Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: 1983 Mercedes 500 SEC/300SDC midnight deal

2014-06-01 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Of course it's a college kid, it's probably only me and my evil imagination that's thinking, vicious drug lord/pimp/hired killer. You might perhaps wanna grab that bullet proof W140 first, in case the deal goes bad. Also whilst at it, swing by Kalebs place to get some serious personal

[MBZ] Window fuses?

2014-06-01 Thread Karl Wittnebel
Front left and rear right windows suddenly not working any more when I picked the car up from the car wash guys at work. They worked when I dropped the car off, and all the switches up front are new now. Is that window combination how the fuses are wired? Thanks.

Re: [MBZ] Window fuses?

2014-06-01 Thread Hendrik and Fay
This the car wash you used? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVSXi2JgpY Hendrik who is wondering which car you speakes of On 01/06/14 16:55, Karl Wittnebel wrote: Front left and rear right windows suddenly not working any more when I picked the car up from the car wash guys at work. They

Re: [MBZ] finally

2014-06-01 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: The educational system, especially higher ed, is not a customer focused mentality. Any business that reserves the best parking spots for the employees and expects the customers to park a mile away is a business worthy of boycott. Mitch.

[MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
My 5 year old 19 Dell monitor used every day gradually expanded the image horizontally making it unusable. I took the monitor apart and found a 330 mfd 15 volt capacitor had a slightly rounded top. That was the only problem I could find. Radio Shack had no 330 mfd capacitors but I did have a

Re: [MBZ] 123 wagons

2014-06-01 Thread Meade Dillon
Fred, not sure if you saw this reply from Manfred. It was in my spam folder. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On May 30, 2014 9:51 PM, MG trainpain2...@aol.com wrote: Are the rear hatch latch mechanisms still in one piece? A lot of times the part that the inside release handle attaches to gets

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel
Well done! On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 7:06 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: It's been running for about an hour, so it looks like the fix might stay fixed. Gerry..patting self on back for undeserved good guess. ___

Re: [MBZ] Window fuses?

2014-06-01 Thread Scott Ritchey
Is that window combination how the fuses are wired? Yes. At least in the older models I'm familiar with. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 3:25 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject:

Re: [MBZ] 123 wagons

2014-06-01 Thread Fred Moir
Max, Manfred.I did not get the email from Manfred. Regular, spam or otherwise. Seems to a continuing trend.The 123 TD's are mostly complete.The latch inside handle should be no problem, assuming that they are not broken.The instrument panel may need to be purchased whole. It's just the way they

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: 1983 Mercedes 500 SEC/300SDC midnight deal

2014-06-01 Thread WILTON
A goodun, Henny! ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: 1983 Mercedes 500 SEC/300SDC midnight deal Of course it's a college kid,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: arche...@embarqmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 8:06 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy My 5 year old 19 Dell monitor used every day gradually expanded the image

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Re: 1983 Mercedes 500 SEC/300SDC midnight deal

2014-06-01 Thread Rich Thomas
Henny has it pretty much right, except our bullet-proof glass windows saved us from any harm. And it was a MAC-10 not an Uzi. The people in the hospital were innocent bystanders who were caught in the spray n pray firing of the MAC-10 by the alleged business man, who was quoted as saying at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Mitchell wrote: Well done! WILTON wrote: ATTABOY! My 5 year old 19 Dell monitor used every day gradually expanded the image horizontally making it unusablesnip (fixed it.) Gerry..patting self on back for undeserved good guess. Thank, guys. Gerry

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Allan Streib
Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com writes: I attached a shot of the same area on my 126 300SD. I wonder if the rubber block a previous fix on your car or if they changed the linkage design by 82? My '83 300D has a similar setup to what you pictured. The linkage is different on the W116,

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread Larry Turner
Hey Kaleb, Yep, that's the highlights - had it evacuated and charged yesterday -- nice cold today. :-) The one I bought was made by ACM (IIRC) and now I need to arrange to send it back. It was the only one he had so he offered a refund if he confirms it is bad. I had my AC shop

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread Larry Turner
Thanks Wilton -- please call me Dr Evapectomy in the future.. ;-) Larry On 5/31/2014 11:28 AM, WILTON wrote: ATTABOY! 'Hope rest of it goes well, too. BTW, you're about to be our resident evapectomy expert. Wilton - Original Message - From: Larry Turner l02tur...@comcast.net To:

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread WILTON
Or a piece of drive shaft rubber/fabric disc? Wilton - Original Message - From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem Scott Ritchey

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Allan Streib
Hard to be certain but it looks like the number on the rubber block is 617.070.302. Not sure if that's just the rubber part or the whole assembly. Anyone with EPC know what this is? WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes: Or a piece of drive shaft rubber/fabric disc? Wilton - Original Message

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread WILTON
Send us a write-up, additional tips? 'Hope I don't hafta do it again. BTW, how did you handle the broken actuator rod across bottom of evap box? Another BTW, do fellow listers know/realize that two of us who've done this job now (one of us twice) are handicapped by CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Allan Streib
Taking the Jim Cathey approach for now, gluing it back together with shoe-goo. Then I'll wrap a zip tie around it to keep it together if that should fail so I don't lose the part. Allan Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu writes: Hard to be certain but it looks like the number on the rubber

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread Jim Cathey
found a 330 mfd 15 volt capacitor had a slightly rounded top. Was this one polarized, or non-polarized? The distinction is, as they say, tres important. As I recall there is often a non-polarized cap in a tube monitor, and you _cannot_ replace it with a polarized one. NP's are not usually

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Jim Cathey
Glue is good! Shoe Goo won't take the high temperature found on top of a V8, but in that application it'll probably be good for the remaining life of the car. There's a wad of it holding together the Frankenheap's shutoff knob's engine-side dingus, it's been there more than 10 years now... --

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Fred Moir
Allen.The EPC numbers are laid out 617 070 The number that you asked about is a number short.Either send me the VIN or find the lost digit. (It probably fell off the bench and rolled out of sight/reach). Fred MoirLynn MADiesel preferred. From: str...@cs.indiana.edu To:

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread Peter Frederick
Thanks for the encouragement Larry! I'll be doing this job on the diesel as soon as I get a long weekend free. Not that I'm looking forward to it, eh? I'm going to buy new diaphragms for the vacuum elements and try fixing them rather than buying the ones I can fix, it's vastly cheaper.

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I need to do my 210 i have not drove it in a year Sent from my iPhone On Jun 1, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Larry Turner l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: Hey Kaleb, Yep, that's the highlights - had it evacuated and charged yesterday -- nice cold today. :-) The one I bought was made by ACM

Re: [MBZ] w124 Evaporator

2014-06-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The problem is regardless of what they say those diaphragms you buy do not allow full movement of the flaps, best to buy the proper parts. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 1, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: Thanks for the encouragement Larry! I'll be doing this

Re: [MBZ] W116 300SD throttle linkage problem

2014-06-01 Thread Greg Fiorentino
IIRC the analogous part on the son's 1980 240D was in stock at Rusty's for about $15. I thought that was worth doing vice the zip-tie/chewing gum temporary repair I had done. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Both were polarized. This is a solid state monitor. Fixed a friends fairly new solid state TV which had the same problem. Seems like manufacturers would use higher quality or heavier duty caps. Thanks for the reminder. Gerrywho can happily go to his reward now that he has an Attaboy. On

Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy

2014-06-01 Thread Gary Hurst
it seems most monitors fail because of cheap chinese substandard caps. i have a nice on in the closet i've been meaning to et to for a while now On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:12 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Both were polarized. This is a solid state monitor. Fixed

Re: [MBZ] I thought the price was going up

2014-06-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Run away - the AC doesn't blow ICE COLD. On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com wrote: Do you need bullet proof doors windows? On May 31, 2014 5:26 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Do you have a chauffeur? --R On

[MBZ] OT: an update

2014-06-01 Thread Curt Raymond
I've been list silent for a week or so as we were off for our spring excursion to the cabin in Maine. Our big project for the week was to move the outhouse which was more or less full. It wasn't fun to use with the ever present worry that your current deposit might make for an overfull

Re: [MBZ] OT: an update

2014-06-01 Thread Rich Thomas
That stuff will rot and cave in soon enough, should have used treated lumber. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jun 1, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Ripped out some small stumps and then dug the hole for a 42x32x42 box made of OSB (oriented strand board, also

[MBZ] 126 camber

2014-06-01 Thread mjones456
How is the camber adjusted on a 126 front end? I pulled apart the side with the worst camber, and the ball joints are ok. I did not see a camber adjustment. How is the camber adjusted? Left tire is wearing worst on the outside edge. ___

Re: [MBZ] 126 camber

2014-06-01 Thread mjones456
Also, Anyone have the part number for the upper ball joint boot? Boots are bad, but the upper joints are ok. On June 1, 2014 at 8:38 PM, mjones...@hushmail.com wrote: How is the camber adjusted on a 126 front end? I pulled apart the side with the worst camber, and the ball joints are ok. I

Re: [MBZ] 126 camber

2014-06-01 Thread Meade Dillon
Don't know for sure, but there is probably an eccentric bolt through the lower control arm bushing. Loosen the nut, turn the bolt to pull/push the control arm in or out. Hopefully the eccentric bolt is not seized inside the bushing. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Jun 1, 2014 9:38 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: an update

2014-06-01 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Moving the outhouse reminds me: In Oct '55, I moved the outhouse where I grew up in NC. 'Dug approx. 3½' x 4' x nearly 7' hole in red clay that was reasonably easy to dig with hand shovel. 'Made a ladder for entry/exit when it got too deep; 'had no fear that it would cave in;

[MBZ] 1973 220D on Craigslist

2014-06-01 Thread Kevin Allen Kraly
http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/4499455024.html I thought that the W115 220D cars had 3 speed automatics, not 4 speeds. The ad mentions the tranny free revving when going into 4th gear. Is this one worth a look? Kevin in Hillsboro, OR ___

Re: [MBZ] 126 camber

2014-06-01 Thread Peter Frederick
Better yet, replace the upper control arm. You will find it loose, with the rubber in the mount gone. We've replace the ones on the SDL already, both sides. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] 1973 220D on Craigslist

2014-06-01 Thread Peter Frederick
They have four speed with a fluid coupling. I would be concerned about a direct clutch if it slips in fourth (all gear sets locked). That said, mine shifted badly until I drove it a while, so it may just be from sitting too long. Fun cars if you are not in a hurry. Peter

Re: [MBZ] 1973 220D on Craigslist

2014-06-01 Thread Gary Hurst
i had similar issues with my 250 tranny until some guy said he'd clean my valve body and fix it. and then it was fixed On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Kevin Allen Kraly kevinpadd...@gmail.com wrote: http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/4499455024.html I thought that the W115 220D cars