From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-krusty-motorsports.com Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #166 Reply-To: diesel-benz-at-digest.net Sender: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Errors-To: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Precedence: bulk diesel-benz-digest Tuesday, July 6 1999 Volume 01 : Number 166 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles John Meister Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: dog years... how about... Re: dog years... how about... dog, er, car years Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #161 JATO rocket story... myth... Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 01:06:08 -0500 (CDT) From: matthew j mason Subject: Re: dog years... how about... hmmm... seeing that oil changes are so important with these cars (and everyone's good about the 3,000 mile rule, RIGHT?) ;), how about a "year" for every oil change? I figured it out the other day -- mine, on its current engine (the original) would be roughly 64 years old. (provided the previous owners were conscientious, which it seems they were, by and large). hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th... - - matt '80 240D, temporarily mothballed and waiting for some major surgery... ______________________________________________ Matthew J. Mason matthew-mason-at-uiowa.edu Colleges of Education and Liberal Arts University of Iowa On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, john wrote: > ...car years? > > I mean driving old rigs around you experience so many creaks, > and groans and rattles... :) > > If a dog's 1st year=21 human years, and every year after that 7... > (or something like that), we need to come up with something for > a car. > > Any ideas? :) > > john > ----------------------------------------------------- > john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com > http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john > 77 Wagoneer (SJ) - 81 MB 300D (123) - 88 wagoneer (xj) > jesus, don't leave life without him, please! > Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... > ----------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 23:15:57 -0700 From: john Subject: Re: dog years... how about... At 01:06 AM 7/5/99 -0500, matthew j mason wrote: >hmmm... seeing that oil changes are so important with these cars (and >everyone's good about the 3,000 mile rule, RIGHT?) ;), how about a "year" >for every oil change? I figured it out the other day -- mine, on its >current engine (the original) would be roughly 64 years old. (provided >the previous owners were conscientious, which it seems they were, by and >large). > >hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th... >- matt >'80 240D, temporarily mothballed and waiting for some major surgery... _________________________________ >Matthew J. Mason >matthew-mason-at-uiowa.edu >Colleges of Education and Liberal Arts >University of Iowa let's see... Fritz has 130,00o miles / 15,000 mile AMSOIL oil changes... :) (a fountain of youth perhaps? maybe we should drink the stuff... :) 8 years old... of course the PO didn't use synthetics... so I'd have to start with a new rig... :) at the 3k interval... he'd be.. 43 years old... hmmm... same as me... interesting... an 18 year old that's 43. the little wagoneer has 192,000... he'd be 64 years old... funny, he's only 11 though... :) not a bad formula though... good thinking Matt... :) - ----------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john 77 Wagoneer (SJ) - 81 MB 300D (123) - 88 wagoneer (xj) jesus, don't leave life without him, please! Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 23:18:28 -0700 From: john Subject: dog, er, car years >hmmm... seeing that oil changes are so important with these cars (and >everyone's good about the 3,000 mile rule, RIGHT?) ;), how about a "year" >for every oil change? I figured it out the other day -- mine, on its >current engine (the original) would be roughly 64 years old. (provided >the previous owners were conscientious, which it seems they were, by and >large). >>hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th... >>- matt (from the Diesel-Benz list) (posting this to the xj,fsj and dbl lists...) :) This doesn't seem like a bad formula. Every 3,000 miles = 1 year. That means Fritz is 43 years old, and the little wagoneer is 64 years old... makes sense... for the most part... :) john - ----------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john 77 Wagoneer (SJ) - 81 MB 300D (123) - 88 wagoneer (xj) jesus, don't leave life without him, please! Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:56:13 +1200 From: "Hari Sreedhar" Subject: Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #161 Hi Jonathan, Apologies for not getting back to you earlier. It has been a bit busier than usual and I guess to some extent had compromised my equilibrium momentarily. Apologies for coming across negatively but this was definitely not intended. I hear that you are doing the lifestyle thing in Q'town. You luck sod. I am going to follow track with you but I am leaving ZIVO sometime later this month and will more than likely go back to Telecom. Will keep you posted on what happens there. Aaron is back and I am glad that he is as I can pass on a lot of stuff to him. Re: the book. I will get that to you soon. I will try and finish it urgently and get it across to you. Take care Jonathan and hope you do well on the slopes and professionally. Talk to you soon. Hari - -----Original Message----- From: diesel-benz-digest To: diesel-benz-digest-at-krusty-motorsports.com Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 7:55 PM Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #161 > >diesel-benz-digest Sunday, June 27 1999 Volume 01 : Number 161 > > > >Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles > John Meister > Digest Coordinator > >Contents: > > Leaking Injection Pump > Re: Leaking Injection Pump > Fritz in the headlines... :) > Thieves have no taste! > >Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ > >Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net > >Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net > >To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of >the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address >than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a >message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo >commands. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:45:01 EDT >From: FBHUDSPETH-at-aol.com >Subject: Leaking Injection Pump > >In addition to a 300SD, I have a BMW 524TD with a Bosch VE injection pump. It >appears to be leaking through the "O" rings under a couple of plates on the >right side of the pump. The plates are accessible only with the pump removed >from the engine. > >The car is 15 years old and has almost 100K miles. It still performs as new >at 33.7 MPG at a steady 65 mph. I have maintained the car meticulously since >new. > >Does anyone know of a "chemical fix" that may rejuvenate the seals enough to >stop the leaks (about one drip in 10-15 seconds) until the pump otherwise >needs to be removed for service. If not, I am inclined to just "live" with >the leaks... > >Thanks, > >Fred Hudspeth, PE > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:08:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: john >Subject: Re: Leaking Injection Pump > >It sounds like the diaphram in the pump has a leak or tear... time >for a rebuild... :-( > >anything that would stop the leak would clog the injectors. > >I'd forgotten about the BMW TD. :) They actually used that motor in >a motorhome. :) > >john > > >On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 FBHUDSPETH-at-aol.com wrote: > >>-->In addition to a 300SD, I have a BMW 524TD with a Bosch VE injection pump. It >>-->appears to be leaking through the "O" rings under a couple of plates on the >>-->right side of the pump. The plates are accessible only with the pump removed >>-->from the engine. >>--> >>-->The car is 15 years old and has almost 100K miles. It still performs as new >>-->at 33.7 MPG at a steady 65 mph. I have maintained the car meticulously since >>-->new. >>--> >>-->Does anyone know of a "chemical fix" that may rejuvenate the seals enough to >>-->stop the leaks (about one drip in 10-15 seconds) until the pump otherwise >>-->needs to be removed for service. If not, I am inclined to just "live" with >>-->the leaks... >>--> >>-->Thanks, >>--> >>-->Fred Hudspeth, PE >>--> > > ---- > >- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > john-at-virtual-cafe.com **** Snohomish, Washington USA > don't leave life without jesus, please... > http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john > http://wagoneers.com >- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:18:17 -0700 >From: john >Subject: Fritz in the headlines... :) > >Fritz never left my driveway... honest... :) > >"San Diego's 911 System Goes On Fritz" > SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Nine-one-one operators are... > >john > >http://digitalcity.netscape.com/sandiego/news/article.dci?article=243956 > >- ----------------------------------------------------- > john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com > http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john > 77 Wagoneer (SJ) - 81 MB 300D (123) - 88 wagoneer (xj) > jesus, don't leave life without him, please! > Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... >- ----------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 01:04:39 -0500 >From: "Jon Filina" >Subject: Thieves have no taste! > >The dieselheads amongst us will enjoy this.... > >For quite some time, I have been fueling up at a local Mobil station. This >is one of those full service ones, with a self service island, that you >don't see very much anymore. The owner drives a diesel pickup and sells >quite a bit of diesel fuel. > >One of the younger "kids" working there is engaged. His future >mother-in-law owned, until very recently, an early 80's 240D with an >automatic transmission. The kid had quizzed me on many occasions concerning >the characteristics of the car. He was certain the car was too loud, but >no louder than mine. It had no power and that couldn't be normal. He >finally came to realize that the 240D owned by his girfriend's mother was a >typical example and that some people liked them for reasons he couldn't >fathom. > >Well, it seems that this lady had a bad habit. She would regularly leave >the car unlocked with the keys in the ignition. You can guess where this is >going.... > >A few weeks ago, she left her office to go home and her 240D was >gone...stolen..nowhere to be seen. She went through the motions of >reporting a stolen car and replaced it with another (non MB...). > >Three days later she was leaving her office to go home and sitting in the >parking lot was her 240D, with the keys in the ignition. > >It seems that the fine upstanding citizen who spirited away her car 3 days >earlier liked it even less than she! > >Some thieves have no taste... > >Jon "I lock it and leave it so I can find it" Filina >'81 240D 227,750 mi. "Mathilde" Locked 22 hrs. a day! > >------------------------------ > >End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #161 >********************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:05:21 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: JATO rocket story... myth... we've all heard about the guy with the impala in Arizona who strapped a JATO rocket and then supposedly imbedded himself in a cliff... Someone finally researched it and verified it is bogus. (Even NPR talked about it with the annual darwin award thing... :) check out: http://www.dps.state.az.us/news/nr960006.htm also: http://snopes.simplenet.com/spoons/faxlore/faxlore.htm :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com **** Snohomish, Washington USA don't leave life without jesus, please... http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john http://wagoneers.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #166 *********************************