[MBZ] Becker Grand Prix

2013-10-12 Thread clay
Anybody have a spare 86-94 Becker on the shelf? The Grand Prix in the 300SE is being recalcitrant. I will have to yank the current one and see if it can be repaired. If not, or just while it is out, I would like to have access to weather radio and some tunes clay

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread clay
I was reading an article in the paper yesterday. The free press folks have decided that they have not seen such a threat to the First Amendment since the Nixon years. For being all hopey changey and talking transparency, the Osama whitehouse is tighter than a frogs butt and poses more of a thr

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:44:07 -0400 (EDT) "Mitchell Haley, EA" wrote: I presume that Mitchell Haley is the same ol' Mitch Haley we all know. What does "EA" mean? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To U

Re: [MBZ] OT: Going Anywhere? [was: Re: ON TOPIC! OM617 Injection pump delivery valves}

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:28:17 -0700 Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Oct 12, 2013 8:16 PM, "Craig" wrote: > > > > They have indeed suspended shipments of TRU (transuranic, meaning > > elements heavier than uranium) waste from TA-54 to the WIPP (Waste > > Isolation Pilot Project at Carlsbad, NM) becau

Re: [MBZ] OT: Going Anywhere? [was: Re: ON TOPIC! OM617 Injection pump delivery valves}

2013-10-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Oct 12, 2013 8:16 PM, "Craig" wrote: > > They have indeed suspended > shipments of TRU (transuranic, > meaning > elements heavier than uranium) > waste from TA-54 to the WIPP (Waste > Isolation Pilot Project at Carlsbad, > NM) because of the shutdown. I don't > recall exactly what the level of

[MBZ] OT: Going Anywhere? [was: Re: ON TOPIC! OM617 Injection pump delivery valves}

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:57:45 -0500 Mountain Man wrote: > Craig wrote: > > I'd look it up myself, but my shop manuals are packed up in boxes and > > buried in the back of a 20' sea container sitting on our driveway > > My goodness, here I post an on-topic email and the response is totally off

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Hahahahahaha Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:03 PM, Craig wrote: > On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:35:07 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin" > wrote: > >> Yep, if you think thats bad maybe I should have Jabba tell us more >> about Trent. > > O!

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread WILTON
Please don't. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha Yep, if you think thats bad maybe I should have Jabba tell us more about Trent. On 10/12/2013 9:04 PM, Ben

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:35:07 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > Yep, if you think thats bad maybe I should have Jabba tell us more > about Trent. O Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yep, if you think thats bad maybe I should have Jabba tell us more about Trent. On 10/12/2013 9:04 PM, Benz Hogs wrote: Tisk, tisk, tisk, cussing AND politics in the MB list? Save it for Banned! :) Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 "Max" (171,xxx mi) On 10/12/2013 8:58 PM, Kaleb

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Benz Hogs
Tisk, tisk, tisk, cussing AND politics in the MB list? Save it for Banned! :) Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 "Max" (171,xxx mi) On 10/12/2013 8:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I am sorry but this current president is a piece is . I am simply disgusted and no it is not becau

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I am sorry but this current president is a piece is shit. I am simply disgusted and no it is not because he is black. End of rant. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2013, at 7:44 PM, "Mitchell Haley, EA" wrote: >> >> They are shutting down some essential functions, too: > > The whole point is t

Re: [MBZ] ON TOPIC! OM617 Injection pump delivery valves

2013-10-12 Thread Mountain Man
Craig wrote: > I'd look it up myself, but my shop manuals are packed up in boxes and > buried in the back of a 20' sea container sitting on our driveway > Where are you going? - sea container. Another thing I saw mention this week was LANL waste being as bad as Fukushima? and leaking without a

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Mountain Man
Mitch wrote: > Then again, Clinton did care about this country and wanted to lead it well. > You gotta listen to Larry Nichols. Did anyone else get horn-schwaggled in to purchasing the Larry Nichols video in 1993 about the Clintons? My kids remember the name, I remember the voice. The guy is sti

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Brian Toscano
I think they should shut down the DEA ATF CIA NSA and FBI On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Mitchell Haley, EA wrote: > > > > They are shutting down some essential functions, too: > > The whole point is to make the shutdown as painful as possible for as many > people as possible. Bill Clinto

Re: [MBZ] AM/FM

2013-10-12 Thread G Mann
Liberal / Progressive talk radio has been tried a number of times.. It has failed each time. Apparently the 4 D Rule... Deceive, Deny, Delay, Deflect does not sell well in any time slot with advertisers or listeners. But. "What difference does it make" "You didn't build that" On Sat, O

Re: [MBZ] AM/FM

2013-10-12 Thread Richard Hattaway
Nor in North Carolina.. On Saturday, October 12, 2013 8:24 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:20 PM, OK Don wrote: > Most be location specific. There is no progressive chatter in OK. > > > Not even on public radio? Alex ___ http:/

[MBZ] ON TOPIC! OM617 Injection pump delivery valves

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
I'd look it up myself, but my shop manuals are packed up in boxes and buried in the back of a 20' sea container sitting on our driveway What is the value of the torque for OM617 delivery valves? I recently got a set of delivery valve springs, copper washers, and rubber o-rings from Central Mo

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Mitchell Haley, EA
> > They are shutting down some essential functions, too: The whole point is to make the shutdown as painful as possible for as many people as possible. Bill Clinton never would have dreamed of doing that when the Gingrich house shut government down. Then again, Clinton did care about this countr

Re: [MBZ] AM/FM

2013-10-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:20 PM, OK Don wrote: > Most be location specific. There is no progressive chatter in OK. > > > Not even on public radio? Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or cha

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Craig
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:03:12 -0400 (EDT) "Mitchell Haley, EA" wrote: > > >> EIA is closed due to a lapse in appropriations. EIA will not update > >> its website until the agency reopens. > > So it took them ten days to finish shutting down private homes and > businesses, putting padlocks on al

Re: [MBZ] AM/FM

2013-10-12 Thread OK Don
Most be location specific. There is no progressive chatter in OK. On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > Why are these radio spectrums political? > i.e. I can hear conservative chatter on AM > i.e. I can hear progressive chatter on FM > Why? > Or is this merely a function of Ill

Re: [MBZ] OT: PC Computer hardware questiion

2013-10-12 Thread OK Don
I donated my IBM luggable to Goodwill when we moved two years ago. It came with an 8088, 256kb memory, and dual 5ΒΌ floppies. I had to buy a new BIOS to install an ST225 hardrive in on of the drive bays. I bought it with an AVL board (that had it's own CPU running CPM) and used it for many years pro

Re: [MBZ] POSSL for $4k

2013-10-12 Thread WILTON
Is that purple or some type of beige? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 3:21 PM Subject: [MBZ] POSSL for $4k https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4121579405.html --R _

Re: [MBZ] POSSL for $4k

2013-10-12 Thread clay
Scrap value is $350 seller is looking for an idiot so he make a killing clay On Oct 12, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4121579405.html > > --R > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives ht

[MBZ] AM/FM

2013-10-12 Thread Mountain Man
Why are these radio spectrums political? i.e. I can hear conservative chatter on AM i.e. I can hear progressive chatter on FM Why? Or is this merely a function of Illinois radio? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ar

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Scott Ritchey
These stories (and many more like them) says much more about the goals, values, and priorities of the current administration than I ever could. Scott -Original Message- From: Mitchell Haley, EA Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha >> EIA is closed du

[MBZ] POSSL for $4k

2013-10-12 Thread Rich Thomas
https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4121579405.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Mitchell Haley, EA
>> EIA is closed due to a lapse in appropriations. EIA will not update its >> website until the agency reopens. So it took them ten days to finish shutting down private homes and businesses, putting padlocks on all the outhouses, closing the Atlantic Ocean, and taking the knobs off of all the ou

Re: [MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I would probably switch them out but just not sure about the oil pressure thing, I suppose it's possible Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > As I understand it they can leak or the plastic plugs in the plastic OE ones > can pop out, causing oi pressure to dro

Re: [MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread clay
This is sort of worst case, but Gump had the front riser fail. It sheered the riser, the internal oil channel was exposed. Oil pressure went to 0. On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: > As I understand it they can leak or the plastic plugs in the plastic OE ones > can pop out, ca

Re: [MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread Dan Penoff
As I understand it they can leak or the plastic plugs in the plastic OE ones can pop out, causing oi pressure to drop. They may or may not cause the lifters to make noise depending on how bad/many of them are leaking. MB changed the design to prevent this from happening, as I understand it. A

Re: [MBZ] Balky 300TD wiper, then it worked, and then nothing

2013-10-12 Thread Larry T
Ditto -RainX - I spend a lot of time being sure I have gotten all the RainX buffed out.I put it on all my cars windshields,side glass and headlights. LarryT 91 300D 74 911 66 MGB On 10/11/2013 6:11 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 11/10/2013 5:09 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:

Re: [MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I do not see how that would cause low oil pressur I less the lifters or cams are making all kinds of noise from lack of oil. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: > Anyone ever done this job? > > Looks pretty straightforward for the most part. My oil pressure i

Re: [MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread Jim Cathey
My oil pressure is not what I would like it to be at hot idle, and I suspect that I might have a leaky or bad cam oiler tube or two. I'm not seeing it. Isn't the ultimate supply _into_ the tube from a hole not unlike the outlets? -- Jim ___ http://www.oki

Re: [MBZ] Balky 300TD wiper, then it worked, and then nothing

2013-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
My first attaboy from Wilton! I feel great!! On Oct 12, 2013 10:13 AM, "WILTON" wrote: > ATTABOY! > > Wilt > > - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel" < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:23 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Balky

[MBZ] M119 Cam Oiler Tubes

2013-10-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Anyone ever done this job? Looks pretty straightforward for the most part. My oil pressure is not what I would like it to be at hot idle, and I suspect that I might have a leaky or bad cam oiler tube or two. I definitely have the OE plastic tubes in my engine. I can get a set of OEM aluminum

Re: [MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Dan Penoff
I just use a gas price app on my iPhone. It finds the cheapest gas based on my location. I don't use it for my car, but I do for the wife's. FYI - my last tank of fuel in the S500 jumped to 17.4 MPG from he mid 16s. Not exactly sure, but I'll see if the trend continues with the next fillup of

[MBZ] Hahahahahaha

2013-10-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: eia_eli...@eia.gov > Date: October 11, 2013, 2:38:25 PM CDT > To: "Weekly Highway Diesel Prices" > Subject: EIA is now closed > Reply-To: eia_eli...@eia.gov > > > > > > EIA is closed due to a lapse in appropriations. EIA will not upda

Re: [MBZ] Balky 300TD wiper, then it worked, and then nothing

2013-10-12 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Balky 300TD wiper, then it worked, and then nothing I checked the no. 6 fuse during a period of gentle drizzle. Sadly, it was inta