Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Many of us on this list do the same as you regarding parts replacement. I was thinking that the unmatched shocks might be causing the vibration. Another question: How old are the rubber mounts; engine, transmission, differential? Many vibrations can occur that we aren't aware of if the

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing [was Re: transmission rebuild}

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
i have this sick moron on block from early on, him and hendrik, so i would not even know about had attention not been drawn. i have never encountered 2 such individuals and they have not been seen since the days of japanese soldiers stationed on remote islands who never learned the war is over.

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing [was Re: transmission rebuild}

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
the problem with not addressing such lies when presented as they generally get believed if i start telling everyone that rick knoble steals girl scout cookies it will not be long before one comes across hey, did you hear about rick knoble molesting those girl scouts. i don't know why people are

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
the only reason to replace them in pairs is the idea that if one goes, the other is very close behind, so might as well get them both done. i don't have strong feelings on it one way or another. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:54 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Aren't you

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding bad vibrations

2014-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond
Ummm, I can't see how this could be true. The speedo drive is in the transmission isn't it? The transmission doesn't care if both wheels are spinning or just one, it takes the same number of driveshaft revolutions either way. The spider gears care... -Curt Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:14:13

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding bad vibrations BS

2014-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond
I get it now and retract my previous question. I had thought the original post said that the speedo would have to read 160 to hit 80mph rotational speed. I re-read and realize it says no such thing. -Curt Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:39:37 -0700 From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond
Its not abuse its differing experience. Remember I keep saying every time I've dealt with AutohausAZ its been a cluster. I ordered a radiator for my 190D, they hemmed and hawed about it for a week (while I'm down a car) before finally admitting they didn't have any radiator for my 190D and

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
it's slander. i'm not generally shipping the same products as AZ. i'm not offering the same level of service. i have two guys here who slander me viciously on a regular basis and i am not allowed to respond. why is it tolerated generally and specifically by list administration? here's a guy

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Peter Frederick
If the accumulators have gone flat the suspension cannot move, and the rear will bounce on the tires. You cannot jounce the rear of the vehicle, only the tires flex. You will not mistake this for anything else. However, low suspension fluid WILL cause noise and vibration as there will be

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuild

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
they don't get anything at all. literally nothing. people who have never done business with me can expertly comment over and over on how doing business with me as a bad thing despite those who do business with me thinking it's a good thing. i ask again why this is tolerated by any decent person

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Peter Frederick
One good shock and one worn out one can sometimes cause serious wheel tramp, especially in solid axles (which are subject to all sorts of ills independent suspension are not). If one has failed prematurely, though, and the other is working well, you can replace them individually, but only

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Jim Cathey
and the sphere is bad,  it should ride hard,  but I would think it would be over damped,  not underdamped. Yes, exceedingly overdamped. Damped like replacing the springs with a solid steel bar. The spheres are nitrogen-filled, they fail when all the nitrogen has leaked out and they're full of

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Jim Cathey
The self-leveling rear shock is just a hydraulic cylinder and the damping comes from the restriction in the plumbing to the sphere. There is also a one-way flap valve in the piston head. There's a ball joint at the bottom mount, those can wear and get loose. They have wear mechanisms, but they

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond
Its not slander to say that when ordering a Bilstein shock from you or from AZ you get the same thing. Its not slander to say that AZ has treated Loren well any more than its slander for me to say AZ has not treated me well. You were doing well in this argument but have gone to far... -Curt

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
it is slander to say i am selling the exact same parts as AZ, as this is generally not so. those who buy a bundle of parts from me will end up with a very different bundle than they might get from AZ, even if some parts, like these bilstein parts, might overlap. you are very quick to pronounce

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Dieselhead
it's slander. i'm not generally shipping the same products as AZ. i'm not offering the same level of service. i have two guys here who slander me viciously on a regular basis and i am not allowed to respond. why is it tolerated generally and specifically by list administration? pot

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuild

2014-03-03 Thread Dieselhead
they don't get anything at all. literally nothing. people who have never done business with me can expertly comment over and over on how doing business with me as a bad thing despite those who do business with me thinking it's a good thing. i ask again why this is tolerated by any decent

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
i guess i wonder why you pick out the things that are not slander to prove i've gone too far talking about the things that are slander and why do i need to be under attack here anyway? On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: it is slander to say i am selling

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Michael Canfield
Obviously because you like the abuse. If I felt I was being abused by a group of people I would get away from that group. You, on the other hand, do all that you can to try to kiss this group's ass for no apparent reason other than..well, who knows why? I am not trying to slam you Gary. I

[MBZ] OT not bashing, not parts, not tranny

2014-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas
Perhaps Henifay could comment on this given it is in his territory. And the Floridians have such things as well. http://gawker.com/giant-snake-wins-5-hour-battle-with-crocodile-1535172876 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] ADMIN slandering

2014-03-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The bickering back and forth needs to stop. We do not need any name calling of any list members at all, period. If somebody has some specific examples with evidence of how they were ripped off by certain parts vendors, then great, please share. If you are just talking and have no direct

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Dieselhead
it is slander to say i am selling the exact same parts as AZ, as this is generally not so. those who buy a bundle of parts from me will end up with a very different bundle than they might get from AZ, even if some parts, like these bilstein parts, might overlap. you are very quick to pronounce

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread G Mann
Somewhere, way back in this thread, [which is now in direct competition for special standing of an oil thread], the original poster stated his desire to become a flyer as a profession. I submit the following as an example of a life in aviation. My own pursuit of the grand mistress of aviation has

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Frederick Moir
Gary, et al. Gary, you are a big man in all ways, could you not take the high road and ignore the Lilli-putz? If someone were ragging on me I'd find it amusing that someone of their education and experience could not come up with something more original. Maybe we need a super-hero, Prince Valium

Re: [MBZ] firewood?

2014-03-03 Thread Randy Bennell
On 01/03/2014 9:24 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: http://lasalle.craigslist.org/grd/4320255888.html ___ Those mowers are interesting. That is the 2nd one I have seen photos of in a week or so. The other one had a different blade intended for brush. It had a disc

Re: [MBZ] ADMIN slandering

2014-03-03 Thread Craig
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:17:04 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: The bickering back and forth needs to stop. We do not need any name calling of any list members at all, period. If somebody has some specific examples with evidence of how they were ripped off by certain parts

Re: [MBZ] OT not bashing, not parts, not tranny

2014-03-03 Thread Max Dillon
The Paula Dean version in the comments brought tears to my eyes... -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] ADMIN slandering

2014-03-03 Thread Max Dillon
Hear hear! On March 3, 2014 11:17:04 AM EST, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: The bickering back and forth needs to stop. We do not need any name calling of any list members at all, period. If somebody has some specific examples with evidence of how they were ripped off by

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding bad vibrations BS

2014-03-03 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Here are some illustrations and explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_%28mechanics%29 Go down the page to functional description. I think of the drive shaft turning the axles on the planetary gears. When the planetary gear attached to one axle is stopped, the planetary

Re: [MBZ] ADMIN slandering

2014-03-03 Thread WILTON
Amen. Wilton - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 11:17 AM Subject: [MBZ] ADMIN slandering The bickering back and forth needs to stop. We do not need any name calling of any

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
and the two guys who attack me at every turn? you are ok with them, right? On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote: Obviously because you like the abuse. If I felt I was being abused by a group of people I would get away from that group. You, on the other

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Hurst
i have a few friends, such as you, fred. i have a couple of ardent enemies. and then there is a whole bunch who just wait to see which side the mob is moving towards and joins with venom. the two enemies i have, who attack me regularly, are rarely questioned, should i respond to them even one

[MBZ] Fwd: (3)

2014-03-03 Thread Ronald Courcy
Hi there! http://fisioromi.com/best.pages?fefeduwo1 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] SPAM Re: Fwd: (3) SPAM

2014-03-03 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Thanks for sharing, it must work, the doctors are wearing white coats, which presumably they do 24/7 Where can I buy this Miracle Phytoceramides that percolates through my skin? Or is that a secret? I can keep a secret. Anyway perhaps Kaleb needs to turn up the spam filter a tad? Hendrik who

Re: [MBZ] SPAM Re: Fwd: (3) SPAM

2014-03-03 Thread Craig
On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 08:57:41 +1030 Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing, it must work, the doctors are wearing white coats, which presumably they do 24/7 Where can I buy this Miracle Phytoceramides that percolates through my skin? Or is that a secret? I can keep a

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding bad vibrations BS wiki and the US Merc

2014-03-03 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Don't worry had me confused as well, I knew I should have not skipped the class on differential operations but all good now. Those nice diagrams on wikipedia explain it nicely. I guess the spider gears have a 2:1 ratio. Speaking of things I did not know cause I wasn't paying attention, did you

Re: [MBZ] SPAM Re: Fwd: (3) SPAM

2014-03-03 Thread Hendrik and Fay
I am sure Dr Oz has a cure for that virus. Although it may be a secret, perhaps instead of the lovely Ellen, we will have Billy Gates having to hide his secret to a clean computer. Should be the law that it is disclosed that celebs are getting paid to endorse these snake oil things. Hendrik

Re: [MBZ] SPAM Re: Fwd: (3) SPAM

2014-03-03 Thread Tim Crone
On Mar 3, 2014 5:27 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway perhaps Kaleb needs to turn up the spam filter a tad? Please, no! Thanks, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] Who is sealover?

2014-03-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I seem to recall a sealover on these lists but cant remember who it is. Anyway their delivery was turned off due to excess bounces. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuild

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: ...and nobody there insults the customer at every chance as some other suppliers do. Yes, that is what I always liked about Q. In fact, I would ask for it from him if he didn't give the insult. If I didn't receive an eff-u from him, I would be disappointed. Gary is a

Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuild

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Gary wrote: i ask again why this is tolerated by any decent person on this list and by the administration of this list. Ask not what your administrator can do for you, ask what you can do for your administrator. I have ordered parts from Gary and support his business every time I can. mao

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: All-in-all, it makes an interesting read below. My son flies this guy's 35. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Fred wrote: Maybe we need a super-hero, Prince Viagra perhaps? Such an image... just... amazing. And, yes - Gary is among friends. His friends need to continue to encourage Gary and the other stuff will come to quiet. Thank you Gary. Thank you Fred. Thank you Kaleb. mao

[MBZ] Leatherique

2014-03-03 Thread Dan Penoff
As we speak about suppliers and the level of service they provide (and how we, as customers, place a value on that level of service) I would like to share an experience I had today with George of Leatherique. Disclaimer: I have known George for many years and always been a devoted customer.

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread G Mann
Aviation is a small world, when you count the players, not the passengers. Something less than .03% of the population of USA hold pilots licenses, far less than that hold commercial licenses, even less hold ATP. The laws of chance say contact on some level is likely. Small world huh Mao?

Re: [MBZ] Leatherique

2014-03-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I need to order some whale sperm myself On 3/3/2014 6:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: As we speak about suppliers and the level of service they provide (and how we, as customers, place a value on that level of service) I would like to share an experience I had today with George of Leatherique.

Re: [MBZ] Leatherique

2014-03-03 Thread Max Dillon
Dan, if you clean your seats like you detail your cars, would I be far off in saying that you remove and disassemble them for cleaning? I'm still recovering from your description of removing trim and other exterior bits in order to wax your cars. I think I will go to my grave astounded at how

Re: [MBZ] Leatherique

2014-03-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Email George and tell him you just heard me talk about him and his products and I bet he'll give you a discount Dan On Mar 3, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I need to order some whale sperm myself On 3/3/2014 6:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: As we speak about suppliers and

Re: [MBZ] Wikipedia - was: transmission rebuilding bad vibrations BS wiki and the US Merc

2014-03-03 Thread Fmiser
Hendrik wrote: Which leads me onto one of my pet hates, the geniuses who write crap on wikipedia: Anyway wikipedia articles relating to Daimler and it's stuff is full of this sort of thing... Can you prove it's wrong - or document what is correct? If so - change it! Add references. It

Re: [MBZ] Leatherique

2014-03-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Sort of. The R129 seats are really nice to clean, as the seat bottoms come out of the frames with two bolts. Makes servicing the seat motors and other stuff a piece of cake. Removing all that stuff is really only necessary on the older models, such as the W126, W123, etc. The newer models

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
What I'm wondering here is who you are. Do you have a name? Dieselhead isn't a name. I've been on this list, and the others that preceded it for 15+ years or so, and I have to admit I have no idea who you are. This effects your credibility significantly from my perspective. Jaime On Mon,

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Aviation is a small world... Small world huh Mao? And big players/designers. Where are the innovators like Lear today? I think insistence on standard models and standard modes has decreased innovation and invention. Yep, that is success. Cookie cutter people. Cookie cutter

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Mountain Man
Jaime wrote: What I'm wondering here is who you are. Dieselhead is Loren from IA. We have known him for years on this list. Perhaps you missed him since you have become successful in business after school which is where I remember reading about you and Alvaro - how is Alvaro these days?

Re: [MBZ] Cut the arguing

2014-03-03 Thread Michael Canfield
I say I wonder why you don't, not that you should. I say I would not put up with it or I would ignore it. Not bitch about it all of the time. Ignore a bully and they go away. Get mad and retaliate and they smile and pick more. I don't have anything against you Gary, I just question your

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread Scott Ritchey
You can thank our legal system for the lack of innovation in aviation today. -Original Message- From: Mountain Man Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:46 PM And big players/designers. Where are the innovators like Lear today? I think insistence on standard models and standard

Re: [MBZ] Gravity Bleeding Brakes

2014-03-03 Thread Larry T
Thanks, Max! Your method is the one I remember thinking was the was way I wanted to try. Thanks for the explanation ;-) I'll give it a try... I hope you're not in this severe cold weather? we're supposed to get down to 5F overnight - and my wife had to stay at the VA hospital

Re: [MBZ] was transmission rebuild / now vibration

2014-03-03 Thread Scott Ritchey
Maybe, but I think it more likely that the rubber at the ends compressed enough to allow free play there. -Original Message- From: Dieselhead Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 12:27 AM Is it possible though that the piston and inside of the cylinder can wear over 100k or 200k or 300k

Re: [MBZ] Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

2014-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas
One of my buddies is retired airline pilot, a very low-key guy. Not sure he wears a watch since he is retired. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 3, 2014, at 11:19 AM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: Question: How do you pick a professional pilot out of a crowd? Answer: Look for the Big