From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #549 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 Thursday, May 3 2001 Volume 01 : Number 549 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles John Meister Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: '67 Farilane?? eBay auction - my '80 240D Re: vehicles and shops... Re: vehicles and shops... Re: vehicles and shops... The 240D LIVES!!!! euro lights!!! Re: euro lights!!! little wagoneer totalled... wife is ok... 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: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:30:05 -0500 From: "DanG" Subject: Re: '67 Farilane?? john wrote: > my wife doesn't see it... :) My son decided he'll use the panel while > he's restoring his '67 Fairlane. :) My son is doing a '63 Fairlane 500. It was 90% done a year ago and some stupid woman driver had an accident in front of where we live and ended up in our driveway - totaled the very nice burgandy/white Fairlane 500 he had almost complete. This year, it is a yellow '63 Fairlane 500 that is getting all the new parts that the other one got - still in the driveway, wrecked. It took 6 months for the insco to cough up an acceptable replacement. This is IL and the car was from CO. The replacement car is also from CO - no rust. And now we have a blinking red light at the intersection here. So far no accidents - this is rural suburbia. Dan ChicagoArea ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:02:36 -0500 From: Matthew J Mason Subject: eBay auction - my '80 240D Check it out - I'm officially trying to get rid of it whole. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5857570 95 Most questions are probably answered in my somewhat lengthy item description, but if you want to know more, e-mail me directly; I'm in digest mode. - -- Matt Mason (Iowa City IA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:48:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: vehicles and shops... On Wed, 2 May 2001, Vernon Tuck wrote: >-->John, >--> >-->There's an auction on ebay for a rebuildable (worn out) 5cyl MB engine. >-->Right now the price is at $75.00. It closes in one hour. It's in >-->California. >--> >-->Don't know if it's of interest. >-->VT thanx Vern, but there are a few wrecking yards around here with good running engines that would be of greater interest to me. My shop isn't set up for rebuilding engines... I'd rather leave that to the pros. I just do the plug and play thing... ;) you ought to pass the URL to the list though. :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:01:10 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: vehicles and shops... On Wed, 2 May 2001, Vernon Tuck wrote: >-->Too late, dude! >-->It closed a couple hours ago. >-->Glad to hear your threat to sell your MB was a hollow one... >-->VT well, when I buy something for what seems like a fair price and then try to sell it not long afterwards and no one will give me what I want, and it's below book, I think to myself, self, why should I give away this item? and of course I respond saying, self, you don't have to... keep it... but then I say to my self, but you have too many vehicles... and then my son comes in and says he wants to buy my Panel. Problem solved and I quit talking to myself. ;) And I don't have to take a bunch of heat from the wife on why I have too many Jeeps... ;) so, the final score is: john - '83 J10, '83 300Sd wife - '88 xj wagoneer limited son - '67 Fairland, '67 J-100 Panel daughter - '88 buick ok, so I have two... right now it's not an issue since the J10 is awaiting a heart transplant... ;) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:03:10 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: vehicles and shops... On Wed, 2 May 2001, Vernon Tuck wrote: >-->P.S. I acquired my sixth 240D about a week ago. I bought it for $500. from >-->the father of a fellow list member. He let the timing chain fail and it >-->trashed the engine.. It's an '80. Three of my six cars are '80 models... six cars... no Jeeps? ;) >-->I also acquired a wrecked '82 which (so the story goes) was fitted with a >-->brand spankin' new engine from Mercedes Benz just before the guy wrapped it >-->around a tree. I don't know how long ago the sordid event occurred >-->however... >--> >-->I bought it from the guy who bought it from him... I've never tried to >-->start it. But to look at the engine the story seems plausible.. it's really >-->clean and "new" looking. >--> >-->Now that I have the "new" '80 car I'm hankerin' to suck the engine outta the >-->wrecked '82. However, I reckon I should give it some TLC first. I always >-->like to drown engines in Marvel Mystery Oil until they float away in it, the >-->let it set for a few weeks before even turning the engine over... >--> >-->Have I gone off the deep end?? Or whut? I think you've been sniffin' too much Marvel Mystery Oil... ;) >-->VT ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 20:58:09 -0500 From: Jim & Barb Hoffman Subject: The 240D LIVES!!!! Yo Folks!! I just picked up my '83 240D and drove it home from the shop this afternoon!! Runs just as sluggish as it did before he put in the new coil spring ;) Shouldn't that have given me some more *pickup* ;) Anyway the spring is in and I didn't have to risk life or limb installing it. Cost me $132 for installation and $29 for the spring so for a little over $150 it's done. The import garages around here wouldn't install anyone elses parts because they wanted to buy that $29 spring and then mark it up a few hundred percent. Then charge me over $150 just for installation. So I figured I still saved myself over $100 doing it this way. Dan *The Chicago man*, you're still welcome to do a road trip to see the new roof on the shop though. I'm presently unemployed so anytime works for me. Anyone looking for a Visual Basic Software Developer?!?! (In the S.E. Wisconsin area) See ya! Jim/ Jim Hoffman Oconomowoc WI '83 240D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:55:22 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: euro lights!!! I just wrote the check for my euro lights... :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:56:51 From: "Mike Mehringer" Subject: Re: euro lights!!! Awesome!! I remember how happy I was when my Euros came in!! :) :) Mike M. '83 300SD W126 >From: john >To: diesel-benz list >Subject: euro lights!!! >Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:55:22 -0700 (PDT) > >I just wrote the check for my euro lights... :) > >john > > ---- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** >** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** > Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... >------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:51:48 -0700 From: john Subject: little wagoneer totalled... wife is ok... My wife is ok, she's going to the Chiropractor in a few minutes... has whiplash... getting her to the Chiropractor immediately to help her avoid a lot of the pain. I waited a couple days to get to the doc when I hit that tree... this won't feel good anyway you go... :( The little wagoneer is sitting in the yard, it's definitely a total loss. The passenger door won't close, the rear axle is moved, the entire frame rail on the passenger side is folded. I will buy it back from salvage value and part it out. Not sure what we'll be replacing it with... my guess is my wife will definitely want another XJ. Everyone that saw the accident commented how well it did and how much worse it would have been... The wife was driving up the Clearview hill, south on State Route 9 at about 50mph when an 18 year old shot out of the gas station parking lot by the Cathcart store at 160th... the little wagoneer was hit in the right front side... the rear axle was stuffed against the back fender, the rear spring was destroyed on the passenger side. Driveshaft was spit out... looks like the tailshaft on the xfr case is damaged... It makes very funny sounds when it's moved... She spun around end ended up facing the way she came in the center turn lane. A paramedic was a witness and checked her out right away. She was in shock, but able to call me. I was on a call with HP trying to fix my server and thankful that I had a second line, and that I answered it... The kid was cited for failure to yield right of way. Only a $119 fine. We're not upset and don't expect any problems with the insurance company. Although since the kid has state farm it could be a pain... we're with the Hartford, they're supposed to be pretty good... Well, I guess this means I'll be keeping my 300SD for certain. Looks like I'll be putting SuperDawg back on the road with a bad engine for a while... :( The saab is probably rebuildable... most of the damage is to the front end before the drivetrain, although he lost his radiator... If he had gotten in front of the little wagoneer the outcome would have been much worse for him. Getting broadsided on the driver's side is one of the worst things that can happen... pix at: http://www.wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/littlewagoneer/may3-2001-xj-vs-saab/ we're heading to the Chiropractor, see ya later, john - ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #549 *********************************