Could be, amazing thing is that I had the trans flushed more than a year ago when I towed my 190D back from NJ.
So 8 quarts of ATF later and the truck is just fine. I drove it around yesterday and got the trans good and warm. Seems like it maybe shifts a little smoother than before even. Maybe it needed the cleanout... -Curt Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:18:18 -0500 From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world! To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond wrote: > > Luckier actually, one of the hoses to the cooler was DISCONNECTED. Could this have been a hose that was unplugged so they flushed the tranny, and then not clamped down properly? --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 05 18:24:18 2007 Received: from web32812.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.42]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HE8Vl-0006hD-NG for [email protected]; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:24:18 +0000 Received: (qmail 88586 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Feb 2007 18:23:36 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: GUDu1CoVM1n0xBMfCjpB6vLYs9YvSYBYdpmcYtGM5pKxiJngRJYGVw8f_4Rxx4HJ2EokOh6pY8IkWsyELFm2FngSFmznAgHSq4QqxkVrWfyE8ivwVTrhvuN6NWHZTT_smHNKLxt_LF7azUc- Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32812.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:23:36 PST Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:23:36 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Diesel List <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Block heaters X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:24:18 -0000 Hey Levi, How old are you? Even back when I was a kid in the '80s I remember seeing cars with the plug dangling out just above the bumper... New cords come with a cap, no snow and ice. The old one on my 240D didn't have the cap but that wasn't a problem until the other end of the cord went bad... -Curt Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:07:14 -0500 From: "Levi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Block heaters To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I tried mine on the Kill-a-watt and it seems to only be around 375 watts. What I'm curious about is if everyone is just popping the hood a couple times a day to plug/unplug, or if anyone's figured out a better way? I think I could fit the plug out at either the front or rear of the hood without pinching, but it would get full of snow and ice on the first ride on less than dry pavement... Levi --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 05 18:32:36 2007 Received: from web32813.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.43]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HE8dn-0007Cy-Ls for [email protected]; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:32:36 +0000 Received: (qmail 46372 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Feb 2007 18:31:48 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Y8tPeXwVM1nEfEPhhZ29jhe7FzOEc67BbcsNFC7foI1TVZQXQztzzcdcSPypcAoCWW3sbVkzvNGEqLaJ66ysV5HhnjBEaMpfECSnrueR9bi7aScg8wtY0DDyQfGY5bUdivwW2UUL50dEaRM- Received: from [198.51.119.130] by web32813.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:31:48 PST Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:31:48 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Diesel List <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Will not start X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:32:36 -0000 Actually... My 190D has been starting harder than I like. Its been cold so I attributed it to that and bought some Power Service. Zero difference... It got so I'd have to hold onto the go pedal and it'd catch but if I let off the pedal within 30 seconds it'd die. This morning I was inspired and opened the fuel cap. Instant easy start. I drive an hour each way to work. So the fuel in the tank must be getting pretty nicely warmed up. Over night it cools to -1F (or whatever) and creates some vacuum in the tank. The engine can pull hard enough to over come the vacuum and pop the vent in the cap but it doesn't like doing it when its cold... Eureka, now to deal with that vent. -Curt Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 23:45:51 -0500 From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Will not start To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed If a diesel starts poorly and dies regardless of the cold - with valve adjustment in the last 10 k miles - that would seem to indicate one or two bad glow plusgs, correct? Andrew 300TD 1983 --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 05 18:36:13 2007 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.42]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HE8hJ-0007Ss-JW for [email protected]; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:36:13 +0000 Received: from WFlaptop ([151.204.21.139]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:35:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:35:15 -0500 From: "Werner Fehlauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world! X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:36:13 -0000 Sounds like another good reason NOT to give extra $$ to a shop to "flush" a transmission. Other than a good "profit maker" for the shop, a flushing process can do more harm than good, since it can bypasses the built-in filter system, and puts a fluid of unknown quality in the system. IMO, a complete drain of trans. and torque converter, change of filter and gasket, and refill with quality fluid should suffice. There's no need to connect/disconnect lines and hoses. Werner '90 D '83 SD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diesel List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world! > > Could be, amazing thing is that I had the trans flushed more than a year > ago when I towed my 190D back from NJ. > > So 8 quarts of ATF later and the truck is just fine. I drove it around > yesterday and got the trans good and warm. Seems like it maybe shifts a > little smoother than before even. > Maybe it needed the cleanout... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:18:18 -0500 > From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Luckiest man in the world! > To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Curt Raymond wrote: >> >> Luckier actually, one of the hoses to the cooler was DISCONNECTED. > > Could this have been a hose that was unplugged so they flushed the > tranny, > and then not clamped down properly?
