Proper tires can be had for $200-250. Compare that to what tires cost on
the modern equivalent to your 450SL: a 2013 SL550 will run $300-400 tire.
Overall, you're doing well.
Jaime
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:02 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
I am budget conscience. I just do
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:02:17 -0800
From: clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ATE T50 and T50/12 brake boosters at a
significantlyreduced price!
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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:02:17 -0800
From: clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ATE T50 and T50/12 brake boosters at a
significantlyreduced price!
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I am budget conscience. I just do not see dropping $500 each for rubber.
The tax on owners of old cars is wrong. We should
I am not enamored of the classic center. They are elitist and do not support
the owners of the models that made the company money. If you happen to share
a part with a more elitist vehicle, you can pay multiples of the value of your
car to acquire it. Poop! We end up at the PnP to source
Clay,
Tires are available that meet your needs. You're just unwilling to pay for
them!
Jaime
PS - The Ferrari guys do pay for them.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:39 PM, clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
I am not enamored of the classic center. They are elitist and do not
support the
I am budget conscience. I just do not see dropping $500 each for rubber. The
tax on owners of old cars is wrong. We should be allowed access to consumables
at a reasonable price. There is no need for dropping monster cash to get
simple enough tires, when the ricer boys are tossing five
On Feb 7, 2013 12:49 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
1. The manufacturer of my vehicle specifies the use of DOT 3
brake fluid. Can I also use DOT 4 brake fluid?
No! The specifications of the vehicle manufacturer must be complied with.
ATE
recommends only using the DOT class which is
ATE has lawyered up, now that they are owned by ITT, originally a
'merkun company.
DOT 4 is superior in any VEEhicle.
they are claiming older MBs are DOT3 only, but I am here to testify
that merkun DOT3 in any post 1959 MB will swell the brake hoses shut.
I think the same it true for any
Wow! What a deal!
/sarcasm
Dan
On Feb 7, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I just received the February 2013: Mercedes-Benz Classic Center News
email.
One item in it says,
Good news for all owners of Mercedes-Benz classics from the 1950s
and early 1960s:
On 07/02/2013 12:31 PM, Craig wrote:
I just received the February 2013: Mercedes-Benz Classic Center News
email.
One item in it says,
Good news for all owners of Mercedes-Benz classics from the 1950s
and early 1960s: as of now, the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center is
offering
What??!!!
Wilton
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From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ATE T50 and T50/12 brake boosters at a significantly
reduced price!
On 07/02/2013 12:31 PM
Randy Bennell wrote:
So, will one from a Chevy Impala fit?
I don't think 50 year old Fords have Alfred Teves (ATE) boosters in them. It's
entirely possible that other cars from east of the Atlantic use the T50, but I
don't know how to find out.
The cost to rebuild has to be a 3 digit number
Here's a FAQ WTF: (I always thought DOT 4 was to DOT 3 what Mobil 1 5W40 is to
generic dino 15W40)
Fluid
1. The manufacturer of my vehicle specifies the use of DOT 3
brake fluid. Can I also use DOT 4 brake fluid?
No! The specifications of the vehicle manufacturer must be complied with. ATE
Mitch Haley wrote:
I don't think 50 year old Fords have Alfred Teves (ATE) boosters in
them.
Oops, might have to eat those words, if the original Bendix product will
interchange. Interesting how buying the rights to a Bendix product is scoring
another innovative breakthrough.
Last time I priced wunnadem was 30-40 years ago and they were
something like $300 then. Considering inflation, that is probably
about the same price. ~$3000+ - You don't want to buy a new one
anyhow, because they are rebuildable (if you can find a kit)
I just received the February 2013:
On 08/02/2013 2:45 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
So, will one from a Chevy Impala fit?
I don't think 50 year old Fords have Alfred Teves (ATE) boosters in
them. It's entirely possible that other cars from east of the Atlantic
use the T50, but I don't know how to find out.
The
I read somewhere recently that people swap Ford Oxygen sensors into
MB,s because they are essentially the same with a different plug on
the end, and a whole lot cheaper.
Randy
Funny, I have never had to replace an o2 sensor an any of my MB
diesels; or even the couple odd gassers, for
One other thing. These are not the typical brake booster we think
of, with the master cyl. mounted to it. These are remote boosters.
On the 220Sb, they are mounted behind and below the headlight bucket.
Mitch Haley wrote:
I don't think 50 year old Fords have Alfred Teves (ATE) boosters
Although many of you have hard time looking past the price (I buy cars for
that much!), you must consider the meaning of this announcement. The
classic center has identified a market for these and made them more
available at a reduced price. What other manufacturer is doing that for
cars they
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jun06/29_New_T50_Brake_Booster_For_Classic_Mercedes_Released.html
These are not brake boosters but a work of art.
Lets put this in perspective, my rear muffler on the TE is pretty much
knackered, I patched it up to keep going, with the hope of finding a
good S/H one
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:47:59 -0500 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
Although many of you have hard time looking past the price (I buy cars
for that much!), you must consider the meaning of this announcement.
The classic center has identified a market for these and made them more
What's wrong with a used brake booster? I needed one for my 280SE 3.5
coupe. Cost was like $500 but the classic center told me that mine
was interchangeable with one from a 116 sedan. $95 used. Voila.
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013
Well, 45 year old rubber CAN degrade, after all!
Used is fine, but for a collectable car, I'd spring for new if I
needed one. Those particular boosters are the remote ones, I think
(from when only the front brakes were disk) and are a different animal
than the one attached to the brake
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