lol, ok, so which one of you guys made that video??
Ed
300E
On 10 June 2010 00:20, wrote:
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I saw a few bits and pieces but the little one had the window seat because SWMBO
said so but we had intermitten cloud along the way.
Lame joke of the week: The airline passender sitting next to the window turns to
the person next to him and says "boy, those people down there look like ants"
other p
as for the 87 turbos, I have one that is either a running parts car, or
a running project car, and also have an engine out of one that is
sitting loose in a 300E, along with other parts I pulled from that car.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Well, if someone was willing to drop me a 603
Perhaps that stuff they use to paint fridges?
Hendrik
who is tempted to but some spray cans and find a quite spot...
On Wed Jun 9 11:00 , 'R A Bennell' sent:
>You would have to use thicker paint.
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Yeah, got a real dirty look from a cop today who was stopped next to me, luckily
there was a donut shop up the road that drew his attention away from the beater,
whose climate control fan has now stopped working, guess it's time to check the
fuses.
Hendrik
who is eternally grateful that mao lend u
I got the top to pop off, but the bottom didn't seem to come off just
pulling on it, and I couldn't find tabs to release like I did on the top. I
did remove the steel trim plate across the bottom - still didn't see
anything to release. What's the trick?
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Kaleb C. Str
My son came to visit in his 84 300SD, we went into town tonight for
supper and I drove it in, met up with mama, then drove back out in her
84 300SD. I think her's is in a bit better shape, but both are decent
rides. His needs a flex disk I believe as it seems to be whumping a bit
from a stand
Those are the H7 (non-HID) lenses. They are *lenses*.
The low beam side on the HID is clear and of uniform thickness...
Lemme find a pic...
Btw OE is Hella
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 22:02, Thomas Savage wrote:
John Re
Hmm I will have to try that with my old one (CDM-1 Mk2 [one laser
swing-arm] mechanism)
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 22:04, Jim Cathey wrote:
Laserdisk was analog (strange system) and roughly VHS quality...
Why strange?
John Reames wrote:
What was the sears version called?
Kenmorevision?
Mitch.
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 21:55, Jim Cathey wrote:
And don't forget the even older capaciive discharge video discs...
Didn't they use a stylus or something?
Scrape-O-Vision? Yeah. In
Hmm although there were only about 3500 1999 606's... I know we have
at least three on the list (2 here!)
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 20:49, Mitch Haley wrote:
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Well, if someone was willing to drop me a
My dad had a 75 gm 3/4 Ton that had a Perkins 6.354 shoved in it
(straight 6, NA, 354CID)...
That was tight!
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 19:51, "Kaleb C. Striplin"
wrote:
It just pops off, you do not have to remove the
John Reames wrote:
I guess. Supposedly FMVSS does not allow sales of lenses alone... But I
am looking for chapter and verse on that...
They look to be okay:
S5.8.11 A replacement lens for a replaceable bulb headlamp or an
integral beam headlamp that is not required to have a bonded lens s
John Reames wrote:
I guess. Supposedly FMVSS does not allow sales of lenses alone... But I
am looking for chapter and verse on that...
MB appears to supply W210 lenses only as part of the whole assembly, but
W140 lenses (at least) are available separately all day long at the MB
parts counter.
makes my 240D look REAL good... Not even my $50 paintjob could help
that...
How much is a tub of spackle and a newspaper?
Pack the holes with newspaper and trowel over
it with spackle. When it's dried, sand it a
bit and then get out your roller. Call it a
$60 paint job!
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John Reames wrote:
Yeah. I hate them. Especially the hid version. New assemblies are the
ONLY (legal) way to get the lenses... Iirc 1100 per side for hids, 700
per side for h7
Bekkers has replacement lenses for the W210, purportedly OE:
http://www.bekkers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PR
Laserdisk was analog (strange system) and roughly VHS quality...
Why strange? Of course it was analog, it came out in 1977.
Does anybody remember what kind of computing power you could
buy in 1977? (And it had been under development for years
before that.)
The CD was a Compact Disc. Compact
And don't forget the even older capaciive discharge video discs...
Didn't they use a stylus or something?
Scrape-O-Vision? Yeah. In fact, I think there were two such
systems, but only one that sold widely. Radio Shack sold it.
RCA Selectovision.
-- Jim
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Well, if someone was willing to drop me a 603 in good running condition for
the 616 and some spare parts I have, I'd certainly mull it over... any
difference in length or pan geometry? I'm already 1/4" from kissing swaybar
with the pan as is, and had to cut out some frame to c
It just pops off, you do not have to remove the whole assembly.
OK Don wrote:
Do you have to remove the entire headlight assembly to change the clear
plastic that surrounds the main light, or can you loosen enough to change it
in-place? Anyone BTDT?
I want to move the nice looking ploastic from
Well, if someone was willing to drop me a 603 in good running condition for
the 616 and some spare parts I have, I'd certainly mull it over... any
difference in length or pan geometry? I'm already 1/4" from kissing swaybar
with the pan as is, and had to cut out some frame to clear the harmonic
bala
OM603 in an old style Dakota would be pretty sweet. I really enjoyed my Dakota
until the body rotted out and the trans was dying. 222,000 miles, you can't buy
quality anymore ;)
-Curt
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:10:31 -0400
From: Mitch Haley
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1999
Hmmm... Mitsudodgi pickup I like that! I would suggest to drop the
extra d: Mitsidogi I like that! with the transplant it could be a
Mitsudogi Benz
R A Bennell wrote:
OK, somewhere I missed something.
Tell me about the Dodgecedes.
He called it a 300D50, so I'm thinking OM617 in a Mi
Randy,
Well, it's a bit of an unholy union, but I have an OM617 shoehorned into a
Dodge PowerRam 50 pickup.
Originally it was going to be an OM616, but that engine has some issues with
either the pump or excessive blow-by that would have cost more than the
replacement engine...
My actual name fo
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R A Bennell wrote:
OK, somewhere I missed something.
Tell me about the Dodgecedes.
He called it a 300D50, so I'm thinking OM617 in a Mitsudodgi pickup.
Might be OM603, that would be really cool.
Mitch.
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OK, somewhere I missed something.
Tell me about the Dodgecedes.
Randy
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1999 E300 Diesel with bad
Curt Raymond wrote:
ChowdaQ isn't until mid-September!
When you get the Dodgecedes done we'd LOVE to see it.
Don't know if I'd call a D50 a Dodgecedes or a Mersubishi.
It is an interesting idea though. Much smaller/lighter than a Ranger.
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Curt,
Oh! Thought it was a summer thing, haha...
I'll see if I can attend then ;)
Walt
On Jun 9, 2010 5:44 PM, "Curt Raymond" wrote:
ChowdaQ isn't until mid-September!
When you get the Dodgecedes done we'd LOVE to see it.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:16:41 -0400
From: Walt Zarnoch
To:
ChowdaQ isn't until mid-September!
When you get the Dodgecedes done we'd LOVE to see it.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:16:41 -0400
From: Walt Zarnoch
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1999 E300 Diesel with bad Transmission
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And don't forget the even older capaciive discharge video discs...
Didn't they use a stylus or something?
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 17:18, Curt Raymond wrote:
Laserdisk was analog (strange system) and roughly VHS quality
Most of the Doppelbocks I've had have been in the low to mid 6% range. I
have a friend who comes from Germany every couple of years, her carry on bag
always clanging with bottles when she arrives. lol. Had a couple of great
doppelbocks last time, I'll have to look up the names. I keep the labels
I had some Paulaner Salvator once. I'm sure it is pretty high in alcohol
content, yet very well balanced. It's about balancing the alcohol sweetness
with the hops bitterness and other flavors. If you haven't tried it, do.
Many other beers of its type (doppelbock) pay homage to Salvator by ending
It looks like it might be from an overly conservative reading of 49
CFR 571... Which requires a bonded reflector/lens assembly (unless
some very stringent/specific on-vehicle aiming device requirements are
met. It appears that the requirements MAY be incompatible with the
European requireme
I'm kind of like that too Curt. To me, beer is a bit like a taste of the
world, more so than wine. So I'll buy a number of different imported beers,
and match them up with what I'm eating. I can't remember the last time I
bought a case of domestic stuff. Not that some of it isn't good, I just
s
Laserdisk was analog (strange system) and roughly VHS quality...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:41:22 -0400
From: John Reames
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Low-ri-der
-Curt
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:28:16 -0400
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I guess. Supposedly FMVSS does not allow sales of lenses alone... But
I am looking for chapter and verse on that...
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 15:33, Mitch Haley wrote:
John Reames wrote:
Yeah. I hate them. Especially the
More small speciality beer places opening all the time. Seem to be more in
Quebec and BC, than Ontario for some reason.
I find once beer gets over 7%, the alcohol taste becomes too dominant and I
don't care for it as much. $7 is getting expensive, even for a speciality,
low batch beer. We all h
Strangely I'm exactly the opposite.
Had an organic chocolate stout last night watching the Lakers beat the Celtics.
Strange to be sitting on the wrong coast with a Lakers crowd though...
-Curt in California
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:01:22 -0700 (PDT)
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> John Reames wrote:
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>> Yeah. I hate them. Especially the hid version. New assemblies are the
>> ONLY (legal) way to get the lenses... Iirc 1100 per side for hids, 700 per
>> side for h7
>>
>
> That'll keep me out of the W210 buyer's market,
John Reames wrote:
Yeah. I hate them. Especially the hid version. New assemblies are the
ONLY (legal) way to get the lenses... Iirc 1100 per side for hids, 700
per side for h7
That'll keep me out of the W210 buyer's market, permanently.
Same deal with W203?
Mitch.
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Yeah. I hate them. Especially the hid version. New assemblies are the
ONLY (legal) way to get the lenses... Iirc 1100 per side for hids, 700
per side for h7
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:50, "WILTON" wrote:
Noticed front
Yes, I noticed - the difference glass and plastic, that is.
Wilton
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 headlight "rims" or "doors" replacement
The headlamp lens on the W126 and W12
There is some good Canadian beer (when we lived in Canada we were friends
with the Brewmaster at the Vancouver Molson's brewery!), but none worth that
much!
Greg
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On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
Se
The headlamp lens on the W126 and W124 is glass, but I suspect that on the 99
W210 is plastic. Stupid, in my book, as one should not be tossing things every
5 years or so, very wasteful.
Peter
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Curt,
I'll saddly have to decline the invitation.
I still have yet to shed my permit and get my full license, so I'm stuck
driving inside NY till then. That, and I'm borowing my mom's car, with her
in it, for errands/running around...
Hopefully I'll be mobile across state lines sometime later th
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BTW, on your flight from LA to Chicago, were you able to see any of the
Rocky Mountains or the HUGE expanse of central plains farmland laid out in
perfect checkerboard-like pattern from the Rockies to the Mississippi River
and even beyond in areas such as Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan? I us
Noticed front light lenses on friend's '99 E430 yesterday; their're
completely opaque, and he doesn't even know it. Lenses on my 24-year-old
124 and 20-year-old 126, though, are still nice and clear.
Wilton
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Not Mine, etc.
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:43:36 -0700 (PDT)
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Alles.
You would need a trowel!
N.B. I have, in my youth, driven worse.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
On 6/9/2010 12:00 PM, R A Bennell wrote:
You would have to use thicker paint.
Randy
Wow, that makes my 240D look REAL good... Not even my $50 paintjob could help
that...
-Curt
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Curt, et al.
After picking up the '87 190DT last month, it is more than my life is
worth to even suggest getting another project!
"I can dream, can't I?"
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Diesel preferred.
On 6/9/2010 11:41 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
If the timing chain on that is broke like the timing chain my
You would have to use thicker paint.
Randy
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] The chairmans Mercedes
Wow, that makes my 240D look
No wonder the mileage is lousy.
Randy
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ford 7.4l Powerstroke Question
The regenerati
Wow, that makes my 240D look REAL good... Not even my $50 paintjob could help
that...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:52:42 +0800
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Subject: [MBZ] The chairmans Mercedes
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Content-Type: text/plain; cha
F350 would be a 1 ton wouldn't it? 1 Tons usually are geared low for big loads
and pulling power and mileage tends to be lower accordingly. Dualies would be
worse...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 05:44:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: LWB250
To: Okie Benz
Subject: [MBZ] Ford 7.4l Powerstroke Question
Messa
Quebecois beer with 9 percent alcohol costs about $7.00 per 16 oz bottle.
Drink slowly and chew every mouthful
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Reames wrote:
> Hmmm I know that most of the ones that I drink do have it printed
> somewhere...
>
> I think that most of the stuff that I like is h
I had Black Butte in Vegas in April, good stuff!
-Curt
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:14:52 -0700
From: Jim Cathey
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> My son gave me a bottle of Moosedrool last night.
If the timing chain on that is broke like the timing chain my my 190D was
"broke" it could be a fantastic deal!
-Curt
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:50:06 -0400
From: Frederick W Moir
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] Fwd: 1991 Mercedes Benz 300D (Enfield)
Message-ID: <4c0d698e.4020...@ve
Worse than wizard I'm a professional! Last night I had dinner with the online
editor from Deadliest Catch and completely spaced on asking about the transfer.
Thursday I'm going over to their place and will ask. I've got a bunch of Super8
at my grandmother's house that includes many family member
You ought to come to the ChowdaQ this year. Google says you're only around 250
miles out... I'd get one of the bigger campsites at Burlingame if more people
would come.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:32:58 -0400
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Hmmm I know that most of the ones that I drink do have it printed
somewhere...
I think that most of the stuff that I like is high content then... But
I don't go after it for the percentages..,
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On Jun 9, 2010, at
Ugh. I had a former neighbor end up flipping a Grove 30 ton crane on
the interstate to avoid plowing into a minivan that cut him off and
slammed the brakes... (of course the van had kids in the back seat)
He ended up having to tell the rescue crew how to lift the darn thing
up so they could
I understand that one scene that REALLY shows off the difference
between LD and DVD is the "into the monolith" scene in 2001...
Btw my cd player is an old (but good) philips/marantz CD80... Upgraded
by adding a few more filter caps to help take out the hash from the
saa7220 and the dac has
Buy Euros.
Peter
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>Subject: [MBZ] 124 headlight "rims" or "doors" replacement
>
>Do you have to remove the entire headlight assembly to change the clear
>plastic that surrounds the main light, or
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