Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-29 Thread John Reames
Is the dome light staying on? (Aren't the timers known to go bad?) -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Mar 28, 2014, at 23:06, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I may have a drain - will check into it. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:53

Re: [MBZ] A hypothetical question

2014-03-29 Thread Gary Hurst
poos feels he cannot ban you. you are in greater need of moderation than most anyone here though. it's a problem On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: So if I were to start attacking people like Gary, or anybody for that matter, you think poos would ban

Re: [MBZ] Poos and the sl

2014-03-29 Thread Dan Penoff
Lots of reasons, but these are the main ones: 129 was cheaper Easier to find better examples Parts less expensive, readily available More modern Already have one M119 I would have to think about it some more, but those are probably the big ones. 107s are more of a classic, and as so demand some

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I think the radio may have been turned on without my realizing. It doesn't require ignition... On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:19 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Is the dome light staying on? (Aren't the timers known to go bad?) -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home:

Re: [MBZ] Total battery down the drain drain

2014-03-29 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Might be time to do the write up on how to check drain with a multimeter, crook diodes in alternators are a source of drain. Hendrik who just disconnects the battery On 29/03/14 20:49, John Reames wrote: Is the dome light staying on? (Aren't the timers known to go bad?) -- John W Reames

Re: [MBZ] Total battery down the drain drain

2014-03-29 Thread Jim Cathey
Might be time to do the write up on how to check drain with a multimeter, crook diodes in alternators are a source of drain. Here's how I do it: Loosen the negative battery clamp, then hold one multimeter probe (meter set on Amps) vertically on the top post of the battery, and pinch the other

[MBZ] NYTimes.com: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw

2014-03-29 Thread Dwight Giles
From The New York Times: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw A $30 replacement part helped set in motion General Motors' recall of 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other cars, and one of the gravest safety crises in company history.

Re: [MBZ] Total battery down the drain drain

2014-03-29 Thread Richard Hattaway
Jim's method is cool.  No power loss to radios that remember, too (c: ... If one does not have a multimeter.. same trick can be done ( I like the 'post slide idea' ) using a parking lamp.  It will glow a deep dull red at around 50 mA, or .05 Amp.  Testing in a shaded area is suggested.  A good

Re: [MBZ] I like this 107

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
That car is outstanding in its field. --R On 3/28/14 9:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: craigslist 4394756531 84hjv-4394756...@sale.craigslist.org Date: March 28, 2014 at 8:28:33 PM CDT To:

Re: [MBZ] I like this 107

2014-03-29 Thread Frederick Moir
And so is the farmer.   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I like this 107 That car is

Re: [MBZ] Transmission line leak

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
I had one on the SD get worn through, or rusted through or something, at the clamp that holds it somewhere to the frame. NLA so I just spliced a bit of fuel line over it which seems to be holding. --R On 3/28/14 10:55 PM, OK Don wrote: I've never seen the MB hard lines leak - are you sure

[MBZ] OT Airplane pR0n for Saturday

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/red-bull-air-race-canal/ --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Q: What´s the difference between an Obamacare HMO physician and a seagull? A: A seagull can still make a significant deposit on a Mercedes. ba-da-boom, I'll be here all week... --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
That's actually a good thing isn't it? Where is it written that every physician has to be wealthy. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Q: What´s the difference between an Obamacare HMO physician and a seagull? A: A seagull can still

Re: [MBZ] NYTimes.com: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw

2014-03-29 Thread Gary Hurst
nothing ever changes in these matters, huh? On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.comwrote: From The New York Times: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw A $30 replacement part helped set in motion General Motors' recall of 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Michael Canfield
I want my physician to be wealthy and happy. He will do a better job. The hospital owners and shareholders and such that think they deserve to be rich for providing the doctor a place to work are just as bad as the big box store scoundrels we all complain about. Mike On Mar 29, 2014 11:43 AM,

Re: [MBZ] OT Airplane pR0n for Saturday

2014-03-29 Thread G Mann
And for us old guys.. from back in the day of Wooden Ships and Iron Men, this bit of machinery porn. This of course, happened in the day when we fought to win wars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2D3k0sJ8HM On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread dseretakis
If you look at the exorbitant cost of medical school, the insane number of years of training( 7-12 years after college) and the number of hours per week working during that training (80-120) for miserable pay, then every doctor should be entitled to at least a new Mercedes! Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
I didn't really want to prompt a political thing but dsereta...@yahoo.com has it about right. In the boy's case, $300k+ to get through med school with a foregone income of say $150k (probably more or not likely less), then 3-7 years after that at a foregone salary of say $30-40k/year or more,

[MBZ] Jetta Glowplug harness

2014-03-29 Thread Curt Raymond
Heres one where we can all remember why we like diesel MBs. VW uses a molded plastic harness that pushes on to the glowplugs. Its a bit like sparkplug leads but all one unit. They fail pretty regularly (kinda like sparkplug wires) and need replacing. Mine has been wonky all winter throwing the

[MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread G. M. Brown
For any of you who may be interested, I was able to obtain a used glow plug relay control box via Ebay and, unlike other MB electronic gizmos, this was rather easy to install (~20 min.) and it solved the non-starting problem. Now to take the original one apart to see if I can repair it and

[MBZ] this is interesting

2014-03-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/cruishalcut2 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Gary Hurst
the problem is that every physician now demands to live in opulence beyond elvis and this can only be done honestly in a relatively small number of instances, hence the obscenely expensive healthcare system we have today On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Craig
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:07:34 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the problem is that every physician now demands to live in opulence beyond elvis and this can only be done honestly in a relatively small number of instances, hence the obscenely expensive healthcare system we have

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread Craig
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:53:45 -0400 G. M. Brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote: For any of you who may be interested, I was able to obtain a used glow plug relay control box via Ebay and, unlike other MB electronic gizmos, this was rather easy to install (~20 min.) and it solved the non-starting

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Mountain Man
Gary wrote: ...hence the obscenely expensive healthcare system we have today healthcare is a function of food and activity, not systems of cut-up physicians and bigpharma. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Craig
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:37:50 -0500 Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: ...hence the obscenely expensive healthcare system we have today healthcare is a function of food and activity, not systems of cut-up physicians and bigpharma. In my case, I needed the cut-up

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Mountain Man
Craig wrote: In my case, I needed the cut-up physicians and bigpharma, or I'd be paralyzed. Yes, but perhaps we might consider that sometimes pharma/physician action not unlike yours might be repair of previous life. Please do not take this observation as conclusive in everyone or you in

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Looks like what mao is talking about is karmapharma or pharmakarma. Where's the car ma? In your previous life son! --R On 3/29/14 6:07 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Craig wrote: In my case, I needed the cut-up physicians and bigpharma, or I'd be paralyzed. Yes, but perhaps we might consider

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread astrasfogel
Some drs. are not in it for the money. Doctors Without Borders,  for example. I always support them if modestly. Y -- Sent from myMail app for Android Saturday, 29 March 2014, 00:34PM -0400 from dsereta...@yahoo.com: If you look at the  exorbitant cost of medical school, the insane number of

Re: [MBZ] Total battery down the drain drain

2014-03-29 Thread Hendrik and Fay
And be aware that on most multimeters you have to switch the red wire to read amps, I have been caught out a few times. A few years back I had a Mitsingbitzi that got a flat battery, turned out the boot light was staying on because the switch was out of alignment, of course this would not

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Rich Thomas
They do good work, but there is no way any graduating doc these days could join that group if they had the debt most have (~$200k is the average at Gtown). That also mitigates against family practice and such since they don t make that much. -R On 3/29/14 6:18 PM, astrasfo...@gmail.com

[MBZ] Hitlers Mercecdes

2014-03-29 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Notice the headlight in the middle of the grill. That would be cool on any of our Mercedes IMO. Gerry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDI_Els-myo ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread G Mann
I'm old enough that I was born at home and the Dr. came on a house call to make delivery. There was no medical insurance at all in those days, the Doctors were a respected member of the community and charged what he was worth. This continued until I was about 25 yrs. old, then we started having

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread dseretakis
The obscenely expensive healthcare system is not due to doctors wages but due to expensive hospital stays, incredibly expensive medications, hospitals having to foot the bill for uninsured patients visiting the ER and then admitted for months on end at times, etc,etc. Your average internist

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread dseretakis
Very true. Anyone going into medicine today for the money is a fool. There are other far easier and faster ways to earn a buck. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: They do good work, but there is no way any graduating

Re: [MBZ] this is interesting

2014-03-29 Thread Craig
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:58:22 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: http://www.chonday.com/Videos/cruishalcut2 Indeed! They had the 99 foot section to be inserted pre-fabbed and just slipped it in. That speaks to both the original ship's assembly being accurately to plan and the new

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread WILTON
Yep, ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:53:45 -0400 G. M. Brown

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
My goal this summer during car season is accomplishing something that merits a Wiltonian Attaboy! On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:09 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Yep, ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: I'm old enough that I was born at home... That makes you maybe 33 years old or so? We had 3 sons born at home in Colorado. Read The Law by Frederic Bastiat in 1840 available as pdf online or as html - it comes up easily. The Law explains why costs go up - simple case of large cache

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread Dwight Giles
Me too On Mar 29, 2014 10:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: My goal this summer during car season is accomplishing something that merits a Wiltonian Attaboy! On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:09 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Yep, ATTABOY! Wilt - Original

Re: [MBZ] Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
That's actually a good thing isn't it? Where is it written that every physician has to be wealthy. Where is it written that every goobermnt employee has to make more than the guy doing the equivalent job in the real world? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] NYTimes.com: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
From The New York Times: An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw A $30 replacement part helped set in motion General Motors' recall of 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other cars, and one of the gravest safety crises in company history.

Re: [MBZ] OT Airplane pR0n for Saturday

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
And for us old guys.. from back in the day of Wooden Ships and Iron Men, this bit of machinery porn. This of course, happened in the day when we fought to win wars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2D3k0sJ8HM WAY COOL! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
For any of you who may be interested, I was able to obtain a used glow plug relay control box via Ebay and, unlike other MB electronic gizmos, this was rather easy to install (~20 min.) and it solved the non-starting problem. Now to take the original one apart to see if I can repair it and

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread WILTON
'Already have - making some mighty fine pepper jelly, for example. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

Re: [MBZ] Installed used relay in '84 300D

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
My goal this summer during car season is accomplishing something that merits a Wiltonian Attaboy! An Honorable goal, Indeed!Go for Broke! Andrew! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] Shysters was: Political Statement for the Day (OnT)

2014-03-29 Thread Dieselhead
I'm old enough that I was born at home and the Dr. came on a house call to make delivery. There was no medical insurance at all in those days, the Doctors were a respected member of the community and charged what he was worth. This continued until I was about 25 yrs. old, then we started having

Re: [MBZ] Looking for Tom with the 1974 Mercedes 240d - $ 1

2014-03-29 Thread Dwight Giles
Well Tom you can bring one of your BMW baurs compete for best German marque non MB. On Mar 28, 2014 9:45 PM, toms cat1 tomsc...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Dwight, Yes, I did have a 1975 W115 300D, the one that won the Jalopy Award two consecutive years at ChowdahQ. :) Alas, I do not have it