Re: [MBZ] 1986 mercedes 300 sdl

> > What would cause it to only shift up through second gear? A bad transmission! Ba-dump bump! Try the veal, I'll be here all week... :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] 1986 mercedes 300 sdl

$400, It has 400K miles, runs, and it's very close to me! What would cause it to only shift up through second gear? https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/6022943523.html Sent from my cell ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Advantech and OSB sheathing are different but any wood product will succumb to chronic wet. The floor I had to replace was 1x12 SYP T (at 45 degrees) under solid oak flooring. I don't know how long it was wet but I could pull up big chunks with just my fingers. > -Original Message- >

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

That's right! The best or nothing, right?:) Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:36 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dimitri is just high minded, he doesn't want anything but the finest hardwood > planks ;) > -Curt > > From: Scott Ritchey via

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

I've heard of premature roof failures due to advantek use where roofing nail perforates the coating. Advantek is made from OSB. When OSB gets wet, it fails. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dimitri, Do you have

Re: [MBZ] Interesting thread on possible replacement for group 49 battery

I was impressed with how a 230 CCA $20.00 lawn tractor battery started the '83 300D so easily. I was going to buy another and run two of them since the car doesn't get used much and I couldn't see the point in have a $100+ battery die of old age. Problem was that the battery tray would almost

Re: [MBZ] Interesting thread on possible replacement for group 49 battery

I don't see the point at all. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:08 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > 31P? > > http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/384394-anybody-tried-group-31p-battery-place-our-group-49-a.html > > - >

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Well the advantek is down and we have started in the pergo. I discovered I really would need the special tap bar thing for hooking on and tapping it into place, and of course the local Lowes was out. We had planned on having this done today but will have to finish it tomorrow. The renters move

Re: [MBZ] Interesting thread on possible replacement for group 49 battery

Donate to my battery fund? Seriously, saving $40 or more and installing a bigger battery with more cranking power is a good thing, no? The two downsides seem to be that the existing battery cables may be too short, and the factory hold-down won't fit. - Max Charleston SC On Mon,

Re: [MBZ] Interesting thread on possible replacement for group 49 battery

Another solution in search of a problem On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:08 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 31P? > > > http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/384394-anybody-tried-group-31p-battery-place-our-group-49-a.html > > - > Max >

[MBZ] Interesting thread on possible replacement for group 49 battery

31P? http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/384394-anybody-tried-group-31p-battery-place-our-group-49-a.html - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Dimitri is just high minded, he doesn't want anything but the finest hardwood planks ;) -Curt From: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Scott Ritchey Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 7:35 PM

Re: [MBZ] Put Down The Pipe and Back Away

I believe that Mercedes did sell lambs wool seat covers as accessories some years back. I think I had a set that came with one of my cars. I wasn’t that impressed. -D > On Feb 27, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:14:13 -0500 Dan

Re: [MBZ] Put Down The Pipe and Back Away

On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:14:13 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > And six cylinders, too! > > https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/6022320531.html > > -D "original Mercedes Lambs Wool seat full covers" ? Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

If push comes to shove, you can always rip shims off a 2x and tack them to the tops of the joists. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 10:45 AM > To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Dimitri, Do you have experience or reports to support this? I only ask because I'm walking on a bunch of it. On all of these products, cutting them compromises the coating at the cut. > -Original Message- > From: Dimitri via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 10:47 AM > >

Re: [MBZ] Clearcoat Peeling

The failure is actually in the color coat under the clear coat. Usually keeping it well waxed (and out of the sun as much as possible) will extend the life of the paint due to more UV absorbtion before it gets to the paint. Repaints tend to fail badly due to inadequate clear coat thickness,

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

I suggest, that given Kaleb's history with the property as a landlord, he should patch it up in a reasonable manner and sell it as soon as he can. I don't think he should worry about making it last a lifetime. The Lord only knows what other problems with the house already exist but have not

Re: [MBZ] Put Down The Pipe and Back Away

And I use them all! --FT On 2/27/17 5:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: And six cylinders, too! https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/6022320531.html -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] Put Down The Pipe and Back Away

And six cylinders, too! https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/6022320531.html -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

I used Advantech for subfloor in my addition (about 1000 sf) with no complaints after 11 years. Of course it only got wet during construction. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > Sent: Monday,

[MBZ] Slammed But Truthful 300SD Owner

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Re: [MBZ] the question we have all been asking

Click and Clack answered this long ago. The gas fill location is almost always on the opposite side as the tailpipe (mentioned in the article, it is wise to avoid dripping or splashing a flammable liquid on a hot exhaust pipe). - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 3:06 PM,

[MBZ] the question we have all been asking

https://jalopnik.com/why-some-cars-have-gas-tank-fillers-on-the-left-or-the-1792790492 -- --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never

Re: [MBZ] Clearcoat Peeling

Hand-waxing, the more frequent the better. I'm convinced that my failure to keep up with waxing our E300 allowed water to penetrate and cause clear-coat failure. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It

Re: [MBZ] Clearcoat Peeling

You can't. People have tried, but once the surface is breached it's only a matter of time. Sorry. -D Sent from my iPad > On Feb 27, 2017, at 12:41 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > It seems my clearcoat is beginning to peel. How do I stem this tide? > > Bob

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

I would agree with Manfred that unbolting it and doing on the bench, so to speak, is much easier. The R process is still the same for the cover, but it's far easier to do off the car since you're working at odd angles and with limited access while it's still on the car. -D Sent from my iPad

[MBZ] Clearcoat Peeling

It seems my clearcoat is beginning to peel. How do I stem this tide? Bob R Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

Thanks, Dan. I am replacing a leather armrest cover with one made of matching MB tex. The piping is cracked and pinches my skin whenever I rest my arm on it. On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > The car got the full exterior Martha treatment

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Marine plywood? -- Jim ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

The car got the full exterior Martha treatment last week so it should only need a rinse. After the morning dew mixed with the pollen it looked like crap, but it is what it is. And while I don't have a problem with it, the darned stuff is near debilitating for a lot of people I know. I don't

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Unless you know something better that is the best I know of. But yeah, it is all kinda crap if you start getting water involved, but the glues and coatings on Advantech will help it resist better. I have had scraps laying out in the weather for a year or more and it is still intact, so

Re: [MBZ] Polei drives to ND

Less than $10 worth of new capacitors would probably fix your cruise amp. -D Sent from my iPad > On Feb 27, 2017, at 12:01 AM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > No cruise control on Polei, so it was all foot work for hours and hours. By > the end of the trip, my right knee

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Advantek is osb with a fancy coating. Still garbage. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 10:44 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Well the local yard has that in the proper size for $32 > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 27, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Floyd

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Well the local yard has that in the proper size for $32 Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don't screw around with Lowes plywood for subfloor. Go to the lumber yard > and get Advantech for floors and put that

Re: [MBZ] DO MY WORK FOR ME

Rock auto has been selling Bosch for cheap. Can't give a direct link because I don't know your model year. -D Sent from my iPad > On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > The (other) SD is not wanting to start, I figure I should throw in a

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Yup osb is trash. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2017, at 9:53 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > OSB does well on tests of strength WHEN IT IS NEW and VERY dry! It does very > well on compression, torsion and shear tests. It is adequate on tensile >

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Better yet get real plywood not that osb garbage. Would even consider PT plywood in your situation Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don't screw around with Lowes plywood for subfloor. Go to the lumber yard >

Re: [MBZ] Problem with the web site?

What beautiful house? Not gonna touch the other one. I could get hurt that way. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! --FT On 2/26/17 6:22 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote: Then how the heck did I get here???

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

Our dark blue E300 was coated yesterday a.m., and that was on top of accumulated grime from the last car wash probably back in December, so SWMBO deemed it not fit for public consumption. I washed it at the local DIY coin-operated wash, just about a mile from our house, and dried it off prior to

Re: [MBZ] DO MY WORK FOR ME

Bosch only for your older stuff, Beru is for the OM606. Darn, I just threw out six good Bosch plugs from my OM603, but I don't know if that size would work in your OM617. - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] W211 Rearview Mirror

eBay or car-part.com Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I got my W211 back. My beloved '05 e320 (boy child now has a job <1/4 of a > mile from home so there is no need for him to drive on a restricted > license...no

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

correctomundo. Bucking around 30 or pieces of it was even more fun! --FT On 2/27/17 9:55 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Is that what we used to roll the engine hoist around when pulling the engine from Wilton's 300D? That stuff was HEAVY! - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Feb

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

All mine are yellow now too. And my lungs must be, I feel like some old geezer who's been smoking Pall Malls for decades. --FT On 2/26/17 4:49 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Danged oak trees are doing their spring thing, meaning that any dark colored car has a near permanent yellow

Re: [MBZ] Problem with the web site?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98AJUj-qxHI From: MG via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: trainpain2...@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Problem with the web site? What beautiful house? Not

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Is that what we used to roll the engine hoist around when pulling the engine from Wilton's 300D? That stuff was HEAVY! - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Don't screw around with Lowes plywood for

Re: [MBZ] w123 front headliner trim

Use contact cement. No need to clamp. Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: It's just the formed hardboard, so I would expect that you could get some 3M upholstery adhesive and reglue it. Ideally if you had a vacuum bag you could use it to hold everything in place. Otherwise, not sure how you would

Re: [MBZ] W211 Rearview Mirror

Car-part.com for a used mirror? - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got my W211 back. My beloved '05 e320 (boy child now has a job <1/4 of a > mile from home so there is no need for him to drive on a

[MBZ] DO MY WORK FOR ME

The (other) SD is not wanting to start, I figure I should throw in a set of glow plugs and make it all glowie and warm again. What is the BEST PLACE to get some? Beru/Bosch, right? SEND LINK PLEASE -- --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or

Re: [MBZ] Problem with the web site?

Yeah I know it's been broken. That's probably why we don't get many new members. Not that that is such a bad thing I guess since any we get will be by referral only. Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: That page has been broken for years now. This link (from the bottom of the email) should work

Re: [MBZ] 123 armrest (WasToday's 300SEL Fun (Sunday))

Pop the plastic cover take out the screw and pull it off. Real easy. Don't loose any of the parts. The other R though is a royal pain. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What steps are involved in r/r the center 123 armrest? On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] '95 E300 Diesel hard starting

Good point Curly, I've already replaced some of those rubber hoses, might as well finish that job all the way. Kaleb, I've never replaced those clear plastic fuel lines at the IP on any car, never had reason to. I've got to put together a dealer order for some other stuff, I guess I can price

Re: [MBZ] Floor update

Yes in the bathroom, it is amazing stuff, a good system. the honeycomb stuff (Ditra) for the floor and the Kerdi for the shower. If you are building a sorta standard shower size you can buy the install kit and save a lot of time. --FT On 2/26/17 8:31 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Lumber question

Don't screw around with Lowes plywood for subfloor. Go to the lumber yard and get Advantech for floors and put that down. It is moderately water-resistant too (actually pretty good) and strong as hell (and fairly heavy). --FT On 2/26/17 6:24 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

[MBZ] W211 Rearview Mirror

I got my W211 back. My beloved '05 e320 (boy child now has a job <1/4 of a mile from home so there is no need for him to drive on a restricted license...no need to pay for the interlock and insurance, so we got the interlock removed and cancelled the insurance). Trouble is, sometime in the last

Re: [MBZ] Problem with the web site?

This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! --FT On 2/26/17 6:22 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote: Then how the heck did I get here??? -- --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to

Re: [MBZ] New diff in 123TD (was Today's 300SEL Fun (so far))

You were right on Rick. It is a 2.88, says so right on the lower left. Should be nice for long trips. I'll know later to as I'm going down to Orlando for a party tonight. Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: ‎MG sez: ‎Also put in a diff Sat before last that I got >from a junk yard out of an 84

Re: [MBZ] '95 E300 Diesel hard starting

I works probably order up and replace all of the plastic fuel lines, and delivery valve seals under the manifold. I am fixing to do this on 2 cars. I did it on 2 others last year. They were not hard to start but were leaking fuel all over the place. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2017, at

Re: [MBZ] w123 front headliner trim

It's just the formed hardboard, so I would expect that you could get some 3M upholstery adhesive and reglue it. Ideally if you had a vacuum bag you could use it to hold everything in place. Otherwise, not sure how you would keep it clamped until the adhesive dries. -D Sent from my iPad > On

Re: [MBZ] '95 E300 Diesel hard starting

All rubber between the tank, the engine (IP) and back to the tank, including return lines at the injectors. Meade Dillon via Mercedes February 27, 2017 at 8:00 AM Dieselvolk, In the last few weeks the '95 E300 has become a little harder to start, especially when

[MBZ] '95 E300 Diesel hard starting

Dieselvolk, In the last few weeks the '95 E300 has become a little harder to start, especially when cold. Another second or two of cranking is required before the engine will fire up. Once started, idle is smooth and even with no smoking. The glow plugs were replaced within the last year, and

Re: [MBZ] Today's 300SEL Fun (Sunday)

Elaborate, please. What do you want to do with it? If you’re asking about replacement of the cover, it’s done in situ. The seam across the back has a “U” shaped channel in it just like the bottom edge of the seat covers. The opposite side of the material has a heavy cardboard-like material

[MBZ] w123 front headliner trim

Anybody ever re-cover that piece of foam or cardboard above the sun visors? The mbtex on mine is flapping in the breeze on one side, but I have not looked into removing the formed foam backing. It appears to be in good shape depite having some sort of water leak up there. Sun visor clip gave out

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 135, Issue 123

Specifically, from the previously linked thread. He ordered them both and either one works: Anyway, the drive belt is broken. Now, how to get a new one? It is a trapezoidal toothed belt about 6mm wide by ~122mm long, with 60 teeth. Pitch is ~2mm, and height of teeth is 0.5mm, total height

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 135, Issue 123

Apparently mcmaster has a couple belts that will do the job in the hischmann: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/archive/index.php?t-155610.html On Feb 22, 2017 10:06 AM, "Dan--- via Mercedes" wrote: > "Engineering samples"? > > -D > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 22,