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Happy Independence Day!
I hope everyone is enjoying their 4th!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Same to you! What are you doing today?
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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We have a double celebration as Today is also My Wife's Birthday.
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Happy 4th and Happy B-Day's to those out there celebrating !
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I hope all us Americans have a great Independence Day! Those of you not in the USA - have a great day, too!
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The Mrs and I are in the Pensacola area visiting my son and his lovely wife and three hell raising sons! Today we visited the big Air museum, and a couple of nearby forts then lunched on the warf next to the marina down town. We just did about an hour of fireworks in the driveway. I am a big chicken and am always ill at ease with sparklers and such fearing a child will get hurt. Many near misses and only a skinned knee from falling on the asphalt was the only ill consequence.
The Mrs and Son are heading out now to Gator Shine. I'm not sure they can actually do it though as the Mrs has not even had one drink yet!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC] ..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis. |
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Wild Animal Rescue and Half Price Auto Parts
The LKQ in Tampa (pull your own junkyard) had a half price sale on Independence Day. I had plans to go down there after the local parade up here in Lutz. On the way to the parade my girlfriend spotted an Osprey that was unable to fly in the softball field next to the parade route. She made a few phone calls and we ended up hanging around watching the bird for a couple of hours until a guy from the county animal services arrived to get it. He did a great job capturing and caging bird with minimal stress and left to take it to a raptor rehabilitator.
After all that excitement I made it to the junkyard in time for the afternoon rains and took refuge in a 240D while scavenging for interior parts. It's amazing that the things you need are always the first parts to go at the yard. I did end up with a rust free grill, a set of hood hinges, a speaker fader switch and a first aid kit box for my W123 and the insulation panel for the intermediate firewall in my W124 all for a total of $23.00 so it was a pretty good haul. The rain came down again last night and cut everyone's fireworks short so there will be plenty more tonight. Tomorrow we are going tubing down the Rainbow River along with just about everyone else in West Central Florida.
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'82 300D - Light Ivory, 2nd Owner (Back in the wind April 2013!) '95 E300D - White, grey interior. (Suffering from stuck/broken glow plugs) Deuteronomy 22:4- "Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again." |
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I found my self in PNP pulling two rear axles off a 82 300CD, some good looking Annular style.
They are having a 20 - 50% off sale, and 50% on select parts. one of them being Rear Axle Assemblies. I figure a rear axle assy would be the 1/2 shafts. Right? Wrong. She explains to me these are CV Joints, and the axle assy is a solid axle like under a old 55 Chevy PU. one whole solid unit, and shows me the pic on her Computer. Why don`t they put that in their description? I must have that MB Tattooed on my fore head, and the price jumps up when I get to the Counter. So the 2 came to $65.44 including tax, enviro fee, admission fee tax, sales etc... You might say I saw Fire Works in the PNP yard. Been batchin since the 13th, Wife is in Portland with our Daughter waiting for the new Baby. It`s due the 8th actually. I open the Frig, and there is nothing to eat, wife opens it and comes up with a 12 course meal. how do they do that? Iam down to 3 beers and almost out of Granola Bars, dang, Iam going to starve soon if I don`t replenish my supplies. I hope every one had a good safe 4th and still have all their fingers. Charlie
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616... 1) Not much power 2) Even less power 3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast. 80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works |
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LOL! ;0)
I didn't know you were such a humorist, Charlie! Quote:
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC] ..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis. |
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Thanks, guess I missed my calling.
I laid in a new supply of beer (30 pak) but noticed Iam down to 6 granola bars . now need to run over to Costco. I was telling my Bro in Law last night that all I need is, "Beer, Granola Bars, Coffee and a good running 240D 4-Spd". What more in life do we need? Charlie
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616... 1) Not much power 2) Even less power 3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast. 80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works |
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me too
I too was in the junkyard. ....got a very nice set of front w123 blue early pattern front seats to pass along and a radiator wkthout abroken overflow nipple and an unbroken air filter bracket. Very nice interior in that car.
Yesterday and today. .....working on the 1984 unique car.
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daw_two Germantown, TN Links: Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior Cluster Needles Paint New Old Stock (NOS) parts Past: 3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda" 04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben" & many more |
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I wonder if they have 4th of July in other countries?
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All Diesel Fleet 1985 R107 300SLD TURBODIESEL 2005 E320 CDI (daily) LOTS of parts for sale! EGR block kit http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/355250-sale-egr-delete-block-off-plate-kit.html 1985 CA emissions 617 owners- You Need This! Sanden style A/C Compressor Mounting Kit for your 616/ 617 For Sale + Install Inst. Sanden Instalation Guide (post 11): http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/367883-sanden-retrofit-installation-guide.html |
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