I've heard that and it amazes me. My Jimmy stranded me exactly once and thats because I ignored a dying fuel pump. Other than that I had a water pump put in because the old one was leaking. Ours leaked exactly one quart of oil per thousand miles from new when using 5w30 oil, in the summer I'd use 10w40 oil and it'd go to 1500 miles per quart. It was an excellent woods truck, no extra power but enough to get by and it was skid plated the length of the under carriage. Much better woods truck than the '95 Cherokee that replaced it. That piece of junk got stuck on wet grass...
-Curt Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:35:35 -0500 (EST) From: "John W. Reames III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] "special bolts" To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I had an '88 S15 Jimmy. Not fast at all with the 2.8l v6 but resonably economical at ~25mpg, mine had a 5spd manual so it wasn't a total dog. > We put 155,000 on it before the body was falling off. I got $1000 trade from it on my Dakota which now has 193,000 miles and is starting to be really hit by the tin worm. Ick. That 2.8 was BAD mojo. It was used in Cherokees prior to the 4.0L being available. Features included bad RMS, milling the block to accept an upgraded RMS and... halt-and-catch-fire (as seen on junkyard wars) mode of operation. -j. --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 27 14:59:37 2007 Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net ([216.148.227.155]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HAp1k-0001bw-Uh for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:59:37 +0000 Received: from hannah (c-68-61-93-29.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.93.29]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with SMTP id <20070127145352m1500l837oe>; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:53:52 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Ralph W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:53:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Source for glove box lid X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 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: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:59:37 -0000 I think I can help. Contact me off list. Ralph W. '83 300CD '82 300TD (2 parts wagons) '90 300D '01 E320 Wagon '87 300TD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Einer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: [MBZ] Source for glove box lid > My beloved's 1980 300CD has a glove compartment lid mechanism which > keeps jamming and getting stuck due to the molded plastic inner shell of > the lid being busted up. Does anybody know a good source for these? > Doesn't seem to be a happenin' thing on either EBay or on Rusty's site. > > Lee > > _______________________________________ > 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 >