Well, my A/C compressor had well and truly killed itself. Indy says it
appears to have gotten a slug of liquid. He got the supplier to
warrant it
That would imply that it probably has a broken reed valve.
-- Jim
Just type in alt 0-2-4-6 for ö; alt 0-2-5-2 for ü, etc. That will
get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anything is
alt-u-anything. All the basic euro-accents are that way, associated
with their most common (in English)
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:24 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Just type in alt 0-2-4-6 for ö; alt 0-2-5-2 for ü, etc. That will
get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anything is
alt-u-anything. All the
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:28:18 -0700 Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Similar on Linux, with the left Winders key mapped to the Multi-key with
the command,
/usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Multi_key'
Type left Winders key, type the accent mark desired (double
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I'd watch it were it not for the fact that I spent two years on a help desk
(Barnett Bank). Don't want a bad night from PTSD.
On 2/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone who has helped a complete novice learn how to use a Mac, especially
during a stint in a help desk
Does anyone know where I can get steel wheels for my 300D 2.5? (1991)
I have found 15x6 steel wheels- and 16 inch steel ones, but none 15x6.5
which is the original size I have.
Here are some for sale- would anyone of these work? I would like a set
for snow tires.
Kaleb.
On 2/19/07, John Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get steel wheels for my 300D 2.5? (1991)
I have found 15x6 steel wheels- and 16 inch steel ones, but none 15x6.5
which is the original size I have.
Here are some for sale- would anyone of these work? I
This was Marshall's response to the same question, but referring to
alloy wheels (IIRC) --
Aaron Lam wrote:
You shouldn't have any problems. In the rest of the world, lower-spec
124s came with 15x6 wheels.
Those rest of the world cars (that had smaller engines and weighed
less) had smaller
They all did except for BP...green is diesel.
On 2/19/07, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glenn Brown wrote:
The BP stations here have orange diesel pump coverings to distinguish
them
from their green covered gas nozzles. I wish the industry would unite
on
one color code.
I've
There was a spare 20 gallon tank in the trunk of my 115 1976 300D. It
was rectangular. Total fill up was 40 gallons, or about a month of
driving (1,000 miles).
On 2/19/07, Larry T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Werner,
There's a photo in the eBay advert - item # 4427103012543053 from my earlier
Enough of the bragging already! I get bopped on the head every time
if I'm not careful... (on my third set of struts).
1983 3000TD
280 K miles
On 2/19/07, Royce Engler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andrew said
Looks pretty good considering all its ailments. I like the fact that
the hatch
?? I don't have an Alt key on my Imac. What gives?
On 2/19/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just type in alt 0-2-4-6 for ö; alt 0-2-5-2 for ü, etc. That will
get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anything is
Andrew -
Let's see - 40 gallons x 8 lbs = 320 lbs, or like carrying around 2 extra
adults. That has to cost something in MPG, and certainly in performance.
Its probably a necessity to carry that much fuel if you're running in the
Paris-Dakar rallye, but not too practical in most of the USA!
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the early
Apples) but on an S-100 bus, with a 300 baud modem using tape on the
Andrew,
Look on the lower left side of the keyboard, to the left of the
apple key. On that key, Option is printed and on the top in
less noticeable letters
Voila, alt..
That's how it is on the keyboards of my iBook and eMac
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
On Feb 19, 2007, at
Werner,
Never say I'm too old Try a Mac, you'll like it.
Don't want to pay new price. Go to Craigslist and take your pick...
Chuck
iMac G4 laptop and eMac
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080
in
Chuck - are you still driving East for ST? I'm still not hearing many
comforting words from MBUSI in Vance in regard to a plant tour, but I won't
give up yet!
Werner
Chuck - You're probably correct - too old really means not enough time
to go through the trauma of convincing SWMBO to bring in yet another box;
get rid of the 4 computers now in use and all the software, books, etc;
figure out how to transfer all the data that a good packrat saves - and on
Werner,
I've been looking at the pocketbook... Pondering Southern Treffen,
German Tour, Tri-O-Rama and there's StarTech tacked onto the Board
Meeting, which I will, of course, be attending..
Air Fare for the German Tour is now about $1200, so that's out! I
think I'm going to
Larry - the pictures sent by Howard in England show a fairly robust steel
can, holding 7 liters of fuel. I think it would be too dangerous with
gasoline, but probably ok for Diesel, and it is pretty well protected inside
the wheel rim. Probably better than the external main tank!
I'd be more
That Linux keyboard input method also seems reasonable, as
does the Mac's. Leave it to Winders to have the worst one!
After all, it's only been about 25 years! Takes them awhile
to adopt improvements.
-- Jim
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in
kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those
Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the
early
Apples) but on an S-100 bus, with a 300 baud modem using tape on the
Subject:
Re: [MBZ] Reserve Fuel Can
From:
Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:57:05 -0600
To:
Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
the only time I have seen them were for certain older models and they
were VERY expensive. Did you get one for newer cars?
Discovered that my 79 300D ( non turbo ) does not have the vent pipe
from water pump housing to head as it should have according to the parts
list. Could this explain erratic temperature fluctuations as I suspect
that air pockets are forming in the engine due to cavitaion or whatever.
Later Om617
Hey Andrew,
Maybe you could route some of the power from that 3000TD back to the hatch
GRIN For about a year and a half I used an auxiliary strut - piece of
1x2.
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 290K
-Original Message-
From: andrew strasfogel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday,
Royce,
I have occasionally run the heater coming to work and the A/C going
home.
Tom Potter (another Houstonian)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Royce Engler
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 5:49 PM
To: Marshall Booth; Mercedes Discussion
I know I'm late to the party but compare the PT Cruiser to the Chevy HHR.
Imagine the talk at GM Hey that PT Cruiser is an ugly mother but they sell
alot of 'em. Lets copy it.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:08:03 -0700
From: Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB Chrysler
To:
My '85 190D is similar. I'd thought(or rather Marshall speculated) the problem
was the vacuum actuated idle controller which would have been negatively
effected by a failing vacuum pump.
I'd also wondered if the plugged fuel tank vent might cause it. Now I know that
both of those theories were
I've seen yellow, orange, and black coverings on diesel fuel handles. Even
though I inform the attendants at the BP deli-mart that I'd like to put X$
on the diesel pump, I still have to give them a pump number even though
they've only got one. What a place/time!
G. M. Brown
Rochester, NY
Glenn, things will change when you move to NC..
DWS
Glenn Brown wrote:
I've seen yellow, orange, and black coverings on diesel fuel handles. Even
though I inform the attendants at the BP deli-mart that I'd like to put X$
on the diesel pump, I still have to give them a pump number even
Let us know whether this helps, by all means.
On 2/20/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My '85 190D is similar. I'd thought(or rather Marshall speculated) the
problem was the vacuum actuated idle controller which would have been
negatively effected by a failing vacuum pump.
I'd also
My '81 300D had the U-shaped vent pipe.
Tom Potter
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Merle
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:41 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] Water pump vent pipe
Discovered that my 79 300D ( non
Jim - sounds like you acquire obsolete treasures like many of us do.
So
far I've managed to keep old computer stuff down to perhaps 8 cu. ft.,
which
is a lot better than the ham radio gear, which still takes up well
over 200
cu. ft. - and that's after taking several very nice (in their day)
On 2/20/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
disgust. I waited, and succumbed to an original Mac. A NeXT followed
I still have them all. By the time I'm done with them they're
-- Jim
You still have a NeXT machine? Which model? May I visit and be
permitted to drool on it?
Ed
--
does it do anything a mac doesn't do?
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
disgust. I waited, and succumbed to an original Mac. A NeXT followed
I still have them all. By the time I'm done with them they're
-- Jim
You still have
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Loren Faeth wrote:
One way is to add some algicide/water dispersant, except for Herr Booth
whos cars never sit long enough to collect condensation. We were, however
originally talking about a car that has set inactive for years.
I dunno how long this sat for before I
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Joe Knight wrote:
Don't fret too much Peter. I pulled the head from mine with a chain
winch suspended from a bit less than 8' ceiling in a too small garage.
Came out all right with the turbo exhaust manifold attached even
though I didn't have the winch very well
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Craig McCluskey wrote:
Similar on Linux, with the left Winders key mapped to the Multi-key with
the command,
/usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Multi_key'
Type left Winders key, type the accent mark desired (double quote, , for
umlaut) and type the
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the early
Apples) but on an S-100
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Werner,
I've been looking at the pocketbook... Pondering Southern Treffen,
German Tour, Tri-O-Rama and there's StarTech tacked onto the Board
Meeting, which I will, of course, be attending..
Any news (pricing etc) on Star Tech?
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Jim Cathey wrote:
I sit here not five feet from my 1802 kit box, and its successor the
semi-kit 6502 OSI machine. (Cassette for both, floppies later added
to the OSI.) And _its_ successor, the 68000 S-100 system. My first
hard disk, and the first to even need a 16-bit
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Gary Hurst wrote:
does it do anything a mac doesn't do?
The cubes look REALLY cool. Where do you think ADC came from ;) (well the
monitor was a bottle so it required an AC cord.) Te optical was like
molasses fresh from the fridge, but they were a cool machine. The laser
I am now working (temporarily) as Features Editor of a local paper. They
use mostly Mac G4s. IMO, the G4s suck like a rift in spacetime.
I use a Sony Mavica for photography which burns to a mini-cd. Works
fantastic whether you use Windoze or Linux. Apparently won't work on a
Mac because OSX
Marshall doesn't seem to think it'll help so we'll see.
I think I'll replace 'em anyway since I don't know when they were replaced
previously...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:01:55 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's Puzzler
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Darrell W. Sigmon wrote:
Glenn, things will change when you move to NC..
DWS
Think PINK!
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Peterson wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get steel wheels for my 300D 2.5? (1991)
I have found 15x6 steel wheels- and 16 inch steel ones, but none 15x6.5
which is the original size I have.
Here are some for sale- would anyone of these work? I would like a set
for snow tires.
Curt Raymond wrote:
Marshall doesn't seem to think it'll help so we'll see.
I think I'll replace 'em anyway since I don't know when they were replaced
previously...
Rarely helps if the plugs are glowing ABOUT the correct time (longer
when cold). Nothing wrong with replacing older glow plugs,
I thought the dash light not extinguishing after a glow cycle meant a bad
GP relay, and failure to light at all meant a burnt-out glow plug fuse. How
does light diagnose a problem with the glow plugs themselves?
On 2/20/07, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
Marshall
Just came from a John Deere Day session at the local dealership, and in
their company video, came back with the following info in regard to usage of
BioDiesel:
1. John Deere only recommends B2 and B5 without qualifications, but also
states that use of any higher concentration is OK as far as
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I thought the dash light not extinguishing after a glow cycle meant a bad
GP relay, and failure to light at all meant a burnt-out glow plug fuse. How
does light diagnose a problem with the glow plugs themselves?
The dash light is NOT a diagnostic, but only a warning
windoze will always have the worst of everything. that is what it means to
be a monopoly. as long as almost every machine sold comes equipped with
windoze, it will be junk. there is zero incentive to make a decent product.
this isn't meant as an attack on microsoft or another pro apple rant,
Many people have mentioned to me dangers of the reserve fuel can,
without thinking about its location. Remember this can is designed to
fit INSIDE a full size spare tire. Imagine the force it would take in
an accident to travel through an inflated tire and steel rim!
Leaking, now that's another
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:09:13PM -0500, Eric Anderton wrote:
Many people have mentioned to me dangers of the reserve fuel can,
without thinking about its location. Remember this can is designed to
fit INSIDE a full size spare tire. Imagine the force it would take in
an accident to travel
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You still have a NeXT machine? Which model? May I visit and be
permitted to drool on it?
I had a slab -- NeXTStation they called it. 68040 processor, 128MB
RAM, and a 400 MB hard drive -- was leaps ahead of any PC available
then, and did some things I've
John,
Send an email to Scott Suits, MBCA Southeast Regional Director at :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
He'll get the info to you.
Take care,
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
On Feb 20, 2007, at 12:00 PM, John W. Reames III wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Chuck Landenberger wrote:
Werner,
I've been looking at
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