What was amazing was how little oil an oil change took with my old 350. Geez, I swear it took just enough to fill the filter, and an extra quart or two, and not much more. lol When I did my first oil change on an old air cooled 911, I was convinced, after pouring the 10th litre in, I had made a mistake and was pouring the oil in the gas tank rather than the oil tank. lol
Ed 300E On 11/02/2008, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My 86 Suburban was like that too. At 183K miles the 350 Small block motor > was fine. I changed the valve seals at > about 115K miles and that helped a lot. It ran stronger and used less fuel > after the new seals were installed. > Apart from that, the motor only got accessory things like a starter and an > alternator and a recored radiator. > Nothing internal and I didn't run Mobil 1 either. I don't know much about > its early life as it had over 100K miles > when I got it in July 1991. It hauled that boat of a Suburban body around > without complaining and didn't even do > too bad on fuel by today's standards. It was the last year with a 4 BBL > carb instead of the throttle body injection > setup. The 700R4 transmission, on the other hand was not good. The > interior was not bad either. I had the bottom > part of the front bench seat repadded when the foam got too soft and I > felt like I was leaning toward the door. The > cloth on the seats was fine. I had the body fixed and painted once. It > came from Texas and being red over tan, was > a bit faded. By 2000 rust was starting on the door bottoms but the rest of > the body was still pretty good. I still > sort of miss it. I sold it to a fellow who planned to fix it up for the > long haul. I should check to see if he > still has it. > > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LarryT > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:46 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] CHevy 305/350 WAS- High mileage badges > > > Hey Ed, agree completely -- > We had a 78 Malibu with the 305 engine and that engine was flawless. The > car went thru transmissions like they were M&Ms but the engine was > perfect. > Often I wish I'd been able to keep the engine when we donated the car to > the > Kidney Fdn - w/bad tranny of course. Would have loved to put that engine > in > a Cobra replica - > > But the engine started perfectly,cruised at 80 day long - though not with > the chassis/suspension sweetness a MB has - and was easy to > maintain. Even > though it was a gas engine it didn;t need all that much. > > Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:01 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage badges [was Re: It's a plot] > > > >I was chatting with a taxi driver a few years back when most were using > >Chev > > Caprice models. They would usually have either a 305 or a 350. I asked > > how > > many miles they typically get out of a car, and he said they tend to > drive > > them to about 750,000 kms, with very little if any work, other than just > > routines service, and lots of brake and tire changes. I just love my > old > > merc and 911's, but I don't think they've ever built a better engine > than > > the small block chev V8. It's simple, light, gobs of torque and power, > > and > > they last forever. I still miss fiddling with my old 350, not that it > > every > > needed much of anything. > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > On 11/02/2008, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Now come on. Picking on a pickup truck is like picking on apple pie > etc. > >> It is the north American vehicle of > >> choice. > >> > >> Randy > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > >> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:44 AM > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage badges [was Re: It's a plot] > >> > >> > >> Good for him. Wonder how many of those miles he actually needed a full > >> sized > >> pickup?? > >> And how many miles were simply wasting fuel, taking up excessive space > in > >> the road, and spewing high emissions. > >> Brian > >> > >> On Feb 9, 2008 9:39 AM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Speaking of high mileage, I heard a story on NPR last night about a > >> > guy driving his '91 Chevy Silverado to 1,000,000 miles - complete > with > >> > a GM video crew at hand as the odo changed over. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > OK Don, KD5NRO > >> > Norman, OK > >> > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." > >> > -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain > >> > '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager > >> > > >> > _______________________________________ > >> > 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 > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
