I find this interesting... The Wal-Mart in Rindge, NH has all the Mobil 1 anybody could want for less than $6/qt. Its cheaper per quart if you buy the 5 quart jugs. IIRC its like $5.80/qt in qt bottles and like $5.20/qt or so in the 5qt jugs. 10w30 is the easiest to get of all in my experience. I picked up a couple quarts last week for my Cub Cadet and Dodge pickup truck. 5w30 and (interestingly) 0w20 are also very common in north central MA and south central NH where I roam. 15w50 is less common but seems to be on the upswing. I've seen Turbo diesel truck (5w40) but not in any quanity. There is a truckstop near my house that has old school Truck and SUV 5w40 but only a couple quarts.
-Curt Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:09:54 -0500 From: "Mike Canfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] M1 or Amsoil prices To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Levi, I will have to check on that again.....I'll make a point to give Roger a call and get a current price......Maybe I should just get an Amsoil dealership and sell it to all the MBZ guys........Seems Mobil 1 is getting too hard to find what you want and then when you find it they change to something else..........I just put the 15K mile oil in my Heep Cherokee......Took 3 WalMarts to find ONE extra quart of the 10W-30. Good thing it doesn't use any, just wanted a spare quart in case it decides to. I'll let you know what I find out. Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 15 14:51:59 2006 Received: from web32813.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.43]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GvEPn-0001ZZ-20 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:51:59 +0000 Received: (qmail 3906 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Dec 2006 14:49:37 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-YMail-OSG: UW8b5j4VM1kKfWo7C_lBTpYhAhDb7vlM_L7SKqCFwBC3QBDnzI_95USfpwoFnPgz._fAvfl9JyqeqWZESD42rvxs3Fn_RR_L6laeBzEjunwG6HMsTb6RxVBqrma6ZZ9IcdyvZ47m42yh7Bk- Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32813.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:49:37 PST Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:49:37 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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 2.1.9.cp1 Subject: Re: [MBZ] fun replacing bad glow plugs in 2.5 turbo X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 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: </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: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:51:59 -0000 Interesting, my '83 240D had 2 bad plugs and my '81 300TD had 3 bad ones... I know this makes me somewhat of a heretic but next summer I'll probably replace all 4 in my 190D. Based on Murphy's law we know this is going to happen only when its cold out... -Curt Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:03:19 -0600 From: "Hans Neureiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] fun replacing bad glow plugs in 2.5 turbo To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Not trying to butt in here, but what is it with all these GP replacing's? After 20 or so years of diesel driving, I had one bad GP. That was on a 505 Peugeot. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 15 15:01:54 2006 Received: from postal.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.12] helo=mail.windwireless.net) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GvEZO-0001tT-54 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:54 +0000 Received: from windwireless.net (unverified [206.63.94.197]) by windwireless.net (WindPostal) with ESMTP id 1055743 for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:08:34 -0800 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:59:28 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-412260344 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Battery Gowing Dead in non-MB X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 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: </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: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:54 -0000 > Both times I put my battery meter on it and it showed as weak battery > needing a charge, but not bad. What is a 'battery meter'? That could cover a lot of ground, and if it's just a voltmeter doesn't really tell you anything except the state of charge of whatever capacity the battery has left. (It declines with age.) A real battery tester puts a several-hundred amp load on it and looks at the voltage then. -- Jim
