| Chip, You shall be the Minister of Denials and Consolation! Regards, Ben Pender Klassic Autos Vintage European Auto service, repair, and parts Madison, AL 256-489-9560 --- On Fri, 1/13/12, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote:
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Perseverance furthers .
-Nate
Trish wrote:
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> OK everyone it's Friday. All he wanted to do was come home from work, he's
> been gone since Tues. But noooo. Kevin's stupid F250 is being
> cantankerous, again. He's replacing the starter AGAIN! This is the THIRD
> starter! Thankfully he's smart enough to get the lifetime warranty. The
> first one was old I guess. The second one was the wrong one...go figure a
> parts store giving you the wrong item? No! It was just a hair too short
> and couldn't get a good enough bite on the fly wheel. He kept thinking it
> was the fly wheel and was procrastinating the PITA job. I kept saying it
> sounded like the starter and reminded him how it's not uncommon to get
> crappy new parts. For some odd reason he decided to measure it. Gee, it
> was the starter! He put that one in around Thanksgiving.
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> I told him to look on the bright side...he's at work on concrete and has
> all of his tools there. It would have really sucked if it happened
> tomorrow night as I have to work up in N Dallas, about an hour away and
> won't get off till midnight!
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>
OK everyone it's Friday. All he wanted to do was come home from work, he's been gone since Tues. But noooo. Kevin's stupid F250 is being cantankerous, again. He's replacing the starter AGAIN! This is the THIRD starter! Thankfully he's smart enough to get the lifetime warranty. The first one was old I guess. The second one was the wrong one...go figure a parts store giving you the wrong item? No! It was just a hair too short and couldn't get a good enough bite on the fly wheel. He kept thinking it was the fly wheel and was procrastinating the PITA job. I kept saying it sounded like the starter and reminded him how it's not uncommon to get crappy new parts. For some odd reason he decided to measure it. Gee, it was the starter! He put that one in around Thanksgiving.
I told him to look on the bright side...he's at work on concrete and has all of his tools there. It would have really sucked if it happened tomorrow night as I have to work up in N Dallas, about an hour away and won't get off till midnight!
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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
I test drove a used 550i Beemer a few yrs ago. They let me take it home overnight. It was hard to take back the next day.
It was nice buuuutttt...it was that "but" that made me walk away. Needed a headlight...$150 from Pep Boys! That wasn't the only "but" in the deal. I sure did like the way the seats hugged me just like the seats in the $83K Jag I test drove. *sigh*
all temptations of the flesh that we cannot partake.
Who says so? Also remember, white men can't jump. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <czulli@...> wrote:
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> Brian,
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> Ben should not be emperor, he is offering us something we can not have just like our friend down in Mazatlan keeps tempting us with pictures of places we cannot enjoy.
>
> Why do some people on this board offer up hope like AC systems that are simple and easy to fix (except they are only on BMW's) or trips across the boarder; all temptations of the flesh that we cannot partake.
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> Chip
> In Houston, not Mazatlan driving a MB not a BMW
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I can get all I want for free it's the trucks. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> Got good friends who work at the Irwindale / Azusa rock crushing & gravel pits. I can probably get you some free truck loads, but you would have to pay freightage, or bring a truck down and haul it back. Alternatively, you can do it a bag or two at a time. Good exercise, spread the cost out, and so on. Hey, here is a better thought - I once put in a 3" x 15 foot cement pad for a tetherball court by hand. You could section off six foot runs and create a concrete driveway. Might take a few years, but think of the pride you would have in driving up yo your doorstep.
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> Â
> brian from laverne, ca
> Mary (195K)Â Martha (280K)
> 1983 w123 300d's
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> ________________________________
> From: max_stemple <jasperezra@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:16 AM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Getting stuck in the mud
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> Gravel is marvelous stuff, for my 1.3 mile drive way I figure it would only run about $25K or so. Only need it in spring thaw here. Max
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Ben Pender <ben_pender@> wrote:
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> > Trish,
> >
> > Uh, one word: Gravel? Seems like that would be the solution. But that's just me (and I live out in the country, too...)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ben Pender
> > Klassic Autos
> > Vintage European Auto service, repair, and parts
> > Madison, AL
> > 256-489-9560
> >
> >
> > --
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Brian,
Ben should not be emperor, he is offering us something we can not have just like our friend down in Mazatlan keeps tempting us with pictures of places we cannot enjoy.
Why do some people on this board offer up hope like AC systems that are simple and easy to fix (except they are only on BMW's) or trips across the boarder; all temptations of the flesh that we cannot partake.
Chip
In Houston, not Mazatlan driving a MB not a BMW
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> I vote for Ben to be Emperor.
>
> Â
> brian from laverne, ca
> Mary (195K)Â Martha (280K)
> 1983 w123 300d's
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Love the song, not crazy about the video...LOVE the car.
Pink is driving a 1965 220 convertible in her video "Get the Party Started".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZ5VO97ix8&feature=colike
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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
| First avoid the dark brown paint at all cost. It actually has something in it that promotes rust. After that the door bottoms and anywhere trim metal meets body metal. Under the carpets should be checked. Of course the battery tray. And around the rocker panels and the usual places in the trunk. That's a 4-body trunk by the way. Huge. Good luck. Bogy --- On Fri, 1/13/12, john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com> wrote:
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LOOK at the wonderful simplicity of the AC and Heater system. What would we all give to have that!
| That is a sweet 115. too nice for me really. a 75 115 was my introduction to MB some 10 years ago now. ended up selling it to a kid for $1500. three days later he ran the lower front end subframe over a rock up a snowy utah canyon road. No insurance. (Kids!) When I got back into town I bought it back for 300 and swapped the front end subframe with one I had in a parts donor. Sold 'em both to another guy for another $1500. Those were the days. Someone had put a 4 speed manual from a 240D into the 300D and it was just nothing short of a pure blast to drive. I even swapped the blower fan before I sold it the second time. Oh well. I've still got a memory or two from it. Good times. Bogy. --- On Fri, 1/13/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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