Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread Hendrik Fay
Is that where you got your Euro lights from? Speaking of which, they seem to be expensive for decent ones http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mercedes-Benz-W107-R107-Satz-Bosch-Scheinwerfer-Neu-/130682278523?pt=DE_Autoteilehash=item1e6d45527b Hendrik who has euro style lights On 26/04/12 14:58, clay

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?( southern MO)

2012-04-26 Thread David Kristin Gilmore
At 10:32 PM 4/25/2012, Philip wrote: (snip) With very slight pressure against the synchros, it's possible to feel when the speed matches. At that point, a quick snink and it's in gear. Hey, you could drive down here to southern MO and help

Re: [MBZ] W123 1985 300TD ACC (heating system) 101

2012-04-26 Thread Mike Esh
I thought all things were sex-linked? :@). Hehe Michael E. Esh On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: ...I think you need a feminine nose for the final test Hah! My wife's always asking me to smell this or that out of the refrigerator in order to see

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
TYVM,,, I'm still open to donations.. ;)) Happy money... how much is that btw? Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:16 PM, OK Don

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread Randy Bennell
On 25/04/2012 6:59 PM, Mountain Man wrote: -- Philip wrote: I do it every time I drive one of my cars with a manual transmission. -- Philip, who floats more shifts than he clutchs. I have 3 pedals in my 240D. Teach me? Are there youtube videos showing this... I wonder? Sounds like a nice

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread clay monroe
Nope. I am not going to waste good cash on a turd like that car. The fellow has no clue as to the value of his rust heap. I looked at a number of cars in the past five months and I saw what the water does to them. One fellow had a running example that was surely a flood car. Rust

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread Randy Bennell
On 26/04/2012 12:28 AM, clay monroe wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/2974323812.html Yeah, I want your incipient rust storm for $2k. This will take weeks of hard work to neutralize. And it will never be right. Insurance already paid him off, and this is criminal clay

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread clay monroe
The w113 is a bit more desirable than the r107. Granted his price is high for a tear down restorable. It is not a 300sl from 1963, but maybe you break even pouring $30k into it. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Cleo

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread Rick Knoble
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:57:35 -0500 From: rbenn...@bennell.ca Have to say, I fail to understand why one would need or want to do this? It is very good to know how to do this in the event of a catasrophic failure of the hydraulic system. Rick

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread Fmiser
Philip wrote: I do it every time I drive one of my cars with a manual transmission. -- Philip, who floats more shifts than he clutchs. On 25/04/2012 6:59 PM, Mountain Man wrote: I have 3 pedals in my 240D. Teach me? Are there youtube videos showing this... I wonder?

Re: [MBZ] Headlights from the Black Lagoon

2012-04-26 Thread andrew strasfogel
If anyone wants a pair of decent 108 buckets I can gladly accommodate... On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:12 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote: While waiting for the proper spark wires to come from Rusty, I got excited when UPS guy dropped a box on the porch.  Not the needed wires, will

Re: [MBZ] W123 1985 300TD ACC (heating system) 101

2012-04-26 Thread andrew strasfogel
Then last night took a long RT to Columbia, MD (25 miles each way). On the way out, at milepost 10 I got hit with a rich smell of burnt engine air. This lasted 5 minutes before going away! On the way back, at 9 PM, I drove in both highway and stop and go traffic using the same ACC settings as the

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread andrew strasfogel
Wonder what he's smoking. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:33 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote: The w113 is a bit more desirable than the r107.   Granted his price is high for a tear down restorable.  It is not a 300sl from 1963, but maybe you break even pouring $30k into it. clay

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot of the week- PNW Edition

2012-04-26 Thread Randy Bennell
You first. Randy On 26/04/2012 11:33 AM, clay monroe wrote: The w113 is a bit more desirable than the r107. Granted his price is high for a tear down restorable. It is not a 300sl from 1963,but maybe you break even pouring $30k into it. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green

Re: [MBZ] W123 1985 300TD ACC (heating system) 101

2012-04-26 Thread Rich Thomas
IS the engine really clean? If not, clean it really well. Next time you smell this, pull over somewhere and inspect everything closely to see if there is any little drips of something hitting the exhaust, etc. --R On 4/26/12 12:54 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Then last night took a long RT

Re: [MBZ] W123 1985 300TD ACC (heating system) 101

2012-04-26 Thread Gerry Archer
Have you checked for loose belts or related hot bearing? If you have a hand held pyrometer, you could stop and check to see if any of these items are running hot. I had a similar problem on a 240D with a bad idler pulley bearing. Couldn't figure it out until the bearing froze and smoke

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Larry T
I have lived in a lot of locations during my life - let's see, drop the places where I was too young to know much and we have Aiken, SC, Hampton,Va, Baton Rouge, La, Port Arthur Tx, Hopewell, NJ, Sommerville, SC, Greenville, SC, Chester, Va, Oak Ridge Tn, Bloomington,Ill, Frostburg, Md and back

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their families decamped to the area in the summers (summer-ville!) to get away from the skeeters and yellow fever of the Lowcountry. Their slaves had natural immunity, which was an interesting contributory factor to the growth of the area

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their families decamped to the area in the summers (summer-ville!) to get away from the skeeters and

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Craig
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:01 -0400 Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: Good luck on your next location - I hope it will be all you want it to be. Thank you, Larry. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
If you become one with your machine... you will be able to float your gear changes... that is all... Some will feel the force and some will not. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Philip wrote: I do it every time I drive one of my cars with a manual

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread Randy Bennell
Yeah, I know - I had to do that with my old Suburban when the tranny was slowly going bad. Gently lift a bit on the 1-2 shift so it would do it nicely. I still see no reason one would waste time on nonsense like this unless there was something wrong with the car that compelled one to do so.

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Rich Thomas
That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh --R On 4/26/12 5:58 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Rich Thomasrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Summerville, SC, so named because the planters and their

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Haha. Gotta love the Massholes. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh --R On 4/26/12 5:58 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Sounds nicer than Slumerville, MA. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26,

Re: [MBZ] What it's like to live in various parts of the country

2012-04-26 Thread Craig
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:52 -0700 (PDT) Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Haha. Gotta love the Massholes. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: That's Summuhvull, Gateway to Meffuh --R On 4/26/12 5:58

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. Aren't there tech incubators that push this type of stuff forward? mao

[MBZ] OT - Appreciative American

2012-04-26 Thread WILTON
#1 Grandson is soon finishing his junior year at UNC-Chapel Hill (in France since last Aug). He volunteered coupla days ago on skype that the last several months away and travels around Europe (Italy, Hungary, Austria Luxembourg, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Poland and others), he has gained a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
I've been that design by committee route on projects. It never went well to the end result that kept the vision of the project in focus. Thanks for the thought. Things that work well are conceived by individuals and produced by individuals who are driven and are drivers, in my experience. Because

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
BTW the medical records at VA hospitals have been computerized for a very, very long time. Having worked at all kinds of hospitals as a surgical resident I can tell you that accessing a VA patients records was a breeze. In a regular hospital it was a nightmare. The drawback of the VA system is

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
Good point. I studied the VA system while devising my own. Just as the old DOS system for computers worked, but was slow and cumbersome the current VA system handles patient information equally as poorly. Bill Gates [you might remember him] streamlined the DOS system [over time at least] and made

Re: [MBZ] OT - Appreciative American

2012-04-26 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
He's visiting Latvia and Estonia soon? Hmmm. He might not be returning. The women there are HOT HOT HOT! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:44 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: #1 Grandson is soon finishing his junior year at UNC-Chapel Hill (in France since last Aug). He

Re: [MBZ] OT - Appreciative American

2012-04-26 Thread WILTON
Yes, and a Russian friend (young woman), who was in school with him in Montreal several years ago, is meeting him there. Wilton - Original Message - From: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:17 PM

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Allan Streib
Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com writes: Grant wrote: Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. Aren't there tech incubators that push this type of stuff

Re: [MBZ] W123 1985 300TD ACC (heating system) 101

2012-04-26 Thread andrew strasfogel
More ideas to check out - thanks. Any theories as to the intermittent/unpredictable/short lived nature of these incidents? On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Have you checked for loose belts or related hot bearing?  If you have a hand held pyrometer,

Re: [MBZ] former 230SL

2012-04-26 Thread RELNGSON
The w113 is a bit more desirable than the r107.   Granted his price is high for a tear down restorable.  It is not a 300sl from 1963, but maybe you break even pouring $30k into it... Thirty grand would not even cover the parts needed to get this fright pig running, let alone restore

Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or floating gas?

2012-04-26 Thread Fmiser
Randy Bennell wrote: If MB intended you to do that, they wouldn't have bothered to put in a clutch pedal. Heh. The clutch pedal is for starting moving from a full stop. After that, it's just there to confuse the plebeians. --Philip ___