date:20160118

The Sami had a 1.3l of some 66hp. They make a good base because of the solid 
front axle. Vitaras got stuck with IFS which makes them much better onroad but 
limits you offroad unless you're willing to swap in a solid axle. The Vitara is 
also wider which is nice.My Jetta TDI makes 90hp but a lot more torque than the 
Sami in about the same size package. Kits are available to put it into either 
the Sami or the Vitara. If I did so I'd chip it and use larger injectors aiming 
for around 130hp. I haven't wanted to do that in the Jetta as it'd be hard on 
the clutch.

-Curt
 

  From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 11:13 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?
   
>I was thinking a '72 (disc brakes) 1 ton with a 350. Good farm truck 
>now that Dad's spending a bunch more time up there. His Jeep isn't a 
>terrific hauler.
>Actually last fall when I was there squeezing the Dodge around on 
>some of the woods roads I got thinking about buying a Suzuki Vitara 
>or Sidekick to put the engine from my '98 Jetta into. The Jetta is 
>very rusty and on borrowed time. Put 31" tires under the Suzuki with 
>a lunchbox locker out back and it'd be a pretty good woods rig. Dad 
>had a Chevy Tracker that was decent in the woods stock, better than 
>his Jeep Liberty actually, he's had the Jeep stuck several times, 
>never did stick the Tracker. Sadly it was destroyed by a drunk in a 
>Subaru.
>-Curt
>

The auto auction uses a fleet of viteras to run around on the lot, 
jump cars, etc.  They are very good for that and lightweight offroad. 
My cousin had a suz samurai in the 80s and he drove it hunting in the 
mountains and was quite happy with it except to get to the other side 
of the island (200-250 mile RT) had the little engine screaming all 
the time.  (I am sure it was louder than a 123 240D!)


  
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Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

This car had a Cadillac 390 V8 coupled to a unique TurboHydramatic slushbox 
known as a “Jetaway 200”.  It actually got pretty good mileage, into the high 
teens on the highway.

Dan

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes  
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> 
> "It's as big as a whale".  Fun stuff!
> 
> About ten MPG?
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Re: [MBZ] Clay needs to jump on this 1979 Oldsmobile delta 88 diesel

2016-01-18 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes

I must have something wrong with me, as the thought of a classic Oldsmobile
still running the GM Diesel intrigues.

EdB

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> Get rid of that W220 and get this land yacht. :)
> http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5333295194.html
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Re: [MBZ] Clay needs to jump on this 1979 Oldsmobile delta 88 diesel

RUNS AND DRIVES LIKE A MERCEDES BENZ HAS PUSH BUTTON START,PADDLE SHIFT 
LIKE LAMBORGHINI,BLUETOOTH,SATALITE RADIO


--R

On 1/17/16 8:41 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/5397465275.html

and there it is


clay

On Jan 17, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes wrote:


Get rid of that W220 and get this land yacht. :)
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5333295194.html


Sent from my cell

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Re: [MBZ] Clay needs to jump on this 1979 Oldsmobile delta 88 diesel

I digs me some satalite radio, man.

Dan


> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> RUNS AND DRIVES LIKE A MERCEDES BENZ HAS PUSH BUTTON START,PADDLE SHIFT LIKE 
> LAMBORGHINI,BLUETOOTH,SATALITE RADIO
> 
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Re: [MBZ] This guy wants $16.5k for this

Go check it out, maybe Jaime wants one?  I'd love to have one, after I win the 
lottery...
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On January 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM EST, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
 wrote:
>http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5406525155.html
>
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?


That is gorgeous, same colors as one of our SDs, but a bit spendy

--R

On 1/18/16 8:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5407734590.html

Nice, but unrealistic expectations?

Dan

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Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?

2016-01-18 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes

Is that a Kleb-mobile, or is that your neighbors field?

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> http://stillwater.craigslist.org/pts/5400436563.html
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

"It's as big as a whale".  Fun stuff!

About ten MPG?
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'95 E300

On January 17, 2016 4:52:30 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>OK, I’m not seeing the attachment, meaning it’s getting stripped
>somewhere…
>
>So let’s try a Dropbox link:
>
>https://www.dropbox.com/s/di6jw9hn1c6gcvp/img001.jpg?dl=0
>
>
>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hmm.  Let’s try that again.
>> 
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[MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5407734590.html

Nice, but unrealistic expectations?

Dan

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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

I could maybe see $10k, but $14.5k?  That’s just nuts.


Dan


> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:38 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> That is gorgeous, same colors as one of our SDs, but a bit spendy
> 
> --R
> 
> On 1/18/16 8:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5407734590.html
>> 
>> Nice, but unrealistic expectations?
>> 
>> Dan
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Offer $10k and see if he bites.   One could drive that car for another twenty 
or thirty years, smiling every day.  The only thing I'd change is upgrading the 
headlights to Euro.  Bank a #20 or #22 head as insurance, you're all set.
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Charleston SC
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'95 E300

On January 18, 2016 8:39:59 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>I could maybe see $10k, but $14.5k?  That’s just nuts.
>
>
>Dan
>
>
>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:38 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> wrote:
>> 
>> That is gorgeous, same colors as one of our SDs, but a bit spendy
>> 
>> --R
>> 
>> On 1/18/16 8:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>> http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5407734590.html
>>> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

That's impressive for the day.
-- 
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Charleston SC
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'95 E300

On January 18, 2016 9:28:43 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>This car had a Cadillac 390 V8 coupled to a unique TurboHydramatic
>slushbox known as a “Jetaway 200”.  It actually got pretty good
>mileage, into the high teens on the highway.
>
>Dan
>
>
>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>> 
>> "It's as big as a whale".  Fun stuff!
>> 
>> About ten MPG?
>> -- 
>> Max Dillon
>> Charleston SC
>> '87 300TD
>> '95 E300
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Yeah, now if I just had $10k laying around to spend….

Dan


> On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Offer $10k and see if he bites.   One could drive that car for another twenty 
> or thirty years, smiling every day.  The only thing I'd change is upgrading 
> the headlights to Euro.  Bank a #20 or #22 head as insurance, you're all set.
> -- 
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> '95 E300
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Re: [MBZ] S420 Work for the Day

As I recall, Philip has posted his website which details making a spreader bar 
in order to align his Benz.  I'm really thinking about following his lead.  
Making slip plates is easy, decent alignment tools are about $100, lots of info 
on the web.  All I need is time
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Re: [MBZ] loudness

I asked my SWMBO about this.  She said the 300TD is indeed loud compared to
her Focus, but not distressingly so.  I myself don't notice it.  The older
diesels I owned (1980 300D) had a disturbing throbbing noise at highway
speeds that I found really upsetting.

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> A 240D wailing away at max speed (85? I forget now) is kind of loud but I
> never thought I had to yell over the engine. The turbo engines are quieter.
> The 124s have the double firewall and much better sealing of the passenger
> compartment from the engine bay, they're also a lot slipperier through the
> air so theres less wind noise. The 60x engines are much more refined also.
> When I've got someplace to park it for the winter I'll again have a 123,
> they are lovely to live with but honestly from a cheap to keep perspective
> my VWs are tough to beat. The '98 has cost me maybe $3500 total over the
> 2.5 years I've had it and it just crossed 270,000 miles. I think I've put
> almost 40,000 of those on it but I'd have to check my records to be sure.
> Its going in for a tie rod and brake booster tomorrow but that'll be the
> first money I've put into it for like 6 months other than the bi-annual oil
> change I did just after Christmas.
> -Curt
>
>
>   From: Dwight Giles via Mercedes 
>  To: Mercedes Discussion List 
> Cc: Dwight Giles 
>  Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:02 PM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] loudness
>
> Well yes i agree -my 124 is,quieter than my 123's. I just never thought of
> them as loud. But prior to that the only diesels I drove were fire engines
> with cab over  Detroit  diesels - they were loud.
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> 1982 300CD
> 1990 300D
> Wickford RI
> On Jan 17, 2016 6:32 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Every 123 car I have owned I would consider loud on the highway as
> > compared to a 124 or 210 for example.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes <
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> > >
> > > i have some 123 cars and i'd say they are pretty loud …. and i do
> adjust
> > valves and mess with injectors from time to time
> > >
> > > i think i may have an exhaust leak …. maybe another failed flex pipe,
> > from the turbo to the pipe …. on my main 300td
> > >
> > > i replaced it with a used part a few years ago
> > >
> > > i need to look, but am waiting until the weather is warmer
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > xx rick
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Re: [MBZ] Clay needs to jump on this 1979 Oldsmobile delta 88 diesel

2016-01-18 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes

Employee where I worked sold his poorly running diesel Chevrolet to another 
employee who was a DIY. DIY fixed the injector pump and was still driving it 
when I left.
Another employee was a member of a national group of Diesel Cadillac owners who 
were suing GM over serious engine problems.

http://cars.yakaz.com/oldsmobile-diesel#lo=4=000dgmg94mgkbl3i

Several more listed at various places on the 'net.

~~
 

> I must have something wrong with me, as the thought of a classic Oldsmobile 
> still running the GM Diesel intrigues. 
> EdB

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Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: Tampa

This constitutes "massive voter fraud"??

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Bravo!
> --
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> '95 E300
>
> On January 17, 2016 3:43:04 PM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >I actually am an election judge.  I worked the pools at the recent
> >election
> >in which a R won the race for Gov.  Obviously, there had to be rampant
> >fraud for this to happen in MD.  Just not in my precinct.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

It's not about the money!  He's looking for the RIGHT BUYER!

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Yeah, now if I just had $10k laying around to spend….
>
> Dan
>
>
> > On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > Offer $10k and see if he bites.   One could drive that car for another
> twenty or thirty years, smiling every day.  The only thing I'd change is
> upgrading the headlights to Euro.  Bank a #20 or #22 head as insurance,
> you're all set.
> > --
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> > Charleston SC
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[MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

I'll bet someone on this list has figured out the solution I'm looking for.

SWMBO loves to be wireless and hands-free while talking on our home phone.

Our current phone is a Motorola L903, which comes with a nice small light
wireless headset that can be used to either pick-up a call or switch a call
from the wireless handset over to the headset.

http://www.motorola.com/us/cordless-phones/L903-DECT-6.0-Digital-Cordless-Phone-and-Headset-with-Answering-System/72825.html

SWMBO loves this little headset, but it is now cracked and the battery is
getting weak. Replacing the battery looks like an ordeal - I took a peek
this morning. I can't find a part number or way to buy just the
replacement headset.

The ideal home phone system would have a base unit with incorporated
answering machine, at least two wireless handsets (DECT 6.0) that have a
nice speakerphone feature, and some form of wireless headset.

Does anyone know of a base unit phone that can connect to a Bluetooth
headset? That would allow us to pick a separate headset, replace as
needed, find a model that she likes (lightweight, good sound clarity,
decent battery life).

One solution I found on Amazon is a base station that can be paired with a
Bluetooth headset, and added to existing phone system (just plug into a
free phone jack), but the two that I looked at have very poor reviews.
-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

I'll write you a recommendation letter if that would help.

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Hmm.  Good point.
>
> Dan
>
> > On Jan 18, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Strasfogel 
> wrote:
> >
> > It's not about the money!  He's looking for the RIGHT BUYER!
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> > Yeah, now if I just had $10k laying around to spend….
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Offer $10k and see if he bites.   One could drive that car for another
> twenty or thirty years, smiling every day.  The only thing I'd change is
> upgrading the headlights to Euro.  Bank a #20 or #22 head as insurance,
> you're all set.
> > > --
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Re: [MBZ] 280 SE on Craigs list

Quite plausible.  There is a lot of nostalgia among the German boomers
these days...

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:32 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> "A nice German gentleman is sending a check! It is sold! Well like to
> think,it is going off too a nice new home? Another chapter in the life of
> this old Benz!?! Chow!"
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Darren Marshall via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > just do it ;)
> >
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Re: [MBZ] This guy wants $16.5k for this

Wonder if "needs full restoration" means the drive train, suspension,
interior and exterior?

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> Go check it out, maybe Jaime wants one?  I'd love to have one, after I win
> the lottery...
> --
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Hmm.  Good point.

Dan

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Strasfogel  wrote:
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> It's not about the money!  He's looking for the RIGHT BUYER!
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
> > wrote:
> Yeah, now if I just had $10k laying around to spend….
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes 
> > > wrote:
> >
> > Offer $10k and see if he bites.   One could drive that car for another 
> > twenty or thirty years, smiling every day.  The only thing I'd change is 
> > upgrading the headlights to Euro.  Bank a #20 or #22 head as insurance, 
> > you're all set.
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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Thanks, I appreciate that.  I’ll keep it in mind if I decide to reach out to 
them…

Dan


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> I'll write you a recommendation letter if that would help.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
> > wrote:
> Hmm.  Good point.
> 
> Dan
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[MBZ] Buy Arnold Schwarzenegger's Unimog

2016-01-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes

Here's what you've been waiting for . . .

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/buy-arnold-schwarzeneggers-incredible-mercedes-unimog/ar-BBofBFF?li=BBnb4R5=edgsp

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-Other-UNIMOG-ARNOLD-SCHWARZENEGGER-/371521675811?forcerrptr=true=item56806ae223:g:ui8AAOSwK7FWhY1v=371521675811=1=true=txtlnkusaolp0618

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Re: [MBZ] This guy wants $16.5k for this


Tires good though

--R

On 1/18/16 12:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

Wonder if "needs full restoration" means the drive train, suspension,
interior and exterior?

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Go check it out, maybe Jaime wants one?  I'd love to have one, after I win
the lottery...
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5406525155.html




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Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?

2016-01-18 Thread fmiser via Mercedes

> > > Curt wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'd still like to have one of that generation with a
> > > 6.2l or even the 5.7l in it. Actually lately I'm
> > > enamored of the previous generation of GM trucks.

> > fmiser wrote:
> >
> > The 6.2 L diesel and the 5.7 L gasoline with a carburetor
> > drive very much the same - but the diesel gets a whole lot
> > further on one gallon of fuel. 

> > I sure like mine!

> Kaleb wrote:
> 
> I like my 6.5 turbos even better.

The 6.5 has an electronic controlled injection pump, one
turbo on a "V" engine, and isn't as simple as the 6.2 - but
it sure has more power!

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Re: [MBZ] S420 Work for the Day

2016-01-18 Thread fmiser via Mercedes

> Craig wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:27:34 -0600 fmiser via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
> > > Kaleb wrote:
> > > 
> > > I already have tire machine and computer wheel balancer,
> > > I'm fixing to buy an alignment machine and learn how to
> > > do alignments. Nobody around here can do one worth a
> > > darn and they are at least 100 miles round trip. I
> > > figured with the amount of cars j have coming thru the
> > > 2-3k would pay for itself in no time. 
> > 
> > I use a $20 camber/caster gauge and a laser level for
> > toe-in.  Oh, and a couple pieces of masonite with grease
> > in between as turn plates.  It's not going to be as quick
> > and easy as a $2000 machine - but there's a lot I can do
> > with the $1950 I've saved!

> Craig wrote:
> 
> Do you use a spreader bar? 

Yup.  Built if from 2x2 lumber and some threaded rod.  I
wrote up a description of the toe-in alignment.  A PDF is here:
http://host-a.net/u/fmiser/w123-toein-alignment_howto_screen.pdf
http://host-a.net/u/fmiser/w123-toein-alignment_howto_print.pdf

> What kind of camber/caster gauge do you use?

I got mine _years_ ago from J.C. Whitney.  I'm not finding
any that look like it.  The measurement bubble unit is like
this one - but the legs will span a rim, not just the spindle.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Economy-Caster-Camber-Gauge,2699.html

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Re: [MBZ] Buy Arnold Schwarzenegger's Unimog


Crackheads

--R

On 1/18/16 1:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Here's what you've been waiting for . . .

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/buy-arnold-schwarzeneggers-incredible-mercedes-unimog/ar-BBofBFF?li=BBnb4R5=edgsp

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-Other-UNIMOG-ARNOLD-SCHWARZENEGGER-/371521675811?forcerrptr=true=item56806ae223:g:ui8AAOSwK7FWhY1v=371521675811=1=true=txtlnkusaolp0618




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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

2016-01-18 Thread clay via Mercedes

Very unrealistic.  If you want an S, you can fetch a 2005 W220 for his asking 
price.  Not a diesel, then again, not 30 years old.

clay

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> http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5407734590.html
> 
> Nice, but unrealistic expectations?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

I'll bet someone on this list has figured out the solution I'm looking for.

SWMBO loves to be wireless and hands-free while talking on our home phone.

Our current phone is a Motorola L903, which comes with a nice small light
wireless headset that can be used to either pick-up a call or switch a call
from the wireless handset over to the headset.

http://www.motorola.com/us/cordless-phones/L903-DECT-6.0-Digital-Cordless-Phone-and-Headset-with-Answering-System/72825.html

Can't help with the base, but as for the BT headset, Blue Parrot is
the way to go. I use the BT-XT250, but with a new base unit, you
should be able to use the XT350. B Photo in NY generally has the
best price delivered.

Blue Parrot headsets are made to cancel out the noise in truck cabs,
and thus work great in any situation. Unlike the over the ear BT
things where the other party hears everything they say echoed back by
the over ear POS thing, with the Blue Parrot there is NO feedback to
the caller. Callers believe you are in a professional office talking
on a landline (until the wireless carrier drops the call) I put in
roughly 3500 min/month for years in my 300SDL "Office" and unless I
told them I was driving, nobody was the wiser because the headset
works so well.

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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Most of us will write letters of rec. for you.   I will!  Maybe with 
enough letters, the dude will donate it to you.

Andrew sez: I'll write you a recommendation letter if that would help.

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

 Hmm.  Good point.

 > Dan
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Re: [MBZ] S420 Work for the Day


 > Kaleb wrote:


 I already have tire machine and computer wheel balancer,
 I'm fixing to buy an alignment machine and learn how to do
 alignments. Nobody around here can do one worth a darn and
 they are at least 100 miles round trip. I figured with the
 amount of cars j have coming thru the 2-3k would pay for
 itself in no time.


I use a $20 camber/caster gauge and a laser level for
toe-in.  Oh, and a couple pieces of masonite with grease in
between as turn plates.  It's not going to be as quick and
easy as a $2000 machine - but there's a lot I can do with
the $1950 I've saved!


Can you elaborate on the $20 caster camber gauge? 
on fleabay most are in the $100 to 200 range.  I 
found one gauge that was so coarse that you might 
be able to differentiate between 15º and 20º  It 
was $15 plus shipping.


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Re: [MBZ] SoCal Crackhead?

Yeah, wishful thinking.  Something tells me the seller is not the benevolent 
type.  Just a wild guess.

But thanks all the same, I do appreciate the offer.  It was very kind of you.

Dan

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes 
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> 
> Most of us will write letters of rec. for you.   I will!  Maybe with enough 
> letters, the dude will donate it to you.
> 
> 

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[MBZ] Spring Cleaning

Yeah, I know it’s still winter for everyone for the most part, even us.  It was 
in the high 30s this morning when I got up!  That’s damned cold for this part 
of Florida!

Anyway, with the Federal holiday, I decided to take some time and clean out 
some closets to make some room for stuff.  My major undertaking was to get rid 
of all the old paper records we have been carting around with us for years, 
some of them going back to the late 1990s.  I checked the IRS regulations and 
see they say 3 years is all you need, so I”m going through boxes and files with 
a vengeance.  Now if someone would only have one of those free document 
shredding days soon…

Anyway, I found some good MB stuff while I was sifting through all of this.  
Some good electrical diagrams for W123 models and an 8 CD set of European EPC 
data, which could be helpful for older cars.  A few more hours and I’ll be done 
with this and can look at the MB stuff closer to see exactly what I have.  If 
it’s of value I’ll post it up here for anyone who might need or want it.

Going to take a break around 3:00 and go over to a friend’s house to 
troubleshoot his kiln for him.  Seems that half of the elements in it aren’t 
working, so he can’t get it up to temperature to fire.  Should be pretty 
simple…certainly easier to work on than a car.

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] S420 Work for the Day

2016-01-18 Thread fmiser via Mercedes

> > > Kaleb wrote:
> > >
> > > ... I'm fixing to buy an alignment machine and learn how
> > > to do alignments.

> > > I figured with the amount of cars j have coming thru the
> > > 2-3k would pay for itself in no time.

> > fmiser wrote:
> >
> > I use a $20 camber/caster gauge and a laser level for
> > toe-in.  Oh, and a couple pieces of masonite with grease
> > in between as turn plates.  It's not going to be as quick
> > and easy as a $2000 machine - but there's a lot I can do
> > with the $1950 I've saved!

> Curly wrote:
> 
> Can you elaborate on the $20 caster camber gauge? 
> on fleabay most are in the $100 to 200 range.  I 
> found one gauge that was so coarse that you might 
> be able to differentiate between 15º and 20º  It 
> was $15 plus shipping.

It's probably been 25 years since I bought the gauge, so my
memory of $20 may be wrong.  And I can't find the same thing
now.  The bubble and knob are like this one
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Economy-Caster-Camber-Gauge,2699.html

but the one I have has a long beam so it spans from rim bead
to rim bead.

The description of this one seems likely, but I can't get a
photo to load.
https://lmr.com/item/MM-MMT3/Maximum-Motorsports-Camber-Gauge

All the others I'm seeing are digital or a curved spirit
level element.  Mine uses a plain bubble and a knob.  Using
it requires counting 1/8 turns of the knob - which is why it
has eight lines on the knob face. 

I think the Speedway gauge would do as well, and maybe easier
if there are magnets in the end of the posts.  Mine is not
magnetic.

Camber is read directly.  Caster involves turning the wheel
+-20 degrees and measuring the difference in the camber.
That is the main reason for the turn plates.

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Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?

Aren't the 6.5s known for having weak injection pumps? A friend had one and 
seemed like he was putting an injection pump on every 100,000 miles or so.
Doesn't get the mileage of the 6.2 either.
I wouldn't mind having a 4BT in and older truck either. Some years ago I 
remember seeing a place that was rebuilding M37s with a 4BT that made IIRC 
130HP but who knows how much torque. They claimed they could make more power if 
the customer wanted but that it was plenty...
-Curt
 

  From: fmiser via Mercedes 
 To: mercedes@okiebenz.com 
Cc: fmiser 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 1:32 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?
   
> > > Curt wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'd still like to have one of that generation with a
> > > 6.2l or even the 5.7l in it. Actually lately I'm
> > > enamored of the previous generation of GM trucks.

> > fmiser wrote:
> >
> > The 6.2 L diesel and the 5.7 L gasoline with a carburetor
> > drive very much the same - but the diesel gets a whole lot
> > further on one gallon of fuel. 

> > I sure like mine!

> Kaleb wrote:
> 
> I like my 6.5 turbos even better.

The 6.5 has an electronic controlled injection pump, one
turbo on a "V" engine, and isn't as simple as the 6.2 - but
it sure has more power!

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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on the 
talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and you're all 
set...
-Curt

 

  From: Curly McLain via Mercedes 
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Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 1:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: 
answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones
   
>I'll bet someone on this list has figured out the solution I'm looking for.
>
>SWMBO loves to be wireless and hands-free while talking on our home phone.
>
>Our current phone is a Motorola L903, which comes with a nice small light
>wireless headset that can be used to either pick-up a call or switch a call
>from the wireless handset over to the headset.
>
>http://www.motorola.com/us/cordless-phones/L903-DECT-6.0-Digital-Cordless-Phone-and-Headset-with-Answering-System/72825.html
>
>SWMBO loves this little headset, but it is now cracked and the battery is
>getting weak.  Replacing the battery looks like an ordeal - I took a peek
>this morning.  I can't find a part number or way to buy just the
>replacement headset.
>
>The ideal home phone system would have a base unit with incorporated
>answering machine, at least two wireless handsets (DECT 6.0) that have a
>nice speakerphone feature, and some form of wireless headset.
>
>Does anyone know of a base unit phone that can connect to a Bluetooth
>headset?  That would allow us to pick a separate headset, replace as
>needed, find a model that she likes (lightweight, good sound clarity,
>decent battery life).
>
>One solution I found on Amazon is a base station that can be paired with a
>Bluetooth headset, and added to existing phone system (just plug into a
>free phone jack), but the two that I looked at have very poor reviews.
>-
>Max
>Charleston SC

Can't help with the base, but as for the BT headset, Blue Parrot is 
the way to go.  I use the BT-XT250, but with a new base unit, you 
should be able to use the XT350.  B Photo in NY generally has the 
best price delivered.

Blue Parrot headsets are made to cancel out the noise in truck cabs, 
and thus work great in any situation.  Unlike the over the ear BT 
things where the other party hears everything they say echoed back by 
the over ear POS thing, with the Blue Parrot there is NO feedback to 
the caller.  Callers believe you are in a professional office talking 
on a landline (until the wireless carrier drops the call)  I put in 
roughly 3500 min/month for years in my 300SDL "Office" and unless I 
told them I was driving, nobody was the wiser because the headset 
works so well.

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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

2016-01-18 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes

Either you have a dead cylinder pumping huge amounts or the rear turbo  
seal is missing or out of place.


Pete

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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings


I haven't noticed any noise from the rear bearings, it must be just
starting.  What symptoms should I look for?  Would the wheel have some play
in it due to the bearing?
Thanks.
Ralph '87 300sdl


Aha!  Now I suspect the diagnosis.   Generally you hear a rear axle 
bearing long before you detect excess play.


Bearing play would show up side to side or up and down.

Check the lca bushings.  Check that the bolt in the end of the axle, 
or the nut on the end of the axle is tight.  I think the nut is 30mm 
12 point, but 1 1/4 12 pt works.  Bolt has a 13mm head.  123 is bolt, 
124 is nut, but I don't remember what 126 gen II has but I think it 
is the bolt.


You might want to take it to a good independent MB shop for a second 
opinion if you can't find the play.


Push/pull the car sideways at the rear wheels and look/listen for play.

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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

 Or there is a crack in the head that allows the oil galley to flow 
into the exhaust port.  I am trying to determine the source of the 
oil rather than throw parts at it.


The engine sounded good, and there was no excessive smoking, so I 
don't think it is a bad cyl.  That leaves the head and the turbo as 
suspects.  If I can isolate the oil supply for the turbo, than I can 
determine if it is a really bad or missing turbo seal or if it is a 
bad engine.


Either you have a dead cylinder pumping huge amounts or the rear 
turbo seal is missing or out of place.


Pete



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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

2016-01-18 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

> On January 18, 2016 at 6:04 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Everything is VOIP at some point but ours is real conventional phone at least
> back to the switching center...
> The "benefits" of a small town.

I had a real conventional phone line for a year. 
When we'd have a power failure the phone and uVerse would go down a few hours
later.
Then they'd put a portable generator on the neighborhood digital switch and the
uVerse would come back on, then after the power came back on the phone would
start working, except for the time we had to call ATT and make them fix the
phone half a day after the power came back. 

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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

2016-01-18 Thread Ralph Robertson via Mercedes

I haven't noticed any noise from the rear bearings, it must be just
starting.  What symptoms should I look for?  Would the wheel have some play
in it due to the bearing?
Thanks.
Ralph '87 300sdl

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
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> No
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I had my wheels balanced today and the garage told me one of the rear
> wheel
> > bearings had some movement in it.  These rear bearings are adjustable,
> > right?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Ralph '87 300SDL
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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

No play.  No oil with the intake crossover off. Not even mist. 
Impeller is clean.  New turbo, but oil going out the exhaust by the 
quart.



Curly, can you detect any radial play in the turbo front inlet?  It 
should have almost no play that you can detect.


Test: remove the cross-over pipe, start the engine.  If the seals 
are bad, oil will come out the turbo like crazy, so be ready to 
catch it.

--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300


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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

2016-01-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes


No

These rear bearings are adjustable, right?


Yes.  -ish.  My 'new' rear SEL bearing was loose, and the shop (same
one that installed it) just tightened down the crush thingy some
more.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

Does the exhaust manifold connect to a "log" that replaced the trap 
oxidizer, which connects to the turbo?  Remove that log, check for 
oil coming from the exhaust manifold.

--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300



H, yes, that might work.

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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

Does the exhaust manifold connect to a "log" that replaced the trap oxidizer, 
which connects to the turbo?  Remove that log, check for oil coming from the 
exhaust manifold.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
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Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: Tampa

2016-01-18 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes

Voter fraud is like neutrinos.  Hard to detect, especially if you don't look
for it.  Only in rare cases do perps call a press conference to announce how
they stuffed the ballot box.  

On a serious note, I'm sure voter fraud varies greatly by region.
Previously in NC, you just state your name and sign the list; no real
verification at all.  By contrast, FL once required two government-issued
photo IDs.  No problem for us GIs but it was a problem for many folks only
had a driver license.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> 
> This constitutes "massive voter fraud"??
> 
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 

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Re: [MBZ] Spring Cleaning

Can you upload those CDs to a dropbox file or something like that to 
make them available?  Not that I have any particular need but someones 
might.


--R

On 1/18/16 2:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Yeah, I know it’s still winter for everyone for the most part, even us.  It was 
in the high 30s this morning when I got up!  That’s damned cold for this part 
of Florida!

Anyway, with the Federal holiday, I decided to take some time and clean out 
some closets to make some room for stuff.  My major undertaking was to get rid 
of all the old paper records we have been carting around with us for years, 
some of them going back to the late 1990s.  I checked the IRS regulations and 
see they say 3 years is all you need, so I”m going through boxes and files with 
a vengeance.  Now if someone would only have one of those free document 
shredding days soon…

Anyway, I found some good MB stuff while I was sifting through all of this.  
Some good electrical diagrams for W123 models and an 8 CD set of European EPC 
data, which could be helpful for older cars.  A few more hours and I’ll be done 
with this and can look at the MB stuff closer to see exactly what I have.  If 
it’s of value I’ll post it up here for anyone who might need or want it.

Going to take a break around 3:00 and go over to a friend’s house to 
troubleshoot his kiln for him.  Seems that half of the elements in it aren’t 
working, so he can’t get it up to temperature to fire.  Should be pretty 
simple…certainly easier to work on than a car.

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?


The WP link does not work.

Try this one:

http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com/Military%20Dodges.htm

M37 ambulance was seen in M.A.S.H. often.   The ambulance was/is 
highly desirable.



Dodge truck used by the 
military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_M37mostly during Korea. 
I see a couple running around here occasionally, the forest service 
uses them for those real tough jobs.At 78hp they weren't overpowered 
in their stock form, a 130hp (250lbft?) 4BT seems like it'd be a big 
upgrade.

-Curt


  From: Craig via Mercedes 
 To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Cc: Craig 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 3:21 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?
  
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:46:31 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes

 wrote:


 Some years ago I remember seeing a place that was rebuilding M37s with
 a 4BT that made IIRC 130HP but who knows how much torque. They claimed
 they could make more power if the customer wanted but that it was
 plenty... -Curt


I have a vague idea what a 4BT is (4-cylinder, big and tough! :-) ) but I
have no idea what an M37 is.

Please enlighten me.

Thanks,

Craig


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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

2016-01-18 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes

Rather than wreck the turbo by running it even a few seconds with no  
oil, just disconnect the downpipe behind the turbo.  Oil there is from  
the turbo, it gets burned if it goes into the intake.


To check the front side, pull the intake hose loose from the turbo.   
Oil on the blades, unless you have terrific blowby, means it's leaking  
out the front.


If you have more than 50,000 miles on the turbo since the last  
rebuild, chances are you are blowing quite a bit of oil through both  
sides.


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

2016-01-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes

No

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I had my wheels balanced today and the garage told me one of the rear wheel
> bearings had some movement in it.  These rear bearings are adjustable,
> right?
> 
> Thanks.
> Ralph '87 300SDL
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[MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

I am looking at pulling the oil line and the vac lines to disable the 
turbo to determine if oil is pouring out of the turbo or if  it is 
coming out through the head.  The oil supply is a hard steel line 
with a flare fitting into the block.


If I pull the flare fitting from the block, I can't figure out how to 
get a metric flare plug to stop the oil flow out of the block.


Anyone BTDT?  Is there a better approach other than blocking off the 
oil supply?


OM603 engine.

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[MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

2016-01-18 Thread Ralph Robertson via Mercedes

I had my wheels balanced today and the garage told me one of the rear wheel
bearings had some movement in it.  These rear bearings are adjustable,
right?

Thanks.
Ralph '87 300SDL
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Thanks, I'll look harder at Panasonic to see if they've got what I'm
looking for.  The Link2Cell thing goes the wrong way, allows one to make
cell phone calls via the home handset.  I'm trying to avoid using the cell
at home.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
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> I have this. It rocks.
>
> ‎http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWE0CYU?redirect=true
>
> Perhaps this would suit your needs?
>
> ‎http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BP7SW0C?redirect=true
>
> Rick
> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

Curly, can you detect any radial play in the turbo front inlet?  It should have 
almost no play that you can detect.

Test: remove the cross-over pipe, start the engine.  If the seals are bad, oil 
will come out the turbo like crazy, so be ready to catch it.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT

-
Max
Charleston SC

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on
> the talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and
> you're all set...
> -Curt
>
>
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Thanks Curly, but I don't see a BlueParrott solution for my problem.  I'll
keep their Bluetooth headsets in mind though.

-
Max
Charleston SC

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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
> Can't help with the base, but as for the BT headset, Blue Parrot is the
> way to go.  I use the BT-XT250, but with a new base unit, you should be
> able to use the XT350.  B Photo in NY generally has the best price
> delivered.
>
> Blue Parrot headsets are made to cancel out the noise in truck cabs, and
> thus work great in any situation.  Unlike the over the ear BT things where
> the other party hears everything they say echoed back by the over ear POS
> thing, with the Blue Parrot there is NO feedback to the caller.  Callers
> believe you are in a professional office talking on a landline (until the
> wireless carrier drops the call)  I put in roughly 3500 min/month for years
> in my 300SDL "Office" and unless I told them I was driving, nobody was the
> wiser because the headset works so well.
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Am I Nutz?

2016-01-18 Thread WILTON via Mercedes


A 126 with manual tranny?  That's what it says.

Wilt

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Cc: "Mitch Haley" 
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Am I Nutz?





On January 17, 2016 at 8:31 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes 


wrote:


I would prefer a diesel long wheelbase given a choice.


Seats on a $4000 car shouldn't look like this:
http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/5355195806.html

Hmmm, 1991 interior, 1987 engine:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/5373650194.html

Hey, this one's white:
http://palmsprings.craigslist.org/cto/5371645868.html

Rodbenders are the best of the breed if they have good head gaskets:
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5352514654.html
http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto/5394280594.html (bad paint AND branded 
title

for $7k???)
http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/5349297146.html
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5393770115.html

Now, who was looking for a CD?
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/5385754670.html

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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

2016-01-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes

You should be able to carry their dsl and not have land line. If you want a 
land line and keep your number buy Ooma at Walmart or Amazon. You just plug it 
into your router, plug a phone into it or run a phone cord from the device and 
a phone outlet in your house and it wil run all outlets in your house. Then 
port your number over to Ooma. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on
>> the talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and
>> you're all set...
>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Thats not really a land line though, if your internet is down you're outta luck.
The reason I've kept my "real" landline is that the phone companies are 
required to keep a dialtone something like 95 percent of the time while 
internet and cell companies have no such requirements. That said I've had so 
few failures I don't see my backup plan being worth it and really I was keeping 
it for use not when we're in trouble but the in-laws and other family. We're 
pretty self sufficient should trouble arise...
-Curt

 

  From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
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Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: 
answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones
   
You should be able to carry their dsl and not have land line. If you want a 
land line and keep your number buy Ooma at Walmart or Amazon. You just plug it 
into your router, plug a phone into it or run a phone cord from the device and 
a phone outlet in your house and it wil run all outlets in your house. Then 
port your number over to Ooma. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on
>> the talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and
>> you're all set...
>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

2016-01-18 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes

If it wasn't smoking, it's not going through the combustion chambers  
at that rate.


Take off the downpipe and check for oil, if you have oil there take  
the turbo to a diesel shop and have them check for excessive leakage.


Or you can remove the crossover pipe -- if there is oil slinging out  
at idle, it's leaking at the turbo.


And pull the pipe between the air intake and valve cover and see what  
comes out of that, if you bent a rod from hydrolocking, there will be  
PLENTY of blowby


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

2016-01-18 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes

I have this. It rocks.

‎http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWE0CYU?redirect=true

Perhaps this would suit your needs?

‎http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BP7SW0C?redirect=true

Rick
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
  Original Message
From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes
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To: Mercedes
Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Meade Dillon
Subject: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: 
answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones


I'll bet someone on this list has figured out the solution I'm looking for.

SWMBO loves to be wireless and hands-free while talking on our home phone.

Our current phone is a Motorola L903, which comes with a nice small light
wireless headset that can be used to either pick-up a call or switch a call
from the wireless handset over to the headset.

http://www.motorola.com/us/cordless-phones/L903-DECT-6.0-Digital-Cordless-Phone-and-Headset-with-Answering-System/72825.html

SWMBO loves this little headset, but it is now cracked and the battery is
getting weak.  Replacing the battery looks like an ordeal - I took a peek
this morning.  I can't find a part number or way to buy just the
replacement headset.

The ideal home phone system would have a base unit with incorporated
answering machine, at least two wireless handsets (DECT 6.0) that have a
nice speakerphone feature, and some form of wireless headset.

Does anyone know of a base unit phone that can connect to a Bluetooth
headset?  That would allow us to pick a separate headset, replace as
needed, find a model that she likes (lightweight, good sound clarity,
decent battery life).

One solution I found on Amazon is a base station that can be paired with a
Bluetooth headset, and added to existing phone system (just plug into a
free phone jack), but the two that I looked at have very poor reviews.
-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] Spring Cleaning

Quite possibly.  I’ve got to see what’s on them first.  Someone from Europe 
sent them to me when I had my 1984 W123 LWB sedan.

Dan


> On Jan 18, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Can you upload those CDs to a dropbox file or something like that to make 
> them available?  Not that I have any particular need but someones might.
> 
> --R
> 
> On 1/18/16 2:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Yeah, I know it’s still winter for everyone for the most part, even us.  It 
>> was in the high 30s this morning when I got up!  That’s damned cold for this 
>> part of Florida!
>> 
>> Anyway, with the Federal holiday, I decided to take some time and clean out 
>> some closets to make some room for stuff.  My major undertaking was to get 
>> rid of all the old paper records we have been carting around with us for 
>> years, some of them going back to the late 1990s.  I checked the IRS 
>> regulations and see they say 3 years is all you need, so I”m going through 
>> boxes and files with a vengeance.  Now if someone would only have one of 
>> those free document shredding days soon…
>> 
>> Anyway, I found some good MB stuff while I was sifting through all of this.  
>> Some good electrical diagrams for W123 models and an 8 CD set of European 
>> EPC data, which could be helpful for older cars.  A few more hours and I’ll 
>> be done with this and can look at the MB stuff closer to see exactly what I 
>> have.  If it’s of value I’ll post it up here for anyone who might need or 
>> want it.
>> 
>> Going to take a break around 3:00 and go over to a friend’s house to 
>> troubleshoot his kiln for him.  Seems that half of the elements in it aren’t 
>> working, so he can’t get it up to temperature to fire.  Should be pretty 
>> simple…certainly easier to work on than a car.
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Meaning you can't give up your landline without giving up DSL?
Might be worth seeing if somebody like DSL Extreme could hook you up with DSL 
outside of AT Thats what we've got, its a couple bucks more expensive than 
Verizon who actually services the line but when I have problems DSL Extreme 
gets on it quick and if line work is needed they pester Verizon and it gets 
fixed quick.
I think 2016 is the year I dump our landline, we almost never use it and 99% of 
the incoming calls are telemarketers. I could surely use that $30/mo for 
something else.
-Curt

 

  From: Meade Dillon 
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 4:48 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: 
answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones
   
Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on the 
talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and you're all 
set...
-Curt


 



  
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

Curt,

I probably could, but with losing the AT bundle discount I'd not save any 
money.  I'll check on DSL Extreme.

Republic wireless does look tempting, but won't work unless we make some 
radical changes.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On January 18, 2016 5:24:32 PM EST, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>Meaning you can't give up your landline without giving up DSL?
>Might be worth seeing if somebody like DSL Extreme could hook you up
>with DSL outside of AT Thats what we've got, its a couple bucks more
>expensive than Verizon who actually services the line but when I have
>problems DSL Extreme gets on it quick and if line work is needed they
>pester Verizon and it gets fixed quick.
>I think 2016 is the year I dump our landline, we almost never use it
>and 99% of the incoming calls are telemarketers. I could surely use
>that $30/mo for something else.
>-Curt
>
> 
>
>  From: Meade Dillon 
>To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
> 
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 4:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed:
>answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones
>   
>Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT
>
>-
>Max
>Charleston SC
>
>On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless
>on the talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below
>and you're all set...
>-Curt
>
>
> 
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Testing turbo oil seals

Rather than wreck the turbo by running it even a few seconds with no 
oil, just disconnect the downpipe behind the turbo.  Oil there is 
from the turbo, it gets burned if it goes into the intake.


To check the front side, pull the intake hose loose from the turbo.  
Oil on the blades, unless you have terrific blowby, means it's 
leaking out the front.


If you have more than 50,000 miles on the turbo since the last 
rebuild, chances are you are blowing quite a bit of oil through both 
sides.


Peter

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Thanks Peter,

It is a rebuilt turbo.  0 miles.  New head gasket.  0 miles on head 
gasket.  It pumped out 4-5 quarts of oil in 5-10 min of idling after 
startup.  I had my head under the hood checking out things, so did 
not notice oil running out under and behind the car.  No excessive 
smoke.  The car was smoking before the work.  Headgasket was blown at 
#1.


Therefore, the oil may be coming out of the head, or maybe I got a bad turbo.

I can take out the turbo and run the engine if I can plug off the oil 
line port.  It is 16 x 1.25 nut thread, double flare.  If the engine 
holds its oil without the turbo, then the turbo is bad.  If the 
engine pumps oil out the exhaust, then the engine is bad.


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Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?

Dodge truck used by the military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_M37mostly 
during Korea. I see a couple running around here occasionally, the forest 
service uses them for those real tough jobs.At 78hp they weren't overpowered in 
their stock form, a 130hp (250lbft?) 4BT seems like it'd be a big upgrade.
-Curt
 

  From: Craig via Mercedes 
 To: Mercedes Discussion List  
Cc: Craig 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 3:21 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project anyone?
   
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:46:31 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Some years ago I remember seeing a place that was rebuilding M37s with
> a 4BT that made IIRC 130HP but who knows how much torque. They claimed
> they could make more power if the customer wanted but that it was
> plenty... -Curt 

I have a vague idea what a 4BT is (4-cylinder, big and tough! :-) ) but I
have no idea what an M37 is.

Please enlighten me.

Thanks,


Craig

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[MBZ] Anyone Need Memory or an SSD?

I have a couple of failed Crucial brand DIMMs in my Mac Pro.  When I went to 
Crucial to have them replaced, they couldn’t do it, as the DIMMs were end of 
life and they no longer make a replacement.

They offered me $122.00 credit through their online store, which doesn’t do me 
a lot of good relative to replacing the failed RAM for my Mac Pro.

If someone want to offer me $100.00 for the $122.00 store credit, I’ll do it.  
That way I can just take the proceeds and buy some new RAM from another 
supplier, like OWC, who will have the stuff five years from now if I need it….

Thanks,

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

Fronts are, rears are not. Rears IIRC are a big deal...
-Curt
 

  From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 To: Mercedes Discussion List  
Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin 
 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings
   
No

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I had my wheels balanced today and the garage told me one of the rear wheel
> bearings had some movement in it.  These rear bearings are adjustable,
> right?
> 
> Thanks.
> Ralph '87 300SDL
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Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings

I think the easiest solution is a good used control arm to replace yours.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On January 18, 2016 5:26:57 PM EST, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>Fronts are, rears are not. Rears IIRC are a big deal...
>-Curt
> 
>
>  From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
> To: Mercedes Discussion List  
>Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin 
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300 SDL rear wheel bearings
>   
>No
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes
> wrote:
>> 
>> I had my wheels balanced today and the garage told me one of the rear
>wheel
>> bearings had some movement in it.  These rear bearings are
>adjustable,
>> right?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> Ralph '87 300SDL
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Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones

2016-01-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes

Most of the "land lines" now days are actually voip. If you have uverse your 
phone is voip.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 18, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thats not really a land line though, if your internet is down you're outta 
> luck.
> The reason I've kept my "real" landline is that the phone companies are 
> required to keep a dialtone something like 95 percent of the time while 
> internet and cell companies have no such requirements. That said I've had so 
> few failures I don't see my backup plan being worth it and really I was 
> keeping it for use not when we're in trouble but the in-laws and other 
> family. We're pretty self sufficient should trouble arise...
> -Curt
> 
> 
> 
>  From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
> To: Mercedes Discussion List  
> Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin 
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT landline telephone recommendation needed: 
> answering/wireless/handsets + headset/speakerphones
> 
> You should be able to carry their dsl and not have land line. If you want a 
> land line and keep your number buy Ooma at Walmart or Amazon. You just plug 
> it into your router, plug a phone into it or run a phone cord from the device 
> and a phone outlet in your house and it wil run all outlets in your house. 
> Then port your number over to Ooma. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Not an option, we get our wireless via DSL from AT
>> 
>> -
>> Max
>> Charleston SC
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Drop the land line completely, get a Moto G through Republic wireless on
>>> the talk and text plan for $10/mo and the blue tooth thingus below and
>>> you're all set...
>>> -Curt
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