From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sat Aug 5 13:25:35 2006 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Saturday, August 5 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2215 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] air filter fun [db] Ed's trip to Paris [db] Re: Question 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, 4 Aug 2006 10:54:11 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] air filter fun ah yes, the joys of an oil bath air cleaner... :) john On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Bruce Caruthers wrote: >-->Spent about an hour over at Jim Startup's today >-->cleaning my '76 240D (w115)'s air filter. This is >-->all a whole new experience for me. Changed the >-->oil and filter about a month ago, changed the fuel >-->filters a few weeks ago, and now I learned about >-->cleaning an oil-bath, metal-mesh air filter. All >-->of the above for the first time (for me, not for >-->the car!). >--> >-->Roy and Jim guided me through it, loaning me >-->Roy's tools, along with some spare coveralls in >-->the shop. Got to play with a solvent basin, and >-->disassembling another part of my car. Slowly >-->learning this stuff! >--> >-->Now if I can just track down a copy of a Bentley >-->Publishers manual for my w115... I may eventually >-->have to fork over the money for an actual Mercedes >-->shop manual. Maybe it won't be as expensive as >-->I've heard... :/ >--> >-->-bkc >-->Lynnwood, WA >-->'76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] >-->'93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (replaces ML) >-->'92 Toyota Celica GT (wife's old car) >-->'00 MB ML320 [W163.154/M112.942] (to be sold, hopefully) >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 21:49:31 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] Ed's trip to Paris http://wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/CARS/Edward-Pomeroy/ ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:24:50 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] Re: Question no damage was sustained during the flight, or the landing. later on he shredded the tires on rocks, and then punctured the oil pan... $16 for the oil pan. :) john On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Craig Wheeler wrote: > -->Hi John, > --> > -->In regards to Mark's flying 300D shown in the link below: > --> > -->http://www.JohnMeister.com/DieselBenz/CARS/Marks-82-300D/the-last-day/ > --> > -->Did the car sustain any damage from the jump? Some guys at work challenge > -->the fact that this car can hold up to this abuse. I have owned several of > -->the cars and I am still convinced that a W123's "over-engineered" suspension > -->will not yeild in that case. > --> > -->Please let me know if I am correct.... > --> > -->Thanks, > --> > --> > -->Craig > --> > --> > --> > --> > --> > -->-- > -->Craig D. Wheeler > -->(814) 490-7777 > -->cdw904-at-gmail.com > -->-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -->To the optimist, the glass is half full. > -->To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. > -->To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. > -->------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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 #2215 **********************************