Re: [MBZ] One for Clay

2018-04-12 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Almost, but it is not bottom feeder enough for me. It would be good for junk yard runs to drag home bumpers and fenders that do not fit well in the SDL clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored

[MBZ] 400E Update

2018-04-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Haven’t one much lately, just driven it a bit to enjoy. Got a new (used) grille shell installed on Tuesday along with a new apparatus box cover and center vents. Replaced the driver’s door speaker and sorted the left rear parcel shelf speaker, and now the Becker system sounds wonderful. I have

[MBZ] One for Clay

2018-04-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Lowball the guy, he wants it gone: https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/1995-mercedes-benz-mb-e320/6542215053.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] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > SSD's are _usually_ faster, and don't have mechanical wear mechanisms. > But ... I scraped up an analysis of flash memory that I had written awhile ago, sanitized it, and put it on my web site. Feel free to point out where I am wrong! (If you can... :-) http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/flash.h

Re: [MBZ] Shoe Porn for Dan

2018-04-12 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I’m a big time shoe snob- I think I got it from my dad. He always had fine shoes and one of my chores was polishing them. My gf and other stylish female friends have told me that their first impressions of a guy are based on the shoes that he wears. So, unless I’m doing manual labor (which is mo

Re: [MBZ] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Did you try the video program on your OS? It usually has brightness settings. On Windows 7 you can find it on the control panel via the Windows button in the upper left hand corner of the screen. I don't know where it is on Windows 10. Gerry ~~~ On Thu, 12 Apr

Re: [MBZ] Shoe Porn for Dan

2018-04-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Meh. You can get seconds at the Shoe Bank all day long for less. And I’ve always tried to figure out who wears monk strap dress shoes? Ugh. If you want to work their sales just get on their mailing list and the information comes to you in advance. -D who wore his black Grayson dress loafers

Re: [MBZ] Trying to decide if this is worth driving to Houston to pickup

2018-04-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The sienna interior is gorgeous. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’m just think for parts. If I got it for a couple hundred or less. > Otherwise not worth the 1k mile round trip > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:

Re: [MBZ] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
XW8600 is so 2010. ;)I've got one too and it's been great. The Z8 is out now so the old xw series is relegated to the dustbin. I've got one in the classroom due for the scrap pile as soon as I reinstall Windows on a Z820 to replace it. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Apr 11, 20

Re: [MBZ] Tomorrow's CoPart finds

2018-04-12 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
The submarine ML listing doesn't say "Runs and drives" and the pic of the instrument panel shows blank screens, so I'm guessing that there is some major electrical fault due to the flooding. Probably just a fuse or some other "easy fix" that the seller just doesn't have time to do... yeah right.

Re: [MBZ] Trying to decide if this is worth driving to Houston to pickup

2018-04-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I’m just think for parts. If I got it for a couple hundred or less. Otherwise not worth the 1k mile round trip Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > banged up turd but could be a runner > > -_FT > > >> On 4/12/18 11:47 AM, Kaleb C. St

Re: [MBZ] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, I have an HP Elitebook 2730p. Those keys don't work on mine either, but it's running Ubuntu Linux, so who knows? The brightness is fine on mine, so I haven't tried to adjust it. Try right clicking the desktop and try display settings. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mer

Re: [MBZ] Trying to decide if this is worth driving to Houston to pickup

2018-04-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
banged up turd  but could be a runner -_FT On 4/12/18 11:47 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Seats would be nice to have but they sort of look like aftermarket covers to me https://www.copart.com/lot/26365158 Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.o

Re: [MBZ] Tomorrow's CoPart finds

2018-04-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
First 2 bofum don't look too bad for cheepcheep money  You could probably flip them if you got them cheepcheep.  The 3rd one doesn't look bad, wonder what flooded On 4/12/18 9:30 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: https://www.copart.com/lot/49357597 https://www.copart.com/lot/31112678 And t

[MBZ] Trying to decide if this is worth driving to Houston to pickup

2018-04-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Seats would be nice to have but they sort of look like aftermarket covers to me https://www.copart.com/lot/26365158 Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery o

Re: [MBZ] ML350 voltage regulator

2018-04-12 Thread as.thompson--- via Mercedes
In 1968 I bought one of the first American Motors AMXs - real high performance car. It had a ding on the hood from the transporter and the dealer had trouble color matching the blue metallic paint (no idea why). I told them to stop screwing around with it and just paint it flat black. Cut down g

Re: [MBZ] Tomorrow's CoPart finds

2018-04-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The R350 has "undercarriage" damage. Whazzat? On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.copart.com/lot/49357597 > https://www.copart.com/lot/31112678 > > And the ML Submarine: > https://www.copart.com/lot/27805048 > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Anyone have an HP EliteBook? I can't figure out how to adjust the brightness. When using the fn + F10 toggle it won't brighten or dim. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:26 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > All I know is my Windows PCs boot much faster after I replaced the

[MBZ] Tomorrow's CoPart finds

2018-04-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://www.copart.com/lot/49357597 https://www.copart.com/lot/31112678 And the ML Submarine: https://www.copart.com/lot/27805048 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] Great Leap Forward

2018-04-12 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
of that list, I'd go for the cooper or falken. Falken is Sumitomo, probably made in Tonawanda, NY. I don't know what Milestar is. https://www.discounttiredirect.com/fitmentresult/tires/size/215-55-16?q=%3Aprice-asc%3Abrands%3Abrand-BAR%3Abrands%3Abrand-FAL%3Abrands%3Abrand-COP&text=&diameter=1

Re: [MBZ] OT - desktop hard disks

2018-04-12 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
All I know is my Windows PCs boot much faster after I replaced the HDs with SSDs. I know the SSD can fail suddenly but I've had HDs do that too. I'm kind of anal about backup with files backed up locally and in the cloud as well as (at least) weekly drive images. My backups are all automated