> Floyd wrote:
> Since I have to do mechanical work anyway is there anyway
> possible to make a 80 300d non turbo get 40-45 mpg overdrive
> transmission different air intake whatever please help thanks in
> advance
Yup. Upgrade the pistons, ceramic coat the pistons, upgrade the
oiling system, ad
Used veg oil, recycle you’re engine oil one quart per tank of veg oil
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On Jun 23, 2019, at 3:07 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
>> Floyd wrote:
>
>> Since I have to do mechanical work anyway is there anyway
>> possible to make a 80 300d non turbo get 40-45 mpg overdrive
>>
Remove radio and speakers, AC, all passenger seats and belts, remove spare tire
and all tools, inflate tires to 45 psi, and don't drive over 40 mph. Ever.
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The dreaded combination of the day. Dealers would run from these as if their
hair was on fire.
https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-mercedes-diesel-300td-wagon/6912160719.html
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That is a beautiful color combo
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> On Jun 23, 2019, at 8:22 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The dreaded combination of the day. Dealers would run from these as if their
> hair was on fire.
>
> https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-mercedes-diesel-300td-wagon/6
Well for $5900 the seller thinks it is quite precious
--FT
On 6/23/19 9:22 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
The dreaded combination of the day. Dealers would run from these as if their
hair was on fire.
https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-mercedes-diesel-300td-wagon/6912160719.html
-
Last day for some deals, I see they have this drill bit set for $5
https://www.harborfreight.com/titanium-drill-bit-set-29-pc-61637.html
I am going to an autocross up that way, I might stop by and get another
set, they are pretty decent and for that price hard to go wrong. $5 for
one of those
You have to spend $49 to get the $5 deal.
I saw that too, until I read the fine print I was all in.
-D
> On Jun 23, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Last day for some deals, I see they have this drill bit set for $5
>
> https://www.harborfreight.com/titanium-drill
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/675354669556326/
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ugh, yeah I see that now. loosers.
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On 6/23/19 10:04 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
You have to spend $49 to get the $5 deal.
I saw that too, until I read the fine print I was all in.
-D
On Jun 23, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
Last day for some deals, I
I wonder if the air ride stuff on this car would swap onto the $500E500
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/431329061040066/
I guess I need to dig into the EPC
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This is actually kinda cool
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/685409141911205/
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I bet if you put a TDI engine in it you could come close...
IIRC the 123 turbos get better fuel economy than the non-turbos which makes
sense, IIRC (again) diesel engines are like 30% more efficient with a turbo
than without.
-Curt
On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 4:53:03 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby v
Open the valves but pinch off the injector lines, with the valves open there
will be no compression...
-Curt
On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 9:06:01 PM EDT, tyee165 via Mercedes
wrote:
Disable cylinders 2 and 4. Adjust the valves so they don't close and pinch
off the injector lines for
21kmi for $69k?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/346877956250694/
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Which reminds me, I've been watching the instant read mpg gauge on my Jetta
and learning how to drive to get the best mileage, its raised my average by
about 5mpg and I think theres more to gain even without really going into
hypermiling, read as driving everyone around me crazy.
The biggest ch
I dunno about HF and anything that needs to be sharp. I bought a set of their
forstner bits and had to sharpen each one before use, fortunately a whizz wheel
in the Dremel does it quick.
That said their christmas tree (stepped) bits are really good, especially
considering the price.
I bought my
I don’t need anything at the moment that I would need to spend $49 on to get
that deal.
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> On Jun 23, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> You have to spend $49 to get the $5 deal.
>
> I saw that too, until I read the fine print I was all in.
>
> -D
>
Saw another one this morning, a guy replaced a blowed-up engine in a 123
he had bought, then he went on about how he was a diesel performance guy
and put on a big Cummins turbo and some other injection pump and some
other stuff.
--FT
On 6/23/19 10:15 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Op
My top 25 mile average in the Cruzer is 64.1 mpg, might have hit 65 if I didn't
have to use the brakes for a yellow light as I rolled into town.
Then I turned around and went home, could barely manage 56mpg on the return
trip, so the 64 was the product of a tailwind. But nearly 60mpg round trip
The compressor has very little oil in it, about 10 or 20 ml.
The FSM has confused me. For an OM603 engine, procedure 83-525, new oil
capacity in AC Compressor is listed at 160 ml for r134 at the start of the
procedure, but than as you read through it looks like the section about
repair of AC comp
> On June 23, 2019 at 10:27 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Saw another one this morning, a guy replaced a blowed-up engine in a 123
> he had bought, then he went on about how he was a diesel performance guy
> and put on a big Cummins turbo and some other injection pump and som
6oz sounds like system capacity, much of it in the condenser.
That said, if 6 is the spec I'd rather have 7oz and reduced performance than
5oz and reduced life.
You need to find the specs for individual component replacement, but if your
system was leaking, the components you don't change mi
I agree with the exception that the stepped bits are not much good either.
All the HF bit's I've bought have been trash. Same with the saw blades.
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 9:22 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
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> I dunno about HF and anything that needs to be sharp. I b
OT because there are no Benzes running but lots of other things. The funniest
was an old CV cop car. There are some Miatas that are really quick.
Oops there’s an E class sedan out there now, did pretty well on time and was
smoking the tires.
I definitely gotta get the SL out there sometime. T
The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they insist
on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice burner. I was then
told I as not in charge and that was a derogatory statement and I was muted for
24 hours, whatever the hell that means. I decided trying
Ah, you just got tired of being schooled on W123's. You old guys just don't
know anything.
Rick
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Subject: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook
The po
The way I see if there have been 2 major incidents that have destroyed
many a good old MB diesel. The first was the biodiesel craze and now
the craze of slamming cars to the ground and having exhaust pipes
sticking out of the hood.
On 6/23/2019 1:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
Ah,
I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
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On June 23, 2019 2:37:02 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
wrote:
>
>The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they
>insist on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice
>bu
Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook. Amazing, but I
feel no pain from that, ever.
Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my
personal information or interests to anyone. Besides, Zuckerbat is
incipiently evil under the color of "business".
On Sun, Jun
I should join with my sock puppet FB account and just sir up trouble, which
doesn’t sound like it would be difficult to do amongst all these mental giants.
-D
.
> On Jun 23, 2019, at 3:55 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
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> Ma
I went by to look at this car today. Guy told me his address and I had
a name and it clicked, I knew of his (turned out to be) father, an old
black minister who had this gorgeous late 70s Benz I saw him driving a
few years ago. They all live over in this area called Red Top. I asked
him abou
There's a couple of them that have shops that supposedly work on 123s,
and one guy drags a trailer all over creation behind a TD picking up
parts and cars and junk, who is apparently the page guru or something.
I think he lives in KY or TN somewhere, he has discovered old Benzes and
is now the
The guy had a E320 CDI but was a DNF. I guess that is a 211? I saw him
after the first run with the hood up, looks like the car overheated or
something. He bailed on the second run. I bet the $500E300 would have
been OK. Maybe I should run that instead of the SL whenever I go to do it.
-_
Yep, the guy does not know his ass from a hole in the ground. He talks
like he runs a shop and supposedly works on these cars for a living yet
lacks some of the basic tools you would need to do many of the jobs and
give very dangerous advise sometimes. All the fools there listen to him
and ig
Tell that to the reinventingthewheel dudes.
I think there is a ton of value in making a website where people only have
to point and click to buy a used part. A lot of work but they charge for it
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 2:59 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
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> Yep, t
The reinventthewheel people are whack jobs and I can’t even begin to imagine
are a long term profitable concern, in my opinion.
I think it’s one of those “we think we have a gold mine and we want to share
the wealth” deals with their constant offers to sell interest in the company.
What this re
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 17:41:45 -0700
Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote:
> he could install a small electrical motor, a spare group 49 and secondary
> alternator to charge
>
> > On Jun 22, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> > wrote:
> >
> > Since I have to do mechanical work anyway is
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:00:48 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> For some reason, about ten percent of the drivers around here think
> lane discipline means crossing the centerline while you're still beside
> the car you're passing, in order to get back in the right lane ASAP,
> even wh
I used to call that Nickel Green. Very attractive color combination but
overpriced.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 3:37 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
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> the Million Mile Motor.
>
> --FT
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> > On Jun 22, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
>
OTOH, if the power plant were wind or solar = or even a nuke - then it's a
different story.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 7:35 PM Craig via Mercedes
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> On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:43:48 -0700 Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for sending it. I have already posted it on anoth
Victim could have been "predeceased" before the bites.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 9:46 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
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> Somebody forgot to gate the gators
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 9:38 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
> mercedes@ok
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:14:30 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> You need to find the specs for individual component replacement, but
> if your system was leaking, the components you don't change might have
> less oil in them than expected.
Yes, somewhere there is a list of how much o
Yup, I’ve gotten back in the flow on the finnie. I won’t have the blog post up
tonight probably, but in a nutshell I replaced both rear swing arm bushings and
frame bushings (sort of like subframe mounts without a subframe - the big donut
shaped bushing where the front of the swing arm bolts to
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:48:05 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> So here’s what I have left that I can think of:
>
> Remove, refinish and install wood trim on left side door cards.
>
> Replace firewall material and rodentally masticated wiring harness
> braid/jacket in engine compartment
>
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:12:29 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook.
> Amazing, but I feel no pain from that, ever.
> Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my
> personal information or interests to anyone. Besides, Z
Thanks!
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On June 23, 2019 9:50:16 PM EDT, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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>https://m.facebook.com/groups/1444767035590031
>
>Mercedes W123 (North America)
>
>Rick
>
>
>
> Original Message
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Craig writes:
>I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies one'shost
>file
Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a mobile
Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, and Noscript add-ons. You
would be amazed at the amount of scripts
My comments would have been removed once I removed myself from the group.
On 6/23/2019 9:40 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
You are welcome. I believe this to be the offending post, but Kaleb has had his
comment removed.
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 02:45:01 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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> Craig writes:
>
> >I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies
> >one'shost file
>
> Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a
> mobile Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus, Pr
Craig says:
>Then you have scripts running from 35 - 45 different web sites.
Yup. I wish I had a better understanding of scripts and tracking cookies and
such. I recently read this article on Google chrome. Quite an eye opener.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-
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