From mfrank-at-westnet.com Sat Jul 10 21:14:10 2004 From: Mike Frank ------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1502 ********************************** From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sat Jul 10 18:49:34 2004 Return-Path: Received: from krusty-motorsports.com (krusty-motorsports.com [192.94.170.8]) by virtual-cafe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6B1mc7b011929 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:49:34 -0700 Received: from majordomo by krusty-motorsports.com with local (Exim 4.22) id 1BjTmn-0004Sl-R1 for diesel-benz-digest-outgoing-at-digest.net; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 02:09:49 +0000 From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #1502 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 Message-Id: Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 02:09:49 +0000 diesel-benz-digest Sunday, July 11 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1502 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] no start 240D - it runs! Re: [db] no start 240D - it runs! [db] Thrown Belt 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, 09 Jul 2004 17:40:24 -0700 From: john meister Subject: Re: [db] no start 240D - it runs! my '83 300SD did that to me coming over Stevens Pass... really bad... I had used some Diesel fuel treatment and it cleaned out the tank... lots of little black alage... clogged that filter right quick it did... :) I also clogged a filter in a VW Diesel abruptly playing around with vegetable oil and used motor oil in 1984. :) john wblack-at-deltacorp.com wrote: > Being at work I had to be Macgyver. > > Found a brass plated letter opener and an Ozarka water bottle. > > Used the letter opener for the hose clamps, drained the fuel into the water > bottle. Little black dots appeared. Shook out as much as I could, > reconnected everything, used the primer and started cranking. > > Success! It came to life. I'll try limping it home and changing out the > filters tonight. At least I know it runs - nothing major like bad cahin, > etc.. > > Thanks for the tips/tricks. > > Waylon Black > Little Elm, Texas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: john meister [mailto:john-at-wagoneers.com] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 1:06 PM > To: wblack-at-deltacorp.com > Cc: diesel-benz-at-digest.net > Subject: Re: [db] no start 240D > > checked or replaced the filters? > > since you hit the bottom of the tank you may have clogged it... > > try swapping 'em out. > > john > > wblack-at-deltacorp.com wrote: > >>I think I've been 'watered'. The $125 1982 240D is using water since it >>overheated so I decided to take Mom's 1982 240D. It made the 40 mile trip >>without a whimper. I stopped about a mile from the office because the low >>fuel light came on(wow, it works!), put in $5 and went to the office. >> >>Went to get some lunch, car started fine, backed up, went about 10 feet > > and > >>stopped. >> >>I got out and checked the fuel filter, pumped the primer about 10 times > > and > >>tried to restart. Holding to the floor produces some sputters but still a > > no > >>start. >> >>Any ideas or tips would be appreciated. >> >>Waylon Black >>Little Elm, Texas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:37:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome Kaidor Subject: Re: [db]