It was a balmy 20F here this morning (okay so it is the coldest that it has been so far this winter, most of it was above 50 so far) but Hans started up quite easily without any extra glow cycles and without plugging in. (Of course I was cold as &*^*^* until it warmed up)....
BTW, whats the lifetime on the plastic screw-on 2 bar radiator caps (A la W210) -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) -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mike Canfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 17 12:59:35 2007 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H7AO6-00016s-On for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:59:35 +0000 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id s2so1829946uge for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:54:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.114.3 with SMTP id m3mr1515229buc.1169038486934; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:54:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.189.16 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:54:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:54:46 -0600 From: "Hans Neureiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp1 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Number of cylinders 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: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:59:35 -0000 www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/tech_engine_packaging.htm On 1/17/07, kevin kraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, VW does make a V5 engine, an earlier 2.3L 10v and a later 2.5L 20V > DOHC > version. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about the V5 engine > configuration. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V5_engine > > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > 1983 300SD 265K miles, Ursula > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D