Re: [MBZ] Oscilloscope

2009-09-12 Thread Jim Cathey
I am in Atlanta, how much you think it weighs? I found a local one for $75 but $40 is more my range these days. Old Tek tube scopes (for example) are excellent, for what they are, but nobody in their right mind would want to ship one! -- Jim ___ http://www

Re: [MBZ] Oscilloscope

2009-09-12 Thread Rolf Martin-Hoster
I am in Atlanta, how much you think it weighs? I found a local one for $75 but $40 is more my range these days. -Rolf Frederick W Moir wrote: Winmutt. Where in the country do you live? I have an Olde but functioning Tek you can have. if you live somewhere in the N.E. Fred Moir Lynn MA At 09

Re: [MBZ] California fire pix

2009-09-12 Thread Rolf Martin-Hoster
Boston.com always has the most fantastic photos from any current event. Thanks for sharing. -Rolf relng...@aol.com wrote: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/wildfires_in_southern_californ.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
no, i'm saying that continued focus on the cost "bottom line" will end you up in a world where you cannot get any quality either in product or service. the consumer is now doing the exact same thing he did to destroy downtown america to destroy the downtown small town component that really made th

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Allan Streib
No, Peter said that remanufacturing can be done properly and result in a serviceable product. He additionally said that he got quality remans from Rusty. You seem to be saying that the only choices are some slave-child-labor, questionable quality reman, or new. Allan Gary Hurst writes: > pete

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Allan Streib
Hendrik & Fay writes: > Using gasoline to clean the gunk is not a good idea because it is oil > based and will leave a residue. I cleaned the rotors with brake cleaner after the gasoline treatment. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Hendrik & Fay
Having just come across this evil stuff, I cleaned one rotor and then found a little note in the ATE box to say that stuff does not need to be removed. The instructions which I read beforehand did say to remove the gunk if your rotors are not high performance (ie drilled and cross cut). Using g

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Wonko the Sane
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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Bob Rentfro
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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
so they only had burgers? in other words, yea, I read the post. Wonko the Sane wrote: "What was on the menu?" Did you not read his post? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D

Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Bob Rentfro
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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Wonko the Sane
; Dwight E. Giles, Jr. >> >> 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K miles. >> 1979 240D- auto -250K + miles. (SOLD). >> 1990 300D 2.5t 160K miles. >> >> Wickford, RI >> >> -- next part -- >>

Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
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Re: [MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in Phoenix

2009-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
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[MBZ] Chowdah fest report

2009-09-12 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
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Re: [MBZ] passing

2009-09-12 Thread RELNGSON
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Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Allan Streib
"Peter T. Arnold" writes: > HIgh quality OEM hydraulic parts can be rebuilt, every airplane you've > flown in has them. Got to be: cleaned, honed, inspected for pits, > reassembled with high quality seals, tested and appropriately stored. > After all of that, they have to be properly installed &

Re: [MBZ] Older

2009-09-12 Thread LarryT
I bet you were *vry* quiet after that! The good old days. Now if that were to happen today, the ACLU would show up with the TV cameras and that teacher would be ruined for life just for attempting to correct you and prevent you from practicing your free speech. After that, you father wo

Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in Phoenix

2009-09-12 Thread LWB250
And I wondered why the wife would never let me hide in the bushes with a hockey goalie mask and the chainsaw on Halloween night... Dan Tim C. wrote: > I seem to recall a study indicating more people are afraid of clowns than > anything else. Similarly the whole public speaking apprehension.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in Phoenix

2009-09-12 Thread Tim C .
I seem to recall a study indicating more people are afraid of clowns than anything else. Similarly the whole public speaking apprehension. Thus, I figure you could dress up as a clown to greet people at the door, have a couple podiums (podia?) in the living room, and hand out a schedule where

[MBZ] Older

2009-09-12 Thread Peter T. Arnold
That would require folks to be courtious, a trend that went out of style in the late 50's. I'd bet there are a few folks here that would have picked themselves up off the floor had they: 1) Been rude to an adult in front of Mom or Dad 2) Spoken back to a parent, right or wrong. 3) Corrected a

[MBZ] Linux webserver botnet pushes malware

2009-09-12 Thread archer
Attack of the open source zombies ... A security researcher has discovered a cluster of infected Linux servers that have been corralled into a special ops botnet of sorts and used to distribute malware to unwitting people browsing the web. Each of the infe

Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in PhoenixIgnoresTickets

2009-09-12 Thread LarryT
Good point - when they drive the speed limit it creates a rolling road block that hampers traffic. Speaking of traffic laws, if there's one law that I'd like to see enforced better it would be making people move over after passing. The passing lanes are for passing, not driving the same speed

Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in PhoenixIgnoresTickets

2009-09-12 Thread OK Don
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in PhoenixIgnoresTickets

2009-09-12 Thread Michael Esh
I say let them speed..better than pulling me over for going 75. And when they do not speed, traffic piles up behind them and everyone takes off again when the police exit the hightway. Mike On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: LarryT wrote: The law - at least in Va., is they a

[MBZ] Electrifying!

2009-09-12 Thread LWB250
Nice El Camino: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/09/electro-camino/ Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
Gary You should have been a televangelist. Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Wickford RI 02852 -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:55 PM To: Merce

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
Pete- I like your new signature. Dwight Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Wickford RI 02852 -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter T. Arnold Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:48 AM To:

Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare

2009-09-12 Thread Peter T. Arnold
HIgh quality OEM hydraulic parts can be rebuilt, every airplane you've flown in has them. Got to be: cleaned, honed, inspected for pits, reassembled with high quality seals, tested and appropriately stored. After all of that, they have to be properly installed & bleed. I bought Reman calipers