Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I have two “Gree” mini-splits my insulation guys did on the Flagstaff house. They have 10 year warrantees, and our contractor says they’ve been using them for almost that long and have had good luck with them. Mine are 80% efficient at -4F, I think, which is more than adequate for the climate.

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> I wouldn't think a part like that [thermistor] would fail but I guess it did. Thermistors are constructed out of powdered metal, alloy, and semiconductor material, sintered and sealed. The mix used determines what the curve looks like. I would guess that one failure mode would be if the seal

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
5/16 to 3/8, I see I wrote that backwards in the blog too. -Curt On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 06:37:09 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Did you upsize from 5/16 to 3/8 or from 3/8 to 7/16? Randy On 11/07/2022 9:41 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > We've been gone for

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
sorry. we have a Fujitsu system with 3 room units that we put in about 10 years ago. no trouble at all. granted we may not use AC as much as you do in SC. Ours will heat down to about 30F. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 5:35 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have this

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
sounds like time for a new one & save your time tinkering. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 10:42 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We've been gone for 2 weeks so yesterday I needed to mow the lawn. Pulled > out the 1965 Snapper 308x, made 1/2 pass around the lawn and had the

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
In today's world of parts the question always comes "Where was it made and does that country have quality control?" On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:25 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Voltage spike? > > Maybe Jim will chime in. > > Randy > > > On 11/07/2022 4:57 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Did you upsize from 5/16 to 3/8 or from 3/8 to 7/16? Randy On 11/07/2022 9:41 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: We've been gone for 2 weeks so yesterday I needed to mow the lawn. Pulled out the 1965 Snapper 308x, made 1/2 pass around the lawn and had the blade bolt come loose. I've been

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Voltage spike? Maybe Jim will chime in. Randy On 11/07/2022 4:57 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: No idea.  It is puzzling, I wouldn't think a part like that would fail but I guess it did. --FT On 7/11/22 5:43 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: AND . . . what caused the thermister

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
No idea.  It is puzzling, I wouldn't think a part like that would fail but I guess it did. --FT On 7/11/22 5:43 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: AND . . . what caused the thermister to go bad and will it happen again? -- --FT ___

Re: [MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
AND . . . what caused the thermister to go bad and will it happen again? We played a similar game with a Breville Breadmaker.  If my memory is correct, it too was a thermister. Breville has moved on and you cannot buy the part from them. I found a utube video where a fellow repairs the same

[MBZ] OT RANT This makes me absolutely crazy

2022-07-11 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I have this mini-split system.  Actually I have 3 of them, LGs.  I was away Saturday, I come home and the house is warm.  I see the indoor units on one system flashing error codes.  I look up error codes.  The code tells me "Outdoor unit condenser coil middle thermistor has disconnected or

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> Insanity. Where does it end? Individually? Death. Collectively? Inflation, stag-flation, shortages, and possibly isolated instances of looting and food riots. Those that live in gated communities are probably in for a rude awakening. See individually above. Rick

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Insanity. Where does it end? On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:10 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I paid $4.79 this morning. Gas was under $4 in some locations. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 11, 2022, at 11:18 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I paid $4.79 this morning. Gas was under $4 in some locations. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2022, at 11:18 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I paid $5.25 yesterday, down from $5.69 last week. (20878) > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Road trip to NC on Saturday I saw $5 dizzel at one station --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 11, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I paid $5.25 yesterday, down from $5.69 last week. (20878) > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Works pretty well for diesel unless the prices haven't been updated by users of the app. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:49 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I hadn't played with Gasbuddy enough yet to see that it would show diesel > prices. Within 5 miles shows $5.59,

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I hadn't played with Gasbuddy enough yet to see that it would show diesel prices. Within 5 miles shows $5.59, $5.49 at the place that has $4.39 gas. -Curt On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 12:46:36 PM EDT, Curt Raymond wrote: When we went north on 7/2 diesel was $5.99 most everywhere a couple at

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
When we went north on 7/2 diesel was $5.99 most everywhere a couple at $6.09, by 7/6 it was down to $5.89. On the drive home 7/9 I saw as low as $5.59 with $5.89 being common. For 87 on the drive north I downloaded gas buddy and found $4.75 where most were $4.85. Today within 1 mile I see

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-07-11 12:30, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Still 6.09 here, can be found for $5.99 in a few places. 87UL has dropped to $4.89. Nearby town, I can get 87 regular for 4.509 and diesel for 5.309. 5.50-5.60 is a common price. And to think I was complaining about $4 kerosene fairly

Re: [MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Still 6.09 here, can be found for $5.99 in a few places. 87UL has dropped to $4.89. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, at 12:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > I paid $5.25 yesterday, down from $5.69 last week. (20878) > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To

[MBZ] Plummeting diesel prices

2022-07-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I paid $5.25 yesterday, down from $5.69 last week. (20878) ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
Back in the 1980s as a HF "inside track" member, I got a couple of 50' Goodyear hoses. Always kept out of direct sunlight, those are two good hoses today. I think I paid $10-15 each for them. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Suggestions on where to get a new, quality hose? I bought mine at House of Hose. (Local hydraulic shop.) They're pushing 20 years old now, red rubber. Likewise our black rubber garden hoses. They look unchanged from new. We went from semi-annual replacement of kink-prone vinyl, I don't care

Re: [MBZ] there is little to no compression across all cylinders, 1982 Mercedes Benz 240D - $1, 450 (San Jose)

2022-07-11 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
If anyone buys it, I have a complete engine and transmission, fan to tailshaft, in a crate, as removed with 124,000 miles on it. The engine came out of a wrecked 240 hit in the rear and totaled. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:44 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Could

[MBZ] OT: 4 breakdowns in one day

2022-07-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We've been gone for 2 weeks so yesterday I needed to mow the lawn. Pulled out the 1965 Snapper 308x, made 1/2 pass around the lawn and had the blade bolt come loose. I've been fighting this for awhile, the bolt is soft and has a shoulder to hold the blade, the shoulder has been deepening which

[MBZ] ML63 anyone? 2007 Mercedes-Benz m-class,$14,500

2022-07-11 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/533462225196369 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] there is little to no compression across all cylinders, 1982 Mercedes Benz 240D - $1, 450 (San Jose)

2022-07-11 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Could be a good deal if someone has a spare engine around https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jacksonville-1982-mercedes-benz-240d/7507350102.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Tilt trailer

2022-07-11 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
This trailer is on my bucket list, but I want them to build one for me that is 5th wheel instead of a bumper pull... The link is a video of one in operation. https://maxxdtrailers.com/drop-n-load-car-trailers/ On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:43 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>