My 617 diesels always had an air bubble in the cooling system if refilled via
the radiator. But if removed the top hose from the radiator and fulled it via
the hose it would be OK. Jacking the front worked too. I think the book has a
procedure to run the reirc pump to expel air.
> -Ori
Any pictures?
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 10:08 PM Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
> Yes it’s pretty shiny. I spent a lot of time removing paint overspray from
> trim too!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:20 PM, Dwight Giles wrote:
> >
> > But the shine you have put on it for the Q is
> > fmiser wrote:
> >
> > But as bad as I found Boston, from my perspective behind a big
> > steering wheele, my least favorite places to drive are Atlanta,
> > Dallas (Fort Worth is fine), Los Angeles, the whole "north
> > east" (in driver lingo, that is the highly populated coastal
> > region no
Yes it’s pretty shiny. I spent a lot of time removing paint overspray from trim
too!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:20 PM, Dwight Giles wrote:
>
> But the shine you have put on it for the Q is glaring.
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
>> On Sep 6, 2018 6:06 PM, "Dimitri via
This should be obvious, but I dont hear many people complaining about the
quality of iPhones or holset turbos or millions of other high quality items
made in China. I hear that Japanese and Taiwanese stuff will kill you too
;-)
I think it was someone here who pointed me to the ebay wheels. 200 is
But the shine you have put on it for the Q is glaring.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sep 6, 2018 6:06 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"
wrote:
> Yes it is a nicely preserved example but far from perfect!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercede
I used to live in a rural part of VT...the Champlain Islands. The locals would
pull out of driveways without looking, assuming no one would be driving along
those roads.
Greg
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Here's a good site with reliable information:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend/page8.html
Greg
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fmiser wrote:
> Ah. I think the last time I drove in Boston I was responsible for
> a 48 or 53 foot long trailer. "Turn around" is easy to say - but
> NOT so easy to do.
>
> But as bad as I found Boston, from my perspective behind a big
> steering wheele, my least favorite places to drive are
Yes it is a nicely preserved example but far from perfect!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> One of the nicest I've ever seen.
>
>On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:21:34 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> It is beauti
I suspect that they are lighter than the bundts even with the steel hubcaps.
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> On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> They're lighter than regular steelies, I wonder how they compare to bundts?
> -Curt
>
>On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:19
They're lighter than regular steelies, I wonder how they compare to bundts?
-Curt
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:19:24 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
wrote:
If you have them and prefer the look, why not? I doubt you are going to
make all that much difference to the handling of
One of the nicest I've ever seen.
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:21:34 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
wrote:
It is beautiful
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sep 6, 2018 4:58 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"
wrote:
> I inherited it from my good friend and neighbor Jon who passed awa
It is beautiful
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sep 6, 2018 4:58 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"
wrote:
> I inherited it from my good friend and neighbor Jon who passed away in May
> 2017 of prostate cancer.
> It is dark red with palomino mb Tex and is in excellent condition with
> 146K miles.
>
> S
If you have them and prefer the look, why not? I doubt you are going to
make all that much difference to the handling of the car.
RB
On 06/09/2018 3:59 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote:
I have a spare set of aluminum steelies 5.5 wide which I acquired some years
ago at a junkyard. Question is
But they are bundt ugly!
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> On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:09 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
> No.
>
>> On Sep 6, 2018 5:00 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" wrote:
>> I have a spare set of aluminum steelies 5.5 wide which I acquired some years
>> ago at a junkyard. Question is should I i
No.
On Sep 6, 2018 5:00 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"
wrote:
> I have a spare set of aluminum steelies 5.5 wide which I acquired some
> years ago at a junkyard. Question is should I install them!?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okie
I have a spare set of aluminum steelies 5.5 wide which I acquired some years
ago at a junkyard. Question is should I install them!?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I would expect steelies would be easy to get, the aluminum ones not so
I inherited it from my good friend and neighbor Jon who passed away in May 2017
of prostate cancer.
It is dark red with palomino mb Tex and is in excellent condition with 146K
miles.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 10:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Dimitri - when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctZ7hJBSrpM
RB
On 06/09/2018 11:31 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
Curt wrote:
Boston driving is very simple, the main guideline I'd give
people is DON'T STOP. If you make a mistake just keep going,
then turn around and come back. We know the roads are confusin
Nope - the lead screw does not turn - nothing does when you engage the
drive. I'm referring to the basic feed operation of moving the tool for
turning, not cutting threads, which is what the split nuts do.
I now have the information I need from the renovating book to tear into it
and figure out wha
Especially those which can kill you when they break in a moment of high stress?
Mitch
> On September 6, 2018 at 3:32 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Isn't "decent Chinese" an oxymoron when it comes to ersatz Mercedes parts?
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The rebuild kit came with the lathe, and it does have new felts in place. I
found a book on Amazon that arrived today - probably just what I need.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1482364883/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:05 PM archer75--- via Mercedes <
merc
Isn't "decent Chinese" an oxymoron when it comes to ersatz Mercedes parts?
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:14 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> There are decent chinese 15" Bundt wheels on ebay now. I may take the
> plunge.
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 5:33 AM MG via Mercedes
There are decent chinese 15" Bundt wheels on ebay now. I may take the
plunge.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 5:33 AM MG via Mercedes wrote:
> Usually narrower wheels cause more squirm in
> the tires especially if you use a little
> wider tire then normal, 195's being the norm.
> I've found a VAST improvem
I had to "think" about this a LOT before it started making sense to me,
intuitively.
My main home heat pump is a mismatched system with a Unico high velocity air
handler (small 2 inch ducts for my 150 year-old house) and a Maytag heat pump,
aka compressor (what I always called it) or condense
If I understand your problem description, seems likely the split nut that
engages the lead screw has destroyed it's self...
Pretty common issue on older lathes. When you engage the carriage drive, it
goes "crunch... crunch... crunch" while the nut tries to engage the Acme
thread of the drive screw
On Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:08:37 -0500
Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
> If the ways need to be ground, I may have a way grinder for it. I have
> a grinder attachment from something, but not sure what it was made for.
> May be Claussen.
>
> OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> > I just retrieved an o
Its still easy to turn around, you just have to go farther to find somewhere
to do it...
I really feel for the guys driving trucks in Boston, its a city that was
designed for people on foot, maybe with a cart drawn by an animal like in the
17th or 18th century. Not, as you say, a 48 or 53 foot
Its hard to tell, there really aren't enough to judge. I'm highly suspicious
of no wide shots..
-Curt
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 12:02:49 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
wrote:
BUT the photos that are there show a pretty decent vehicle. I consider
my car to be in fairly decen
Materials shortages are almost always resolved with a workaround. I'm not
worried.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:09 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> There is a world wide shortage of high end battery component material, at
> current rate of electric car production How do proposed manufacturers
>
PA is also pretty bad. Tailgating seems to be the local sport. And with
the state only requiring ONE license plate you have no idea who is riding
your rear bumper.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:48 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> This! I found DC to be the worst drivin
There is a world wide shortage of high end battery component material, at
current rate of electric car production How do proposed manufacturers
over come this?
Currently, there is enough raw material in the mining pipeline to make
batteries for 90 days or so then months to extract more...
> Curt wrote:
> Boston driving is very simple, the main guideline I'd give
> people is DON'T STOP. If you make a mistake just keep going,
> then turn around and come back. We know the roads are confusing,
> they're old, get over it
Ah. I think the last time I drove in Boston I was responsible fo
> Scott wrote:
> In simple terms, ...
> If the superheat is too high some of the evaporator is being
> wasted (filled with gas) when it could holding liquid that would
> provide more cooling.
You are correct that if the superheat is too high the capacity for
cooling goes down - but to keep the p
BUT the photos that are there show a pretty decent vehicle. I consider
my car to be in fairly decent condition but that one looks better.
RB
On 05/09/2018 5:53 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
That price is absurd for hardly having any pictures and a terrible description.
On Wednesday
This! I found DC to be the worst driving in the nation, theres so many people
from other places around the world so theres no flow and no agreed rules.
Boston driving is very simple, the main guideline I'd give people is DON'T
STOP. If you make a mistake just keep going, then turn around and come
In Boston it is accepted that drivers are bad, but they do follow some
protocols, which if you learn and integrate into your own driving you
can do fairly well. These protocols are quite different from other
places, which creates problems for visitors
"If you don't like the way I drive, stay
Every time I drive, I'm convinced all my vehicles should be equipped with
emergency lights and siren. At least once in each city block, I observe a
driver make both dangerous and illegal driving errors.
City has 4.5 million people all of them committed to killing you with
their car as soon as
One factor they don't mention is the large number of people driving with
no licenses and no experience. While in general the Houston drivers are
pretty bad, those who have no clue as to what they are doing but for
machismo purposes like to drive fast and loose were a significant problem
--FT
Never in my life have I encountered WORSE drivers than in the Boston area.
Makes sense that their insurance rates are the highest in the nation (or
used to be).
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:13 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Looks like a blatant propaganda piece from t
The article even admits Houston has poor enforcement of texting...
-Curt
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 11:13:40 AM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
Looks like a blatant propaganda piece from the contractors that sell
traffic enforcement cameras.
Hard to make much sense of the in
Looks like a blatant propaganda piece from the contractors that sell
traffic enforcement cameras.
Hard to make much sense of the information underlying the "statistics".
1.5 speeding-related fatalities per 100,000 drivers per year hardly sounds
like a city-wide crisis. Drugs and acohol and other
They of course ignore the fact that theres 6.5+ million people in Houston.
Notice Boston down at the bottom of the list, Houston has just slightly fewer
people that the population of Massachusetts.A much better comparison would be
crashes per mile traveled. That would probably weed out LA, lots
I think all the MB engines like to have the nose lifted up a foot or so in
order to get the air out of the cooling system.
Hopefully you didn't kill the t-stat with the over-heat episode.
-
Max
Charleston SC
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 9:55 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okieben
Yes, that's it: my third favorite state (after MD and VT).
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 10:30 AM Jim Cathey wrote:
> Ahem, 'other'? You mean the larger one? The more populous one? The more
> productive one?
> The one of which the nation can be proud?
>
> Nice looking car, though.
>
> -- Jim
>
>>
>>
Ahem, 'other'? You mean the larger one? The more populous one? The more
productive one?
The one of which the nation can be proud?
Nice looking car, though.
-- Jim
>
>
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Dimitri - when did you acquire an '85 300D? Color? Condition?
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:51 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I would expect steelies would be easy to get, the aluminum ones not so
> much as IIRC they were only on '83 240Ds.
> Dimitri had a set of both
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/article/Houston-s-roads-drivers-are-nation-s-most-12865072.php
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Hose came yesterday, took about 5min to put it on. Looks like it might
have thrown the belt at some point which scarred it enough to start a
blowout. Filled it up as best I could, then drove it last evening. Got
a few miles up the road, was running about 85-90C, the all the sudden it
pegged.
Thank you for this evidence Dan. I have seen references to lots of cases
like this.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sep 5, 2018 10:17 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes"
wrote:
> Speaking from direct experience:
>
> In 1994, WalMart purchased property between the small (pop. 9,000) town I
> lived in
I would expect steelies would be easy to get, the aluminum ones not so much as
IIRC they were only on '83 240Ds.
Dimitri had a set of both steelies and aluminum steelies with the '78 240D...
-Curt
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 8:47:05 AM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
wrote:
I wish I
I wish I could do that on my CD. I have 4 extra bundts in the cellar -maybe
I could trade them for steelies. IIRC bundt lug bolts are longer than
steelies.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sep 6, 2018 7:48 AM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"
wrote:
> As you all know, I think they are ugly. I’m considerin
Usually narrower wheels cause more squirm in
the tires especially if you use a little
wider tire then normal, 195's being the norm.
I've found a VAST improvement in handling on
my TD using 7.5x15 wheels and 215-60's.
Dimitri via Mercedes wrote:
As you all know, I think they are ugly. I’m con
Also not as bad as having to take the whole
dash out. I still have nightmares about that one.
MG
Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, most of the face of the evap is right there, I think. I'll bet that
I'll need a fin comb on a stick or something so I can get all the big
solids out. It will
Oh, it's not that bad. Dash R&R takes about a day or two. Dave M. can do
it in half a day.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:03 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> As i thought. Like,124's
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
> On Sep 5, 2018
> On September 5, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> I only go to the evil W once a year for M1. Not only do they screw
> customers but they destroy local community small businesses.
There are ways around that.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/o/oil-change-specials
A
As you all know, I think they are ugly. I’m considering removing them from my
85 300D and replacing with aluminum steelies with hubcaps. The aluminum
steelies are a bit narrower. Does this affect the performance of the car in any
way?
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That nice looking W211 is up around $3000 out the door now.
It has COMAND but not nav, with CD changer and mini spare tire.
http://mb-teilekatalog.info/view_DatacardAction.php?lang=E&vin=WDBUF26J95A776154
Did Craig ever sign up for a free personal account so that he can go in the
yard and look a
Thanks Scott, superheat and how to diagnose a system with that info is not
easy for me to figure out, I need to study a bit.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:20 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> In simple terms, the TXV regulates superheat, w
Yes, most of the face of the evap is right there, I think. I'll bet that
I'll need a fin comb on a stick or something so I can get all the big
solids out. It will probably be awkward, maybe not as bad as under-dash
yoga.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:11 PM MG via Merc
You can probably (for a fee) have someone with a dealer license bid on your
behalf. Mitch can probably elucidate us, I think he's said in the past
that would cost a few hundred dollars or so.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:53 PM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Tue, 4 S
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