[diesel_mercedes] Re : Ponton

 


Only if you buy too many old Mercedes' ! =8-) .

-Nate
Alan wrote :
>
> Doesn't E stand for excess?
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes ! .
> >
> > Dreams are good Brad .
> >
> > Just be sure to have a sympathetic brother you can drag across America to
> > hold your flashlight and remind to it's running on 'E' and the last gas 'n
> > go was 250 miles ago etcetera.....
> >
> > I pretty much live for the adventure of rattling some old vehicle across
> > America (or Canada , Guatemala Etc.)but for some folks , the actuality
> > kinda spoils the dream .
> >
> > Once you get him to accept eating in diners & truck stops he'll be useful
> > in spotting the all-u-can eat places as you whiz by @ 48 MPH in a choking
> > cloud of Diesel Smoke too =8-) .
> >
> > -Nate
> > Brad wrote :
> > >
> > > Nate, I agree...I'm overwhelmed with responsibility at the moment, but I
> > can dream, can't I?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: It's HOT !

 


They didn't wait ~ all RUG went up to over $4.00 the gallon in L.A. yesterday , in spite of the same barrel price of oil that gave us $3.70 gallon RUG last month .

But , enough of THE TRUTH , lets get back to the Proctology Report the whiners were so interested in .

-Nate
Tam wrote :
>
> We may be heading for a break in the heat. Early afternoon, it was 108
> degrees in Woodland Hills. But while I was heading home from a comfortable
> day in air conditioned courts and libraries (all provided by my tax dollars,
> thank me!) the temperature in Woodland Hills had dropped to 100 degrees by
> 4:30 p.m. So we may be entering a cooling trend.
>
> Here on the west side, when I got home at 5:00, it was down under 80
> degrees.
>
> HOWEVER, we have had a refinery fire in the Bay area. Amazingly, it
> didn't cause any injuries, and didn't damage any critical parts of the
> refinery. But we are officially informed by the oil industry that the fire will
> force them to raise the price of regular gas up over $4.00 / gal. by this
> weekend.
>
> I don't understand how it is that the press release about the effects
> of the fire was drafted before the fire started. Just a lucky guess by
> someone in the PR department!
>
> Tom
>
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re : It's *Still* HOT !

 


And yes , I am still whining =8-) .

It's 10:46 PM and just now cooling off enough to where I can bathe & not sweat up the bed .

So , to-day we had to run errands all over L.A. as well as the SG Valley , I decided to take SWMBO's '82 240D as she never drives it on the freeway , 330,000 + miles and it still runs like a champ plus has ice cold AC .

I took a snooze in it idling underneath a shady tree in Compton as they went in to work out school transcripts for one of our boys .

He was very worried and kept asking them " shouldn't we go out and save Nate before he ruins the car ? " Shirley said ' relax ~ it's an old Mercedes , they're different and Nate would never hurt it " .

I did have to add 1/2 pint of coolant , it never leaks a drop so I wonder where it goes ? . the whole time we've had this car , I need to add a pint or quart of coolant occasionally . as the temp. gauge reached 90* C ,I figured it prudent to check before it overheated or worse .

The dang secondary fuel filter bolt is weeping again , ever since I changed out the fungus clogged one recemtly , it begins to weep fuel after a few weeks , I tighten the bolt again and it stops , only to begin again later on .

Today in the sun I decided to remove the filter and bolt and hand scrub everything Hospital clean , everything looked O.K. so I flipped the aluminum crush washer over and re assembled , it still weeps so I ordered up two new washers and if I can make it to P-A-P to-morrow or Sat. morning , I'll grab another bolt too just to make sure as I've gorrilla tightened this one so many times , I worry about the threads

-Nate
Trish wrote:
>
> HAHAHA
>
> Today it was 108 here, we broke last years record! On top of the 2 crazy
> rain storms we had yesterday it just turned steamy. Not sure where the
> weather guy was when they said it wasn't humid! Certainly NOT here. I
> think I lost 3lbs of sweat while talking to someone outside around 2pm. It
> was worth the $100 I got for selling a washing machine.
>
> My Mercedes Diesel 300D turbo has been broken down for so long I thought of
> sitting in it just to see what it felt like. I decided to come into the
> house with cold a/c air instead.
>
> The dogs thought or hoped I was going to let them loose to run...not. Too
> hot to walk them. They have fresh water and shade. I'll get them out
> first thing in the morning, just after sunrise, before it heats up.
>
> Supposed to be cool tomorrow, not even breaking 100.
>
> Trish
>
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Ponton

 

Doesn't E stand for excess?

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
 


Yes ! .

Dreams are good Brad .

Just be sure to have a sympathetic brother you can drag across America to hold your flashlight and remind to it's running on 'E' and the last gas 'n go was 250 miles ago etcetera.....

I pretty much live for the adventure of rattling some old vehicle across America (or Canada , Guatemala Etc.)but for some folks , the actuality kinda spoils the dream .

Once you get him to accept eating in diners & truck stops he'll be useful in spotting the all-u-can eat places as you whiz by @ 48 MPH in a choking cloud of Diesel Smoke too =8-) .

-Nate
Brad wrote :
>
> Nate, I agree...I'm overwhelmed with responsibility at the moment, but I can dream, can't I?
>
>


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Re: [diesel_mercedes] It's HOT !

 

I'm so looking forward to a cooling trend. It's 8:15 and still nearly 90 on my deck.

Yikes on the fuel costs!  I put $290 in the truck tank in a week! (had to see the doc 5x for my thigh) Hence the reason Kevin goes in on Monday and stays till Friday. Looking forward to getting him a Diesel Mercedes to drive. Less fuel cost and I'll see him every day!

Just walked back up from the mail box, got a postcard from the power co-op, they plan to do some "power line switching" on Tues, cutting power for 1-5 hrs when it's predicted by NOAA to be 98 degrees that day.  I sure do hope I start my new office job on Monday.  Otherwise I'll be hiding out somewhere else. No a/c, no computer, geez... 

I did write them an email asking who the brain was that came up with the idea to do this during the hottest time of year.  My old a/c wouldn't reset. They've been working on this stuff for a few weeks now.  I came home from picking Kevin up to find the house boiling hot.  Then the a/c conked out, thankfully Lowes honored the warranty and replaced it.  The new a/c does reset, but at 71 degrees!  I guess I'd rather have it cold than hot. However, it hacks me that my 2 freezers and fridge will be without power for up to 5 hrs.  Too bad there's nothing good in there to binge eat!  Just rabbit pelts that eventually I'll either get around to tanning or throwing away, chicken stock for winter soups, stuff like that.

Trish

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:47 PM, <audiolaw@aol.com> wrote:
 

    We may be heading for a break in the heat.  Early afternoon, it was 108 degrees in Woodland Hills.  But while I was heading home from a comfortable day in air conditioned courts and libraries (all provided by my tax dollars, thank me!) the temperature in Woodland Hills had dropped to 100 degrees by 4:30 p.m.  So we may be entering a cooling trend. 
 
    Here on the west side, when I got home at 5:00, it was down under 80 degrees. 
 
    HOWEVER, we have had a refinery fire in the Bay area.  Amazingly, it didn't cause any injuries, and didn't damage any critical parts of the refinery.  But we are officially informed by the oil industry that the fire will force them to raise the price of regular gas up over $4.00 / gal.  by this weekend. 
 
    I don't understand how it is that the press release about the effects of the fire was drafted before the fire started.  Just a lucky guess by someone in the PR department! 
 
Tom 
 

Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] It's HOT !

 

    We may be heading for a break in the heat.  Early afternoon, it was 108 degrees in Woodland Hills.  But while I was heading home from a comfortable day in air conditioned courts and libraries (all provided by my tax dollars, thank me!) the temperature in Woodland Hills had dropped to 100 degrees by 4:30 p.m.  So we may be entering a cooling trend. 
 
    Here on the west side, when I got home at 5:00, it was down under 80 degrees. 
 
    HOWEVER, we have had a refinery fire in the Bay area.  Amazingly, it didn't cause any injuries, and didn't damage any critical parts of the refinery.  But we are officially informed by the oil industry that the fire will force them to raise the price of regular gas up over $4.00 / gal.  by this weekend. 
 
    I don't understand how it is that the press release about the effects of the fire was drafted before the fire started.  Just a lucky guess by someone in the PR department! 
 
Tom 
 
 
In a message dated 8/9/2012 10:22:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vwnate1@yahoo.com writes:
 


Here in La La Land ;

Over 100* F in the Valleys , yesterday it was 102* in Pasadena and I had to go there and tend my Animals etc. , lucky for me I have a Mercedes Diesel Sports Coupe as my chariot ~ I hopped in and fired it up and soon was cruising on air conditioned splendiferous comfort .

I need to go to the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys to-day , it'll prolly brek 105* so once again I'll drive a faithful Mercedes Diesl with well over 300,000 hard miles on it , to get me where I need to go .

-Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] It's HOT !

 

HAHAHA

Today it was 108 here, we broke last years record!  On top of the 2 crazy rain storms we had yesterday it just  turned steamy. Not sure where the weather guy was when they said it wasn't humid!  Certainly NOT here.  I think I lost 3lbs of sweat while talking to someone outside around 2pm. It was worth the $100 I got for selling a washing machine.

My Mercedes Diesel 300D turbo has been broken down for so long I thought of sitting in it just to see what it felt like.  I decided to come into the house with cold a/c air instead. 

The dogs thought or hoped I was going to let them loose to run...not.  Too hot to walk them.  They have fresh water and shade.  I'll get them out first thing in the morning, just after sunrise, before it heats up. 

Supposed to be cool tomorrow, not even breaking 100.

Trish

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
 


Here in La La Land ;

Over 100* F in the Valleys , yesterday it was 102* in Pasadena and I had to go there and tend my Animals etc. , lucky for me I have a Mercedes Diesel Sports Coupe as my chariot ~ I hopped in and fired it up and soon was cruising on air conditioned splendiferous comfort .

I need to go to the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys to-day , it'll prolly brek 105* so once again I'll drive a faithful Mercedes Diesl with well over 300,000 hard miles on it , to get me where I need to go .

-Nate




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Topic Drift (sort of) Plug Quality

 

Back in the early '80s, I had a '63 C10 pickup with a 292 in it, needed plugs went to FLAPS and got a set of Autolites.  Got home, got wrenches, removed #1 plug, opened new Autolite box, plug had no threads on it.  The part where threads should have been was simply a cylinder.  All six of the plugs were the same.  Back to FLAPS, pushed box 'o plugs across the counter, and explained earnestly that I was kind of new to auto mechanics, would the counter guy be nice enough to explain how to install plugs?

Guy, clearly nonplussed, explained how to screw in plugs, removed one and looked at it.  developed rare expression, shouted over shoulder, "Hey Jimmy, come here a minute!"  Jimmy got same expression as the first guy.  Ever helpful, I asked if these were supposed to clamp in, like old-style fuel injectors?

Finally got a set of Champions, with threads on 'em, never touched any Autolite product in the 20 something years since.

bk


--- On Thu, 8/9/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Topic Drift (sort of) Plug Quality
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:18 AM

 


Back in the early 1970's in suffered mryad failures and low quality issues with Nippon Denso spark plugs so I'm always hesitant to use them now .

I prefer NGK's .

Nippon Denso made very good quality electrical components for Japanese vehicles during the same time period , I have quite a few still in service in my various old 1960's Japanese Motos .

-Nate
Nate R. wrote :
>
> I run Denso in my gasser
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/8/12, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Nate
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Glow Plug Quality
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 5:31 PM
>
>
>
>  
>
>
>
>
> Since Robert BOSCH moved it's maufacturing to India , there has been a marked lack of quality , I no longer accept thier products , not even the spark plugs .
>
> -Nate
>

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[diesel_mercedes] It's HOT !

 


Here in La La Land ;

Over 100* F in the Valleys , yesterday it was 102* in Pasadena and I had to go there and tend my Animals etc. , lucky for me I have a Mercedes Diesel Sports Coupe as my chariot ~ I hopped in and fired it up and soon was cruising on air conditioned splendiferous comfort .

I need to go to the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys to-day , it'll prolly brek 105* so once again I'll drive a faithful Mercedes Diesl with well over 300,000 hard miles on it , to get me where I need to go .

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Re : Topic Drift (sort of) Plug Quality

 


Back in the early 1970's in suffered mryad failures and low quality issues with Nippon Denso spark plugs so I'm always hesitant to use them now .

I prefer NGK's .

Nippon Denso made very good quality electrical components for Japanese vehicles during the same time period , I have quite a few still in service in my various old 1960's Japanese Motos .

-Nate
Nate R. wrote :
>
> I run Denso in my gasser
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/8/12, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Nate
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Glow Plug Quality
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 5:31 PM
>
>
>
>  
>
>
>
>
> Since Robert BOSCH moved it's maufacturing to India , there has been a marked lack of quality , I no longer accept thier products , not even the spark plugs .
>
> -Nate
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Ponton

 


Yes ! .

Dreams are good Brad .

Just be sure to have a sympathetic brother you can drag across America to hold your flashlight and remind to it's running on 'E' and the last gas 'n go was 250 miles ago etcetera.....

I pretty much live for the adventure of rattling some old vehicle across America (or Canada , Guatemala Etc.)but for some folks , the actuality kinda spoils the dream .

Once you get him to accept eating in diners & truck stops he'll be useful in spotting the all-u-can eat places as you whiz by @ 48 MPH in a choking cloud of Diesel Smoke too =8-) .

-Nate
Brad wrote :
>
> Nate, I agree...I'm overwhelmed with responsibility at the moment, but I can dream, can't I?
>
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Glow Plug Quality

 

I run Denso in my gasser


--- On Wed, 8/8/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Glow Plug Quality
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 5:31 PM

 

Since Robert BOSCH moved it's maufacturing to India , there has been a marked lack of quality , I no longer accept thier products , not even the spark plugs .

-Nate
Nate R. Opined :
>
> Bocsh please
>
>
> --- On Mon, 8/6/12, Carmine <drnickv@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Carmine <drnickv@...>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Glow plug question
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, August 6, 2012, 9:05 AM
>
>
>
>  
>
>
>
> More glow plug questions: All of mine test out as bad. I hear autolight is horrible, is the bosch the way to go? They are only 9.50 each at rockauto. Are there a better brand? I see the ones at diesel giant are $120 for the set.
>
> What about the reamer thing. Should I do get one and do while the glow plugs are out?
>
> And a side question? I slightly remember a discussion about valve cover gaskets. I replaced mine when I adjusted the valves and now it leaks constantly. I see diesel giant sells a video. Is it that difficult to chang it right? He says there is a trick? Only use a mercedes brand gasket? My driveway would love it to stop.
>
> Thanks, Nick
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "williamc" <wmcowart@> wrote:
> >
> > go to http://www.dieselgiant.com/glowplugrepair.htm for good instructions and pictures to test the entire glow plug system. Bill C
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Carmine" <drnickv@> wrote:
> > >
> > > How does the glow plug system work in a 1984 300D. The car will not start and the yellow light is not coming on on the dash. It was fine yesterday. Today no go. Want to get her fixed quickly. Valves have been adjusted within last 1000 miles so I know it is not that. Fuel filter also changed 100 miles ago. Car is smoking so I know she is getting Fuel.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Nick
> > >
> >
>

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