Thinking about getting this one since Dad’s iching to work on something again.
Anything huge that I should run from?
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/2820321732.html
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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Can't help with the spring questions but you comment about
flaring, basically the engine spins before it goes
through (I think) 1-2 and 2-3,
IMO Flaring is when the clutches do not completely engage quickly - you are
basically slipping the clutch as it shifts - to put it in Manual Tranny mode
kevin kraly wrote:
Thinking about getting this one since Dad’s iching to work on something again.
Anything huge that I should run from?
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/2820321732.html
Definitely needs a grille, fender, turn signal, headlight bezels and hood star.
Paint's nothing to
On Jan 27, 2012 7:16 AM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Can't help with the spring questions but you comment about
flaring, basically the engine spins before it goes
through (I think) 1-2 and 2-3,
IMO Flaring is when the clutches do not completely engage quickly - you
are basically
Tim C wrote:
Mine goes to a high RPM with no load, then drops back to normal once it
makes it into gear. I included that line because I realize that might be
something completely different than what I thought it was called. :)
I conclude that your clutch pack gets 100 shifts worth of wear
I use the rattle-wrench to remove and tighten the alternator pully nut.
I've had one (FLAPS-branded) rebuild come with a keyed shaft; the
Bosch rebuilds don't in my experience. Doesn't seem to really matter
in practice.
Allan
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 03:20 PM, Hendrik Fay wrote:
Basically
Thanks Mitch, that's very helpful.
-Tim
Hopefully still has a couple years then
On Jan 27, 2012 9:00 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Tim C wrote:
Mine goes to a high RPM with no load, then drops back to normal once it
makes it into gear. I included that line because I realize that
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:54:36 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Well crap if you are driving down 412 to Arkansas you will be within
about 5 miles of okie acres
So where is Okie Acres? It looked to me to be a lot more than 5 miles
from 412 to Claremore.
Craig
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
Mine goes to a high RPM with no load, then drops back to normal once it
makes it into gear. I included that line because I realize that might be
something completely different than what I thought it was called. :)
Sounds like a
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:24:44 -0500 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I explained the fundamental theorem of calculus to my wife when she was
forced to take some sort of math class for a pre-med training or
something, and she actually understood it and thought it was
http://acidcow.com/pics/20120126/acid_picdump_26.jpg
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:24:44 -0500 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I explained the fundamental theorem of calculus to my wife when she was
forced to take some sort of math class for a pre-med training or
something, and she actually understood it and thought it was
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:39:20 -0600 Luther's Benz
benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote:
Big K is Kelvan?
Kelvin, yes, with no degree mark.
Craig
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I live s of Claremore about 5-6 miles from 412 from the inola/Claremore exit
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On Jan 27, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:54:36 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Well crap if you are driving down 412 to Arkansas
Do the front belts in a W124 have an explosive charge to tighten them
in
the event of an accident?
Yes, so far as I know. If they've got a bag they
have belt tensioners too.
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'Sounds like another ATTABOY.
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From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] And here we were complaining about fuel prices ...
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:26:06 -0500 WILTON
Yeah, I went through the same thing. The answer was to just put the
pulley on and tighten the nut. Your number of 80 is about right. I
got mine as tight as i could, and it has been ok.
Yep, they are stuck pretty tight. Always used rebuilt alternators before
which had keys. This is the
Yeah but I have lots of black moly grease, what's wrong with that stuff?
Hendrik
who thinks that towelettes are not as manly as good old black grease
Nuttin(My butcher knife works well to butcher the queens angleish)
Well your moly grease does not have a three pointed star on it, so
that
F O R A Y D
Fix or replace at your
discretion.
-- Jim
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Cruising at 25,000ft, temp ~ -50C; 305kts IAS/CAS, MACH .77; 444 kts TAS
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From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 was: 07 R320CDI with 320259000meters
Good candidate for a roller paint job. I have a good grill if you need it
although I don't have an extra hood star.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:31:26 -0800
From: kevin kraly kr...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] 1980 Mercedes 240D $650
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On Jan 27, 2012 5:01 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
kevin kraly wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/2820321732.html
Definitely needs a grille, fender, turn signal, headlight bezels and hood
star. Paint's nothing to be proud of. May need a hood. OTOH, for twice the
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 09:42 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
I haven't been to a PnP in Portland in a few years but the last time
there was a distinct lack of 123s--probaby inversely correlated with
the huge number of them on the road here. How much is shipping going
to run if Kevin has to
On Jan 27, 2012 7:55 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Do the front belts in a W124 have an explosive charge to tighten them in
the event of an accident?
Yes, so far as I know. If they've got a bag they
have belt tensioners too.
But are they still functional after twenty-some
Hmm, don't know. I know there's a date stamp inside the door saying when
the airbag should be serviced. Maybe they check and replace the belt
tensioners if required at the same time?
Ed
300E
On 27 January 2012 13:07, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 27, 2012 7:55 AM,
Try dumping some of that cargo in the bays, see if it doesn't help
performance somewhat. ;-) Just don't do it over my backyard please. Hee
hee
I used to help out at a local aviation museum here. We were restoring an
old Lanc. I remember reading the performance figures at the time back
then,
I need to do the diagram of y=f(x), while explaining what that means,
with x,y and (x+deltax),(y+deltay) on a curve and show how as deltax and
deltay approach 0 the slope between the two points becomes the tangent
to the curve, which is dy/dx. Most of the books have that, but until
you really
Much more typical, en route cruise for a B-52 is at 35 or 37 kft (easily go
much higher); IAS 238 kts, MACH .77, 444 kts TAS; combat cruise at 250 kts
IAS, mach .82, 470 kts TAS. Easily go significant faster. I've seldom
known a B-52 to stay at 25 kft long.
Wilton
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I had a neighbor when I lived near Boston who flew B-17s to deliver the
goods in Europe. He did a year at GA Tech then joined up, they sent him
to flight school then stuck him in the left seat in England and off he
went. He flew toward the end, but it was hairy enough according to some
of
I had an uncle who flew in a Lanc during the war...rear gunner. The guy
had lots of stories, some great, some not so great. One mission, the plane
was pretty shot up, and the floor of the rear turret was shot out. As he
tells it, he had his legs dangling out during the flight home. Flying over
Air bags are supposedly out of service after something like ten years.
I seem to recall a service bulletin saying something to that effect.
Dan
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On Jan 27, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 27, 2012 7:55 AM, Jim Cathey
My Dad was a flight engineer in a B-29 based on Guam and later Tinian. It was
outfitted as a photo reconnaissance plane, with a tail gunner and possibly no
automated turrets (not sure about that.)
They flew daytime sorties over Japan and the islands to gather intelligence and
document the
WILTON wrote:
Much more typical, en route cruise for a B-52 is at 35 or 37
kft (easily go much higher); IAS 238 kts, MACH .77, 444 kts
TAS; combat cruise at 250 kts IAS, mach .82, 470 kts TAS.
Easily go significant faster. I've seldom known a B-52 to
stay at 25 kft long.
Cruising at
I thought it was extended to 15 yrs but maybe that's for later models.
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On Jan 27, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Air bags are supposedly out of service after something like ten years.
I seem to recall a service bulletin saying something to that effect.
I'll have to double check, I haven't looked at the date stamp in some time
now. I seem to recall that the date was over written with a later date on
mine, so not sure if that meant the airbag was serviced, and then a new
recheck date was issued. It was always dealer serviced before I got it.
Ed
Any thoughts on what flight simulators offer the best Concorde, and 747 ?
I've watched numerous videos of the flight deck of Concorde, on YouTube.
It would be fun to play around with a flight simulator on the PC. :-)
Captain Ed.
300E
On 27 January 2012 15:23, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Do the front belts in a W124 have an explosive charge to tighten them in
the event of an accident?
I just lubed the reels for the front seat belts on my W123 and it has the
explosive squibs.
Rick
Sent from my distant extension
of A.G. Bell's invention
Likely that means it was stealer serviced/replaced the shotgun shell.
I've had at least one that way.
I'll have to double check, I haven't looked at the date stamp in some time
now. I seem to recall that the date was over written with a later date on
mine, so not sure if that meant the
Are there any extra precautions that need to be taken when doing such
things, or are they pretty safe to work around, providing you don't drive
into anything while you're working on them? I'm always a bit nervous
working around things that can go bang in my face. :-)
Ed
300E
On 27 January 2012
I put a hex key socket/impact wrench on the shaft end, and a box end
on the nut. Got it up pretty close to 80 ft/lb and stopped when (cheap)
allen key in end of shaft began to strip.
Think maybe the 4 year old battery is bad since the cell hydrometer
readings won't go up after charging a
So, I should continue to drive carefully, anyway, 'cause I can't/shouldn't
depend on my 21-and-25-year-old belts and bags to save me. Oh, and keep
being lucky enough.
Wilton
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BTW, several years ago, at a local air show, I was kneeling down at the
forward end of the open bomb bay doors of a B-17 and peering up into the bay
when one of the crewmen walked up and asked, What do you think? I
immediately said, Small, very small. I immediately realized that I'd
better
My wife wanted the 17 LCD from home for her office to replace her 17 CRT so I
bought a new monitor for home. We watch most of our TV online and I figured it
made some sense.
For ~$180 I got (from Amazon of course) a Viewsonic 24 LED. From the reviews I
read it seemed like a good deal and I've
'78 240DI need to replace the fan switch (blower control?) in my car, the
existing unit won't turn past the first notch. I've got 2 spares, one from
Hammie the '83 240D (RIP) and one from a junkyard unit.Both have some kind of
cable that gets payed out of the unit as the fan speed is raised.
I put one of Rusty's ATs in last summer (by local shop) and must concur
- they are awesome with great prices.
I may have mentioned this, but my local MB Dealer was willing to install
a outside vendor's rebuilt AT just like the local Indy did (but the
dealer wanted $1250 Vs $650).
When I
Unless they've changed the exothermic chemistry used for automobile airbags
since Jimmy Carter's day, ask your local chemist about his/her opinion of the
stability of metallic azides.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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clay
On Jan 27, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Jan 27, 2012 5:01 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
kevin kraly
On Jan 27, 2012 3:20 PM, Curt Raymond said
For ~$180 I got (from Amazon of course) a Viewsonic 24 LED.
What's the model number? What kind of panel technology does it use?
Alex
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It may be different on a PC, but for Mac I prefer larger than 1920x1200
resolution. I have a 17 laptop that runs at 1920x1200. I think 2560x1600
on a 27 would be nice. Two full screen windows with extra real screen
space.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Alex Chamberlain
Explosive ones have it marked on the belt buckle, RS from memory.
Developed in the late 70's and pretty much standard from about 83 onwards.
Was developed by MB and as per industry convention, made available to
all car makers.
Hendrik
who hopes to never test the system
Jim Cathey wrote:
Do
Pretty certain that the K1 spring kit is only for 722.3/4 trannies and
only fixes the 2-3 flare.
Have no experience with the 722.1 boxes but flaring can be caused by a
slow change over, worn clutches, brake band 2 sticking and perhaps low
operating pressure.
At this stage I would suggest that a
We feel it's a moral obligation to correct the language -- -
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
Well one would suppose that a nation that has been butchering the Queens
English for a long time, would have no qualms about making up words to suit
itself.
Anybody know what its for and how to correctly connect it?
Isn't it hooked to the recirculation flap too? Highest fan +
flips it on recirc?
-- Jim
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Would that signing rule Britannia be in American Sign Language?
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:
drinking a cup of English tea and signing rule Britannia on the front
lawn on the 4th of July. Do it again and you'll have to hang the union jack
on the
Captain Ed wrote:
Any thoughts on what flight simulators offer the best
Concorde, and 747 ? I've watched numerous videos of the flight
deck of Concorde, on YouTube. It would be fun to play around
with a flight simulator on the PC. :-)
Don't know about best - but I like Flightgear
On Jan 27, 2012 5:50 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
Explosive ones have it marked on the belt buckle, RS from memory.
Is that what that stands for? I always wondered why the belts on both
front seats were labeled Right Side. ;)
Alex
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Thanks for the link, I'll be sure to check it out!
Ed
300E
On 27 January 2012 21:45, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Captain Ed wrote:
Any thoughts on what flight simulators offer the best
Concorde, and 747 ? I've watched numerous videos of the flight
deck of Concorde, on YouTube. It
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