Re: [MBZ] 123 Facebook group

2018-08-23 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yah that's a thing, but none of them want to do the math on how much fuel it takes to make power or how much air it takes to burn that much fuel or what air and fuel pumps and coolers it might take to deliver those quantities to the motor. Honestly a bread truck with a 4bt would be a lot easier an

[MBZ] Looks Like it’s Holding

2018-08-23 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
SWMBO drove her little 5 mile round-trip to work and back yesterday. I checked the big bolt that holds on the belt tensioner and it was still correctly torqued. No looseness of any sort. I’ll check it again this evening, and then I’ll drive it around on Saturday and check it Saturday night. It l

Re: [MBZ] Looks Like it’s Holding

2018-08-23 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Bravo! - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:13 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > SWMBO drove her little 5 mile round-trip to work and back yesterday. I > checked the big bolt that holds on the belt tensioner and it was still > correctly torqued.

Re: [MBZ] I'm thinking about this. CARFAX???

2018-08-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Well I picked this thing up today. The guy said he was trying to buy it off the owners who had listed it on CL and he was dickering with them then they traded it in to the BMW dealer who auctioned it off and CoPart bought it. He tracked it down and bought it off them. I have the titles do all th

Re: [MBZ] I'm thinking about this. CARFAX???

2018-08-23 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Start simple... how long since the trans filter and oil was changed? I would be temped to drop the oil.. pull the pan ... have a good look at what you find with it opened up... decide from there. On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We

Re: [MBZ] I'm thinking about this. CARFAX???

2018-08-23 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:33:57 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Start simple... how long since the trans filter and oil was changed? > > I would be temped to drop the oil.. pull the pan ... have a good look at > what you find with it opened up... decide from there. And the very first thing:

Re: [MBZ] I'm thinking about this. CARFAX???

2018-08-23 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 23, 2018 at 10:48 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > And the very first thing: > > Pull the dipstick and see what color the fluid is. Dipstick? The 722.6 was designed to use very good fluid, and to last a lifetime, or at least the life of the warranty, without changing or che

[MBZ] Russian Electric "superCar"

2018-08-23 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Kalashnikov has created/is creating? an electric car. Its internet critics were not kind. One said: “I have a strong feeling that they didn’t even touch the body as they just found it in the junkyard and put the kit on it,” one of the tweets read. Suspicions were also raised that the "Kombi" b