Hey Kaleb - My prayers are with you and your family neighbors - I
heard you had some pretty strong aftershocks - are you seeing any damage?
Stay safe -
LarryT
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I've had several otherwise competent indy Mercedes mechanics fill me up
with green antifreeze (yecch). I always switch back to genuine OEM clear
coolant, but this begs the question: Do I (we) really know more than they
do?
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com
If fluid level is OK why would changing the transmission fluid have any
effect on your creeping in park syndrome?
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM, MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com wrote:
Have you checked the transmission fluid level? When low it can cause a
whine.
Manfred
Date: Sun, 06 Nov
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:01 AM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I've had several otherwise competent indy Mercedes mechanics fill me up
with green antifreeze (yecch). I always switch back to genuine OEM clear
coolant, but this begs the question: Do I (we) really know more than
I keep running into experts that do things wrong and get away with it because
they are experts. I'm not an expert in a lot of things but I when I know
something is done incorrectly no expert is going to convince me otherwise.
I've tested the pH of MB antifreeze with litmus paper and compared it
I will second that. Every single time I have had work done on any of my
vehicles at a shop, by professional mechanics I have been disappointed
about something. That is why I am driving old VW's and MBZ's. I can fix
them myself and be happy knowing I did it the way it was intended to be
done;
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I keep running into experts that do things wrong and get away with it
because they are experts.
I'm not an expert in a lot of things but I when I know something is done
incorrectly no expert is going
to convince
One of the benefits of being a layperson is having the luxury of day
dream time. If I ponder a problem long enough - over a period of days or
weeks - I can quite often arrive at the the most logical solution.
The technically gifted professional mechanic, OTOH, must come up with a
solution ASAP,
Michael Canfield wrote:
I will second that. Every single time I have had work done on any of my
vehicles at a shop, by professional mechanics I have been disappointed
about something. That is why I am driving old VW's and MBZ's. I can fix
them myself and be happy knowing I did it the way it
Working in education makes this even more enjoyable:
Q: How do you get a liberal arts major off of your porch?
A: Pay him for the pizza.
rim shot
Try the veal, folks, it's really good
Dan
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Weren't all 1997 W210 diesels normally aspirated? Carfax shows the
VIN to indeed belong to a '97, and the picture of the trunk seems to
show a TURBODIESEL badge. Maybe the trunk got swapped or someone
put on the wrong badge for the heck of
Don't know if you have heard this one but the Lt Gov of Newfoundland got
in hot water recently for telling it.
It goes like this:
I was talking to a fellow who told me he was feeling depressed about the
economy, his retirement plans, the declining value of his pension, the
cost of oil, the
As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high
gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods --
merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This
year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com writes:
If fluid level is OK why would changing the transmission fluid have
any effect on your creeping in park syndrome?
Now that I think about it the fluid might be a bit high. It's reading
full with the transmission cold or at best warmish.
Allan
I heard that there is finally conclusive proof that Osama bin Laden and
Moomar Gadafffy are dead -- they both registered to vote in Chicago last
week.
--R
On 11/7/11 12:49 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Don't know if you have heard this one but the Lt Gov of Newfoundland
got in hot water recently
Listers:
My son (he's in Austin TX, I'm in Vancouver, WA) called last night and said
that his 1980 4 spd. 240D alternator belt has inexplicably loosened in just
a few days without any of the bolts being loose. Have any of you ever
experienced anything like this? Or have a good guess how this
The bolt from the alt to the adjuster came out?
B: 1. replace the bolt
2. tighten the belt.
Listers:
My son (he's in Austin TX, I'm in Vancouver, WA) called last night and said
that his 1980 4 spd. 240D alternator belt has inexplicably loosened in just
a few days without any of
Does it have the tensioner adjuster to tighten up the belt? On my 79TD
there are no bolts actually holding the alternator, this tensioner
adjusts the alternator in/out to get the belt tight.
The other thing to check is the belt itself, but I am thinking the
tensioner, if it has one.
--R
My old 220D did this. The alternator was bad, the bearing were shot
and the rotor was banging on the stator. Ate belts like crazy, also
didn't charge well.
Have him check the bearings. Any noise, vibration, or ability to
move the shaft in or out or sideways means it's time for an
Well, you might wish to bear in mind that many of your neighbors work in
the retail world where all of this nice asian stuff is sold.
If you stop buying all this nice asian stuff, those neighbors are going
to be laid off and stores will close etc.
Sadly it is a big world out there and whatever
Not that I am anti-American, but in this age of a global economy, it's pretty
ludicrous to think that the Buy American approach is remotely practical.
Since I know I can't make a dent by boycotting foreign products, I continue to
do something I think is relevant and productive for the economy -
I was chagrined when my recently refurbished 1985 300TD ran dry of SLS
(self leveling system) fluid, despite any indication of leakage in the form
of puddles or drips under hte car. The fluid is also not getting into the
crankcase (according to the oil dipstick). I was thinking that it might be
One of my mechanics swears that some diesel brands yield significantly
better economy than others. My wife subscribes to this theory also. Based
on recent unscientific and statistically insignificant tests, I am beginning
to think this may be so.
Do any of you experienced dieselers care to
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I was chagrined when my recently refurbished 1985 300TD ran
dry of SLS (self leveling system) fluid, despite any
indication of leakage in the form of puddles or drips under
hte car. The fluid is also not getting into the crankcase
(according to the oil dipstick).
Yes.
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andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I was chagrined when my recently refurbished 1985 300TD ran dry of SLS
(self leveling system) fluid, despite any indication of leakage in the form
of puddles or drips under hte car. The fluid is
Does anybody know of a free internet fax service that you can setup to
give you a fax number that allows people to send you a fax? I need to
be able to get faxes on occasion, not very often, and just want
something they can fax to that sends it to my email
I get the best milage and least smoke from Shell or the local Co-op
fuel (the latter is B5 or B10, too). Other brands (Marathon,
Phillips) work fine but more smoke and about 1/2 mpg less on average.
There are significant differences in diesel fuel according to source,
and some burn better
On my 95 with the NA version of that engine, there is a shocking amount of room
on the exhaust manifold side of the engine, no plastic blocking the view.
I think that the turbo version also has an intercooler, so there should be an
obvious amount of piping and ducting to move all that air
Agree.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
One of my mechanics swears that some diesel brands yield significantly
better economy than others. My wife subscribes to this theory also. Based
on recent unscientific and statistically
I wonder if high level can also cause the whine?
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Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com writes:
If fluid level is OK why would changing the transmission fluid have
any effect on your creeping in park
If the filter is plugged, pressure to the valve body may be too low and cause
weirdness. Junk in the valve body can do the same. I'm a firm believer in M1
ATF after my 124.193's transmission improved dramatically when filled with M1
and driven for about 10k miles.
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I have a 1996 and my understanding is the 1996 1997 are NA and the 1998-99
are turbodiesels. The badge is probably fake. I would probably not buy one
where turbo had been added or aftermarket. The NA diesel is not as fast nor as
fuel efficient, but I can say I think it is a great vehicle
Attached photo shows the bilstein boot on one of the struts from my
124. I'd say it is a good fit. Plenty of length. Bottom goes over
the body of the strut. Top hole in the boot is 14mm, the diameter of
the strut rod.
I hope Q will make note of the number and suggest the boots to those
Peppy little thing.
And sooo masculin with the flower vase on the dash.
But 45 mpg.
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'82 300SD
'01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI
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G. M. Brown
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No photo came through for me. I would like to see it.
Thanks,
Bob
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Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 12:54 pm
Subject: [MBZ] 124 strut boot followup 2
Attached photo shows the bilstein
I can't say much about diesel but I do know that back a number of years,
some gasoline brands seemed to work better in my car.
I could run some but not others. If I bought Shell, for example, my car
would ping. if I bought Esso, it ran fine. (I am in Canada so the brands
might sound odd to
I am becomming a big fan of Shoe Goo, and cut up soda cans as a backing
material, to repair all sorts of old, brittle plastic parts.
Allan
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Looks nice! Is it worth doing?
Michael E. Esh
On Oct 24, 2011, at 4:07 PM, glenn brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hood pad installed on '85 300TD.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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I just installed a new pad on my W116 on Sunday. I believe it has two
benefits, one it quiets the engine noise a bit, also it insulates the
paint from the heat of the engine (though in the summertime the heat of
the sun is probably just as intense, so I'm not really sure how big a
deal that is).
Kaleb, et al.
Re: the recent links to archived hood pad installation files.
My browser (Google) and malware watchdogs are making noisy warnings
about malware on the archive sites.
Anyone else experience that?
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Yes. I emailed about it last week or so.
My guess is that there was an attachment somewhere along the way that
triggered their alarms. Though I thought the attachments didn't get
archived... in any case, it should get cleaned up as it may be disuading
people from joining the list.
Allan
Fred
In my 87 TD, the leak was in the low pressure hose. It should have
been replaced as part of Andrews rebuild/refurb of the system. When
the LP hose leaks, you don't notice it, except maybe some oil spots
on the pavement where you park, but by far most of it goes on the
road while driving.
I loved mine. Less mundane than the Jetta TDI I now have.
Bob R
On Nov 7, 2011 3:54 PM, Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Peppy little thing.
And sooo masculin with the flower vase on the dash.
But 45 mpg.
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'01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI
Not free, but cheap.
http://www.onesuite.com/products_OneSuiteFax.asp
The free ones will stick ads into your faxes, or they are short-term
trials.
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Does anybody know of a free internet fax service that you can setup to
give you a fax
The number you want is Cetane. Of course, the regs are set up so
that no erl company has to tell you the actual cetane of the fuel you
are buying. So, of course, they won't tell you. There IS a very
wide variation in cetane.Oil companies are always on the look for
anything they can buy
I've still never seen M1 ATF for sale anywhere.
If the filter is plugged, pressure to the valve body may be too low
and cause weirdness. Junk in the valve body can do the same. I'm a
firm believer in M1 ATF after my 124.193's transmission improved
dramatically when filled with M1 and driven
Kaleb,
Go to:
http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safarisite=mail.okiebenz.comhl=en-us
at the bottom, there is a link for webmaster tools they claim will
help you diagnose.
If you want help, put an appeal out to the members. I am sure some
are technically capable and willing to
Nothing free i know of, but there are several who are cheaper than
efax. I think efax is still the leader in the category. compared to
the cost of maintaining an analog phone line just for fax, efax looks
good. For those of us who no longer keep a land line for business,
efax or a similar
Only thing I didn't like about the new Beetle I drove was visibility of
the corners of the car. Seemed it would be very easy to bump into things
guessing exactly where they are. I guess that is why I see so many dinged
up bumpers on them.
Mike
On Nov 7, 2011 7:16 PM, Bob Rentfro
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for okiebenz.com
What is the current listing status for okiebenz.com?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your
computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the
past 90 days.
What happened when
Robert Koziak wrote:
No photo came through for me. I would like to see it.
That's because it got renamed .obj.
Save it to hard drive and change the name back to .jpg.
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Allan Streib wrote:
Yes. I emailed about it last week or so.
My guess is that there was an attachment somewhere along the way that
triggered their alarms. Though I thought the attachments didn't get
archived... in any case, it should get cleaned up as it may be disuading
people from joining
All of the FLAPS have it around here. I have a couple of quarts sitting in my
garage right now.
Dan
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Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W116, noisy
Robert Koziak wrote:
No photo came through for me. I would like to see it.
The list does not pass attachments. Instead, they are hosted at
the server and a link is added to the end of the message.
Look at the end for a section that starts with
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In
Allan Streib wrote:
I am becomming a big fan of Shoe Goo, and cut up soda cans as
a backing material, to repair all sorts of old, brittle
plastic parts.
Heh. I even used some to repair some _shoes_ recently!! Go figure.
-- Philip
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On Nov 7, 2011 4:21 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I've still never seen M1 ATF for sale anywhere.
Autozone reliably stocks it here, but at NAPA or anywhere else it's special
order only.
Alex
Alex
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The advertisement says it has a V6 engine; if they got that wrong, then perhaps
they have the year wrong as well? I'm thinking it really is a turbo, just a
sloppy ad.
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Charles Scruggs drcscru...@aol.com wrote:
I have a 1996 and my understanding
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:
Autozone reliably stocks it here, but at NAPA or anywhere else it's special
order only.
Yep, got mine at Autozone. They have cases of it.
Allan
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Need someone to develop a lab on a chip to measure cetane and water and
microbial growth, and sell it for $50 or so.
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Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
The number you want is Cetane. Of course, the regs are set up so
that no erl company has
Congrats! I've heard they are very enjoyable cars. Instead of flowers, put your
spare Glock magazines or a cased cigar...
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Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com wrote:
Peppy little thing.
And sooo masculin with the flower vase on the dash.
But 45 mpg.
Autozone carries it here in South Carolina, but it is pricey.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I've still never seen M1 ATF for sale anywhere.
If the filter is plugged, pressure to the valve body may be too low
and cause weirdness. Junk in
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Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net writes:
Autozone carries it here in South Carolina, but it is pricey.
Compared to the cost of a new transmission?
Of course the evidence that M1 will prolong the life of your
transmission is mostly anectodal, AFAIK.
Allan
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Somehow or other my wife managed to break the main casting of the Dyson
vac she bought a coupla years ago for too much money. Broke it right
across the whole thing. I'm not sure how it happened, or could happen,
but she said something about the steps and it came apart or something.
Get 2 part plastic 5 minute epoxy.
Also get some 80 grit sandpaper and some saran wrap.
Sand the edges of the break to roughen them up, mix the epoxy, then spread
out over the break.
Use the saran wrap to press it into the break, and spread it out.
Once it starts to harden, peel the saran wrap
I say all new vacuums are garbage. I have a house that I rent to college
students and every year the new group/s buy a new vacuum or two, including
Dysons. At the end of the year they leave me the vacuum/s as a treat. They
never work - no suction. I look for blocked passages etc but can't ever
Well, the walton outlaws drove all the walton
flaps out of the region years ago. = No autozoña
around here.
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:
Autozone reliably stocks it here, but at NAPA or anywhere else it's special
order only.
Yep, got mine at Autozone. They have
Buy a Filter Queen.
Peter
On Nov 7, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Somehow or other my wife managed to break the main casting of the
Dyson vac she bought a coupla years ago for too much money. Broke
it right across the whole thing. I'm not sure how it happened, or
could happen,
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:16:34 -0800 (PST) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
All of the FLAPS have it around here. I have a couple of quarts
sitting in my garage right now.
Same for me, too.
Craig
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hypoallergenic bags for them. I think any Pre-1980 Hoover is good.
I say all new vacuums are garbage. I have a house that I rent to
college students and every year the new group/s buy a new vacuum or
two, including Dysons.
I'll keep an eye out for those 33s!
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On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoover 33s, if you can find one, will last forever. You can now buy
hypoallergenic bags for them. I think any Pre-1980 Hoover is good.
I say all new vacuums are
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
The advertisement says it has a V6 engine; if they got that wrong, then
perhaps they have the year wrong as well?
Many, many people think any six-cylinder engine is a V-6. (I can
understand them never having seen under the
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
3M makes
spray 77 too, for example. I use that to hold on
the vapor barriers in the doors.
Ironically, I use Shoe Goo for that.
Alex
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Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
The advertisement says it has a V6 engine; if they got that wrong, then perhaps
they have the year wrong as well?
Many, many people think any six-cylinder engine is a V-6.
There's a e320 with a
Anyone know anything about the current crop of new VW Diesels? Are the
engines/trannys any good? It looks like you can buy at least two if them
for less than a new E class CDI.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Congrats! I've heard they are very enjoyable
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken headlight
doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in the same places after
not much time.
I've now glued it with Shoe Goo and some thin aluminum strips (soda can
metal) as reinforcement over the cracks. Fortunately it's all out of
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:
Many, many people think any six-cylinder engine is a V-6. (I can
understand them never having seen under the hood of a Mercedes or a
BMW, but an awful lot of American pickups came with straight sixes in
the '50s through the '80s, didn't they?)
Allan Streib wrote:
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken headlight
doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in the same places after
not much time.
They make special UV resistant epoxy. It's mostly used in wood strip boat
construction where you want the wood to
I wonder how well PVC cement would work? It wouldn't look as perdy as new,
but hopefully,, it will work.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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