andrew strasfogel wrote:
The list of problems seems daunting, considering the
starting price for the car. I doubt he'll get a bid.
http://search.ebay.com/130707397983
Mitch Haley wrote:
Dead A/C is enough to keep it from being worth 3.5K.
Bad paint is also enough in my opinion.
Kevin -
I have an 81SD and I screwed around with all that stupid valve system on top of
the valve cover. If I understand its purpose is twofold, first to control the
EGR system, and second to modulate the vacuum signal to the vacuum modulator on
the tranny. Well on my car it seems that a BB
The '83 300D has been flairing for over 100K since I bought it. Sometimes
think about replacing the parts that will fix it but have gotten so used to
it the way it is, why bother?
Gerry
I sold the rusty, trusty, high mileage 240D, so now it's onto the next
Mercedes Diesel. I found a
Boatloads of these things down here. Very popular with the blue haired crowd.
Dan
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
Copied from a post by Esq. Snook.
As far as cheap reliable cars from GM, I would
For that matter, the inlaws have a couple of Buicks. Hers is pretty plain, but
Dad's is something really nice, like a Lucerne or something.
I wouldn't mind driving it - it is a nice car.
Dan
Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Boatloads of these things down here. Very popular with the blue
I think the correct word is flaring.
On 6/5/12, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
The '83 300D has been flairing for over 100K since I bought it. Sometimes
think about replacing the parts that will fix it but have gotten so used to
it the way it is, why bother?
Gerry
I sold
He's talking about Nature Boy Ric Flair
--R
On 6/5/12 10:17 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I think the correct word is flaring.
On 6/5/12, Gerry Archerarche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
The '83 300D has been flairing for over 100K since I bought it. Sometimes
think about replacing the
Original Message
Subject:The Transit of Venus
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:03:07 -0400
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
This is a once in several lifetimes experience. I think watching it
You young guys misspell so many words, I forget the true spelling and my
declining memory doesn't help either.
Many people born after WW-2 don't know how to spell. It's because of the
whole word learning system adopted by many schools back then that enriched
textbook publishers because schools
There all loosers
--R
On 6/5/12 11:12 AM, Gerry Archer wrote:
You young guys misspell so many words, I forget the true spelling and
my declining memory doesn't help either.
Many people born after WW-2 don't know how to spell. It's because of
the whole word learning system adopted by many
I would go with the 126 Kevin. Though they are not as ubiquitous as the 123,
the finish is nicer and lots more room. You can use much of the same parts as
the 123 to keep it on the road. I am not enamored of the 123, it is common and
most of them do not get the care they deserved by being the
I agree.
I was going to improve Frosch by removing the AC clutter, since it does not
function. Mechanic told me not to. I would gain no measurable power and
probably piss off the next owner when he wanted to do a complete restore and it
was missing all the a/c goodies.
I decided that when
It could just be an issue with fluid level and gunk in the filter. What does
the fluid look like?
High miles and minimal care would doom a transmission. Does he have records?
I was pretty pleased that Frosch had records since 1987 that showed continual
care and major work was done as
car would have to be excessively inexpensive for me to bite, knowing I would
have to redo the trans that quickly. Budget $2k for a trans, and the car
would have to come in at $1k, have no other issue and be wanting only fluids,
filters and detailing
clay
On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Allan
I get a bag of them when my indy works. Good to show SWMBA that it was cash
well spent, and indy saves on disposal fees.
clay
On Jun 4, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Likely no lawsuit here, unless you can demonstrate a pattern of the shop
doing this routinely.
Gawd you hate to
I learned phonics, I think most everybody has for the last 30 years or so...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:12:04 -0400
From: Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1982 300SD Question
Message-ID:
Last Sunday afternoon, I visited my sister and her husband in rural, eastern
NC; not a densely-populated area but not very sparsely-populated, either -
houses across road from each other and many less than quarter mile apart, etc.
Sitting on their porch facing the main highway, BIL told me
Often cable TV and telephone share roadside poles with power lines. The power
lines are on top, the cable/phone lower down on the pole. Could have been a
cable or phone line. Power lines are not copper.
Allan
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012, at 02:06 PM, WILTON wrote:
Last Sunday afternoon, I visited
The TV cable/phone cable(s) -easily recognized - are strung underneath the
one that was taken.
BIL said that stolen cable was replaced with a galvanized steel cable by the
power co. (Progress Energy).
Wilton
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From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To: Mercedes
Just found May 31 headline in local (for that area) newspaper, Rocky Mount
Telegram, Two men charged with 282 counts of theft of Progress Energy
wires. Unable to read article, 'cause don't have a subscription to the
paper. 'Course, wires may not have been copper, but they WERE part of power
Curt Raymond wrote:
I learned phonics, I think most everybody has for the last 30 years or so...
Phonics has gone in and out of style for a long time.
Around 1940, when my mom learned to read, it was in fashion. 1945ish, my grandma
taught my aunt to read at home because they weren't teaching
There was some idiot here a few months back who decided to steal the
grounding wire from a large transformer serving a subdivision. While he
was cutting the wire off the transformer he got fried, but Darwin did
not get him -- he survived and was taken to the burn hospital most
likely to be
Who was looking for a TD? This one looks to be not all that bad for the price.
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/cto/3049825584.html
Manfred
1984 Mercedes Benz turbo diesel 300 wagon. Tires are 1 year old. Regular oil
changes. New high pressure hydraulic line. New air filter. Brake pads are 1
I agree with the permit thing. My brother bought a foreclosure a little while
back which had all copper pipes stolen. After he bought it there were repeated
break-ins into the basement to steal what was already stolen. We laughed at the
morons. He then had it all re-plumbed with PEX.
Sent
I wonder if no a/c means all the parts have been removed?
Randy
On 05/06/2012 4:00 PM, M G wrote:
Who was looking for a TD? This one looks to be not all that bad for the price.
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/cto/3049825584.html
Manfred
1984 Mercedes Benz turbo diesel 300 wagon. Tires are
A woman I work with has a 2008 C350/350C, whatever it is. Nice sedan, claims
she bought it from the local MB stealership last year for $12,000 with only
7,000 miles on it.
Said she traded a 2004 diesel sedan in on this car.
Does this sound right?
I can't imagine this car depreciating that
Big issue here with AC condensers. I think you have to provide a valid ID to
sell them for scrap, but knowing the local scrap dealers that's easy enough to
get around.
Dan
On Jun 5, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
There was some idiot here a few
Had phonics in the mid/late 60's in my part of Indiana. By the mid 70's it had
already fallen by the wayside.
Dan
On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
I learned phonics, I think most everybody has for the last 30 years or so...
Phonics has
Ground conductors in an aerial distribution system are on top and commonly
referred to as an aerial.
Dan
On Jun 5, 2012, at 2:06 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Last Sunday afternoon, I visited my sister and her husband in rural, eastern
NC; not a densely-populated area but not very
Other issue is that there were no 2004 MB diesels in the US.
John
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On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
A woman I work with has a 2008 C350/350C, whatever it is. Nice sedan, claims
she bought it from the local MB stealership last year for $12,000
It would have been a later model, then. This was a quick chat on the way to the
parking garage after work, so I could have gotten it wrong.
She definitely said she traded a diesel in for it, and got almost what she paid
in trade for it.
I was more interested in the 350 for $12k. If that is
Rich Thomas wrote:
Here in Charleston County you now have to go to the Sheriff to get a
permit to sell any kind of scrap metal, and they check that at all the
yards.
So the thieves steal in Charleston and sell elsewhere?
Mitch.
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Spose flying it over the dog pound would be kind of cruel.
Hendrik
who will not be turning his cat into a helicopter
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Doesn't sound right at all.
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On Jun 5, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
A woman I work with has a 2008 C350/350C, whatever it is. Nice sedan, claims
she bought it from the local MB stealership last year for $12,000 with only
7,000 miles on it.
Said she
...Often cable TV and telephone share roadside poles with power lines.
The power lines are on top, the cable/phone lower down on the pole. Could
have been a cable or phone line. Power lines are not copper...
Almost always. Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
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There's all kinds of paperwork for honest citizens to sell scrap metal here
but somehow it seems to get overlooked whenever real thieves sell their
booty. Like gun control: a barrier for law-abiding citizens but no effect
on crooks.
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Hendrik,
Thanks, I'll be saving this one for replay every time the fur covered
dictator of the house uses my custom made boots for scratching post... ...
h.. wonder if a simple application of duct tape / cat / and machine
would fly h... water landing anyone???... auto cat wash?
What is the lower, single (not insulated) one above the TV and phone cables?
Wilton
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From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves
Ground conductors
The scrap yards should have state officials come by to conduct random periodic
inspections to make sure that the sellers are licensed. I hate big government
but I hate scumbags even more. Those copper thieves are the lowest form of pond
scum. I have a friend who had his copper pipes stolen and
on the phone. Thinking about it now, I'll bet he was calling his
girlfriend.
Jerry
82 240D
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Dimitri wrote:
I hate big government but I hate scumbags even more.
I cannot disagree, but government does not do this type of work.
I would much rather be one of the fellow citizens outside the scrap
yard ready to nail the thief than to depend on taxes to pay government
to accomplish these
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding the transformers, next is transformer output serving the power drops to
the subscribers. Next is telephone and TV is on the bottom. The poles (NOT
telephone poles but utility poles) are owned by the power company
During the '30s, '40s, and '50s in Florida there were telephone
poles along main roads with multiple crosspieces that had dozens of
telephone wires. REA power poles were separate. Driving along the
highway you could hear the telephone wires singing. Even after
studying electronics, I never
Someone please watch a few issues of Russia Today tv and tell me where
the Putin schmooze is coming through. I am enjoying what I hear on
their programs - Capital Account with Lauren Lyster and The Alyona
show. These can be watched at youtube. If you sort by upload date
you can see today's
Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
A woman I work with has a 2008 C350/350C, whatever it is. Nice sedan,
claims she bought it from the local MB stealership last year for
$12,000 with only 7,000 miles on it.
Said she traded a 2004 diesel sedan in on this car.
Does this sound right?
I
Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com writes:
This is interesting. Were they at one time real telephone poles,
owned and operated by the telephone company? If so, would this have
been the old familiar Bell System of 30 plus years ago? Or did I have
it wrong all these years and the power company
...During the '30s, '40s, and '50s in Florida there were telephone poles
along
main roads with multiple crosspieces that had dozens of telephone wires.
REA power poles were separate...
That would be correct, back before multi-pair cables when manual
switchboards were manned by Operator
A woman I work with has a 2008 C350/350C, whatever it is. Nice sedan,
claims she bought it from the local MB stealership last year for $12,000
with only 7,000 miles on it. Said she traded a 2004 diesel sedan in on this
car. Does this sound right? I can't imagine this car depreciating
..Said she traded a 2004 diesel sedan in on this car...
Oops, 2004.
RLE
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But, the interesting part I see in the paper today is Also, as an
official PGA patron, Mercedes-Benz will provide free parking in the
public parking area for any spectator arriving in a Mercedes-Benz.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120605/PC16/120609566/1165/pga-officials-unveil-traffic
allowed
him to call anywhere with no long distance fees. Sometimes he'd be up there for
a long time on the phone. Thinking about it now, I'll bet he was calling his
girlfriend.
Jerry
82 240D
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That's generally true. If the power company also runs fiber, it is
typically between their power lines and the phone company lines.
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding the transformers, next
--R- wrote:
Who was the first telephone pole?
Alexander Graham Belinski!
Your such a looser.
mao
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was calling his girlfriend.
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I think the wire I'm talking about is a pole-to-pole ground.
Wilton
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Poles 2
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding the
I thought he was just a loose nutperhaps 10 mm?
--R- wrote:
Who was the first telephone pole?
Alexander Graham Belinski!
Your such a looser.
mao
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Perhaps print this off, frame it and place next to fancy boots
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-of-cat-helicopter-constructed-by-artist-bart-jansen-fotostrecke-83221-6.html
Hendrik
who has an outside cat
On 06/06/12 09:22, G Mann wrote:
Hendrik,
Thanks, I'll be saving this one
What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires, and the
colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop
Rick stop
Sent from my wireless telegraph. Stop
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I went to look at the 1982 300SD today, and it didn't follow me home. It
had many strengths although it had lots of little issues, but one big thing
chased me off. The first red flag went up when he pulled in with the car as
we were pulling up. I personally like to start a car cold to see
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