Anyone want to sell a good 81-83 OM616 engine?
Or anyone want to buy an 83 240D in need of engine work? In OK.
From what I can tell, it sounds like one of the oil cooler hoses
broke and pumped the oil out. It may be repairable. Owner pulled
over quickly when OP went down and shut down
i have no interest in keys. it's a PIA and nobody here would be buying
them anyway
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I know this has been asked before but do not remember the result. Are you
able to order the regular keys for 126, 124 etc with a copy
Which transmission type?
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Charleston, SC
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I never have time to get to the dealer which is why I would like to order from
jabba
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On Mar 24, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Frederick Moir fredy4.s...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yes, got mine at the stealers, $35 (124.193 1987 300TD)
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
I would
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On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
i have no interest in keys. it's a PIA and nobody here would be buying
them anyway
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I know this has been
how much key business can you promise me a year?
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I never have time to get to the dealer which is why I would like to order
from jabba
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On Mar 24, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Frederick Moir
why not just go to the dealer and give them 35 bucks and be done with like
fred has done?
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I would
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On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
i have no interest in
My last key (a blade for the flip style IR key fob) was a whopping $10 from
the dealer. It took more time to fill out the stupid paperwork than it did to
get the key.
Dan
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
why not just go to the dealer
Was it used in the little 2 cycle Cox airplane engines? I remember that stuff
stunk big time.
Dan
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:33 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
ROFL!!! Hadn't heard that before. Seem to remember that castor oil and whale
oil was
On 3/23/2014 8:02 AM, Mitchell Haley, EA wrote:
The way I am reading this you used some sort of penetrator fluid?
Would this not cool off the plugs, thus defeating the purpose of the
exercise in warming the plugs up to operating temp?
I believe the idea was to have the aluminum head hot so that
ROFL!!! Hadn't heard that before. Seem to remember that castor oil and
whale oil was used. As late as the (60s?) whale (sperm) oil was used in
high performance engines of that era. Castor oil was used in race car
engines of the '40s and '50s. I think the popular Offenhauser engines
might
Which transmission type?
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Charleston, SC
Auto trans
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On 24/03/2014 9:01 PM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
Now that diesel is holding solid around 4 dollars a gallon. Buying a diesel
is getting harder to monetarily justify. It's kind of ironic we suddenly
have more choices.
Bob R
The TDI may still be a winner at close to 50 mpg as per Curt's experience.
Son had a couple of those glow plug engines, but I don't think castor
oil was used or I would have remembered. That was a very pungent smell.
Gerry
On 3/25/2014 10:41 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Was it used in the little 2 cycle Cox airplane engines? I remember that stuff
stunk big time.
Dan
It is not a technicality, it is how the universe works.
Torque is a rotational force just like gravity is a linear force.
Gravity makes your bags heavy and want to fall down at an increasing
velocity. You can hold your bags and feel the force. Torque makes your
twisties want to twist at an
When I was flying radio control airplanes I built a Dallaire Sportser. The
wingspan was 9 feet and it flew like a big old kite. I put a size .40 diesel
engine in it and used a 16 inch prop. I would take off into the wind and it
would be off the ground in about 10 feet. Then you could
if i had the coin, i'd get two VW tdi's. a bug convertible and a jetta
wagon
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 24/03/2014 9:01 PM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
Now that diesel is holding solid around 4 dollars a gallon. Buying a
diesel
is getting harder
Glow fuel is a mixture if methanol and nitromethane (up to 30%). For
two-cycle engines it also includes oil.
From Wikipedia:
Most model engines require oil to be included with the fuel as a lubricant
since the engine has no independent oiling capability. Model engine fuel is
typically 8-22%
And wind. We have wind, that the water people are mad about, since it makes
hydro electrons less expensive and floods the grid with non salmon killing
goodness
clay
On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:25 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Most electricity is still generated from coal.
In my State, it's something
http://gizmodo.com/this-monster-truck-trike-will-stop-you-from-sinking-on-1551228541
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Cage match on Banned!!
clay
On Mar 23, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well if Gary and the crew would fight it out on banned, they could all have
at it all they want and we would get a good show.
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On Mar 23, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Mountain Man
I was thinking about Gary's lament about not being able to ride on the beach
the other day when I saw this.
Dan
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
yes, the little cox engine for the plane on a string. how easily pleased
we were back in the day!
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Was it used in the little 2 cycle Cox airplane engines? I remember that
stuff stunk big time.
Dan
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Just for shats giggles, I, for the first time since buying the car 4 yrs ago,
put the spade key in the door instead of using electronic ingress as usual. It
fit but gave no inkling of turning / unlocking the car.
I confess testing the physical key in the door didn't occur to me @ time of
That sounds like the kind of model flying I would prefer to do, Mike.
Never cared for flying the smaller models.
The large deed restricted community where I live provides a field and a
club for model flying, but they won't allow anything but battery
operated models.
Friend in Tallahassee who
On 25/03/2014 2:23 PM, Van Knutson wrote:
Just for shats giggles, I, for the first time since buying the car 4 yrs ago,
put the spade key in the door instead of using electronic ingress as usual. It fit
but gave no inkling of turning / unlocking the car.
I confess testing the physical key
From childhood in the '30s I seem to remember two kinds of castor oil;
plain and odorless. The plain was a yellowish color and the odorless
was colorless and cost more. Most of the kids I knew got a periodic
dose which amazingly seemed to correspond with various kinds of bad
behavior. My
Quadcopter or hexacopter!
--R
On 3/25/14 3:32 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
The large deed restricted community where I live provides a field and
a club for model flying, but they won't allow anything but battery
operated models.
Gerry
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On 3/22/2014 5:02 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
DB= Douchebag:)
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On Mar 22, 2014, at 9:46 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Daimler-Benz? Probably would since there would be an MB star on the hood and a
300D
Yes I recall an oil analyst about 15 years ago describing how converting more
of the passenger fleet to diesel would not make economic sense because there is
virtually no reserve refining capacity in North America so any increase in
consumption of diesel would drive the price up and thereby
yeah, i'd love to have one of those and ride it on the beach as a strength
building exercise
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
I was thinking about Gary's lament about not being able to ride on the
beach the other day when I saw this.
Dan
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Right now the US is exporting lots of diesel to Yurp.
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On 3/25/14 4:58 PM, kdwittne...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yes I recall an oil analyst about 15 years ago describing how converting more
of the passenger fleet to diesel would not make economic sense because there is
virtually no reserve
Just order a new key from the dealer with your VIN. Cheap, and you'll be sure
that it's the right key.
NEVER, EVER put oil in a lock. You will make a mess of it for sure. Get a
tube of graphite from your local hardware store, or rub a pencil lead all over
the key (powered graphite works
What would you use to clean it out? carb cleaner or something that will
evaporate (assuming it cleans out whatever gunk is in there)?
--R
On 3/25/14 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Just order a new key from the dealer with your VIN. Cheap, and you'll be sure
that it's the right key.
NEVER,
I have a dead one sitting here that I have been meaning to open up but
have not done that yet. At worst you can open that one up and see if it
is broken, burned out, dirty, etc. and either clean it up/fix it or junk it.
--R
On 3/25/14 3:49 PM, G. M. Brown wrote:
My 1984 300D Turbo won't
Something that wouldn't leave resigoo.
When I worked for the school district I spoke to one of our staff locksmiths
(yes, the place was so big they had two locksmiths on staff full time.) I
asked him about getting MB keys duped along with some other lock related
questions. He said that WD-40
My 1984 300D Turbo won't start, but there's a loud buzzing/groaning
coming from the glow plug control relay box and the buzzing/groaning
will stop if either of the two plugs to the glow plug control relay
are unplugged. I'm assuming the problem is the glow plug control
relay? Is there any
Reuters seems to think that Americas cold winter and Europes limited
refining capacity has created a shortage that has driven up the current
diesel prices in both areas:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/markets-europe-products-idUSL5N0L320J20140129
Gerry
On 3/25/2014 4:58 PM,
We ship diesel to the EU. It is more profitable. Lots of the crude up north
is going to Asia, since it is more profitable to Korea and Japan, than having
west coast refiners make domestic fuel.
clay
On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:58 PM, kdwittne...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yes I recall an oil analyst about
Dieselhead wrote:
Anyone want to sell a good 81-83 OM616 engine?
Your mao-616 still runs?
mao
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Me thinks that aluminium and steel expands at different rates, not sure
which does what.
Hendrik
who also expands
On 26/03/14 01:31, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
On 3/23/2014 8:02 AM, Mitchell Haley, EA wrote:
The way I am reading this you used some sort of penetrator fluid?
Would this not
Local semi-retired locksmith advised several years ago that WD-40 was
the best lubricant for locks. I don't know if it affects a locks
longevity, but since then a squirt in my locks has solved all problems.
Gerry
On 3/25/2014 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Just order a new key from the dealer
Have you tried the other locks?
Do you have another key?
As said, it's possible that someone fitted another ignition lock to your
car.
Also as said, spraying liquid in there will turn the crud into crud mud
and may well make things worse.
The problem is the crud has to come out somehow and the
I had a failed relay in a Nissan years back, by passed it so it was old
school push button to glow.
That is a drastic and cheap solution.
Hendrik
who has mostly direct injection Diesels but a couple need to glow
On 26/03/14 06:19, G. M. Brown wrote:
My 1984 300D Turbo won't start, but there's
It depends on the lock design I think, as I said if the gunk has no
where to go it will turn into liquid gunk and get into all the tiny
crevices. General consensus is that if you need lubricant to help
operate the lock, the lock is close to failing completely. Ignition
locks being the most
Gerry wrote:
Local semi-retired locksmith advised several years ago that WD-40 was the
best lubricant for locks.
How about Dri-Slide which has carrier that evaporates and graphite?
We used to use it repairing Schwinn bikes - used it for brake and
derailleur cables.
mao
Gary got me one at a very reasonable price for my 300D that has worked
flawlessly.
Gerry
On 3/25/2014 5:29 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
My 1984 300D Turbo won't start, but there's a loud buzzing/groaning
coming from the glow plug control relay box and the buzzing/groaning
will stop if either of the
I assume the price of Diesel is due to less refineriescommitted to making
diesel? Which I assume is because of the difficulty getting
construction and operating permits?
Sincerely,
Larry
On 3/25/2014 11:50 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
if i had the coin, i'd get two VW tdi's. a bug convertible
Yes my 240D (now curt's) has a push button for GP's. I kind of liked it.
Reminded me of late 49's early 50's starter buttons.
On Mar 25, 2014 7:40 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote:
I had a failed relay in a Nissan years back, by passed it so it was old
school push button to glow.
When I was flying radio control airplanes I built a Dallaire Sportser.
Craig and Shirley need to meet Esh when they drive back up to Jerry Ford's
airstrip.
Mitch.
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I have had great success with a product called TriFlo. It is a mixture of
teflon particles and a liquid carrier agent in a spray can, the liquid
evaporates leaving the tiny teflon particles behind to lubricate. The
advantage is, it leaves nothing to collect or attract dirt and dust.
The liquid
At least 2 a year
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how much key business can you promise me a year?
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I never have time to get to the dealer which is why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1LGKieTxY#t=35
Now I'll be a bit more nervous when I see one of those gas bottle trucks.
Hendrik
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My 1984 300D Turbo won't start, but there's a loud buzzing/groaning
coming from the glow plug control relay box and the buzzing/groaning
will stop if either of the two plugs to the glow plug control relay
are unplugged. I'm assuming the problem is the glow plug control
relay?
First check
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You can fly anything in our unrestricted rural area. Links to photos of
motorized parachute above. The transport trailer is in the foreground of
the first photo. The runway is just a closely-mowed strip in my
Fight fight fight, let's get Trent in on it also.
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 2:08 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
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clay
On Mar 23, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well if Gary and the crew would fight it out on banned, they
The price of diesel is reflective of the price of heating oil, or it used
to be. We've had a cold winter in the East so lots of heating oil was
consumed, and our diesel prices reflect that.
Today we had the latest mostest snow I can remember (2 -3 in my back yard).
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:02
I don't think I have any left
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On Mar 25, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
My 1984 300D Turbo won't start, but there's a loud buzzing/groaning coming
from the glow plug control relay box and the buzzing/groaning will stop if
either of the two
Yes.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
Was it used in the little 2 cycle Cox airplane engines? I remember that
stuff stunk big time.
Dan
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NSA: The only branch of government that actually listons to US citizens!
There are three kinds of men:
Diesel is the same price as premium gas here. You have to remember that the
fuel markets are world markets, not local, not US. A cold winter in the EU
will also drive up Diesel costs.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote:
The price of diesel is
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