Years ago I ask a pretty crusty parts man in terms he would understand "Just
exactly what does Lifetime Guarantee mean?" His response is one I've never
forgotten.. and I quote "If you ever bring this S*$xxx#(@*^%##@&&@@ back
through my door, I'll kill you"...
Cavaet` Emptor
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011
Two votes for AntiX. Definitely must try it.
Thanks,
Gerry
'83 300D
'83 240D
From: "Walt Zarnoch"
AntiX is great! Forgot all about that one. It runs on old hardware (1997
era) just peachy, and does just as good on new silicon.
I didn't have the time to swap over a working system to it though.
The 1.4 was the cpu I replaced with the 2.4.
Not familiar with much of the Linux terminology yet,
but I'm learning (slowly). Thanks for the info. I'm
printing out these replies for future reference.
Gerry
'83 300D
'83 240D
From: "Tim C"
I run Windows 7 on the kids' computers of that vintage
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:47:12 -0400 Dan Penoff wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2011, at 10:23 AM, "Allan Streib"
> wrote:
>
> > "Lifetime Warranty" is all well and good, but in time (and brake
> > fluid) I lost on that one.
>
> Heh.
>
> That "lifetime warranty" marketing crap is why we now use 3Com switches
It sounds like you will be spending far more to get it back to road worthy than
you desire. IT is much like Gump, it can be made whole, but costs a pretty
penny.
I have seen bikes going for pennies at the police auctions. By the time the
perp is dealt with, the original owner has a new bike a
yes, ebay has become a fairly worthless place to shop or sell. Too many
business people have set up shop there and are flogging their wares at close to
retail instead of being a place for people to auction off cool treasures. I
have found it very hard to find "deals" among all the dross of buy
Rick Knoble wrote:
Can you lace the new rim in yourself?
I am willing to learn. Not sure if I have the patience tho'.
Does your library have a copy of The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt?
Mitch.
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Yep, I'd bet an electric tooth brush could work well for a balky lock
cylinder, too.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Walt Zarnoch"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 lock removal
A slightly modified electric toothb
> Can you lace the new rim in yourself?
I am willing to learn. Not sure if I have the patience tho'.
> Is the brake caliper or cantilever?
I am not sure. I will investigate. I don't know the difference.
Rick
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Rick Knoble wrote:
what kind of bike?
Univega mountain bike.
what does it need?
Front rim. Front brake caliper. Chain. Tires and inner tubes Maybe bearings in rear hub and bottom bracket.
Can you lace the new rim in yourself?
Is the brake caliper or cantilever?
Isn't Lickton's in Chica
> Buy a road bike. They have much more resale value then a mountain bike. I
> like the good old lugged steel ones. They are in high demand today.
Sounds like I need to put my 30 year old Lotus (bicycle) on the road...
Rick
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Buy a road bike. They have much more resale value then a mountain bike. I like
the good old lugged steel ones. They are in high demand today. The older ones
made in USA, England, France, Japan and Italy of course are desireable. New
bikes are almost all made in China-barf. Even Cannondale closed
Rick Knoble wrote:
I was thinking of repairing a mountain bike I have and was wondering if there are any
"Q"s out there for bicycle parts?
Once upon a time, I could have said Arni Nashbar. Then, around 1983, Garry
Shnook (any relation to The Donald?) started Performance Bicycle Shop in his
b
> what kind of bike?
Univega mountain bike.
> what does it need?
Front rim. Front brake caliper. Chain. Tires and inner tubes Maybe bearings in
rear hub and bottom bracket.
> what kind of riding do you intend to be doing?
Street and paved "rails to trails"
> how much do you want to spend?
A slightly modified electric toothbrush works just as well as a sander.
Walt
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:56 PM, WILTON wrote:
> Rick, several years ago, I had a BIG problem with an '87 300D lock that
> absolutely would NOT turn, in spite of several days of jiggling it, lubing
> it, etc. Before cal
what kind of bike?
what does it need?
what kind of riding do you intend to be doing?
how much do you want to spend?
where are you located?
fill in a couple of those blanks, and i bet some of us can help.;-)
cheers!
e
On 07/Sep/11 19:16, Rick Knoble wrote:
I was thinking of repairing
I was thinking of repairing a mountain bike I have and was wondering if there
are any "Q"s out there for bicycle parts? Also, if this bike isn't worth
repairing, what would be a good bike to purchase used? There are so many
choices my head hurts...
Rick
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Rick, several years ago, I had a BIG problem with an '87 300D lock that
absolutely would NOT turn, in spite of several days of jiggling it, lubing
it, etc. Before calling a dealer/stealer to pick the car up and paying him
$700 or so to grind the lock out, though, I attached a key to a vibrating
this is helpful
http://www.dieselgiant.com/repairignitionlock.htm
thanks,
xx rick
Rick Hawkins
www.javaphoto.com
www.javacycles.com
LETTERPRESSES FOR SALE
www.ricktheprinter.com
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Hans Neureiter writes:
> It's not that complicated.
> You'r buying after market rebuilt crap for high $.
Really, air-cooled VWs are still very popular and frequently restored
both for show and racing.
There *must* be sources for quality parts. You just won't find them at
FLAPS, and it they won
Don't beat yourself up.
You have a bad M/C.
It's not that complicated.
You'r buying after market rebuilt crap for high $.
Go tu a junkyard, pull a set of 30 year old brake components and they will
work.
I had at least three VW bugs. Never a brake problem.
But when people start messing with "improve
On 07/Sep/11 16:00, Mitch Haley wrote:
ernest breakfield wrote:
lots of "sensible people" don't want to deal with someone who
appears more willing to be combative and threatening at the first
stroke of a complaint
I didn't save the comment or Henny's response, but I don't recall
anyt
ernest breakfield wrote:
lots of "sensible people" don't want to deal with someone who
appears more willing to be combative and threatening at the first stroke
of a complaint
I didn't save the comment or Henny's response, but I don't recall anything
threatening posted there.
Are you s
Allan Streib wrote:
I'm not a big ebay user. Lately it seems to me that many more things
are listed with "buy it now" as the only option; no bidding. Is this
the case, and if so have any other sites stepped in to provide true
auction selling?
You can alter the search to show all items, only b
Hendrik,
i understand how you feel, and don't doubt that you could have
written worse!;-)Ms Whites comments may have been completely out
of line, but if you don't understand that appearing to be "angry" and
combative doesn't help your case against a claim that you can be
"difficul
I'm not a big ebay user. Lately it seems to me that many more things
are listed with "buy it now" as the only option; no bidding. Is this
the case, and if so have any other sites stepped in to provide true
auction selling?
Allan
--
1983 300D
1979 300SD
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I got them to 'investigate' the review, during that process the review
is removed. If found to be BS it will be permanently removed.
@ernest, I think any sensible person reading my reply will see that yes
I am angry that someone wrote that rubbish and I invited the person to
back up their clai
Yeah, 'seems to be the way I've always made mine. ;<
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Alex Chamberlain"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] PARTS PRICES
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
On 07/0
> > > WILTON wrote:
> > >
> > > BTW, I made a nice cylinder lock releasing pin from piece of
> > > white coat hanger. File inside of the working end of the
> > > release pin at a 45 degree angle to facilitate its sliding
> > > up onto the lock while depressing it.
> > Philip wrote:
> >
> > I mad
Zachary how much for a new German master cylinder for a 77 VW Beetle? No
rebuilt ones for me anymore.
Thanks, Mike
On Sep 7, 2011 4:57 PM, "Rusty Cullens" wrote:
> Zachary!
>
>
> Rusty Cullens
> BuyMBparts, Inc.
> www.buyMBparts.biz
> www.buyEUROparts.biz
> www.buyASIANparts.biz
> Tel/ 1-800-741
Zachary!
Rusty Cullens
BuyMBparts, Inc.
www.buyMBparts.biz
www.buyEUROparts.biz
www.buyASIANparts.biz
Tel/ 1-800-741-5252
Fax/ 770-454-9745
ICQ 427542441
AIM BuyMBparts
- Original Message -
From: "Alex Chamberlain"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
> On 07/09/2011 3:17 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
>> Are you saying that you will price match even autohaus.az.com? A friend in
>> the Porsche repair business told me that they undercutting everybody to
>> the
>> point that it looks like they are
I will match ANYBODY on ANYTHING and that does include Autohaus AZ.
Rusty Cullens
BuyMBparts, Inc.
www.buyMBparts.biz
www.buyEUROparts.biz
www.buyASIANparts.biz
Tel/ 1-800-741-5252
Fax/ 770-454-9745
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AIM BuyMBparts
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, Septem
On 07/09/2011 3:17 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
...Thanks Craig. As I have said many times before and this applies to
Jaime who
used to buy from me, I will match ANYONE'S price on ANYTHING. That pretty
much covers it I think...
Are you saying that you will price match even autohaus.az.com? A fri
Yep; 'nother attaboy.
Luckily, I haven't needed one that often.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Fmiser"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 ignition removal
WILTON wrote:
BTW, I made a nice cylinder lock releasing
> ...Thanks Craig. As I have said many times before and this applies to
> Jaime who
> used to buy from me, I will match ANYONE'S price on ANYTHING. That pretty
> much covers it I think...
>
Are you saying that you will price match even autohaus.az.com? A friend in
the Porsche repair business tol
So does that help you when you go out looking to steal a 123? Would the
cops determine that wire to be a "burglarous instrument?"
--R
On 9/7/11 3:20 PM, Fmiser wrote:
WILTON wrote:
BTW, I made a nice cylinder lock releasing pin from piece of
white coat hanger. File inside of the working end
> WILTON wrote:
> BTW, I made a nice cylinder lock releasing pin from piece of
> white coat hanger. File inside of the working end of the
> release pin at a 45 degree angle to facilitate its sliding up
> onto the lock while depressing it.
I made one from a stiff piece of wire - maybe a very big
This is EXACTLY what I saw and the price is very decent too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qube-Cart-XL-Grey-Folding-Shopping-Cart-Organizer-quik-/260664563831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb0d19877
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Gerry Archer wrote:
>
> I received one as a present. Not sure whe
AntiX is great! Forgot all about that one. It runs on old hardware (1997
era) just peachy, and does just as good on new silicon.
I didn't have the time to swap over a working system to it though.
Walt
On Sep 7, 2011 2:10 PM, "Curt Raymond" wrote:
> AntiX is also a good lightweight, Mepis but lig
AntiX is also a good lightweight, Mepis but lighter.
A 2.4Ghz machine should run it adequately under most all circumstances. I even
had it running well on an 800Mhz PII.
-Curt
--- On Wed, 9/7/11, Fmiser wrote:
> From: Fmiser
> Subject: Re: [Linux] [MBZ] OT: Computer cpu swap and Linux
> To:
Download the LXDE or XFCE4 version of Debian.
It takes up very little space, and runs quite well on minimal hardware.
You can also use Arch if you really like to tinker.
Walt
On Sep 7, 2011 1:48 PM, "Fmiser" wrote:
>> Gerry Archer wrote:
>
>> Parted out lightning struck Dell with 2.4Ghz Pentium
> Gerry Archer wrote:
> Parted out lightning struck Dell with 2.4Ghz Pentium
> 4 Celeron cpu. Put that cpu in another Dell which had
> a 1.4Ghz Pentium 4. Both cpu's have 400 fsb. The
> Celeron has a 128K cache, and the Pentium 4 has
> 256K L2 cache. Seems faster, but not sure.
>
> Want
'Sent the pdf to you coupla minutes ago, Curt.
BTW, I made a nice cylinder lock releasing pin from piece of white coat
hanger. File inside of the working end of the release pin at a 45 degree
angle to facilitate its sliding up onto the lock while depressing it.
Wilton
- Original Message
indeed!
looks like someone found a way to deal with it...;-)
cheers!
e
On 07/Sep/11 06:54, Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I dont see any reviews there.
Looks like Ms White's comment, and Henny's reply, are gone now.
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From what I remember, to take out the steering lock, you turn the key
to Position 2, then loosen the clamp on the neck of the steering
lock. There is a ball detent on the outside that has to be pushed
in. It was a bear to get the thing loose with the lock attached on a
car I got without a key
No need for a .pdf just to remove the lock cylinder. Turn the key to position
1 (unlocked but accessories off). Lift the sleeve with a hooked probe til it
touches the key. Turn key back to position 0 and remove key and cover. Put
the key back in, insert a probe of some sort in the hole to un
Turn key to position 2 (I think?)
Insert paper clip into the small hole in the grey/silver portion of the
ignition. (If the paper clip will not insert into the hole, try key
position 1)
Feel the resistance of the lock as you push the button in.
Spin the black ring off.
Remove ring, ignition tu
Okay now its my turn to ask about something that I know a bunch of people have
already asked about.
Does anybody have the .pdf for ignition lock removal handy? Somebody wants the
one out of my '83...
-Curt
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Yep, this seems to be correct on the earlier cars.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Is that the correct location for the foglamps? On my '79 they are
> closer together, more or less under the radiator grille. On this car
> they are all the way out under the headlamps.
>
>
Heh.
That "lifetime warranty" marketing crap is why we now use 3Com switches
instead of Cisco. Rather than pay for a premium product that rarely fails, we
now go out and just swap things out (2-3 times a year).
It's a crap shoot between the supplier and the customer. Make a substandard
produc
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Gerry Archer wrote:
> Parted out lightning struck Dell with 2.4Ghz Pentium
> 4 Celeron cpu. Put that cpu in another Dell which had
> a 1.4Ghz Pentium 4. Both cpu's have 400 fsb. The Celeron has a 128K cache,
> and the Pentium 4 has 256K L2 cache. Seems faster,
Not just VW. I once got 3 bad MCs in a row from Pep Boys for a Toyota truck I
used to own. The fourth finally seemed to work.
"Lifetime Warranty" is all well and good, but in time (and brake fluid) I lost
on that one.
Allan
On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:14 AM, "Michael Canfield"
wro
Manfred,
Yes, I am sure everything is installed the way it belongs. I have gone
over each thing so many times thinking I must be missing something that I
had to shave my hair off to keep from pulling it out of my head in
frustration.
Thanks, Mike
On Sep 6, 2011 4:31 PM, "MG" wrote:
> Are you s
Parts store quality for VW's is below the bottom of the barrel. I should
have known I couldn't get away with a reman m/c on a bug, especially one, or
two, from Advance Auto. I ordered all of my parts except the M/C from CB
Performance, used to be Claude's Buggies for the older VW folk. They are
There was an AMG W124 wagon, or so I seem to recall. Not many, but they did
exist.
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 7, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Rolf wrote:
> With time money and space (three things I dont have) I would love to put a
> 5.6 into a w123.
>
> -Rolf
>
> On 09/06/2011 07:21 PM, Max Dillo
Thanks Dieselhead and Phillip, I will look into Gmail right now.
If it works then that should do it. I really prefer to do
individual emails because it is easier to reply to them.
Manfred
From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] to 80 or to 81 the glow system
Why not send a
Thanks Craig. As I have said many times before and this applies to Jaime who
used to buy from me, I will match ANYONE'S price on ANYTHING. That pretty
much covers it I think. The biggest difference when you buy parts from us is
that we understand the car. I have been selling parts for just Merc
With time money and space (three things I dont have) I would love to put
a 5.6 into a w123.
-Rolf
On 09/06/2011 07:21 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
Yep, pretty expensive for a wagon with a 560 SEL engine/transmission that's
been massaged.
Would be fun to make one, probably could be done for less tha
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I dont see any reviews there.
Looks like Ms White's comment, and Henny's reply, are gone now.
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The 80 has a different bearing than 81 up. It was $7 from Rusty, the
"Mr. Q" man. I ordered a new one. 123 300 00 40
There are 4 types:
123 300 00 40 ~$7
123 300 09 40 ~$4
123 300 xx 40~$20
123 300 13 40 $56
the first 2 fit 80 and earlier
the last two is for 81 and later.
$56.2
Neither do I.
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On Sep 7, 2011, at 9:30 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote:
I dont see any reviews there.
On 9/6/2011 6:28 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
As some of you may know I run a small earthmoving business. For the last year I
have been fighting the council to be able to park my
I dont see any reviews there.
On 9/6/2011 6:28 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
As some of you may know I run a small earthmoving business. For the
last year I have been fighting the council to be able to park my truck
at my home and some of my 'lovely' neighbours have been trying to stop
me. Anyway l
I use Ubuntu, for whatever that is worth. You can install it along with
Windows then choose which to boot. Pretty simple to do, learning how it
works takes a bit of time but it seems to do the job.
--R
On 9/7/11 7:49 AM, Gerry Archer wrote:
Parted out lightning struck Dell with 2.4Ghz Penti
Parted out lightning struck Dell with 2.4Ghz Pentium
4 Celeron cpu. Put that cpu in another Dell which had
a 1.4Ghz Pentium 4. Both cpu's have 400 fsb. The
Celeron has a 128K cache, and the Pentium 4 has
256K L2 cache. Seems faster, but not sure.
Want to use that desktop computer for Li
I hit a water meter cover with one once. Not only broke the blade, it did some
damage to the spindle and bearings as well.
The cover survived with minimal damage...
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:04 PM, G Mann wrote:
> Most mower blades is a pretty low grade of steel so I doub
Thanks Allan,,, that's the quote I was trying to remember. Must have been
having an "oldtimers moment".
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> G Mann writes:
>
> > I find it fruitless to argue with stupid people they are so much
> better
> > at it they almost alway wear you
dude; your response makes you look nasty and confrontational; as if
you're trying to prove Ms. Whites point. if you're trying to make your
business look like a good place to deal with, you'd be better off
pulling your response (if you still can).
if you can manage to post something that look
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