Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

1985 Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:54 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car What year is the 300SD? Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

that chrysler whatever sedan looks like a bathtub, 300m I think Bob Rentfro wrote: Curt reminded us: One skipped over so far is the PT Cruiser When a PT Cruiser Convertable puts its top down, it looks like a bathtub. Wicked ugly. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 157K '87 Acura Legend 177K Still

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

too far away I think, how much do you want for it? Trampas wrote: I have a 300k mile 300SD I am trying to figure out what to do with. It runs ok, low compression on #2 causing miss at idle, been that way for last 100k miles. It has a new AC compressor and the AC works good. Clear coat is

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

I have been thinking about dropping a 617 down in a 380SEL I have. What all did you have to change Trampas wrote: I also have a 1984 500SEL with an OM617 under the hood. It is still a work in progress, it currently runs and drives but I have not had time to finish it. The body is kind of a

[MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Buick-LeSabre-Great-car-For-WVO-Diesel-but-no-Mercedes_W0QQitemZ280016159575QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6138QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[MBZ] this looks nice

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-240D-0605220304_W0QQitemZ260018334377QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6329QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

Depends on where you get the OM617. If the engine comes from a W123 you will need to change the oil filter housing, oil cooler hoses, motor mount arms. Of course you will have to change the transmission, and adjust drive shaft as needed. Then you will have to install Glow plug relay system and

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

I would like to get $1000 for the car, but... Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car too far away I think, how

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

I may bid on that puppy...nice, roomy car pool ride. And four words caught my eye... air is ICE Cold Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

pics pls Trampas wrote: I would like to get $1000 for the car, but... Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

Re: [MBZ] this looks nice

Where do you reckon this one will end up price wise, O Great Okie Low Price Master Dude? Bob R - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:06 PM Subject: [MBZ] this looks nice

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

yea, those engines actually are not bad once they are sorted out. This one sounds like it is Bob Rentfro wrote: I may bid on that puppy...nice, roomy car pool ride. And four words caught my eye... air is ICE Cold Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] this looks nice

no telling Bob Rentfro wrote: Where do you reckon this one will end up price wise, O Great Okie Low Price Master Dude? Bob R - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:06 PM

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

Mitch Haley wrote: Frederick Moir wrote: VW Rabbit PU, it succumbed to rust and I wore out the engine. It would take off of its' own accord with lots of smoke. Help! Stand on the brakes and get it under sixty and continue, cautiously. Shouldda used M1! My brother owned a $200

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

Curt Raymond wrote: The Element has nothing on the Aztec. I've actually ridden in the Element and I liked it. I appreciate the plastic floor, easy to clean, hard to damage. The Element only looks useful, though. Look at the specs. My Honda Civic Si had a larger payload capacity!

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

Potter, Tom E wrote: I am of the form should follow function school, so I think a truck should look like a...truck. I've always thought the old International Harvester trucks, the ones from the late 60s/early 70s, had really nice lines while still looking like a truck. Here's a pretty good

Re: [MBZ] Glow Cycle When Aux Fan is On

Bob Rentfro wrote: Something I noticed yesterday...when the engine is at temperature (remember the whole heat-soaked inferno garage thing) and I switch the key to the glow position, the fan starts instantly and the glow light comes on for a second or two then, instead of going out quickly it

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

K'leb, that car is so you! It is saying Klebbie, come get me! Can't you hear it? At 07:38 PM 8/9/2006, you wrote: yea, those engines actually are not bad once they are sorted out. This one sounds like it is Bob Rentfro wrote: I may bid on that puppy...nice, roomy car pool ride. And

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

I think I would not have parked it on top of a huge puddle of some sort Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:55 PM Subject:

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

I have WAY too many cars at the moment Loren Faeth wrote: K'leb, that car is so you! It is saying Klebbie, come get me! Can't you hear it? At 07:38 PM 8/9/2006, you wrote: yea, those engines actually are not bad once they are sorted out. This one sounds like it is Bob Rentfro

Re: [MBZ] OT Caravan brakes

Got around to changing the pads on the van tonight. It went exactly as OK Don said. After I got over my rant about having to pull the caliper just to change the pads, it was pretty simple. About an hour start to finish, including getting out the jack and rattle wrench and putting everything

[MBZ] leakly hydraulic hose and JB weld etc.

Last weekend I was checking under hood and noticed on the 83 300TDt the fabric coated feed hose to the hydraulic pump was all covered in oil plus of course much of the front of the engine block. Now I had assumed that the hose was weeping since it's 23 years old, I had that issue with the

Re: [MBZ] leakly hydraulic hose and JB weld etc.

Alas it will take a few days to a week to procure any sort of replacement high pressure hose hose. Take the hose to your local hydraulic hose shop, they should be able to put on new rubber while you wait. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 300SD

Trampas, I live in Greensboro, what are you looking to trade for or get for the 300D? Give me some info on condition, maybe some pics, and I might be interested or know someone around here who might be interested. James Jetton 1987 300 SDL 144k 1996 F-250 Powerstroke 177k From [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] OT Caravan brakes

I never understood the idea behind lifetime brake pads and shoes. Something must wear. If not the pad and shoes; the rotors and drums will wear. The whole point of a pad or shoe is to have something sacrificial that is easily replaced. I prefer replacing pads and shoes to rotors and drums. Tom

Re: [MBZ] OT Caravan brakes

Tom, The idea is to get more money out of suckers that don't have a clue. They gamble on the fact that most people that are replacing their own brake parts will sell or junk the car well before the pads could need replacement. Therefore they get the big money for the lifetime pads when the

Re: [MBZ] Loan me a Car

Since Kal-Eb will offer you $500 for it, I'll go $510 On 8/9/06, Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to get $1000 for the car, but... Trampas -- Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil.

Re: [MBZ] the pipeline

Kevin -- Can you steer me to an authoritative source for that information? It's not that I doubt what you say -- I've heard for years that most Alaskan oil is exported -- but I'd like to have a more credible- sounding attribution than a guy on the Mercedes list when I start using that

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

yea, thats true Bob Rentfro wrote: I think I would not have parked it on top of a huge puddle of some sort Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

which SDL? Luther Gulseth wrote: how much for the SDL? On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:46:08 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have WAY too many cars at the moment Loren Faeth wrote: K'leb, that car is so you! It is saying Klebbie, come get me! Can't you hear it? At

Re: [MBZ] check it out, think I might bid unless LT don wants it

good point Loren Faeth wrote: When did that stop you? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 73 280SEL 4.5, 72 250C, 69 250

Re: [MBZ] 201 status

Looked at the power wiring to the trunk. Can resurrect a nice big fused unswitched line and a mating ground, no problem. I have a junkbox rear window defogger relay (107 820 00 10) and its mating connector, which might serve. It has a nice mounting ear on it already. Internally it's a simple

[MBZ] OT - sorta: Biodiesel-ethanol-diesel fuel blend?

Has anyone heard of a biodiesel-ethanol-diesel (EB-Diesel) blended fuel? I'm facilitating a biodiesel roundtable discussion at a large conference next week, and one of my potential panel members has researched using this blend in his transit system over in Eastern Washington. Here's a link to

Re: [MBZ] OT - sorta: Biodiesel-ethanol-diesel fuel blend?

Hmmm, that is interesting, that part that ethanol doesn't mix well with dinodiesel, as that Dri-gas stuff to deal with water in the fuel is ethanol, or is it methanol? --R (believing that ethanol makes more sense as a brain oxygenate) Zeitgeist wrote: Has anyone heard of a

[MBZ] W124 Hitch recommendation

I know this was discussed before but I can't seem to find it in my e-mail archives. Anybody can give some recommendations? This is for a '91 300D 2.5. Thanks. Tan

Re: [MBZ] W124 Hitch recommendation

I purchased a DaLan hitch for my '87 300TD from these folks a while back: http://hitches4less.com/mercedes-benz-300-trailer-hitch.html It was moderately simple to install, but did require some slight adjustments and drilling to get it to fit correctly. Here are some pics of the hitch:

[MBZ] Headlines in 2029

Headlines from the year 2029! Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language. Baby conceived naturally - -

Re: [MBZ] OT Caravan brakes

Actually Tom there isn't much difference between what they consider lifetime and say the cheaper 1 year guarantee part. The lifetime is just made with the same grade material to the factory specs like what was originally on the vehicle. The cheaper part is just a softer material and not

Re: [MBZ] Headlines in 2029

z Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state '87 300TD intercooler #22 (216k) '84 300D (214k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG

Re: [MBZ] W124 Hitch recommendation

Thanks Casey. I may have to ask you again when I get ready to install on the adjustments you made. Tan --- Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I purchased a DaLan hitch for my '87 300TD from these folks a while back: http://hitches4less.com/mercedes-benz-300-trailer-hitch.html It was

[MBZ] Chaep Jetta Diesel on ebay. Not running

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Voltswagon-Jetta-Diesel_W0QQitemZ320 015076265QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6021QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 129K

Re: [MBZ] converting a text file into a pdf

rumor has it that LarryT wrote: Dittos to Lee's suggestion to use OpenOffice. The word processor will do what you want. I learned about Open Office when I had a problem with my MS Office Suite 97 and MS said they no longer support that version - they suggested I upgrade to a newer

Re: [MBZ] converting a text file into a pdf

rumor has it that Kaleb wrote: I called yesterday and they told me about printing then scanning. Hah!!! That is the clue! If you just create a PDF of a text file, it will have text embedded. What you want is an _image_ file of a text file. Someone mentioned print screen image - that would