Re: [MBZ] the "club"

2015-04-18 Thread Karl Wittnebel
I parked my 85 td on the street a mile from that safeway for about five years. No notes, but someone did steal the hood ornament one time if that counts. There was always a dark blue 87 td on Benton i thought about leaving notes on. That condo is for sale if anyone is looking for a pied a terre.

[MBZ] where to buy STAR DAS clone

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
I saw a recommendation for mbstarshop.com on one of the forums, is that as good a place as any? They sell three grades of C3 multiplexers, from $345 to $469 with cables and hard drive, plus the 'super' one for $629. Any advice as to which one to buy? ___ h

Re: [MBZ] W140 wiper refills

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Several years ago I went through the more expensive name brand blades and found them all short-lived. Then I tried Walmarts cheapest, as well as Trico, and found both to last much longer. This Prius uses a 26 inch blade which does more flexing, I suppose, so I w

Re: [MBZ] W140 wiper refills

2015-04-18 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:10:16 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote: > The good news is my new-to-me 1997 S420 appears to have genuine OE wiper > blades. > They're Bosch made and the part that latches into the wiper arm has the star > on it. > > The bad news is the left insert is bad, and the right one is fa

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Greg Fiorentino
I'll get right on it! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 12:49 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil? More mods to do -- get busy! http://www.spri

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
More mods to do -- get busy! http://www.sprinter-rv.com/2014/10/13/rock-crawling-4x4-sprinter/ --R On 4/18/15 1:54 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: It's a Forest River Solera 24R, with 2 slides, walk-around queen bed for us and cabover sleeper for the grandkids. We're flying in to Denver to inspect

Re: [MBZ] 123 mono valve and spam

2015-04-18 Thread Jon Agne
I am glad for your good fortune. > On Apr 18, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Rick Hawkins Java wrote: > > I've been running a monovalve insert from china for several years in both my > 300TD and daughter's 300D turbo for several years. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To s

Re: [MBZ] mono-valve source

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
I have seen some instructable-type things on making molds for rubber or silicone bits, I would think with a CNC machine that it would not be too hard to do it, and to bodge up some injection equipment. --R On 4/18/15 12:24 PM, G Mann wrote: Why own a CNC ? Just build the program for the par

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Greg Fiorentino
It's a Forest River Solera 24R, with 2 slides, walk-around queen bed for us and cabover sleeper for the grandkids. We're flying in to Denver to inspect and purchase. Our current rig is a 29' 5th. wheel pulled by a crew cab Powerchoke F-250. It's tough (or impossible) to get into sites in the Nat

Re: [MBZ] W140 wiper refills

2015-04-18 Thread Tom Savage
On Apr 18, 2015 12:22 PM, "Mitch Haley" wrote: > > I know I can get refills at the dealer (140824032701 and 140824012701), but is there anything under $10 a side that does the job as well? > I couldn't find anything circa 2007 and used dealer inserts. There was mention on the Ritter list about som

[MBZ] W140 wiper refills

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
The good news is my new-to-me 1997 S420 appears to have genuine OE wiper blades. They're Bosch made and the part that latches into the wiper arm has the star on it. The bad news is the left insert is bad, and the right one is falling apart. (the right one appears to be original to the blade, wh

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Max Dillon
Nice! Tell us more! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On April 18, 2015 12:53:16 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino wrote: >I'm getting (this coming Tues.) a 2013 Sprinter based RV with the OM642 >engine. > >Greg > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search l

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Greg Fiorentino
I'm getting (this coming Tues.) a 2013 Sprinter based RV with the OM642 engine. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:00 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Appr

[MBZ] 123 mono valve and spam

2015-04-18 Thread Rick Hawkins Java
Folks I've been running a monovalve insert from china for several years in both my 300TD and daughter's 300D turbo for several years. The heat was fine this winter on both cars. $200 for an insert … i don't think so how about used units from junkyards or ebay if you think the chinese can make

Re: [MBZ] mono-valve source

2015-04-18 Thread G Mann
Why own a CNC ? Just build the program for the part and rent production time. There are loads of small [relatively] shops that have excess machinery capacity now because the economy is in the tank. Production demand is down, but the machine sets there costing space and money.. I'm on several mach

[MBZ] This can kill a coupla days

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
That vid about the old Benz links to the Mercedes TV channel on utuber https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClj0L8WZrVydk5xKOscI6-A --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery option

[MBZ] OldBenzpR0n

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
http://jalopnik.com/watch-mercedes-recreate-a-long-lost-one-off-race-car-fr-1698490154 --R ___ 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/

Re: [MBZ] mono-valve source

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Thomas
I appreciate the confidence in my talents. Now if y'all will kickstartgofundme to buy a CNC milling machine I will get right to it. I bought one of those replacement cartridges from Jabba for one of the SDs for my daughter to replace but I don't know if she did it yet or not -- I think I had

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: The esp is a special formula for emissions reasons, it says it real big on the front, you would know if you had it. It's also very expensive Now I see. The expensive stuff at W-mart is EP. The 229.51 stuff is ESP. Mitch. ___ http://

Re: [MBZ] FW: mono-valve insert repair kit for my '84 300D

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Jon Agne wrote: IIRC, the part I received was made in France. Too bad MBZ doesn't sell the rubbers. Somebody at the factory in France could probably shove a handful in his pocket and sell them for 25 euros each. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sear

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The esp is a special formula for emissions reasons, it says it real big on the front, you would know if you had it. It's also very expensive Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2015, at 8:31 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >> What sort of car are you running it in? Unless it

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: What sort of car are you running it in? Unless it is about 07 and up I would not run it. That's what annoys me about the BEVO site. I downloaded the .pdf which gives oil specification numbers for each engine type, and no engine I own is even on the list because they'r

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Walmart does not carry esp that I have seen, it's sometimes hard To find Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2015, at 6:22 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > Greg Fiorentino wrote: >> Anybody ever tried this: >> http://www.amazon.com/Total-188058-5QT-Quartz-5W-30-Engine/dp/B00NFFE4YA >> The price and revi

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Approved 229.51 Oil?

2015-04-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
What sort of car are you running it in? Unless it is about 07 and up I would not run it. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: > > Anybody ever tried this: > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Total-188058-5QT-Quartz-5W-30-Engine/dp/B00NFFE4YA/ref > =sr_1_1?s=au

Re: [MBZ] mono-valve source

2015-04-18 Thread Jon Agne
Precisely what happened with my 3 MTC mono-valves. All it takes is a pinhole. Jon > On Apr 17, 2015, at 10:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > > Coolant gets past the sealing and into the moving parts of the valve. This > causes the valve to get somewhat hydrolocked and not pulse open and closed

Re: [MBZ] FW: mono-valve insert repair kit for my '84 300D

2015-04-18 Thread Jon Agne
IIRC, the part I received was made in France. > On Apr 17, 2015, at 10:19 PM, G. M. Brown wrote: > > For those who may be interested in the mono-valve insert repair kit for the > W123 cars, here's a comment from someone at Autohaus indicating that they're > all Chinese junk now. > > G. M. br