From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Tue Jul 4 21:04:19 2006 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Wednesday, July 5 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2187 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] Good grief Re: [db] Good grief [db] fallen warrior... ERAU graduate... Re: [db] Planned Obsolescence Re: [db] Planned Obsolescence [db] of Jeepsters and Marlins... happy 4th... 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, 3 Jul 2006 15:02:35 -0700 From: Kevin Subject: Re: [db] Good grief On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:47:26PM -0700, john wrote: > Bruce lives about 12 miles from my house... :) Then I guess he knows whom he can borrow a tarp from :) K ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:13:03 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Good grief nah, he's got his own... ;) john On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Kevin wrote: >-->On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:47:26PM -0700, john wrote: >-->> Bruce lives about 12 miles from my house... :) >--> >-->Then I guess he knows whom he can borrow a tarp from :) >--> >-->K >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:15:40 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] fallen warrior... ERAU graduate... While searching for info on my '68 Jeepster Commando I found this info about a recent Embry Riddle Aeronautical U graduate (I'm working on my MSTM at ERAU) who was commissioned and serving in Iraq. This young man was the same age as my son, who is currently serving in the USAF... Thought I'd share this with you... In Memory of Lt. John "Hurc" Vaughan http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/ http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/hurcpage2.htm June 8, 2006 news articles http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/hurcnews1.htm http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/hurcnews3.htm One of his wheeling adventures: http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/images/hurc1.jpg http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/images/125.jpg http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/images/132.jpg http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com/images/hurc_2_163.jpg ======================================================================== John Meister ======================================================================== ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:36:55 -0400 From: Edward Pomeroy Subject: Re: [db] Planned Obsolescence WHoa! - not unique to MB. I bought an exact size and higher cranking amps that fit the MB perectly from Autozone. I am sure most McParts stores have an equivalent, at least they do for the 300D. Check them out, as I recall it cost me about 70 bucks with the old battery traded in. Edward Kevin wrote: >On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 05:00:29PM -0400, Michael Frank wrote: > > >>- Battery died after four years. No big deal, except the size is >>unique to the Mercedes wagon. New battery $115 at the dealer, not >>including installation. >> >> > >Without flying off the handle about the repairs done that for the most >part were for things that should have lasted twice at long, it is worthwhile >noting that if you call mercedes roadside, the battery install is free once >you've paid the dealer's price for the battery. If you drive in and have them >install it, same price for the battery, but you pay extra for installation. > >Pretty cool if you're lazy and don't feel like messing with it - you don't >even have to leave the house :) > >K ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:18:48 -0400 From: Michael Frank Subject: Re: [db] Planned Obsolescence For an E320 wagon? The battery is in a compartment under the passenger seat. Not only is it an odd size, it has a vent which connects to outside air. Pretty sure you won't find one at Autozone, although I bet they'd sell you one that would fill the space. Mike Frank At 09:36 PM 7/3/2006, Edward Pomeroy wrote: >WHoa! - not unique to MB. I bought an exact size and higher cranking >amps that fit the MB perectly from Autozone. I am sure most McParts >stores have an equivalent, at least they do for the 300D. Check them >out, as I recall it cost me about 70 bucks with the old battery traded in. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 21:03:30 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] of Jeepsters and Marlins... happy 4th... Happy 4th of July... it rained in Snohomish today... couldn't break the tradition. :) The Jeepster made it home safely... thank you Brian! http://wagoneers.com/JEEPS/68-Jeepster/ALL.html Brian's Marlin: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/MISC-cars/Brians-Marlin/ALL.html a few other Marlin's from an AMC gathering in 2000. http://wagoneers.com/fotos/MISC-cars/July22-2000-AMC-n-PacificCoast/ WANTED PARTS: - stock rims for '48 CJ-2A - parking brake assembly for the '48 CJ-2A - stock rims for '68 Jeepster - adapter ring for Buick 225 V6 to TH400 - rear add-a-leafs for the Jeepster. :) - new steering wheel for the Jeepster - door and tailgate locks for the Jeepster - half cab for the Jeepster - soft or bikini top for the Jeepster Had a great weekend/holiday... took the 300D over to Leavenworth on Sunday. My buddy got the 4.0L running in his CJ-7, he used my '92 XJ to get it going. Saturday I gathered up a bunch of FSJ tail lenses and one or two grilles... and, I've even been working on my homework... which I should do now... :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2187 **********************************