Not much longer; in America we are engaging in a selective breeding campaign;
we espouse abstinence and waiting, so those few good people do that, resulting
in fewer kids. The less-than good folks (ie the self-centered idiots to whom
nothing in this world applies (except entitlement programs)) go ahead and have
lots of kids (this would be a "litter", right?) (whether it is to further their
entitlements or just because they dont care)... so the idiots are
out-reproducing the non-idiots. Couple that with the ongoing campaign to repeal
the laws of natural selection (courtesy of all the lawsuits and safety warnings
as a result of injuries caused by failure to utilize common sense...)
Anyhow, Y'all can smell what I'm stepping in.
-j.
--
John Reames
1985 300d (223K "Gerta")
1991 Cherokee (149K "the fishbowl")
1999 E300Dt (140K "Hans") (the leaky one)
1999 E300Dt (106K "Frantz") (the squeaky one)
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> Most problems can be blamed on a minority. Fortunately, good people
> still outnumber the f***ing idiots, but I wonder for how much longer?
>
> -- Jim
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Hi Levi,
The wonderful cold has finally come to visit us............My diesel van
absolutely refused to start this AM.....Even with the block heater on all
night. I am wondering if the block heater quit in the night as I couldn't
hear it running and I usually can.......Was too cold to mess with it until I
get the batteries charged back up........Toni let it crank until they were
dead as a stone.....GGGRRRRRR One of her coworkers came and picked her
up........Guess I'll have to fire up the old M37 to go get her from
work.....Hope the old flathead will go with straight 30W oil in
her..........
MAN, IT'S COLD OUT!!
Mike
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From: "Levi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:09 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Cold Weather
> Well, I've finally found that point where as Marshall describes it:
> "Everything must be perfect" for cold weather starting. I started
> yesterday
> morning at like 15F without issue. This morning it was about 5F. At that
> point, I have now experienced what cold weather starting is in my 83'
> 300D.
> It DID start, but it took some effort. I think I may be able to start
> quicker next time.
> NORMALLY, if it's like 20F or lower I'll let it glow for around 10-15
> seconds longer than the light says, hold the pedal to the floor and crank
> until it starts at which point I let off the fuel proportionately as it
> starts speeding up to keep it at a fast idle. It won't idle on it's own
> for
> a minute or two.
> HOWEVER... Apparently when it gets down around 5F, I need to let OFF the
> fuel... My startup went like this:
> Glow light went off around 15 seconds. I started cranking around 25
> seconds
> with the fuel to the floor. cranked for maybe 5-10 seconds (rather
> slowly)
> and it started to make some sounds of combustion, then started dying out
> again. I let it crank for maybe another 5 seconds. Decided to press my
> luck and try for another glow cycle. I think I let it go for like 30
> seconds this time. Tried cranking again with the pedal floored and again
> it
> slighty sounded like it was going to start, then started dying again. So
> I
> took my foot off the fuel and after a couple seconds it started coming to
> life. It was about half running with the starter still helping for a few
> seconds while I tried to feed in just enough fuel to keep it running. I'm
> just hoping I got enough charge back in the battery on my 15 minute trip
> to
> work with the defrosters and headlights and what not on.
> This would NOT have been possible with an "iffy" battery for sure. I
> couldn't believe that even this new one had that sort of power in it.
> (and
> yes I have M1 15w-50 in there).
>
> So, at this point I guess I'll plan on using the block heater if it's
> supposed to go into single digits. and see if I can notice a difference
> (cause I didn't notice a difference at around 20F).
>
> The other potential problem is that for some reason when temps around
> somewhere below around 20F my wipers turn into EXTREMELY slow or maybe
> even
> stop. It did it the other day, but then it's been fine this week, but
> this
> morning they did need my help to actually make it back to rest.
>
> Levi
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