Re: [MBZ] Put the crack pipe down
That's exactly like mine; same non-reflective paint, same color. Unique interior has bed and drivers seat only. Ice cold air after sundown. Slick tires for racing. Sun roof opens electrically; cranks shut. $4000 OBO (except Kaleb) Gerry On 8/20/2014 9:46 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 85 mercedes Benz 300d turbo diesel http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4613287754.html It's got stealth paint so it's impervious to police radar. Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Put the crack pipe down Kaleb, Mercs cost money
See we told you that the green one is within the range, this one is worth 6k according to the seller, who obviously knows more than you, at 7.9 that frog coloured one is a steal and you should mosey on up and grab it, that may help you overcome your green obsession and move on to another colour. Hendrik who has a secret desire to own a rat merc On 21/08/14 09:56, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 85 mercedes Benz 300d turbo diesel http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4613287754.html ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: On Attaboys
Curt wrote: We've been going through this with Angie's business, she's learning how to give the attaboy (or attagirl as the case may me) to her staff. She tells me They know they're appreciated to which I ask did you tell them? Its actually one of the complaints I have about where I work, the head pats are infrequent and inadequate. Thanking a team for their good work isn't the same as thanking the team members each for their input. Yeah. But it can be overdone too. One thing I find worse than silence is an attaboy for every little task especially when it's doled out without merit by someone without a clue. Hand them out too freely and they will loose value. Say it and not mean it and it will be meaningless. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Holy rolling restorations batman
No same principle applies, say you buy a $500 rust bucket that needs major mechanical work as well. Itemise all the costs and the figure will be way high, depending on how much you can do. Plus a neglected car is more likely to break down and leave you by the side of the road, compared to one that has been maintained. Would you think that you could get a 500 beater up to the standard of that green 123 for 7k? Perhaps if you have access to a fully equipped workshop and spray booth and know how to handle all the tools like a pro. How much is a quality paint job these days? Sure anyone that is handy with their hands can do a course to learn the art and that is a challenge. Or you can spend the 7.9k on the car and go fishing with it, while some other slob starts a rolling restoration and then gets tired of it, half way through. How many of these was gonna fix er up ads do we see in a year? If working on cars is your hobby, then yeah a 'good value' car that is not perfect but is not worn out is the go, do the essential to get it to a standard of reliability and then tinker away at it, plus if you buy at the bottom of the depreciation cycle you should not lose too much money on it. Hendrik whose cars are not quite rolling restorations On 21/08/14 04:53, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: There is an exception to that rule. If you to plan on a restoration, it pays to purchase a *running car* as cheaply as possible so you can take your time in making the most cost effective improvements at a leisurely pace.. This explains my 18 year enjoyment and simultaneous restoration of a 1970 280SE 3.5 coupe that had lots of issues, but I could at least drive it safely while fixing and restoring things. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:44 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My experience as well. How much will you have to pay for any MB with 68k miles accumulated at the standard rate of 12k/yr. (a 2008 model)? It looks like a bargain from that perspective. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hendrik makes a very valid point, and one that pretty much applies to any used car purchased. That is, spend the money up front for the very best example you can find. You'll be better off than buying a fixer-upper or one that needs work, as it will most likely end up costing you more. BTDT myself. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT recycled dog food dispenser
http://www.spiegel.de/international/turkish-stray-dog-feeding-machine-a-model-for-social-design-a-986392.html#ref=nl-international Hendrik who gets 10c per drink container ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Holy rolling restorations batman
The only possible way this could even remotely work is if you are capable of doing ALL the work on the car. The minute you farm something out you're behind. I've gone this route once, buying a Klebmobile thinking it would be relatively simple to buy cheap and save money doing the DIY thing and the numbers just don't work out. This is even more relevant when you factor in the cost of your time. I still believe that the cheapest way to get the nicest and best example of a car is to buy the best one you can afford. Dan On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:08 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No same principle applies, say you buy a $500 rust bucket that needs major mechanical work as well. Itemise all the costs and the figure will be way high, depending on how much you can do. Plus a neglected car is more likely to break down and leave you by the side of the road, compared to one that has been maintained. Would you think that you could get a 500 beater up to the standard of that green 123 for 7k? Perhaps if you have access to a fully equipped workshop and spray booth and know how to handle all the tools like a pro. How much is a quality paint job these days? Sure anyone that is handy with their hands can do a course to learn the art and that is a challenge. Or you can spend the 7.9k on the car and go fishing with it, while some other slob starts a rolling restoration and then gets tired of it, half way through. How many of these was gonna fix er up ads do we see in a year? If working on cars is your hobby, then yeah a 'good value' car that is not perfect but is not worn out is the go, do the essential to get it to a standard of reliability and then tinker away at it, plus if you buy at the bottom of the depreciation cycle you should not lose too much money on it. Hendrik whose cars are not quite rolling restorations On 21/08/14 04:53, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: There is an exception to that rule. If you to plan on a restoration, it pays to purchase a *running car* as cheaply as possible so you can take your time in making the most cost effective improvements at a leisurely pace.. This explains my 18 year enjoyment and simultaneous restoration of a 1970 280SE 3.5 coupe that had lots of issues, but I could at least drive it safely while fixing and restoring things. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:44 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My experience as well. How much will you have to pay for any MB with 68k miles accumulated at the standard rate of 12k/yr. (a 2008 model)? It looks like a bargain from that perspective. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hendrik makes a very valid point, and one that pretty much applies to any used car purchased. That is, spend the money up front for the very best example you can find. You'll be better off than buying a fixer-upper or one that needs work, as it will most likely end up costing you more. BTDT myself. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
Excuse my naivete, but is i free? On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has used Wordpress for putting a web site together. It looks like it's pretty user friendly and it's platform agnostic for the most part as well, since everything takes place on the server. Lots and lots of plugins, too. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
At least the basic hosted one like this is - http://norristailwind.wordpress.com/ On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Excuse my naivete, but is i free? -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] MB in WILTON neighborhood
Has to be a one off - wonder what the badge says on the trunk lid. Very good deal for the money IMO. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:09 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: And I'm gonna hafta let it go. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7:06 PM Subject: [MBZ] MB in WILTON neighborhood eastnc.craigslist.org/cto/4559345781.html mao ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
Yes. WordPress is free, however, there are literally thousands of plugins to enhance it, and many of them require a payment for licensing. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Excuse my naivete, but is i free? On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has used Wordpress for putting a web site together. It looks like it's pretty user friendly and it's platform agnostic for the most part as well, since everything takes place on the server. Lots and lots of plugins, too. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Put the crack pipe down
Never driven in rain, snow, daylight, or in the dark On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That's exactly like mine; same non-reflective paint, same color. Unique interior has bed and drivers seat only. Ice cold air after sundown. Slick tires for racing. Sun roof opens electrically; cranks shut. $4000 OBO (except Kaleb) Gerry On 8/20/2014 9:46 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 85 mercedes Benz 300d turbo diesel http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4613287754.html It's got stealth paint so it's impervious to police radar. Mitch. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has used Wordpress for putting a web site together. It looks like it's pretty user friendly and it's platform agnostic for the most part as well, since everything takes place on the server. Lots and lots of plugins, too. I have; all of my wife's sites were set up with WP so I wouldn't have to provide maintenance beyond setup and upgrades. It is very configurable, even for individual pages. The blog format is good for anything that is serial, like car jobs or posting pictures, but you can also use it as a container for a set of static pages. There have been a lot of exploits in WP and plugins recently, so if you go that route make sure you get on the mailing lists and/or go with a reputable WP hosting company, and make sure you don't have anything sensitive on your hosting machine. Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I started to use it for the build log for my Tailwind amateur built experimental aircraft, and didn't find it all that user friendly for what I want to do. I guess I should find a tutorial or something, but I thought I could just jump in and do it. Blogger is probably easier if you aren't looking for serious control of the output. There are (used to be?) phone apps for quickly submitting blog entries to Blogger. IMO it is easier to create professional-looking pages in WP, but Blogger is probably good enough for personal stuff. Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: On Attaboys
On Aug 21, 2014 4:40 AM, Fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yeah. But it can be overdone too. One thing I find worse than silence is an attaboy for every little task especially when it's doled out without merit by someone without a clue. Hand them out Hey, nice job expressing your concerns in a constructive manner. Best, Tim Mostly clueless ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] 300/350SDL
Tim, what's the latest with the 300/350SDL? Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 300/350SDL
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:55 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Tim, what's the latest with the 300/350SDL? It's been sleeping for several months, I kept having to ferry the kids during summer. The kids go back to school next week so hopefully things will calm down. It's been almost a year - the DMV sent me the renewal - so I'm officially behind schedule. :( We're keeping it clean, at least - the kids can earn extra money by washing the cars - so it's still just the engine bay that is in process. Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT recycled dog food dispenser
Thanks for sharing. How creative! I wonder if cities without strays will bus them in to utilize all that free food. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.spiegel.de/international/turkish-stray- dog-feeding-machine-a-model-for-social-design-a-986392. html#ref=nl-international Hendrik who gets 10c per drink container ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Web Editor
Back in the day, WP = WordPerfect, the best word processing software by far, way superior to Word (then known as MS Word).. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I started to use it for the build log for my Tailwind amateur built experimental aircraft, and didn't find it all that user friendly for what I want to do. I guess I should find a tutorial or something, but I thought I could just jump in and do it. Blogger is probably easier if you aren't looking for serious control of the output. There are (used to be?) phone apps for quickly submitting blog entries to Blogger. IMO it is easier to create professional-looking pages in WP, but Blogger is probably good enough for personal stuff. Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Holy rolling restorations batman
This only works when the car is good enough to be a daily driver. The improvements, usually done on weekends, are a form of free therapy and self-improvement in mechanical skills. Eventually, after the cheap car's cost has been amortized, you can take it to the body shop to make it pretty. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The only possible way this could even remotely work is if you are capable of doing ALL the work on the car. The minute you farm something out you're behind. I've gone this route once, buying a Klebmobile thinking it would be relatively simple to buy cheap and save money doing the DIY thing and the numbers just don't work out. This is even more relevant when you factor in the cost of your time. I still believe that the cheapest way to get the nicest and best example of a car is to buy the best one you can afford. Dan On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:08 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No same principle applies, say you buy a $500 rust bucket that needs major mechanical work as well. Itemise all the costs and the figure will be way high, depending on how much you can do. Plus a neglected car is more likely to break down and leave you by the side of the road, compared to one that has been maintained. Would you think that you could get a 500 beater up to the standard of that green 123 for 7k? Perhaps if you have access to a fully equipped workshop and spray booth and know how to handle all the tools like a pro. How much is a quality paint job these days? Sure anyone that is handy with their hands can do a course to learn the art and that is a challenge. Or you can spend the 7.9k on the car and go fishing with it, while some other slob starts a rolling restoration and then gets tired of it, half way through. How many of these was gonna fix er up ads do we see in a year? If working on cars is your hobby, then yeah a 'good value' car that is not perfect but is not worn out is the go, do the essential to get it to a standard of reliability and then tinker away at it, plus if you buy at the bottom of the depreciation cycle you should not lose too much money on it. Hendrik whose cars are not quite rolling restorations On 21/08/14 04:53, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: There is an exception to that rule. If you to plan on a restoration, it pays to purchase a *running car* as cheaply as possible so you can take your time in making the most cost effective improvements at a leisurely pace.. This explains my 18 year enjoyment and simultaneous restoration of a 1970 280SE 3.5 coupe that had lots of issues, but I could at least drive it safely while fixing and restoring things. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:44 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My experience as well. How much will you have to pay for any MB with 68k miles accumulated at the standard rate of 12k/yr. (a 2008 model)? It looks like a bargain from that perspective. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hendrik makes a very valid point, and one that pretty much applies to any used car purchased. That is, spend the money up front for the very best example you can find. You'll be better off than buying a fixer-upper or one that needs work, as it will most likely end up costing you more. BTDT myself. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT An eventful morning
I go pick up my wife at the airport this morning, as I am leaving the waiting parking area the Suburban starts hesitating and chugging. The Low Coolant light had come on so while waiting I put in about 1/2 gal of coolant. (THis has been an ongoing occasional issue, no clear source of leaking, figuring at 200k miles the head gasket might be going bad.) Temp not excessive. Get to pick her up and it dies. I get it going again, we get about a half mile down the road, dead no go. I am poking around trying to figure out the problem, I see one plastic press-on heater hose fitting broken at the firewall. That'll do it. So then I am fooling with that and the other one next to it snaps off too. Yay. Looks like there is a valve that controls coolant flow, down at the engine, but started it and it ran a few seconds, coolant puking out the hose so no way to drive it even if it started and ran. So fortunately she has AAA so we call for a tow. Flatbed shows up in like 45min. brings everything home. I am looking up this problem on the intertubes, and see it is a common problem. That's comforting, at least the parts are cheap enough. Was planning to do the 200k service and change all hoses and belts and fluids and such when it cooled down a bit, looks like at least that part will be done sooner. I am hoping that some other problem of a more significant nature did not manifest due to low coolant. I'll probably just bypass the heater for now until I can get parts, see if the thing will start and run after it cools down more. Plus it is in the 90s today, so that will take awhile. --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] B-52 strkes
I'm 'bout ready to volunteer my services for BUFF strikes on ISIL. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes
I think one would do the job, if done properly. --R On 8/21/14 2:37 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: I'm 'bout ready to volunteer my services for BUFF strikes on ISIL. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes
Not_going_to_happen... Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:41 PM To: WILTON; Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Rich Thomas Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes I think one would do the job, if done properly. --R On 8/21/14 2:37 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: I'm 'bout ready to volunteer my services for BUFF strikes on ISIL. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes
Yep, one probably could. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes Not_going_to_happen... Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:41 PM To: WILTON; Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Rich Thomas Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes I think one would do the job, if done properly. --R On 8/21/14 2:37 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: I'm 'bout ready to volunteer my services for BUFF strikes on ISIL. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT An eventful morning
Serves you right for not owning a 300TD wagon. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I go pick up my wife at the airport this morning, as I am leaving the waiting parking area the Suburban starts hesitating and chugging. The Low Coolant light had come on so while waiting I put in about 1/2 gal of coolant. (THis has been an ongoing occasional issue, no clear source of leaking, figuring at 200k miles the head gasket might be going bad.) Temp not excessive. Get to pick her up and it dies. I get it going again, we get about a half mile down the road, dead no go. I am poking around trying to figure out the problem, I see one plastic press-on heater hose fitting broken at the firewall. That'll do it. So then I am fooling with that and the other one next to it snaps off too. Yay. Looks like there is a valve that controls coolant flow, down at the engine, but started it and it ran a few seconds, coolant puking out the hose so no way to drive it even if it started and ran. So fortunately she has AAA so we call for a tow. Flatbed shows up in like 45min. brings everything home. I am looking up this problem on the intertubes, and see it is a common problem. That's comforting, at least the parts are cheap enough. Was planning to do the 200k service and change all hoses and belts and fluids and such when it cooled down a bit, looks like at least that part will be done sooner. I am hoping that some other problem of a more significant nature did not manifest due to low coolant. I'll probably just bypass the heater for now until I can get parts, see if the thing will start and run after it cools down more. Plus it is in the 90s today, so that will take awhile. --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT recycled dog food dispenser
What about the street people? Do they get their own machine or do they have to eat dog food?? Randy On 21/08/2014 1:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Thanks for sharing. How creative! I wonder if cities without strays will bus them in to utilize all that free food. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.spiegel.de/international/turkish-stray- dog-feeding-machine-a-model-for-social-design-a-986392. html#ref=nl-international Hendrik who gets 10c per drink container ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes
B 52's still nuke capable? That just might work... I'll buy the fuel for take off.. ha. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:45 AM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yep, one probably could. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes Not_going_to_happen... Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:41 PM To: WILTON; Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Rich Thomas Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes I think one would do the job, if done properly. --R On 8/21/14 2:37 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: I'm 'bout ready to volunteer my services for BUFF strikes on ISIL. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT An eventful morning
W140s have a tee fitting on the firewall that likes to crack or break at inopportune times and promptly yak the contents of the cooling system on the ground. If you're moving at highway speeds this happens in a matter of seconds. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I go pick up my wife at the airport this morning, as I am leaving the waiting parking area the Suburban starts hesitating and chugging. The Low Coolant light had come on so while waiting I put in about 1/2 gal of coolant. (THis has been an ongoing occasional issue, no clear source of leaking, figuring at 200k miles the head gasket might be going bad.) Temp not excessive. Get to pick her up and it dies. I get it going again, we get about a half mile down the road, dead no go. I am poking around trying to figure out the problem, I see one plastic press-on heater hose fitting broken at the firewall. That'll do it. So then I am fooling with that and the other one next to it snaps off too. Yay. Looks like there is a valve that controls coolant flow, down at the engine, but started it and it ran a few seconds, coolant puking out the hose so no way to drive it even if it started and ran. So fortunately she has AAA so we call for a tow. Flatbed shows up in like 45min. brings everything home. I am looking up this problem on the intertubes, and see it is a common problem. That's comforting, at least the parts are cheap enough. Was planning to do the 200k service and change all hoses and belts and fluids and such when it cooled down a bit, looks like at least that part will be done sooner. I am hoping that some other problem of a more significant nature did not manifest due to low coolant. I'll probably just bypass the heater for now until I can get parts, see if the thing will start and run after it cools down more. Plus it is in the 90s today, so that will take awhile. --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] An eventful morning + Benz story
I have to get those new fittings tomorrow. For now I put in a piece of 1/2 copper to join the two hoses and bypass the heater core. I started the thing and it was not running off idle at all, then after maybe 30sec at idle it would die. I was thinking that maybe some sensor had gone bad but it's not throwing any codes so that didn't seem to be the problem. I CHECKED THE FUSES and all were fine, at least the ones that had to do with the engine controls and various other indecipherable codes on the fuse pic. So after doing all that it was still not running, I tried a couple more times, and then after 3 or 4 tries it started running fine. Gets me wondering if either the fuel pump is going wonky and not getting enough fuel pressure/delivery, or if it was vapor locked? Does that even happen any more? Tank is at like 3/4 so that is not a problem. Maybe I'll get some new fuel filters and replace those, time to do that anyway. Benz content: The flatbed driver was all fired up when he saw the 84 SD. We got to talking, turns out he is something of a Benz guy, said he had 3, used to have a couple more, his wife was on his ass to get rid of some. Not sure he has diesels or gassers now, one he got rid of was an SD the tranny went bad, some guy kept bugging him to buy it so he sold it with the bad tranny for some decent money. he said he picked them up when he was towing (flatbedding?) them and owners didn't want to spend any more money on them. Got a 190E for nothing, the guy had spent $3k on it trying to get it run right. Driver says he replaced the fuel filters, that still didn't do it, then he saw a fuse for the fuel pump, replaced that, and the thing ran fine. --R On 8/21/14 3:51 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: W140s have a tee fitting on the firewall that likes to crack or break at inopportune times and promptly yak the contents of the cooling system on the ground. If you're moving at highway speeds this happens in a matter of seconds. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I go pick up my wife at the airport this morning, as I am leaving the waiting parking area the Suburban starts hesitating and chugging. The Low Coolant light had come on so while waiting I put in about 1/2 gal of coolant. (THis has been an ongoing occasional issue, no clear source of leaking, figuring at 200k miles the head gasket might be going bad.) Temp not excessive. Get to pick her up and it dies. I get it going again, we get about a half mile down the road, dead no go. I am poking around trying to figure out the problem, I see one plastic press-on heater hose fitting broken at the firewall. That'll do it. So then I am fooling with that and the other one next to it snaps off too. Yay. Looks like there is a valve that controls coolant flow, down at the engine, but started it and it ran a few seconds, coolant puking out the hose so no way to drive it even if it started and ran. So fortunately she has AAA so we call for a tow. Flatbed shows up in like 45min. brings everything home. I am looking up this problem on the intertubes, and see it is a common problem. That's comforting, at least the parts are cheap enough. Was planning to do the 200k service and change all hoses and belts and fluids and such when it cooled down a bit, looks like at least that part will be done sooner. I am hoping that some other problem of a more significant nature did not manifest due to low coolant. I'll probably just bypass the heater for now until I can get parts, see if the thing will start and run after it cools down more. Plus it is in the 90s today, so that will take awhile. --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] An eventful morning + Benz story
I think vapor lock doesn't occur on fuel injected engines since the pump is in the tank and pushes so the lines are always full of liquid fuel. Still you could be short on fuel pressure. Filters are a good place to start. -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:05 PM Subject: [MBZ] An eventful morning + Benz story I have to get those new fittings tomorrow. For now I put in a piece of 1/2 copper to join the two hoses and bypass the heater core. I started the thing and it was not running off idle at all, then after maybe 30sec at idle it would die. I was thinking that maybe some sensor had gone bad but it's not throwing any codes so that didn't seem to be the problem. I CHECKED THE FUSES and all were fine, at least the ones that had to do with the engine controls and various other indecipherable codes on the fuse pic. So after doing all that it was still not running, I tried a couple more times, and then after 3 or 4 tries it started running fine. Gets me wondering if either the fuel pump is going wonky and not getting enough fuel pressure/delivery, or if it was vapor locked? Does that even happen any more? Tank is at like 3/4 so that is not a problem. Maybe I'll get some new fuel filters and replace those, time to do that anyway. Benz content: The flatbed driver was all fired up when he saw the 84 SD. We got to talking, turns out he is something of a Benz guy, said he had 3, used to have a couple more, his wife was on his ass to get rid of some. Not sure he has diesels or gassers now, one he got rid of was an SD the tranny went bad, some guy kept bugging him to buy it so he sold it with the bad tranny for some decent money. he said he picked them up when he was towing (flatbedding?) them and owners didn't want to spend any more money on them. Got a 190E for nothing, the guy had spent $3k on it trying to get it run right. Driver says he replaced the fuel filters, that still didn't do it, then he saw a fuse for the fuel pump, replaced that, and the thing ran fine. --R On 8/21/14 3:51 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: W140s have a tee fitting on the firewall that likes to crack or break at inopportune times and promptly yak the contents of the cooling system on the ground. If you're moving at highway speeds this happens in a matter of seconds. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I go pick up my wife at the airport this morning, as I am leaving the waiting parking area the Suburban starts hesitating and chugging. The Low Coolant light had come on so while waiting I put in about 1/2 gal of coolant. (THis has been an ongoing occasional issue, no clear source of leaking, figuring at 200k miles the head gasket might be going bad.) Temp not excessive. Get to pick her up and it dies. I get it going again, we get about a half mile down the road, dead no go. I am poking around trying to figure out the problem, I see one plastic press-on heater hose fitting broken at the firewall. That'll do it. So then I am fooling with that and the other one next to it snaps off too. Yay. Looks like there is a valve that controls coolant flow, down at the engine, but started it and it ran a few seconds, coolant puking out the hose so no way to drive it even if it started and ran. So fortunately she has AAA so we call for a tow. Flatbed shows up in like 45min. brings everything home. I am looking up this problem on the intertubes, and see it is a common problem. That's comforting, at least the parts are cheap enough. Was planning to do the 200k service and change all hoses and belts and fluids and such when it cooled down a bit, looks like at least that part will be done sooner. I am hoping that some other problem of a more significant nature did not manifest due to low coolant. I'll probably just bypass the heater for now until I can get parts, see if the thing will start and run after it cools down more. Plus it is in the 90s today, so that will take awhile. --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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such,
[MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Geez poos just buy it already! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I don't really need it at this point, but if I could get it for $500 I would jump on it. The car has some potential for a decent driver but not a big money flip. After I got the tank coated and the rest of the car cleaned up I could probably get $1500 for it around here. Any more than $500 and it's not worth the effort. It will cost me $50 in gas just to tow it home. And, I have a car that I'm getting after Labor Day that's going to be occupying my time for a little while anyway. Not enugh room in the driveway Dan On Aug 21, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Geez poos just buy it already! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] B-52 strkes
Rick wrote: Not_going_to_happen... Let's say it again. Not_going_to_happen... I don't want to see it. The remainder of the planet will stand around spouting words of wisdom as they wring their hands. mao ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
you sh ould move to lakeland as there is plenty of room On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I don't really need it at this point, but if I could get it for $500 I would jump on it. The car has some potential for a decent driver but not a big money flip. After I got the tank coated and the rest of the car cleaned up I could probably get $1500 for it around here. Any more than $500 and it's not worth the effort. It will cost me $50 in gas just to tow it home. And, I have a car that I'm getting after Labor Day that's going to be occupying my time for a little while anyway. Not enugh room in the driveway Dan On Aug 21, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Geez poos just buy it already! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Yea I would have thought there would be plenty of less rusty cars much closer to you. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I don't really need it at this point, but if I could get it for $500 I would jump on it. The car has some potential for a decent driver but not a big money flip. After I got the tank coated and the rest of the car cleaned up I could probably get $1500 for it around here. Any more than $500 and it's not worth the effort. It will cost me $50 in gas just to tow it home. And, I have a car that I'm getting after Labor Day that's going to be occupying my time for a little while anyway. Not enugh room in the driveway Dan On Aug 21, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Geez poos just buy it already! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I wish I was closer, I'd be into it in the $500 range too. Of course I need another project like I need a hole in the head. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Speaking of starting reminds me: Coupla weeks ago, I had just made one pass at curb across front yard with JD riding mower when painting crew working on outside of the house pulled up to curb after lunch. I cut the mower off to talk to the painters. Couple minutes later, when I tried to re-start the mower, it only groaned once then nothing. Painters pushed mower and me to within jumper cable distance of the battery in the '87 300D. Mower still only groaned with jumper cables attached. SWMBO pushed mower and me to the mower's parking place. Rain, heat, humidity, skeeters, procrastination and most anything kept me from tackling the mower problem until this morning. Meanwhile, #1 son came and cut grass once and I thought occasionally about how the family's '37 Ford suddenly would not start one weekend in 1948 when I was 14 and had taken the car on extended spins around and around the house many times while my two brothers, who were the family drivers and in charge of the car were on a weekend trip with a third brother. While I worried that my brothers would accuse me of breaking the car, early Sunday afternoon a cousin about the age of one of my driver brothers stopped by for a visit. The cousin asked me why the car was sitting in a strange position in the yard. I told 'im I'd been driving it, and it would not start on Saturday afternoon after I had taken a lunch break from my self-taught driving lessons. He got a wrench, opened the hood ad asked me to Try it now while he tightened the battery cables a bit. That's when I learned about loose and/or corroded battery cables. Shonuff, 'removed the mower battery cables, cleaned the cable ends and the battery terminals, reattached the cables and mower starts right up. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Shonuff, 'removed the mower battery cables, cleaned the cable ends and the battery terminals, reattached the cables and mower starts right up. Wilton Attaboy! ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Attaboy indeed. I had a hard time starting my Cub Cadet to plow snow last winter. The 7hp Kohler in it is getting really tired so it needs to crank over for quite awhile before it fires up. I'd been feeding it a little starting fluid which got things going. Finally I rebuilt the starter/generator as I thought maybe bad bearings were keeping it from turning fast enough. The bearings were a little crunchy but not too bad and after the rebuild it started no better. Finally like you inspiration hit and I cleaned both the battery terminals and the hot terminal at the starter/generator, MUCH better. It turns fast enough to start with out help mostly. It'll still want a little help if its sat for any amount of time, like right now for instance. At some point I want to buy a 10hp China diesel. Thats what they call the Chinese copies of the Yanmar diesels. Ought to make that thing into a mean snow plowing machine. With the added power I'll need to fluid fill the tires and add a weight box, which I've never bothered with the old tired 7hp. -Curt From: WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender Speaking of starting reminds me: Coupla weeks ago, I had just made one pass at curb across front yard with JD riding mower when painting crew working on outside of the house pulled up to curb after lunch. I cut the mower off to talk to the painters. Couple minutes later, when I tried to re-start the mower, it only groaned once then nothing. Painters pushed mower and me to within jumper cable distance of the battery in the '87 300D. Mower still only groaned with jumper cables attached. SWMBO pushed mower and me to the mower's parking place. Rain, heat, humidity, skeeters, procrastination and most anything kept me from tackling the mower problem until this morning. Meanwhile, #1 son came and cut grass once and I thought occasionally about how the family's '37 Ford suddenly would not start one weekend in 1948 when I was 14 and had taken the car on extended spins around and around the house many times while my two brothers, who were the family drivers and in charge of the car were on a weekend trip with a third brother. While I worried that my brothers would accuse me of breaking the car, early Sunday afternoon a cousin about the age of one of my driver brothers stopped by for a visit. The cousin asked me why the car was sitting in a strange position in the yard. I told 'im I'd been driving it, and it would not start on Saturday afternoon after I had taken a lunch break from my self-taught driving lessons. He got a wrench, opened the hood ad asked me to Try it now while he tightened the battery cables a bit. That's when I learned about loose and/or corroded battery cables. Shonuff, 'removed the mower battery cables, cleaned the cable ends and the battery terminals, reattached the cables and mower starts right up. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrendered
But but but the car was 60k new, so it's gotta be a bargain. Anyway, this one has K-jet, which is not as efficient as KE and will require tuning now and then. I think they also made a high compression version of this motor, from memory it will have dual air intakes. If there was a something a bit special about this car or it was completely rust free, then yeah worth mucking around with. Also for a driver the SE is a better proposition, a bit shorter which makes it easier to manoeuvre. Yeah if it was a Euro 500SE with high output motor...or even a later series 2 126, which got nicer leather and other goodies. Hey, you could paint it green and flog it off to Kaleb? Hendrik who can't buy half decent 126's for that sort of money around here On 22/08/14 08:39, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I don't really need it at this point, but if I could get it for $500 I would jump on it. The car has some potential for a decent driver but not a big money flip. After I got the tank coated and the rest of the car cleaned up I could probably get $1500 for it around here. Any more than $500 and it's not worth the effort. It will cost me $50 in gas just to tow it home. And, I have a car that I'm getting after Labor Day that's going to be occupying my time for a little while anyway. Not enugh room in the driveway Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
A surprisingly common problem in the utility tractor community is bad battery cables. In these cases the conductor fails (corrosion) under the insulation where it's not visible such that the cable (and the end terminals) still looks fine. Mercedes content: These are Diesel tractors. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:14 PM To: Dan Penoff; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender Speaking of starting reminds me: Coupla weeks ago, I had just made one pass at curb across front yard with JD riding mower when painting crew working on outside of the house pulled up to curb after lunch. I cut the mower off to talk to the painters. Couple minutes later, when I tried to re- start the mower, it only groaned once then nothing. Painters pushed mower and me to within jumper cable distance of the battery in the '87 300D. Mower still only groaned with jumper cables attached. SWMBO pushed mower and me to the mower's parking place. Rain, heat, humidity, skeeters, procrastination and most anything kept me from tackling the mower problem until this morning. Meanwhile, #1 son came and cut grass once and I thought occasionally about how the family's '37 Ford suddenly would not start one weekend in 1948 when I was 14 and had taken the car on extended spins around and around the house many times while my two brothers, who were the family drivers and in charge of the car were on a weekend trip with a third brother. While I worried that my brothers would accuse me of breaking the car, early Sunday afternoon a cousin about the age of one of my driver brothers stopped by for a visit. The cousin asked me why the car was sitting in a strange position in the yard. I told 'im I'd been driving it, and it would not start on Saturday afternoon after I had taken a lunch break from my self-taught driving lessons. He got a wrench, opened the hood ad asked me to Try it now while he tightened the battery cables a bit. That's when I learned about loose and/or corroded battery cables. Shonuff, 'removed the mower battery cables, cleaned the cable ends and the battery terminals, reattached the cables and mower starts right up. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I'm fixing to buy a diesel tractor for the ranch. Probably new. Probably Kubota. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Scott Ritchey viaMercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: A surprisingly common problem in the utility tractor community is bad battery cables. In these cases the conductor fails (corrosion) under the insulation where it's not visible such that the cable (and the end terminals) still looks fine. Mercedes content: These are Diesel tractors. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:14 PM To: Dan Penoff; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender Speaking of starting reminds me: Coupla weeks ago, I had just made one pass at curb across front yard with JD riding mower when painting crew working on outside of the house pulled up to curb after lunch. I cut the mower off to talk to the painters. Couple minutes later, when I tried to re- start the mower, it only groaned once then nothing. Painters pushed mower and me to within jumper cable distance of the battery in the '87 300D. Mower still only groaned with jumper cables attached. SWMBO pushed mower and me to the mower's parking place. Rain, heat, humidity, skeeters, procrastination and most anything kept me from tackling the mower problem until this morning. Meanwhile, #1 son came and cut grass once and I thought occasionally about how the family's '37 Ford suddenly would not start one weekend in 1948 when I was 14 and had taken the car on extended spins around and around the house many times while my two brothers, who were the family drivers and in charge of the car were on a weekend trip with a third brother. While I worried that my brothers would accuse me of breaking the car, early Sunday afternoon a cousin about the age of one of my driver brothers stopped by for a visit. The cousin asked me why the car was sitting in a strange position in the yard. I told 'im I'd been driving it, and it would not start on Saturday afternoon after I had taken a lunch break from my self-taught driving lessons. He got a wrench, opened the hood ad asked me to Try it now while he tightened the battery cables a bit. That's when I learned about loose and/or corroded battery cables. Shonuff, 'removed the mower battery cables, cleaned the cable ends and the battery terminals, reattached the cables and mower starts right up. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender I'm thinking this guy is going to be back to me in a couple of weeks, ready to take $500 for this car I saw that he just updated the CL listing for it instead of creating a new listing. Not a bright idea, as it will stay way, way down the list and not be current. And he's asking $950, not $700 like he was earlier. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/4587368673.html Car will start. Wow. That gives me a lot of confidence. I'll give him until after the Labor Day weekend. Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the
[MBZ] I am actually considering this
Has traction control which is rare in a 126, too bad it's not a 560 though. 1991 MERCEDES 420 SEL LOW MILES CLEAN! http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4607012015.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://bit.ly/CL_iOS Android: http://bit.ly/CL_android Sent from my iPhone ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] An eventful morning + Benz story
Does a bad crank position sensor cause that? Max Dillon, who knows very little about modern gassers Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT recycled dog food dispenser
Lace the dog food with something that renders them sterile, THEN you've got something! Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Did you move all your cars to the new place? Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 21, 2014 8:27 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm fixing to buy a diesel tractor for the ranch. Probably new. Probably Kubota. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I am actually considering this
Must have ASR? Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 21, 2014 8:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Has traction control which is rare in a 126, too bad it's not a 560 though. 1991 MERCEDES 420 SEL LOW MILES CLEAN! http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4607012015.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://bit.ly/CL_iOS Android: http://bit.ly/CL_android Sent from my iPhone ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I am actually considering this
Yep Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com wrote: Must have ASR? Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 21, 2014 8:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Has traction control which is rare in a 126, too bad it's not a 560 though. 1991 MERCEDES 420 SEL LOW MILES CLEAN! http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4607012015.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://bit.ly/CL_iOS Android: http://bit.ly/CL_android Sent from my iPhone ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
