India is very similar as China when it comes to pollution. but both
refuse to engage in limiting activity -
*But if this Global Warming gets any worse, I'm going to freeze to death!!*
LarryT
91 300D
On 2/24/2015 10:06 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Having traveled to China in the past two
I'm taking it ('05 e320) to my indy Friday to see what needs to be done.
When I called him and I described the symptoms as those that would lead to
axle replacement in a W123, he echoed many of the things y'all said knowing
this is a W211. We will see what he finds out.
Bob R
On Feb 24, 2015 8:57
You'd get a lot of use from a MB Technical Manual - it lists all the
models, engines, trannys, torques, and much more - it's only about
5x8 but it's almost 1 thick and has everything you'd ever want to know -
The official title is/Technical Data Passenger Cars/ - I think I
ordered it direct
You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on the
engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a significant amount of information
as far as what's going on both in the engine and radiator.
Dan
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On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Randy Bennell via
It looks like this:
http://www.sunfrogshirts.com/Geek--Tech/Pi-Day-2015--RoyalBlue-16863900-Guys.html?374135
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Another knife to keep an eye out for is Forgecraft, long out of
manufacture. These are unremarkable looking carbon steel -- watch out
for rust! -- but run quite hard, RC 60 or 61 isn't uncommon. They
take and hold an incredible edge with minimal work.
I have some Forgecraft knives. I like
I thought it was .357? I don't know anything about shell casings or
guns.
Good question about how to keep it from dislodging!
I think I used 9mm, not sure. Just grabbed something
from the brass bucket that looked like it would fit.
I used pliers to crimp the slit shut once it was over
the
On 25/02/2015 1:20 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
dsereta...@yahoo.com; wrote
snips
No overheating. Heat working fine.
Popped hood when arrived home, felt lower radiator hose and it was stone cold.
Sounds like problem solved to me.
The lower radiator hose is cold and the heater is warm,
The EPC used to give you all that data, plus a lot more based on the VIN.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 7:10 AM, LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
You'd get a lot of use from a MB Technical Manual - it lists all the
models, engines, trannys, torques, and much more - it's only about
Since some are considering non-MB cars for their families:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/research/deadliest-vehicles-for-drivers/ss-AA9feSc#image=1
Chevrolet Aveo 5-Door
Chevrolet Suburban 1500 2WD
Chevrolet HHR
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 4WD
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Aveo (4-door)
Dodge
I wonder if the Suburban and Silverado suffer from Hey y'all ho mah
beer and watchiss The others I can see, when a Sub or Sil t-bones one.
--R
On 2/25/15 11:59 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Since some are considering non-MB cars for their families:
That was the first thing I thought too.
I would guess that a lot of the smaller cars are driven by younger,
inexperienced drivers and the Grand Marquis by elderly drivers etc
Not sure why the Suburban and Silverado would score high apart from the
fact that the red neck crowd may drive hard
True. Should help.
RB who does not have one of those cars and wouldn't be able to get it
started right now if he did
On 25/02/2015 11:06 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
It would be nice if someone else with a properly working 240D would map
theirs for comparison.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in temperature
between the locations. In other words, I would expect to see the top radiator
hose be hot and the lower to be cool, for example.
This gives you a really good view into whether or not the system is working as
intended.
You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of
temperatures on the engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a
significant amount of information as far as what's going on both in
the engine and radiator.
Dan
Unlike the Hi Lift jack, the HF IR thermometers are adequate for
It would be nice if someone else with a properly working 240D would map
theirs for comparison.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on
the engine, hoses and radiator. That
If that were the case, I'd think that Ford would be equally represented.
They do out sell Chevy here in truck country.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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I wonder if the Suburban and Silverado suffer from Hey y'all ho mah beer
and watchiss
Well, here's the flip side - the safest cars for drivers from the same
study. I find it hard to draw a conclusion other than randomness and the
advantage of mass. The SUVs seem to be the safest.
Zero driver deaths per 1 million registered vehicles:
Audi A4 Quattro
Honda Odyssey
Kia Sorento 2WD
Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in temperature
between the locations. In other words,
Delta.
Rick
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My guess is that the higher end vehicles tend to be bought by more
conservative folks who probably drive more carefully.
Don't know how it is where you are, but around here, one is unlikely to
see a Subaru up to the speed limit. They tend to be driven by the sort
who normally travel slower than
I wonder if the Suburban and Silverado suffer from Hey y'all ho mah
beer and watchiss The others I can see, when a Sub or Sil t-bones
one.
--R
I'd guess no seatbelts and rollover/ejection is what is killing the
covered or open pickup folks.
I have a suburban, I am invincible. My truck
No, not the exact temps, but the patterns - the head is x degrees hotter
than the top of the radiator, which is y degrees hotter than the lower rad
hose, all relative to the T-stat housing, under these conditions (ambient
temp, miles driven at z average speed, etc.).
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:06
Well, I'm currently experiencing a mix of rain/sleet/snow here in Monroe, East
of Atlanta. Just hope the power doesn't go. Don't mind the snow, but hate the
ice storms.
Best wishes,
Roger
Roger Hale
Dinnerware Classics, Inc.
Monroe, Ga.
770-267-0850
www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new)
My guess is that the higher end vehicles tend to be bought by more
conservative folks who probably drive more carefully.
Don't know how it is where you are, but around here, one is unlikely
to see a Subaru up to the speed limit. They tend to be driven by the
sort who normally travel slower than
OK, I'll bite. Just how cold is it, Randy? Preferably in degrees F.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in
temperature between the locations. In other words,
Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but
the differences in temperature between
the locations. In other words,
Delta.
Rick
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T= Temperature
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The easy way is to blame Obama. That way you don't have to fret about the
differences between weather and climate!
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:21 PM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes
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Well, I'm currently experiencing a mix of rain/sleet/snow here in Monroe,
East of Atlanta.
The easy way is to blame Obama. That way you don't have to fret about
the differences between weather and climate! snip
Who, will of course, advise us with great authority it is Bushes Fault.
Executive privilege went from The buck stops here to Pass the buck in
such a short time.. Why I
I have been listening to the inane commentary on NPR about this pipeline
bidness. It is quite interesting how the opponents have managed to turn
the discussion around aspects that are either 1) wrong, 2) irrelevant,
3) conflated, 4) partially true, 5) idiotic, 6) ignoring certain other
On 25/02/2015 3:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
OK, I'll bite. Just how cold is it, Randy? Preferably in degrees F.
right now - 4:15 on Wednesday, it is -16C or about 3F.
Nice bright sunny day. A bit of wind though.
Spring is coming.
RB
Email the seller and explain. I once accidentally shipped two orders that
should have gone to separate buyers to one buyer. The one buyer refused to
return the mistaken item...
-Curt
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An item purchased arrived but another item that was not purchased
arrived in another box. What is the scam gonna happen in this fiasco?
Hanlon's (Heinlein's?) razor.
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My great uncle Reg swore getting ejected from the vehicle was the
best thing that could happen to you. He was terrified of burning to
death inside. Personally I'll take my chances inside the big metal
box rather than having the big metal box run me down.
-Curt
If'n Iza gonna hafta hit
iFail.
Ifon
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I believe postal regulations say that if you receive an item that you did not
pay for or agree to pay for (you have not made a contract), you are under no
obligation to pay or return the item. This was taught in my high school
business law class.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
Snagged a leather and wood steering wheel for the SL tonight on eBay for $20.
The leather definitely needs recovering.
I saw an Instructable on recovering a leather wheel (BMW) today, but was
curious as to if any of our esteemed listmembers have attempted this themselves.
For $20 I figured I
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:01:13 -0800 Jim Cathey via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
An item purchased arrived but another item that was not purchased
arrived in another box. What is the scam gonna happen in this fiasco?
Hanlon's (Heinlein's?) razor.
So somebody else besides Occam has
Schick?
On Feb 25, 2015, at 10:52 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:01:13 -0800 Jim Cathey via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
An item purchased arrived but another item that was not purchased
arrived in another box. What is the scam
I believe that to be the case as well, however, from an ethical standpoint you
should contact the seller, make them aware of the error, and see how they want
to deal with it. That was from Business Ethics when I was in college.
One could probably argue that while it was an unsolicited item,
Snagged a leather and wood steering wheel for the SL tonight on eBay
for $20. The leather definitely needs recovering.
I saw an Instructable on recovering a leather wheel (BMW) today, but
was curious as to if any of our esteemed listmembers have attempted
this themselves.
For $20 I figured
All good ideas - thanks!
Here’s the Instructables for doing it:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Reupholstering-a-steering-wheel/?utm_source=baseutm_medium=related-instructablesutm_campaign=related_test
Curly wrote:
I'd guess no seatbelts and rollover/ejection is what is killing
the covered or open pickup folks.
One old guy swore that his ejection from single car accident was what
kept him alive. He ran the Jeep dealership in Rock Springs.
mao
That has been known to happen frequently.
On 2/25/2015 5:09 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
I have been listening to the inane commentary on NPR about this
pipeline bidness. It is quite interesting how the opponents have
managed to turn the discussion around aspects that are either 1)
wrong, 2) irrelevant, 3) conflated, 4)
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:50:28 -0600 Curly McLain via Mercedes
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iFail.
Ifon
Shouldn't that be youFail?
Craig
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Failed.
Again.
Failed.
Again
--R
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Now you're talking!
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:24 PM, David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
On 2/25/2015 5:09 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
I have been listening to the inane commentary on NPR about this pipeline
bidness. It is quite interesting how the
That was a very speedy camel cart - the lens arrived today and it's
beautiful. :)
I'll mail you a check unless you'd prefer a123 part instead. If so, let me
know what you need.
Thanks a ton,
Andrew
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Which leads to my favorite solution - less people. We need more
incentives for people to have fewer children.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
They've all moved away said the voice of a stranger
We have people working on that. Just recently they eliminated 21
deniers whom they
dseretakis--- wrote:
Interestingly, I noticed that heavy engine braking down hill
would bring the temps from almost in the red to normal, but once
I started accelerating the temp would rise again. Wonder why it
did that?
At idle, most diesel engines produce very little heat. With the
Kaleb wrote:
New Okie acres Rancho costa plenty is about 15 minutes east of bville
You are waaay far away from Claremore?
mao
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For those who followed Wilton's Sonde stories, here is a (less engaging)
article about the other Greenland air base.
http://www.legion.org/magazine/226129/top-world
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an elliptical can be folded to fit into a car with fold down seat and pass
through. I did it once. Never again. Give me lots of space to haul and easy
access to it. With either of the options available, you are not going to save
on fuel, so go for best hauling ability and what keeps SWMBA
panzerwagon owners are seriously deluded about the value of their roadsters.
Those cars are not going to rise in price for ages. There are too many beat to
crap examples and too few set up like new to get the prices asked. Nobody will
be willing to throw the money needed to restore them to
The easy way is to blame Obama. That way you don't have to fret about the
differences between weather and climate!
Andrew,
I'm retired now so I don't care about the difference between weather and
climate, as long as the power stays on and I don't have a tornado. As to
blaming
An item purchased arrived but another item that was not purchased
arrived in another box. What is the scam gonna happen in this fiasco?
Any ideas?
mao
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Curly wrote:
I'd guess no seatbelts and rollover/ejection is what is killing the covered
or open pickup folks.
One old guy swore that his ejection from single car accident was what
kept him alive. He ran the Jeep dealership in Rock Springs.
mao
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Mao,
Take off your tinfoil hat and back away from the boxes
Really, it's as simple as someone probably screwed up with the seller.
I have, on a couple of occasions, received the wrong item or an item twice when
a seller got things goofed up during packing/shipping. Have you opened both to
To my hearing NPR was biased in favor of the pipeline. They tossed
softball questions when interviewing the visiting Alberta premier or
whatever you call him.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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I have been listening to the inane commentary
Kaleb C. wrote:
OKC
My son will be there next month for 4 weeks training.
mao
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My great uncle Reg swore getting ejected from the vehicle was the best thing
that could happen to you. He was terrified of burning to death inside.
Personally I'll take my chances inside the big metal box rather than having the
big metal box run me down.
-Curt
From: Mountain Man via
Dan wrote:
You need to dial the paranoia down a little, Mao. People make mistakes,
that's all.
Yep, but I thought I would check to see if perchance paranoia might be
warranted, based on okiebenz experience. Yes, I got inexpensive
purchased item and I opened the wrong item box, and I have not
Open both of them. One is probably wrong and need to be returned to the
seller. If it’s something of marginal value, they might just tell you to keep
it.
Dan
On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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Dan wrote:
You need to dial the paranoia
Ifon
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Again
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Couple I purchased my home from in PNW did that. Lived in HI from nov. to
April. I thought that quite extravagant until I got the first winter's
electric bill. They probably got that going in the 1970's and leased out their
island home for summer tourist season. The winter I upgraded to
the chloroflorocarbons were eating the ozone over the penguins. If we had not
stopped with the hair spray and freon, we would never have been able to watch
all these disturbing penguin movies.
clay
On Feb 23, 2015, at 9:23 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:
40 years ago we had to give
I would agree with your observations regarding values, however, the SL people I
know are realists and understand that their cars are, for the most part, pretty
much worthless.
I paid $5k for a 1997 with 71,000 miles on it a little more than a year ago.
Everything on it was in excellent shape,
There is always something to do rather than make wise comments about
science or evidence. Doing things is rather inexpensive compared to
the vast sums of tax that legislation squanders. Squander is reality.
The rest of the hub-bub is hot air. We can live with less. We can do
more. There is an
Yup, it's NOT fixed. I drove the piss out of it today and it was fine. The
lower rad hose started warming up indicating coolant circulation. No
overheating. Then went to a friend's house and on way back it started again,
temp rising, no heat, the usual. It was a 7 mile trip back home that
I've done a couple of wheel recovers, so I'll pitch my .02 cents of wisdom
into the collective pot..
If you have a Tandy leather store locally, visit them as a supply source
for good oil tanned leather that is the correct thickness for your wheel.
What you will be using, most likely is leather
Yup, it's NOT fixed. I drove the piss out of it today and it was
fine. The lower rad hose started warming up indicating coolant
circulation. No overheating. Then went to a friend's house and on
way back it started again, temp rising, no heat, the usual. It was a
7 mile trip back home that
I have one in ME but not with me here in MA.
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On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on the
engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a significant
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