Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

I lived close to Wright Patterson in the 60s, and visited the “museum” (and I use that term loosely) many times as my Dad was a flight engineer on a B-29 and he made regular pilgrimages to the B-29 fuselage they had in an old hanger there. The museum at the time was a collection of old and often

Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

Wright-Pat is a great museum. It has been a while (20 years) since I've been there, but unless they let it all go to pieces it's great. B-52 hanging from the ceiling, B-36 inside, etc. Probably added onto since I've been there. It's pretty big, plan on the whole day. _

Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

I had very limited time at Wright Pat.   Always wanted to go back.  But in the quick runthrough i did, I saw some amazing things.   One thing that stuck in my mind was the amazing fit finish and beauty of the DB engine compared to merkun radials and even the contemporary Allison. Dan Penoff v

Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

My favorite display at Wright Patterson is the nuclear bomb. THAT is cool! Bring your cowboy hat and re-enact Dr. Strangelove for a nice picture to send to your friends and family. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 8:25 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

I asked Phil about it, he says the fiberglass is Not Good which sorta goes to all the derelict fiberglass boats that have to be cut up and put in landfills too. --FT On 2/6/20 9:44 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Dump them at Sea, make artificial reefs to replace the natural reefs killed b

[MBZ] OT Stock Market

Today on my way to work, there was a significant reduction in the number of trucks pulling shipping containers. The Port of Charleston is one of the largest on the East Coast of the US. During the big crash in 2000, I noted that this traffic dropped of significantly a week or so before the stock

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

OK I'm not surprised. So crush / shred / bury is the answer for now, unless some re-use or re-cycling can be found / developed. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:09 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I asked Phil about it, he says the fiberg

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Some kind of large-scale log cabin construction? -- 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] OK interior crappy paint crack price

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2972474212783119/ 1985 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 D Savannah, GA· 18 hours ago · $2,950 * About This Vehicle * o o Driven 257,339 miles * o

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

I'll bet that when they start abandoning or dismantling all the ones scattered across farms in a few years, that some farmer will find a way to use them for rafters in clearspan machine sheds, silage bunks or other creative uses.   Min size now is about 120 x 200' Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <

[MBZ] S500 crackhead

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/557537038172870/ 1997 Mercedes-Benz S-Class S 500 Sedan 4D Charleston, SC· 22 hours ago · $3,300 * About This Vehicle * * o o Driven 316,971 miles *

[MBZ] Hey Max another turdwagon parts car

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/671321437009050/ 1995 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Conway, SC· 2 days ago · $750 PLEASE READ!! 95 Mercedes Benz E 320 station wagon Mileage: 193272 Clear title NOT RUNNING DUE

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Ahhh... another "free energy" disposal problem that pollutes Who did not think this one through ahead of time? Surely it must have been on page 8,000,345 of the "installation environmental impact proposal statement"... must have missed that detail... Fiberglass has a finite load cycle limit. T

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

So you get no power when there's not enough wind. You get no power when there's too much wind. You sometimes get power, when the wind is just right. Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > I’m hoping you’re not serious. > > Feathering these machines is done automatically through the controls for th

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

You can now buy booze here on Sunday, noon until 8:00pm. Car dealers are still closed on Sunday. Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > Indiana still has them, although they’re quite relaxed compared to when I was > a kid. > > When we moved to Wisconsin in 1988 we were amazed at the difference. In

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

> perhaps a new microbe that eats composite compounds and produces a useful by > product? Worst. Idea. Ever. Anyone ever read Ringworld? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

[MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

It's, uh, unique...(I lied...) https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2441562586173864/ 1985 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 D Kannapolis, NC· about a day ago · $2,000 * About This Vehicle * o

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

It would be interesting to see a blade failure in a high wind condition when a machine is really cranking, one sheds a blade that goes flying, machine is unbalanced and that big heavy nacelle and gearbox on top of a 250ft tower lets go... and the other blade and hub...  I bet wunnathem things c

Re: [MBZ] Hey Max another turdwagon parts car

I like silver better, but that is really rough compared to my '94. Max Dillon Charleston SC Feb 7, 2020 11:17:17 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes : > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/671321437009050/ > > 1995 Mercedes-Benz E-Class > Conway, SC· 2 days ago >

Re: [MBZ] OK interior crappy paint crack price

If not rusty, may be worth a look. Getting hard to find nice examples. Max Dillon Charleston SC Feb 7, 2020 11:02:21 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes : > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2972474212783119/ > > 1985 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 D > Savannah, GA· 18 hours ago >

Re: [MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

I was just thinking that someone needs to do that with a C107. Make it into a Subaroo brat-like thing, but then also install a proper Oel Motor. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It's, uh, unique...(I lie

Re: [MBZ] Hey Max another turdwagon parts car

There's a pretty nice gold one sitting at Fipps Garage here on the Island, it's out in the yard, I need to stop by and see what the deal is with it -_FT On 2/7/20 11:47 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I like silver better, but that is really rough compared to my '94. Max Dillon Charleston

Re: [MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:35:04 -0500 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > Could use a good painting and interior cleaning. It was converted by > the previous owner. For those of us who do not use fakebook, how was it converted? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

You missed the you tube video that Randy posted in response to Andrew, yesterday I think. Top Ten Wind Turbine Failures, including an example that you just described - blade failure at high speed, on film. Basically (it appeared to me) as soon as one blade failed, the other two immediately failed

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

I think it is high winds today. I drove my truck across the Stono bridge yesterday afternoon and it was kinda scary --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 7, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Today on my way to work, there was a significant reduction in the number of > trucks

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Ask and ye shall receive... https://youtu.be/nemy4TD4I3A Last one is the best. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:43 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It would be interesting to see a blade failure in a high wind condition > when a machine i

[MBZ] 107-year-old Florida man still drives his Mercedes

https://www.today.com/news/107-year-old-florida-man-still-drives-his-mercedes-t173340 -- --FT ___ 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/mail

Re: [MBZ] 107-year-old Florida man still drives his Mercedes

So maybe he's about ready to sell? - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 1:30 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://www.today.com/news/107-year-old-florida-man-still-drives-his-mercedes-t173340 > > -- > --FT > > > _

Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

On 06/02/2020 8:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Hey Randy, ever visit this place? It sounds pretty cool: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/aviation-museum-ottawa-canada/index.html -D __

[MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

Ok, my plans might have changed. I didn’t think that I could get a Bosch reman alternator here fast enough for the weekend to swap it with Sam so that’s why I opted to drive without working alternator but the alternator arrived today so we will probably just swap it after all. I’ve never done th

Re: [MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:24:55 -0600 Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > >For those of us who do not use fakebook, how was it converted? > > You asked Thank you, Rick, I did. So the conversion was to a "pickup". If the fellow had rearranged the tail lights, he could have had a lower "bed".

Re: [MBZ] 107-year-old Florida man still drives his Mercedes

He just bought the bright red Merc convertible so he could pick up hot younger chicks and it worked... his girlfriend is only 100... He's the man.. good for him... keep going as long as you can... On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 12:16 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So m

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

You'll need the tire iron (factory tool) to get the belt loose, along with a 13mm wrench or socket. Have you ever loosened the serp belt on a 124? It is different, but easy once you understand. I think either a 10mm or 13mm socket to get the connections off the back. You'll need a 17mm socket, m

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

I’ve never dealt with a serpentine belt on any car! This tire iron tool- is there a non factory alternative that I can use or get locally? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > You'll need the tire iron (factory tool) to get the belt loose,

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

I'd add that if you can drive the front wheels up on some wood planks or ramps, the additional clearance will help alot. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM Meade Dillon wrote: > You'll need the tire iron (factory tool) to get the belt loose, along with > a 13mm wrenc

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

I wonder if the reference to working late in the old movies and tv shows might have been an effort to show that these folks were hard working and successful? With a show like Perry Mason, I don't think that portraying him as working in the evenings would be unusual. He was a litigator - a court

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

3/8” ratchet extension works, too. A long one, as you need some leverage. -D > On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:19 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > I’ve never dealt with a serpentine belt on any car! This tire iron tool- is > there a non factory alternative that I can use or get locally?

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

After you take the long through bolt out, of course. Serpentine belts are so nice…. -D > On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:19:40 -0500 Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I’ve never dealt with a serpentine belt on any car! This tire ir

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

Oh ok so this is just a regular Mercedes tire iron tool? Not some special Mercedes serpentine belt tool? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:19:40 -0500 Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I’ve never dealt with a serp

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:41:49 -0500 Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > Oh ok so this is just a regular Mercedes tire iron tool? Not some > special Mercedes serpentine belt tool? Yes, it is just a regular Mercedes tire iron tool. But, as Dan said, you need to remove the long through bolt. First take the n

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

Serpentine belts are MUCH easier to live with than v-belts. Craig's picture gives you the basics. Pull the lever to one side and I think you can disconnect the spring in the tensioner, you can on a 201 anyway. Otherwise just slip the belt off. Make a little diagram of the belt routing in advanc

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

There are multi fit serpentine belt tools available. Do they work on Mercedes? RB On 07/02/2020 3:02 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Serpentine belts are MUCH easier to live with than v-belts. Craig's picture gives you the basics. Pull the lever to one side and I think you can disconne

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

https://www.harborfreight.com/search?q=serpentine%20belt%20tools On 07/02/2020 2:57 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:41:49 -0500 Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Oh ok so this is just a regular Mercedes tire iron tool? Not some special Mercedes serpentine belt tool? Yes, it is ju

Re: [MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

What a great parts hauler Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It's, uh, unique...(I lied...) > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2441562586173864/ > > 1985 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 D > Kanna

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

I lived through that business era and posit this. It was total Hollywood hype. The workers of that era were WW2 vets who had delayed their family and education to win a war and live through it. They came home, got married, got degrees, or just went to work making life happen. They had families, we

Re: [MBZ] Hildegard’s DIRTY little secrets (1982 240D

Thanks, Curley, for suggesting the Irwin bolt/screw extractor set! I found a set on Amazon that has 5 different sizes with 3/8” drive. They have reverse spiral flutes that allow it to bite down on the bolt as it is turned CCW. Is this the set you suggested? The 2nd largest extractor fits around

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

True, but I've changed a couple in parking lots without any lifting - tight and messy, but do-able. On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:20 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'd add that if you can drive the front wheels up on some wood planks or > ramps, the additional clearance

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Once you get a stack of em lit off, they'd make a good fuel source for cookin limestone to  make concrete.   Most of those kilns are set up to burn anything. G Mann via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 10:22 AM Ahhh... another "free energy" disposal problem that poll

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Zackly!   but sometimes the wind blows when the sun don't shine!   Oh, and a lot of the time, the utility keeps em shut down due to high cost of operation. So if it were not for the citizenry being robbed at gunpoint to raise $$$ to give to utilities to build em, there would not be man

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

A good moral differentiation. LOL. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 11:28 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You can now buy booze here on Sunday, noon until 8:00pm. > > Car dealers are still closed on Sunday. > > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: >

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Pretty sure the composite resin material that binds the glass fibers produces massive toxic emissions when burned... I'm not a chemist, but I have burned fiberglass and it was wretched. On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 7:09 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Once you get a stac

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

Yes, I use a 12" extension for 3/8 drive sockets.  or a 7/16 (i think) dowel Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 2:19 PM I’ve never dealt with a serpentine belt on any car! This tire iron tool- is there a non factory alternative that I can use or ge

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

so, in Canada, is the client in this case able to collect from the lawyers for malfeasance, or incompetence? Randy Bennell via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 2:21 PM I wonder if the reference to working late in the old movies and tv shows might have been an effort

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

No it is not a tire iron.   Those are used to change tires.   This is the lug wrench. Craig via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 2:57 PM On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:41:49 -0500 Dimitri Seretakis Yes, it is just a regular Mercedes tire iron tool. But, as Dan said, you need

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

no need. Randy Bennell via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM There are multi fit serpentine belt tools available. Do they work on Mercedes? RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/

Re: [MBZ] W124 300D alternator replacement?

That long tool, with a stubby 3/8 drive 8mm socket. does no good for the serp belt.   All you need is 2 13mm wrenches and a 12" socket extension, or the lug wrench.   But some of the MB lug wrenches are too fat to fit in the hole, so I always just use the extension. Randy Bennell via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Hildegard’s DIRTY little secrets (1982 240D

yep, that's it.  I have the 5 pc set. Kevin Kraly via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 5:07 PM Thanks, Curley, for suggesting the Irwin bolt/screw extractor set! I found a set on Amazon that has 5 different sizes with 3/8” drive. They have reverse spiral flutes that

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

yes.   The concrete kilns are built is such a way that they burn so hot that the "toxic fumes" are incinerated.  However, a big does of fiberglass could overwhelm that system. Burning corvettes and such are about the most nasty things there are. G Mann via Mercedes

[MBZ] Maybe hybrids will work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hatav_Rdnno Physics just proves EV are not the solution for reducing emissions. No amount of legislation will change that. Follow the money and see that only the rich will be able to comply with silly green dreams clay ___ h

Re: [MBZ] Maybe hybrids will work?

Ah!   LIke albore flying around in his jets?  Like berie flying around in his jet?  Like...  all the hypocrites? Clay via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 8:53 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hatav_Rdnno Physics just proves EV are not the solution for reducing emi

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

Therin lies perhaps one solution to the problem.   When the utilities want to end the service life of a windmill, just lock the blades so they can't feather.   First big wind, just send someone out to pick up the pieces next morning and haul it to the landfill.   If the tower comes down too, so

Re: [MBZ] Canadian Aviation Museum

The STAR had a great article on the Me109 engine some years back (late 90s I think). I was fascinated by the fact the cylinders screwed into the "block" castings. There was an ingenious worm gear tool that actually made this easy. The USAF museum is quite impressive now but Udvar-Hazy (at Du

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

Lawyer suddenly becomes aware that he is dead and in front of St Peter for final judgement. Immediately he makes his case that he is to young to die, it's not possible that he has lived his allotted time, there must be a mistake, etc etc... St. Peter asks the question... just how old are you then?

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

https://apnews.com/10ec56acb06c19fbb92844f32afe7cf2 Chinese lego buildings. Maybe the WooHoo Floo will be over in time for the “Construction” to begin. Not that much floating shipping, but loads of air cargo through ANC. I am not sure if there has been a significant reduction in trade here, th

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

carbonaceous period happened because the plants showed up and then died, but there were no bugs evolved to break the things down. The excess carbon tied up there just hung around waiting to turn into oil and coal. For something close to three million years. Just piling up and getting buried.

Re: [MBZ] 107-year-old Florida man still drives his Mercedes

I applaud him, but heaven forbid I live anywhere near that long, or consider the purchase of a newer Benz, unless their quality goes WAY up. clay > On Feb 7, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.today.com/news/107-year-old-florida-man-still-drives-his-mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

Non litigator SWMBA will work until 2200 most nights, as she has spent many other daylight hours engaged in administrative tasks. Then there are the Very early phone calls (being 5 hours off from NYC) that occur, as well as a few Aussies and Asians who like the economic odds the mineral extract

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

I just learned today that the USGS volcano monitoring sites in the GWN are about 70% digital and moving swiftly to get rid of Analog due to the depth and wealth of data digital can gather. Also that there is almost a 50% failure rate of sites over the winter. Analog data gathering MUCH cheaper

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

Good one!    What do you call 20,000 lawyers at the bottom of the Marianas Trench? G Mann via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 10:02 PM Lawyer suddenly becomes aware that he is dead and in front of St Peter for final judgement. Immediately he makes his case that he is

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 22:54:29 -0600 Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > Good one!    What do you call 20,000 lawyers at the bottom of the > Marianas Trench? A start. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

[MBZ] Wuhan foo

https://apnews.com/905489d29a3d4f8788f17a40003548a0 I figured the doc who sounded the alarm would not be long for this earph.   Dictators don't like plebes who make them look bad, or weak, or not in control, or all three. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sea

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

Winner! Craig via Mercedes February 7, 2020 at 10:59 PM On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 22:54:29 -0600 Curley McLain via Mercedes A start. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Un

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

Buy shares of alpha Protech symbol apt. They are ramping up their production of face masks. On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 11:07 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > https://apnews.com/10ec56acb06c19fbb92844f32afe7cf2 > > Chinese lego buildings. > > Maybe the WooHoo Floo will be over in time for the “Constructio