Re: [MBZ] 300CD oil usage

2006-10-06 Thread Mitch Haley
Peter Frederick wrote: > > Get a new wear ring (aka spacer), the old one will have a huge groove > in it. I wonder, is it a bad seal, pressurized crankcase, or both?

Re: [MBZ] drugs?

2006-10-06 Thread Mitch Haley
Peter Frederick wrote: > The ones in the 600 had mechanical fuel injection, and yes, the seats, > windows, and door closers are all hydraulic. Don't forget the trunk (boot) opener/closer. Those hydro windows are quick, I'd hate to be the kid with his head out the window when evil sibling hits the

Re: [MBZ] 300CD oil usage

2006-10-06 Thread Peter Frederick
Get a new wear ring (aka spacer), the old one will have a huge groove in it. You will reduce your oil consumption by a qt in 1000 miles or more by fixing that. Check to see if you have a line from the vacuum pump to the intake (I don't remember the age of your car). If present, check for oi

Re: [MBZ] drugs?

2006-10-06 Thread Peter Frederick
That would be the M100 engine, identical to the 300 SEL 6.3. Huge hoss of an engine, but more than a little pricey these days as it's been out of production since, I believe, the early 80's (in 6.9L trim). The ones in the 600 had mechanical fuel injection, and yes, the seats, windows, and doo

Re: [MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread Van Cleve
Its likely your rear windshield gasket is leaking, if this be so you may see water dripping down on the wheel well part (rounded) of your plastic trunk "well liners", Thats not a cheap fix and, around here anyway, they wont be responsible if the glass breaks. Steve Message: 15 Date: Fri

Re: [MBZ] Paint Link? Was Food Fight

2006-10-06 Thread Fred Johnson
http://www.towerpaint.com/ Have ordered paint for both MB's. Was reccomended by Marshall Booth some years ago. Fred Johnson 1977 240D 1983 300SD 1996 Civic 1991 A-R 164L Peter T. Arnold wrote: > About twenty posts on food, no reply to the request for a link to buy > German Auto paint. I see

Re: [MBZ] Paint Link? Was Food Fight

2006-10-06 Thread Russ Williams
Peter When I get home tonight I'll look through the past email for the link(s) for You. Vegetarians American Indian word for Bad Hunter. :-) Russ W. Peter T. Arnold wrote: About twenty posts on food, no reply to the request for a link to buy German Auto paint. I see nothing has changed he

Re: [MBZ] Porsche Fuchs wanted

2006-10-06 Thread RELNGSON
<> If you can find anything Porsche on that website, I'll kiss your... But at PCA.org, I have been checking Panorama's Mart several times weekly. Not to mention Craigslist for all major cities west of the Rockies. And: Wheel Enhancement, Euromotors, and Parts Heaven in California. Ernie's

[MBZ] Paint Link? Was Food Fight

2006-10-06 Thread Peter T . Arnold
About twenty posts on food, no reply to the request for a link to buy German Auto paint. I see nothing has changed here.. Carnivores have a name for vegetarians, LUNCH! -- Regards, Peter T. Arnold 1987 300SDL 252KMI 1995 F-250 PowerChoke 196Kmi 1954 Metropolitan Convertible, Hanger Q

Re: [MBZ] confusion over main fuel filters???

2006-10-06 Thread andrew strasfogel
The bolt on the 1985 fuel filter was removable, and it did have a hole in it. I'm starting to think it takes either the small or large filter, which will both fit the threads on the bolt. On 10/3/06, Stephen D Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 83, 300D, 85 300D, 79 240D all showed to use same

Re: [MBZ] A little elbow grease

2006-10-06 Thread andrew strasfogel
He'll never get anywhere 11K for a brown 240 D. That was supposedly a popular US color but times change, and now it's bleecchhh. On 10/3/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/213540240.html For _that_ body I'd have gone as high as $600! -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread Zoltan Finks
Don't know, Randy. I've yet to look into this trunk seal thing. I just was obsessed with irradicating the rust that the problem caused. Wanted the auto to be totally rust-free. I'm assuming that by trunk seal you guys simply mean the rubber ring around the trunk opening. Have any of you guys tha

Re: [MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread R A Bennell
This issue raises a question in my own case. My 115 76 300D has a reasonably good looking trunk seal but is is loose. It just sits there and is not glued down at all. Should it be? I do get water in the trunk sometimes and have wondered if this is the cause. Randy -Original Message- Fro

Re: [MBZ] RustyQ 2006 update

2006-10-06 Thread Tarek Elshenawy
Rusty, due to work and school, I won't be able to attend this year. Tell hursty I love him SN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rusty Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:30 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] RustyQ 2006 update Here

[MBZ] 300CD oil usage

2006-10-06 Thread Luther
Since everyone has a high amount of time invested in this, I thought I'd give you the latest update. I let the engine sit with Marvel Mystery Oil sitting in each cylinder for nearly 2 weeks before finally starting it up. Once the initial smoking was done, it settled into it's normal amount of

Re: [MBZ] Wheel wanted

2006-10-06 Thread LarryT
I assume you've tried eBay? Lots of Fuch's there, but also some fakes - usually they're identified as such, without attempts to be passed of as the real thing - although it probably happens sometimes. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts

Re: [MBZ] Wheel wanted

2006-10-06 Thread Darrell W. Sigmon
Try DWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is most likely an exercise in futility, but as I'm leaving no stone unturned I need one restorable Porsche Fuchs wheel. This is a forged alloy wheel. Size: 8X16 ET 10.6. Porsche part #911.361.020.45 Application: 88-89 911 Carrera rear. Please not

Re: [MBZ] Wheel wanted

2006-10-06 Thread Darrell W. Sigmon
Try PCA.com DWS LT Don wrote: Forget wheel. Send me the Porsche. D. On 10/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is most likely an exercise in futility, but as I'm leaving no stone unturned I need one restorable Porsche Fuchs wheel. This is a forged alloy wheel. Si

Re: [MBZ] just needs interior

2006-10-06 Thread Rich Thomas
stains from a self- or assisted demise? --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-E-430-V-8-damaged-salvage-repairable-rebuildable_W0QQitemZ320035492612QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6335QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Re: [MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread OK Don
The trunk seals also function as storm drains - water is supposed to get to them, then flow around and down. If the channel facing the outside of the seal is clogged with dirt and leaves, you'll get water in the trunk. On 10/6/06, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you've got water in your

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread OK Don
It is the fat that came from something with lungs - and the bread is usually smeared with more of the same --- I don't object to veggies - we eat several "no meat" meals a week - but just because that's how it works out. No moral agenda, fear of meat, etc. My favorite pizza has lots of veggies (e

Re: [MBZ] drugs?

2006-10-06 Thread LarryT
Hi Archer, The MB 600 used a V8 engine like the one used in the 300SEL 6.3. It's a very powerful engine as it needed to be to pull all the weight of the 600 around! That 600 is an amazing car. Still desireable ater 40 years everything on it was upsized from the early W108 - even the Star

Re: [MBZ] Mixture Control

2006-10-06 Thread LarryT
Thanks to all who replied and offered suggestions. Also - Frederick suggested a ColorTune and offered the use of his. I have a Colortune but since I want to do this on a Porsche 911, I fear it will be very difficult working with the sparkplugs because they are so well hidden by the engine tin.

Re: [MBZ] crack

2006-10-06 Thread Levi Smith
Given a steep enough hill... Levi On 10/6/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have yet to see 80MPG in Gump in town at 20mph. Can it make 80 MPH at 20 MPG? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.b

Re: [MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread Levi Smith
If you've got water in your trunk, most likely it's from a leaking trunk seal. I've seen water in my trunk on my 83' 300D though I haven't gone looking for the culprit. Though come to think of it, both of my Subaru's have had water in the trunks and those were from leaking seals around the taill

Re: [MBZ] just needs interior

2006-10-06 Thread Dave Wakin
That or theft recovery. Dave Wakin - Original Message - From: "Gary Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] just needs interior I guess removing that interior made it easier to get the flood water dried

Re: [MBZ] just needs interior

2006-10-06 Thread Gary Thompson
I guess removing that interior made it easier to get the flood water dried up? I'm dieing to hear the rest of this story... Gary Thompson Georgetown, TX 1995 E320 On 10/5/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-E-430-V-8-damaged-sa

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Bob Rentfro
My oldest daughter, on a New Years Eve whim, said she'd eat no animal flesh for a whole year while she toured. She ended up doing it for two years. She said doing it in the UK was difficult, and doing it in the midwest was almost impossible but she managed. While she was being a veg girl, she s

Re: [MBZ] crack

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Cathey
I have yet to see 80MPG in Gump in town at 20mph. Can it make 80 MPH at 20 MPG? -- Jim

[MBZ] Trunk rust from rain

2006-10-06 Thread Zoltan Finks
I just finished sanding and painting the passenger well of the trunk in the 240D. Wasn't too bad thankfully - especially considering how long water may have been allowed to collect there. Question is: what purpose does that rubber plug really serve since the small hole in the big plastic insert w

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Zoltan Finks
The chief reason I don't eat meat is so that I can be loose with my diet and still stay in shape. Has been working for me. Brian On 10/5/06, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So...you've dropped some weight by just changing your eating habits (no lungs) and after 6 weeks you've lost how

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Zoltan Finks
Nope. And by all means don't feed him tofu without his knowledge - he doesn't need that stress. Funny - we wanted our wedding reception to be meat-free. The man paying for it wouldn't have it - would've been and embarassment for him - people don't feel they're getting a full meal without the meat

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
I've lost about an inch in the waist. 36-DamnTight to 36-baggy. I don't do scales so don't know if I've actually dropped pounds. Last I checked I was 205 lbs. At 6'4" that is reasonable. I am prob'ly about 195/190 now but that is just a guess. Our bathroom has a big mirror -- installed by the pr

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Bob Rentfro
cheese has no lungs... - Original Message - From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm back... And what makes you think that a grill cheese sandwich is any better for you than meat???

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
Goatee won't do it. Look lower. I must admit, that at 53 I look 63 with the goatee and 43 w/out. Without the moustache I am pushing the late 30s. But I sure do hate to shave the chin at 7:00 every morning. It isn't like I am out lookin' to get laid by some college student or something! (My young

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Bob Rentfro
So...you've dropped some weight by just changing your eating habits (no lungs) and after 6 weeks you've lost how much? (he asked after just eating Mexican chow and three margaritas [on the rocks, no salt]) Bob R...whose pants size is currently XXLFF. - Original Message - From: "LT Do

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
If I remember -- and being an old fart I don't always remember -- i brought down some Iowa Chops the last couple of years. And that won't change. I will bring some down again next time. Again, I don't mind other folks eatin' them -- I just don't want to. D. On 10/5/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAI

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Bob Rentfro
LT Don told us: "In fact, I shaved off the goatee. Wife says I look a decade younger but I sure don't feel it." I want to shave off something that will make me look 60 lbs lighter. Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sen

[MBZ] rebuilding the Vicker power steering pump

2006-10-06 Thread Constantine N. Polites
Loren, I partly rebuilt mine, which is a two stage unit (steering and hydraulic blocking of the differential) for the 350 SDL. You can replace all of the seals yourself, but be very careful when removing the body. The vanes are loose and must be kept in place. It is a very tricky operation.

[MBZ] Brazilian air crash

2006-10-06 Thread RELNGSON
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/business/03road.html?ex=1160539200&; en=05922913a46a97dc&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Re: [MBZ] crack

2006-10-06 Thread clay monroe
I have yet to see 80MPG in Gump in town at 20mph. Dude is on severe crack Speaking of which, I watched a guy at the Goodwill outlet trying to make a P 150 laptop go. He was plugging all sorts of cables and cords in places, stuffing floppy and CD in it, shaking it, sniffing it, gathering

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
Vitamins are not in meat, protein is. I eat enough beans to have Gary escorted quietly from the mall -- with the HazMat team standing by. And when I get tired of beans I turn to the cheese family There is a science to getting the proteins and I had it all memorized a couple of decades ago. One o

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread David Brodbeck
My SO is vegetarian. We eat vegetarian in the house, but I eat whatever I want when we go out. Thing is, in a lot of cases I actually like the vegetarian food better.

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The okieQ is a carnivorous event. Love to see how you handle trying to sneek in some tofu or something. LT Don wrote: Bad dog. And for what it is worth, I have no problem grillin' animal flesh for the wife or whoever else is here to eat. I just chose to not eat it myself. BTW, I know what y

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
Bad dog. And for what it is worth, I have no problem grillin' animal flesh for the wife or whoever else is here to eat. I just chose to not eat it myself. BTW, I know what you were going to say and I still do eat that. :-) D. On 10/5/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well I

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
but you dont get all your vitamins you would normally get from meat do you? LT Don wrote: I guess so. I was a veggie for about five years during the late 70s and fell prey to a ham sandwich during a ten our search that was supposed to be a two hour trainer. I always took my own lunch on a flig

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread OK Don
And what makes you think that a grill cheese sandwich is any better for you than meat There's got to be more to it than that (losing 2 inches of waist) Ok, all joking aside, I feel better with the veg diet. I'd not force it upon anyone -- including the wife: now that we are an

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
well I almost typed something only seen on banned LT Don wrote: If it has/had lungs I don't eat it anymore. Six weeks into it and I'm not dead yet. As for the fish, I didn't kill them -- they were brought out of the water and they decided on their own to stop breathing. -- Kaleb C. Stripli

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
no, do you denial? Frank Pembleton wrote: What do you mean you know how to spell? _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -Original Message- From: Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:22 PM what do you mean you are a vegi

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
I guess so. I was a veggie for about five years during the late 70s and fell prey to a ham sandwich during a ten our search that was supposed to be a two hour trainer. I always took my own lunch on a flight. We were diverted during a short training flight to search for an overdue sailboat and lan

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread OK Don
You have a moral objection to burying the flesh of dead animals in your stomach? On 10/5/06, LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If it has/had lungs I don't eat it anymore. Six weeks into it and I'm not dead yet. As for the fish, I didn't kill them -- they were brought out of the water and they

Re: [MBZ] Wheel wanted

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
Forget wheel. Send me the Porsche. D. On 10/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is most likely an exercise in futility, but as I'm leaving no stone unturned I need one restorable Porsche Fuchs wheel. This is a forged alloy wheel. Size: 8X16 ET 10.6. Porsche part

[MBZ] Wheel wanted

2006-10-06 Thread RELNGSON
This is most likely an exercise in futility, but as I'm leaving no stone unturned I need one restorable Porsche Fuchs wheel. This is a forged alloy wheel. Size: 8X16 ET 10.6. Porsche part #911.361.020.45 Application: 88-89 911 Carrera rear. Please notice that this is the 10.6mm offset,

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
If it has/had lungs I don't eat it anymore. Six weeks into it and I'm not dead yet. As for the fish, I didn't kill them -- they were brought out of the water and they decided on their own to stop breathing. On 10/5/06, Frank Pembleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you mean you kno

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Frank Pembleton
What do you mean you know how to spell? _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -Original Message- From: Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:22 PM what do you mean you are a vegitarian?

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
what do you mean you are a vegitarian? LT Don wrote: I am enjoying life at the bottom of the food chain. I really don't miss meat -- but do still crave (and routinely consume) seafood and cheese. I was a 36 waist pushing 38, and now I am a baggy 36 waist drifting back to the 34s that I had pac

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
I am enjoying life at the bottom of the food chain. I really don't miss meat -- but do still crave (and routinely consume) seafood and cheese. I was a 36 waist pushing 38, and now I am a baggy 36 waist drifting back to the 34s that I had packed away. I feel better and even considered taking up ru

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
you missed those this year. OK Don wrote: What happened to those "melt in your mouth" Iowa chops??? -- Oh -- I know, since they're grain fed, those chops are vegetarian food! Remember - Salad isn't food, it's what food eats! Were I not a vegetarian, I'd invite him over for some before-yo

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread OK Don
What happened to those "melt in your mouth" Iowa chops??? -- Oh -- I know, since they're grain fed, those chops are vegetarian food! Remember - Salad isn't food, it's what food eats! Were I not a vegetarian, I'd invite him over for some before-you-go-home-after-work discrete Italian sausage

[MBZ] just needs interior

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
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[MBZ] crack

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
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Re: [MBZ] Mixture Control

2006-10-06 Thread Peter Frederick
Oxygen sensor. Peter

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
A friend came by the office today. He is supervisor for the gov't-funded place that runs our buses. He is a long hair (below shoulder length but uses a rubber band), bearded Harley rider and is even more meek and mild than I am. His wife has an M.S. in nutrition stuff and runs the dietary departm

[MBZ] this weeks ebay specials 10/5

2006-10-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZokieQ2dbenz -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 86 300SDL, 84 380SE, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread Harry Watkins
Good for you Peter, keep on keeping on, or should that the be ticking on. Harry On 10/5/06, LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You were gone? On 10/5/06, Peter T. Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Return of prodigal son, glad to be back. Damn heart take a beating, > keeps on ticking.

Re: [MBZ] I'm back.......

2006-10-06 Thread LT Don
You were gone? On 10/5/06, Peter T. Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Return of prodigal son, glad to be back. Damn heart take a beating, keeps on ticking. Kindalike a Benz. Any one have a link for asource to buy auto paint? I need to paint a fender B-4 winter. -- Regards, Peter T. A