Re: [MBZ] OT: Check my thinking on something

2018-02-22 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
61x have overhead cam. Not push rods. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Dwight Giles via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:26 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Dwight Giles > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Check my thi

[MBZ] Ban the cars

2018-02-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
"ban the cars" Cars kill far more teens than guns "Ban Chicago" Chicago kills more kids some weekends than were lost at the FL high school. Chicago kills every week, week after week. Ban Knives Knives kill more kids than guns "Ban Bathtubs" Bathtubs are one of the leading killers in the U

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

2018-02-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Every "car inspection" done at the point of a gun is a scam. DC, MD, IL, P.R. of HI, P.R. of Kollyfonia, they are all the same, a scam. THat is worthy of going into the quotable Quote museum of the Okibenz hall of fame. DC. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villain

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

2018-02-22 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Maryland's car inspection is a total scam. DC is much better. On Feb 21, 2018 8:06 AM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" wrote: > Having experienced both, you're wrong. MD is terminally infected by its > proximity to DC. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and > villainy." > -Curt > > >

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Nice article! Driver-less cars, right around the corner! And then, flying cars, in another five years... I'm not holding my breath. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On February 22, 2018 9:57:39 PM EST, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: >http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcast

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

2018-02-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
In Japan, that is a BIG tractor. Here, it is a tiny tractor. Yanmar and satoh (and kubota) are pretty well made. Unfortunately, the kubota is 95% 'merkinized, with lotsa advertising and marketing overhead. (and prices reflecting that) Yanmars are now almost all painted green, also with big

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
RB wrote: > Aircraft have been flying along on autopilot for a long while... Driverless car seems to be a bad idea. The pursuit of an algorithm for everything seems foolish. Along with you, Randy, call me old fashioned or luddite. Additionally, it seems that much convenience can be realized in

Re: [MBZ] Sump pump

2018-02-22 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Big pump in a little sump? (Cue Chris Farley here...) -- 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

[MBZ] Sump pump

2018-02-22 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
A buddy replaced a sump pump the other day. It seems to cycle very short - 2 seconds "on" seems short. The "off" time was very short when first replaced since there was lotsa frozen water that was in thaw. Yesterday it was frozen again so "off" seemed normal, but 2 seconds for the "on" cycle see

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

2018-02-22 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
--FT wrote: > I have a friend who had this little 12 acre horse farm sort of place. ... > She has let the place go... > Yesterday I cut about an acre of these pine trees and other scrub that were > growing around the house. Is there a caretaker for the place? Does anyone live in the house? tin.m

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

2018-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I think a lot of Japanese farms use those little tractors, so they are like the old John Deeres -- tough as all getout and reliable as rain. If I were rich. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscrib

[MBZ] I’m in love

2018-02-22 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I have a friend who had this little 12 acre horse farm sort of place. I keep some of the projects there, Max has his bits there in the barn too. She has let the place go, and little pine trees have sprouted up over a lot of it. I’ve been mowing it to keep the grass down but the pine trees are t

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, current aircraft are for the most part no different than they were 70 years ago. There are slow, minor improvements coming in instrumentation and engine management that might bring us up to 1970's cars - FAA regulation is largely to blame - keeping the public safe from anything that hasn't bee

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
yeah, and unfortunately, most of the airline "pilots" are not real pilots, but computer tenders who've not got many hours in real (non computerized) flying, and learning/understanding flight dynamics. I am reading a book about Rickenbacher, Doolittle and Lindberg. I had never heard that l

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Elon Musk dropped out of the Anti AI council. His cars will have too much smartness, so he now has to protect us from them turning into SkyNet clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 19

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
But the trains are run by computers already. The big board know and controls all. The guy in the engine is watching things, and trying to intercede if things go tragically wrong. The Empire Builder train (skAmtrak) had a repeating failure when it pulls into Spokane around Midnight. The trai

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Randy inquires: >‎So, if this 2 or 3 ton driverless hunk of >metal runs over your wife or  >one of your children, who do you sue? Which is pretty much why private aircraft have made so few advancements in the last seventy years. Perhaps Ipads have replaced steam gauges, but to my understanding,

[MBZ] Today's 400E Fun!

2018-02-22 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Fun with O2 sensors and wheel sensors….. http://penoff.com/400E_Blog/400E_Blog.html -D ___ 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/lis

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
It would have to be all electric. On Feb 22, 2018 4:21 PM, "clay monroe via Mercedes" wrote: > https://tinyurl.com/yaw7pkh8 > > > > clay > > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap > 1

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The thing I wonder about is why all the attention is being paid to driverless cars. People are killed by often trains train drivers don't pay attention. Trains seem like a perfect place to develop the technology, you don't have to steer them after all... Probably the railroad has too powerful a

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
So, if this 2 or 3 ton driverless hunk of metal runs over your wife or one of your children, who do you sue? The owner who was asleep in the back seat or the car manufacturer who built the thing? Call me old fashioned, but I don't trust high tech all that much. What happens when the sensors ge

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot

2018-02-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
OFFER is — I need to give this to a new home. WANTED - is for the specific items you desire it is all free. Some good stuff can be found, but lots of offers end up not being TAKEN clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - V

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot

2018-02-22 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Andrew wrote: > FREECYCLE in my area is very picky. ... > And there is some great stuff on offers. OFFER listings - does that mean things being given away FREE? or do OFFER listings mean give a price willing to be given? i.e. if listed as OFFER can there be $$ exchanged? Thanks. tin.man

[MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

2018-02-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
https://tinyurl.com/yaw7pkh8 clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot

2018-02-22 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Well, I got a text back from the guy. He decided to hold on to the not free stuff, and I picked up the rest. Some of it garbage, but there is a Hella euro headlamp in adequate condition. There is other stuff that is covered in oil, which I will need to cleanse before I can put in the parts a

Re: [MBZ] 107 SL on BAT I might consider owning some day

2018-02-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This $300SEL I have is that color.  I kinda like it. --R On 2/22/18 11:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Love the color - desert taupe metallic - and the fact that it's the last model year. Expect bidding frenzy to send it toward $20K in the final hour. https://bringatrailer.com/l

[MBZ] 107 SL on BAT I might consider owning some day

2018-02-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Love the color - desert taupe metallic - and the fact that it's the last model year. Expect bidding frenzy to send it toward $20K in the final hour. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-mercedes-benz-560sl-27/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-02-22 ___

Re: [MBZ] CL idiot

2018-02-22 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
The demographics for our group cut across a wide swath of socioeconomics. You would see people asking for clothing and stuff on a regular basis, but I had to put a stop to a lot of it, mainly because people would not make specific requests. If you’re not familiar with FreeCycle, one of the ten

Re: [MBZ] Kalling Kaleb

2018-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Could be decent Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > A 240d Kaleb car > > But may be solid enough to resurrect. > > https://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-240d/6485435233.html > > ___ > htt

Re: [MBZ] Kalling Kaleb

2018-02-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yea, that’s the bad part Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:56 PM, Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:37:52 -0600 Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > >> A 240d Kaleb car >> >> But may be solid enough to resurrect. >> >> https://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/