http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/183675525.html
Might be able to get this for less and repair it for even less.
Clay,
who still can't wait for his Rusty package
It now seems that R12 is about gone. My brother in law wants to
convert it to R134. I picked up a kit to do it -
fittings and cans of stuff that says it has lube and sealer as well.
I would never do this, it's the oil conversion that is the real problem.
If you don't like the homebrew
wife's 123 with not one, but two cans o' Cathey's cajun-style special
hotsauce (isobutane/propane), but it took quite a while for the system
to
show some signs of life. As of now it's producing vent temps in the
high
forties, with a low side reading of 20psi and a high side of 120psi
(cloudy
The nice thing about a car like that is the casual attitude it
engenders. There have been a few times when I suspected someone might
have tapped one of my cars in a parking lot, but I was unable to tell
for certain which dents were new.
It _is_ wonderfully liberating.
-- Jim
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/car/184272186.html
Wow. (No, it's a gasser, keep saying that...)
-- Jim
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/183675525.html
Pew, gas. :-)
-- Jim
I notice a dull whine upon acceleration, not on coast. whines also on
steady driving but not as loud as on acceleration.
Check the differential and rear subframe mounts. Failing that,
it may be pinion preload. The infamous Albatross (79 240D) had
a horrible whine that turned out to be the
I swapped in the intact grille that's been stored in the trunk nearly
forever. (I got it at the same time as the manny-tranny parts car,
though it was not _from_ that car. $50, IIRC.) The egg-crate
plastic is not as new as what was there, nor is the metal as shiny,
but the metal is not bent
At least there will be no impact on the sale of Mercedes when they leave.
Escalade sales will take a dive. DUI arrests will be down.
RLE
DARN! I was just up in Kent last weekend for a dragon boat race. Why
wasn't it for sale then?
Actually, $2200 is a bit high for needing TLC. My '81 will most likely go
for much cheaper than that.
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela AKA Granny
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:27:17 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=F1+vs+Ferrari+vs+Fiat
Amazing. The Fiat starts first with a 30 second lead over the Ferrari
which starts with nearly a minute lead over the F1, which starts third.
They finish 3 - 2 - 1.
Craig
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?) Model
1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's year of manufacture.
Plate says it's rated for 134-175 psi. Anyone have experience with this brand/model
compressor and can give feedback good or bad?
Good riddance. They can take their pathetic whiney sense of entitlement to
the public's coffers and hit the highway to better and brighter community
extortions. Buh bye!
On 7/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least there will be no impact on the sale of Mercedes when they
Zeitgeist wrote:
Good riddance. They can take their pathetic whiney sense of entitlement to
the public's coffers and hit the highway to better and brighter community
extortions. Buh bye!
Oklahoma City looks like a likely group of suckers...err, fans, for
them. They apparently already
Someone suggested a trucking company for handling heavy stuff. I know I
saved it but where? I have an engine to ship and would like to help the buyer
if possible.
Thanks,
Jim Friesen
Phoenix AZ
79 300SD, 262 K miles
98 ML 320, 143 K miles
www.abf.com one of the better LTL carriers.
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:45:37 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone suggested a trucking company for handling heavy stuff. I know I
saved it but where? I have an engine to ship and would like to help the buyer
if possible.
Thanks,
Jim Friesen
well if it works I would say its worth that much.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?) Model
1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's year of manufacture.
Plate says it's rated for 134-175 psi. Anyone have
In a message dated 7/21/2006 9:48:48 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a 2001 Yukon XL 4X4 that the wife usually drives. I took a trip to
the landfill this morning with it and noticed the brake pedal is pulsing
when I applied the brakes. There is not
o
Christopher McCann wrote:
No. I told him it leaked, where it leaked, etc. Many short trips are worse
than a long one...the leak seals up when the engine gets hot. You loose as
much going 5 miles as 100 miles.
Chris
Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin
Im moving on, going to look at trucks in tulsa probably, found many
other cheaper ones.
Robert Tara Ludwick wrote:
I'd price around to see what a rear end shop would charge to do a
complete rebuild on the rear end, and work them down that plus some for
aggravation, and then if you need to
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?)
Model 1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's
year of manufacture. Plate says it's rated for 134-175 psi. Anyone
have experience with this brand/model compressor and can give feedback
good or bad?
That a GOOD deal, somebody should jump on it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/car/184272186.html
Come on Ed, you have to be able to scrape up $450. Kaleb will no doubt be out
here offering the guy $300 in a minute
Clay,
who buggered up the iMac and is using
Everytime I have used the blends, be it hydrocarbon, or the latest
autofrost. They seem to work ok at first but not for long, I think part
of it seems to leak off faster, where a charge of 134 doesnt.
Jim Cathey wrote:
It now seems that R12 is about gone. My brother in law wants to
convert
Im moving on, going to look at trucks in tulsa probably, found many
other cheaper ones.
Good decision, happy truck hunting to you!
Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
1981 300CD 204K miles, Giesela AKA Granny
I don't think the main fan clutch is working right on my 190D
2.5, it's the silicone-filled kind. I have a few options to
pursue, all of which unfortunately require pulling the radiator
due perhaps to front-end damage that has pushed the radiator
to within 1/4 of the fan:
1) Replace clutch, I
Everytime I have used the blends, be it hydrocarbon, or the latest
autofrost. They seem to work ok at first but not for long, I think
part
of it seems to leak off faster, where a charge of 134 doesnt.
How long is 'long'? Most of my R12 stable, which has lost the R12
due to slow leaks, now
It's two stage then. 1 air filter on the input of cylinder one, output goes to
the input of the second cylinder then into the tank and the 110v cutoff switch.
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:59:45 -0500, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual
What about tank condition? Any suggestions about judging that?
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:59:45 -0500, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?)
Model 1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's
year of manufacture.
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone suggested a trucking company for handling heavy stuff. I
know I saved it but where? I have an engine to ship and would
like to help the buyer if possible.
Any trucking company that handles LTL (less-than-truckload) freight
will probably
On 7/21/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've found that some mid-eighties Saab's have a radiator hose unit that
accepts a standard VW radiator fan thermo-switch which can also be used to
trigger an electric clutch. I've been contemplating eventually moving up
to a much larger
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?) Model
1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's year of
manufacture. Plate says it's rated for 134-175 psi. Anyone have experience
with
this brand/model compressor and can give feedback good or
Swap in the electric-clutch fan from the 190D 2.2 parts car.
Anybody got a theory why this was not more widely used?
The 2.5 (visco-fan) is a later model than the 2.2 (electric
clutch).
I'd have to check the space requirements _very_ carefully.
-- Jim
In a message dated 7/21/2006 9:40:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Someone suggested a trucking company for handling heavy stuff. I
know I saved it but where? I have an engine to ship and would
like to help the buyer if possible.
Any trucking company
What about tank condition? Any suggestions about judging that?
No clue, but it's very important. The compressor we used at
home on the farm had the dodgy tank disconnected years ago by
my grandfather.
-- Jim
In a message dated 7/21/2006 10:34:18 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What about tank condition? Any suggestions about judging that?
In many states, compressed air tanks used commercially, must have inspection
plugs. We used to have to get them freed up and ready
motor is marked as 115/230 and is currently wired for 110v. Should be ok :).
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:27:22 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?) Model
1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's year of
And that's with 10 year old F1 car.mind you, they were all 10 year
old cars... notice the full slicks and decidedly lowtech/Indy nose cone
on the F1 car??? ...primitive...
The new smaller engine2.4 litre V8's are running faster lap times than
the 3 litre V10's because they have better
I think I posted a link to the same thing that MB did with David
Coulthard and an A Class followed by an E55 AMG...same head start...same
result. This was a W210 E55 so it was fewer years ago.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Jim Cathey wrote:
Most extreme case of this I saw was a 4-stage one at the scrapyard,
would put about 3000 psi. Some kind of military thing, probably
pumped up the starting bottles on old aircraft.
Could be for filling SCUBA tanks, too. Those compressors are often
radial designs, with
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Looked at a 40+/- gallon horizontal tank twin cylinder (?dual stage?) Model
1500 air compressor this evening. Appears to be 50's or 60's year of
manufacture. Plate says it's rated for 134-175 psi.
If it's rated at 175, that virtually guarantees two stage
Sowhat are they going to be called?
The Oklahoma City Super Sonics...that won't fit on a jersey you'd be able to
sell to Okie kids.
How 'bout the Okie Dokies? Or The Team That's (from) OK?
Since they already have the Sooners, these clowns could be the Laters
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 157K
'87
How 'bout the Okie Dokies?
Or the Okie Dookies?
-- Jim
I used a coping saw to clean up the broken nubs on the left headlight
in the corner where the mount for the under-light trim strip used to
be, then to remove the matching piece from the donor headlight
assembly. I started gluing this to the headlight using my favorite:
Shoe Goo. It'll take
I used a coping saw to clean up the broken nubs on the left headlight
in the corner where the mount for the under-light trim strip used to
be, then to remove the matching piece from the donor headlight
assembly. I started gluing this to the headlight using my favorite:
Shoe Goo. It'll take
I used a coping saw to clean up the broken nubs on the left headlight
in the corner where the mount for the under-light trim strip used to
be, then to remove the matching piece from the donor headlight
assembly. I started gluing this to the headlight using my favorite:
Shoe Goo. It'll take
Sorry about the duplicate posts, we have extreme trouble
with our wireless link as the day heats up, it's nearly
unusable now; I'm dialing in to ensure this gets through.
Anyway, it's always lying about being unable to deliver
the message, yet it gets through sometimes. So I opt in
favor of 1-N
Clay,
Just arrived back in Woodland with an E300D --- daughter purchased it in
Maryland -- 2 1/2 days back to Woodland. Almost 3000 miles she wants help to
change oil. Therefore is the filter the same as the 617 engines? Must say
it’s a hell of a car 33 mpg no oil consumption.
Dennis T
Just arrived back in Woodland with an E300D --- daughter purchased it
inMaryland -- 2 1/2 days back to Woodland. Almost 3000 miles she wants
help tochange oil. Therefore is the filter the same as the 617 engines?
No, I don't think so. The 60X and 61X filters I have are not the same.
Gump
Ok Mooners?
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:28:06 -0500, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sowhat are they going to be called?
The Oklahoma City Super Sonics...that won't fit on a jersey you'd be able to
sell to Okie kids.
How 'bout the Okie Dokies? Or The Team That's (from) OK?
Since they
That's the only non-visco fan clutch that I've heard of MB using - so
maybe it was an experiment that didn't work out, either economicaly or
functionaly.
I'm suspecting the visco fan clutch in my 300D 2.5 of being flaky as
well. I'm thinking about the Spal eletric fan with the two speed
That is serious traction - more G's than I ever pulled (or the plane
would survive) in a Citabria! I can't imagine pulling those kind of
G's on a flat surface!
On 7/22/06, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And that's with 10 year old F1 car.mind you, they were all 10 year
old cars...
Crap -- my town (Norman) is already over-run by rabid sports fans
every fall. Can't even leave the house on home game days. I hate
sports teams and their groupies.
For some reason beyond me, OKC was very proud to temporarily house the
New Orleans BB team -- must have been addictive. The
OK Don wrote:
Of course, when MG announced that they have made OK their worldwide
headquarters,
I thought Morris Garages was UK based.
I also didn't realize it was still alive.
You want to know about F1 traction? Even without full slicks and with
five year old aero packages, an F1 car can run upside down on the
ceiling if you had a covered track. Once it's up to speed of course.
You have a car and driver that weighs 1100 lbs max and they have 3500+
lbs of downforce.
Get with the program... the MG name latest designs were bought by a
Chinese company that is establishing manufacturing in the US in OK.
With the help of the state, of course
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_MG_Plant.html
___
GG
St. Louis - Cincinnati
1997
That's the other thing I think is superior about F1. VERY FEW if any of
the tracks are flat! Lots of elevation changes, blind corners and off
camber stuff to deal with. Not some goofy oval that evryone drives
around and around and the last one to get dizzy wins.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Maybe OK is the center of the world and we don't know it.
Oh my
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 157K
'87 Acura Legend 177K
waiting on '72 350SL 78K
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
Morris Garages was bankrupt and bought by China's Nanjing Automobile
Group. The headquarters will be in OKC, research and engineering at OU
in Norman, and the assembly plant for the sports coupe in Ardmore, OK.
the convertable spaorts car will be assembled at the original plant in
the UK, and
I've been saying that for years --
On 7/22/06, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe OK is the center of the world and we don't know it.
Oh my
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've
exhausted all the alternatives.
Sir Winston
Hmmm - sounds like they have the lifting body perfected, just
up-side-down! What would the rate of climb be for a 1100 airplane
with 3500 pounds of lift? FUN!
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've
exhausted all the alternatives.
Sir Winston
Yes - I was referring to not being banked as in an oval track. I
followed the trans-am series, many years ago. I like road racing, am
bored with roundy-round racing.
On 7/22/06, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's the other thing I think is superior about F1. VERY FEW if any of
the
OK Don wrote:
Hmmm - sounds like they have the lifting body perfected, just
up-side-down! What would the rate of climb be for a 1100 airplane
with 3500 pounds of lift? FUN!
That would be called a loop. Normal climbing involves more power
input than is necessary to maintain altitude. Excess
In a message dated 7/21/2006 2:06:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
car is a '81 300TD, diff is full of 12kMile old Mobil 1 gear oil. Mileage is
213K miles.
I notice a dull whine upon acceleration, not on coast. whines also on
steady driving but not as loud as
I think it would be more a near vertical climb. Vertical acceleration
of 69.8 ft./sec.
The initial climb rate of an F16 is 1033 ft./sec. A Learjet is around
73 ft./sec.
On 7/22/06, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK Don wrote:
Hmmm - sounds like they have the lifting body perfected, just
OK Don wrote:
That's the only non-visco fan clutch that I've heard of MB using - so
maybe it was an experiment that didn't work out, either economicaly or
functionaly.
I'm suspecting the visco fan clutch in my 300D 2.5 of being flaky as
well. I'm thinking about the Spal eletric fan with the two
woodlandtaylors wrote:
Clay,
Just arrived back in Woodland with an E300D --- daughter purchased it in
Maryland -- 2 1/2 days back to Woodland. Almost 3000 miles she wants help to
change oil. Therefore is the filter the same as the 617 engines? Must say
it’s a hell of a car 33 mpg no oil
Jim Cathey wrote:
Everytime I have used the blends, be it hydrocarbon, or the latest
autofrost. They seem to work ok at first but not for long, I think
part
of it seems to leak off faster, where a charge of 134 doesnt.
How long is 'long'? Most of my R12 stable, which has lost the R12
due
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
car is a '81 300TD, diff is full of 12kMile old Mobil 1 gear oil. Mileage is
213K miles.
I notice a dull whine upon acceleration, not on coast. whines also on
steady driving but not as loud as on acceleration.
Suggestions please as
So, a package should have arrived today for me from an eBay auction but the seller short
paid the shipping and I owe $6.10. HELL NO, I'm not paying this. Anyone ever dealt with
this type of crap before? I'm tempted to reject the package and send it back and report
Item not received. I'm
Yes, I have before too with an ebay purchase.
I refused to pay the difference and he cancelled the purchase an refunded me my
money.
I asked the MORON 3 times over 3 DAYS what the correct price was. So I had to
take the final EBAY PRICE and send that (which was not enough!)
-MPL
this was clearly listed in the auction BEFORE I agreed to buy and pay for the
auction so that was not the problem.
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:33:47 -0500, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I have before too with an ebay purchase.
I refused to pay the difference and he cancelled the purchase
UGH, so I emailed the seller and here's the reply.
That was taken care of already. It's not being held at the post office. The
package is now on the way. I apologize for the delay and the lack of
communication on my part. You should receive the DVD burner no later than
tuesday.
SOOO,
That's the other thing I think is superior about F1. VERY FEW if any of
the tracks are flat!
Monza is almost flat except for the underpass.
RLE
I am going to take a vacation with my wife and newly born son and
parents in law. Needless to say, we won't all fit in the 300D with
carriages, suitcases etc.
Has anyone bought any type of roof rack? Experiences, please.
Thanks friends.
John Peterson
1991 300D 2.5 81k
Kingston, RI
I have been know to stick a thule rack up there with cargo carrier,
tandem bike, plus two other
mountain bikes. That doesn't quite exceed the 200 lb rating btw, but
sure scared the REI sale guy.
On 22-Jul-06, at 2:25 PM, John Peterson wrote:
I am going to take a vacation with my wife and
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Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:14 PM
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Subject: Your message to Mercedes awaits moderator approval
Your mail to 'Mercedes' with the subject
Bio-Diesel info for Snohomish County, Washington
MARYSVILLE - This town has become a destination for those looking for
cleaner-burning fuel.
Marysville is now home to Snohomish County's only pump with B99, a blend of
99 percent biodiesel from vegetable oils and 1 percent petroleum diesel, in
addition to a whole station full of pumps carrying a
Well for instance, the 420 was recharged twice with autofrost, and after
about a month is gets to where it doesnt cool very well. Its still a
virgin r12 system and has not beeen converted to 134
Jim Cathey wrote:
Everytime I have used the blends, be it hydrocarbon, or the latest
autofrost.
www.freightquote.com
Fmiser wrote:
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone suggested a trucking company for handling heavy stuff. I
know I saved it but where? I have an engine to ship and would
like to help the buyer if possible.
Any trucking company that handles LTL
OK, so there is a Thule that fits the Mercedes? I thought for sure I
was going to need to buy a dealer part.
ohn M McIntosh wrote:
I have been know to stick a thule rack up there with cargo carrier,
tandem bike, plus two other
mountain bikes. That doesn't quite exceed the 200 lb rating
Well for instance, the 420 was recharged twice with autofrost, and
after
about a month is gets to where it doesnt cool very well. Its still a
virgin r12 system and has not beeen converted to 134
I'd say you have a bigger-than-slight leak. With monolithic (?)
refrigerants that can be
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