Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
On 05/08/2023 11:16 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Sun, 6 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400 RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: I have an 1100 page factory manual I found on the webs that really covers everything. I am sure 1100 pages could thoroughly cover everything! Craig ___ I hope there is a good index! Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
In Floriduh, especially where the southern manse is, the good blue stuff is typically in the same price range as premium. -D From: Mercedes on behalf of OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2023 1:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel Pure gas here is 30 - 40 cents more than contaminated gas, $3.80/gal. last I looked. I run it in both vehicles, the airplane, and all the lawn maintenance engines. On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 9:59 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, at 23:00, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: > > > I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use > > ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … > > almost $5 a gal!! > > I can get ethanol-free here at one place I know of, it's near the lake and > sold as "boat gas" and yes it's about $5/g. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Werner Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
Pure gas here is 30 - 40 cents more than contaminated gas, $3.80/gal. last I looked. I run it in both vehicles, the airplane, and all the lawn maintenance engines. On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 9:59 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, at 23:00, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: > > > I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use > > ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … > > almost $5 a gal!! > > I can get ethanol-free here at one place I know of, it's near the lake and > sold as "boat gas" and yes it's about $5/g. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Werner Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, at 23:00, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: > I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use > ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … > almost $5 a gal!! I can get ethanol-free here at one place I know of, it's near the lake and sold as "boat gas" and yes it's about $5/g. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
On Sun, 6 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400 RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote: > I have an 1100 page factory manual I found on the webs that really > covers everything. I am sure 1100 pages could thoroughly cover everything! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] And it’s a diesel
Sounds like a productive day. I was down in that region today going down 95 and 17 to Hinesville today to pick up some wheels. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Aug 6, 2023, at 12:01 AM, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes > wrote: > > Folks > > I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use > ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … almost $5 a > gal!! > > In Savannah the spread between diesel and petrol is only about 20 cents … I > think diesel is about 3.69 or 3.79 and gas .20 less. > > So … I’ve been busting ass working on the new isuzu Npr Chevy box truck. I > replaced the front brake pads. Still no brake pedal. Then I bled the system > and it’s like a new truck. Perfect brakes!! The recharged ac is still ice > cold. I replaced the wipers and the front shocks. I topped off the oil and > the transmission fluid is ok. I replaced one front shock and will do the > other one. I lubed the doors and the tilt cab mechanism. I aired all the > tires … the front are new looking but about five years old … I’m going to run > them …. The rears look old … I’m going to swap them with the wheels and tires > from my isuzu chassis safari trek spaceship motorhome … they are about 4 > years old and have less than probably 5k miles so I need to use them up. I > replaced the cab marker lights with led …. They are colder color temp and the > led bulbs don’t heat up the lens which is nice. I’m going to do the rear box > marker lights too because I can reach them easily but I’ll leave the side > ones for another day. I’m waiting on an Amazon fuse looking led bulb for the > dome light. This truck should be DOT but I insured it as a motor home and > intend to fit out a tiny camper in the front of the box … l need an RV door > and a window or two … I’m going to do this. I’ll take it on a 111 mile trip > to the vast warehouses in Denmark, SC … I have 4 tons of red 81/2 x11 card > stock to move. > > Still to do after the tire switch ….. change oil and filter and maybe > transmission and I want to check and top off rear end ….I wonder if it’s 90 > weight or something else. I have an 1100 page factory manual I found on the > webs that really covers everything. > > There is a lot of stuff to fix to bring a machine back to life. At this > point, I think I would drive it to the left coast. > > Mercedes content: working on this ride is much like working on my 300td which > is parked but easier because it has more ground clearance. > > Ok that’s life on tybee island. > > Xx rick > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] And it’s a diesel
Folks I bought some lawnmower gas today here on tybee island … I like to use ethanol free and it cost $16 to over fill a 2 and 1 gal gas can … almost $5 a gal!! In Savannah the spread between diesel and petrol is only about 20 cents … I think diesel is about 3.69 or 3.79 and gas .20 less. So … I’ve been busting ass working on the new isuzu Npr Chevy box truck. I replaced the front brake pads. Still no brake pedal. Then I bled the system and it’s like a new truck. Perfect brakes!! The recharged ac is still ice cold. I replaced the wipers and the front shocks. I topped off the oil and the transmission fluid is ok. I replaced one front shock and will do the other one. I lubed the doors and the tilt cab mechanism. I aired all the tires … the front are new looking but about five years old … I’m going to run them …. The rears look old … I’m going to swap them with the wheels and tires from my isuzu chassis safari trek spaceship motorhome … they are about 4 years old and have less than probably 5k miles so I need to use them up. I replaced the cab marker lights with led …. They are colder color temp and the led bulbs don’t heat up the lens which is nice. I’m going to do the rear box marker lights too because I can reach them easily but I’ll leave the side ones for another day. I’m waiting on an Amazon fuse looking led bulb for the dome light. This truck should be DOT but I insured it as a motor home and intend to fit out a tiny camper in the front of the box … l need an RV door and a window or two … I’m going to do this. I’ll take it on a 111 mile trip to the vast warehouses in Denmark, SC … I have 4 tons of red 81/2 x11 card stock to move. Still to do after the tire switch ….. change oil and filter and maybe transmission and I want to check and top off rear end ….I wonder if it’s 90 weight or something else. I have an 1100 page factory manual I found on the webs that really covers everything. There is a lot of stuff to fix to bring a machine back to life. At this point, I think I would drive it to the left coast. Mercedes content: working on this ride is much like working on my 300td which is parked but easier because it has more ground clearance. Ok that’s life on tybee island. Xx rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
