Re: [MBZ] An oil question
My newest star car is 2002, and I recall there being a big push in the early 00 to get folks to only put M1 in the engine and trans. Some whooey about sealed for life, but that it was good for the old cars too. I found that it really is good for the old cars, as, even the manual four speed loved the stuff and shifted tighter after a few k on the clock. The R107 has gotten much better using M1, with crisp, yet smooth gear changes instead of the delay and clunk from just three k on the juice. The 300SE has a magic transmission with it, from the burnt out slush box it came with. Swapped in a used with 109k in place of the dead 203k it came with. M1 has it shifting almost like a new car. clay On Aug 23, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: clay via Mercedes wrote: I used it with no issue in the e300d, or any other Benz from 1972-2002 I thought the electronic five speeds from about 1997-up required the special juice? Two years ago, when I bought the 1999 wagon, you could still get a case of Shell 134 from Ryder Fleet for a lot less than M1 Dexron. Ryder seems to have retired its Sprinters and quit stocking the stuff. 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] 1984 500SEL Surrender
Yeah, its the subcompact... I kept the price under $15k if I remember correctly. You have to shop around a bit and negotiate. Everyone discounts off the MSRP on the website. There was a package where you get a discount with two attachments. No trailer... I don't need one. I have 1.3 acres... a little smaller! But I didn't need it for mowing, I bought it for other tasks. Jaime On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Is that the small sub compact or the compact? Did you buy one of those package deals with the tractor, trailer, ect? How much was your cost? How much land do you have? I will be on 20 acres. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: I bought a BX2370 new this spring. Its really outstanding. Simple three cylinder diesel with mechanical injection pump. I have 25 hours on it now and have done a good amount of work with it. The heavy stuff was moving dirt and rock around the yard, and cleaning up 2000ft of gravel driveway. My only complaint is that its a real PITA to get the deck and loader on and off. With some practice, it gets easier. And with a big pry bar. I bought a 60 land pride grader scraper too. It does a great job on the driveway, and takes an impressive amount of power to pull it. I have to step on the diff lock occasionally when it gets loaded up and the road is soft. Jaime On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:27 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. 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
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I need one to mow, but also need to do driveway work at my current house that I will be leasing out as well as the farm. Also it will be great to have to be able to use it to move cars and engines around. I will put a chain on the loader and can load and move engines around with ease. I saw a JD package deal and theirs was about $22k, which seems like their stuff is overpriced. I am figuring Kubota should be in the sub 20k range. I will probably look at the Mahindra as well, I hear you can get a lot more tractor for less money with those but not sure how they measure up to Kubota. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 24, 2014, at 7:02 AM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, its the subcompact... I kept the price under $15k if I remember correctly. You have to shop around a bit and negotiate. Everyone discounts off the MSRP on the website. There was a package where you get a discount with two attachments. No trailer... I don't need one. I have 1.3 acres... a little smaller! But I didn't need it for mowing, I bought it for other tasks. Jaime On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Is that the small sub compact or the compact? Did you buy one of those package deals with the tractor, trailer, ect? How much was your cost? How much land do you have? I will be on 20 acres. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: I bought a BX2370 new this spring. Its really outstanding. Simple three cylinder diesel with mechanical injection pump. I have 25 hours on it now and have done a good amount of work with it. The heavy stuff was moving dirt and rock around the yard, and cleaning up 2000ft of gravel driveway. My only complaint is that its a real PITA to get the deck and loader on and off. With some practice, it gets easier. And with a big pry bar. I bought a 60 land pride grader scraper too. It does a great job on the driveway, and takes an impressive amount of power to pull it. I have to step on the diff lock occasionally when it gets loaded up and the road is soft. Jaime On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:27 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. 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
[MBZ] Project Car for Jaime
Here you go, Jaime - a partner for the W109: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321497095634?forcerRptr=trueitem=321497095634viewitem=autorefresh=true 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] Car will start
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 ** Thats a page from the Okie book of car salesmanship: If it won't sell, raise the price. DBV ___ 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] Car will start
Exactly. This guy is a hard core dirt bike racer in his mid to late 50s. That little garage the car is in front of is literally full of trophies from his racing career, I kid you not. It's like a shrine. He lives out in a very rural area east of Brooksville, which is in boonies, but very close to a large recreational area the state set up for offroad riding for dirt bikes, 4x4s, etc.. He can't be too terribly dumb, however. When I was there his wife drove up in a very nice Sprinter diesel RV they had just bought the week before. I'm going to call him the weekend after Labor Day if the ad is still up and see if $500 sounds good then. I suspect it will. Good to see you, Van! Dan On Aug 24, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Van Knutson via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 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 ** Thats a page from the Okie book of car salesmanship: If it won't sell, raise the price. DBV ___ 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
Yeah but you'll have 15 acres covered by junk Benzes soon enough. --R On 8/23/14 10:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Is that the small sub compact or the compact? Did you buy one of those package deals with the tractor, trailer, ect? How much was your cost? How much land do you have? I will be on 20 acres. ___ 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
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: Yeah but you'll have 15 acres covered by junk Benzes soon enough. Get the lawn tractor sized Kubota and with the savings he should get a good strimmer to mow around the cars? http://www.stihlusa.com/products/trimmers-and-brushcutters/professional-trimmers/fs240/ http://www.stihlusa.com/products/trimmers-and-brushcutters/professional-trimmers/fs130/ 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.
Re: [MBZ] 1984 500SEL Surrender
I wonder if that's similar to a Mercedes looking over priced when compared to VW? Don't you really want cattle or sheep to mow 20 acres? On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I saw a JD package deal and theirs was about $22k, which seems like their stuff is overpriced. I am figuring Kubota should be in the sub 20k range. I will probably look at the Mahindra as well, I hear you can get a lot more tractor for less money with those but not sure how they measure up to 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.
[MBZ] 124 aux fan
Messing with the kids 93 300D. I evacuated and recharged the AC with my AC machine. The high side was getting way high and compressor shuts off. Aux fans not coming on. I tried jumping the switch on the drier, they do not come up but I can hear the relay click. if I pull the 2 pin plug that goes to the fans and apply power from battery to 1 of the pins, the fans run, if I apply power to the other pin, it shorts. I had thought you would apply power to 1 pin and connect the other pin to ground. I wonder if I got a short to ground since applying power to the 1 pin runs the fans? If I pull the 2 pin plug off the temp sensor or whatever it is on the top of the engine, the fans run on high. I replaced the resistor from one I had from another car and it still did not work, but the one I pulled off the other car seems iffy. So, I am just leaving the plug off the engine for now so at least the fan is running. Of course it comes on as soon as the key is turned on. ___ 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] 124 antenna
Still working on the kids 300D. Antenna does not work so I need to replace it. Whats the deal with replacements? I want an exact fit but I see these universal ones on various parts websites. I have several antennas but the one I need has a 3 plug connection with a separate single connection, all the ones I have are 4 pin or more. ___ 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] 124 aux fan
The resistor (for low speed) is shot. It's by the receiver/dryer, most likely it's cracked. Common failure. Might just be broken or corroded wires, and it's possible the connection in the fuse box came apart, but not terribly likely. Peter ___ 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] 124 aux fan
I replaced the one on my 95 but that ended up not being the problem, so that one should be good except I cant find it! On 8/24/2014 1:57 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: The resistor (for low speed) is shot. It's by the receiver/dryer, most likely it's cracked. Common failure. Might just be broken or corroded wires, and it's possible the connection in the fuse box came apart, but not terribly likely. Peter ___ 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] Hella quartz halogen headlights
USDOT sealed beam lights are 100% pin-compatible with H4. It's the later, bulb cartridge HB2/9003 that are the crappy plastic things. I have some 7 Hellas I bought for the Chicken Wagon, but I've so far never gone there. I _was_ going to put them on the 300CD instead, but that got sold. For hotter than normal bulbs, you really need relays, etc. -- Jim ___ 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 question for WILTON
Hey, it is much easier for us. There are not as many of us as there are of you folks south of the border. Plus, only hafom speak English... -- Jim ___ 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.
