Re: [MBZ] Driveshaft fixt.

2014-04-24 Thread Gary Hurst
he even forgot to charge you for it! what an amazing fellow! you'd think he'd be everyone's hero, not just the chowdah crew's On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Frederick Moir wrote: > King sexy has had delivered to me a small boot for the drive-shaft for my > 300TD. > Speedy and accurate, plus

Re: [MBZ] 1882 300 td sls troubles and finally repairs!!

2014-04-24 Thread Scott Ritchey
When I did this job on my 79 TD, I had trouble starting the threads of the b-nut where the hard line connects to the sphere. So I unbolted the new sphere to help align it and that allowed the threads to start right. Then I rebolted the sphere to the chasis. > -Original Message- > From: M

[MBZ] Driveshaft fixt.

2014-04-24 Thread Frederick Moir
King sexy has had delivered to me a small boot for the drive-shaft for my 300TD. Speedy and accurate, plus sexy, who could ask for more? All assembled ready for the morn and crawl under the car time. Center bearing and mount, boot thingy and those rubberoid dognuts fore and aft. Now waiting for the

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread rogerhga
Well guysI just went and looked at my fog lights on my 83 300D. The fog bulbs appear to be sealed beam just like the hi/lo headlights in the fitting beside them. The fog bulbs have "Bosch Germany" embossed in the glass in the middle of them. The fixtures that the bulbs sit in have Bosch stic

Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread MG
First as to checking the pump pressure look up 35-530 in the manual. Second a pump may be pumping fluid and the valve can return it to the tank without there being very much pressure since when the valve is set to the normal level the fluid returns to the tank without being subject to any rest

Re: [MBZ] Toasty SLS

2014-04-24 Thread Craig
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:06:19 +0930 Hendrik and Fay wrote: > http://www.wormser-zeitung.de/lokales/polizei/unfall-auf-der-a61-bei-worms-explosion-unter-motorhaube-eines-sportwagens-fahrer-verliert-kontrolle_14078553.htm In (somewhat stilted) English, that is: police 04/23/2014 Accident on the

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Curt Raymond
I'm waiting for a picture of a "sealed beam" foglight from a 123 car. If somebodys got one I'd also like the part number from it. This has been bugging me all day... -Curt Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:26:07 -0400 From: "WILTON" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights Mes

[MBZ] Toasty SLS

2014-04-24 Thread Hendrik and Fay
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Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Rich Thomas
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Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Rich Thomas
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Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread WILTON
Y'all watch out; I may hafta come up with another silly Sondy Tale. ;<) Wilt - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights 20 posts (now 21 I guess) and we are no further ahead _

Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Rich Thomas
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Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Randy Bennell
20 posts (now 21 I guess) and we are no further ahead ___ 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 po

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Meade Dillon
I've only owned a single 123 car, now sold, but it had sealed beam fog lights. 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: http://mail.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I have seen a couple of cars with sealed beam dogs but they were aftermarket I am pretty sure Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2014, at 10:00 PM, "arche...@embarqmail.com" > wrote: > > They're both installed in the car. I'll take a pic and post it as soon as I > find replacements. > Gerry >

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Mitch Haley
Fmiser wrote: Gerry wrote: I wonder if there are both sealed beam and bulb in housing lamps by different manufacturers that fit the standard 123 headlight/fog light assembly? I guess that's possible. I thought the headlamps were standard 7" round DOT types, and the fog lamps were intercha

Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Fmiser
> Andrew wrote: > > Is it easy to r/r the sls valve as well? Yes. The hardest or riskiest part is the lines/pipes. Like brake lines, they require the nut to spin on the line so rust and corrosion can interfere. A couple bolts hold the valve body to the car. Oh, and the link to the anti-sway b

Re: [MBZ] sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Fmiser
> > > Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > > > > > So with my symptoms (bouncy rear, inability to raise rear of > > > the car under load), how likely is it that my valve is > > > defective? I strongly suspect you have two separate issues. But if you want the system to function as original, then the compo

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Fmiser
> > Curt Raymond wrote: > > > > Anybody else want to weigh in on this? I completely sure none > > of my 123 cars has had sealed beam lights, theres a bulb held > > in by a little wire clippy. I have a few I can check - but as I have never messed with them I presumed they were sealed beam. They mo

Re: [MBZ] 1882 300 td sls troubles and finally repairs!!

2014-04-24 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: "Rick Hawkins Java" To: Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 1:41 AM Subject: [MBZ] 1882 300 td sls troubles and finally repairs!! Folks, Today my helper and i spent a couple of hours working on my sls on the 300TD. First we siphoned the flui

Re: [MBZ] 123 fog lights

2014-04-24 Thread Curt Raymond
I think yours are aftermarket because I find it impossible to believe that every car I've seen hasn't got them. Doesn't it seem weird to you that all the ones I've seen on cars spanning the whole generation are replaceable bulb? We aren't talking about euro lights all this time are we? I've neve

Re: [MBZ] thick sls troubles

2014-04-24 Thread Hendrik and Fay
You meant to say "rise from the ground" ;-) Hendrik who is just messing with ya.backward folk On 23/04/14 10:57, Craig wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:53:28 +0930 Hendrik and Fay wrote: who is in autumn not spring (actually you lot call it fall, why don't you call spring rise? Ahh that's r

Re: [MBZ] 1882 300 td sls troubles and finally repairs!!

2014-04-24 Thread Dan Penoff
7 to 1 split effective June 9th, I believe. Life is good. Dan AAPL shareholder since 1997 Sent from my iPad > On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Rick Hawkins Java wrote: > > Folks, > > Today my helper and i spent a couple of hours working on my sls on the 300TD. > > First we siphoned the fluid ou