It is cold. Currently +9F outside. Garage doesn't feel any warmer, although
some bottles of water I have sitting on the workbench haven't frozen. I am
going to put a thermometer on the hood of the Benz overnight to see just how
cold he garage is.
Tried starting the Benz this morning. Good battery
Sunday the local paper reported the results of the Iowa poll:
1. 11% of Iowan name their cars; (Betsy and Betty are common.)
2. Only 5% of Iowans expect to go to hell, but 31% know someone who will.
3. Asked which one of lifes pleasure--food, drink, books, friends, or
sex--they would give up if
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:05:04 -0600 "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am beginning to think my fuel has gelled. I poured plenty of
> PowerSource Fuel Conditioner in several days ago and have had a sixty
> mile round trip since, plus around-town driving, so stuff is mixed. But
> the fue
On Dec 8, 2007 8:53 PM, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Have you tried to work the hand pump?
-- Tomorrow
>
>
> Is the "Off" lever on the injection pump up?
-- Yes. I did drain off the vacuum at the shutoff valve and that didn't seem
to help, although there wasn't much battery le
Did you get any white smoke? If not, you have no fuel delivery for
some reason.
Lots of possibilities, including a stuck shutoff servo. Could be
gelled fuel (although not likely if you put treatment in the tank), a
cracked line, leaking fuel lines, or a bad hand pump if you still have
the ol
I am just anal-retentive enough to doubt any sudden mechanical problems --
unless something major broke. Think "Felix Unger Owns A 240D."
Shut-off valve is relatively new, hand pump is equally new, fuel lines are
in good condition. Glow plugs upgraded from loop to pencil. I got "good"
pre-glow lig
If it's gelled fuel, the pre-filter will have wax in it. If that's the
case, either warm the car up to melt the fuel or take the fuel filter
(main one) off and fill it with anti-gel treatment and operate the hand
pump until you hear fuel squirting out the overflow. May not get it to
start, I'
On Dec 8, 2007 9:53 PM, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If it's gelled fuel, the pre-filter will have wax in it.
I have a spare one
> If that's the
> case, either warm the car up to melt the fuel or take the fuel filter
> (main one) off and fill it with anti-gel treatment and oper
Something's not right -- my 300D starts reliably down into the single
digits (at least, the old one did, don't know about the new one, hasn't
been that cold yet). Even an elderly diesel should start reliably down
to 0F.
Peter
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Sudden GP system failures are not unheard of.
Tight valves act like a no-start switch once the critical
cold temperature is reached.
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If I'd had a glow plug failure, would I have seen a pre-glow light at the
dash? (asking, curious)
On Dec 8, 2007 11:20 PM, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sudden GP system failures are not unheard of.
--
LT Don
http://don.homelinux.net/~don/
Proudly marching to the beat of a differen
When was your last fuel fill? Before or after Labor Day?
If it has mostly winter fuel in it, I wouldn't think 10-20F would
be a problem (unless there is water in the fuel).
You can probably use a hair dryer in the intake as a replacement
or supplement to the GP system.
Mitch.
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Wonko the Sane wrote:
>
> I put in 1/4 tank (to top it off) last week but I don't think they had
> shifted to the winter mix at that point.
"Winterized" stickers pop up on Michigan pumps in early September usually.
Have been driving the 190E so I haven't paid attention to the diesel pumps
this y
Went out and tried to start after I posted my last email. Car fired right up
-- perhaps the heat from the block heater thawed whatever was frozen. ...
Immediately drove to the fuel station and topped off (5.6 gallons) with
70/30 mix, plus dumped in the other half bottle of PowerService. ... I am
w
> If I'd had a glow plug failure, would I have seen a pre-glow light at
> the
> dash? (asking, curious)
Possibly, it depends on the nature of the failure. I forget
what your system looks like, is this the b**ized parallel
plugs on a series system? With that you could lose all but
one GP an
Yeah, same with mine.
Allan
On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:34 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
> Something's not right -- my 300D starts reliably down into the single
> digits (at least, the old one did, don't know about the new one,
> hasn't
> been that cold yet).
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I put in 1/4 tank (to top it off) last week but I don't think they had
shifted to the winter mix at that point. Probably have mostly #2 diesel with
a little bit leftover of biodiesel (just B-2), plus half a bottle of
PowerSource. ... I am beginning to think water has accumulated in the
primary fuel
My 140 diesel fired right up no problem right after the light went out,
and ran smooth as silk.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
> Went out and tried to start after I posted my last email. Car fired right up
> -- perhaps the heat from the block heater thawed whatever was frozen. ...
> Immediately drove to t
So did my 300D 2.5 - but then the temp is only down to 28F here --
warm compared to points north ---
On Dec 9, 2007 10:53 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My 140 diesel fired right up no problem right after the light went out,
> and ran smooth as silk.
>
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norma
On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
> It is cold. Currently +9F outside.
Well 30F here, balmy. However I was pleased to see on my fluke meter
this am
all glow plugs on the 83 measured 0.5 ohms. Starts nicely...
Well I *was* looking for an excuse to buy a nice ratcheting wrench
John M McIntosh wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
>
>> It is cold. Currently +9F outside.
>
> Well 30F here, balmy. However I was pleased to see on my fluke meter
> this am all glow plugs on the 83 measured 0.5 ohms. Starts
> nicely...
You guys don't want to know how w
Don't forget -- I lived in Jax FL before moving to Iowa!
On Dec 9, 2007 8:55 PM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John M McIntosh wrote:
> > On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote:
> >
> >> It is cold. Currently +9F outside.
> >
> > Well 30F here, balmy. However I was pleased t
Wonko the Sane wrote:
> Don't forget -- I lived in Jax FL before moving to Iowa!
How on earth did you end up in Iowa? I don't understand why people
still live there... I sure couldn't handle it!
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This is where Debbie grew up. Much more sane pace of life than Jax has. Or
other places I've lived: NYC, DC, etc.
On Dec 9, 2007 9:16 PM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wonko the Sane wrote:
> > Don't forget -- I lived in Jax FL before moving to Iowa!
>
> How on earth did you end up in
Come south, young man, come south. We're only getting ½ inch of ice tonight.
On Dec 9, 2007 9:20 PM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is where Debbie grew up. Much more sane pace of life than Jax has. Or
> other places I've lived: NYC, DC, etc.
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 9:16 PM, John R
I often miss the more sane pace of the Midwest.
Bob R.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
This is where Debbie grew up.
I would gladly take a foot of snow (Iowa) instead of a quarter inch of ice
(Dallas, Atlanta, etc.).
Of course, in Iowa we sometimes get both. In closely-spaced storms.
On Dec 9, 2007 9:39 PM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Come south, young man, come south. We're only getting ½ inch of ice
Was 80F here in Htown today, a wonderful sunny warm afternoon for our
Ultimate game. I don't know how I ever survived up north for most of my
life.
--R
Wonko the Sane wrote:
> I would gladly take a foot of snow (Iowa) instead of a quarter inch of ice
> (Dallas, Atlanta, etc.).
>
> Of course, i
Even with this little bit of ice we made the news ---
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22173398/
On Dec 9, 2007 10:32 PM, Rich Thomas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Was 80F here in Htown today, a wonderful sunny warm afternoon for our
> Ultimate game. I don't know how I ever survived up north for most
Was 80F here in Htown today, a wonderful sunny warm afternoon for our
Ultimate game.
We've got 34F and snow flurries here in Hillsboro, what a day for breaking
in the new RC engine in my Mega Baja Bug. At least I don't have to worry
about it overheating. Mercedes content: I wish I could get
I'm glad you qualified your statement with "pace" - or I'd have to
take issue about how "sane" we are ---
On Dec 9, 2007 9:54 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I often miss the more sane pace of the Midwest.
>
> Bob R.
--
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Norman, OK
"There are three kinds of lies: l
We moved from Florida to Iowa in part because we missed seeing the seasons.
Christmas lights (all white) in palm trees detracts somewhat from the
traditional Christmas spirit. Quite frankly, we grew wear of wearing shorts
year round. Does a body good to shovel snow from time to time. Gotta get a
li
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> Come south, young man, come south. We're only getting ½ inch of ice
> tonight.
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 9:20 PM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL
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Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
I would gladly take a foot of snow (Iowa) instead of a quarter inch of ice
(Dallas, Atlanta, etc.).
Of course, in Iowa we sometimes get both. In closely-spaced storms.
ndy.
> From: "Kaleb C. Striplin, work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:29:49 -0600
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
>
> Yea, here we sometimes get an inch
I vote for the come South part, but I'll take my yard full of flowers here in
Jacksonville over your 1/2 inch of ice any time.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
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This is where Debbie grew up. Much more sane pace of life than Jax has. Or
other places I've lived: N
Wonko the Sane wrote:
> This is where Debbie grew up. Much more sane pace of life than Jax
> has. Or other places I've lived: NYC, DC, etc.
There are such things as small towns in the rest of the country!
> We moved from Florida to Iowa in part because we missed seeing the
> seasons. Christmas
nyway, I got my snowmobiles out Saturday, 3 out of 4 ready to go, the fourth
is waiting for an exhaust but my source disappeared...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 23:12:22 -0600
From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
To: "Mercedes Discuss
I did that once up on the Penobscot Rivvuh, "fished" all night and drank
about a case of beer, and did catch some smelts. Was pretty rough
driving back to Bahstan the next morning...
--R
Curt Raymond wrote:
> My Dad is 64 and I was interested to hear when we were at deer camp him
> talking fo
List"
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
>
> My Dad is 64 and I was interested to hear when we were at deer camp him
> talking fondly of nights spent smelt fishing.
>
> When you're in an ice shack thats built well and has at least
That's what the Rocky Mountains are for - star gazing.
Woke up this morning to several tree limbs on and behind the SDL and
the wife's van - spent the morning clearing them away, in the freezing
rain, picked the wife for lunch, and found three more large limbs down
when I got back. You hear a crac
Oh, yes - the power has been out since 10AM. There are power lines
down all over the state, it's hard to drive through town, having to go
around them. Having an all electric house sucks at times like this ---
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and stati
27;d guess thats to keep the law away. Seems
like it'd be a big help if there were no power.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:27:40 -0600
From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Message-ID:
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For those of you who are living through the ice storm, I know how you feel
as we had a similar event in Rochester, NY in '91 and we were without power
for almost 2 weeks. I hope I never have to live through another one of
these. Good luck to you folks and stay warm.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
_
On Dec 10, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
> I looked at a little radient heater at the hardware store that can
> double as a cooker, something like 14,000 BTU on high IIRC. Ahh here
> it is http://www.mrheater.com/productdetails_extended.asp?catid=42&id=22
> I know it says outdoor use
e: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:27:45 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
>> I looked at a little radient heater at the hardware store that can
>> double as a cooker,
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:52 -0500 Timothy Robinson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please be careful!
>
> So many homeowners and contractors insist on those unvented gas
> fireplaces and I just know someone's gonna fall asleep on the sofa and
> die of CO2 poisoning! The local codes only prohibit t
Again... my bad... CO
> From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:24:17 -0700
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:52 -0500 Timothy Robi
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>
> On Dec 10, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Cur
p;id=116 but its
nearly twice as much money for something that won't get used a whole lot...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:52 -0500
From: Timothy Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced up!
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List"
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More tree limbs fell during the night. One took out our mailbox,
another was across the hod of the SDL this morning - looks like it
fell, then bounced over - no dents that I can see.
The house is at 60F, outside is up to 33F, it's raining. This is the
largest power outage that OK has had, over 500k
ll in the basement either...
House was built in 1938 by a guy who worked in a wooden toy factory. He did a
reasonably good job but insulation was largely overlooked.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:27:45 -0800
From: John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm iced
Or if idiots didn't plant large trees next to power lines as they do in our
area
Luther
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:26:12 -0600, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> More tree limbs fell during the night. One took out our mailbox,
> another was across the hod of the SDL this morning - looks like
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Or if idiots didn't plant large trees next to power lines as they do in
our area
Luther
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We got power today - twice. It was on fro less than an hour early in
the afternoon, then went off for a couple of hours, and has been on
for the last three hours - we're starting to believe that it might
last through the night. We're very fortunate - most still don't have
power, and they aren't exp
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:26:12 -0600 "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I asume it costs more to bury the lines? Seems like we'd avoid a lot
> of outages if they were'nt flying up there in the trees ---
Yes, it costs more for the initial installation to bury the lines. The
upkeep, however, is l
Yup - though I had to do that when I put the Olds V8 in the MGA. I
keep hearing that drive shaft shops won't balance MB shafts - what if
you asked them to balance each half separately - then it wouldn't
matter how they are aligned when you assemble and install them.
Getting the "right" gen head a
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:30:37 -0600 "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm thinking that the 240D needs a NA 617 engine in front of the
> manual tranny, and the 616 engine needs to sit in front of a gen head,
> in the back yard.
Good thinking! You'll have to change or modify the driveshaft, tho
I picked a small bunch of bananas off one of my trees today, very ripe
and sweet. Got another small bunch that will be ready in a couple of
weeks maybe.
--R
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I guess you don't live in Don's neighborhood
On Dec 11, 2007 11:09 PM, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I picked a small bunch of bananas off one of my trees today, very ripe
> and sweet. Got another small bunch that will be ready in a couple of
> weeks maybe.
>
> --R
> >
>
> __
No, but it did get cooler this morning. Left to take daughter unit to
work, it was 73F, about 20 min later it was 65F, cooled down a bit more
since, but not too bad. That is the tail end of that ice storm front
that finally got to us after stalling out just north of town yesterday.
The warm
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:53:48 -0600 "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yup - though I had to do that when I put the Olds V8 in the MGA. I
> keep hearing that drive shaft shops won't balance MB shafts - what if
> you asked them to balance each half separately - then it wouldn't
> matter how they
The issue with balancing MB driveshafts is how to hold them in the
balancer as they don't have a standard slip spline nor an open u-joint
like everyone else uses. The adapters are available -- for $1500 each
(and you need both ends) -- unless a shop sees enough of them to pay
for the adapters
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