> Oh my goodness, the Chicken Wagon. Have not heard mention for it in a long
> time. I thought it was long gone.
No, still here. I paid to have the B2 piston job done, but that was right
around the
time my dad got sick, before he passed. Got very busy for a time, and the car
simply
dropped
Oh my goodness, the Chicken Wagon. Have not heard mention for it in a long
time. I thought it was long gone.
Run it up the FB W123 group flagpole and see how many of those clowns come
sniffing.
AZBob
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> On Sep 5, 2023, at 10:01 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
Why is it a "wagon" and not a chicken limo?
On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 10:47 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> They are going for stupid money these days. The 123 fakebook group boys
> are paying a lot for turds and thinking they are getting a great deal.
> Must be the
They are going for stupid money these days. The 123 fakebook group boys
are paying a lot for turds and thinking they are getting a great deal.
Must be the times but it is interesting the younger guys are getting
into them. Might want to try floating it on there and see what kind of
interest
Somebody's maybe interested in purchasing the Chicken Wagon, our
venerable 1983 300D. We haven't driven it in years, it might be time
to let it go. What's one of these worth these days? Cosmetically
challenged, but sound.
-- Jim
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The Chicken Wagon's muffler fell off on a speed bump Tuesday. It'd
been cracked at the pipe, probably from when it went into the ditch,
and finally let loose, I'd put it into the trunk. (At least the
turbocharger is itself a nearly-adequate muffler and there's a center
resonator, the car
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
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From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:40 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon weldery
The Chicken Wagon's muffler fell off on a speed bump Tuesday. It'd
One wonders why you call it a wagon...
'cause Chicken Sedan sounds stupid.
-- Jim
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One wonders why you call it a wagon...
'cause Chicken Sedan sounds stupid.
But if it were a 300CD, Chicken Coupe would sound better.
Mitch.
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Und das IST ein Wagen, nicht var?
Wilton
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From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon
One wonders why you call it a wagon...
'cause Chicken
One wonders why you call it a wagon...
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Jim, it would help if you included the official MB model number in
addition to the term chicken wagon, for the benefit of those who
don't know or (like me) have forgotten.
It's a
Jill's been having persistent starting troubles on the Chicken Wagon,
but all the GP's are (now) good. It cranks just fine, but won't
start. Intermittently, according to her. To me it sounds like the
GP's just aren't doing their job well. Today I had a chance to dig
into it a little bit. I
Jim, it would help if you included the official MB model number in
addition to the term chicken wagon, for the benefit of those who
don't know or (like me) have forgotten.
Incidentally, I called Roadside a couple times when my previous 1983
300TD wouldn't start at all despite glowing and
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:00:15 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
The GP's, however, were only getting at most 10V on them. I measured
0.2V drop on ground side of battery to the engine block, which was
good. Between the battery positive post to the relay power post I
measured a 2V
Cooler temps? ;))
Wilton
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From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:00:15 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
The GP's, however, were
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:38:37 -0500 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
We seem to have a lot of talk about glow plugs recently. I wonder
why! :-)
Cooler temps? ;))
Yeah, that might have something to do with it!
Craig
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Jim, it would help if you included the official MB model number in
addition to the term chicken wagon, for the benefit of those who
don't know or (like me) have forgotten.
It's a 1983 300D.
-- Jim
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: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon visibility
Windshield day! The guy showed up and we moved the car into the
garage and out of the wind/rain. He brought new Pilkington glass and
a Precision (brand) gasket. The new gasket looked good: heavy dense
material, formed corners, etc. The new glass looked good
Trim is supposed to go in the gasket *before* it's installed.
Allan
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes:
Windshield day! The guy showed up and we moved the car into the
garage and out of the wind/rain. He brought new Pilkington glass and
a Precision (brand) gasket. The new gasket
Sounds like he's learning on your car. The guy who did the glass on
my 124 was
very quick, but then again my car doesn't have a gasket, just a very
large bead
of urethane.
We chatted some, he wasn't young and had dealt with plenty of
gasket cars, unlike some in the biz. But he didn't
Jim Cathey wrote:
Windshield day!
Voila, after about two hours the glass was in, but the locking
trim was not.
While trying to put in the trim he broke the windshield, three
cracks from top to bottom, nearly in the center!
I think I'm glad I didn't try this myself. (If I had I'd have
Windshield day! The guy showed up and we moved the car into the
garage and out of the wind/rain. He brought new Pilkington glass and
a Precision (brand) gasket. The new gasket looked good: heavy dense
material, formed corners, etc. The new glass looked good: no waves
that I could detect. The
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Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 9:45:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon visibility
Dude, you're asking if ANY new glass is OK on a $400 car? And it will make
your wife happy, no matter what it is, as long as it has no pits and cracks?
It's the ripples and waves that I want to avoid. Heard
It would be really nice to be present for all steps,
Yes, but probably not going to happen. I also can't
seem to find my windshield gasket. It's in the safe
place...
-- Jim
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If it were mine it'd be left on a heater somewhere so it'd be all dried and
cracked by now...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 06:38:46 -0700
From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon visibility
Message-ID: dd581073
So the windshield on the ol' CW has been badly pitted and
cracked since we got it. Like the orange carpet in the
living room that's got to go. Like the orange carpet
it didn't exactly happen right away. Eighteen years later we
finally replaced the carpet, so it's fairly easy to understand
why
Dude, you're asking if ANY new glass is OK on a $400 car? And it will
make your wife happy, no matter what it is, as long as it has no pits
and cracks?
--R
On 4/1/11 9:03 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
So, _is_ Pilkington glass OK?
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On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
So, _is_ Pilkington glass OK?
IIRC Roger just a few weeks ago said that Pilkington was OEM for all
new Benzes, which seems like a pretty good recommendation to me.
Alex
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Dude, you're asking if ANY new glass is OK on a $400 car? And it will
make your wife happy, no matter what it is, as long as it has no pits
and cracks?
It's the ripples and waves that I want to avoid. Heard enough
horror stories, don't want to end up there.
-- Jim
Anyone ever tried the polishing kits that claim to remove pitting and
scratches?
My 300D windshield is moderately pitted, enough so that early/late day
sun can cause annoying glare. But I really hate to contemplate
replacing it as every time I've had a windshield replaced it started
leaking
My experience with these has been less than satisfactory.
You can use BonAmi (in cake or powdered form-NOT the cleanser!) or find a
telescope guy and get some cerium oxide.
Best fix-hit the thing with a small ball peen hammer and turn it in for
replacement to your insurance agent (just joking
Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
On that same subject, I found State Farm to be very liberal about
windshield replacement. When I lived in Florida previously, my 300SD
had a lot of wear from all the sand and grit in the air. It made it
tough to see at night or when driving into the sun.
Jim Cathey wrote:
So, _is_ Pilkington glass OK?
Repeating my post from earlier this month... *smiles*
I just had a new windshield and gasket install in my '85 TD.
Safety Inspection is a racket...
Anyway. I looked at getting PPG glass. Decided the car did not
deserve one _that_ good.
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon visibility
My experience with these has been less than satisfactory.
You can use BonAmi (in cake or powdered form-NOT the cleanser!) or find a
telescope guy and get some cerium oxide.
Best fix-hit the thing with a small ball peen hammer and turn
The Chicken Wagon has acquitted itself well the last week we've been on
vacation. It rolled over 300kmi early in the trip, runs like a top.
This morning we were back on the East side, in Yakima [WA] which was
actually a bit warmer than here at home, and temps were colder. It
was in the teens
The 560 SEL is down with a blown suspension, and it's been
snowing lately and Jill's 560 SL isn't really a good winter
car, so I got out the Chicken Wagon again. It was last started
April 7, 2009, when I put it away for the summer. All I did was
disconnect the battery, but I think I might have
Jill asked me today if the car wasn't supposed to have a piece of
molding on the driver's door. Why yes, it should. Apparently the
thing fell off somewhere in the last day or two. All but one of the
round clips are gone. Probably there were two left, and when the
(front) one fell out or broke
As some may remember I was having intermittent fuse-blowing
on this car (83 300D) when shifting into reverse. A trip
through the rear wiring netted nothing, so I disassembled
the neutral safety switch. Nothing overtly wrong, but I
did think that one of the spring leaves seemed to have a
bit
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon
As some may remember I was having intermittent fuse-blowing
on this car (83 300D) when shifting into reverse. A trip
through the rear wiring netted nothing, so I disassembled
the neutral safety switch
Brake day. I didn't finish, unfortunately. As always, removing the
_second_ puck is always the hard part. Finally I fabricated a
seal/clamp out of a big washer with a ring of inner tube rubber glued
to it, and two 6x2x1/4 strips of heavy metal strapping to serve as a
clamp. I had to notch one
You need to resell ShoeGoo under your own brand, call it BenzGoo or
ChickenWagenGoo.
--R
On 5/31/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I may want to paint the part of the calipers where the rubber water
seal goes on. Perhaps this will seal better keeping it drier inside
and preventing further rust?
Eastwood sells special caliper paint in an assortment of shocking
colors. (Of
Heartbreak Hotel
Bob R.
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:49 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon exonerated, wife lays egg
When my wife got home she sheepishly admitted
Trouble! My wife called me and said the car wouldn't start. (She'd
just filled it up, too, it turns out. Bad fuel?) After much fooling
around I ended up with the key and over at the neighbor's where it
sat. (Better that it acted up there than just about anyplace other
than our own driveway.)
When my wife got home she sheepishly admitted that upon reflection,
she'd put 15.5 gallons, $50, of gasoline into the car, not diesel.
She was in a hurry and was worried about running out of fuel, so she'd
gone to a different station than usual. She remembers 87 on the
pump, and noticing that it
On May 9, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
When my wife got home she sheepishly admitted that upon reflection,
she'd put 15.5 gallons, $50, of gasoline into the car, not diesel.
Ah, yes my wife did that 2 years back too, except it was premium
(actually high octane 94 preimum so even
Funny headline, and a fear of mine. Wife has never fueled our diesel vehicle
before, and tends to have mind on much more important things than small,
smelly details.
Brian
On 5/10/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When my wife got home she sheepishly admitted that upon reflection,
So your DIESEL Mercedes now has a GAS problem, eh? :-)
At least it wasn't something horrible.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 267k miles, Ursula, still kickin'
Careful Mike, everytime I say something like that I do something extremely
stupid...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 07:34:16 -0400
From: Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon exonerated, wife lays egg
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I'm watching my step very carefully.
Mike
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From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chicken Wagon exonerated, wife lays egg
Careful Mike, everytime I say
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