Re: [MBZ] MORE 6 speed manual trans for 300D
Alex Chamberlain wrote: Hmm, interesting. Then what I want is a 5-speed where the top and bottom ratios are the same as the automatic's, with the gears in between spaced appropriately closer together. Mitch? Mitch wrote: Didn't I post the ratios on the 2.3-16 5sp? 4.08 first, 1.00 5th IIRC. Alex Chamberlain wrote: Yeah, that would do it, but how likely am I to find one of those used? I want another $200 unbreakable GM tranny. ;) Can't say it will help you find a $200 transmission, but I have a fun toy. A spreadsheet for comparing transmission ratios, differential ratios, tire sizes, roadspeed, and engine RPM Filename: transmission+speed_1.1.ods - OpenOffice native transmission+speed_1.1.xls.zip - Microsoft export site: http://www.host-a.net/fmiser -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] MORE 6 speed manual trans for 300D
Perhaps you need to change the diff gears --- Yup! But I don't have the 'right' one. I have the original from the '84 2.2 donor car, but that's not the ratio that MB used for the real 2.5 manuals. So, do I want to do all that work for a potentially sub-optimal result, or wait/pay for the right one? Dilemma! ...or drop in a turbo engine. I'm sure a 2.5 turbo has enough torque at 2500rpm to push a W201 down the road at 70mph. The 2.5 has enough torque. It's just that every gear feels 'wrong' somehow. I can drive a stick, reasonably well as I have been doing so since about age 12, but this thing still has me bucking and snorting, surging, etc. like my wife, who resents having had to learn a stickshift (because of our truck) and never fails to point that out to me. (How good can you ever get at something you hate?) It finally sank in that the rear end ratio is wrong so I've been envisioning a shorter gearing, which to my mind seems to fix everything I don't like. 'Diesel' torque (this car drives like a puny gasser), shift points at slower road speeds, and a need to use fifth gear on the highway. Yeah, baby! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] I messed up
When jacking up the 300SD lifting at the center of the crossmember behind the oil pan, the jack slipped and the wood bolster rocked and hit the bottom of the oil pan causing it to buckle. It is bent upward about 1/2 inch at the drain plug but didn't crack. I am concerned how close the oil pump suction is to the bottom. Oil pressure reads normal. -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] (SPAM?) I messed up
It is bent upward about 1/2 inch at the drain plug but didn't crack. I am concerned how close the oil pump suction is to the bottom. Oil pressure reads normal. Isn't the pickup a bit on the forward side? You probably got away with it, but don't let it happen again! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] (SPAM?) I messed up
I'd say you got away with it as well. There's a 1/2 rubber sucker foot on the bottom of the pickup that holds the screen in. I'd replace the pan though, just to be sure. Walt On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: It is bent upward about 1/2 inch at the drain plug but didn't crack. I am concerned how close the oil pump suction is to the bottom. Oil pressure reads normal. Isn't the pickup a bit on the forward side? You probably got away with it, but don't let it happen again! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
I am frankly surprised that anyone would make such a generalization in this day and age. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I was more concerned about having an Asian as a chauffeur, given my anecdotal observations on Asian drivers. I guess if it was an American kid, it would be OK, but if the parents were off the boat, watch out. --R On 6/1/2011 7:36 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: Poppa gives junior his old luxury car to drive in college and buys a new one for himself. Junior puts car up for sale when he graduates. Lots of Asians in American colleges. Might be a very good deal if junior had it serviced and repaired regularly. Bought one of my Mercedes from such a seller. Of course, that's just a guess about this one. Gerry From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Uh, Asian driver... --R On 6/1/2011 11:23 AM, Allan Streib wrote: the car comes with a chauffeur? http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2379217820.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
andrew strasfogel wrote: I am frankly surprised that anyone would make such a generalization in this day and age. Many Asian immigrants drive like shit. Some of their offspring drive like shit. I knew a fairly intelligent college freshman, Caucasian, born and raised in USA, who flunked driver's ed twice and then gave up. She would have driven like shit if she had a license. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Starts and dies - why?
Actually, it may have been much more basic than that. I noticed fuel pooling in the well on top of the main fuel filter canister. The 24MM bolt was in dire need of tightening. Hopefully this wil lsolve the problem. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: meadedil...@bellsouth.netwrote: Rack damper bolt too tight? andrew strasfogel wrote: What's the theory behind this, Max? Well, it's the classic symptom of a rack damper bolt that's too far in. Why - I don't know. But any good set of instructions on adjusting the bolt will list that symptom as a caution. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] Rotella in OM-617
I have had a long-standing personal policy to not buy Shell fuel or products, due to an incident with one of their retail dealers back in 1998. I recently changed oil in my '83 300D and was looking to buy Chevron Delo but the store I stopped in didn't have any in stock. Because I was rather pressed for time and didn't want to go running all over town, I bought what they had which was Rotella T 15w40 (non-synthetic). Last winter I was using Mobil-1 for easier low-temp starting, but had noted that it needed to be topped up every couple of tankfuls (level falling below the ADD mark) which never used to happen with M1. Also for the past few years, with both M1 and Delo, I've had some drips which I believe are from the rear seal. With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. Any other opinions on this oil? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:51 -0400, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Many Asian immigrants drive like shit. Some of their offspring drive like shit. I knew a fairly intelligent college freshman, Caucasian, born and raised in USA, who flunked driver's ed twice and then gave up. She would have driven like shit if she had a license. In my experience most people on the road drive like shit, more or less. Add in conducting phone conversations, texting, laptop-ing, iPad-ing, eating, shaving, applying makeup, reading the paper are among the things I've witnessed people doing while operating their car. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
Well, as I said it was due to anecdotal observations, honed to a fine edge in Houston where we had many types of recent immigrants, whose antics were on display for all to see. My kids went to high schools in the Sharpstown area, which is adjacent to the new Chinatown of Houston (street signs in Chinese, some in Vietnamese), and I drove through there every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times, for 8 years. One learns. One day, the first day of school, I watched 2 Asian women drop off their kids then proceed to get into 3 collisions in the parking lot (one woman had 2 collisions) in the space of 2 minutes. My daughter told me that after the events, the daughters were going on about how bad their mothers drove and were warning the other girls to stay away from Chinese drivers. I also had a friend whose parents were off-the-boat Chinese, grew up in NYC with no car, rarely rode in one, she did not learn to drive until after college, at which point I think one's reflexes and general awareness of traffic and car behavior and such are too far gone to develop successfully. We talked about that at different times, she was even more adamant about the view that Asians (including herself) are bad drivers and to be avoided, for those reasons and others, like growing up in cultures in which cars were not too prevalent and there was not a car mode of behavior or awareness. (That same thing seemed to apply to a lot of the trabajadores in Houston too). Is it a generalization? Absolutely. Is it borne out by anecdotal observation? Absolutely. Are there valid sociological and cultural reasons for it? Absolutely. Am I bad for pointing them out? You decide. --R On 6/2/2011 10:20 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: I am frankly surprised that anyone would make such a generalization in this day and age. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I was more concerned about having an Asian as a chauffeur, given my anecdotal observations on Asian drivers. I guess if it was an American kid, it would be OK, but if the parents were off the boat, watch out. --R On 6/1/2011 7:36 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: Poppa gives junior his old luxury car to drive in college and buys a new one for himself. Junior puts car up for sale when he graduates. Lots of Asians in American colleges. Might be a very good deal if junior had it serviced and repaired regularly. Bought one of my Mercedes from such a seller. Of course, that's just a guess about this one. Gerry From: Rich Thomasrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net Uh, Asian driver... --R On 6/1/2011 11:23 AM, Allan Streib wrote: the car comes with a chauffeur? http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2379217820.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
I have used it in my 76 300D since I got it. No problems so far. I did read - and wish I had kept a copy - a review of various oils a while back and they were not very enthused with the Rotella. I think they suggested that most of the others were better including the no-name or house brand at WalMart. So far I have resisted buying Mobil 1 for the car. I use it in my truck but the car is not used at all in the winter and I change oil once each year which amounts to about every 3K miles. Not sure there would be any significant advantage to a better oil. Randy On 02/06/2011 10:40 AM, Allan Streib wrote: I have had a long-standing personal policy to not buy Shell fuel or products, due to an incident with one of their retail dealers back in 1998. I recently changed oil in my '83 300D and was looking to buy Chevron Delo but the store I stopped in didn't have any in stock. Because I was rather pressed for time and didn't want to go running all over town, I bought what they had which was Rotella T 15w40 (non-synthetic). Last winter I was using Mobil-1 for easier low-temp starting, but had noted that it needed to be topped up every couple of tankfuls (level falling below the ADD mark) which never used to happen with M1. Also for the past few years, with both M1 and Delo, I've had some drips which I believe are from the rear seal. With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. Any other opinions on this oil? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
Your observations, despite being based on personal experience, can be used as a convenient excuse for scapegoating by others who are less sophisticated in their views. About a decade ago I was carpooling with a Korean-born woman who happened to be a not very good driver but not a bad one, either. She was driving alone when an ambulance clipped her while passing. She claimed there was no siren, and in any case was in her lane when the collision occurred. The policeman who arrived on the scene immediately found her at fault based on his stereotypes of Asian drivers. He said we don't drive like that in this country. I thought that was a racist statement and urged her to file a complaint.. which I doubt she did. BTW, she was a U.S. citizen. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Well, as I said it was due to anecdotal observations, honed to a fine edge in Houston where we had many types of recent immigrants, whose antics were on display for all to see. My kids went to high schools in the Sharpstown area, which is adjacent to the new Chinatown of Houston (street signs in Chinese, some in Vietnamese), and I drove through there every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times, for 8 years. One learns. One day, the first day of school, I watched 2 Asian women drop off their kids then proceed to get into 3 collisions in the parking lot (one woman had 2 collisions) in the space of 2 minutes. My daughter told me that after the events, the daughters were going on about how bad their mothers drove and were warning the other girls to stay away from Chinese drivers. I also had a friend whose parents were off-the-boat Chinese, grew up in NYC with no car, rarely rode in one, she did not learn to drive until after college, at which point I think one's reflexes and general awareness of traffic and car behavior and such are too far gone to develop successfully. We talked about that at different times, she was even more adamant about the view that Asians (including herself) are bad drivers and to be avoided, for those reasons and others, like growing up in cultures in which cars were not too prevalent and there was not a car mode of behavior or awareness. (That same thing seemed to apply to a lot of the trabajadores in Houston too). Is it a generalization? Absolutely. Is it borne out by anecdotal observation? Absolutely. Are there valid sociological and cultural reasons for it? Absolutely. Am I bad for pointing them out? You decide. --R On 6/2/2011 10:20 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: I am frankly surprised that anyone would make such a generalization in this day and age. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I was more concerned about having an Asian as a chauffeur, given my anecdotal observations on Asian drivers. I guess if it was an American kid, it would be OK, but if the parents were off the boat, watch out. --R On 6/1/2011 7:36 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: Poppa gives junior his old luxury car to drive in college and buys a new one for himself. Junior puts car up for sale when he graduates. Lots of Asians in American colleges. Might be a very good deal if junior had it serviced and repaired regularly. Bought one of my Mercedes from such a seller. Of course, that's just a guess about this one. Gerry From: Rich Thomasrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net Uh, Asian driver... --R On 6/1/2011 11:23 AM, Allan Streib wrote: the car comes with a chauffeur? http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2379217820.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change
Re: [MBZ] Rotella in OM-617
Its all I used in all my cars that use dino oil, including my 450SLC 5.0. Its an excellent oil... and the gallons are really nice to work with! Jaime On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: I have had a long-standing personal policy to not buy Shell fuel or products, due to an incident with one of their retail dealers back in 1998. I recently changed oil in my '83 300D and was looking to buy Chevron Delo but the store I stopped in didn't have any in stock. Because I was rather pressed for time and didn't want to go running all over town, I bought what they had which was Rotella T 15w40 (non-synthetic). Last winter I was using Mobil-1 for easier low-temp starting, but had noted that it needed to be topped up every couple of tankfuls (level falling below the ADD mark) which never used to happen with M1. Also for the past few years, with both M1 and Delo, I've had some drips which I believe are from the rear seal. With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. Any other opinions on this oil? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
Rotella rocks. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
But how do I measure a quart of oil in the gallon containers that lack the clear plastic measuring strip on the side of the jug? On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: Rotella rocks. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
andrew strasfogel wrote: But how do I measure a quart of oil in the gallon containers that lack the clear plastic measuring strip on the side of the jug? With the car's dipstick? (start adding at the add mark and stop midway between add and full) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
Keep an empty quart bottle in the trunk? Though the Rotella bottles that I bought have such a strip. As do the gallon bottles of Chevron Delo 400. Allan On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:42 -0400, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: But how do I measure a quart of oil in the gallon containers that lack the clear plastic measuring strip on the side of the jug? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
I have been thinking about this a bit since I wrote that email. I got to thinking about statements such as, Germans like their beer and sausage, or Asians like to eat rice, or Redneck goobers like big pickup trucks with big tires, or Mexicans like low-riders. All of those statements are generally true based on anecdotal observations, and most folks would probably agree with them. None of them are particularly offensive in any regard, so is the criterion whether the statement/observation has potential to be offensive, or is it that even if offensive it has potential to be used as a convenient excuse for scapegoating by others who are less sophisticated in their views (and who is to determine who and what is a sophisticated view?)? I enjoy an enlightening educational discussion. We might have an opportunity or two to have some over beers soon, my boy is moving to DC to go to Georgetown School of Medicine and will probably be living somewhere near your hood. Alas he is leaving the SD here. --R On 6/2/2011 12:53 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Your observations, despite being based on personal experience, can be used as a convenient excuse for scapegoating by others who are less sophisticated in their views. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
They do have the clear plastic measuring strip on the side! Jaime On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:42 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: But how do I measure a quart of oil in the gallon containers that lack the clear plastic measuring strip on the side of the jug? On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Rotella rocks. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] what's with this ad?
Sounds like fun- love to meet you both. We have lots of cheap diesels around here, besides mine. I'd be happy to find him one. BTW, we live near American University (AU), not GU. Our housing may be slightly less pricey than Georgetown but not much. What is he going to do for living space? ALS On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I have been thinking about this a bit since I wrote that email. I got to thinking about statements such as, Germans like their beer and sausage, or Asians like to eat rice, or Redneck goobers like big pickup trucks with big tires, or Mexicans like low-riders. All of those statements are generally true based on anecdotal observations, and most folks would probably agree with them. None of them are particularly offensive in any regard, so is the criterion whether the statement/observation has potential to be offensive, or is it that even if offensive it has potential to be used as a convenient excuse for scapegoating by others who are less sophisticated in their views (and who is to determine who and what is a sophisticated view?)? I enjoy an enlightening educational discussion. We might have an opportunity or two to have some over beers soon, my boy is moving to DC to go to Georgetown School of Medicine and will probably be living somewhere near your hood. Alas he is leaving the SD here. --R On 6/2/2011 12:53 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Your observations, despite being based on personal experience, can be used as a convenient excuse for scapegoating by others who are less sophisticated in their views. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
I could swear that mine didn't. Will double check. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: They do have the clear plastic measuring strip on the side! Jaime On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:42 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: But how do I measure a quart of oil in the gallon containers that lack the clear plastic measuring strip on the side of the jug? On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Rotella rocks. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: big tires, or Mexicans like low-riders. All of those statements are generally true based on anecdotal observations, and most folks would probably agree with them. None of them are particularly offensive in any Repeated only because I found it funny and at the same time slightly relevant. :) http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-are-canadien-not-you-are.html -Tim knows no hockey, but does know a few Canadians ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
At the risk of exposing my red neck, I intend to chime in here. We are getting a lot of immigrants in our province/city over the past few years. I live near the University of Manitoba, and that appears to attract many of them. Most of them are lousy drivers. I am guessing that many of them have never driven before. They have come from countries where either cars are not owned by the common folk or the wealthy have drivers or something because they really have no idea how to drive. Unfortunately, the powers that be are afraid of appearing to be racist so they grant driver's licences to people who really are in need of more training etc. They tend to go very slowly, stop when the should not etc. We are getting a lot of burka (sp?) clad ladies driving mini-vans and one has to wonder how they manage to shoulder check with that outfit on. I don't think this is racial profiling because it tends to be true accross several ethnic groups. They just have no experience driving and there appears to be a slow learning curve. They are not kids, but adults and they cannot help it but it is dangerous for the rest of us. Randy who has so far avoided catastrophe! On 02/06/2011 1:25 PM, Tim C wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: big tires, or Mexicans like low-riders. All of those statements are generally true based on anecdotal observations, and most folks would probably agree with them. None of them are particularly offensive in any Repeated only because I found it funny and at the same time slightly relevant. :) http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-are-canadien-not-you-are.html -Tim knows no hockey, but does know a few Canadians ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
Allan, which weight of M1? My NA OM617 used a lot of M1, OM603 uses about one quart per 2500 miles, OM606 about one quart per 5000 miles. Max -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] oil shelf life
I've been told that motor oil has a shelf life of about five years. This by someone at the auto parts store. I've come to realize over the years that many individuals make statements like this without any evidence to back it up. I have no way to know if they are knowledgeable. On some occasions, I realize they know less about a topic than I do. Lota myths out there about automobile stuff. Anyway, should I turn over my oil containers to allow what settled to the bottom to be re-distributed (like a paint can)? Do the additives go bad, lose effectiveness, or just plain disappear? I have a number of quarts of (then) diesel rated oil (cc/cd) purchased on sale when I believed I would be changing the oil myself for years to come. Most purchased between about 8 and 15 years ago. Then I purchased a set of tires with the tantalizing promise of free oil changes for life.That was great until the company went out of business. I wouldn't dare use this in a newer car, but what about an older car? What would you do? Jerry 82 240D __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6175 (20110602) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] I messed up
If its not leaking its most likely just fine. I have seen them pretty banged up and are still fine. On 6/2/2011 8:41 AM, Hans Neureiter wrote: When jacking up the 300SD lifting at the center of the crossmember behind the oil pan, the jack slipped and the wood bolster rocked and hit the bottom of the oil pan causing it to buckle. It is bent upward about1/2 inch at the drain plug but didn't crack. I am concerned how close the oil pump suction is to the bottom. Oil pressure reads normal. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 99 E430, 99 E320. 97 E300, 95 E300, 93 300D, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 90 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
I run delvac 1300 usually On 6/2/2011 11:34 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streibstr...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. IIRC Marshall always recommended Rotella T or Delo 400 for OM61x and OM60x engines, if you weren't going to run synthetic. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1511/3675 - Release Date: 06/02/11 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 99 E430, 99 E320. 97 E300, 95 E300, 93 300D, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 90 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Rotella in OM-617
Like yourself, I have boycotted Shell Rotella, but for another reason. Everything I have is Diesel and I found that with Rotella I had leaks and oil usage. Switched to the new Castrol Diesel rated oil [Tection Extra, 15/40] and those problems went away. I'm in Arizona so don't deal with sub zero winter temps, instead, summer ambient temps of 110 F + are normal... Shell doesn't seem to hold up under that crushing extreme as well as the Castrol. FWIW, Grant... 94 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 97 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 85 Ford 6.9 [International engine] 89 Ford 7.3 [International engine] 82 Mercedes 300D 82 Mercedes 300SD 82 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 6V92 TA DDEC 81 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 6V92 TA MUI 80 GMC RTS Detroit Diesel 8V71 NA MUI 88 Suzuki Samauri..with Isuzu Imark diesel engine Other Diesel power equipment On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: I have had a long-standing personal policy to not buy Shell fuel or products, due to an incident with one of their retail dealers back in 1998. I recently changed oil in my '83 300D and was looking to buy Chevron Delo but the store I stopped in didn't have any in stock. Because I was rather pressed for time and didn't want to go running all over town, I bought what they had which was Rotella T 15w40 (non-synthetic). Last winter I was using Mobil-1 for easier low-temp starting, but had noted that it needed to be topped up every couple of tankfuls (level falling below the ADD mark) which never used to happen with M1. Also for the past few years, with both M1 and Delo, I've had some drips which I believe are from the rear seal. With the Rotella, I have not had to add ANY oil in over 1,500 miles so far, and the drips have all but stopped. I'm fairly pleased despite it being a Shell product. Any other opinions on this oil? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
I'm to the point where the political correct insult me more than being called a hillbilly redneck or Birther rightwinger.. stinky diesel driver. or what ever slang is slung by those flinging such stuff.. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: At the risk of exposing my red neck, I intend to chime in here. We are getting a lot of immigrants in our province/city over the past few years. I live near the University of Manitoba, and that appears to attract many of them. Most of them are lousy drivers. I am guessing that many of them have never driven before. They have come from countries where either cars are not owned by the common folk or the wealthy have drivers or something because they really have no idea how to drive. Unfortunately, the powers that be are afraid of appearing to be racist so they grant driver's licences to people who really are in need of more training etc. They tend to go very slowly, stop when the should not etc. We are getting a lot of burka (sp?) clad ladies driving mini-vans and one has to wonder how they manage to shoulder check with that outfit on. I don't think this is racial profiling because it tends to be true accross several ethnic groups. They just have no experience driving and there appears to be a slow learning curve. They are not kids, but adults and they cannot help it but it is dangerous for the rest of us. Randy who has so far avoided catastrophe! On 02/06/2011 1:25 PM, Tim C wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: big tires, or Mexicans like low-riders. All of those statements are generally true based on anecdotal observations, and most folks would probably agree with them. None of them are particularly offensive in any Repeated only because I found it funny and at the same time slightly relevant. :) http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-are-canadien-not-you-are.html -Tim knows no hockey, but does know a few Canadians ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
Tim C wrote: Repeated only because I found it funny and at the same time slightly relevant. :) http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-are-canadien-not-you-are.html Ya mean the get to the cheddar adv? I found it funny to look at also. I couldn't figure it out, but funny. Everyone else wants to carry on regarding stereotypes, etc. Oh, well - see the title of the thread, guys - what's with this ad? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
I wrote: Ya mean the get to the cheddar adv? ...hmmm... I read the other thread also - my mistake. I liked the baby face adv off on the side of this link. Interesting - I don't know what that is a picture of. A man? A child? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] More info about Air France ocean crash
Here are some more articles. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/air-france-447-was-it-deep-stall http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1920-full.html Maybe the re-training against stall is the ticket against this type of faux pas. My son was saying the real story on the Hudson river airbus was the computer shut the engines down due to the bird knocking out a sensor in the engine - not the direct bird hits. Direct bird hits with frozen birds is standard testing procedure. My son also said that boeing test pilots on 777 did not like zero feedback, and computer cut-out for idiot moves. I guess the 777 warns against idiot moves, but lets you do idiot moves, whereas airbus computer is interface against the pilot and rules against the pilot as needed. I think I rather the boeing scheme in glass cockpit scheme. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] More info about Air France ocean crash
Peter wrote: This report raises another question for me: Why are we flying commercial aircraft carrying passengers with a 9 kph safety margin at altitude? SNIP So much for the computers preventing the pilots from going outside the flight envelope, eh? Evidently, at altitude, there really is less leeway available and pilots need to be quite careful. So that might be why the computer cuts out at that type of margin? As to computer rules over pilot - I think that is waaay too much computer control. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] More info about Air France ocean crash
kph? Wilton - Original Message - From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] More info about Air France ocean crash Peter wrote: This report raises another question for me: Why are we flying commercial aircraft carrying passengers with a 9 kph safety margin at altitude? SNIP So much for the computers preventing the pilots from going outside the flight envelope, eh? Evidently, at altitude, there really is less leeway available and pilots need to be quite careful. So that might be why the computer cuts out at that type of margin? As to computer rules over pilot - I think that is waaay too much computer control. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] Way OT at this point, Re: what's with this ad?
Baby in army fatigues? What's not to understand? I think the sidebar is just decoration, but I can see why the subject would be confounding out of context. It was recently revealed that kids prefer cheese was taken from a kingdom phylum class memory aid. Munger/Mungowitz/McMunger is chair of the political science department at Duke; his friend and co-blogger Angus teaches economics at a U in OK. Munger ran for NC governor a few years ago. Very funny man, crazy smart, and also a little crazy. But really I just brought it up for the stereotype discussion, since I know we have a number of Canadians, eh. :) -Tim On Jun 2, 2011 9:36 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: I wrote: Ya mean the get to the cheddar adv? ...hmmm... I read the other thread also - my mistake. I liked the baby face adv off on the side of this link. Interesting - I don't know what that is a picture of. A man? A child? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] More info about Air France ocean crash
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:27:03 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: kph? knots per hour? Wilton - Original Message - From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] More info about Air France ocean crash Peter wrote: This report raises another question for me: Why are we flying commercial aircraft carrying passengers with a 9 kph safety margin at altitude? SNIP So much for the computers preventing the pilots from going outside the flight envelope, eh? Evidently, at altitude, there really is less leeway available and pilots need to be quite careful. So that might be why the computer cuts out at that type of margin? As to computer rules over pilot - I think that is waaay too much computer control. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 Craig -- Present:'94 E420Oskar 119 kmi '82 240D/3.0Bluebell 264 kmi Past: '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] MORE 6 speed manual trans for 300D
Kaleb used to have quite a collection of diff's --- ask him. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: Perhaps you need to change the diff gears --- Yup! But I don't have the 'right' one. I have the original from the '84 2.2 donor car, but that's not the ratio that MB used for the real 2.5 manuals. So, do I want to do all that work for a potentially sub-optimal result, or wait/pay for the right one? Dilemma! ...or drop in a turbo engine. I'm sure a 2.5 turbo has enough torque at 2500rpm to push a W201 down the road at 70mph. The 2.5 has enough torque. It's just that every gear feels 'wrong' somehow. I can drive a stick, reasonably well as I have been doing so since about age 12, but this thing still has me bucking and snorting, surging, etc. like my wife, who resents having had to learn a stickshift (because of our truck) and never fails to point that out to me. (How good can you ever get at something you hate?) It finally sank in that the rear end ratio is wrong so I've been envisioning a shorter gearing, which to my mind seems to fix everything I don't like. 'Diesel' torque (this car drives like a puny gasser), shift points at slower road speeds, and a need to use fifth gear on the highway. Yeah, baby! -- Jim OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] I messed up
You are lucky - mine was all the way up, the jack slipped when I was letting it down (jack wheel caught in a crack in the drive), punched a nice big hole in the bottom of the pan. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote: When jacking up the 300SD lifting at the center of the crossmember behind the oil pan, the jack slipped and the wood bolster rocked and hit the bottom of the oil pan causing it to buckle. It is bent upward about 1/2 inch at the drain plug but didn't crack. I am concerned how close the oil pump suction is to the bottom. Oil pressure reads normal. -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD ___ -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] OT Two Stroke Oil
I used to use Mobil 1MX2T but it is NLA here in the US. Is there an equivalent manufactured by another company? I know there are different standards for air cooled vs water-cooled engines... Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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] OT Two Stroke Oil
Rick Knoble wrote: I used to use Mobil 1MX2T but it is NLA here in the US. Is there an equivalent manufactured by another company? I know there are different standards for air cooled vs water-cooled engines... Amsoil has a few different 2 stroke oils. I think they run around $8 per quart. Just don't use the Sabre stuff at 100:1. If it's for outdoor power equipment, Stihl/Husqvarna/Dolmar/etc synthetic all seem fine to me. Most of the Amsoil (except for Sabre) don't have dye in them, which is sort of a pain for premix. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
