At this point it is mow by braille, as all the worm castings and dip/heave are
solid. Still warm enough that the blade will melt the grass before chopping.
I might get one more go at it if the current snow blanket melts off.
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment abo
When you mow the lawn when it’s frozen like that, does it just shatter?
-D
> On Oct 16, 2020, at 10:56 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:
>
> Gave the lawn what may be the last pass with mower. Snow is on the card in
> the next 36 hours. Hard frost all day, instead of the early morning dusting
>
Gave the lawn what may be the last pass with mower. Snow is on the card in the
next 36 hours. Hard frost all day, instead of the early morning dusting on the
grass. I truly hate the cold.
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions
It was only 93F here today, and will only get down to 73F overnight. Shoveling
constantly to clear the drifts of sunshine here. When I wrapped up in the
garage tonight around 8:30 it was still in the mid 80s.
-D
> On Oct 16, 2020, at 10:19 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Hard winter is
Hard winter is setting in here in Arizona... Overnite low was 62 and the
high today was only 101... time to get the down parka out of the closet..
Soon, I will have to shovel the sunshine drifts off the drive only once a
day..
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:02 PM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> Curt wa
On Nov 6, 2014 6:50 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes"
wrote:
>
> I get a kick out of people down here who are "freezing to death" when it
drops below 50F. When I worked at an elementary school and it was in the
50s or colder, it was fun to watch the kids come in with their parkas, hats
and mittens.
We enjoyed one of the warmest Octobers in the past 15 years, folowing a
cooler than normal summer, with rainfall that was exactly average... Right
now November is following in October's footsteps, which suits me just fine.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebe
In Wisconsin anything above 40F is T shirt and shorts weather.
I get a kick out of people down here who are "freezing to death" when it drops
below 50F. When I worked at an elementary school and it was in the 50s or
colder, it was fun to watch the kids come in with their parkas, hats and
mitte
Heck I'm no Eskimo but 42 just means a long sleeve shirt in Maine.
-Curt
35 this morning in Newport, ME. I left Dimitri's later than I expected and
bunked at a friend's camp rather than get to my place real late.
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A brisk 42F here this morning. The school kids
will be at the bus stop bundled up like Eskimos.
70F or more by noon.
Dan
42ºF is light jacket weather, not eskimo weather.
For eskimos, 42 is shirtsleeve weather.
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:19:26 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> It certainly does.
>
> There is an imaginary line you can draw from Lafayette through Marion,
> which everything north of gets pounded with lake effect snow, or at
> least much heavier snowfall than the rest of the state. Valpa
It certainly does.
There is an imaginary line you can draw from Lafayette through Marion, which
everything north of gets pounded with lake effect snow, or at least much
heavier snowfall than the rest of the state. Valparaiso, South Bend,
Mishawaka, Ft. Wayne, Auburn, all of them get hammered f
Original Message
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:38 AM
To: Mercedes List
Reply To: Dan Penoff
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather
>Yes, but in Goshen you’ll get that >-13F with a -30F wind chill.
The Goshen area gets pounded with lake effect snow, too.
Yes, but in Goshen you’ll get that -13F with a -30F wind chill.
Not something I miss, for sure.
when my youngest and I were out shooting on Sunday, I remarked that it was too
bad we didn’t still live in Indiana, as very one of my employees were shooters,
and one was a very accomplished gunsmith
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From: Craig via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 9:58 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Reply To: Craig
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:36:47 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> Yes, but the temperature in Goshen will continue to drop as
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:36:47 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> Yes, but the temperature in Goshen will continue to drop as the
> calendar moves forward.
>
> Just wait until January or February when the Alberta Clippers come
> through.
>
> That's not a Canadian hockey team, either...
Well,
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, but the temperature in Goshen will continue to drop as the calendar moves
forward.
Just wait until January or February when the Alberta Clippers come through.
That's not a Canadian hockey team, either...
Two nights ago it was 20°F at 10PM here in the Lansi
A brisk 42F here this morning. The school kids will be at the bus stop bundled
up like Eskimos.
70F or more by noon.
Dan
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> On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> We're down into the 30's for the second night, finally turned the heat on
> in the
Yes, but the temperature in Goshen will continue to drop as the calendar moves
forward.
Just wait until January or February when the Alberta Clippers come through.
That's not a Canadian hockey team, either...
Dan
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> On Nov 3, 2014, at 12:11 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
>
>
On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:59:01 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
> We're down into the 30's for the second night, finally turned the heat
> on in the house.
>
> I plugged in the block heater on the White Whale, set on a timer to
> turn on at 5 a.m.
>
> The car will start just fine with out th
We're down into the 30's for the second night, finally turned the heat on
in the house.
I plugged in the block heater on the White Whale, set on a timer to turn on
at 5 a.m.
The car will start just fine with out the block heater, but I really like
to make life easy for the car and also get warm a
76 115 300D
Randy
On 22/10/2013 4:44 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Oct 22, 2013 1:59 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
It was producing good heat at lunch
when I went out with it. The one thing
is that it smells - sort of like heated
rubber.
What model? 124s have a foam-covered flap under the wi
On Oct 22, 2013 1:59 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
>
>
> It was producing good heat at lunch
> when I went out with it. The one thing
> is that it smells - sort of like heated
> rubber.
What model? 124s have a foam-covered flap under the wiper transmission
that activates the recirc function of the
Cool here today. Some flurries in the air and I hear there is a foot of
snow on the ground about a hundred miles north of here.
I have been driving my car a bit as it is about to be put away for the
winter at the end of the month. The insurance runs out on Oct 31 and I
won't renew it until spr
de-water your fuel spring
>and fall?
>>
>> -Curt
>>
>> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:53:51 -0800
>> From: clay monroe
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
>> Message-ID:
>> Content-Type: text/plain; chars
Drygas, specifically iso-alcohol.
Seafoam and Power Service Diesel Supplement tout the same...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:03:18 -0500
From: Andrew Strasfogel
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
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rly adjust for the temps in which case it might be worth telling
> them.
>
> Might be that there was some water. Do you de-water your fuel spring and fall?
>
> -Curt
>
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:53:51 -0800
> From: clay monroe
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>
u de-water your fuel spring and fall?
-Curt
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:53:51 -0800
From: clay monroe
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
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Not sure how old your car is, but used to be you could use around
Not sure how old your car is, but used to be you could use around a gallon of
87 octane per tank to thin it out. At least that is what owners manual said
for Gump.
clay
On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:21 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Not sure if block heater worked but it started after three cranks
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:26:19 -0600
From: Randy Bennell
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
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On 23/01/2013 10:41 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
> 13.6
That's 56.4 degrees. Warmer than I keep my house! Oil is expensive.
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Randy Bennell wrote:
> On 23/01/2013 10:41 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>> 13.6 Canadian degrees inside, 13.6 US degrees outside.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Randy
On 23/01/2013 10:41 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
13.6 Canadian degrees inside, 13.6 US degrees outside.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Inside your house?
Randy
Are you sure about that?
We have our thermostat set to keep the inside of the house at 21.5.
IF you are
Not sure if block heater worked but it started after three cranks! I ended up
getting gelled up on 295 just outside of Portland. I dumped a half quart of
PowerService Diesel 911 and it started right up! That stuff is amazing!
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Jon Agne wrote:
>
an 2013 17:10:50 -0700
From: Craig
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:53:49 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> About the
Dimitri.
My thermometer is reading -4F. Hope your block heater works!
Jon
On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:26 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! That's the coldest
> I've ever tried to start a diesel. Tomorrow am will be colder so I'll plug
Philip,
Thanks for the flexing ideaI was trying to take the other side out first.
I took a photo of the hood release mechanism. I'll see if I can figure out how
to post.
Jon
On Jan 23, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Fmiser wrote:
>> Jon Agne wrote:
>
>> I went to plug in
>> the block heater last n
13.6 Canadian degrees inside, 13.6 US degrees outside.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
>
> Inside your house?
>
> Randy
>
>
> On 23/01/2013 11:49 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>>
>> I got out of bed successfully this monring. It was 13.6 F.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:1
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:53:49 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> About the same here, the dog really wanted to go for a walk. I took him
> but he walked funny the whole way. I could tell his paws were bothered.
> That was even after I put paw wax on him.
Paw wax?
Craig
_
the whole way. I could tell his paws were bothered. That was even
after I put paw wax on him.
When we got home he didn't want me touching his feet. I'm glad I kept the walk
short.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:10:38 -0500
From: Jon Agne
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re:
e: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:10:38 -0500
From: Jon Agne
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
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At 2pm, it was 4F.Br!
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> Jon Agne wrote:
> I went to plug in
> the block heater last night, and the hood release would not
> move.
I have the plug situated _outside_ so the hood stays closed when
plugged in. The plastic cap over the contacts keeps it
relatively clean and dry.
> There must be some secret to removing t
Minus 15 F here now at 2 PM.
Has been cold for a few days and somewhat windy - surprise ??? We are on
the prairies.
Supposed to warm up a bit this weekend.
Randy
On 23/01/2013 12:51 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
T'was 1F here this morning.
Angie took the Ranger to work as I need to put the snows
John,
I know that there is a screw that holds it up by the pivot of the emergency
brake pedal. As for the console side by the accelerator pedal, I think it just
snaps or fits in a recess in the metal brackets there. I don't recall there
being a fastener in that area.
Dan
On Jan 23, 2013, at 2
At 2pm, it was 4F.Br!
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Dimitri,
I saw you were started and gone before me. I went to plug in the block heater
last night, and the hood release would not move. This morning, I went through
two glow cycles and she started, but you could tell she was not liking it!
After letting her warm up for about 30 minutes, the
a CV joint but
I'll be taking a look under the car today when I change tires. I did take a
gander under the hood and found nothing amiss...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:49:36 -0500
From: Andrew Strasfogel
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold weather starting.
Message-ID
LOL!!!
On 1/23/2013 12:59 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Inside your house?
Randy
On 23/01/2013 11:49 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I got out of bed successfully this monring. It was 13.6 F.
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Inside your house?
Randy
On 23/01/2013 11:49 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I got out of bed successfully this monring. It was 13.6 F.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Tim C wrote:
On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Craig wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:26:11 -0500 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
M
I got out of bed successfully this monring. It was 13.6 F.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Tim C wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Craig wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:26:11 -0500 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! Tha
>
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Craig wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:26:11 -0500 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >> My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! That's the
> >> coldest I've ever tried to start a diesel.
> >
> > Congratulations! What oil are you using?
>
Rabble
Mobil1 5w40 turbo diesel truck.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Craig wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:26:11 -0500 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! That's the
>> coldest I've ever tried to start a diesel.
>
> Congratulat
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:26:11 -0500 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! That's the
> coldest I've ever tried to start a diesel.
Congratulations! What oil are you using?
> Tomorrow am will be colder so I'll plug in the block heater.
That's a goo
My 240D started in 2 degree weather this am up in Maine! That's the coldest
I've ever tried to start a diesel. Tomorrow am will be colder so I'll plug in
the block heater.
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gt; - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" <
>> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
>>
>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
>> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:13 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
>
>> -Max
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________
>> From: Rusty Cullens
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:39:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
>>
>> yeah, I hav
ortune time.
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "andrew strasfogel" <
> astrasfo...@gmail.com>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
>
>
> Max' trava
airly well gone. Lightly secured to a wrench or socket with
> masking or painter's tape helps nicely, too.
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" <
> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List&quo
Lucky, lucky, lucky. IF I WERE to play the lottery, I'd want YOU to pick my
numbers.
Wilton
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From: "andrew strasfogel"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspi
7;em - not as much of a problem now that
> my tremor is fairly well gone. Lightly secured to a wrench or socket with
> masking or painter's tape helps nicely, too.
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas"
>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion Li
ch of a problem now that
my tremor is fairly well gone. Lightly secured to a wrench or socket with
masking or painter's tape helps nicely, too.
Wilton
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From: "Rich Thomas"
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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1
In other words, "stuff" always happens at the most inopportune time.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
Max' t
02 AM
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yeah, I have the caliper for $85.00 but it would have been a day away. Too bad.
maybe next time.
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> From: Rusty Cullens
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:39:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
>
> yeah, I have the caliper for $85.00 but it would have been a day away. Too
> bad.
> maybe ne
: Rusty Cullens
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:39:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
yeah, I have the caliper for $85.00 but it would have been a day away. Too bad.
maybe next time.
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: "Max Dillon"
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:29 AM
Subject: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy?
Yesterday our household suffered two vehicle casualties. First SWMBO's
car, a
'96 Infiniti with about 200k miles, had the left rear caliper lock up
while out
and
Yesterday our household suffered two vehicle casualties. First SWMBO's car, a
'96 Infiniti with about 200k miles, had the left rear caliper lock up while out
and about in town. She recognized that something was wrong and handled it
pretty well, but the tow company took about 2 hours to get her
Curt Raymond wrote:
What'd the temp gauge for the engine read? My 190D is toasty warm within half
an hour no matter how cold it is out. My 240D was as good or maybe even
better...
When the temp exceeds 20 below (F) in any of my 201s, it's hard to keep
the cabin OR even the engine temp in the
We're finally getting characteristic weather here in MN. 15 below or
so and fortunately not all that windy, but a bit.
I think that the water main is frozen solid in the house I'm staying
at part time. Back to nature for me.
My 240D is hybernating in the garage and I'm using the Honda CRV as
the
Oh, let's see... The veggie is T-d in at the back left of the head and then
goes back to the veggie tank and then returns at a T near the alternator.
So... I believe it's completely parallel, independent of the heater
core(which would make sense since the heater seems to work normally.
However..
within 15 minutes which is about the time I hit the highway it was up
to
around 80-90C and stayed there for the rest of the trip.
c) the veggie tank sucking out a decent portion of heat
Could be. But so long as the engine was up to temperature there was
still excess heat available in the engi
better...
-Curt
Message: 17
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:41:46 -0500
From: "Levi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Cold weather
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
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Just t
What'd the temp gauge for the engine read? My 190D is toasty warm within half
an hour no matter how cold it is out. My 240D was as good or maybe even
better...
-Curt
Message: 17
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:41:46 -0500
From: "Levi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:
on List"
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:41 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Cold weather
Just thought I'd share some of my cold weather this morning here near
Corning, NY.
It was about 1F outside. Block heater was plugged in for a couple hours
before starting. It wasn't that bad, but it di
Just thought I'd share some of my cold weather this morning here near
Corning, NY.
It was about 1F outside. Block heater was plugged in for a couple hours
before starting. It wasn't that bad, but it did take a couple tries. (Not
NEARLY as bad as this weekend when it was in the single digits du
archer wrote:
My '83 300D has a vacuum leak when the weather is cold, which stops when
the
weather is warm. The locks will operate when leaving the house, but
after
driving 12 miles to town in the cold air, the locks will not work. I'm
not
sure which part to replace first in order to try and
archer wrote:
My '83 300D has a vacuum leak when the weather is cold, which stops when the
weather is warm. The locks will operate when leaving the house, but after
driving 12 miles to town in the cold air, the locks will not work. I'm not
sure which part to replace first in order to try and
My '83 300D has a vacuum leak when the weather is cold, which stops when the
weather is warm. The locks will operate when leaving the house, but after
driving 12 miles to town in the cold air, the locks will not work. I'm not
sure which part to replace first in order to try and fix it. Tracin
Bellefonte PA 01-17-06 as of 6:00 AM was 17 degrees F
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Good point-my 10F was in southern RI.
Dwight
andrew st
Washington, D.C., where we specialize in fully self-hoisting petards.
On 1/17/07, ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
uh, like you didn't? ;-)
cheers!
e
high 30s last night, expecting 40s in Berkeley, CA...
andrew strasfogel wrote:
> Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I'
uh, like you didn't? ;-)
cheers!
e
high 30s last night, expecting 40s in Berkeley, CA...
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I'm a weather nut, please
identify WHERE you live when discussing the cold temperatures.
Andrew
24 degrees F. this AM, going into
scussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:18 PM
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14843
I couldn't help but notice that you didn't include your location. (:
Levi
On 1/17/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I&
14843
I couldn't help but notice that you didn't include your location. (:
Levi
On 1/17/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I'm a weather nut, please
identify WHERE you live when discussing the cold temperatures.
Andrew
24 degrees F.
Good point-my 10F was in southern RI.
Dwight
andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I'm a weather nut, please
> identify WHERE you live when discussing the cold temperatures.
>
> Andrew
> 24 degrees F. this AM, going into the high 30s.
>
Hey guys, as a practical matter, and because I'm a weather nut, please
identify WHERE you live when discussing the cold temperatures.
Andrew
24 degrees F. this AM, going into the high 30s.
On 1/17/07, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, It's supposed to be closer to 25F this afternoon
Yeah, It's supposed to be closer to 25F this afternoon and I'm hoping to get
out before dark so hoping I won't need the headlights, rear defroster nor as
much for starting. I'll plug in the block heater so tomorrow's single
digits hopefully won't be as bad, and if nothing else it gets a nice 45
m
HOWEVER... Apparently when it gets down around 5F, I need to let OFF
the
fuel... My startup went like this:
Glow light went off around 15 seconds. I started cranking around 25
seconds
with the fuel to the floor. cranked for maybe 5-10 seconds (rather
slowly)
and it started to make some soun
It was a balmy 20F here this morning (okay so it is the coldest that it has
been so far this winter, most of it was above 50 so far) but Hans started up
quite easily without any extra glow cycles and without plugging in. (Of course
I was cold as &*^*^* until it warmed up)
BTW, whats the lif
Well, I've finally found that point where as Marshall describes it:
"Everything must be perfect" for cold weather starting. I started yesterday
morning at like 15F without issue. This morning it was about 5F. At that
point, I have now experienced what cold weather starting is in my 83' 300D.
It
Jim Cathey wrote:
> On the Unimog it's a lot easier, since you can sit in the driver's
> seat and point the gun at the air intake snorkel. It's metal, too,
> so the heat gun is unlikely to do any damage even if mishandled.
> This'd be a lot harder on a car where, if alone, you'd have to
> hang the
On the 115, just hook it to the air filter and have it run all the time
On Friday, March 10, 2006, at 06:47 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Anyway as Jim Cathey is fond of mentioning you could take a hairdryer
or heat gun and shoot it in the intake. That'll get you going pretty
easy.
On the Unimog it
From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold Weather Get In and Go
Nope, I use the marine battery to power the block heater. Technically I
use the battery to power an inverter to power th
;t have to do this any
more.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:39:10 -0500
From: "Tom Scordato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cold Weather Get In and Go
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Hi Bob,
Interestingly on my 240D anyway as soon as you turn the key to on the
temp needle comes off the cold peg
If its very cold, like below 0F I'll use the bl
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We were having discussions today at the old nuke plant about cold weather
starting (well...cold by our standards [39 degrees]). Some were s
eal worried about
carbon buildup. One time 2 winters ago the glowplugs on Hammie failed so I left
him running at work all day. (it was 10F, he'd never have started without
glowplugs)
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 248kmi
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:07:44 -0700
From: "Bo
Bob Rentfro wrote:
>
> We were having discussions today at the old nuke plant about cold weather
> starting
I'm in the "drive away as soon as you have oil pressure, but don't stomp on it
until temp stabilizes" camp.
Hmm, starting a nuke is that easy then? How much oil do them things
take? What kind do you use? How long it last, what with neutron
bombardment and all that?
--R
Bob Rentfro wrote:
We were having discussions today at the old nuke plant about cold weather
starting (well...cold by our stan
Bob Rentfro wrote:
We were having discussions today at the old nuke plant about cold weather
starting (well...cold by our standards [39 degrees]). Some were saying as soon
as one sees oil pressure, you can take off like a scalded dog...both for
gassers and diesels. Others say let it warm until
We were having discussions today at the old nuke plant about cold weather
starting (well...cold by our standards [39 degrees]). Some were saying as soon
as one sees oil pressure, you can take off like a scalded dog...both for
gassers and diesels. Others say let it warm until it's off the cold pe
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