Then again, we could consider recognizing that Sindelfingen is a good number of lattitudes north of Dallas, Texas, and their understanding in the 1970s and 1980s of Texas' needs in terms of climate control was seriously lacking. This I know for a fact, having been to dinner more than once with some of those engineers between 1975 and 1980. I can't vouch for their level of understanding after that. Or we could assume (and you know what they say about "ass-u-me") that a car's condition is poor because an owner wants to choose whether the vents are open or closed, rather than leave it to the dictates of a long-gone German engineering team that was designing for an environment not remotely similar to North Texas...... The other option, one I consider the best, is to recognize that someone asked a question, and folks will offer different ways of addressing the problem posed. As long as safety is not an issue, we can write off differences of opinion without sniping, and allow the guy with the problem to choose his path from the options provided. ------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:07:05 -0500 From: "Trampas" Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum elements in a 85 300SD (126 chassis) - any oneelse been here? To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I know that I have called Rusty and replaced a the vacuum pods before. I find that it is the best way to fix the problem as that everything works like the manual says. Of course if the car is not work fixing, then just patching might be the best option. However I have found that it takes the same amount of work to patch a car as it does to fix one, thus it is often better to start with a better car, and when your done you have a nice car. Trampas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sunny Letot Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:41 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum elements in a 85 300SD (126 chassis) - any oneelse been here? Have a look at these wikkis from over at Mercedes Shop -- they may help, since the 126 back-of-dash is very similar to the 123, only roomier (really!). http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/W123HVACVacuumActuators http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/W123Evaporator That being said, I'll tell you the solution Dave Morrison (the author of those two articles) suggested to me. Unplug the vacuum element, stick a golf tee or whatever in the end of the tube, and use a small block of packing foam (not a peanut, the closed-cell type stuff) to block the louver door open. We have the ability to close it with the dash lever, which has nothing to do with the vacuum-controlled flap, so why do we need both? After hours of annoyance and frustration, THAT suggestion was a flat forehead moment. Especially here in Texas, we cool far more than we heat, so we tend to want the center vent open far more than closed. I've done it to four 123s and two 126s, and I love it. The center vent is open until I decide to shut it, and the vacuum system works fine. And the little pink vacuum pods stay where they are, unmolested, unneeded, and causing no problems. New elements are darned expensive, and replacing them with salvaged ones only delays the problem since that soft diaphragm is going to tear eventually, and the hard plastic is already very brittle. Just a suggestion -- it's sure easier than what you're doing. BTW, has anyone ever wondered, as I have, what posessed the Sindelfingen engineers to use pink plastic for these? The first time I pulled a dash at a boneyard and saw these little pink blobs tucked back there (I didn't know what they were yet!) I thought, "WHAT the ????" Sunny "Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:14:19 -0600 From: "Tom Hargrave" Subject: Re: [MBZ] W108 hydropneumatic compensator - useless trivia To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I chased an air bag solution for 123 body Mercedes a while ago and at least back then, one did not exist. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fmiser Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:04 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] W108 hydropneumatic compensator - useless trivia It seems than at Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:16:14 -0600, Loren wrote: > I have never seen one other than the pictures in the manual. > I always wanted one for my 200D, because I often carried > loads. I never found one. My solution was to buy airbags > from Airlift in Detriot and put them in the main springs. > They work well. The last I knew, Airlift was still around and > you can still buy the right size airbags to put inside the > springs. > > Loren That won't work on a W123 'cause the damper is inside the spring. I could really use something, though. Air shocks? *shutter* -- Philip _______________________________________ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1216 - Release Date: 1/9/2008 10:16 AM ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:49:13 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? To: Diesel List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Gary, Hopefully next week I can squeeze in some time to try it... We use Fibre for video SANs where 1Gb Ethernet is too slow. 10Gb is still just over the horizon.... -Curt Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:05:17 -0600 From: "Gary Thompson" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 There are still applications where Fiber Channel is king. It gives you a level of determinism you simply can't get from Ethernet. That can be important to some transaction processing and data acquisition systems. Yes, you should be able to use a 4Gb SFP in place of a 2Gb, provided everything else is equal (both have same wavelength and drive the same type of fiber). Gary Thompson (telecom nerd) 1995 E320 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:49:18 -0600 From: tom savage Subject: [MBZ] Gas 123 for Dan To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >From The Star: 1977 280E: Silver w/Beige. 166K mi, Eurospec, 5-spd. Recent repaint, new window seals, clutch, radiator, water pump, brakes, valve adjustment. Fully U.S. certified. Ex. condition. $4,900 OBO. Chuck Whitney, 701-523-5992, Bowman, ND, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow. Someone in Iowa needs this for sure. Tom ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin, work" Subject: Re: [MBZ] S124 300TE low miles $850 To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original That was me, and I would be all over it. --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Haley" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: [MBZ] S124 300TE low miles $850 >I remember somebody saying this week that its a pity there was never a > 300TE 2.5 in the USA. I'm now struggling to ignore that little voice > that's telling me to buy this heap and stuff my 190D engine in it. > http://www.auto-rv.com/browse.aspx?AdName=BM2480089 > > _______________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:00:16 -0500 From: "dave walton" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You can team multiple 1Gb ports for at least 4Gb total throughput. Gives you the same throughput as Fibre for less than 1/10 the price. -Dave Walton On Jan 10, 2008 8:49 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > Thanks Gary, > Hopefully next week I can squeeze in some time to try it... > > We use Fibre for video SANs where 1Gb Ethernet is too slow. 10Gb is still > just over the horizon.... > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:05:17 -0600 > From: "Gary Thompson" > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > There are still applications where Fiber Channel is king. It gives you > a level of determinism you simply can't get from Ethernet. That can be > important to some transaction processing and data acquisition systems. > > Yes, you should be able to use a 4Gb SFP in place of a 2Gb, provided > everything else is equal (both have same wavelength and drive the same > type of fiber). > > > Gary Thompson (telecom nerd) > 1995 E320 > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:27 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:Unified Germany - I thought the communists lost To: Diesel List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I think that pre-algebra in college is largely for folks like me.... Today I'll be teaching subnet masking in binary, go fig... I took an english class in college where I was by far the best in the class, the bottom end were only vaugely literate. Fortunately the other students had no idea of the bell curve that I was ruining. The teacher finally told me that if I agreed to do a self study for the next class up the ladder (English 300 IIRC) he'd let me sleep through the class I was in (English 200). That alone went a long way to my minor in English. The later classes (British lit for example) were a bitch.... -Curt Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:53:39 -0500 From: "Gary Hurst" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:Unified Germany - I thought the communists lost To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 yeah, i did the whole school thing too and what a total waste of time it was. a friend of mine dropped out when he was 16 and took his GED and just went to college. I tried the same thing and my confused euro immigrant dad was on the verge of killing me for "dropping out of school". i've been looking at the courses at area colleges and many of them are on the 5th or 6th grade level anyway. do you know that you can take "pre algebra" at university? it is also interesting that homeschool students have relatively stringent requirements to enter open enrollment state schools while regular students are largely open enrollment. I cannot, however, find information on how to enroll a 10 year old. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:18:55 -0600 From: "Tom Hargrave" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Fibre was originally used for & is still used for SAN (Storage Area Network) drives and the drives are usually very high end RAID arrays. A SAN has the advantages of speed (if properly designed) and accessibility. You can deploy a SAN behind multiple servers & access the drives from all of the servers at the same time. There are lest costly solutions for a RAID that's dedicated to a single server. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:49 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? Thanks Gary, Hopefully next week I can squeeze in some time to try it... We use Fibre for video SANs where 1Gb Ethernet is too slow. 10Gb is still just over the horizon.... -Curt Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:05:17 -0600 From: "Gary Thompson" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fibre channel? To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 There are still applications where Fiber Channel is king. It gives you a level of determinism you simply can't get from Ethernet. That can be important to some transaction processing and data acquisition systems. === message truncated === "Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________ 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
