1985 380SL Trans suddenly won't shift out of low. Fluid was a
little low. Engine also seems to be idling fast, but that may or may
not be related to the trans problem, and I am not sure of the
sequence of events.
My first thought was low/almost out of fluid. The car is 1k mi away,
so I
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
holy cow, how much do they want for it?
URL:
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That's the first pea soup turbo coupe I ever saw.
Mitch.
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What was the source of fuel for the duff laptop batteries?
I thought they were LiPo, but the recall was for Li-ion:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09035.html
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What was the source of fuel for the duff laptop batteries?
Plastic cases?
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1985 380SL Trans suddenly won't shift out of low.
Kickdown switch stuck? (Either one, unless this car
doesn't have the side-gate shifter.)
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Happy wife = happy life.
-Rolf
On 07/29/2010 06:04 PM, R A Bennell wrote:
My wife had a 97 Mercury Sable that had no end of eletrical gremlins. It was
the reason why we did not keep the car
long. It was clean and had low mileage but it was driving her crazy so we
traded it off and lost a
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871269477.html
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And he has another one too for $750 with veggie oil conversion and a
cool water mister(???)
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871260910.html
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On 7/30/2010 9:36 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871269477.html
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1972 MERCEDES - $7600 (SUMMERVILLE)
Date: 2010-07-30, 8:52AM EDT
Reply to: sale-qbhsn-1871251...@craigslist.org
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1870759630.html
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This is interesting. I love that color. A sammichman should buy it and
run it on fryer oil.
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1869625919.html
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Oh, yeah, um hmmm.
Damned, I wish I had money to throw away like that.
Wilton
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From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 9:41 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Wilton can go sledding --
I was up on a ladder one day, pretty high, screwing something in with a
big Milwaukee cordless drill, and the NiCd battery exploded. I thought
I had been shot, and just about blew out my ear it was so loud, and
scared the shit out of me (which was itself a bit scary 20ft up on a
ladder). The
Unrealistic price expectations usually go hand in hand with misplaced
apostrophe's.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871251707.html
1972 MERCEDES - $7600 (SUMMERVILLE)
OR EVERYTHING IN CAPS
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On 7/30/2010 10:29 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
Unrealistic price expectations usually go hand in hand with misplaced
apostrophe's.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Photos are dated '02.
Wilton
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From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] A DAMN NICE CAR FOR IT`S AGE
Unrealistic price expectations usually go hand in
This is getting more hilarious by the minute!
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:00 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Photos are dated '02.
Wilton
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Sent: Friday, July
Rich Thomas wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871269477.html
Looks half decent in photos, but they openly admit it's been driven 100k by
somebody who doesn't fix stuff when it breaks.
Mitch.
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Doesn't somebody on the list have a 230E?
Theres a Euro 230E 5spd on Craigslist that looks pretty nice. The ad says it
needs stuff like shocks, seems like those are probably the same across the 123
line.
My 240D did 28mpg long term (7 years) mix of highway and city so if a 230E was
capable of
Curt Raymond wrote:
Doesn't somebody on the list have a 230E?
Theres a Euro 230E 5spd on Craigslist that looks pretty nice. The ad says it
needs stuff like shocks, seems like those are probably the same across the 123
line.
Buy it, install your 240D shocks, and drive it until you find a $500
Even fuel injected, a 230E is unlikely to ever hit 20 mpg unless it's highway
and downhill all the way. These were not terribly efficient cars for their
time.
Dan
--- On Fri, 7/30/10, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
Subject: [MBZ] 230E?
To:
Whenever I see a nice looking, low-mileage 123, I lust a bit in my heart, but,
alas, I'll hafta to let 'em go; I've fallen for a coupla younger ladies - 124,
126.
Wilton
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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Rich Thomas
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And he has another one too for $750 with veggie oil conversion and a cool
water mister(???)
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1871260910.html
So I flew up to Vancouver BC a few days ago to visit my cousin, and was
surprised to find him waiting to pick me up in his new MB. He had never had
much good to say about the marque before. I didn't get to drive it, but it
was roomy and comfortable, and had impressive technology. His garage has
Hybrid in what manner? Gas/elec? Diesel/elec?
Wilton
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From: Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: [MBZ] S400 Hybrid
So I flew up to Vancouver BC a few days ago
I believe it is gas/electric.
He says next time I come up I can borrow his car...no, not the MB, the
Durango.
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On Behalf Of WILTON
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:18 PM
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Because it's all the rage. Driving one gives a lot of people that warm
fuzzy feeling inside, knowing, or believing, that they're saving the world.
hee hee
Ed
300E
Why someone who can afford this car would buy a hybrid is beyond me.
Greg
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Uses the 350 V6 and electric motors.
John
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:25 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
Because it's all the rage. Driving one gives a lot of people that warm
fuzzy feeling inside, knowing, or believing,
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
Why someone who can afford this car would buy a hybrid is beyond me.
Beyond me, too, but a hybrid badge carries serious street cred in
certain circles.
You're not going to like this:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100405/GREEN/100409927
Tom
E M wrote:
Because it's all the rage. Driving one gives a lot of people that warm
fuzzy feeling inside, knowing, or believing, that they're saving the world.
hee hee
If you spend $80k on a car, there's no way you can compete ecologically with
most of the Okiebenz gang, even if your car goes
Yeah, but he is not that kind of guy! He gets a warm and fuzzy feeling from
having a wad of folding money. Or maybe he's calculated the resale value
difference or something. I wonder if Canada doesn't have some huge rebate
on hybrids or something like that.
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apostrophe's..
Not to mention incorrect usage.
RLE
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And the AC always blows ICE COLD.
And the Car RUNS STRONG
And the cosmetic condition is GOOD FOR IT'S AGE
And there is GOOD RUBBER
And the MB Text seats are LEATHER
And the list goes on...
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Unrealistic price expectations usually
It's great for a WVO Conversion, and it can even run on BioDeezel!
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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If hybrid is such a rage,why the etc. doesn't somebody other than GE build a
Diesel/elec?
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] S400 Hybrid
Because it's
Only? Damn! I think I'll take 2!!!
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] S400 Hybrid
Also, it is the cheapest S class, only around $87,900.00 base
Give them time. Get your deposit in now, for the new Porsche supercar.
Yup, it's a hybrid. If you're not a Porsche guy, Ferrari is working on one
for you too. ;-)
Ed
300E
On 30 July 2010 17:42, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
If hybrid is such a rage,why the etc. doesn't somebody other than
low fluid, the cable could be stuck, something stuck in the valve body
Dieselhead wrote:
1985 380SL Trans suddenly won't shift out of low. Fluid was a little
low. Engine also seems to be idling fast, but that may or may not be
related to the trans problem, and I am not sure of the sequence
yea, forgot about the stuck kickdown switch.
Jim Cathey wrote:
1985 380SL Trans suddenly won't shift out of low.
Kickdown switch stuck? (Either one, unless this car
doesn't have the side-gate shifter.)
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Got my Topsider out this afternoon and found the pump no longer worked. But
I had a old yard sprayer and a shopvac ;-) Viola - my oil change sucks
again.
I do need to find some combinations of tubing/hose that won't restrict the
flow so much. It took some time but I finally got it all out.
You wrote just being around dozens of
naked college girls did that to him.
It sure would do it for me! Who needs Viagra when you've got naked babes?
Dozens boogles the mind -
;-)
Larry
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I stopped by the local MB dealer the other day and they had a 94 300SE with
50k miles on it - it looked new cosmetically - asking $9900 or so.
It was a gorgeous W140 though.
Larry
91 300D
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Use 5/8 inch OD tube inside just the TOP of dipstick tube, and the entire
inside diameter of the dipstick tube is used to carry oil. Have engine at
operating temp; oil evacs very fast. Mine's finished before I can remove
the old filter and slip a new in. No, I don't need any more time for a
The first Reader Comment about the article says What in the hell!?!
Mercedes has got a slew of DIESEL engines that already meet the stricter
emissions standards and they get 40+ mpg!!! THE DEALERS ARE WRONG!!!
Customers want diesels! I'm waiting with money in hand...Daimler are you
listening?
and if a hybrid is so good why must the govt offer $7500 rebates to get
people to buy one?
The market will win in the end
LarryT
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Thx Wilton -- gotta find some tubing there's probably a shirt piece in
the Junk Drawer of my work bench -
Doesn't everyone have one of those drawers where all kinds of odds and ends
go? Especially those little unknown things left over after a project -- (my
wife always asks how many
Fellow W123-ers
I backed off the Nylock nuts on my new engine lurch-restraint struts, as
recommended.
Et voilà! Less harsh vibration but once again I have that delightful,
urgent, diesel-engine tremble. Love it.
Best of all, the tail-pipe vibration at idle seems to have moderated
Guys,
I need to replace rubber stuff in the front suspension of my 1985 300TD.
There are some wicked 'munchy' noises coming from the front end.
I know nothing about the suspension geometry, so intend to get my indie
to fix it.
Assuming that most or all bushes need to be replaced, which
Check your glow plugs -- rough idle on start is often a weak or
shorted one not pre-heating one cylinder. Shakes terribly until all
of them fire.
Also check (and probably replace) the transmission mount -- if it's
soft, it will allow the rear of the transmission to vibrate up and down.
Track rod rear bushings (on the body). This is the usual spot.
Control arm bushings worn out leads to erratic steering, but not
usually noise.
Peter
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Be careful you don't use a plastic tube so flimsy/weak that it'll collapse
under suction while you're evacuating oil. If you don't let air, oil, etc.
into your container/receiver and the sucker/vac cleaner keeps running,
you'll likely collapse the receiver and have a really black oil mess. A
Hi Curt,
In real life I run a residential facility for male adolescents. I started a
car donation fund-raiser about 6 years ago. We have gone through a ton of cars
since then, and we were given a 1984 230E a few years back, a project car,
that was very cool. It wasn't running---
I'm not happy Larry, $7500 won't even buy us a pair of floor mats for the
new Porsche hybrid supercar.
I think diesels are the future for gas sipping cars. In my opinion, hybrids
are nothing more than feel good fluffy cars, to pad the conscious of the eco
freaks. If a friend ever turned up in
One of those drawers??? The whole top of my bench and the spce under it is
one of those drawers!
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Thx Wilton -- gotta find some tubing there's probably a shirt piece in
the Junk Drawer of my work bench -
Doesn't
There's 2 buildings, do they count as drawers?
Walt
On Jul 30, 2010 10:37 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
One of those drawers??? The whole top of my bench and the spce under it is
one of those drawers!
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Thx Wilton --
People buy them to be politically correct. The same reason Daimler makes them.
Doesn't have much to do with anything else. I've spent alot of time
behind the wheel of one. Thats all I'll say.
Otherwise, the newest S class is an outstanding car. Especially the
COMAND system.
Jaime
On Fri,
You don't need to know much about suspension geometry. You just
replace everything the same way it came out. Then goto an alignment
shop.
Jaime
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Euan goneb...@paradise.net.nz wrote:
Guys,
I need to replace rubber stuff in the front suspension of my 1985
Gets 35 mpg.
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It's great for a WVO Conversion, and it can even run on BioDeezel!
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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On Jul 30, 2010, at 19:34, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Use 5/8 inch OD tube inside just the TOP of dipstick tube, and the entire
inside diameter of the
Upper control arm bushes and ball joints can do it...
So can the radius rod mount bushing/ball joint (get both the one in the lower
control arm and the big one at the back/in the body side mount.
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Guaranteed to go a million miles
only 250,000 on the clock
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On Jul 30, 2010, at 23:14, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Gets 35 mpg.
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