km, "Wulf" -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, "One Banger" "Mercedes Diesel: Die Motorleistung wird mit dem Kilometerzähler gemessen." --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 19 16:53:07 2006 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.203]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FsMzr-0004VJ-Bk for Mercedes@okiebenz.com; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:53:07 +0000 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id x3so1139478nzd for <Mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:52:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gWHNtzynSZyoqqmqGiM1Fz1tVoqdicevB8bhEQklPP/CnmfWJE2UDs/ESYxIZPi4WM7WHM7+i9rd93BuEbOZqWSsZgNCjahUmbu6S0RbO4537cOlkbbMxLekIqiIFMg6gG0hh3TSpihc+22kdMo/Tk4OsEfdUmZQf0rxt/5ZeWA= Received: by 10.65.243.10 with SMTP id v10mr786383qbr; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:52:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.151.17 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:52:55 -0500 From: "Gary Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] value of a 1987 190D 2.5T X-BeenThere: Mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:Mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:53:07 -0000 I offered $2300 for one here in Austin several months ago. 200Kmi. Needed a complete front end rebuild as well as rear subframe mounts. Had a little trouble tracking a straight line down the road. Ran well, but needed some pretty serious cosmetic help. Seller turned my offer down thinking he could get north of $3000. Maybe he did. Haven't seen it advertised in a while. Gary Thompson 1995 E320 On 6/17/06, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given their rarity, how much are people actually paying for these cars? > > -- > Sunil Hari > 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 513-205-7474 > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
