[diesel_mercedes] Re: I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 


Warning. "Dreaming can be hazardous to your health these days" , Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> My dad always had a Leica 35mm. We've got boxes and boxes of slides of
> family & his work. Some b&w, some in much later years are in color!
>
> No reason you can't dream. You never know what you might come across. I
> worked with a woman back in the mid 80's that drove a boat of a MB. I said
> "That's my next car". So it wasn't exactly my next car, but I do have one
> now! :)
>
> Trish
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Chip <czulli@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school,
> > or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at
> > them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not
> > what this post is about.
> >
> > It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the
> > mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those
> > giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.
> >
> > Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually
> > be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces
> > of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in
> > me by those damn National Geographics.
> >
> > Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or
> > all those great Leica 35mm.
> >
> > I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 

Ho, Ho, he beat me to it, max

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Nate Rector <tccservice111@...> wrote:
>
> you were looking at the naked natives.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Chip <czulli@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:47 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's
>
>
>
>  
>
> So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.
>
> It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.
>
> Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.
>
> Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.
>
> I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.
>
> Chip
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 


Yea right, we all know you were looking at those topless naative girls dude., Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <czulli@...> wrote:
>
> So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.
>
> It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.
>
> Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.
>
> Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.
>
> I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.
>
> Chip
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 

My dad always had a Leica 35mm.  We've got boxes and boxes of slides of family & his work. Some b&w, some in much later years are in color!

No reason you can't dream. You never know what you might come across.  I worked with a woman back in the mid 80's that drove a boat of a MB. I said "That's my next car". So it wasn't exactly my next car, but I do have one now! :)

Trish

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote:
 

So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.

It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.

Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.

Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.

I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.

Chip




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 

you were looking at the naked natives.

From: Chip <czulli@gmail.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:47 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 
So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.

It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.

Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.

Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.

I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.

Chip



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[diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's

 

So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.

It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.

Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.

Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.

I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.

Chip

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[diesel_mercedes] picture of a/c drain hose posted

 

I just posted a picture of the a/c drain hose I removed from my 84 300sd. Foam corrodes, water goes down panel, under electric channel, into rear seat footwell.$20 part about 2 hours to remove panels and replace.
Chuck

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: It is alive!

Ok, will do Nate. Thanks!

Ben near Detroit

On 9/28/2011 8:02 AM, Nate wrote:
>
>
> Ben ;
>
> Fist : CONGRATS ! .
>
> I you look up " Citric Acid Coolant Flush " you'll find my DIY How-To
> , it's prolly also in the files section of the home page .
>
> Be SURE to use ONLY distilled water , NOT tap water ! .
>
> Allow it to work , drive it so it circulates well , I'd leave the
> windows down and the defrost on high to ensure it cleans the heater
> core too as the Mercedes heater core is a sediment trap .
>
> Don't be too surprised if the mix turns dead black .
>
> Or if it needs multiple cleanings before it stays clear distilled
> water for a day or 50 miles at the very least , then it's ready for
> the final dump and coolant fill .
>
> -Nate
> Ben wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback Tom. Much appreciated. I ordered 5lbs of
> > (kosher for the holiday!) citric acid off fleabay on Sunday, hopefully
> > it will be here today or tomorrow. Going to do a full-on citric flush
> > then take it from there. Heat is hot so to your point, something is
> > clogged. And since the car overheated previous to my buying it (enough
> > to condemn the head gasket), this tells me no one did much except drive
> > it hot.
> >
> > Followed the FSM when putting all the parts back together so while
> > there's always room for error, I'm pretty sure I did it right. The head
> > was totally redone by a machine shop so that's clean. Must be
> > block/heater core related. I sent the radiator to the shop to get
> > inspected and cleaned so I assume they did what I paid them to do. At
> > the very least, once I do the citric it will clean it out.
> >
> > Nothing is leaking although I do smell a faint smell of coolant inside
> > the car on occasion. Wonder if the heater core is bad? Usual tell-tale
> > wet carpet on the passenger side is not there. I checked the thermostat
> > in a pot of boiling water on the stove and it did open. Someone had
> > mentioned using a 75C thermostat off a W107. Might do that also but
> > after the citric.
> >
> > I'll report back. Anyone who has done the citric before, love to have
> > some blow-by-blow.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ben near Detroit
> >
> > I'll do the citric and
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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[diesel_mercedes] answer to what was buzzing

 

The electric switch over valve is the part that was buzzing on my 300sd.
If if remove the line at the top and put my finger on the opening, the noise stops. must be a vacuum issue. I may try to change the lines to see if it is a leak at the connection. there is a picture of the diagram of the vacuum system just posted in the album 1984 300sd. The part is number 33.11 in the diagram.
Chuck

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: It is alive!

 

Ben, you could also try to run it without the thermostat in it. See if that makes a difference. I think you can do that, someone will correct me if I am wrong.
Chuck

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "bgiovan" <bgiovan@...> wrote:
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> Fired up the 300SD and cranked on the second try. Yay! Only took me 8 months to get it put back together.
>
> Various nit pick issues which I can handle but one has me stumped. 1979 300SD (W116) with the lovely ACC/Chrysler Airtemp. If I run with the defrost on HIGH and heat on MAX, the car will hover around 100C. As soon as I turn off the defrost (because I'm boiling), the temp starts to climb. Then I chicken out, crank up the heat and it settles back to 100C.
>
> History - bought the car from an old cat in Gainesville, FL back last December. Great shape but blown headgasket.
>
> What I've done over the last 8+ months:
> Professionally rebuilt head with all new innards
> New 1985 Cam
> Rebuilt starter
> New water pump, new Meyle 7 blade plastic fan and clutch
> Rebuilt vacuum pump
> Rebuilt turbo
> Sent radiator out to radiator shop for once-over.
> Various "while I'm in there I might as well's"
>
> Thoughts on the cooling issue? AC doesn't seem to want to engage from inside and being the dreaded Airtemp, not sure where to start.
>
> Ben near Detroit
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: It is alive!

 


Ben ;

Fist : CONGRATS ! .

I you look up " Citric Acid Coolant Flush " you'll find my DIY How-To , it's prolly also in the files section of the home page .

Be SURE to use ONLY distilled water , NOT tap water ! .

Allow it to work , drive it so it circulates well , I'd leave the windows down and the defrost on high to ensure it cleans the heater core too as the Mercedes heater core is a sediment trap .

Don't be too surprised if the mix turns dead black .

Or if it needs multiple cleanings before it stays clear distilled water for a day or 50 miles at the very least , then it's ready for the final dump and coolant fill .

-Nate
Ben wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback Tom. Much appreciated. I ordered 5lbs of
> (kosher for the holiday!) citric acid off fleabay on Sunday, hopefully
> it will be here today or tomorrow. Going to do a full-on citric flush
> then take it from there. Heat is hot so to your point, something is
> clogged. And since the car overheated previous to my buying it (enough
> to condemn the head gasket), this tells me no one did much except drive
> it hot.
>
> Followed the FSM when putting all the parts back together so while
> there's always room for error, I'm pretty sure I did it right. The head
> was totally redone by a machine shop so that's clean. Must be
> block/heater core related. I sent the radiator to the shop to get
> inspected and cleaned so I assume they did what I paid them to do. At
> the very least, once I do the citric it will clean it out.
>
> Nothing is leaking although I do smell a faint smell of coolant inside
> the car on occasion. Wonder if the heater core is bad? Usual tell-tale
> wet carpet on the passenger side is not there. I checked the thermostat
> in a pot of boiling water on the stove and it did open. Someone had
> mentioned using a 75C thermostat off a W107. Might do that also but
> after the citric.
>
> I'll report back. Anyone who has done the citric before, love to have
> some blow-by-blow.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ben near Detroit
>
> I'll do the citric and
>
>
>
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Not So Frequently Asked Questions

 


# 1 : yes , unless you live where the pak brake has frozen on before , always use it before putting into park .

If the park brake cable ever freeze , remove them and clean well , soak in a clean drain pan with *just* enough new , undiluted antifreeze to cover them , overnight whilst sliding the cable center as far as it'l go back & forth a few times , will lubricate it for live and prevent freezing .

# 2 : This is fine as long as you don't exceed 800 ~ 900 RPM's . as soon as the oilpressure gauge pegs the upper limit you're ready to travel , longer warmup time is bad for the engine .

If this engine is loosey-goosey , use thinng oils so they get up out of the pan and circulatng faster a noisy rod upon initial startup is a dicy thing , carfull attentionto it should mke it last or tens of thousands of miles *but* it can also let go at any time .

# 3 : these are _NOT_ ' dumb questions ' !! .

-Nate
Barton wrote:
>
> Some of this may not be Mercedes Diesel specific, but then again, mebbe it is....
>
> 1). After 280k mi, is it harmful to park in park? i.e. should I *always* set my park brake and make sure the cable and system get regularly used? Does resting on the transmission in park on an incline "hurt the car"?
>
> 2). On a cold start, i.e. hasn't run in more than "n" hours and the oil is fully drained and at ambient temp (i.e. "thick")...is it better to let it idle at whatever RPM is wants to idle at, (i.e. < 600RPM), or is it better to hold the accelerator just enough to quiet the "diesel rod knock" that accompanies the well worn but still strong engine? No more than 800-900 RPM until I'm reasonably sure things are "moving smoothly"?
>
> thx in advance!
>
> -Barton
>

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