Re: [MBZ] Previa

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
Meant strainer, not filter. Just simpler to say filter clay On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:19 AM, Jeff Zedic wrote: Actually the Previa did not have a trans fluid filter originally. It had a strainer which was meant for the life of the vehicle. Many people thought it was a filter and replaced it with

Re: [MBZ] Previa

2009-01-08 Thread Jeff Zedic
Actually the Previa did not have a trans fluid filter originally. It had a strainer which was meant for the life of the vehicle. Many people thought it was a filter and replaced it with some Fram shit so now you have to keep changing it. The price for a strainer was high...about three or four t

[MBZ] Previa

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Weeks
On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:30 PM, clay wrote: When I got the van it has 101k on the clock already. New tires and fresh filters before I took it for a two week road trip through CA. No issue but a strange oil filter error that a fresh filter solved. I think all the crap was dislodged when I put M1 i

Re: [MBZ] PREVIA AWD

2009-01-07 Thread Redghost
When I got the van it has 101k on the clock already. New tires and fresh filters before I took it for a two week road trip through CA. No issue but a strange oil filter error that a fresh filter solved. I think all the crap was dislodged when I put M1 in. I have had the transmission filt

Re: [MBZ] PREVIA

2009-01-07 Thread John Freer
Did a Goggle search to see what this van looked like and here was the first hit: Placenta Previa: Overview - eMedicine On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Dan Weeks wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Zedic wrote: > >> I can say that when I worked for Toyota the Previa was a very trouble >> free va

[MBZ] PREVIA

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Weeks
On Jan 7, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Zedic wrote: I can say that when I worked for Toyota the Previa was a very trouble free van. One small problem with a cooling pipe that was a bitch to fix but other than thatno problems.ok, front flex pipe for the exhaust. Very reliable van for a new design.

Re: [MBZ] PRevia

2009-01-07 Thread Jeff Zedic
I can say that when I worked for Toyota the Previa was a very trouble free van. One small problem with a cooling pipe that was a bitch to fix but other than thatno problems.ok, front flex pipe for the exhaust. Very reliable van for a new design. You decide on the looksI liked itMU

[MBZ] PREVIA AWD

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Weeks
On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Clay wrote: I have found that AWD is night and day for handling in the previa. there is a hill I climb that it just grips and goes. Good to know in case I ever upgrade. Does yours have the supercharger, too? All the AWD cars I've ever driven (not many, admitte

[MBZ] PRevia

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Weeks
On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:59 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote: The Previa disappeared from the US market soon after it's very poor crash test results became public. Worst of all of the minivans of the period. Really! Four star driver rating, 3 star passenger. The vast majority of my d

Re: [MBZ] Previa

2009-01-06 Thread RELNGSON
> ...They're still made and sold abroad, almost 20 years after their > introduction, but they never sold well here--were considered wierd looking > (they > are), underpowered (not by a long shot!) and were also hampered by American > preference for FWD, which I don't share. Many consider the re

Re: [MBZ] Previa? Perhaps not.....

2007-10-18 Thread RELNGSON
<> When Previas were new, a friend bought one and it gave them good service. And, I drove it from Seattle to Portland OR about that time and found it quite adequate. The disqualifier was that, of all the minivans in it's class, it had the poorest crash performance of all of them. When that lit