From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #729 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 Wednesday, March 20 2002 Volume 01 : Number 729 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Midwest listfest ..... first photos !!! exhaust, alternator ajduster hints, anyone? Re: Midwest listfest ..... first photos !!! More listfest photos ..... Re: More listfest photos ..... Re: More listfest photos ..... FYI: MB diesels come up in the USA Re: Steering! more detailed: new diesel MBs Listfest - last photo and my take on the listfest ..... 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, 18 Mar 2002 14:58:23 -0600 From: Jan Guthrie Subject: Midwest listfest ..... first photos !!! Just released, the first photos from last weekend's Midwest/Chicagoland listfest. These are the digital photos, because they were the easiest.... I will scan some of the "regular" photos and upload more.... Please feel free to send me any corrections to misidentification of cars or people ... http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos.htm And those of you who took photos, if you could send me copies to add to the page, I would appreciate it. - -- $:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x$:0^0:$x,88,x$: Jan Jan Guthrie Yacht Brokerage jan-at-buy-a-boat.com 262-553-1998 http://www.buy-a-boat.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:14:40 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Welty Subject: exhaust, alternator ajduster hints, anyone? the new exhaust and adjuster bolt for the alternator for the 1977 300D should be arriving any day now. anyone have any hints on these jobs, things i need to know _before_ i get in too deep? thanks in advance, richard - -- Richard Welty rwelty-at-suespammers.org Averill Park Networking rwelty-at-averillpark.net Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security rwelty-at-krusty-motorsports.com 518-573-7592 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:39:53 -0600 From: Jim & Barb Hoffman Subject: Re: Midwest listfest ..... first photos !!! Hi All! I just wanted to publicly thank Jan Guthrie for organizing a splendid Saturday event! Lot's of Mercedes' conversations and a few other makes as well. It was very nice to put some faces with some names and meet new people from various parts of the Midwest. I had a great time and am looking forward to a summer event as it was a little chilly there by the lake ;) By making that statement I probably volunteered myself for the task right? ;) Thanks again Jan!! Jim/ Jim Hoffman Oconomowoc WI '83 240D P.S. Someone please forward this on to the other lists. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:12:04 -0600 From: Jan Guthrie Subject: More listfest photos ..... Just put up a second page of photos. ........ http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos.htm http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos2.htm Again please let me know if there are any corrections on names or cars..... - -- $:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x,88,x$:0^0:$x$:0^0:$x,88,x$: Jan Jan Guthrie Yacht Brokerage jan-at-buy-a-boat.com 262-553-1998 http://www.buy-a-boat.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 04:00:13 -0600 From: Jon Filina Subject: Re: More listfest photos ..... Jan Guthrie wrote: > Just put up a second page of photos. ........ > http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos.htm > http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos2.htm Looks like y'all had a lot of fun. Jim, I thought you'd taken a shotgun to your 240D. Did you have second thoughts??? Jon '84 300SD "Bruno" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:20:05 -0600 From: Jim & Barb Hoffman Subject: Re: More listfest photos ..... Jon, I was contemplating it, trust me... But cooler heads prevailed and now that the alternator is functioning correctly I'm thinking of doing the rest of the minor repairs and continue to drive it. Jim/ Jon Filina wrote: > Jan Guthrie wrote: > > > Just put up a second page of photos. ........ > > http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos.htm > > http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos2.htm > > Looks like y'all had a lot of fun. > > Jim, I thought you'd taken a shotgun to your 240D. Did you have second > thoughts??? > > Jon > '84 300SD "Bruno" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:12:53 +0100 From: "Andreas Kreft" Subject: FYI: MB diesels come up in the USA as i read today in the FAZ, a german newspaper, MB plans to introduce the W211 E 270 CDI (http://www.mercedes.com/e/cars/e-class/e270cdi.htm) on the US market in the next time. if this model is sold in big numbers, MB wants to offer other diesels overseas. good news, aren4t they? :-> akreft / \ Oo=*=oO E 270 CDI T ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:55:47 +0200 From: "Matthew and Kristl Kirk" Subject: Re: Steering! Great advice, I went out and climbed under to look for the adjuster screw and lock-nut, I don't think I had to turn it more than a quarter turn. It now steers good, and free play is way down to just over 1 inch. Is there any oil/grease in the steering box, not the power steering, how can I change it? Matt MB 100. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:39:00 +0100 From: "Andreas Kreft" Subject: more detailed: new diesel MBs i tried to translate the little note in the FAZ, but be aware of my english! Mercedes-Benz will offer the new E class sedan with a diesel engine in the United States. Until the early 904s MB offered diesel engines in previous models of the E and S class. At first only the introduction of the E 270 CDI is planned. If a big demand for diesel engines would be recognized, MB would enlarge the choice of diesel cars and also offer the ML and S class with common-rail diesels. The company plans to increase its output of diesel engineered cars to 43% in this year. akreft / \ Oo=*=oO E 270 CDI T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:27:18 -0600 From: Jan Guthrie Subject: Listfest - last photo and my take on the listfest ..... It was a great day. Never underestimate what a girl will go through to get her valves adjusted. It was actually easy because all of the pieces fell into place and because Terry Kiwala and Dan Gordon were there whenever needed with ideas and support. And this whole thing really started when Dan volunteered months ago to help a couple of local listers adjust our valves. Thank you Dan. Terry took the autocross idea from (his) conception and ran with it. All I did was find an (unnamed) suburban Police Department to loan us the cones. Terry went and got them and then returned them after the event. (I hope. ;^) ) Thank you Terry. Randy Durrance was an incredible help and made a special effort to come down and help with the valve adjustment. We all learned the difference between a DIYer and a true professional. It is so rare to have a professional ready to help DIYers learn to do a job the *right* way. Thank you, Randy. Dave Strait drove down from Minnesota where they had more than a foot of snow coming down, .... to share his Espar diesel heater with us. More than one of us were fantasizing about waking up to a warm easy to start car next winter . Thank you Dave. And of course, it would not have been *an event* if all of the listers from at least 5 different Mercedes lists and at least 6 different states, had not made the effort to drive some very long distances to share the day.......... Peter Duryea (I think) holds the record coming from Bugaha, NE, for the day. Thank you Peter and all....... Peter Duryea sent me the only group photo we really got of the event. I have added everyone's names to the photo ... so here is all the listers that had arrived at lunchtime. http://www.buy-a-boat.com/Mercedes_listfest_photos3.htm - -- Jan Guthrie and her 1985 300TD ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #729 *********************************