Re: [MBZ] The Details

[G Mann via Mercedes]

Have a look at this youtube tutorial on doing cheap plastic welding.. all
home tooled. Save the parts broken out of your bumper and weld them back
in...
I've used a soldering iron, cheap lowest cost Harbor Freight iron, to weld
a lot of broken plastic. With just a bit of practice, you'll get pretty
good at it.
I use zip ties as filler rod, since they come in a selection of colors, and
are thermo molded plastic, they are happy to be re-melted into what ever
I'm fixing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmTWCzJbNBw


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On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 5:25 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> So in my desire to have everything in order on the ML500 before I send it
> off to long term storage, I decide I’m going to get the front ash tray
> working (it sticks closed) and replace the light bulb in it, too. Little
> did I know….
>
> So I fight with the ashtray for a good 30 minutes. The insert comes out,
> but the “push to release” function for the ashtray just doesn’t work. I get
> the front cover off of it and start poking around. Within the area under
> and around the ashtray, aided with some long hemostats and Mercedes cluster
> hooks, I removed:
>
> 16 toothpicks
> 3 small packets of salt
> 2 business cards
> Coins
>
> Now understand that this was just digging around the ashtray from above
> and below it while it’s in place. Still no joy.
>
> I hose it down with brake cleaner. No improvement.
>
> Finally, I decide that it’s got to come out. What does that entail?
>
> Removal of the center console. Yup. In an ML, if you want to get to the
> front ashtray to change the bulb or remove the ashtray itself the center
> console comes out. Now while this does sound like a major undertaking, it’s
> really not too bad. You can do it the first time in about 10 minutes, maybe
> less.
>
> So out comes the console. I remove ashtray and take it to my outdoor
> kitchen, where I hose it down liberally with degreaser and then rinse it
> off. Pop it in the outdoor oven for about 30 minutes at 170F to dry it out.
> Oh, yeah - more detritus. A VISA debit card for the IU Hoosiers, expired in
> 2012.
>
> So out of the oven it comes. Then I spend a good 20 minutes trying to get
> to the bulb in the cigarette lighter, which you can’t get to. Really, you
> can’t. There are a number of people who have done it online on YouTube, but
> they run very, very close to destroying the ashtray doing so. I finally get
> it apart and get a new bulb in the socket. Button everything up, it’s
> working great with the “touch and release” function.
>
> Put everything back together, all ready to go, and - the bulb doesn’t
> work. Grrr. But hey, it’s not a total loss, as now the ashtray works like
> it should.
>
> So I back the car out, turn it around to move it into place in front of
> the garage where the finnie parks, and crack!
>
> I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the
> size of a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang thing
> shattered like a piece of glass.
>
> Oh, well. I remind myself that it’s a $1400 beater. Still sucks.
>
> All that for a lousy light bulb.
>
> -D
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Re: [MBZ] Crack

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:14:38 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
 wrote:

> 1995 Mercedes-Benz 300D Diesel 23cty/34hwy great shape all original
> 
> https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/d/round-rock-1995-mercedes-benz-300d/6910635263.html

That's odd ... you usually see an inoperative A/C, not an inoperative
heater.

I presume this job is roughly the same difficulty as Wilton and Larry's
evapectomies.

So what would be a reasonable price? From what I have seen, there are not
many of these for sale.


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 01:13:42 + (UTC) Curt Raymond
 wrote:

>  *sigh*
> For reasons I don't understand if you copy directly from the browser
> Yahoo turns URLs into some kind of weird thing that isn't really a URL.
> If you first copy them somewhere thats just plain text it doesn't. Try
> this:
> 
> https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/aronia/plant-description-and-habitat/

Thank you, Curt.


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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

I had,similar problem in my 2005 E320. After MB Indy changed comand unit,
ash tray was,stuck. They made it work but small plastic latch unit had to
be replaced.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 8:25 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
wrote:

> So in my desire to have everything in order on the ML500 before I send it
> off to long term storage, I decide I’m going to get the front ash tray
> working (it sticks closed) and replace the light bulb in it, too. Little
> did I know….
>
> So I fight with the ashtray for a good 30 minutes. The insert comes out,
> but the “push to release” function for the ashtray just doesn’t work. I get
> the front cover off of it and start poking around. Within the area under
> and around the ashtray, aided with some long hemostats and Mercedes cluster
> hooks, I removed:
>
> 16 toothpicks
> 3 small packets of salt
> 2 business cards
> Coins
>
> Now understand that this was just digging around the ashtray from above
> and below it while it’s in place. Still no joy.
>
> I hose it down with brake cleaner. No improvement.
>
> Finally, I decide that it’s got to come out. What does that entail?
>
> Removal of the center console. Yup. In an ML, if you want to get to the
> front ashtray to change the bulb or remove the ashtray itself the center
> console comes out. Now while this does sound like a major undertaking, it’s
> really not too bad. You can do it the first time in about 10 minutes, maybe
> less.
>
> So out comes the console. I remove ashtray and take it to my outdoor
> kitchen, where I hose it down liberally with degreaser and then rinse it
> off. Pop it in the outdoor oven for about 30 minutes at 170F to dry it out.
> Oh, yeah - more detritus. A VISA debit card for the IU Hoosiers, expired in
> 2012.
>
> So out of the oven it comes. Then I spend a good 20 minutes trying to get
> to the bulb in the cigarette lighter, which you can’t get to. Really, you
> can’t. There are a number of people who have done it online on YouTube, but
> they run very, very close to destroying the ashtray doing so. I finally get
> it apart and get a new bulb in the socket. Button everything up, it’s
> working great with the “touch and release” function.
>
> Put everything back together, all ready to go, and - the bulb doesn’t
> work. Grrr. But hey, it’s not a total loss, as now the ashtray works like
> it should.
>
> So I back the car out, turn it around to move it into place in front of
> the garage where the finnie parks, and crack!
>
> I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the
> size of a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang thing
> shattered like a piece of glass.
>
> Oh, well. I remind myself that it’s a $1400 beater. Still sucks.
>
> All that for a lousy light bulb.
>
> -D
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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

In upstate NY they were called 'winter rats'.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 9:07 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
wrote:

> No need to apologize, it’s not your fault.
>
> I just have to get in the mindset that the ML is a beater truck, or when I
> was a kid we called them “farm trucks”. Work trucks that were just another
> tool for getting a job done. Still sucks, but I’ll get over it.
>
> -D
>
>
> > On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:29:58 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> Ouch!
> >
> > Indeed! Sorry for the problems!
> >
> >
> > Craig
> >
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[MBZ] I’ll

[Bob Rentfro via Mercedes]

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[MBZ] Crack

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

1995 Mercedes-Benz 300D Diesel 23cty/34hwy great shape all original

https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/d/round-rock-1995-mercedes-benz-300d/6910635263.html


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

These grew 'wild' in NE PA where i grew up.  Some people boiled them down
for jelly. IIRC,also called choke cherries

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 9:14 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>  *sigh*
> For reasons I don't understand if you copy directly from the browser Yahoo
> turns URLs into some kind of weird thing that isn't really a URL.
> If you first copy them somewhere thats just plain text it doesn't.
> Try this:
>
>
> https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/aronia/plant-description-and-habitat/
> On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 7:51:27 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>  On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:30:23 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> >  UMaine has an interesting write up: Plant Description and Habitat of
> > Aronia (black chokeberry) - Cooperative Extension: Agriculture -
> > University of Maine Cooperative Extension
>
> URL?
>
>
> Craig
>
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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:06:46 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
 wrote:

> No need to apologize, it’s not your fault.

I wasn't apologizing, I was empathizing with your situation.


> I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the
> size of a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang
> thing shattered like a piece of glass.

Sounds like it has gotten brittle.


> I just have to get in the mindset that the ML is a beater truck, or
> when I was a kid we called them “farm trucks”. Work trucks that were
> just another tool for getting a job done. Still sucks, but I’ll get
> over it.

Yup.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] This would be a lot nicer than that ugly SLC

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

That is cheap for CD- even non turbo.

Dwight Giles Jr.
1982 300CD
2005 E320 4matic
Wickford RI

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 8:48 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> How much is Randy going to bid on it?
>
> > On June 12, 2019 at 1:54 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-300cd-6
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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Kevin Kraly via Mercedes]

Just patch it with some matching duct tape  
Kevin, on a cruise 🚢 in Hoonah, AK

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> On Jun 12, 2019, at 5:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> No need to apologize, it’s not your fault.
> 
> I just have to get in the mindset that the ML is a beater truck, or when I 
> was a kid we called them “farm trucks”. Work trucks that were just another 
> tool for getting a job done. Still sucks, but I’ll get over it.
> 
> -D
> 
> 
>> On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:29:58 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Ouch!
>> 
>> Indeed! Sorry for the problems!
>> 
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Fascinating story. Gotta be careful not to confuse chokecherry with
pokeweed berries. You only make that mistake once...

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 8:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
> > URL?
> >
> >
> > Craig
>
>
> DuckDuckGo suggests:
>
> https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/aronia/plant-description-and-habitat/
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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Dan said:

>Still sucks, but I’ll get over it.

Yup. You'll get over it, after you fix it, when the Finnie is up for sale. For 
now, out of sight out of mind. 

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 *sigh*
For reasons I don't understand if you copy directly from the browser Yahoo 
turns URLs into some kind of weird thing that isn't really a URL.
If you first copy them somewhere thats just plain text it doesn't.
Try this:

https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/aronia/plant-description-and-habitat/
On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 7:51:27 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:30:23 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
 wrote:

>  UMaine has an interesting write up: Plant Description and Habitat of
> Aronia (black chokeberry) - Cooperative Extension: Agriculture -
> University of Maine Cooperative Extension

URL?


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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

No need to apologize, it’s not your fault.

I just have to get in the mindset that the ML is a beater truck, or when I was 
a kid we called them “farm trucks”. Work trucks that were just another tool for 
getting a job done. Still sucks, but I’ll get over it.

-D


> On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:29:58 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
>> Ouch!
> 
> Indeed! Sorry for the problems!
> 
> 
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] The Details

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On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:29:58 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
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> Ouch!

Indeed! Sorry for the problems!


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Re: [MBZ] This would be a lot nicer than that ugly SLC

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How much is Randy going to bid on it?

> On June 12, 2019 at 1:54 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-300cd-6

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Re: [MBZ] The Details

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Ouch!
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC

On June 12, 2019 8:24:48 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>So in my desire to have everything in order on the ML500 before I send
>it off to long term storage, I decide I’m going to get the front ash
>tray working (it sticks closed) and replace the light bulb in it, too.
>Little did I know….
>
>So I fight with the ashtray for a good 30 minutes. The insert comes
>out, but the “push to release” function for the ashtray just doesn’t
>work. I get the front cover off of it and start poking around. Within
>the area under and around the ashtray, aided with some long hemostats
>and Mercedes cluster hooks, I removed:
>
>16 toothpicks
>3 small packets of salt
>2 business cards
>Coins
>
>Now understand that this was just digging around the ashtray from above
>and below it while it’s in place. Still no joy.
>
>I hose it down with brake cleaner. No improvement.
>
>Finally, I decide that it’s got to come out. What does that entail?
>
>Removal of the center console. Yup. In an ML, if you want to get to the
>front ashtray to change the bulb or remove the ashtray itself the
>center console comes out. Now while this does sound like a major
>undertaking, it’s really not too bad. You can do it the first time in
>about 10 minutes, maybe less.
>
>So out comes the console. I remove ashtray and take it to my outdoor
>kitchen, where I hose it down liberally with degreaser and then rinse
>it off. Pop it in the outdoor oven for about 30 minutes at 170F to dry
>it out. Oh, yeah - more detritus. A VISA debit card for the IU
>Hoosiers, expired in 2012.
>
>So out of the oven it comes. Then I spend a good 20 minutes trying to
>get to the bulb in the cigarette lighter, which you can’t get to.
>Really, you can’t. There are a number of people who have done it online
>on YouTube, but they run very, very close to destroying the ashtray
>doing so. I finally get it apart and get a new bulb in the socket.
>Button everything up, it’s working great with the “touch and release”
>function.
>
>Put everything back together, all ready to go, and - the bulb doesn’t
>work. Grrr. But hey, it’s not a total loss, as now the ashtray works
>like it should.
>
>So I back the car out, turn it around to move it into place in front of
>the garage where the finnie parks, and crack!
>
>I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the
>size of a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang
>thing shattered like a piece of glass.
>
>Oh, well. I remind myself that it’s a $1400 beater. Still sucks.
>
>All that for a lousy light bulb.
>
>-D
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[MBZ] The Details

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

So in my desire to have everything in order on the ML500 before I send it off 
to long term storage, I decide I’m going to get the front ash tray working (it 
sticks closed) and replace the light bulb in it, too. Little did I know….

So I fight with the ashtray for a good 30 minutes. The insert comes out, but 
the “push to release” function for the ashtray just doesn’t work. I get the 
front cover off of it and start poking around. Within the area under and around 
the ashtray, aided with some long hemostats and Mercedes cluster hooks, I 
removed:

16 toothpicks
3 small packets of salt
2 business cards
Coins

Now understand that this was just digging around the ashtray from above and 
below it while it’s in place. Still no joy.

I hose it down with brake cleaner. No improvement.

Finally, I decide that it’s got to come out. What does that entail?

Removal of the center console. Yup. In an ML, if you want to get to the front 
ashtray to change the bulb or remove the ashtray itself the center console 
comes out. Now while this does sound like a major undertaking, it’s really not 
too bad. You can do it the first time in about 10 minutes, maybe less.

So out comes the console. I remove ashtray and take it to my outdoor kitchen, 
where I hose it down liberally with degreaser and then rinse it off. Pop it in 
the outdoor oven for about 30 minutes at 170F to dry it out. Oh, yeah - more 
detritus. A VISA debit card for the IU Hoosiers, expired in 2012.

So out of the oven it comes. Then I spend a good 20 minutes trying to get to 
the bulb in the cigarette lighter, which you can’t get to. Really, you can’t. 
There are a number of people who have done it online on YouTube, but they run 
very, very close to destroying the ashtray doing so. I finally get it apart and 
get a new bulb in the socket. Button everything up, it’s working great with the 
“touch and release” function.

Put everything back together, all ready to go, and - the bulb doesn’t work. 
Grrr. But hey, it’s not a total loss, as now the ashtray works like it should.

So I back the car out, turn it around to move it into place in front of the 
garage where the finnie parks, and crack!

I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the size of 
a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang thing shattered 
like a piece of glass.

Oh, well. I remind myself that it’s a $1400 beater. Still sucks.

All that for a lousy light bulb.

-D
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

> URL?
> 
> 
> Craig


DuckDuckGo suggests:
https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/aronia/plant-description-and-habitat/

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:30:23 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
 wrote:

>  UMaine has an interesting write up: Plant Description and Habitat of
> Aronia (black chokeberry) - Cooperative Extension: Agriculture -
> University of Maine Cooperative Extension

URL?


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 UMaine has an interesting write up: Plant Description and Habitat of Aronia 
(black chokeberry) - Cooperative Extension: Agriculture - University of Maine 
Cooperative Extension

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Black chokeberry is a multi-stemmed, deciduous, eastern North American shrub. 
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I'll see what I can find in the spring...
-Curt

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 7:01:08 PM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Aronia   much like a blueberry, but better, except not as sweet.  Dogs 
love em.  Berries make great wine too.

Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote on 6/12/19 1:43 PM:
>  That word "expensive"...
> We've been looking at planting berries of some sort to attract birds. We're 
> zone 4a so anything we plant has to be very cold tolerant. Thinking about 
> lingonberries, if they're good enough for the Swedes they should be okay for 
> us.
> -Curt
>
>    


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Aronia   much like a blueberry, but better, except not as sweet.  Dogs 
love em.  Berries make great wine too.


Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote on 6/12/19 1:43 PM:

  That word "expensive"...
We've been looking at planting berries of some sort to attract birds. We're 
zone 4a so anything we plant has to be very cold tolerant. Thinking about 
lingonberries, if they're good enough for the Swedes they should be okay for us.
-Curt





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Re: [MBZ] Hey Kaleb

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Water went down here week before last. We were stuck at home for 11 days 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 5:10 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> What is the story on the flooding?  I tried a google search but there is not 
> much out there on the web that I see.
> 
> Typical news reports - lots of interest when bad things are happening but no 
> news when things start to get cleaned up.
> 
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[MBZ] Hey Kaleb

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

What is the story on the flooding?  I tried a google search but there is 
not much out there on the web that I see.


Typical news reports - lots of interest when bad things are happening 
but no news when things start to get cleaned up.



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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Yup, I grew turnips one year. I was unsure what the deer would do with them. I 
found that the deer would both browse the tops and pull the whole turnip out of 
the ground to eat the root. That was one of my more successful experiments and 
I intend to try that again in the next year or two. For now I plant just one 
plot to experiment, at some point once I get my planting method down a little 
better I'll probably add another. We're doing about 1/2 acre right now.
I've gotten to the point where I need to get a real seeder and I need to start 
adding way more fertilizer. Probably next spring I'll get one of those tow 
behind spreaders. At the same time I'll probably expand the plot I've been 
planting to a full acre.
-Curt

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 2:42:23 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 One of my hunting buddies grows a few plots of Brassica for the whitetails at 
his camp.

Greg

-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond 
via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 11:15 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Curt Raymond
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube? 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to realize 
that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment running around 
doing big equipment things.
We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on 
vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye grass 
when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out weeds yet 
die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to the deer...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 That word "expensive"...
We've been looking at planting berries of some sort to attract birds. We're 
zone 4a so anything we plant has to be very cold tolerant. Thinking about 
lingonberries, if they're good enough for the Swedes they should be okay for us.
-Curt

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 2:36:53 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel 
 wrote:  
 
 Oh I get it.  Why not should grow the most expensive, fragrant, beautiful 
roses instead - excellent deer bait

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:35 PM Curt Raymond  wrote:

 Specifically to attract the deer and fatten them up, crazy no?
The idea is to the harvest the deer. Hasn't worked yet but we see more deer 
sign every year. I've chased several does around but the bucks are elusive.

-Curt

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 2:32:28 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel 
 wrote:  
 
 You grow a crop to feed deer??  Here in suburban DC we go out of our way to 
plant shrubs that deer find repellent.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube? 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to realize 
that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment running around 
doing big equipment things.
We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on 
vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye grass 
when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out weeds yet 
die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to the deer...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] This would be a lot nicer than that ugly SLC

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

As if anyone needs an excuse to visit Vancouver BC...

BTW, that is ENGLISH, not "brilliant" red.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 1:55 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-300cd-6
>
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[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: Millennial Farmer

[Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes]

One of my hunting buddies grows a few plots of Brassica for the whitetails at 
his camp.

Greg

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From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond 
via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 11:15 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Curt Raymond
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube? 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to realize 
that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment running around 
doing big equipment things.
We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on 
vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye grass 
when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out weeds yet 
die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to the deer...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Oh I get it.  Why not should grow the most expensive, fragrant, beautiful
roses instead - excellent deer bait

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:35 PM Curt Raymond  wrote:

> Specifically to attract the deer and fatten them up, crazy no?
>
> The idea is to the harvest the deer. Hasn't worked yet but we see more
> deer sign every year. I've chased several does around but the bucks are
> elusive.
>
> -Curt
>
> On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 2:32:28 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel <
> astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> You grow a crop to feed deer??  Here in suburban DC we go out of our way
> to plant shrubs that deer find repellent.
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube?
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
> I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to
> realize that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment
> running around doing big equipment things.
> We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on
> vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye
> grass when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out
> weeds yet die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to
> the deer...
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Specifically to attract the deer and fatten them up, crazy no?
The idea is to the harvest the deer. Hasn't worked yet but we see more deer 
sign every year. I've chased several does around but the bucks are elusive.

-Curt

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 2:32:28 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel 
 wrote:  
 
 You grow a crop to feed deer??  Here in suburban DC we go out of our way to 
plant shrubs that deer find repellent.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube? 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to realize 
that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment running around 
doing big equipment things.
We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on 
vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye grass 
when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out weeds yet 
die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to the deer...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

In a word-venison.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI


On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> You grow a crop to feed deer??  Here in suburban DC we go out of our way to
> plant shrubs that deer find repellent.
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube?
> > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
> > I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to
> > realize that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment
> > running around doing big equipment things.
> > We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on
> > vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye
> > grass when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade
> out
> > weeds yet die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein
> to
> > the deer...
> > -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

You grow a crop to feed deer??  Here in suburban DC we go out of our way to
plant shrubs that deer find repellent.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube?
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
> I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to
> realize that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment
> running around doing big equipment things.
> We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on
> vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye
> grass when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out
> weeds yet die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to
> the deer...
> -Curt
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[MBZ] OT: Millennial Farmer

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Have any of you watched the MN Millennial Farmer on YouTube? 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
I find his videos moderately entertaining even if he doesn't seem to realize 
that real tractors are red. Its still fun to watch big equipment running around 
doing big equipment things.
We didn't get to camp for Memorial day like we usually do due to being on 
vacation in Italy. I'm wondering if its worth trying to plant some rye grass 
when we go up in July. I like rye grass as it will quickly shade out weeds yet 
die right off if I mow it while providing fairly good protein to the deer...
-Curt
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[MBZ] This would be a lot nicer than that ugly SLC

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-300cd-6

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Re: [MBZ] Finnie Fun is Baaaack!

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

On 11/06/2019 9:00 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Why do you want a radio in a Mercedes? You should be revelling in the
precision mechanical hum of the engine,  tranny, etc.

Too true. My 300D has had nothing but a hole in the dash where the radio 
used to be for the past 13 years or so. I have a radio (not original 
type) to install but have not bothered as I really don't care enough to 
put it in. My son offered to do it but all it would really do is to fill 
the hole.


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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

In that particular group yes

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 11:14 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> So, what we need is not brighter gauges, but brighter people.
> 
> 
>> On 12/06/2019 5:00 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Just to clarify, I am NOT in that group, nor do I intend to join.
>> 
>> I’m sure if I was I would be very unpopular in a hurry.
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Got me thinking:  Kleb and Dan and whoever else is on the fakebuch 123 
>>> kiddie klub could have some fun raving about how they installed halogen 
>>> bulbs in their instrument clusters.   something like orange halogen to be 
>>> exotic might interest them.   Maybe you could get some melted 
>>> dashes/clusters to keep them entertained and give them a real project to 
>>> work on in place of putting exhaust through the hood.
>>> 
>>> Manfred, those faces would sure help with the dismal lighting in 123 
>>> instruments!
>>> 
>>> MG via Mercedes wrote on 6/10/19 8:57 AM:
 Just came across this item on Ebay. He has others also. Thinking about it 
 but then where does one get the glow pointers to go with the gauges?
 
 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr
 
 
 MG
 
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Re: [MBZ] 1980 450SL C on BAT

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

> On June 12, 2019 at 12:11 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> If I hear you correctly, Grant, you would prefer it be painted in another
> color?

There are two acceptable colors to do that in.
The factory paint (which is claimed here but I haven't confirmed).
Anything that looks a lot better than the original color.

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Re: [MBZ] Finnie Fun is Baaaack!

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

How archaic.

You could have fun by turning it on, and then giving a voice command ("play
now") after 2 minutes.  Your passengers will be very impressed at the
advanced technology from the '60s..

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 6:09 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> I was really struggling with what to do radio-wise. Finding a working
> Becker or other brand that is period correct is getting to be pretty
> expensive these days. Luckily, I found this one for cheap from a BW forum
> member who had listed it for sale some months ago with no takers. No
> faceplate, which was an issue, so I camped out on eBay and lucked into
> someone selling the correct faceplate for $30. To give you an idea, they
> normally sell from Becker for around $150 or more, and that doesn’t include
> the hardware.
>
> I had a bag of hardware from the original Blaupunkt that was in the car,
> so again, I lucked out in that regard. Only thing I had to pop for was one
> chrome shaft nut from Becker - $25.
>
> The real kicker was when I first set it up and got nothing out of it.
> Darn!! And then I realized it was a tube radio and had to warm up…2-3
> minutes powered up and it was making noise. Whew!
>
> -D
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Dimitri Seretakis 
> wrote:
> >
> > That’s a nice looking radio. I could also care less about high fidelity.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jun 11, 2019, at 6:11 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yup, out from under the ML and back to the finnie. Small steps, but
> important ones.
> >>
> >> http://penoff.com/1965_220SEb_Blog/Entries/2019/6/11_Im_Bck!.html
> >>
> >> -D
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

So, what we need is not brighter gauges, but brighter people.


On 12/06/2019 5:00 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Just to clarify, I am NOT in that group, nor do I intend to join.

I’m sure if I was I would be very unpopular in a hurry.

-D


On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes  
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Got me thinking:  Kleb and Dan and whoever else is on the fakebuch 123 kiddie 
klub could have some fun raving about how they installed halogen bulbs in their 
instrument clusters.   something like orange halogen to be exotic might 
interest them.   Maybe you could get some melted dashes/clusters to keep them 
entertained and give them a real project to work on in place of putting exhaust 
through the hood.

Manfred, those faces would sure help with the dismal lighting in 123 
instruments!

MG via Mercedes wrote on 6/10/19 8:57 AM:

Just came across this item on Ebay. He has others also. Thinking about it but 
then where does one get the glow pointers to go with the gauges?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr


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Re: [MBZ] 1980 450SL C on BAT

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

If I hear you correctly, Grant, you would prefer it be painted in another
color?

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 1:37 AM G Mann via Mercedes 
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> Complete strip and paint?  In THAT color? . Why bother...
> That car is singularly the most un-exciting example I believe I have ever
> seen. When I look at it, I want to throw up, just a little.
> It inspires me to buy it for the single pleasure of taking it to a car
> shredder and making a youtube of it being chipped into scrap.
> It redefines ugly, for me.
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 6:07 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Bid to only $10,500
> >
> >
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-mercedes-benz-450slc-8/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-06-10
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:40 PM Andrew Strasfogel <
> astrasfo...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The burl wood looks like it has not been redone, and that is a big
> deal.
> > > Also, that does not look like champagne, it looks more like one of the
> > > beiges. Regardless, the only way a 450slc could be worth anywhere near
> > this
> > > kind of money would be if it were in a really stunning color
> combination,
> > > such as diamond blue or maybe silver metallic with a blue interior.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 10:27 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't if, you're a rich guy and don't really care that much, $35k is
> > >> peanuts I guess.  But for all that money it still looks a bit ratty.
> I
> > >> see some pretty nice SLs (though not coupes) for sale in the $10k-$15k
> > >> range that would be nice cars.  Some guy pulled up behind me at Costco
> > >> gas a coupla weeks back in a new-looking 107, even to buy that car
> would
> > >> probably be nowhere near $35k.  But hey, it's their money and someone
> > >> else will get the benefit of the situation.
> > >>
> > >> Plus I just don't get the 107 coupe concept.
> > >>
> > >> --FT
> > >>
> > >> On 6/10/19 10:14 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> > >> > Yeah, I don’t see them recouping the costs on this. Ouch.
> > >> >
> > >> > This is a good example of taking advantage of someone else’s poor
> > >> judgement...
> > >> >
> > >> > -D
> > >> >
> > >> >> On Jun 10, 2019, at 10:07 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> $35K spent on a total restoration.  OMG.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> >
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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Exactly!  that is why I was suggesting a way to melt their instrument 
clusters.


Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote on 6/12/19 5:08 AM:

Ah c'mon. Join the fun! One of the resident gurus had to correct Kaleb the 
other day


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Re: [MBZ] Kaleb Car Alert!!

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Go for it 

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> On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
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> 
> What a steal!!
> 
> https://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-port-1984-mercedes-190/6901543501.html
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> -D
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Re: [MBZ] Kaleb Car Alert!!

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

We can stuff a V12 in there

--FT

On 6/12/19 10:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

What a steal!!

https://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-port-1984-mercedes-190/6901543501.html

-D


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[MBZ] Kaleb Car Alert!!

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

What a steal!!

https://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-port-1984-mercedes-190/6901543501.html

-D


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Re: [MBZ] OT time to do something about by main desktop

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Security in the office has gotten to the point where I can't take anything 
home anymore which is a shame.
I do have an XW8600 at home that got replaced with a Mac Pro. I haven't turned 
it on for months, I probably should get it moved out and get a smaller desk, 
it'd make space in our living room.
Shipping will be spendy, XW8600 is big and heavy.

-Curt


On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 3:15:36 AM EDT, fmiser via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 > Curt wrote:

>  One of my instructor systems at work is at least 9 years old,
> HP XW8600, it still works good but we're looking at ending
> support for Windows 7 and I've got a system thats 2 generations
> newer so I'll probably switch to that. 

I could give that XW8600 a good home here

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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah cooker?

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Stack yo diesel bro and cook them quahogs

--FT

On 6/11/19 8:47 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

Maybe make a W123 version?
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190611/b9c0207b6a8215ed2a77f9762c90068a.jpg

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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[MG via Mercedes]

That's what i was thinking but the needles 
would be very hard to see. They need to glow 
red to make it work right.


MG

Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Got me thinking:  Kleb and Dan and whoever else is on the fakebuch 123 
kiddie klub could have some fun raving about how they installed halogen 
bulbs in their instrument clusters.   something like orange halogen to 
be exotic might interest them.   Maybe you could get some melted 
dashes/clusters to keep them entertained and give them a real project to 
work on in place of putting exhaust through the hood.


Manfred, those faces would sure help with the dismal lighting in 123 
instruments!


MG via Mercedes wrote on 6/10/19 8:57 AM:
Just came across this item on Ebay. He has others also. Thinking about 
it but then where does one get the glow pointers to go with the gauges?


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr 




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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah cooker?

[MG via Mercedes]

Would have to. That one won't go very far. 
Looks like the tires are flat on the bottom. 
Needs to rotate them things.


MG

Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

Maybe make a W123 version?
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190611/b9c0207b6a8215ed2a77f9762c90068a.jpg

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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I keep my presence on FB to a minimum. If it wasn’t for the Vet’s group I 
wouldn’t be there at all.

-D


> On Jun 12, 2019, at 6:08 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Ah c'mon. Join the fun! One of the resident gurus had to correct Kaleb the 
> other day
> 
> 
> Rick
> 
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Sent: June 12, 2019 5:01 AM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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> Cc: d...@penoff.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?
> 
> Just to clarify, I am NOT in that group, nor do I intend to join.
> 
> I’m sure if I was I would be very unpopular in a hurry.
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Re: [MBZ] Finnie Fun is Baaaack!

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Thanks!

I was really struggling with what to do radio-wise. Finding a working Becker or 
other brand that is period correct is getting to be pretty expensive these 
days. Luckily, I found this one for cheap from a BW forum member who had listed 
it for sale some months ago with no takers. No faceplate, which was an issue, 
so I camped out on eBay and lucked into someone selling the correct faceplate 
for $30. To give you an idea, they normally sell from Becker for around $150 or 
more, and that doesn’t include the hardware.

I had a bag of hardware from the original Blaupunkt that was in the car, so 
again, I lucked out in that regard. Only thing I had to pop for was one chrome 
shaft nut from Becker - $25.

The real kicker was when I first set it up and got nothing out of it. Darn!! 
And then I realized it was a tube radio and had to warm up…2-3 minutes powered 
up and it was making noise. Whew!

-D

 
> On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Dimitri Seretakis  wrote:
> 
> That’s a nice looking radio. I could also care less about high fidelity. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 6:11 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Yup, out from under the ML and back to the finnie. Small steps, but 
>> important ones.
>> 
>> http://penoff.com/1965_220SEb_Blog/Entries/2019/6/11_Im_Bck!.html
>> 
>> -D
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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Ah c'mon. Join the fun! One of the resident gurus had to correct Kaleb the 
other day


Rick

From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: June 12, 2019 5:01 AM
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Cc: d...@penoff.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

Just to clarify, I am NOT in that group, nor do I intend to join.

I’m sure if I was I would be very unpopular in a hurry.

-D

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Re: [MBZ] brighter gauges?

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Just to clarify, I am NOT in that group, nor do I intend to join.

I’m sure if I was I would be very unpopular in a hurry.

-D

> On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Got me thinking:  Kleb and Dan and whoever else is on the fakebuch 123 kiddie 
> klub could have some fun raving about how they installed halogen bulbs in 
> their instrument clusters.   something like orange halogen to be exotic might 
> interest them.   Maybe you could get some melted dashes/clusters to keep them 
> entertained and give them a real project to work on in place of putting 
> exhaust through the hood.
> 
> Manfred, those faces would sure help with the dismal lighting in 123 
> instruments!
> 
> MG via Mercedes wrote on 6/10/19 8:57 AM:
>> Just came across this item on Ebay. He has others also. Thinking about it 
>> but then where does one get the glow pointers to go with the gauges?
>> 
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> MG
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Re: [MBZ] OT time to do something about by main desktop

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Curt wrote:

>  One of my instructor systems at work is at least 9 years old,
> HP XW8600, it still works good but we're looking at ending
> support for Windows 7 and I've got a system thats 2 generations
> newer so I'll probably switch to that. 

I could give that XW8600 a good home here

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